Cannot even see the building right the now there is so much smoke, icy conditions, in area road as well as a hose wind down in this area, some water gets on the road, very cold morning for fire crews be to be out here. Some homes have been evacuated as well just as a precaution and at the this point no word about any injuries. Still, obviously a very active scene. We will stay out here all morning to bring you updates but for now we are live, jan carabao cbs3 Eyewitness News. Our time 5 31. Truly unique philadelphia tradition rings in the new year happy new year, everyone, we are looking live there, on the right side of your screen and and string band oldest club will not perform, because of a fund raising problems. Are you going to the mummers or do you just need a refresher course, we have a complete guide to the mummers, just go to the web site at cbs philly. Com. Right new lets get that mummers forecast and a cool one, um, katie. Absolutely chilly start to the new year but ive got
To route them all on and yell and holler and have a great time. I really like how they work so hard on the costumes. They are awesome. Reporter change comes with some controversy especially in philadelphia but most took it in stride. Happy new year. Reporter so while some mummers are unhappen bye the route, changes and the parade this year, some of them say that the fancy brigade competition will be just the same and they have promised us it will be a spectacular show. We will be here to see it. Live from the Convention Center matt rivers cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thanks very much. For many it is a year of rehearsing before todays big performances, tonight winners will be announced and we will post the names of the Division Leaders on our web site at cbs philly. Com. Despite all of the sunshine today new year got off to a very cold start and wet weather may not be far behind. Meteorologist kathy orr joins us live from the cbs3 sky deck with the first look the at the forecast, hi there kath
You get to the north and west and you can start to see that sleet or maybe some snow mixing in. Were not talking about huge amount of sleet or snow but any amount can make things trick toy travel. Storm scan three you can see a wide right not in the area at this point. It is on its way in here. As morning progresses we will start to watch some of these areas of precipitation moving in and then we will find it all day to day tonight and on and off tomorrow as well. This is a look right now as clouds start coming in at this point. The there is a a Winter Weather advisory, notice areas shaded in the purple for poconos that runs from noon today until 10 00 oclock tonight for areas to the west of philadelphia a heading through reading lancaster, harrisburg between 9 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. For snow and some sleet and just a chance of some really ice i travel if you are heading in those directions. Temperatures are coal. Thirtyone in philadelphia. Twentynine wilmington. Twentytwo lancaster.
Financing and government corruption. His dramatic demonstration prompt a torrent of tweets, critical and supportive. This one says doug hughes is my personal hero. Fantastic display of civil disobedience. Bravo. I was here to see it. There was this ominous message. Doug hughes may have unknowingly revealed one of the biggest Security Breaches in washington, d. C. , since edward snowden. Now, his will be restricted to his home in tampa, florida, allowed to return to the District Of Columbia only for his court proceedings. His next hearing his preliminary hearing scheduled for may 8th the latest live at the u. S. District courthouse. Back to you. Chris gordon thank you. That stunt is raising kes about how pilot doug hughes flied from gettysburg in pennsylvania, pass through several restricted flight zones and then land on the west lawn of the capitol. Our Team Coverage continues now with steve handelsman, who is live on capitol hill. Hi, steve. Reporter hi, doreen. Because of those many
From cutting medicare, from cutting medicaid, and from preventing us from creating the millions of jobs that our economy desperately needs. But at the end of the day, what we are really talking about is whether or not this nation is going to become an oligarchic form of society. And what that means, what an oligarchic form of society is about, and has existed in many countries throughout the world, historically many countries in latin america although that has recently changed is you have a nation in which both the economics and politics of the nation are controlled by a handful of billionaire families. Very, very wealthy. And it doesnt matter what party is in power because the real power, economically and politically, rests with a billionaire class. And, mr. President , it seems to me very clearly that unless we act boldly to reverse that trend, we are seeing this country moving in exactly that direction. And one of the reasons for that is that as a result of the disastrous Citizens U