Freezing walking in today. But in terms of the road this is one of the more normallal days of the workweek but lots of ice. I almost went right through a stop sign. Still looking very slippery. Yes. Yes, that is it. I got on my ice skates, yeah, that is too funny. Ab careful if any of our other coworkers are watching, be careful coming around to the parking lot. Just a little head up. But let me getty out there, noreaster long gone. We have wind issues out there we will not end up with any additional snow showers or squals like we had yesterday but it is still very cold as meisha mentioned. It is frigid. Nice clear sky. We need that blanket of included cover to help us insulate basically at surface. We dont have that this morning. The wind are still whipping out there we have wind gusts up to 34 miles an hour in abington, little creek at Dover Air Force base, 26 miles an hour as it Point Pleasant beach, this is a running theme , guys, every where even at International Airport here in philadelphia. 27 miles an hour gusts being reported. Now, right now technically in the 20s, it does feel more like the teens, bundle up, again adequately here today. Looking ahead to the day ahead talking temperatures, well below average, it is less harsh then yesterday, and it does look like sun will shine and again, we will not worry about additional snow showers or squals to reduce visibility that is a good thing. When you said little bit less, yeah, just a little bit less. Okay. All right, katie thanks very much. Good morning everyone. So yes we will be talking about that ice, looking at 95 south at cottman we are looking g on our major highways, interstates it is not as much ice. Maybe off to the shoulder but not so much on the main lanes, on those sidewalks, side streets, all of that so smaller road, still, very much , slippery. Schuylkill at Spring Garden pushing in thee bound direction toward center city looking good there. In terms of the flows, we are looking as we should at 4 00 in the morning. That being said we have a morning construction crew out here northeast extension both directions between mid county and quakertown. Just a head up on. That we are dealing with ice on the shoulders or anywhere just be careful for crews out there. More construction abington 611 old york road between hamilton and wheatsheaf lane, that right lane is down there. Were talking about more in the next 10 minutes. Back over to you. New video overnight as Fire Fighters battled flames in the Nursing Center in wynfield heights. It happened on the 2100 block of north fortyninth street, fire began in the kitchen area crews had fire under control by 1 30 this morning no reports of injuries. Licenses and inspections officials will be patrolling part of the center city, like right here in front of the loe ws building after incidents of falling ice. Cars and pedestrians were blocked between 12th and 13th street yesterday. Even small pieces of ice might have considered weight due to high pressure. City is urging high rise owners and managers to manage their buildings and issue warnings when necessary. Ac electric is hoping to have power restored to the customers by noon today this weeks winter storm tore through south jersey causing widespread power outages, at last check ac electric reported closer to 100 outages down from the initial 29,000. In the meantime the Electric Company and red cross has set up warming centers, like this one in mullica. It is a bad ice storm so you expect this kind of thing to happen. I came down to get charged and they have coffee, snacks, very nice. We let lights go on and they are not on because of the storm, and we want to make sure we help those people out doing the right thing. Del marva power crews in delaware are working to re store lines to homes, 9500 were in the dark yesterday afternoon. The Electric Company is reporting less than 400 outage s. Police in bucks county are not sure what cause aid young boy to have a heart attack, in his own backyard. This happened at a home in the 1900 block of pal mean owe drivein warrington yesterday afternoon. Police, fire crews and ambulance crews responded to a call of the fiveyear old boy face down in the snow. Boys parents said he was dressed appropriately for snow and brought to childrens hospital. We are awaiting an update on his condition. Quick moving house Fire Destroys a home in ocean city. House was fully engulfed when Fire Fighters arrived last night, thinks on the 5200 block of simpson avenue. Fire fighters say a broken fire hydrant, wind, icy conditions hampered their efforts, fortunately no one was injured. Union representing Police Officers in Atlantic City is suing to block state cuts to its contracts. The new Jersey Department of Community Affairs is overseeing the takeover of the City Government and Officials Say they had no choice but to cut officers salaries and benefits to balance budget. Judge still has not ruled on whether the state can proceed with the cuts to Fire Fighters contracts in order to save the city money. The president s revised travel ban was supposed to go in effect today but federal judge in hawaii brought immigration order to a halt. Judge issued a temporary restraining order against two parts of the president s plan last night. Measure including immigration and travel ban for citizens from six predominantly muslim countries. State of hawaii challenged