Through for the morning drive, tomorrow my advice is set the alarm extra early tomorrow. You know how these weaker systems can treat us sometimes, we do tend to get a little will confident sometimes with these weaker developments and as a result you can end up with more problems traffic wise then if you had a foot of snow, right . Primary expectations for most of us will be straight up snow and light snow no less but snow regardless. The snow and rain may mix, further south you go and that is more so on the tail end of the system and that doesnt start until later on tonight. So for now were sitting pretty, chilly, but pretty at 28 at the a airport and in the 20s every where else, we will have a colder air by comparison at mount pocono but with that said heres how we end up, at best just 41 degrees. Normal high in the upper 40s. The we are colder then average, anyway and this cold air is setting stage for things to come as we see the snow moving in later on tonight, and into tomorrow, especially. First half is generally what we will going to find that snow falling. Coming up i will talk, of course, about what we end up with in terms of the accumulation but however that is feeling like spring once more as we hit next week and the surge on the thermometer you do not want to miss. The this will be some good stuff fuzz are craving the mild air to return. It is on the way. It is very big way. Details ahead, meisha. Katie, what is this a accumulation you speak of, no. Sorry. Good morning, everyone, happy thursday. Like katie said things are looking tranquil and good. We have an accident 95 northbound, the right lane was blocked causing a gaper delay that has been since cleared. Looking good there. Schuylkill, taillights are moving in the eastbound direction. Headlights moving in the westbound direction before spring garden. The westbound side certainly starting to heat up quicker then eastbound side. We will see that even out as we push in deeper in the 5 00 oclock hour. Ninetyfive south at the girard looking good here as well. You cane moving in the southbound direction headlights starting to head out to the roadway. We can expect that on a busy thursday. We have an accident street road eastbound all lanes blocked between reading road and old lincoln highway, eastbound lanes, complete thely block, you will see an alternate, bristol road is your best bet. We have construction, 495 north at the du pont highway, left lane is block until 6 00 a. M. Also make note of that for those in and around that area. That construction until 6 00 a. M. That wont cause too much hiccups but we will see what happens. Back over to you. We are waiting to learn identities of the the five People Killed in a horrific and fiery crash in lehigh county. This is eyewitness cam video of the smoke and the flames. All five of them victims were in one car that collided, head on with a tractor trailer. It happened on route 222 in Upper Macungie township just before 4 00 oclock yesterday afternoon. That road reopened overnight. Police say the car crossed the median in the path of the big rig and then both vehicles caught fire. Autopsies will be conducted today, the tractor trailer driver was not injured. Two day philadelphia mayor jim kenney is ready to unveil his big budget. The spending plan reflects Campaign Promises and priorities. Eyewitness News Reporter justin finch joins us at city hall where city council will get a first look at it the this morning, good morning. Reporter we are awaiting mayor kenney to present his first ever budget, as mayor, based on a preview we can tell you it is big, bold, and as aids say it the is what the city needs. You dont wanting to to the neighbor and say we think you need this and they say no, no, we need that. Reporter from city hall mayor kenneys aids took questions from the press about the proposed budget which totals 4. 17 billion. That is up 100 milliondollar from last year, a spike attributed in part to rising Employee Benefits and pension costs. To cover 10 percent of the 4 billiondollar budget kenney is calling for a socalled soda tax a 3 cents per ounce extra cost that he says would cover about 300 milliondollar for universal prek and Community Serving schools. The key pieces to his election platform. As long as i know it is going to a good cause. Reporter but former mayor Michael Nutter pushed for a soda tax in 2010 and 2011, both fizzled out and were voted down by then councilman kenney. Why the change now . Because there was no associated efforts with the money. It was just give us money and we will plug a hole witt. This is something we cannot get paid for any other way. Reporter kenney budget sits aside funding for police body cameras, 800 body cams with an estimated cost of one milliondollar. Police body cams are now being tested the 222nd district in north philadelphia where Police Commissioner richard ross says his officers are seeing success with them. The marries also calling for a 30 milliondollar face off in the president ial debate without ben carson who planned an announcement tomorrow. Don