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And historic, trip, president barack obama travels to cuba today. Find out how you long it has been since a sitting president has visited the island. It is sunday march 20th good morning im rahel solomon. The lets send it over to meteorologist Justin Drabick. A at least calendar says spring if that means anything but no. No, were talking about a little bit of snow tonight. That is you why are mean to me today. Is that why. Im just kidding. Yeah, right. The spring temperatures. We have that coming later this week. We will talk about that later, but we have to get through the storm system. We have round two of the weekend storm yesterday, a little bit of rain from the city on south and east. Now time for nuisance snow coming at us tonight. Outside this morning it is quiet. A few breaks in the cloud. We will see a few peaks of sun. Temperatures 38 degrees in philadelphia wind picking up, 16 miles an hour out of the north east. Wind chills are colder then what the air temperatures are. Freezing in allentown. Twentythree in mount pocono. We do have cold air in place but temperatures today during the afternoon stay above freezing. We have a developing storm to our south, right now we do see light rain in southern delaware trying to move into southern cape may county. That will be the trend throughout the morning. That rain looks further north into the afternoon we will go even around the city there could be a few light rain showers and then tonight the cold air returns, snow around and best chance to see steady snow would be east of new jersey, Winter Weather advisory goes into effect at 7 00 for atlantic, southern burlington and ocean county, new jersey. Maybe a couple inches there but on the grass. Throughout the morning were dry, afternoon mostly cloudy skies, not until mid to Late Afternoon we will see light rain showers and then after sunset we will see that change over to some snow. At the shore temperatures in the 40s today. Better chance for steadier rain at times and then poconos should stay dry, temperatures in the upper 30s. That the moisture does not the get there. So afternoon rain will change over to snow tonight, light accumulations anywhere especially mainly on the grass areas, so travel conditions should be okay just watch out for reduced visability. We will talk about 70s this week in the full forecast in a few minutes. My eyes just let up. Justin, thank you. Overnight fire in Delaware County send one person to the hospital. The two alarm fire which brought dozens of Fire Fighters to the scene, started at just after 1 00 on fifth and barclay in chester. Authorities say that the building which was divided in to multiple apartments was not fully occupied. The victims condition is not yet men this morning and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. A shooting at a local high school is under investigation this morning. It happened last night at archbishop ryan on academy road in northeast philadelphia. Police a say a male juvenile was shot in the thigh and then taken to torresdale hospital. He is in stable condition this morning. The shooting took place in a field behind the school near the woods, and it is unclear this morning if the victim a tend archbishop ryan. No arrests have been made. A two car accident send six people to the hospital, it happened on Blackwood Clementon road, in lindenwald yesterday afternoon. The road as you can see was blocked as authority investigated. Two people were air lifted and four taken in ambulancing. More than a dozen pets are seized after nearly 20 pets are seized from a northeast philadelphia home. After Authorities Say that they were living in filthy conditions. Eyewitness News Reporter will alexandria hoff has more on what prompted police to check the house. Reporter it was sound of the dogs barking overnight, without any sign of an owner that neighbors say led to the police being called to check in on a home in the 7900 block of marsden street in the cities holmesberg section. We all have dogs. I mean she, there was never a problem, you know, we didnt know she had that many. It is a shame. Really a shame. Reporter following that welfare check Police Officers a leathered the pennsylvania spca to what they found inside. Today spca officers executed a search warrant to investigate possible violations of the animal cruelty code. We found filthy conditions and we were able to remove 15 animals, 15 dogs abe two cats at this time. That was like her kid. She did not have any kids. The animals were her kid. She did everything for them. Reporter animals made up mostly of small dogs, in of which appeared to be injured or malnourished were removed from the property and taken in the care of the spca where their health will be monitored. Neighbors like this woman who did not want to be shown said she feels the owner was left negligent but overwhelmed. Out back they would bark but they came in. She took care of them. It the is just sad. Reporter those who know the owner said she has not returned to the home but has spoken with officials. She would come from work, go in, be in there until next morning and she with go back out for work. That was her life. Income her house with her animals made her happy. Reporter according to philadelphia code no more than a dozen animals can be inside a single