the order saying it was worried would it hurt tourist industry , harm foreign students and Muslim Population we truly felt it was discriminatory and violation of the constitution. And President Trump reacted to legal defeat during a rally in nashville. Were going to fight this terrible, were going to take our cases as far as it need to go including all the way up to the supreme court. Earlier stop in michigan president promised to review fuel efficiency standard imposed bio bam administration , meanwhile democrats argued weakening standard will cost americans more at the gas pump. President trump will release his first blueprint for budget this morning, that will reportly raise spending for defense and home land security, while making cuts to the state department and the Environmental Protection agency. Blueprint only includes numbers for Discretionary Spending which does not address programs like social security, medicare. President promised not to touch mandatory spending. Congress will to have deciding whether to pass the budget. Several Historic Sites in philadelphia remain closed to visitors due to the federal governments hiring freeze. House where Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independent and Ben Franklins print shop are among sites closed in olde city. It is due to worker shortage. Even the independent mall bathrooms are closed. If you are handicapped, it is needed because it is easier for me to walk into this facility here closers. The federal government has to cut back on things and this is one of the things we have to sacrifice for a little while. Well, representative for local government employees, says maintenance staff alone is down by 40 percent. Independent hall and liberty bell are still opened to visitors. Well, hope you are ready for basketball. March madness hits air waves on cbs3 at noon. Wildcats of villanova in buffalo getting ready for mount st. Mary mountaineers. They are a Small College in maryland with 1700 under grads nova is first defending National Champs to enter the tournament with 31 wins. Coach jay wright says his team is dealing with pressure. Everybody we talked to they are talking about repeating, repeating when we get along with our team we will let our guys know, that is normal, that is part of what comes with winning a National Championship but we have got to be smart enough to focus on one game at a time and mount st. Mary. You cannot compete if you dont get pennsylvania the first game. It all gets underway at noon, Ivy League Champion princeton tigers face notre dame and 2 30 bucknell against villanova it is wisconsin at Virginia Tech and, again, that is all right here on cbs3. Just a few hours to get in on march madness action go to cbs philly. Com bracket to join our bracket challenge. Compete begins cbs philly personalities including our very own jim donovan. Im an expert. It is a 5,000 American Express gift card and there are pries for winners of each round. Meanwhile there is another tournament underway, love this , pennsylvania spca is in the tournament of the tails. It is a contest in which adopt able pets represent shelters across the country, people vote on line for their favorites to advance to the next round with the winning shelter getting 5,000. Violet the dog who was featured in the cbs3 pet project is representing the pennsylvania spca, there is a link for you to vote on the pennsylvania spca Facebook Page and dont forget you can see adoptable pets every sunday morning, in our cws3 pet project. Love that segment. Five local Police Officers shot on duty are among dozens of officers honored in a special ceremony. Eyewitness news at fraternal order of police lodge number five in northeast philadelphia last night. Greater fail chapter honored 29 Law Enforcement officers from our region who were recognized for valor and Outstanding Service to the community. Well, coming up, police are looking for two women who assault aid Grocery Store employee. We will show you Surveillance Video and tell you where it happened. Plus a crash send a suv, flying straight into a Cell Phone Store surprising thing about this incredible story. Police carries rammed during a chase in california, how long it took officers to finally get suspect into custody, after that Philadelphia Police need your help finding two women who attacked a Grocery Store employee. Take a closer look from the fresh grocer on grays ferry avenue. March 5th Police Say Two woman attacked an employee, escorted out by security and they say if you recognize these women Philadelphia Police want to hear from you. Police in delaware are investigating an incident of Carbon Monoxide poisoning, one child and three adults got sick after inhale Carbon Monoxide from a charcoal grill brought in the home. It happened on the 400 block of morehouse drivein wilmington. All four people are in stable condition. Suspect in custody after ramming a police car in berkley, california during a chase. Suspect was driving a white pick up when chase started in oakland but it is not clear what prompt that had pursuit. One Police Officer suffered minor injuries, armed suspect, ran into a home, and neighbors were shocked as police swarmed the area. Like as a contractor i started counting like, 25, and then i just gave up, but it seems like there is more than 30. It was just a huge, police, chase that went up the street with