meisha? >> and jan, we have got two accident out there, construction on the new jersey turnpike pike, wing bowl slow downs, all of that many cog up first we'll take a break. stay right where you are, >> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo, it is 6:29 here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> delaware mourns a correctional officer killed during a tense prison stand-off. >> at this point we do not know sergeant's cause of death , we do know he died a hero. column say sacrificing his life to protect others is all a part of who he was. >> president trump's latest foreign policy does stuff, putting him at odds with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> we have to be tough. time to be a little tough, folks. >> on saturday our president spoke with the australian prime minister, and friendly he is guy in the sauna. >> please please don't pick a fight with australia. they'll cut off our supply of the of uggs and hugh jackman. >> before the superbowl there is w

back to you. >> thank you, meisha. whether short on time, short on calendar or like to have the late he he is gadgets, may consider a new add toyings your kitchen. robotic chef preparing dishes in glands and similar version could be on the market soon. >> robotic master chef is whipping up a meal. >> the future is here. with robotic kitchen. >> the only human involvement is the prep. you measure and prepare the ingredients, the robot adds them, mixes them, even controls the temperature. it mimicks movements of the original chef, and has a library of more than 100 recipes with touch of abut on you can download a recipe and the robot produces it he can actually as the master chef would have cooked it. the company is taking this model, and making it smaller to fit in homes. it could be available in 2018 but it won't be cheap costing as much as $100,000. >> until then the rest every lust have to keep cooking and serving ourselves. >> katie just said she needs this in her life. once the robotic kitchen is install you're not

katie and meisha will be along in a minute but first here's what we need to start your day in the morning minute. >> they will never get it. >> immigrants are taking a stand nationwide they plan to walk off the job as part of the day without immigrant protest. >>> business owners here in this part of the south philadelphia alone, tell is some 20 stores and restaurant won't open up that doors today >> put your hand in my face and i will knock you out. >> reporter: video has gone viral atlantic city police officer threatening two men in the traffic stop. >> many are questioning whether strong language and protent used by officer is necessary. >>> president trump is looking for a new secretary of labor as ceo andrew bus bus inner. >> it is service of his wife in 1990 peering on the talk show describing domestic abuse who brought that to light? who is powerful enough, to topple a cabinet secretary? you guessed it, oprah. >> indeed, very powerful woman >> stephen colbert getting more in the political arena, each day. >> a dose of mid-february reality here more than anything where we should be,

calm down, meisha, calm down. we'll be right back with a spec look for an honor for our own ukee washington. ♪ >> the philadelphia city council has come around to something, let's be honest, all of us have known for a long time. >> our ukee washington is a living legend. city council recognized ukee yesterday for his contributions in the media. ukee was one of three local broad cast ers chosen for the honor. ukee remembers where it all began for him. >> it was here, my career choice, where the seed was planted and so shall they grow. i was inspired and motivated by watching television, way back in the day on my family's black and white television, with the advice grips for the knob that fell off. >> sounds like my house. the special event was part of philadelphia's black history month celebration. you can watch ukee's entire speech on our website cbsphilly.com. and congratulations, ukee, an honor well deserved. >> i have to say i remember my first live shotty did here, when i first got to philly. you know, i tos

katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning and on katie's front meisha's is not sure if there is good news for you you. >> yes, we are talking about that fog. >> it is looking okay in the world of construction, i was going to say traffic. but things are looking okay a lot of construction out there. we have got speed restriction ness play because of that problem. >> that makes sense. under a quarter mile in spots for visibility. that is almost when you can barely see hand in front of your face traveling at the 55 miles an hour we could end up with a serious problem there. i understand why they are to go that. the dense fog advisory is out there specific to the southern really like central sliver more than anything of the delaware valley but it does include all of south jersey and toss include all of the immediate suburbs outside of philadelphia and i-95 corridor not to hemmings northern two thirds of the delaware. up until 10:00 a.m. that the if you go will be a real concern but again we are not finding it every where. further north, we will start off with just enough of the br

jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," liver with more on the arrest of one of jerry sandusky's sons. >> also ahead, orville california being evacuated as authorities monitor its dams. find out why not everyone is leaving. >> and love is in the air this valentine day. we will be live at local florist, as they work to fulfill their orders today. we are back at the top of the hour. stay with us, everyone. at ikea, we believe that everything, from your lamp to your couch, should work as hard as you do. that green living is something everyone can afford. that you can sacrifice everything but a good night sleep. and we believe your furniture should last happily ever after. make the dream yours with ikea. take delsym, the #1 12-hour uncontrolcough medicine. it helps control the impulse to cough for 12 hours. which means, you're controlling your cough on your morning commute. and later when you're joking with beth... even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still workin