champion reports, donald trump faces another battle with a former president ial nominee. Reporter republican president ial front runner donald trump is lock in another battle, this time against mitt romney who is expect to blast the billion air during his speech on the state of the g. O. P. Race today. I want universal coverage. Reporter trump posted this video to his face book page wednesday night, questioning romneys conservative credentials. So far, romney has attacked trump over his refusal to release tax returns and failure to disa vow kkk leader david duke n an opened letter more than 50 prominent republicans also challenged trump but it could backfire. There is no guarantee attacks from the establishment could make trump stronger. That is only part of the plan is the lines. Reporter in tonights debate marco rubio is expected to step up attacks on trump over his newly released Health Care Plan that includes repealing obama care if we choose Donald Trumble as our nominee we will lose in november. Reporter coming off two wins on super tuesday ted cruz urged other candidates to drop out of the race. If you have been supporting ben carson, or john kasich, or marco rubio, all good, honorable men, we will welcome you on our team. Reporter carson withdrew from tonights debate, following the results of super tuesday, the retired neurosurgeon says he sees no path forward to the nomination. Don champion for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Astronaut scott kelly is back home in texas after a historic year long mission in space,s arrived in houston just a couple hours ago to hugs from his family and friend. Doctor jill biden was there also to greet him. She brought beer and was actually brought at the white house, how about that. She brought an apple pie because she said come on is what more american then that. Scott kelly touched down in kazakhstan tuesday night after having spent more time in space then any other american. Lates collection in our countrys Space Program but it is not the last. There will be more it is in our dna of our country to explore and we must never stop doing this we must lead, we must learn and we must discover. See scotts former astronaut jim kelly. Scotties now 2 inches taller then mark since being in space, elongates the spine, interest thing. However we are told that height difference is only temporary. Scott kelly will undergo more testing that could last a year if not longer. 5 08. Coming up a brave clerk is one tough cookie she starred down a barrel of the gun and survived. See how she food off a robber with her bear hand. It the looks like a hollywood heist. They storm a gun store and getaway with dozens of weapons. Progress police are making in tracking down those burglars. Im a fatter with children her age. When i first saw her face when she walk in the door i was overcome. Tears of joy, a woman meets the Police Officers who saved her life. Incredible coincidence that let their paths cross and her new mission, now that she has a Second Chance at life. Blank you are welcome, dear. She said we will see snow for tomorrow mornings commute. The shes timing out that storm and will let you know how much snow to expect in your neighborhood, when we come right back, good morning. Authorities in texas make several arrests hours after releasing dramatic footage of the smash and grab robbery in a gun store. Those thieves tied chains to the door and to the truck and to the doors of the store and pulled them right off. Once inside the suspects ransacked that store smashing cases and stole hand guns. They took off with several rifles n all 50 weapons were stolen. Federal charges are expect to be filed in this case. Meanwhile, a Convenient Store clerk in georgia fights off a would be rorrerer with her hands and hammer. Dramatic footage right here caught on surveillance video. Clerk said she was work ago loan and she could tell from his body language something wasnt right. When she demanded money she did not hesitate to attack. I said, no, i cant. I shoot you. I said go ahead, if you want to shoot me, shoot me. I think that was the last thing that he expected. Good for her. That gunman took off empty handed and he even lost a shoe trying to flee. Police later caught up to him and arrested that 17 yearold. Australia Officials Say debris from the missing Airlines Flight 370 may have turned up to to a spot. An american tourist found debris there last weekend. U. S. Officials say photo appear to be part of the tail section of the boeing triple seven. The plane which vanished two years ago with 239 people on board, is the only known missing, boeing triple seven. An icy adventure at work for a police chief in vermont. He was trying to drive up a hill when he lost control see him sliding back and slid down that icy road. He is in the backing up, no control of his suv that wild ride ended when it rolled in the ditch. Good news is that she is okay and suv was eventually driven back to the Police Station but good reminder tomorrow morning with the slick commute, you have to be