residents at one time. In this case there were 17. No formal charges have been filed. They will to have come following a full investigation in the condition of the home and of the animals. The reporting from spca headquarters, alexandria hoff for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Five people are dead after a gruesome suicide bombing in istanbull. Turkish Officials Say the attack happened yesterday on the citys pedestrian shopping street a among the dead were two israeli americans and one iranian citizen. Several others were wounded. No terrorist group has officially claimed responsibility so far. This is the sixth suicide bombing at turkey the past year. Authorities are beginning to investigate what led to a devastating passenger jet crash in southern rush, saturday morning. The crash killed everyone on board and a monk the victims, four children. Sixtytwo people on board died when the boeing 737, operated by fly dubai exploded in a giant fireball while trying to land in bad weather. Some experts say a strong gust of wind could have been a factor. An American Team from the ntsb and boeing are joining the investigation. And for christians around the world today marks the start of the holy week on the christian calendar known as palm sunday day. Lets take a live look right now at a very crowded saint peters square. Today marks final week of lent. Earlier this this morning the pope celebrated mass in the square, which consisted of blessing of the palms, processions and will holy mass. Many who attended pope francis mack took home small olive and palm branches that is a symbol of peace. After reestablishing u. S. Relations with cuba, president barack obama will be the first u. S. Sitting president to visit the island in nearly 90 years. The president and first lady will arrive there later today. During the trip president obama is expected to meet with cuban president raul castro, a and do some sight seeing and attend a baseball game. Back here in the u. S. , all eyes remain on the campaign trail as Hillary Clinton and donald trump get closer to lock nothing their parties president ial nomination. Jeff shows us, rather how the president may be trying to stop trump. Reporter he is not on the the ballot but his legacy is on the line. Hello there. Reporter president obama is gearing up for a campaign of his own against donald trump feeling little will sim at the pennsylvania i for the g. O. P. This is the guy, remember who was sure that i was born in kenya. Who just wouldnt let it go. And all of the same republican establishment, they werent saying nothing. As long as it was directed at me, they were fine with it. Reporter the president is still officially on the sidelines of the democratic primary fight, even though his preference for Hillary Clinton is one of the worst kept secrets in washington but he is all into stop trump. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. Reporter his tonies dismissive. I think they recognize being president is a serious job. It is not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Reporter to dead serious. I know im not the only one in this room who may be more a little dismayed about what is happening on the campaign trail lately. We have heard vulgar, divisive rhetoric aimed at woman and minorities, americans who dont look like us or pray like us or vote like we do. Reporter in five years trump had has gone from president ial punch line. Remember mr. Trump he would certainly bring some change to the white house. Reporter now within reach of the presidency, which obama is increasingly working against. Primary people met and expressed themselves and if he seems like entertainment, as you get closer, the reality has a way of intruding. Reporter the president is gradually expressing himself. I think i will have a democratic successor and i will campaign very hard to make that had happen. Reporter question is whether voters are looking for change just as they were eight years ago when he swept into office. That was jeff, reporting. Still to come on Eyewitness News. Congress takes a look at future of self driving cars but are they ready for the road. Im Craig Boswell in washington with that coming up. And california woman headed to the airport takes a wrong turn, find out where she arrived and how a Good Samaritan came to her rescue. Plus, snow returns for the first day of spring, justin let us know which areas will see snow and how much they will get. Many auto makers believe in the near future cars will be able to drive themselves. Well, there are hurt tolls clear before cars are ready for the road. As cbs news correspondent Craig Boswell reports, u. S. Lawmakers are taking a look at those issues. Reporter it is a glimpse of the road ahead auto makers brought several ought ton must cars to capitol hill so members of the coming could go for a ride. Cameras and radar allow vehicles to steer, brake, accelerate on their own. It is really remarkable how far they have come with this. Reporter senator john then knows future is cars that can drive on their own. His commit thee looked at what roadblocks need to be cleared to get vehicles on the road. Almost every major auto maker is working on the technology with google who has spent years testing the cars. This estimates 38,000 people were killed on americas road last year and 94 percent of