with the sunshine, and quiet weather, you know, certainly easy way meisha to start off the work week. but it goes downhill pretty quickly. >> yes. katie, thank you so much. so if you are just waking up with us right now, what i just put up at the desk, our main focus right now the market frankford line. so over the weekends, rail cars, starting 30 to 40 cars short. these are the bullet point. expect over-crowding, longer time between trains during peak hours, no ao/b stop service, and supplement al bus service. will affect people in the peak hours obviously, the most but heads up on this, we will see what happens with this. i will be tweeting this information out as women. we already talking about it as well as covering it all morning long. then also construction, 422 east and westbound, left lane is still blocked in both directions. rahel, back to you. >> thank you. here we go again. septa is pulling dozens of cars from its tracks, this time the problem on the market frankford line. >> meisha mentioned the move comes after septa found cracks and support beams of two cars. "eyewitness

i see some of meisha's coffee daters in the wawa, so they are out here, meisha getting a hot cup of joe and we're continuing to monitor things. but, penndot talked about visibility being an issue with this and with the wind, we definitely see that is coming through, it is just how wind whips up this snow. it is hard, difficult to see at times. now back to you. >> joe, i'm happy to see you have gloves. are those your gloves or did you steel them. >> reporter: they were lying over on the ground here i just went over. no one claim them. >> you got to to what you have to do touring snow coverage. >> i bet his parents called him what are you doing out there. >> momma holden is watching, you know that, joe. >> reporter: i know, and when scarves on, hats on, we're good. >> don't want a call there your mom. >>> katie and lauren are hard at work coming up after the break. >> meisha. >> you guys we have snow, sleet, ice, if that doesn't get you out the door i don't know had will. we have accident speed restrictions, flight cancellations, all those updates coming up, rahel. >>> all right. pat and

jim, rahel, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. not the only ones enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures right now. >> down south in texas, flowers are already blooming. texas tulips in the town of pilot point is dealing with the early flowering, about 200,000 of their plants have already burst into bloom, and in addition to caring for the flowers they say they're also dealing with steady stream every visitors, who all want to see spring time flowers in february. i understand that. >> 2.50 a stem. little pricy, isn't it, texas? >> maybe because it is february? >> less expensive at wegmans, coming up on eye within news, live with efforts to find the driver of a car who fled after a hit-and-run in kensington. >> we continue to follow breaking news, huge flames ripping through a hotel in vineland -- vineland. jan with a live report to get it under control. >> plus she sang at the inauguration, find out why jacksie now asking to meet with president trump. we're back at the top of the hour. stay with us, everyone. at ikea, we believe t

around meisha. we are grateful for all dave does he is on our team certainly on our side. >> thanks, dave. >>> well, coming up, a big shipping company could be making deliveries, by drones soon. you know, i'm paranoid about this. >> here, here. we will tell you about the company experimenting with the the drones and where they may be used in this morning's money watch ahead. >> hit us in the head with the gallon of the milk. we will be that has more ski mountains to choose from than any other in the country. ♪ and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. you can find it all, only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your winter getaway at iloveny.com >>> welcome back. time is 4:50. time for a check of business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange. we hear there is a big merger cooking in the fast food world >> reporter: yes, it is true restaurant brands international which is company behind burger king and tim

meisha? >> katie thank you so much. and good morning, everyone, what are we looking at here? a lot of light going off. what it is, just an accident from the ramps westbound vine to westbound schuylkill and the ramp blocked. as you travel past this, bottle knows right here. as you pass by you free up lit bit. looking okay, but the backups pretty substantial. vine westbound at 16th street. you can see, you're at complete stop here. not only is it back up because of this accident, that your @ poaching, but in one of the center lanes you also have a disable vehicle as well. so coming up, putting on brakes, trying to maneuver around the disable vehicle, you don't even know it is there until the last second. but then can't go anywhere because you're back up because of this accident here. if you can avoid this area, i would highly recommend doing so, otherwise, just factor in i would say an extra 25, 30, even 35, 40 minutes at this point, until it is cleared out of the way. i'll let you know as soon

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things this morning, meisha, so excited to go down thereto wing bowl. >> you know, you're ruining it for me. i was excited. now getting all of these other tweets, don't do it. but i still sometimes feel like you need to experience it with your own senses. and i say sense, pleural, because i know there is a lot going on. anyway, the roads are looking good, you guys, a lot of construction, but it is going to affect your drive headed down to the wells fargo center , we will talk about all that coming up. >> it is funny, she made a call, send me tweets. >> i you be careful what you are wishing for. yes, we will screen everything this morning. >> scroo we will screen it, yes. >> take a look what's going on on storm scan3, guys, weather pattern overall pretty quai oath, which i am very happy to report. because we have been dealt even though they weren't major systems had a lot to talk about this weaning week. couple of either clipper system or front moving through or whatever it was. and it ended up bringing us some unsettled