careful out there. Absolutely and despite best efforts of the penndot and other dot crews out there you can still end up with tricky travel for sure out there. This is just a disturbance. It is a storm that is intensifying to the south but in the so much for us. With that said these are the kind of systems that can make us confident when we shouldnt be just yet. Let me show you first of all with the storm itself. It is still far away, couple states off to the west producing very heavy, thunderstorms, down in across portions of mississippi and arkansas at this point but snow is primarily our story once this gets here and even though it will be a light snow event, it will be with us with poor timing. The lets go through this. High pressure with us through Daylight Hours and then we will see storm. Basically moving from west to east, snow over spreading our area i would say as early as 10 00 p. M. Give or take when Winter Weather advisory initial to effect and with us right through morning drive, light snow, folks and primarily on unpaved surfaces. Then lunch hour. There will be lingering precipitation down near shore towns but this is basically a morning event and then second half today we are cleaning it up and getting it out of there. High pressure takes the lead for the weekend generally speaking but minor disturbance again coming through and leaving behind a sprinkle on sunday morning specifically. Back to the first system. This is the expected snowfall amount, foulke. Snowfall map encompasses everyone with coat to go 2 inches. Car windshields, grass that kind of thing. Meanwhile timing it the out, would i really set your alarm early tomorrow. Im telling you even though it is not a major storm those are systems that creep up on us because it is not a foot of snow in front have of you, right. Snow ending by lunchtime. Use caution. Pa commute should dry out completely. Looking forward in the forecast turf step out of the the way and show you this. Look at next mid week, what . Sixtyfive on tuesday. 70 degrees on wednesday. Yes. I know. 70 degrees on wednesday. We can handle a little snow, right, meisha. We can take anything. If you throw 70 at us, we will go with anything. The katie, that is best news i have heard all year, all year. Looking at the vine, when you go westbound youre looking okay. This is westbound direction taillights moving in the westbound direction. The eastbound is what im keeping my eye on right now, heating up ever so slightly east and westbound on the vine Holding Steady looking g no accident to report there by any stretch, looking good, blue route southbound at mid county, we are looking good here as well traveling southbound, we are building ever so slightly but again were talking 5 00 oclock, when i say build up, i mean. That it is ever so slightly looking good on this thursday morning. In new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road, as you approach 295 you can see, this is fairly typical of new jersey, on 42 freeway, and an accident street road eastbound all lanes block between reading avenue and old lincoln highway. Use an alternate bristol road is your best bet, erika, back over to you. Woman is alive today thanks to Police Officers who just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Now shes thanking the heroes who saved her life. Eyewitness News Reporter walt hunter with the only Television Reporter there with the emotional reunion. Reporter Annie Fitzpatrick brought hugs. You look different. Reporter and gifts of angels, as she was reunited with the men that she believes are her real life angels. Lower merion Police Officers Jeff Sullivan and rob witt who saved her life, weeks ago. Looks so healthy. Yes, doing so much better. Good. The officers pulling this aed from their car administered cpr bringing annie back to life after collapsing outside penn valley wawa, her mother at her side. Aed read out showing in chilling detail the flat line following a life saving spike as the officers got her heartbeating again. I just think it is amazing. I dont know what to think bit other than a miracle. Reporter as signs and social network postings, praised the officers annie and her mom hope her frightening experience draws attention to an often undetected heart problem called long qt, which unknown to annie caused her collapse. Like me it was diagnosed, it was disguised as epilepsy so we never knew. People need to learn more about this. Reporter annie and her mom urging installation of aeds in all schools and businesses and asking Young Athletes to get screened for potentially deadly heart defect that nearly took annies life. Easily diagnosed with an ekg and these aeds save lives, they absolutely do. They saved dannys life. Reporter on the morning this happened annie and her mom said they were heading home where annie would have been home when the heart problems struck but then they went to the wawa. Meanwhile miles away officer sullivan went to his regular wawa but parking lot was filled, so he detoured to the one on montgomery avenue. Their paths crossed the