Is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Tonight at 11 oclock an evening of snow, rain and sleet across the region is leaving roads slick with slush across philadelphia but further north the inches have accumulated pretty quickly. Allentown got more than 8inches of heavy snow while flakes blanketed bethlehem. Eyewitness news viewer also shared this treacherous commute along route 45 near sewell, new jersey, with us where the roads quickly became a slippery mess. And we are tracking this system as it moves out tonight. A look at storm scan3 at this hour shows where some moisture is still lingering. Good evening everyone, im Natasha Brown. Thank you so much for joining us. We have been following the flakes for you all evening long as the storm made its way through our area. Eyewitness News Reporter alycia nieves is live on the Ben Franklin Parkway. But well start with meteorologist lauren casey. Were dealing with things wrapping up. Thats good news but boy what a mess of a night. Check out some of these
Around 3 00 this morning. Evacuations involve just about 100 people, many from a hotel nextdoor. Eyewitness News Reporter chantee lans live at the scene live with the fire commissioner. Good morning. Reporter good morning, jan , just learned that the fire is now considered to be under control joining me is the fire commissioner, the fire under control so whats that mean right now . Well, that essentially means we think weve confined it to the building where it started, or the buildings were started. Yes. Certainly does not mean the fire is out. Far from that, as you can tell tell me about this building , and how complex it is for you guys to fight this type of smear. These Old Buildings, the building over the years, might have start out as separate occupancy, now are have been connected and reconnected and renovated over time. We never know what we are dealing with in these situation. So when all of that happens , what, i mean, i see there are guys up there, guy on the ground. It is mo
Psychiatric evaluation. We are lacking proper foundations and Proper School funding for security. This student says she was in locks class during the discussion. He was just saying we need more safety and security. That is all true. We do. The School Superintendant declined to talk to action newss dann cuellar. Nor would he talk about the current security procedures. This morning the neighbor was disheartened that these kids is part of a generation of students during shootings that are speaking up. I think its awesome and a bright future. And i think its hopeful. Makes me hopeful. Reporter well, at this point the district has not released the number of kids that walked today. Earlier indications that is pro tests may be disciplined by the school. And it has not materialized. The School Principal in a letter says that he is now proud of what the students did. As for what is next, its not clear. The School Board Meeting is scheduled tonight over at the Administration Building at 7 00 p.
An under state. Its been all day. If you stand outside of this place you see people come and go in and out of there. Its very busy to say the least and once again it is attracting the attention of law enforcement. It was raided again, today Upper Moreland Township Police confirm they executed a search warrant. This comes less than two weeks ago thats when fbi and dea did a raid here. Neighbors we spoke to say its only one way to explain it. Its a pill mill. Does a bear go in the woods . Of course, we know exactly whats going on. Reporter pill mill meaning the overprescribing of certain drugs. When we spoke with federal investigator its by phone they wouldnt confirm what the search warrant was about nor the last one late last month but say theyre aware of certain activity happening here. Their investigation is ongoing and they know about the suspicious long lines that form outside of the clinic every morning. Today our crews filmed as another line formed with people peering. Its ridicul
The scene has now been cleared. The investigation still ongoing. Were live here in radnor, im dann cuellar channel6 action news. Back to you guys. All right, dann, thank you. In other news tonight its been the target of intense scrutiny protests and vandalism over the past few months. After much debate and public outcry its been announced that the frank rizzo statue is moving from the place it has stood for more than three decades. And now to the citys decision to relocate that statue from its current spot in front of the Municipal Services building. For some philadelphians the statue of the mayor represents a mayor of division and discrimination and those beliefs led to many protests demanding the statue be removed. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman live in center city tonight. Trish, you have reaction to the news. Reporter thats right, rick. After asking for the publics input the city says it received almost 4,000 submissions and announced today that the rizzo statue will be moved f