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jim, rahel, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. next month, cbs drama blue blood, will reach major television milestone. 150 episodes. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo on the set, actually just this past wednesday, sat with the cast about success, hey, jan? >> a the of fun, seven seasons, what a milestone. not too shabby. we went behind the scenes in brooklyn this week, as the cast filmed it its famous family dinner for episode 150. during breaks they took time to reflect on what the audience coming back week after week. >> our show still growing. in the seventh year, just real blessing. >> since 2,010, blue blood is called the reagan family fight crime in new york city and also fight with each other across the dinner table. >> the truth is -- >> the cast credits much of the show's success, good chargers, and attention to authenticity. proven, they say, when they get the seal of approval from real life nypd. >> the cop inside goes blue blood. so ya, it is a big deal. >> when i see a police officer in the street, they'll sa

meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much for that. and good tired monday morning for all of us. looking outside, we have disable vehicle, southbound approaching the schuylkill. pulled off to the shoulder. not really slowing you down right now. but one of those things, very dark outside, very busy monday morning, just heads up. it is cold there. you will start to get maybe little bit of gaper delay. people tap on the brakes. just heads up on that. 422 headlights moving in the westbound direction near collegeville watch we are looking at here, looking okay, i would say both these places, 202, northbound direction, near king of prussia. both areas looking good. looking i don't want to say quiet. building ever so slightly now. actually looking pretty good monday morning pushing toward 5:30. but the main story of this morning if you didn't hear over the weekend is the market frankford line. over the weekend inspectors fawn found cracks in two rail cars. because that far car shortage. that's understatement. thirty to 40 cars, right now you

meisha? >> all right. katie, thank you. seventy-one, turning our attention to something i mentioned little bit ago. we pull your attention again, little more serious here, also just headed out the door i would avoid this at all costs, use alternate watch do we have going on? overturned tractor trailer in mt. laurel. the driver was injured, transported to the hospital. it sound like drivers are squeezing by on the shoulder but that is it is getting very busy around the area, hence, we have this alternate up there. it says iolande block. shoulder squeezing by. i would still recommend if you have to go out there using this alternate 295 that will help up out quite a bit. we can see a lot of flashing lights out, there still a lot of activity going on here, you are dropping absolutely less than posted speeds already. we're not even into the 5:00 hour. so heads up again, overturned tractor-trailer still out there, absolutely starting to she you down little bit. also, some construction out there as well just now clearing, route on

thanks, meisha. now for a look at newspaper headlines. >> on the cover of the delaware county daily times four months after being charge in the hit and run fender-bender former emergency services director edwin truet had his day this court and won , charges were difficulties hissed. >>> from the times herald norristown municipal council honors a hero proclaiming february 7th sanford harling the third day. two year-old boy died last february trying to save his father from the burning home. >>> willingboro township council approved a building of the 10 million-dollar firehouse on charleston road. 34,000-foot structure will house fire department and emergency services. >>> and that is a look at newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. we want to know how are you sending this snow day. tell us on twitter. >> #, cbs-3 snow. >> yes. >> we have got a team of reporters, throughout the area , trying to help you get through this plus mobile three traveling the roads too photo journalist jim spearing in

you have such a variety going on right thousand, meisha. those heavy soaking rain and thunderstorm down near shore and heavy pounding snow across the southeastern pennsylvania, most of you this castle county and we are seeing that rain snow line begin to really show shore signs of icing at this point across southern new castle county and right across the bay in central new jersey, gloucester camden, be careful, guys, even if you are just seeing rain it is pouring town so there will be slick travel regardless in one way shape or form there what is going on, snapshot of the current radar shows again, coldest air worked its way in philadelphia , it has turned over to snow. it is starting to accumulate across center city and just east of philadelphia county where we have darker shade of purple. heavy rainfall just south of this. eventually that cold will just rotate around the storm and really help rain that is out there turn over to snow at times. maybe not as much in the way of accumulation but quite a bit of that accumulation. we will get to

>> yes, meisha with her cat, me with my dog? >> not pathetic. animals, unconditional love. >> puppy love. >> glad to know that, i'm by myself. not even any pet. thank you, jill, we will check in with you tomorrow after we jump off a bridge. >> or clearly a sought after group. >> all right, well, speaking of the ends, paying your final respects has gotten assisi as trip it the drive-thru at least at one memphis funeral home. >> you got to hear this. mourners can now say good-bye from their cars. ryan bernard says his goal to make it more convenient for families already dealing with losing a loved one, the service free for customers with a cost of funeral. so sort of like a drive-thru. >> i like that idea. moving people along. >> good to see you. scary moments inside disneyland parking garage. fire breaks out on the second level, leaving seven people injured, and charring eight cars. >> this happened after 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the structure was immediately evacuated, and firefighters were able to douse the flames in about an hour. officials a