accidents involve human error. Self driving cars can help us change that. Reporter google pointed out many states have yet to allow self driving cars on the road and technology has not the been perfected. A google lexus suv outfitted for self driving accidentally hit a city bus last month in california. Were not ready for widespread deployment. Reporter Mechanical Engineering professor Mary Cummings believe they are in the ready yet. She said sensors cannot recognize a traffic officer and have difficulty performing in bad weather. If you have a case with a sudden down power or misty rain or snow then we worry about how cars will reason. Reporter cummings wants to see a federal Testing Program put in place, auto makers say they are ready to work with the government to get self driving cars on the road. Craig boswell for cbs3 Eyewitness News. And as you step outside this morning it the may be hard to believe but yes, today is the first day of spring. The as tradition goes ritas water ice will be celebrating with free water ice. Today, 600 rita locations will hand out about a million free water ice, rain or shine, or snow this year, this is the 24th Straight Year for ritas celebrating the first day of spring with free water ice. Now justin, there is nothing like a cold water ice on a warm summer day but i guess we can take it on a cold spring day. It is water ice just like ice cream i will take either or anytime of the year. The lines will be huge on the sunday, with that free water ice but if you dont get out to ritas we will get free ice coming out of the sky. We have one spot where we may in the see anything at all is in the poconos, not a bad morning, a few peaks of the unshine breaking out, looking at Big Boulder Lake there, nice start to the the day. Most have the moisture stays south of the poconos, dry conditions there. Temperature wise it is cold for this time of the year. Next couple days we are running below average. We should be in the the mid 50s for daytime temperatures to day, only in the mid 40s just like yesterday, tomorrow we are still stuck in the 40s and then we will bring back spring like numbers close to to average tuesday. It will feel more like may, wednesday into thursday, it will make another run into the 70s. This morning we are above freezing in most spots, south and east of the city. Wildwood 41. Newark youre waking up to 37. Similar numbers across the new jersey suburbs and then around philadelphia, wood town 36 degrees. It does get colder toward lehigh valley, quakertown, doylestown sitting a at freezing. We will climb above freeze to go day. In,ly moisture that comes in will be in the form of rain. The wind starting to kick up, out of the northeast, gusting to 20 miles an hour at times. Then as the storm intensifies off the coast we will see more northerly win tonight. That starts to draw in the colder air and help change that rain over to light snow across the region and then tomorrow just some gusty wind out of the northwest reenforcing the cold air for one more day. Heres what were talking about. Dry right the now, just some cloud, heres developing storm over carolinas moving off shore, track north east and intensifies just a little bit the too late for bringing some heavy snow to the region but we will see light snow especially south and east, city tonight. So low passes off shore, really, after sunset around midnight or so we could see a round of steady snow interior south jersey and along the shore point but by tomorrow morning we are back to clearing skies and a decent amount of sunshine for your monday. It will be chilly for this time of the year. Then High Pressure parked itself over midatlantic for tuesday, wednesday into thursday. So that means a dry pattern with milder temperatures. The in the early afternoon we are dry with mostly cloudy skies, shore will see showers at times and then that rain gets in the city late the in the afternoon. Then by 8 00 we will see that change over to some snow, as we lose heating from the sun and get colder air. From the city on south and east through overnight hours a period of light snow, could be steadier snow interior south jersey down to southern kent county delaware and Sussex County but by tomorrow morning it the is out of here and we are back to sunny skies. How much snow . Best shot to see accumulations would be interior south jersey where Winter Weather advisory is in effect. One to 3 inches near the coast. A lot of this will be mainly on the grass. Coating to an inch is possible up around the city but not much of anything north and west of philadelphia. Fortys today. It the is mild. That will keep the ground warm when it the is snowing temperatures should above freezing. It is hard to get that to stick. Tomorrow still chilly, upper 40s. Today 44 with afternoon light rain, that changes over to snow tonight. We are close to freezing. Extended forecast, each day warmer, split is, wednesday and thursday some 70s and cooler by next week even. Cant complain too much, thanks, justin. 