right place, right time, and a life saved. At Lower Merion Police headquarters im walt hunter for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Incredible. Life saved. Easy to glaze over that but when you think about how profound that is, angels among us indeed. Just reunion, yes. Tears welling up. And for the rest of her life think about how deep that would take you. Great lesson for rest of us still a head, hi, 5 20. Are you thinking of tackling some projects around your house, three things to consider before you try to do it yourself. Also. It just shot out and there it was, we were like, what . That mother stunned to see what came flying out of her daughters nose, the every day item that was stuck up there for six months and why they never knew about it, that is coming up. They recently rated their Care Experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Fewer than 6 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Learn more at cancercenter. Com slash eastern. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Care that never quits. Appointments available now. Do you have a list of projects just waiting to be tackled. Spring is a great time to get around the house, in this weeks angies list report, and without the help of a pro. When deciding when he will do a project himself you have to think about three things, do you have the time, resources and do you have the proper tools to do the project right. One project you should do every year is clean out your dryer vents to avoid fires. The it requires disconnecting the exhaust ducts and then clean out debris. However, fit is a long vent you might need a pro with the right equipment. Another great project, in the Spring Painting a fresh coat can spruce up any room but do it right, take time to take all your woodwork and then start your wall in the middle near the top, roll it straight up and down despite what others may say. If you look on the you tube video they will say to do the w, you see that on Home Improvement shows. I dont know anybody in our business that does the w. Reporter another pro tip use high quality paint, and brushes. It is very typical for most paints to have built in primer now, it will help to adhere better to the surface and it also helps to cover two counts. Reporter mold is another issue you can handle yourself but only if it hasnt spread. If you have small mold issues meaningless than ten square feet you can tackle that yourself with water and detergent solution but key to tackling that project is making sure thaw find the source of the moisture otherwise it will come right back. If you are getting rid of the mold yourself make sure you wear protective gloves, goggles and respirator. For more information on these do it yourself projects visit cbs philly. Com angies list. Im jim donovan. Spring blooming flowers come to mind, right . Get your flower fix this weekend with the Philadelphia Flower Show kicking off. Workers are putting finishing touches on this dazzling displays, but before the doors open up at the Convention Center saturday morning we are taking you behind the scenes, tomorrow, on Eyewitness News. This years show celebrates the countrys national the parks, celebrating their 100 anniversary. We will be their life to show you the Fabulous Flowers starting at 5 00 oclock tomorrow morning, just a great tradition here in philadelphia. Coming up next on Eyewitness News a major chain, files for bankruptcy, we will tell you about the local stores that are expected to close real soon. Jan. Back at home, astronauts scott kelly steps foot on u. S. Soil for the first time in nearly a year, coming up, the hardest part of the trip for him and the very american sweet treat he is looking forward to eating. Okay, thank you. Some unexpected excitement right in the middle of the times square, see damage that spooked police horse caused when it ran wild, katie. There is snow in the forecast for our area, we will time it out for you let you know when it gets here, how much were talking about and tell but a huge, huge warm up, that is down the road, erika. Thanks, katie. Meisha is watching the thursday morning commute shes updating your relevant i morning road work thaw need to know about when we come right good morning, a happy home coming for astronaut scott kelly. He just returned home from his first time in almost a year. Special treat he received from the president , and is what next after his Historic Mission to space. First though, cold outside right new but it will be a very different story, this time tomorrow, when Winter Weather advisory is issued. Katie will let you know when that he snow will fall and how much is expect. Enjoy your commute this morning. Because tomorrow, yeah, probably set the alarm early but not bad out there right now. Right now we are looking good, nice and dry. We will start morning off with plenty of sunshine. We might have sun glare to contend with, at 6 30 this morning but generally speaking this will be a quiet start to the day. We will
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