meisha? >> loving that! all right, katie, and look at the camera shot behind us, you can see the wind, katie, just blowing these cameras around, not to mention the street signs kind of blowing around, as well. so take it easy out there. even though it sounds like, quote, just wind, this can actually pose some problems, seeing downed trees already, we will get to that in just a moment. see the cameras shaking around, spring garden at broad street. in terms of congestion levels, looking fine, we know monday morning they are going to get busy, going to get busy little later. weaver downed tree here in pottstown, collings road closed or norristown, excuse me, collins road closed at audubon road. alternate, rittenhouse probably your best bet. we have second downed tree in pottstown, valley few road, closed at catfish lane, your alternate temple, then third downed tree, as well, gilbertsville, closed church road and 633, still have to use this alternate. hoffmansville will be your best bet. three downed trees, nor

meisha? >> katie, thank you for. that will good morning, everyone, so take a look at this, we have vehicle fire right there, yikes, you can see it, what's going to happen right now, this is by the way 309 northbound bethlehem pike. what's going to happen, all of these vehicles starting to come up here. yes, they're moving over to the far left lane. but also going to start putting on their brakes, start to get gaper delay. not only are you going to get gaper delay on this side northbound side but also take a look what's happening right here. also going to start getting gaper delay moving in the southbound direction, this will start to slow you down. northbound, southbound side as womenment yikes. looks like the fire is still going right nowment you can see the drivers of the vehicles outside walking around. you can see the ambulance on site right there. we have more vehicles coming. so, this is going to, like i said, pose some problems for you. heads up on that if you can avoid this area at all costs, you certainly wa

the northwestern counties so with time it will turn over to snow here as well if it hasn't already, meisha and once it getting it will pile up quickly. >> it will be a very messy commute. we will say this all morning long, leave your homes early, and take it, slow. because what we are seeing is rain and wetness as katie said that will turn into snow. we will have visibility issues we are looking at disabled vehicles, flares in the roadway there schuylkill eastbound at passyunk, right lane is block but i want to call your attention to how wet it is around here. even though it is wet right now and snow we are waiting for that to come in. wet roadways are going to cause you some problems as well. we are seeing that out there. this is northern hose cameras in doylestown just waking up 611 at lyle many kill than road we saw snow coming down there, but it still looks wet. started to change over ever so slightly and i will say natalie levels of traffic are building ever so slightly as well. if you can get out this morning you will want to in new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road. and he

meisha? >> katie, thank you so much. we looking at the vine, it was closed overnight for the construction between the schuylkill and broad. see what you are looking at now, moving in the eastbound direction, looks like opening. looking good on the vine right now, still very quiet. will get very busy later. that would be my hinting suspicion. also, construction on the schuylkill eastbound, between city avenue and the boulevard. this is where we had it, block that far right lane. those crews have now just moved out of your way. looking good on the schuylkill basically anywhere we look. we do have water main break in newark, happened actually 8:40 . heads up on this, 72 southbound near 95. only one lane blocked. won't slow you down too much right now but could potentially moving toward the 6:00 hour. and we have an accident here elkins park, vehicle hit a deer, brookside road manor road. just heads up there, as well, slow you down maybe just little bit. also in springfield, weaver some construction, actually, installing wat

jim, rahel, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. high wind could cause big trouble in the philadelphia region. >> utility crews are on stand by, as should be ready to move outdoor items indoors. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live along the ben franklin parkway, where, trang, looks like the flags are whipping around behind you, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, are h can i be one of those outdoor items that gets moved indoors? let me tell you, seeing strong gusts, out here, and thank goodness for the earmuffs, keeping my hair in place. take a look as you mentioned, these flags along the parkway here really whipping. it is a significantly colder, feels significantly colder than what the temperature would suggest out here. so definately bundle up if you are headed out to work. also, as meisha mentioned, you want to use caution while driving. definitely felt the car rocking and rolling on our way out here. gusts also strong enough to bring down trees as well as power lines. but ahead of wind advisory, city officials encoura

>> meisha, history was made in several ways last night in houston. the pay troa at stunned the falcons. we'll show you how brady and belichick won their fifth wild superbowl 51 highlights next, don't miss go to protect your vehicle? i'm on it. ♪ ♪ ♪ weathertech. made right, in america glmplet this is cbs-3 " eyewitness news" this morning >> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. 6:29. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> you can expect over-crowding. longer time between trains. >> engineers discovered cracks on the support beams of two cars so they pulled dozens of others off the tracks. >> septa asked us to come down from the platforms in anticipation every big crowds later this morning. >> touchdown. atlanta. touchdown. falcons add to their lead. >> new england patriots trailing make a dramatic come back in over time over the atlanta falcons. but patriots fans still upset with n fl commissioner roger goodel. >> what a wonderful football game tonight. >> little slick travel potentially tomorrow morning, t

