Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20180218 : vimarsan

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20180218

Least a decade. Im told, also a bar also that has taken a bunch of damage. I spoke with the fire commissioner earlier, he explained how dangerous this is for his crews. Yes, the firefighters you see here just one aspect of the builds being, we have firefighters literally surrounding this building, inside, outside, adjacent buildings, it is cents a very complex, and very dangerous fire fight. So this is an environment that doesnt necessarily exist anywhere else. You know, we love it, lover the old buildings, lover the history at the same time, very dangerous, very complex for our firefighters but do an amazing job. And i also spoke with a septa rep. There is a bus down the street further down Chestnut Street that is holding many evacuees, who needed a place to be safe and warm. Thats the very latest, live in old city, chantee lans, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Jan . Chantee, thank you. Our other top story this morning, of course, was that blast of snow saturday and overnight. But by the time the afternoon gets here today, our latest brush with winter will become a distant memory. The Lehigh Valley got the most snow out of this system, allentown, with more than 8 inches, flakes also blanketed bethlehem. Meantime yesterday evening, the snow came down fast in center city philadelphia. But it turned to sleet then to rain that created slush before the evening was over. It was not the pleasant night for drivers out there. But you could get around as long as you took your time. Lets get a check on todays forecast now. Here is meteorologist, Chelsey Ingram with eyewitness weather good morning. Good morning, jan, good morning to everybody else. I mean, it was cents a very fast moving system that rolled on through last night. It was in, it was out, and did leave behind some snow in some locations and some slick spot, that is something to be mindful of. Specially if you live north and west of philadelphia this morning, but numbers are on the rise, and ill take a look at those, first lets take a live look at the city from across the river there. In is our live Neighborhood Network camera. You can see abundant sunshine, and thats what we will deal with today. That storm is long, long gone. High pressure is moving in to finish out the weekend. 35 degrees right now in philadelphia. But it is at 32 in wilmington, okay, just came through freezing, was below freezing, so there are some locations, lancaster, for instance, that we could be dealing with some patchy black ice, even some slick spots, now, finally, seeing pottstown above freezing, willow grove above freezing but doylestown you guys still at 31 degrees, just be mine full of that. You have to be on the roads early this morning. Heading into the afternoon, by noontime, 42 degrees under mostly sunny skies. Temperatures are going to be rebounding very nicely, as we head into the 3 00 hour. High temperature of 48 degrees and we have some 70s on the way, ill have details in your full forecast in just a few minute. Jan . Yes there is snow will be melting quickly, thank you, chelsey n south jersey now, though, roads were briefly covered in heavy wet and slushy snow. And Eyewitness News viewer shared this treacherous commute along route 45 newer sewell, new jersey, that snow did not stick around for long, though, people there saw mostly rain. And remember when our meteorologists are on the air you can always get the latest information and their forecast over at cbs philly. Com weather. In other news today, a teenage boy trapped in a cave in Lancaster County now free. Rescuers freed that 15 year old boy after seven hours. Theyve now taken him to a hospital. Dispatchers say the teen may have been exploring with a group in win cave in mart i can township when he became trapped between the rocks. Well, there is now more help for pennsylvanians who are dealing with physical pain medical marijuana dispensaries are opening in the keystone state. The latest in chester county. Dozens were in line when keystone shops in devon opened saturday. And many there hope it is a better alternative to prescribe narcotics. I dont know much about medical marijuana. But my Pain Management and my neurologist, i live in pain, also cents have multiple sclerosis, said this should help me up to 50 or more. Now, many oppose to legalizing medical marijuana say there just isnt enough Scientific Evidence about it benefit or it safety, but keystone shops chief medical officer say opioid prescription is a bigger risk. A Burlington County pastor is facing up to 20 years in prison without parole after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting five children. Now, we first told but the arrest at 74 year old harry in december. He was the passes tore at come alive new test ma meant church medford but has since resigned he was also the cofounder of the nations largest christian music festival. Prosecutors say the assaults happened in Medford Township between 1999 and 2015. Well, there is renewed debate now over gun control and gun laws, and the ar15 rifle used by the suspect in last weeks Deadly Florida high school shooting. Calls for reform are growing louder, as classmates of the victims make plans to takings. Cbs news correspondent Kenneth Craig has more. Hundreds took to the Federal Court House sat. Saturday demanding change after gunman went on dead willing shooting rampage at the stone land high school. The tragedy still surreal for student like delaney. Our live has change from the this point on. That there is no going back to the way things used to be. This community is vowing to honor the memories of the victims by calling on lawmakers to takings. It