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Poconos. That is gone. It is actual warm front that came through overnight still some left over clouds, they will thin out, we will see more sunshine in the morning and afternoon but that warm front responsible for changing our win direction out of the southwest which is also going to transport that warmer air from the south. So, 24 hours ago, it was 20 degrees colder in philadelphia. Twentytwo in allentown. We are already feeling the difference here and check it out throughout the morning increasing sunshine 9 00 oclock temperatures Still Holding in the mid 40s but by noon time we will surge in the 50s. Afternoon high in the lower 60s. So winter thaw today for philadelphia, forecast high of 61 degrees. That would put it, 15 degrees above average and around the region we can feel the warmth as well, down the shore upper 50s with sunshine and up in the poconos feeling good with highs in the upper 40s. People tile time out that rain and see who has best shot the to see that coming up in just a few minutes, rahel, back to you. Feeling good indeed, thanks justin. A rash of thefts at center city stores in just days, thieves nabbed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewels from barski diamond. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh is live there now where the Business Owner is demanding more action, good morning, anita. Reporter good morning, rahel. This is second time in two years that this store barski diamond has been burglarized and this metal gate behind me was replaced back in november 2014, and this time, the store owner says that gate has been hot wired to somehow get it opened and then the thieves actually pick the lock and then walk right in. In the video you can see two men one without a mask calmy walking down sansom street around 3 30 a. M. Last saturday. Once inside the store store owners say thieves targeted most expensive cases holding wedding band and diamond earrings. Worst parties it could have been prevented. He said police used to patrol 24 hours a day and that the stores here should receive extra protection because of the the high value of merchandise and dollars they shell out in business taxes. This is business privilege tax we have here for what . We have no protection. We get robbed. What is the privilege. This is the problem. We dont have police protection. Customers dont feel safe. Reporter as a result barski says, business is down. He said solution to curbing crime and creating a culture that supports businesses in philadelphia will to have start at city hall. We have the finest Police Department anywhere but their hand are tied. You need people in the politics of this city, to spend the money where it need to be spent. Reporter back here live, we actually have not seen any Police Patrolling in this area in the several hours we have been on the scene. We did see detectives here yesterday speaking to the store owners. They are asking for the publics help in identifying those suspects from that Surveillance Video and if you have any information you are asked to call the central detectives division. For now live from center city, anita oh for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Meantime take a look at this brush fire, in west deptford gloucester county, you can see flames there, chopper three, the fire broke out at about 9 00 last night reaching one alarm before Fire Fighters got a handle on it. About 25 acres of brush burn near the sunoco eagle point facility on crown point road. No one was injured in the fire. It is unclear what started it. In florence, new jersey, five people are rush to the hospital, after a two alarm fire, broke out the in a condo complex. It happened last night at the toll gate condos on florence toll gate road in Burlington County this morning were still working to learn more about the condition of those hurt. A war of word, the fop president calls out the Philadelphia District attorney for taking too long to file charges, in a tonight club brawl involving former eagles player lesean mccoy. Eyewitness News Reporter walt hunter caught up with the d. A. Who says he has been in in rush to make a decision. Were not asking for the world here were just asking for these guys to be charged and let it go to the jury let them decide. Reporter fop president john mcnesby demanded d. A. Seth williams file charges now in his investigation of the former eagles running back lesean mccoy and three others involving an assault in the private after hearst club that left two offduty philadelphia officers badly hurt. Were not going to sit by and let this get swept under the rugs, absolutely not. Reporter mcnesby upset that 12 days later he says there is in word from williams on when or if mccoy or anyone else might ab rested. Just silence. Absolute silence. You can hear crickets over at the d. A. s office. You know whether they are looking at more facts, you know, pulling more facts, i dont know how much more facts. Reporter less than four hours after our interview the District Attorney broke his silence, speaking out publicly for the first time on the investigation. My job is to get it right, in the the to get it fast. We have no timetable other than reviewing all of the evidence and doing the right thing. Reporter telling reporters he wouldnt be pressure the