meisha? >> katie, good to know, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, looking at the schuylkill at the boulevard push in the westbound direction, and the eastbound side, you can see what you are working with there, maybe little bit of brake lights going on, but not because of congestion by any stretch. heads up thaw. we are building on the schuylkill around the boulevard, right around city avenue, those areas once you jump off the boulevard southbound. then look here. ben franklin bridge, pushing in the wean direction toward center city, heating up little bit. we can expect it now push toward the 6:00 hour. heads up on that. blue route tail light moving in the northbound direction near media swarthmore, the blue route looking good all morning long, jump on the blue route any time soon still in great company. looking fine there. just a heads up, reminder, city avenue both directions between 63rd and kings grant avenue, right lanes blocked, starting at 9:00 a.m. carry you through 3:00 p.m. >> this will be out there through friday,

jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. new this morning, philadelphia firefighters rush to a burning rowhouse in harrowgate. >> take a look at this eyewitness video shows shames -- flames shooting, jan, you spoke to neighbors? >> reporter: spoke to them, and as you can see hine me, fire crews wrapped up their work on the scene. i just spoke to members of the fire marshall's offers. they tell me right now it is too early to determine a cause of this fire. but preliminarilly, they do not believe this fire is suspicious in nature. as you can see behind me, liver on scene this morning, whole lot of damage was done by this overnight fire. fortunately, there are no injuries to report. but two families are without a home today. take a look at this video. this is how big this two alarm err raged overnight. this is a viewer video taken from the 3500 block of jasper street. i was able to speak to both families impacted by this fire. there was a family of six inside the neighboring home. three adults, three children were all able to

meisha? >> all right, we can take that, thank you so much, katie. looking outside right now, so, we had disable vehicle here, looks like, it is now since cleared. ninety-five north, near girard, see what you are working with. northbound, southbound directions, i would say, starting to heat up primarily on the southbound side where we keep our eye specially 95, but overall, northbound side is going to get busy as well specially on a monday. to the morning, burlington bristol bridge scheduled to open right around 6:10. so in exactly nine minutes or so, factor that into your plans, you know that can slow you down little bit as it does come up. we wait for to come back down, not up yet, again, scheduled to go up about 6:10. do have accident here in northeast philly, font street at algon avenue. heads up on that. not slowing you down too much. one of the areas might be little busy pushing little later. see how long that lingers out there. then we have construction as well city avenue north and sou

>>> all right, meisha, thank you. actually, katie. >>> now for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> on the cover of the trenton an unidentified man was shot and killed in trenton near intersections of hudson street and hamilton avenue. and officials say that the victim a white male in his 50 's was struck at least once in the chest, and sources tell the newspaper there is a oz built that the victim was not the intended target of that shooting. >>> from the times herald, the assassin -- school board voted to close audubon elementary school's effective july 1st. several hundred concerned resident and school staff turnout to keep the school open. >>> in the press of atlantic city eight months after city officials banned a mobile food pant try it returned to the vent are in plaza shopping center parking lot. volunteers from the community, food bank of new jersey, unloaded boxes of frozen chick up, domain owes, cans of beans and other food. more than 14 percent of the vent are in resident live in poverty acc

meisha want that. well, time now 653:67:89 let's check in with nora live from new york with a pre view. good morning, nora. >> good morning, ahead, review of business documents, reveals president trump still lifted as the man in charge of several companies. an ethics expert explains how there may be an open avenue for anyone who wants to influence him. plus, a south carolina couple says adoption fight is tearing their family apart. why court decision could remove a three year old girl, the only parent she's ever known. and us women's soccer goalie hope solo opens up to the first time about getting fired for many a poor sport. how the her dad struggles has influenced her life. it is a preview of our 60 minutes conversation. see you at seven. >> we will be watching, nora. thank you. >> well, a car salesman facebook post about a used car didn't just sell the car. >> it became so popular the dealership wants to buy the car back. sold it like it is. told potential buyers it had 200,000 miles on it with russ

meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much. and we are still covering this overturned tractor-trailer, take a lock at this, this is in mt. laurel. and the driver was transported to the hospital. new jersey turnpike northbound past route 73, all lanes are blocked right now. you will have to use this alternate 295, but i will say that we do have drivers squeezing by on that shoulder, but it is getting very, very slow moving around that area. so, i would avoid the area if you can, if you cannot, use this alternate, 295, that will help you out little bit. like i said, traffic is squeezing by on the shoulder, it is getting very slow around there. an accident here with downed telephone pole. heads up. allentown road closed right now between camp rock hill road and butter creek road. you're still traveling around this area at posted speeds, but you probably will start to drop here, coming up in a little bit. and then we also have some overnight construction, i want to pull your attention, route one northbound oxford valley closed betw