7 19. Time to see how traffic is moving. Heres meg at the cbs3 Traffic Center. Good morning, meg. Reporter good morning, thank you. Starting your sunday off very quiet, on the roadways here. A beautiful shot of the art museum here just a reminder, Martin Luther king drive closed both directions this morning for recreational activities, it will remain closed until about 5 00 oclock this evening. So just something to keep in mind. We have kelly drive shut down, this is Fountain Green to Strawberry Mansion for a regatta, scheduled to reopen around 6 00 p. M. Traveling across the sit you i our only option is schuylkill expressway which we can see here light volume this morning. Right new there is in problems on the schuylkill expressway, this is a shot of the schuylkill expressway at south street. As you can see not a lot going on. You are off to a easy sunday morning. That is the latest from the cbs3 Traffic Center im meg no vel i. Elderly woman in california headed to the airport makes a wrong turn and goes missing for hours. Shes protected by the lord. Nine twoyear old shirley roomers was on her way to pick up her son and went missing for an entire night. Police track her license plate to several locations including a gas station and it showed that she drove all night long. Her son, of course, feared the worst and then a call came he never imagined. It was laid any mexico that had her. I knew it was a scare. Roomers had become confused and driven to mexico. She crashed and was stranded in a dangerous location. Martin, a young mother, took her home and called police. She is video messenger app on facebook to pin opinion her location. Glad shes okay. Still ahead on Eyewitness News a rock star in more ways than one who front man Roger Daultry is in town for in concert but it is his actions off the stage having a big impact for a local Childrens Hospital. The way he is giving back. And two buildings in north philadelphia a are demolish, find out why some are sad to see it go and what is going to pop up in its place. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Look who is giving back the rock band the who makes a charitable donation in support of the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. Roger daultry talk exclusively to our Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl about why he is making the generous donation. The reporter on their 50th anniversary world tour the who, Roger Daultry and pete towns end are making Music History and raising money and awareness for a charity called who cares, teen cancer america. These are your teenagers, they need your support. You deserve have to have it better. Reporter teen cancer america creates friendly environments in hospitals so children being treated for cancer have a refuge, a mission that started in the uk and moved across the pond. Philadelphia a lawyer howard jafe helped create teen cancer america a lot of letters, phone calls, beg to go meet roger. Reporter he made the connection and now who fan is a partner with daultry and towns event in teen cancer america which has facilities in about a dozen hospitals across the country. I think it is unbelievable because you see rock stars and they are iconic figures but at the end of the day they are just good guys, good people. They were philanthropic guys with real purpose to help others. Reporter this is new space at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia, created by the charity. The space isnt ready yet but we plan to have more flat screens, gaming systems, we will repaint everything. Reporter thinks where teenage chop patients will be able to come for some distractions and fun. They need a space of their own to dress their need. Reporter who cares legend will live were not just their music but young Cancer Patients being helped by the rockers. With the new center at chop, Roger Daultry says it is his special gift to the children of cancer here in philadelphia as he does his final concert, here in philadelphia. Im Stephanie Stahl, cbs3 Eyewitness News. And the Delaware County chapter of the National Congress the of the black women hosted its annual doctor delores talkes a ward brunch in boothwyn. A place. More than 350 people attended yesterdays event which honored seven county residents, and outstanding trailblazers for their dedication to the community. Our Natasha Brown was this years mistress of the ceremonies, the a ward is presented as the highest honor for the person who exemplifies the spirit and values of the former civil rights leader. And still to come on Eyewitness News, dead ringer, not only does everyone have a twin, we will show you someone who many think looks just like president ial candidate ted cruz and wait until you find out his occupation. Plus are you up for an add venture . Cherri gregg is at the fill travel and adventure show with cool travel ideas for you, hi there justin. Hi there we are talking about spring snow. I will let you know when it arrives and who will see most weather when we check eyewitness weather when we come back. We built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. Not the land. The water. Or power sources. Its the people. American workers. They build worldclass products. And that builds communities. And a better future. For all of us. Because making something in america means so much, to so many. Weathertech. Proudly made in america. Today, it is sunday march 20th, good morning to you im rahel solomon. Meteorologist Justin Drabick is outside on the sky deck with eyewitness weather. The it could be easy to forget that it is officially the first day of spring. Spring will be on delay a few days but i promise we will warm things up over next