multiple, multiple cars, and helicopters above, and this big white trucks coming up the street. Two other drivers involved in the crash were not seriously injured. Police negotiated with the suspect for 90 minutes before surrendering. This morning two officers are hospitalized after a shooting in detroit. Police say officers were patrolling when they saw a man acting nervously. They walked up to him, they say he pulled out a gun and started shooting. They returned fire but one officer was hit in the ankle and torso, and other one was hit in the neck. Sixty yearold man was taken in custody. Officers are in critical condition. But they are expected to survive. A violent crash in new york send a suv flying in the store. Eyewitnesses say suv went airborne landing in the middle of this Verizon Store in long island. This is incredible, look at this other car smashed in the metal fence. As bad as these pictures look, were told both drivers suffered minor injuries no one was inside that was hurt. It is unclear if icy conditions played a role in the crash. But amazing they only suffered minor injuries. Crews fought a big fire in the chemical refinery outside Houston Company that owns the refinery says it began in the cooling tower, so far no reported injuries. Local Fire Fighters teamed up with the refinery Fire Fighters to get the blaze under control, no word on a cause. Today is like spring out there. No, just kidding. Where are you at. Make believe, if we make believe it will appear. It hurts, katie, it hurts. Sometimes you can at lee think your problems away i suppose but then you walk outside and feel reality of mother natures vicious chill, and i did want to at lee give you something to look forward to and that is first day of, spring. Look at this festive graphic. Could it be anymore springy. Yeah. Do you think so. All right. We will see what we can jazz it up more. We are looking ahead to the march or vernal equinox on march 20th and we are going to see a nice long, 12 hours, nine minutes, 152nd to be exact of daylight. It looks like we are going to see some sunshine. There is a chance we will see a little bit of rain in the early part of the week but storm scan three nice, wide zoom on the eastern 23rd of the you had and it is pretty quiet, a streak of cloud across center of the country but no systems to track, just yet. There is a clipper system that will work its way in, friday into saturday and that ising to go bring us, yes, another shot for some snow. Now i dont think were talking about anything, like what we did just see, but, some rain, snow showers, maybe some sleet will mix in. Looking ahead to friday into saturday. In the meantime it already is feeling like winter, as you all well know, it is more like the teens when you talk about feels like values. Sub zero conditions, when you factor in the wind in mount pocono. So again it is a day that will require nice heavy coat but scarves, hat, gloves, especially if you have to be outside. I love this graphic. One of my favorite. Anytime we have a holiday we have super festive graphics that we can pull up and we do expect sunshine through the course of friday, that night is when that clipper will make its arrival, any kind of festivities you have planned looking good through the daylight hours, moving forward there will be rain, snow showers, again, sleet mix nothing saturday morning, then that should clear out and we are brightening up for sunshine. Monday, some sun as well for that first day of spring, meisha. Nice to see that 50 on monday. Katie, thank you so much. Looking at today though still a lot of ice out there katie and i were talking about this earlier we almost went right through a stop sign again today. It was on a smaller road. We will in the see that on our highways, interstates, main parts but off to the side you can just see how much isis still out there. Anytime that light hits pavement correctly you can see it too. We are still dealing with black ice, head up, blue route at mid county we are dealing with an accident, blue route north bound, at the plaza that is now since been cleared. Looking good here. It is just, slippery conditions. And, hence, we have an accident, bear, delaware route seven, it is closed between bear road and route 71, your alternate route one or route 13 is your best bet. Good thing is we are still really early on this thursday morning. We will have a lot of vehicles out there but just a head up. We have construction crews 676 southbound at collins avenue one lane blocked that should be clearing around 5 00 a. M. Jim and rahel, back over to you. Google is rolling out a new feature to help parents keep tabs on kid. Reason children may like the feature in this mornings can a filet, or a new york strip ever be topped . Well, no. But for our new delmonico ribeye, perhaps we can make more room at the top. You cant fake steak longhorn steakhouse tonights special, steakhouse cuts. Featuring, for a limited time, the new delmonico ribeye, our tender flos filet, and the juicy new york strip. And for lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo. Only at longhorn. Welcome back. Time for a check of business news. Money watchs jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, so fed wrapped up its meeting and as many expected it was raising interest rate, what can you tell us . Reporter okay. So fed raised rates by a quarter point and so that two more rate hikes could becoming this year. It is a sign that the economy is doing well but it does have a big impact on consumers. If you save youll get more interest on your money but credit card loans, car loans, and mortgages will cost more. According to wallet hub this will cost u. S. Consumers about 1. 