Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20180211 : comparem

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20180211

Poor drainage area living in the flood prone area you will be dealing with flooding throughout the daytoday and could see flooding on area creeks, streams, as well as rivers, so keeping an eye on everything, flood watch remains in effect through midnight tonight for counties that you see there in green. So lets just talk about how expansive this system is, it drapes all the way from new england down into portions of the panhandle of florida, and it is just a soaker, we have a soaking rain, currently moving right into philadelphia, and we are dealing with extremely heavy downpours right along i95, 76, portions of gloucester Camden County right around clayton we are dealing with extremely heavy rain and that will continue through the daytoday. Trade off is temperatures on the rise to around 59 degrees, more coming up in your full forecast for now, back to you. Chelsea, thank you. We will begin with new, a news story this morning an accident that killed two people is under investigation in Chester County this catch happened around 11 45 last night at grove road and Pottstown Pike in west goshen township. There is no word on how many people died, actually we do have word on that at least two people have died, we dont know how many cars have been involved in this accident, of course, we will keep you up to date. West Goshen Township Police were on the scene for several hours, the road has reopened to traffic. Tragedy in the grand can john as well a tour helicopter has crashed, killing three people and injuring four others, police say the euro helicopter ec130 was carrying a pilot and six passengers when it crashed yesterday afternoon. Rugged terrain and windy conditions are making it difficult to rescue those four survivors, and the National Transportation safety board is investigating the crash. Double decker bus has overturn in hong kong killing at least 18 and injuring dozens more, some passengers there claim the bus was speeding, Police Arrested the driver, cause of this crash is under investigation. In other news today u. S. Has nabbed its first gold medal of the Winter Olympics in south korea more about that shortly but first 80 miles away from the Olympic Village there was a possible diplomatic break through between south and north korea, holy williams, explains. Reporter in the president ial palace in sole, another sign of the thaw between north and south korea. President moon jay in of south korea welcomed this woman, kim yo jong, the sister of north koreas dictator kim jong u. N. And first member of the north koreas ruling dynasty to step foot in south korea since the two went to war in 1950. After a space of north korean missle and Nuclear Tests and a war of words between the regime and u. S. , president moon wants to kick start talks today he was rewarded with an invitation to the north for a summit meeting. Another sign of the warming came on the ice, as the unified korean womans hockey team with prepares from both north and south competed against switzerland, some hearsay the olympic have been hijack by politics. Were very upset, said this man, south korea organize the Pyeongchang Olympics but new they have been come north koreas olympics. There is in specific word on when president moon jay in will visit the north but it would be first summit meeting between leaders of the two koreas in more than a decade. Unified korean womens hockey team lost their game eight to zero. Holy williams, cbs news, sole. Now, for more about this young man named red, who has struck gold at the olympics at just 17 years old red girard has become youngest american to win a medal in mens slope style snow boarding, canadiens took silver and bronze medal. While growing up girard and his brothers built their own snow boarding features park in the backyard of their colorado home, congratulations to him. Back here at home now in the Delaware Valley an estimated tens of thousands of people are in town for Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention and this is your last day to check out the show eyewitness nice reporter anita oh is live at the Pennsylvania Convention sent they are morning where the doors opened , later today and anita, good morning. Reporter good morning, jan for everybody who wants to come down here today is the last day of the tattoo arts convention. There was a line going out the door yesterday, and around three blocks around Pennsylvania Convention center , and all of these people here are for other performances as well it is not just tattoos to find here. Jim me here is al miller the human knot originally from australia but joining us in the great philadelphia al, you have been part of this for several years now what do you think this does for the city and what kind of crowd do you see here. Definitely my type of crowd these people are cool, philly s cool and i visit all these awesome artist from his all over the country here tattooing and myself, enigma and cool, side show acts on the stage, so, i feel like sitting down being entertained , you can do that hain a bunch of jokes and see bunch of cool tricks. Reporter yesterday you had a large crowd for your performance. You have another one in the afternoon today. What do you want people to know burr act and how do you even get started. Im a comedy contortionist so i bend my body in quite extreme ways and tell jokes while im doing it and get the crowd hyped up, im there australia and i have a funny accent, for being in america. Reporter now you have multiple tattoos. You got one of them here at the convention previously. Yes. Reporter what do you want people to know