several days but first we have to get the through round two of this weekend storm. It will bring some snow to the region, a little bit of nuisance snow. We will get the through with no problems. Sunshine this morning, clouds continue to thicken up this afternoon. Temperatures at or a above freezing, we are at 38 in philadelphia at the airport as well as wilmington. Near the shore in the lower 40s in wildwood. Still right around freezing up toward quakertown, doylestown, pottstown checks in at 35 degrees. Developing storm system over carolinas right now trying to bring in light rain to southern delaware, extreme southern new jersey. That starts to creep further northward through the morning and in the afternoon. Best chance to see wet weather around philadelphia will be this afternoon. Then tonight we will see cold air return and there could be steadier snow across eastern new jersey. That is why Winter Weather advisory will go in effect at 7 00 for atlantic, southern burlington and a ocean county. You guys have the best chance to see the most snow. A lot of a accumulation will be on grassy areas as temperatures stay above freezing today and even tonight. Fortyfour for the high in philadelphia with afternoon rain at the shore. Better chance to see period of rain at times with high in the the lower 40s. Breaking down your day morning dry, afternoon, light rain, changes over to snow around seven or 8 00. Light accumulation anywhere and then most of that will be on the grass. I will let you know who sees exactly how much snow in the full forecast in a few more minutes, rahel. Back to you. Justin, thank you. A wig boom and included of dust could be seen for miles in north philadelphia. With more than 200pound of dynamite the Philadelphia Housing Authority imploded two of its high rises. Eye witt the necessary news reports anita oh has more on why the buildings were taken down yesterday and what will soon take their place. Three, 21. Wow. Reporter just like that, the Norman Bloomberg apartments in north philadelphia, which stood for nearly 50 years, turned to ruble saturday morning. That was a power right there. Reporter many who watched high rise crumble are part of the generation that is grew up in them. Im hoping to see an improvement. Just really hurting me here. Families were here. They raised their children here, legacy annes memories and experiencing were here. My personal dreams were first right from these buildings. Reporter implosion is part of the transformation plan, dig out decay. Shooting, drug dealing, fights. Reporter to make room for renewal. There is a revolution here and it could not have come any soon are. Reporter so once the dust settled, the Philadelphia Housing Authority plans to build 1200 new units, a mix of both Affordable Housing and market rate properties. It will be a a process while two towers are no more this neighborhood is still riddled were blighted buildings and shuttered school but with this plan in place all of that will change. For neighbors in this community the implosion and road map to rebirth are symbolic. So, it took two more seconds but i like that right there, because i like that right there too. Reporter the Housing Authority expects to complete the project in five to eight years which will create an Economic Impact of 1 billion. In sharswood, anita oh for cbs3 Eyewitness News. New to campaign 2016. Candidates are on the west coast as voters in air zone, utah and idaho get ready to head to the poles on tuesday. Protesters shut down a main road in arizona in advance of the donald trump rally there. Thousands of protesters also took to the streets in new york city, marching between trump owned buildings. The g. O. P. Front runner leads the arizona poles and he credits his tough stance on immigration. People are now seeing it, and, you know what, were going to build a wall and were going to stop it. On the democratic side, bernie sanders, went to the Mexican Border in arizona he promised to expand executive order protecting undocumented immigrants. Sanders trails Hillary Clinton by more than 500 delegates. Well, they say everyone has a twin but youll never guess the senior who some say is a dead ringer for republican president ial candidate ted cruz. Cnns jeanie moos talked to the cruz twin. Reporter dont have have much in common, the lead singer for a heavy metal band and ted cruz, or do they. I dont really see the resemblance. Reporter but internet sure does so michael sweet, front man for the band striper, surrendered the popular demand and tweeted i guess my look alike is ted cruz. The just cancel the striper tour to focus on my campaign. The photo cruz resembles is of michael back a at the 22, the two do share the same religion. Striper is a christian heavy metal ban. Michael is now joking about his cruz connection. That i really am, ted cruz. I have very big hands report report back in the 80s people mistook him for boy george and now they ask. If im Billy Ray Cyrus i get that all the time, never ted cruz. He tend to vote republican but is still undecided. This is not the first time that cruz has been accused of being a twin. Opponent joke that cruz is the zodiac killer, or even. Grand pop monster. Cruz admits he cannot sing but calls his wife and sings to her anyway. I just called to say i love you. Michael suggests one of the bands classic songs