d. A. Says only that the investigation remains active, declining to provide details, or to confirm that any criminal charges would ever be filed against mccoy or anyone else. My job is to make sure that we are able to marshall all of the evidence to make sure we only charge right people, with the right crimes if at all. Reporter so nearly two weeks after the incident, the detectives here at Central Division continue their investigation with in one knowing if any charges will ever be filed. Mccoys attorney was not available for comment. At Central Detective Division im walt hunter for cbs3 Eyewitness News. On the campaign 2016 now, president ial candidates are making their final pitch to voters, ahead of todays primary and caucus. The six republicans left in the race are scrambling for last minute support in South Carolina, new poll shows Donald Trumps lead narrowing in the primary, on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are squaring off in nevada. Polls show clinton out front of the sanders but sanders does have momentum. The Supreme Court has become a major issue on the campaign trail. Today Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be laid to rest. At cbss weijia jiang reports, thousands filed past his casket at the Supreme Court on friday to pay their final respects. Reporter president obama and first laid a arrived at the Supreme Court on friday afternoon, to pay their respects to the the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalias body arrived hours before in a casket. The his former law clerks lining steps as he entered the building one last time. Inside scalias son father paul scalia led a short service. Our father who are in heaven, hallow be thy name. Reporter denise and Kevin Odonnell traveled from philadelphia to the public viewing. Despite rangor going on, with the politics going on it was nice to see something done with a lot of respect, and a lot of honor. He was a man of faith. He lived it. He practiced it. Reporter the line to get in the Supreme Court wraps around the block, twice, visitors are here from across the country, many of whom say they didnt agree with scalias views but they still admired his work. A lawyer, who i really respected, the justices and office that they hold, and he really i thought did a lot for bringing the public into the court. Reporter his fellow justices will remember scalia as more than just a conservative, the liberal just continues route ginsburg called him her buddy. Weijia jiang for cbs3 Eyewitness News. President obama will not attend the funeral service, the white house is sending vicepresident by tone represent the administration because he had a personal relationship with the scalia family. Coming up on cbs3 Eyewitness News, it is in everything from brake pads to kitty litter and you could be putting it on your food. Jim donovan shows us what it is and food maker that is taking action. And the new spacecraft that will get Virgin Galactic back into commercial space travel and hollywood heavyweight on hand to help with the announcement. One of the americas most fame as you dodder authors has died. Harper lee was 89 years old and the writer of the classic novel to kill mockingbird. Lee passed away peacefully, and described her as an extraordinary woman of great choices. Kenneth craig looks back. Reporter when to kill a mockingbird hit book shelves harper lees first novel was a instant success. I went on to become an american classic, for decade, the story of racial in equality and social in justice has been standard reading in schools across america. The work was loosely based on lees life growing up in the deep south. She was born in 1926 and raised in monroeville, alabama where she became close friend with writer true man capot e, she moved to new york in 1949 where she public to kill a mcing bird. It won Pulitzer Prize and became an oscar winning move which gregory peck starring as atticus finch. There are some things that you are not old enough to understand just yet. Reporter in 2007, president bush presented a very frail lee, the medal of freedom. That same year, lee suffered a stroke and returned permanently to monroeville where she lived a quiet life. Last year she was thrust back in the spotlight with the publication of her second novel, which was actually written before mockingbird, lees attorney claim to have discovered the manuscript of go set a watchman in a safe deposit box. It was public with enormous fanfare despite questions about whether lee had ever intended to release it and concerns over her health and mental competence. Some readers were shocked at the novels racist over tones, but the book set a within day sales record for adult fiction. Lee died at the age of 89, leaving behind a treasured literary leg ace that i began with one of the most influence novels in american history. Kenneth craig for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Well, we first showed you the chilling video of the tour helicopter crashing near pearl harbor memorial in hawaii yesterday. Salvage team pull the helicopter out of the water so ntsb can investigate. We want to show you the moment helicopter fell out of the sky that flipped over and then sank. Five people were on board for a sight seeing tour. Five victims were pulled to shore. Four people were hurt, one is in critical condition. Virgin