6 billion in extra credit card finance charges during 2017. To put it in perspective, Interest Rates still relatively low, the fed brought them to near zero during the financial crisis, thinks only third rate hike since that time. And it was expected and they are expecting more, you cannot have everything. Exactly. I understand google has a new parental control to help keep tabs on kid. That is right, thinks called family link and way for parents to remetly machine for what their kid are up to on devices. Parents can approve or deny requests from anywhere, and in tern kid will get a real google account with g mail address is and access to most google services. Okay. Sound like a good option. That is good. I will put that on, for you i got to keep you in check. Keep me in line. I was going to say the same thing. Thanks, jill, we will check in next hour. We have another cold day in store for us. Katie, i just got to know how much longer will this last i feel like were sick of it too. I am too, trust me. 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Welcome back as we look live here overlooking the Franklin Institute, very proud partners of the official weather station, in fact of the Franklin Institute here at cbs3 and it looks like it will be a cold day and great excuse if you may be got a little bit of time to kill, go ahead and do something Franklin Institute would be great place to go. They have climate control. Find something to do inside here today. Lets talk snow cover, guys. We didnt have a heck of a lot until this last storm system and look at the snow it left behind. Not just here but all the way back toward dakotas. We will zero in on our area and see how we are doing. It is a half and half situation here. We have about a foot, plus, anywhere from the lehigh valley, certainly up to the mountains here, even higher totals in carbon and monroe where we had 2 feet in a handful of locations. Closer to the city, of course, not quite that much, we have issues that meisha will be talking about all morning, definitely left over snow mound, icing still a concern and ill throw these Current Conditions overtop of this. Even though we will not have additional snow squals or showers to worry about it is still cold, windy, so that continues to be a running theme for us, meisha and it looks like, we will warm up, too much in the next couple of days. It is a bummer. After the snow we were moving would it move out of our way but we are seeing that stay, lots of ice, still, and we will stay all morning long. Take it very easy to day. Everything is still frozen. Katie and i almost went through a stop sign. This is a smaller road but i will let you know how much black isis still out there we have an accident not in the camera shot but right around blue route northbound mid county toll place, police are blocking a few toll boats and lanes letting you know how slippery, jim, over to you. Coming up next on cbs3 Eyewitness News we are live as crews worked around the clock to restore power. Plus we will tell what you brought dignitaries like Justin Trudeau and ivanka trump together in new york. One major retailer is using augmented reality to help you have a better shopping experience. We are back at the top clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. Wow but what other teen problems can it fix fast . Will clearasil act fast to help this teen concentrate on his math test . Darn it only worked on the acne. Can it hel. Nope. No. So lets be clear clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. And now theres new clearasil overnight spot patches with patented technology for faster healing. Out of power and in the dark hundreds of residents in the area still without electricity, as crews work to restore power, we are live with how one town is helping those left in the cold. President trump is calling a federal judges ruling, block being his revised immigration plan unprecedented judicial over reach. Im Hanna Daniels with more on how the president is vowing to take his travel fight ban to the supreme court. It is another day, it is another bitter cold start to the day, live look at center city from our cbs3 studios lots of snow, ice on the ground and many road still very slippery. Good morning, today is thursday, march 16th im jim donovan. Im rahel solomon. We have a handful of School Delays scrolling at the bottom of your screen. Katie is keeping an eye on things this morning. I enjoy your phantom moves. How easy was that job. Yes. Well, looking at a lot of ice as rahel pointed out. We are already seeing accidents because of that ice, that is out there. It is out there expect that it will trip you up, slow you down, factor in extra time and sun glare very likely end up being an issue. Van a whiteys on the phone. Okay. Yah. You can tell. Guinness record for most dresses ever worn by a woman. I know. We need that company. Yes. All right. Lets move this thing along. All right. Lets get you out there and show you what is, going on. We have nice looking skies, that will allow that, certainly the sun glare to