is the Cruz Campaign song, rival donald trump in mind. Reporter for the debatable look alike we suggest. You and me together reporter jeanie moos, new york. Cant make this stuff up. It the is second year of is what sure to be a long standing tradition. The philadelphia travel and adventure show, chere greg from our sister station kyw news radio is at the Convention Center where you can see the whole world right from center city. Reporter good morning, rahel im here a at philadelphia travel and adventure show at the pennsylvania Convention Center, where you can dream about where to go on vacation and you can travel the world, look at this, were talking about the poconos right here. Im here with jonathan, who is one of the managers of the travel show. What is the purpose of this show, tell will me all about it. Purpose of the show toys come here, dream about your next vacation. Best part you can find it and book tonight one shot under one roof in one day. Reporter so were over here where you can talk about adventure trips, in the United States but the place is organized you can literally travel the world under one roof. You can go anywhere. Limitations here are endless. We have thousands of vacation opportunities here, you can find them under one roof, one day, it is place to go to find your next vacation. Reporter awesome. People can also experience it in some ways. There is, a global beach day where you can hear music, see dance. Tell me what else will affect the senses. Far away culture and land. We have the nice performance from different culture from around the world. You can immerse yourself in culture and we have local chefs who come in and cook authentic cuisine around the country and around the world and they do it all right here on the floor. We have a travel feeder where we have our celebrity, we have samantha brown, peter greenburg, patricia schultz. We have destination theater where you can come and find out where to go, what to do, how to get there and savvy traveler feeder where we teach you to maximize your travel experience, tips, tricks, authentic, and tips and tricks are really just get yourself out there. Reporter have a ton of fun. The lets talk about this. We do not have a cammal here but there are cammal ride so you can jump on the cammal, his name is dufuss and check it out at philadelphia travel and adventure show. Later on we will talk to the experts, again, the philadelphia travel and adventure show, all of the tea tails at cbs philly. Com. Back to you rahel. Okay. Still to come on Eyewitness News, a huge the hat, in our nations capitol. What this brand new bald eagle is named and when another one is on the way. It is the past that came forward, these are people in spite of what people believe about us, im sorry. Sorry. One Police Officer is inspired by her own daughters journey giving back big time, how officers used red and white socks and change the luck of sick children. Plus snow and spring justin says it wont last for long find out how how long the snow sticks around before the warm upstarts. We will be right back. I do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. 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Whole process is live streamed in High Definition by the American Eagle foundation, and for now, the baby birdies referred to as d. C. Two but that is likely to change. A second eagle is also expect to hatch later this week. Eagles parents are named, wait for it, mr. President , and first lady, very patriotic. We are counting down to our seventh annual Ronald Mcdonald House Charities tellathon this tuesday. You can say we here are showing our stripes in support of the Great Charity but it is not just us at Eyewitness News. Our Nicole Brewer introduces us to a very special Police Officer whose personal journey is helping to spread the love. Being a parent of the kid with the special needs that is hardest thing i have to go through when your kid has surgery. Reporter officers roselyn tally wasnt always fighting crime. My daughter was born with cerebral palsy. She was later diagnosed with epilepsy and autism. Reporter mother of three was focused on her daughter maya as she prepared for major surgery to help her walk. Surgeries dont always occur when you have money, to say their kid needs surgery and you have to find a place to stay, it just need to be done report report Ronald Mcdonald house in wilmington delaware opened their doors. We needed that place, they eliminate all that extra stuff that you would have to worry about. When you are planning for your kid to have surgery. Reporter that was back in 2002. One thing i kept in my mind, when im able to i will give back. Im thinking, thinking and it is like bam, it comes back. My dream, my goal, was to help the Ronald Mcdonald house at some point in my life. Reporter officer roselyn got that chance when someone gave her a pair of red and white socks and asked the Police Department to take part in the show your stripes campaign. My initial goal was to sell 600 socks. We ended up selling that becomes of socks, within a day and a half, 600 socks had gone. You would have thought i was selling like candy. Ross, give me 50 socks. I need 25 pair. I need a hundred. I need 150. Give me 200 pair. Reporter office are stepped up buying more than 52,000 worth of socks. It is the cops that came forward, these