about the convention on the last day to day. They should get their butts down here because it is the coolest thing happening in town since the zoomer bowl. Reporter very large crowd. Absolutely. Reporter we are seeing a lot of people coming in with eaglesrelated tattoos as well , so today what kind of things are you going to be performing i can show you a couple little tricks. Reporter so he has bunch of different cool acts, going than his performance will be later on in the afternoon today, they also have multiple booth is here american 800 booths last year they increased that by 5 percent this year in the Pennsylvania Convention center so they have been expecting about 30,000 people through the weekend, doors open up at 11, tickets can be found or information for tickets can be fund at cbs philly. Com, live from the Pennsylvania Convention center anita oh for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Eagles fans are wearing their loyalty on their sleeves these days and as you can see there with anita on their arms too. Yesterday the line there at Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention was three blocks around the convention center. Many of these people wanted to show their pride for super bowl champions, according to the found are of this annual event the heavy theme this year is eagles or eagles related tattoos. Definitely the flavor of the weekend super bowl tattoos , you know, hey eagles won. I was hoping to get one back in zero five but it didnt work out and here i am today getting it done. Life long eagles fans have a permanent momento of the their willty to their Favorite Team the super bell champions. Eagles teammates continue to meet and greet their fans and rain did in the keep fans from seeing running back corry clement in Delaware County yesterday. He had an autograph signing there at karl ease cardness havertown. The glassboro native had 100 receiving yards and a touchdown in last weeks 4133 victory over the new england patriots. Another eagle met fans last night as well defensive tackle beau allen stopped by maggies waterfront cafe in northeast philadelphia allen and sports radio 94 wip hosted a Super Bowl Victory Party and , of course, everyone there had i great time. Still to come this morning on cbs3 eyewitness initiation keeping athletes warm, and looking good at the owe limb picks. This is team u. S. A. Jacket designed to keep the americans warm im Dana Jacobson and find out how it is working and if you can get your hands on one too. Plus a high tech treatment that seems to stop trembling hand that is could help millions of people, Stephanie Stahl explains how it works when Eyewitness News back now on Eyewitness News and now to the latest on the flu epidemic, every state but hawaii and oregon is reporting widespread flu activity and 63 children have died so far this season. Brooks silver brag has more on the out break. Reporter she was just 24, type of healthy young adult who can usually ride out the fully but instead this week she died from the las vegas hospital. Cdc reports that this flu season now matches intensity of the swine flu epidemic of 2009. We have in the seen the peak just yet and we dont know when that will occur. Reporter doctor ann, acting director of the cdc says immediate treatment is important not only for children but for also the older and less resilient patients who died from the flu in shockingly high numbers. In a bad sees than like 2014 15, 56,000 americans died from the flu, were on track right new to likely reach that level, and potentially exceed it. Reporter she urges people to get their flu shot and stay home if they are sick but at doctors offices like this one at dallas they have used up their entire stock of the wrapped flu tests. It was just, running through them, like water. Reporter the flood of flu has also out paced the supply of the anti viral flu treatment, so pharmacies have run out. In an effort to prevent more people from getting sick researchers from Columbia University are suggesting public spaces install special ultraviolet light bulbs that kill virus but safe for humans like this one in arkansas already used sterilizing uv robots, some sought timeless remedies, orange juice sales are up for first time in nearly five years, the flu is getting credit. Last week, one out of every 13 doctors visits was for flu symptoms according to the cdc and here in new York City Health officials confirm a third pediatric death linc to the virus. Brooks silvabraga for cbs news, new york. Well, this morning chicago is still dealing with snowfall , they got 10 inches on friday alone and snow is expected to continue to fall there through this morning by the time it is done chicago will have another 5 inches of snow on its street and Winter Weather advisory in effect until noon and as of last night chicago ohare had cancelled more than 100 flights to day will be the ninth day in a row with measurable snow in chicago. Meantime strong wind gusts forced olympic officials to postpone the menss downhill in pyeongchang, this could also go down as the coldest olympics in american 20 years, but as Dana Jacobson reports, team u. S. A. Is ready to handle frigid temperatures while being fashion forward. Reporter team u. S. A. s Opening Ceremony tire was design for both fashion, function, and featured the first heated parka worn by u. S. Athletes. This jacket came in clutch at the opening ceremonies. You are a winter limb yan anyway to stay warm do you this. Reporter asia evans is a bob sledder making her second winter experience in pyeongchang. She said shack it is a hot ticket item. How did this jacket people were trying to say the jacket at Opening Ceremony just hilarious. Reporter you could see