katie and meisha will be along in a minute. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >>> terrifying armed robbery, caught on tape, now police need your help tracking down a suspect who held up a lawn try math in east mt. airy. >> police say all three men appear to be, in their late. >> a russian spy ship off the coast of the new jersey and delaware. >> all part of putin being putin testing limits. >> reporter: white house and pentagon are keeping an eye on the ship's movements. >> america has a you this top dog five-year old rumor won best in show at west minister dog show. looking to philadelphia lieutenant of jobs in this administration, the rumor has it that his pick for ambassador to australia is trump's supporter and friendly grocer with the dark secret, patrick park, ambassador to austria, why? he is obsessed with the sound of music. that is not how this works. is that how it works now. i have seen the lord of the rings 50 times to that make me ambassador to dondoor. >> oh, stephen colbert. >>

rahel and jim, back over to you. >>> all right, meisha, thank you. nor for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> charter schools advocate betsy devos won confirmation on tuesday as u.s. secretary of education. vice-president mike pence cast tie breaking vote, first time a vice-president had to break a 50/50 tie, on a cabinet nomination. >>> in the intelligencer her judges may be added to the bench in bucks and montgomery counties pennsylvania is that the bill 222 will add two more court of common pleas judges to the bucks county courthouse in doylestown and one more to montgomery county been inch norristown. >>> press of atlantic city, new jersey state troop hours helped deliver baby at fort norris station parking lot last month got a chance to meet the little girl under less stress fall conditions. she trove to the trooper station on january 19th and gave birth to little caniya williams when she didn't think she would make it to the hospital. >> very sweet. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines around the delaware valley. >>> up nex

katie and meisha getting us out the door, ladies, good morning. >> good morning. road are looking good, nice, and try but we are still dealing with the overturn tractor trailer we have been dealing with for a couple of hours, still out there. take a while for those things to get picked up. >> at least weather is cooperating for the most part. i don't have any wet weather say for passing snow shower here in the mountains but it will feel chilly. here's a live look at sky scan three overlooking center city from our very own station headquarters, all is clear, it looks like a quiet start to the take. this is a camera that is very well situated on the roof, so we haveom

rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. new castle county police think one man kidnapped two women from separate apartment complex cents in wilmington. last weaning a woman was kidnapped at the top of the hill apartments. the latest this attack happened sunday night at the arundel amounts. a mask gunman forced the woman into her apartment and sexually as called dollars her, then drove her to atm's and forced her to withdraw money. >> are we more aware of our presence? yes. we're parking closer to our buildings, making sure that, you know, we're checking around before we get out. those are the kinds of things that with my daughter i try to install all time there is just helps reinforce that. >> on february 13th, a man kidnapped and assaulted another woman at the top of the hill amounts. police believe it is the same suspect. jim until. >> well, hatfield police are searching for suspect after a second rooftop burglary in montgomery county this month. look at this surveillance video, shows the man who used a rope to climb down

rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. and now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the front page of the eagle, lawmakers proposing state measure that would make it hate crime to attack police. some wore that i that would detract from the laws intent. louisianna became the first to pass blue lives matter bill in which police officers are protected class alongside those who face harrassment based on race, religion, gender or disability. >> from the intelligence err, dozens of students from central bucks schools offered hand made heart shaped signs to businesses if doylestown borough monday, in response to racially charged flyers, distributed in the community last week. the sign showed message such as love not hate and be kind love other. >> in the burlington county times the burlington center mall will not close in march despite recent social media rumors, that's according to mall manage. the rumors most likely prompted by recently the store departures, the mall has over 100 vacancies. >> that'

jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you so much, meisha. breaking news, three men stopped in their tracks as police interrupt violent home invasion in southwest philadelphia. >> let's get out to "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live near the scene at 66 and greenway avenue with more details. trang, good morning. what have you learned so far? >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. i've learned that two vietnamese women actually live in this home and at this point police are not sure why they were targeted. they are looking into whether the three suspect in custody new these women at all. now, the women were shaken, but declined medical treatment. this is just a very dangerous situation for them, as well as police who responded to this. this all started around 2:00 a.m. this morning, when neighbors called police after hearing screaming and yelling coming from the home, which is at the corner of 66 and greenway avenue. now, officers arrived to find the back door kicked in, and two women inside with their hands bound behind their backs w