are people in spite of what people believe about us, im sorry. Im sorry. In spite of what people believe about Police Officers they have the biggest hearts ever. Reporter another call for service for men and women in uniform all inspired by officer roselyns journey with maya. Anything i can do for her while shes living i will do for her. Shes a laid back young lady and i could not ask for a better daughter. And join us on tuesday, for our Ronald Mcdonald House Charities tellathon from 6 00 a a. M. To 8 00 p. M. Your donations will provide a place to stay for families with sick children. Justin joining us now to check with the weather watchers, what are they seeing. Cool temperatures, everybody is dry, that is good thing but later today we will talk about rain and spring snow, and just like last year on the first day of spring, we had some snow. We had 4 inches for philadelphia we are in the seeing that much, it is really just a nuisance later on tonight, maybe a dusting or so on the grass areas around philadelphia, but chilly this morning. That is the trend for next several days. The lets go outside into new jersey right now where mark wood checks in at 36 degrees in mount laurel. He has cloudy skies this morning. The most locations are above freezing. We will head down to delaware where jason checks in at 37 degrees in middletown, has a message first day of spring i hepp todays precipitation stays rain. The obviously he is in the looking forward to snow. I think in delaware we will see snow later on tonight. Down toward shore points, milder there 43 degrees at james house in ocean city, new jersey with the cloud we will have rain later this morning in the afternoon. Even shore has a shot to reach some snow in some parts along eastern new jersey we will be under a Winter Weather advisory. Colder north and west, eagleville lou has 33 degrees with a few peaks of sun. If anyone sees snow or has picture tweet us at cbs3 wx watcher of snow photos. Kind of cool to see snow on the first day of spring. Outside right new you in berks county kutztown live look from the kutztown area middle school, chilly, 30 degrees, cloud, a few peaks of sunshine. Up in berks county, you wont see a whole lot of precipitation from this system as it the stays too far off shore for you guys. March so far has been warm, were above 8 degrees above average and snow fall 1 inch so far for the month, we may add to that later on tonight. High temperature is 82. Our coldest is 27. We have a brief cool down over next few days. Not unheard of to have snow this late in the season. Our biggest march storm was march super storm of 93. Foot of snow in philadelphia april 19th and 20th of the 1983, 1. 9 inches of snow. Latest measurable snow in philadelphia even a trace into early may, may eighth 1947. The cloud over us right now a few peaks of sun, there is rain over southern delaware, that is a developing storm that will track off the coast line to the northeast and intensifies through the the day. It will bring rain in delaware and southern new jersey this afternoon, even up toward philadelphia then we will get coal air wrapping in later tonight so we will see change over to snow along coastal area. There could period of steady snow across eastern new jersey and interior south jersey where that Winter Weather advisory is. You have the best shot to see accumulation. Mostly on the grass. Then we are back to sunshine for monday. There you go, maybe up to 3 inches of snow across atlantic, southern burlington and ocean county, new jersey. Coating to the inch in the city. Not much of anything north and west of philadelphia a up through lehigh valley. Grassy surfaces west shot to see that snow. Temperatures are still above freezing throughout the event today. Cold pocket of air moves over us today, tomorrow, chilly for this time of the year but that ridge in the jet stream develops from the middle of the week. This is a trend the past several wednesdays and thursday, pretty warm so we are making another run of 07degree temperatures. It does than the last too long. By friday and next weekend we will see a cool down but just back to average. Mostly cloudy, afternoon light rain, 44 for the high, that will change over to light the snow later tonight and after midnight, close to freezing in some spots, mostly should just remain wet and then for monday partly sunny, breezy, high of 48, mid 50s on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, highs in the lower 70s and back to the 50s next week even. If you love watching weather you can be featuring by becoming a eyewitness weather watcher. Sign up at cbs philly. Com watchers. Rahel, i think this is a trend. Every wednesday, thursday your days off a it is 70 or 80. I hook you up. I take credit for that. I dont know why, justin and appreciate it. Thank you. 7 49. Time to check road and highways, lets check with meg noveli in the Traffic Center. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Thank you. Here we have ben franklin bridge as we can see very light volume in and out of new jersey this morning as we are taking ben franklin bridge on to i95. In problems on i95. Also continuing on the vine street expressway, in delays this morning, so overall we are looking very good. We will start our sunday morning right. Here we have mid county tolls looking light as well this morning. The it is a quiet ride north on the northeast extension in the peck necessary both directions of the pennsylvania turnpike running well. The also, heading south out of the tolls, on the blue route 476, this will be a pleasant ride as well this morning. That is latest from the cbs3 Traffic Center im meg noveli. Meg, thank you. Still to come on Eyewitness News st. Joes and villanova prepare for their second round game we will hit the road with both squads. Flyers face cross state rivals pittsburgh and they had a chance to climb up in the standings. Sports is next. But first heres is what on cbs3 tonight. Since the great r katie the u. S. Has added 14 million new jobs but too many families see the special interests gaining the upper hand in washington, while paychecks dont go far enough. If you work hard, your paycheck should show it; you earned Social Security it should be there when you retire. And you shouldnt have to go broke to afford college. Im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message because its your turn. The orange and black one point behind detroit the for that final playoff spot. Jay voracek back in action missing nine games with the foot injury. Good to see him. Game tied up in the second, ryan white with the turn over. Penguins take advantage. Karl with the slap shot to beat steve mason and pittsburgh will take the lead. Still in the second chris kunis with the shot that bounces off the boards and off mason in the net, pens win fourone. Detroit won. Now flyers are three points out of the playoffs. Now to college hoops, the villanova wildcats face iowa, in brook win and cats looking to finally advance to the sweet 16, for the First Time Since 2009. Pat gallen is with the cats at the Barclay Center. Reporter after friday 8656 win over unc ashville villanova wildcats will take on seventh seeded iowa, hard to complain about a 30point win but the team said they can be better. We are committed to what we do in defending and rebounding. We were able to do that in the the last two minutes of the first half which gave us the 14point lead. But we just have to stick to what we do. Reporter now attention must turn to way team that held off temple on friday and stopped a second round match up. They are very, very good team playing good basketball. They beat a very good temple team yesterday in overtime. I think our guys are very aware of how good this team is. Reporter as they prepare wildcats wont be looking back and rehashing previous tournament let downs. Hopefully we can go out there and playville know of basketball for 40 minutes. If that is good enough to win, then, if not, there is no failure in that. We will go out with pride knowing we went out our way. Reporter sunday at 12 10 p. M. Against hawk eyes villanova wildcats will look to exercise their tournament demons f they do they will make it to the second weekend and sweet 16 for the First Time Since 2009. From the Barclay Center in brooklyn, pat gallen, for eyewitness sports. Heading to brooklyn for the big game. See wildcats and hawkeyes battle for a spot today at noon right here on cbs3. St. Joes hawks escaped with a twopoint winfrey against cincinnati after the referees disallowed a basket by octavius ellis. Now hawks will face top seed oregon tonight. They play a wonderful, brand of basketball, almost an nba style of isolation basketball and they played match up zone. This will be first time all year we played back to back days or games against zone defense. In the womens tournament penn lost to washington 6553. That is all for sports, im leslie van arsdal, have a great day. After friday nights dramatic win saint guess takes the day off. Athletic director john dejulius and cheerleaders visited house of Charity Homeless shelter. One of the employees there just happens to be a st. Joes grad. He works for Different Service groups here in fill were winding up in spokane, washington. That is it for Eyewitness News at 7 00, heres what we have at 8 00. Shooting on the ground of the local high school we will tell what you police are saying about the investigation. Also ahead, stuck between a wall and duct tape south jersey principal with her back against the wall, but it is all for a wonderful cause, Stephanie Stahl shows us how our students came together and why it was to honor their teachers. And winterlike weather on the first day of spring, justin back to tell us what we can speculator today. We buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com testing. A shooting last night a at ryan high school. We will tell what you they are saying about the investigation. And one last gasp of winter, hopefully, just in time for the beginning of the spring, right now on Eyewitness News what to expect out of this round of Winter Weather. It is sunday march 20th, good morning im ra hell solomon. It is here old man winter is holding on tight we will turn it over to meteorologist Justin Drabick with weather a and if nothing else it is officially spring. That means something. Yes, it is, exactly. Something to look forward to. We have warm temperatures. Winter is on steroids. It is so bizarre. Hanging on. It is cold tomorrow when it warms out of here but we will warm up by middle of the week. Yes. It is Little Something for everybody. Still winter wet ther fans maybe see a few

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