team u. S. A. Jacket is symbolic of the americas melting pot, ralph lauren partnered with Design Companies around the country to create the perfect park a battery pack, half of the mary High Tech Engineering , with the design, in order to allow our athletes to be able to use the battery pack while they have gloves on reporter battery pack used to heat the jacket was designed by baltimore base cod detect, and two buttons control the temperatures setting. We wanted the athletes to be warm for an entire day if they wanted it to be and we wanted it to be fit in the palm of their hand. Reporter Heating Panel is an American Flag made with conducted ink. Fewer then 100 were released to stores and fashion combination was so popular, it sold out in under 20 minutes n pyeongchang, south cover re, Dana Jacobson for cbs3 Eyewitness News. I like a heated jacket for work purposes but we do not need to it day today will be really mild, well above average for this time of the year. It wouldnt surprise me in some locations they made it in the lower 60s, but, we have to deal with the rain, throughout pretty much the entire day. Let me show you right now, a live look at center city, really hard to see those sky scraper tops right there, doesnt look too much like center city, we have low cloud , we are dealing with the rain, as well, we will also show you storm scan three, and heres what is going on, we remember earlier this morning i showed thaw batch of heavier rain pushing through baltimore , portions of maryland. New that has arrived right along the i95 corridor moved from wilmington and new pushing into portions of philadelphia and causing extreme downpours, and many locations especially east of philadelphia, near mount laurel, i mean things are just a mess right along 295, very difficult driving conditions as of right now. Zooming down further new to the south and east to some of our shore points in Atlantic City, it is pouring right now because it is red color, orange color, yellow, all of that extremely moderate to heavy rain coming down near egg harbor, near Mystic Island , all of those locations tapping into some of those heavy downpours this morning. And there is more to come, but some spots have picked up 2 inches of rain including millville just over two and a half inches and we have more that is on the way, throughout the daytoday, and in dover, 2. 35, most recently reported at airport there and Atlantic City just under 2 inches and wilmington right around 1. 36 in philadelphia, just over an inch and notice these numbers have continued to go up throughout the morning, hours, and it is because of that rain that flood advisory has been issued potentially dealing with a little urban flooding right around philadelphia, surrounding area sounding counties low lying poor drainage areas are an issue through noon time hour and i would say throughout the daytoday because a flood watch remains in effect through midnight. That is where these locations highlight in the green, allentown, reading, wilmington , wildwood, toms river, trenton, philadelphia also included in that and also into delaware we are dealing with that flood watch until midnight. Lets talk about how things play out through rest of the day. Again dealing with the heavier batch of rain will slightly shift off to the north up toward reading, allentown as we head in the tenor 11 00 oclock hour this morning. Still pockets of the heavier rain can be expect just after lunchtime here we are at 1 00 along i95 corridor from wilmington, philadelphia and trenton. We head toward new york city and things really dont taper off until later this evening. So we are still going to be dealing with that steady rain in the ladder part of the afternoon and then things taper off later on this evening, maybe even some lingering rain for areas south and east of philadelphia tonight. So temperatures right now, mild, that is the trade off 50 5 in millville, 49 Atlantic City , right around 55 in wildwood. Waking up in media to 50 degrees, 50 in mullica, 50 in palmyra and 50 in cherry hill. Throughout the day today we will see those numbers climb, climb, climb, 59 degrees by 3 00 oclock. Still dealing with that rain. Eyewitness weather seven day forecast some sunshine returns on monday but chillier with a high of 48, january. Thank you. Time to check the road. Lets go to matthew work miss ter in the cbs3 Traffic Center, hi there matthew. Road are covered with rain all over the Delaware Valley, heres 492 freeway in new jersey. Lots of standing water and definitely want to allow yourself extra time heading out this morning. This just in we are looking live at a spin out on i95 north bound approaching the airport, on the shoulder but may need little clean up. Moving to West Norriton watch for a crash at egypt road at south troop are road, crews working to clear the scene. Live from the cbs3 Traffic Center im matthew workmister jan, back to you. Little bit of water can create a lot of problems, be careful. New high tech treatment for tremor disorder that strikes millions, and has the potential to help many more perhaps even though with parkinsons disease. On the healthwatch Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl follows one of the first patientness philadelphia. Reporter simple task of Drinking Water was an ordeal for jim nyheart a Common Movement disorder called essential trum or that causes his hand to shake uncontrollably. You cannot do a lot of things thaw want to do. Reporter tremor started 10 years ago not known what cause is it, for jim it it it especially debilitating because his other hand is prosthetic, he who it in vietnam when he he was gravely wounded by mortar fire. I

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