galactic is back in the race to be the first major private company, to blast into commercial space travel. Sir Richard Branson unveiled the new spacecraft more than a year after a fatal crash destroyed the original model and killing one of of the test pilots. Terry okita has more from Virgin Galactics facility in the mohave desert. Reporter sir Richard Branson held out Virgin Galactics new spaceship two. When i saw it for the first time last night it brought tears to my yeast and lump to my throat. This latest model, with the help of the bransons one yearold granddaughter and milk bottle could be first to fly tourist into space. What we aim to do is something we have never been done before we are opening space to people from all walks of life. Reporter vss unity looks identical to Virgin Galactics original spacecraft that crashed in october 2014 during a space flight in the desert killing one of the pilots. Branson questioned whether they should carry on but team stood firm in the rewill solve. They picked themselves up at the end of 2014, they redouble their effort. Reporter spacecraft has new Safety Measures in place including a device to prevent pilots from braking too early, one of the causes of the 2014 crash. It seats six passengers and can fly 62 miles above earth. Virgin galactic says 700 people are already on the weight list for a trip in 20 space at a cost of 250,000 each. Bransons friend Harrison Ford was there to support the project. That is the wonderful thing about old invention, the incredible a collection we see moving all of our lives forward in ways we never could have anticipated. Reporter there is no timetable set for first commercial space flies. In california, terry okita for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Good saturday morning everyone. Big changes around this weekend. We are feeling the difference. Were talking about aprillike temperatures. Rain coming in the forecast as well for the second half of the weekend but lets go ahead and check out the backyard across the region. It is not bad. Everybody is above freeze ago the this is hour. A lot of the weather watchers are excited for milder weekend, in chesterfield, new jersey ed checks in were four to degrees. We are at 44 in lawrenceville. Jerry checks in at blue bell. All of these temperatures are uniform because of the clouds over us right the now. It may be not in Chester County fran in nottingham, 40 degrees. John jenkins in perkasie checks in with 37 degrees. The wind is kicking up, so out in cherry hill is our strongest wind reported from weather watchers. Lynn springer has a 14 miles an hour sustain wind out of the southwest. The it may feel chilly at times but our temperatures will be above average and it that is wind that is responsible for bringing in the warmer air. Autopsy in the poconos we could not make snow last night because temperatures are just too warm, hanging right around freezing spot. You need to be a few degrees below freeze to go get maximum ideal snow making conditions. But you see part of the snow guns there working there, in some locations here live look at big border getting ready for a nice weekend. Lets check out the ski report here for this weekend, still some good base toss deal work almost like spring like conditions, this weekend with the temperatures even up in the poconos. Were talking about 40s close to 50 degrees, up to a 4foot base at cammal back and blue mountain, 34 trails at cammal back. Blue mountain at 38. Jack frost big boulder at 100 percent capacity as well. Spring like warmth today and certainly tomorrow, rain returns to our forecast, but spoils the weekend a little bit. We will time that out. We will talk about Storm Chances for next week as well. This is huge. I posted this a few days ago on my Facebook Page and it got shared over a thousand times. People are excited about this. First day of spring, a month away, it arrives at 12 30 in the morning. Vernal equinox. We will get 12 hours of daylight. Always a positive thing heading in the warming season. Warm front pushing through, overnight hours, snow across upstate new york. The that is well away us from. We will be in dry conditions, sunshine returns, this afternoon, so well above average today, up around 60 degrees. The the clouds can hold off tomorrow, long enough we could have a shot of reaching 60 but at least 50s and then we will bring this rain in here Late Afternoon into the evening hours on sunday. Out the of here by monday. Workweek starts off dry as well. The lets time it out, sunshine milk with cloud throughout your saturday. Tonight, clear and a few cloud. Tomorrow morning dry, most of the afternoon dry. We will get to 4 00 we will see rain moving from the south and west and that will continue. It could be a steady rain, through about midnight or so and then gone by monday morning. Morning commute is looking g best shot for that rain basically from the city on southward. Still cannot rule out rain showers across berks county and Lehigh Valley but amounts a quarter inch or so from the city on south. That is later tomorrow. Today sun and cloud, mild. 61 degrees for the high. Tonight not as cold, partly cloudy, 45. Here we go with that extended forecast, so overall not a bad day for sunday. Just late in the day we will see that rain moving in high of 56. Monday we are dry at 48. Some