. >> meisha, thank you. now awaiting autopsy result in the death after corrections officer, during a hostage stand-off at delaware's large prison. >> yesterday's law enforcement from across the state took part in the procession of the body of sergeant steven floyd. started at the james t vaughn correctional center in smyrna, ended at the medical examiners office. delaware governor john carney has ordered flags flown at half staff. candlelight vigil will be held for sergeant floyd tonight, at the smyrna municipal park starting at 6:00. >> with 120 inmates now considered suspect in the correctional officers death. a mother of one of those inmates says her son recently told her that trouble was brewing in the facility. nearly 18-hour stand-off started around 10:30 wednesday morning, and ended earlier yesterday morning. officials say three male correctional officers and one female counselor were taken hostage, but it was too late for sergeant floyd. >> sergeant steven floyd was found unresponsive. >> members of

jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. if you are headed out the door stay updated with katie's forecast on our sister station "kyw news radio" 160. also, philadelphia mayor jim kenney fears a so-called sanctuary cities, more than he fears donald trump's executive order on the matter. here is a three week ban on shellfish g, and valentine day is approaching, but a philly artist has been displaying her heartfelt masterpieces all over the city, for the past year. check in two, three, four times a day on "kyw news radio" 1060 on your a.m. dial. >>> well, happening today, the annual philadelphia tatoo arts convention kicks offer at the convention center. >> "eyewitness news" was there for the set up. later today the show will be pack with some of the world's most talented tatoo artists. organizers say the show has come a long way, it is now in it 19th year. >> it started out as a real small show, airport hotel show, and it is slowly grown over the years, to become the largest tatoo convention in america. >> well the philadelph

one for meisha. one for katie. one for your wife. so 160. >> ya, ya, sure, ya. >> is he actually going to get us the flowers? >> no. >> pat gallen will join us little later from a local florist as they fill all of their orders this valentine day. >> oh, let's get out to kate which some better news. apparently we get no love around here, katie, no love for us. >> for some reason, judging by what happened last year, jim donovan surprised us with long stem roses. i just have this feeling -- >> thank you. >> -- i don't know what's going to happen. >> sitting next to a child here sometimes, keeps on barking at me. >> let's give a half hour. >> it is called the gift of gab. >> oh. goodness. >> let's give it a half however, see what happens, 7:00 rolls around, still nothing to show for us, then we'll see. but for now, guys, at least expect to go see some nice bright sunshine for you out there today. there will be little bit of lingering cloud cover early on. but with time, eventually going to see more sun than anything across the delaware v

the lets get you out the door with the check of weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> so all morning long, all of a sudden we have a few accidents out there, overturned tractor trailer, multiple accidents. i don't know what is going on. we have dry roadways. hopefully it stays that way. >> yeah, it will stay that way we are expecting more sun then anything on this groundhog day and wind very light right now but won't stay that way, that is something that will be picking up with time and what's more we will have gusts that could peak as high as 30 miles an hour out there. you will notice on storm scan, turn your focus to the poconos couple very light snow showers working their way through east of i81, but you may see it happening snow shower, lake driven, more than anything up that way today, otherwise we are in for some sunshine and that will go regional wide here. why you might be starting off with cloud in sots it should brighten up. actual air temperature in the mid to upper 30's up and down i-95, 31 this atlantic city and cold 25 in mount pocono. as day regresses, it will

meisha? >> katie, thank you for all of. that will and good morning, everyone, so, looking at in terms of the roadways? well, the schuylkill headed moving in the eastbound direction, this is at girard, starting to heat up now, push in the eastbound direction particularly. westbound direction, on the schuylkill, more around the boulevard, and into the sit avenue, but the even side of girard what you are looking at, there i would say, over the next 15, 20 minutes, you might want to give yourselves little extra time if you put -- move out on to the schuylkill also, 42 freeway northbound creek road, approaching 295, what you are working with there, same story here one of the areas that has been building all morning long, now it is time to start thinking about maybe giving yourselves a little bit extra time on 42, as well. then we do have this accident in jersey 259 south route 130, two right lanes, now blocked here for little bit. it was only one lane, now it is two lanes. and also, patco running

rahel, back to you. >> all right, meisha, see you soon, thank you. now for look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> burlington county time new jersey governor chris christie has signed legislation that will regulate ride sharing companies like uber and lyft. attorney general office will decide if criminal backgrounds checks performed by the companies on would be drivers under suspicion or whether state police should be required to do the check. >> and from the front page of the reading eagle long-term lane closures are expected to impact the century bridge in reading, beginning in the next few months, bridge, primary artery into and out of the city, undergoing $42.6 million construction project. >> and from the philadelphia inquirer, offices at the pennsylvania state senate will be closed today after a vandal apparently broke into the state capitol yesterday. and sprayed the content of a fire extinguisher along several hallways. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines, around the delaware valley. >> and up next: pat's here wi

katie and meisha will be along in a minute. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >>> terrifying armed robbery, caught on tape, now police need your help tracking down a suspect who held up a lawn try math in east mt. airy. >> police say all three men appear to be, in their late. >> a russian spy ship off the coast of the new jersey and delaware. >> all part of putin being putin testing limits. >> reporter: white house and pentagon are keeping an eye on the ship's movements. >> america has a you this top dog five-year old rumor won best in show at