is all our government and the president can do thoughts and prayers, and it is time for victims to see the change that we need to see. Many of these demonstrators are calling for a ban on assault weapons, including the ar15. The weapon they use to carry out the massacre. They belong with the army or military action, they do not belong in the regular citizens hands. There is no reason for it. Investigators say crews con y killing 17 people. The 19 year old says cruz will plead guilty, if prosecutors take the Death Penalty off the table but they say theyve not announce add position yet. Early next week, 100 of the victims classmates plan to travel to the Florida State capitol to demand change. The kids who were actually in the shooting are the ones leading the change for once. It is not politicians or other people who are telling laws to do or how to think. We are the ones making the difference for once. These student say theyre never again movement is just the first step. Kenneth craig, for cbs3, Eyewitness News. Meantime, Vice President pence is vowing action from the white house in the wake of the shooting. When President Trump meets with our nations governors, in just a few short weeks, he will make the safety of our nations schools our Top Administration priority. So pence spoke yesterday in dallas, to a Group Promoting President Trumps agenda. The Vice President went on to say that dollars the Administration Want to give Law Enforcement the tools they need to interact with people struggling with Mental Illness former Vice President joe biden is quietly considering a president ial bid in 2020. He brought up the topic during a recent gathering of long time Foreign Policy aid. Now, biden says hes made no decision and doesnt need to just yet. Thats according to five people who either attended the meeting who or who were briefed by those who d the brief did i discussion came during a meet to go set the agenda for his new Penn Biden Center for diplomacy and engagement to washington. Still to come right here on Eyewitness News this sunday morning, we are keeping you uptodate on this huge fire that broke out overnight in old city. Firefighters have finally gotten the upper hand. Well have the latest details next. Plus, this. Artistic merit without an athletic pursuit the. Im David Jacobson in pyeongchang, also a festival drawing ooh and aah without a single athlete in four alarm fire is under chrome, just across the street of the museum of the american revolution. Several buildings there including a nearby hotel, have been evacuated. No injuries fortunately have been reported. Breaking news now, from the middle east, an iranian commercial plane has crashed killed all 66 people on board, according to state runnemede y now the plane was approaching it final destination, when it crashed. Whether it went down in the mountains in the southern part of iran. Hell croft ers have having a hard time reaching the crash because of fog in the area. Well continue to update you on this story. We learn more. Were now seeing the effect every fridays earthquake in mexico city. In this video, shot inside of an offers building you hear a man say stay calm, it is already over, as you can see the lamps there swinging violently after the 7. 2 magnitude quake hit. Meantime, a military helicopter caring officials assessing the damage there from the quake crashed in southeastern mexico. Thirteen people on the ground there were killed, and 15 other injured. The aircraft was attempt to go land whether it crashed in a field on top of two vehicles. Back here in the u. S. Now, a quick blast of snow and Poor Visibility caused a 70 car pile up on busy interstate in central iowa. The crash here happened just outside of des moines yesterday morning, car parts, littered the road, and dozens of wreck vehicles had to be towed from the scene. Now, if this sound familiar, it is because this is the second multi car pile up this stretch of interstate has seen in less than two weeks. Fortunately, this time, there was no one who was seriously hurt. We had our own messy mix to deal with last night. I know. And some of the know came down real fast, so visibility got reduced to very, very quickly with some of the snow bands, that developed, but i think thank goodness the storm was cents in here, out of here now, so dealing with some sunshine today. So, here is a live look at center city where it is right around 35 degrees. But, with the winds out of the west at this hour, about 9 miles per hour, feels more like upper 20s out there when you factor in the windchill. Tons of sunshine, sunshine and temperatures above freezing. Really help with the melting process, throughout the day today. Storm scan3, shows, that that system that brought us snow last night, thats long gone. Pushing off the northeast. Eventually into the canadian maritime. So we are dried out here in the midatlantic as High Pressure briefly builds in. But it is going to be High Pressure that provides us with the sunshine, throughout the day today, mostly sunny skies, and it is going to be gorgeous sunday afternoon. 35 degrees right now in philadelphia. Thirtytwo in wilmington. So temperatures still close to freezing there, in new castle county, just be mindful there could be slick spots on the roadway maybe even patchy black ice, sunshine, warmer temperatures, really help to remedy that situation, very quickly, 31 in reading, 30 in lancaster, so even there, really point north and west of the city we are dealing with temperatures that are at or just below freezing, so thats the a cause for the switch in conditions. Looking at Whitfield Elementary School in reading. Our camera there, see off in the distance, that main road, looking just fine, people then driving along that just fine today. But as you can see in the parking lot getting clear off this morning, so some people having to deal with some snow covered back roads, maybe even some driveways. But you can just let Mother Nature do her job over the next few days. Because we are going to see some really warm air headed our way. Reading right around 6. 