changes this morning to the storm for middle of the week. The it slowed it down a little bit. So it looks like most of tuesday could be dry and then again, its looking like a rain event. This storm tracking inland at the this point so that is a mild air solution. We will keep rain in the forecast for wednesday possibly now into thursday, and still rahel were several days away so there could be changes but it is looking more wet than white with this storm system, back to you. Sound good to me. Some food makers could be adding too much of a good thing to their products. It the is a surprising ingredient okay for to you eat but as three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan explains it has one Cheese Company pulling its products from the shelves over concerns. Reporter with sprinkled on pasta, shaved on salads or graded on to pretty much anything, americans appetite for cheese has been heating up for decade but experts believe some of the parmesan eaten by cheese lovers isnt real cheese and it is costing them. Americans are probably consuming close to a 100 millionpound annually. Reporter Neil Schulman says cellulose made from wood pulp is a big culprit, used in salad dressing and ice cream to make them creamy, placed in bread to boost fiber two to 4 percent of cellulose is acceptable in the cheese industry broom Bloomberg Business found considerably more in two brand it tested. Essential every day every day 100 percent graded parmesan choose made by jewel ozco was 8. 8 percent sell lease. Walmarts great value 100 percent graded Parmesan Cheese came in at 7. 8 percent. Walmart wouldnt comment for this story about jewel ozco says it has pulled essential every day Parmesan Cheese from our stores as we continue to investigate the matter. The f. D. A. Says it takes economic fraud seriously in, 2013 it warned a pennsylvania cheese maker that its product didnt actually contain any Parmesan Cheese. That Company Later went bankrupt. Just in case are wondering cellulose isnt absorbed by digestion and f. D. A. Deems it safe for human consumption. It is also used in the making of plastics, pet litter and car brakes. Reporting for three on your side, im jim donovan. It is being called one of the most scary movies of the the year, coming up the award is already won, and hear from the cast, we will be right back. The witch opens up this weekend after scarring audiences at sun dance film festival. Jamie yukiss gives us a closer look. Reporter the witch recreate 17th century new england as it follows a pure tan family that moves to an isolated farm. Scary things begin to happen, soon after they arrive. Their baby disappears, abe an evil spirit seems to possess another child. It is cursed. Familys oldest daughter is quickly suspect of being a witch. It is just fear of the unknown entirely unknown situation. Reporter an a taylor joys say remoth shoot helped the actors bond. The cell service was not that great. We just had each other. The support in that we have clung to each other. Reporter ralph plays the father who stubbornly cling toss his faith. It is something that is to hide behind because it is kind of my fault, you know, make an excuse and. First time director robert egger spent years making story about his native new england known for sale em witch trial. He is in a small town in new england but cant help but feel it is haunted by the past. The movie won him directors prize at sun dance film festival. Jamie yukiss, cbs news, new york. It the is down to the wire for the president ial candidates, and how they are making their final push to voters, coming up next. Plus, can these kid keep a seep receipt . An entire Elementary School has a surprise of a lifetime for one of their own when we come back. Good morning. Im rahel solomon thanks for being with us on this mild saturday. Meteorologist Justin Drabick is outside on the cbs3 sky deck with eyewitness weather. Just continue not even wearing a coat or jacket. No, no certainly not the this afternoon you will not need it. Cool at times this morning because we are dealing with the win and that wind is responsible for bringing in that milder air but the skies starting to brighten up, clouds staying outsetting up for a nice sunrise in 20 minutes or so. Check out temperatures. Noticeably warmer compared to this time yesterday morning. We are above freezing every where. Exception is mount pocono at 32 but mid 40s already at the airport in philadelphia. Fortyone in trenton. Lower 40s in central delaware and in south jersey and the suburbs, arent in bad shape this morning. Fortyfour in palmyra, new jersey. The getting up early this morning for morning bike ride, jog or walking the dog outside it is not bad for the second half of february. Storm scan three it is quiet. You can see last of the cloud moving over eastern half of the region a warm front that came through last night producing clouds and behind this front wind shifted out of the southwest bringing in milder air. So this weekend heres the reason for the warmth, jet stream flattened out, you can see a west to east flow some that brings in pacific air. We have no arctic air to deal w our High Temperature today, tomorrow, ten, 15, close to 20. For today up to 61 degrees for afternoon high typical will for april. Sunday highs still in the bad in the mid 50s but there is going to be