katie and meisha will be along in just a minute. first, here's what you need to know to get your day started in the morning minute. >> developing now, manhunt underway for driver who dragged a philadelphia police officer. it happened during traffic stop in east germantown. >> it is the end after era. the greatest show on earth, rolls into philly, for its final act. >> we're very sad this will be the last >> ♪ >> ♪ >> it is kind of hard to characterize the press conference. words fail me. how about cnn? >> it was un hinged. >> what do its friends over at fox news say? >> all righty. >> very funny. nice try. very funny. >> okay, what did fox news really say? >> wow. all righty then. >> good stuff from stephen colbert. we should say sore bye the audio glitch. having some technical difficult thinks our studio today but we appreciate you staying with us, continue to watch over the next hour and a half. see what else goes on. this is live tv. >> sounding good, we appreciate that. >> katie is out on the skydeck with a good forecast. >>

jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. now on developing story this morning, philadelphia police are looking for clues that would lead them to two men wanted for a home invasion. >> the victim was found gagged and tide two days after men broke into his home, "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in juniata park to tell us more about this, good morning, trang. >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel, jim, the man's neighbor describes him as nice guy always helping people fixing, baffled as to why his neighbor was terrorized like there is take look, all happened right here in this garage, and in this home, above the garage. and basically the police are telling us that they're not sure if anything was take friend either of the locations just yet. but they do believe that this man was targeted. he's currently at aria-torresdale hospital in stable condition. and police say he had serious injuries to his face, as well as his arms and legs after being tied up for two days. and this happened around 11:00 y the 50 year old man wa

meisha, we will be stuck in the teens thursday morning. talk about variety. >> yes, and that, i mean, just cold, katie, not even fair to us, you know what, katie always bridges the sunshine, so we won't even talk about it. good morning, what are we looking at here? overnight construction, just heads up about it. it actually started yesterday. ninety-five at betsy ross bridge, aramingo avenue, doubling lane closures, starts at eight p.m. and going until 5:00 a.m. will lingering all week long. also water and flooding, stay clear of the area, welsh rd. near north wales road. then we have construction in delaware, kirkwood near route seven, intermittent closures will lift around 5:00 a.m. i'll let you know that clears. a big one, what we have been talking about, found cracks in several trains. so, the market frankford line now modified more so nearly 100 cars now are on the surface over-crowding, delays in peak hours obviously, no a and b stop service, supplemental bus service, bus route are delayed, as well. jim, rahel, back over to you. >> t

meisha? >> katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, happy monday. burlington bristol bridge scheduled to open right around 6:10 a.m. heads up. factor that into your plans just wacking out the door this morning, but overall, looking out there, beautiful shot there. then the vine, not closed for overnight construction, both in the westbound and eastbound direction on the vine. looking pretty good. westbound side, around the schuylkill, good, eastbound side, you're heating up little bit. quicker than the westbound side. still holding steady and traveling along at posted speed. then we are dealing with construction throughout this morning, heads up, city avenue northbound between 63rd street and kings grant avenue. the right lanes are blocked. that's going to start at around 9:00 a.m. linger out there until 3:00 p.m. that's going to also be out there through friday. another area of construction i want to pull your attention to oxford valley route one north and southbound at oxford valley. that will 1:10 a.m. through 3:00 p.m. that one also is going to b

rahel, jim, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. to play college sports you have to be strong physically and mentally. >> local man making sure high school kids in philadelphia can be both. pat gallen here to explain. >> i love telling stories like this, this is awesome. we all know how tough it is to make the transition from high school to college. the paperwork, the testing, the expenses cents. and for many kids, the challenge can be even more daunting. that's where jackson duncan and focus athletics gives a helping hand. inner city student athletes oftentimes lack the resources cents necessary to take the leap from high school to college. jackson duncan trying to change that, with focus athletics. >> let's go, let's go, let's go. >> college scholarship is tough enough, then you have sat's, professional development, filling out application. >> focus athletic gather to push its student don't reach their full potential by provide ago free work out and a sat prep course. it all comes through help from the community. >> so we multiply

jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, meisha. updating breaking news, a two alarm fire ravages a hotel in south jersey. >> firefighters arrived at the ramada inn to find people hanging from windows. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live in vineland. jan, good morning. >> reporter: rahel, jim, good morning. more on that rescue in just a moment. but first, i want to go over the injuries here on the scene. two people were taken to the hospital. one woman was actually inside of the room where the fire started, suffered smoke inhalation, and burns, she was able to get herself out of that room and found in, now being taken to crozer for treatment of those burns. and a firefighter actually a police office here was going door-to-door suffered smoke inhalation, while that person was trying to get everyone out of this building. in the meantime, you can see, firefighters continue to work this scene, the fire is under control. but they have been putting out hot spot all morning long. you can also see just how much damage was done. you'