4 inches, for you folks, over 8 inches in allentown, the most impressive number ive seen, green lane around 5. 5 inches every snow, under two in hokessing, 1. 2 inches of snow at the Philadelphia International airport. So future weather shows we stay sunny throughout the entire day. Mostly clear skies, as we led into the overnight hours tonight. We start out with sunshine, the morning of president s day , then by about lunchtime couple of scattered showers and sprinkles will be possible , steadier rain, will be arriving as we head into monday afternoon, and actually have few more chances for rain during the upcoming week. But by tuesday, wednesday, the jet stream lifting well up to the north. Thats going to filter extremely mild air into our neighborhood. So by monday we climb to 51. Tuesday, 71 degrees, 73 on wednesday, these temperatures verified, so they will break current standing records right now that were setback in the 1930s. Heres your forecast for this sunday in philadelphia, 48 degrees, 45 down the shore, hokessing right around 40 degrees in the poconos. Fresh powder, great forecast up there. Your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, climb to the 70s buy tuesday, wednesday, record warmth, rain chance on thursday. Clouds on friday. 60 degrees with more rain next saturday. Chelsey, thank you, 8 16. Time to check the roads, we go over to cheryle golden in the cbs3 traffic center. Good morning, cheryle. Good morning, jan, liver shot montgomery count any ft. Washington, 309 southbound, at women help, multi car accident with injuries, have all lanes block. Police are forcing most rid cents offer at susquehanna road. That will area is very thick. There is cents a salt truck on the scene. Treating the roads. So please use caution in that area. In pottstown, Montgomery County, earlier crash at 422 at harm and hammer boulevard has been cleared. Traffic has recovered. No problems on the turnpike, 76 or vine street expressway. See the road closed down right there in center city, chestnut road between south and Second Street. Remains shutdown in old city, due to the very serious fire. Im cheryle golden, cbs3 traffic center. Jan, back to you. Cheryle, thank you. The drought is finally over in the mens 1,000 short track event at the winter games in pyeongchang. After three skaters there wiped out the race came down to just two competitors. And John Henry Kruger finished second. The american there, the gold goes to canadas sam girard. Kruger actually hailed from pittsburgh action his silver medal win for the us first in the mens short track event since open political owe won silver back in 2010. Congrats to him. With the Olympic Games taking place around the world now, spectators get a chance to see some of the best athletes in sports. Also, take in new country and culture. This years games was no different. Dana jacobson in pyeongchang with the yearly offering from the small city with without the olympics in town. Reporter this sits in dry river bang that cuts through pyeongchang. A pleasant surprise for those visiting the winter olympics, like canadians debbie and george. Crazy beautiful. We just got here. So real excited to wackily this is nice break. Going to eat, come back out here, nice break, something different. And you guys are from canada. So this isnt cold . No, this is normal, just the winds is a little bit much today. This olympic skate part of the annual snowflake festival. Now in its 26th year. This is beautiful. Thank you, thank you so much. Its organizer tells me it started as neighborhood event. Now along with local professional snow or Ice Sculptures are brought in from around the country. Because this is the dry season in pyeongchang, all of this snow is 60,000 tons of it had to be made. That took about two month. And then it was time to salt. Not only in snow, but also, in ice. This is the ice cafe, nestled beneath bridge here. Cold storage for all of the sculptures and for people, it is kind of the Perfect Place to pick up cup of hot chocolate, and admire the craftsmanship. This year festival theme chosen keeping in mind the Olympic International audience all of the snow sculptures are characters, from childrens stories. For most, looking just isnt enough. The storybook theme and the snow seem to bring out the kid in everyone. In pyeongchang south korea arc dana jacobson, cbs3, Eyewitness News. From ice to fire in south korea dozens of olympic visitors braved winds and competition thereto wash spark fly as is group of fire artists cents showed off their talent. The artists say they were invited to the beach to be part of the olympic celebrations cents. Back to the Olympic Event now, and the chances cents will slim for the person to get closest to olympic stardom whether on the mountain or on the ice. More and more americans are kicking with one sport in particular. Can you guess it . Curling. Eyewitness News Reporter pat gallen got on the ice to help some local residents who have fall never love with the sport in recent years, curling has become one of the most popular events at the winter Olympic Games. And that popularity has found it way to the delaware valley. At pay tree at ice center in newark, delaware, more and more people are sliding into it. Herb has been around the another for over 30 years, was umpire in the 2014 so much i games. He loves to see the sport grow weve been totally on a rise, im national official, as well, so ive s

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