some rain, ill time out when you can see best chance for that and some changes for the storm next week. That complete forecast in a few minutes. Rahel, back to you. Justin, thank you. It is final count down for voters in two states, republicans head to the polls for South Carolina primary today. While the democrats will caucus in nevada. As Danielle Nottingham reports the president ial candidates spent friday making their final appeals to voters. Reporter boycott apple. Reporter donald trump is urging americans to stop using apple devices until the Company Helps u. S. Government unlock cell phone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. G. O. P. Front runner isnt shy about speaking his mind on the campaign trail. He told cbs news Major Garrett that he wont lie to the american people. Within of my problems is im straight. I tell it straight. I tell it like it is. Reporter trump once held a double digit lead in South Carolina but poll released him shows him five points ahead of ted cruz. The next 24 hours we are fighting to determine if the next generation will have the same constitutional liberties everyone of us has been bless todd enjoy. Reporter democrat Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are running neck and neck here in nevada ahead of saturdays caucus. It will be the first test of their appeal to the minority voters. Im really excited for anything right now. We have a lot of impact. Reporter nevada is more than 25 percent latino Immigration Reform is a major concern here. I want people to come out of the shadows, under comprehensive Immigration Reform, i want them to register, i want them to be on the path the to sit send ship. Reporter sands grease. And if congress does not do its job we will use the executive orders. Democrats also have after eye on South Carolina which holds its democratic primary next saturday. Danielle nottingham for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be laid to rest today. Thousands filed past his casket at Supreme Court on friday to pay their respects. Among them, president obama and first lady at one point the line to get inside the high court stretched for blocks. Scalias son, father paul scalia, led a short service. Scalia passed away last saturday as he served on the court for nearly 30 years. Twentysix years working in Law Enforcement pays off for one local fbi agent, in an unexpect way. Our david spunt shows us shes drawing all that Crime Fighting experience to right now to entertain. Reporter click of the keyboard is just one of a few sound youll hear coming from former fbi agent Jerry Williams office. What became criminal justice. Reporter another is a series of pod casts, she has recorded about her story fighting crime and it is catching on. For three days this week it was the number one new, net worth i pod cast on itunes. I was shock. I had no idea why they select my pod cast but im so grateful. Reporter williams joined fbi in 1982, she left in 2008 before taking over as chief spokeswoman for septa. She left that job last summer. She loved it. But fulltime writing called her name. Somebody asked what will you do when you leave septa, and i said i dont know im a free agent maybe dye my hair blue. I said, you know what im dying my hair blue. Reporter it is hard to see but in the right light it is blue. She calls it part of her creative package and that creativity started on paper in 2007 when she wrote first few word to her personal masterpiece, a crime novel titled pay to play, it is about a female fbi agent investigating corruption in the Philadelphia Strip Club industry. It the is loosely inspired by the frank antico case from the late 90s, a former l and i inspector convicted of extortion. I thought this news could be a book so i wrote one. Reporter now williams is already typing away at her second novel, it is inspired by a philadelphia ponzi scheme from the 1990s. One of the most interesting things. Reporter but in the meantime williams says the pod casts will continue, a way to talk about the mysterious world of the fbi and philadelphia crime, unfiltered, the way that she says people want it. There is a lot of really, great case history, case material for writing. The feedback that im getting from people is they really loved pod cast and it is wonderful. Reporter this is interesting, last week at this time Jerry Williams had a few hundred listeners. Shes approaching 20,000, she plans to continue to write for as long as she can. Reporting from the sat center this morning david spunt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Facebook and twitter side with apple in its standoff with the fbi, Law Enforcement remains unable to unlock an iphone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Officials a they risk wiping the phones data entirely if apple does not help bypass its unbreakable encryption technology. So far in sign of a resolution. Delaware County High School teacher is facing charges for inappropriate relationship with the student. Gregory stanczuk is a physics teacher and track and field coach at ridley high school. He is charged with institutional Sexual Assault a third degree felony. Police say he had a sexual relationship with a 18 yearold female student. Police are looking for vandals who used a large truck to turn a schools field of garden in to a mud pit. Tire tracks were every where, take a look, damage was done at lankenau Environmental Science magnate high school in roxborough. The students had made cultivating the ground their project, and hold classes on the field. They hope to raise money to fix damage by springtime. It is really took a full effort. I had made tonight fact in that school and for it just to be thrown away like that like nobody cares. For you to wreck a whole High School Campus is just wrong. Truly what i want to see happies us get our field back. Police estimate the cost of the damage to be at least, 12,000. As part of the black History Month students at a willow grove Elementary School are learning about what makes someone a hero, at a special assembly, they surprised someone whom they believed has all of the necessary quality. Eyewitness News Reporter alexandria hoff shows us he not only impacts the school but the entire community daily. Reporter is there a hero in these halls, a doctor, a teacher, a judge. And someone who remind us that heroes honored during africanamerican History Month, dont always have names we know. It takes great pride and being a part of doing Something Like this. Reporter percy hearder has been head custodian at Thomas Fitzwater elementary for over two decade. He thinks were here to cover a black History Month school event. What does it take ready to get ready for an event, or a in like this. Not too much. Reporter he even showed us around to, you know, get footage. With you what mr. Hearder does not the know is that this day and this story, it is actually all about him. So we started this assembly under the guides of a pause assembly which is a positive behavior system. It is something we do monthly anyway so there is no suspicion. Reporter the truth, the assembly toys surprise mr. Hearder with the title of black History Month hero. Whenever he is out, it police hearder. They are doing that all day long. When he walk over here you can feel his presence. He knows every student by name. He remembers their birthdays. He comes back, yes. Reporter he acknowledges every person in this building. In his quiet way he has change the lives of so many people. Reporter not one for spotlight. I cant believe you actually got on the interview. Reporter this room had to keep the secret, until. We love you mr. Hearder. Applause. Every day we have a hero in our m id st, and not to say that the people on the wall arent phenomenal and they have impact our world but he impacts our Community Day in and day out. Reporter in willow grove, alexandria hoff for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Great story. Well, did you wake up groggy this morning . Coming up next getting a better nights sleep the one thing that could help you get more shut eye and it has nothing to do with medications. We will also have this. Reporter where is beef . Veggie burgers are popular at restaurant menus right the now im jamie yu the kiss in insuring with what is behind the trend. Plus gorgeous temperatures for the weekend but it wont last, just continue is back to tell us about our next chance of some rain and snow. And we seen these creepy characters on tv and in film but before they end up in hollywood they get their start right here in our own backyard, we will send Vittoria Woodill to find out just who creates them and a science that brings hollywood props to life. Creative and creeped out, monday, on Eyewitness News at the 11 00. Meat consumption is down in the u. S. But that doesnt mean people dont want a good burger. After a generation of bad, hockey pucktype patties, veggie burgers are having a moment. Jamie yukiss has a trend that even meat lovers are craving. Umhmm. Reporter a veggie burger is in longer just a bland, gray patty masquerading as meat. That is good. Texture is important. Reporter chef chloe, opened up by close any new york city. Everything on the menu is vegan. I think that there is still work to be done in terms of making them fun, acceptable every day, so that is part of our mission. Reporter customers are embracing the veggie trend, in just three years, vegetarian menus are up 66 percent. Chloes vegetarian menu has clearly won over this new york neighborhood and it opens up at 11 00 and within minutes it the is pack. It started at high end Restaurant Catering to fooddies but now expand to go fast food, even white castle and wendys have veggie burgers on their menu. People are more mindful and open to it now. Reporter more than 35 percent of americans say they eat vegetarian meals at least once a week and 60 percent of americans actually like to either that vegetables when going out. Food trend expert Michael Whiteman says it is not just veggie burgers that have come a long way but peoples appetite for them. They were not likable for a generation or two. They were awful things. Now you are eating it as a matter on have pleasure. It doesnt taste run over by a bus. Reporter vegan is a gree, true success is all about the taste. It is like theberg are experience. You have got bread, good pickles and on john and with an order of fries. Reporter an alternative now being served up in places thaw never expected. Jamie yu kiss for cbs news, new york. Happening today, the mummers Mardi Gras Parade in manny young. Reporter that was within of the mummers string band getting ready for Second Annual event. It almost didnt happen after a lack of funding but this week, congressman bob brady announced an 8,000 donation from a nonprofit aimed to help keep sit tray digs is a live. Family friendly event will start at 11 00 and m and runs about a mile along main street. It is a nice day to get outside, justin joining us with the weather watchers. That is right, good morning. The nice springlike today. Tuesday we did hit 60 degrees. The it was a clean warm up we had rain around. Today were in the sunshine so a nice start to the weekend. Lets check with the weather watchers in the backyard. Temperatures in the 40s. You compared that to last sat the day at the this time were already 20 degrees warmer then what the high was, on saturday afternoon, check it the out 42 , here in philadelphia out in chesterfield, new jersey and connor he is already going out for second walk of the morning. He has got to be liking this morning at 42 degrees. Peter farron. Forty in cardington at bills house. Down in newark, delaware delores lee 41 degrees. Jerry aubrey in blue bell at 40 degrees, a cooler spot is just to the north at perkasie at 37 degrees. The not the a bad morning. We have had clouds over us last night that kept temperatures level but cloud are breaking up. This is a shot the from phil. The skies will go mostly clear this morning. Where we do have clear skies is in berks county, check it out, live look at our neighborhood network, nice sunrise shaping up in kutztown. 34 degrees there the just colder there, and up in the northwest suburbs and berks county but nice rebound with the sunshine today. So again what a difference a week makes. Last saturday that was the high, 24 degrees, and we only got up to 20 on the day after on sunday. Todays high 61. 37 degrees warmer, in a weeks time. Time for signs of spring for sure. How about this three weeks away march 13th we will turn clocks ahead to sunset time, will be at 7 06. Sunday night on march 13th as we head in today light savings time. The cloud over us right the now or at least last of it, warm front pushing through. We will have snow across upstate new york where were dry through the rest of the today. Tomorrow we will have a shot of rain mainly late in the day. Lets time it out. Today no problems. Heres the cold front that comes through late tomorrow. A low pressure system to the south rides along the front bringing some rain here, for southern half of the viewing area quick mover, it is out of here by monday morning. We will start off workweek dry. Lets time things out today a mixture of sunshine and cloud, nice warm afternoon, enjoy it, tonight clear to partly cloudy, tomorrow morning still nice and quiet, maybe some sunshine, cloud thicken up throughout the day, most have the afternoon stays dry. Then we will get to four or 5 00 we will see rain moving in. Basically from the city on south and east, best shot to see steady rain and make picking up a quarter inch of rain. Then this Attention Focus toes next week and we have been hearing bay big storm. Still a lot up in the air at this point but there are a couple changes in the model runs and they are starting to converge on an agreement. Still not 100 percent lock here but this is gfs model. This is wednesday afternoon. The storm is so far inland now up across tennessee and then by thursday morning, it is moving up into southern canada further inland it tracks the warmer it is this system showing more rain event, european model which diverged the last couple of days, or from the gfs is starting to come together as well. Look at the storm, noon time wednesday, near tennessee or so, similar to the gfs. This storm model is a little bit slower but still tracks the low inland over pennsylvania, by thursday afternoon. So again this would be a warmer solution. Cant totally rule out snow on the front and back end of this storm. Still several days away. Noticeable changes are in the the two models trying to come together with an inland track, also, it is delay start time. So maybe late tuesday night, and new with the rain lingering in to thursday. This storm might be slower. It is warm this weekend for sure, jet stream flattened out. Were on the warm side of the jet stream, dont get used to it the though, by next week we will see a buckle in the jet again so that will try to pull in colder air for the end of next week into next week even. Nothing terribly cold. Just typical stuff for the end of february. Sixtyone, nice and mild with sunshine and cloud. Tonight not as cold, partly cloudy, 45 for the city, colder in the suburbs and heres the extended forecast, still tomorrow, feeling good at 56, as the clouds hold off long enough we could hit 60 jab. Monday upper 40s, sun and cloud, tuesday i think most have the the day is dry, a the this point and it is tuesday night, wednesday we will see the rain and that could lingering into thursday. As you love watching weather. You can be featured by becoming an eyewitness weather watcher. Sign on now at cbs philly. Com watchers, rahel, back to you. A dog and several puppies are safe this morning thanks to Fire Fighters, the dog were trapped inside of a burning apartment in miami. They were suffering from smoke inhalation when rescuers got to them, paramedics had to use a pet sized oxygen mass took revive puppies, fortunately, the dogs are expected to be okay. And, speaking of dogs, should you share your bed with your pet, some day pets interfere with the good night sleep. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl shows us the surprising results. Reporter for many pet owners it ace knightley ritual you are all talked in and with a quick leap so is your pet right besides you. Macks owner Robert Sullivan is all for it. Even though he snores but does not keep us up at night. We sleep better with him. Reporter mia gives her dog an assist. We made other steps to make it bigger, as wide as bed to help him get up and down. Reporter once thought to be disruptive to a persons sleep a recent survey found 41 t whose share their beds with their pets find it beneficial. If having a pet nearby helps them feel relaxed, and gives them a sense of security, which permits them to fall asleep with less difficulty then i think that is something that does deserve attention. Reporter 20 percent of respondents say their pets interrupted their sleep, katie is happy to have pumpkin in the bed but. My husband is not always happen bye that report report how do our pets feel about sharing the bed. Their way to say i like you in mess of the the cases is just by saying they want to fall asleep. Reporter doctor carlos, a behavior specialist at the university of Pennsylvania Veterinary School says it is possible we can bother our sleeping pets. When they are in the bed they want to sleep. So saying is true for us is for them. But they should sleep. Reporter as a pet owner himself he find sleeping with his cats, beneficial. I like it. I think it is very relaxing reporter some vets say cats tend to wander more at night, while mess dogs, cuddle up in bed and stay put. The study did in the look at whether different types of pets or different species were more disruptive then others, to your sleep. Im Stephanie Stahl, cbs3 Eyewitness News. I think i bother my dog more than he bothers me. Meantime we are back with another check of our weekend forecast and when you might need that looking for something to do this weekend . Why not head to the movies. Kevin frazier from entertainment tonight shows us what is new in theaters. This week story of jesus wrist recollection is told from the romans point of view in rise even and jesse owens journey to breaking record and barriers comes to the big screen in race. I will say you can run but boy, you can jump too. I want to know is can you win. Reporter race follows rise of jesse owens from College Athlete to training with his coach, and to the man facing discrimination as he helpedded to the 1936 olympics in berlin. Going up against hitler and his team in changing the world in the process. Stephan james stars as jesse who had to do serious training to play within of the fastest men in history. Track and field is a whole other beast. For me it was all about learning to run fast, for ones, but then, learning to run like jesse, you know, i wanted to, there is so much of this i wanted to to myself. I didnt want to have a double run these things for me. Free. I have seen two things that i just cant reconcile, a death without question and that same man will rise again. In rise, joseph fines stars as roman solder charge with the disappearance of jesus body after crucifiction on and resurrection. His character begins the story as a nonbeliever when questions his feelings the more he learns as he searches for answers. It is a detective kind of investigation and that lent to a fresh momentum that didnt smack of the bible movie, and i think that is the hope that they will get believers and nonbelieve tours share the same space and witness the film together. For entertainment tonight im sketch frazier now back to you in the studio. All right. Justin is back with the last check of the forecast. Nice looking day. A lot of people may break out shorts, i wouldnt be surprised to see that, maybe, why not, it is february, break out the grill this afternoon. Lets get all summer up. It will in the last. It is february. Nice weekend shaping up. Sixtyone with some sunshine today, typical for april, even tomorrow, it is not bad, 50s maybe even still 60s the cloud hold off long enough. Late afternoon evening we will see some rain around here on sunday mainly from the city on south. Out of here by monday. Cooler, 48 degrees and all eyes focused on that potential storm for middle of the week room. Now it is looking like a warmer solution which is bringing mainly rain to the region but still cannot rule out snow, any changes because we are still several days away with you more indication that is this is a milder storm system with rain starting late tuesday and last into thursday. That means that punxsutawney. That is right. At least for this weekend, we will see. Yes. All right. Well, thank you. That is Eyewitness News for now, we may be signing off on tv but we are always on line cbs philly. Com, cbs this Morning Saturday is next, have a great weekend. Im lika small boxer. Ring. You dont expect much. And then, wham i hit em with huge creamy goodness alright round two bring it, girlfriend rich, creamy, 100 natural cheese. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger. Iii. Captioning funded by cbs good morning. Its february 20th, 2016. Welcome to cbs this Morning Saturday. A primary push and the countdown to caucus. 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