Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20160319 : vimarsan

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20160319

The count down is on, in just over an hour, these two apartment buildings will come tumbling down. We are live with why they are being demolished and what it will take to bring them down. The hawk will never die. St. Joes moves on in march madness we will hear from excited fans and the team, about last nights big win in the first round of the ncaa tournament, coming up. And were tracking snow for the first day of spring, when exactly it arrives this weekend and how much you can expect where you live. Today is saturday march 19th, good morning to you im rahel solomon. The lets hear about the snow. We will turn it over to meteorologist Justin Drabick. Fortunately you say it wont be too much. In the a bad thing, nothing is easy. First day of spring you think warm temperatures but not around here. But we have been spoiled. We have. Ill he just say it. Reminder it can still get cold. Talking about a nuisance snow coming at us tomorrow and should not be a big deal maybe accumulation mainly on the grassy surfaces but now story is colder air returning to the region. Check it out 39 degrees, live look outside, nice and quiet, win has calmed down out of the northeast only 5 miles an hour. More comfortable this morning. There is that temperature change compared to 24 hours ago, were about eight to 11 degrees colder then this time yesterday morning. So had will help set the stage for wintry weather in our forecast, freezing in allentown. Twentyseven in mount pocono. Upper 30s in south jersey and dover, delaware. Thirtyfour in quakertown and willow grove at this hour. There is storm scan three war clear, cloud thickening up through morning. The first round out across ohio valley to get here later this afternoon and tonight in the form of the light rain and wet snow flakes that will not accumulate. Tomorrow a same deal, another round of the mixture of rain and snow not expecting a whole lieutenant of accumulation. Highs today, noticeably colder upper 40s for philadelphia, mid 40s at the shore. At the shore we have better chance to see rain late this afternoon. Still dry in the poconos high of 38. Tomorrow we will see rain and snow at times, it the is in the snowing or raining all day long, light accumulations on the the grassy surfaces. We will talk about how much and when with the full forecast in a few minutes, rahel, back to you. Two high Rise Apartments in north philadelphia will come down in just a couple of hours. This is the Philadelphia Housing Authority that will implode Norman Bloomberg homes, about 500 families muste rack wait by 6 30 this morning. The evacuation zone is between the Second Street to 24th street, from sharswood to objection forward and dust zone from 21st through 25th, chart tore master streets. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh is live in the safe zone with more on what pha has planned for this site, good morning, anita. Reporter here it will take about 260pound of dynamite to bring those two high rises down and whole thing is only supposed to last about ten seconds but Housing Authority hopes the impact will last much longer. They are trying to make room for 1200 new housing units, a mix of rental and for Sale Properties and right now you can see behind me that police have block off much of this area to get ready for that implosion, neighbors are evacuating, the new units the created here will be Affordable Housing and others sole at market value and this is all to encourage community development, part of the goal to revitalize ridge avenue commercial corridor. Now we did speak with neighbors who were walking by just a few minutes ago. They did in the want to be on camera but they dont believe the project will do enough to uplift the entire neighborhood but head of the Housing Development says it is much needed start for an area full of so much history. Despite hardship that characterized so many of the familys lives here this was home to 500 familiar list. Im very respectful of this. This is a place where we had graduations, people gave birth here, they saw their children going off to college. Reporter back her live rahel, it will take time for dust to settle after this implosion. For neighbors who have to evacuate they are in the Comfort Center with bathrooms and food nearby. It is opened at nellie ren held in garden on glenwood avenue so neighbors are making their way. Is there a shuttle bus running but there is limited space. Take that from southwest corn are of between the second and stewart avenues. For now live from north philadelphia, im anita oh for cbs3 Eyewitness News, rahel. Thank you. One person is rush to the hospital following an Apartment Fire in philadelphias kensington neighborhood. Flames broke out inside of the Bamboo Beauty will salon in the 3,000 block of kensington avenue just after two. Fire spread to a second floor apartment in the storefront building, in word on a persons condition, but causes under investigation. Fire rips through a building on the ever Abundant Life Church ground in darby. Flames broke out there inside creative mind Child Care Center just after midnight. Fire fighters got the fire under control in about an hour, Day Care Center is damage, thankfully, the sanctuary only suffered expect damage. In other news this morning march madness at its finest for philadelphia, this morning saint guess fans are waking up happier after a buzzer beater late last night. Sports director don bell has all of the action from the game and breaks down round within for villanova and temple. Reporter it was best of the times and worst of the times. We will start with the worst. Temple was the tenth seed hooking up with number seven iowa, to brooklyn we will go final seconds of the the regulation temple down by three quenton decosey, fouled and he will go to the line for three, free throws, senior from union, new jersey nails the first two, nails the third, quenton led all scorers with 26 and we will go to overtime tied at 70, hawk eyes, tossing it up, it is an air ball but Adam Woodbury is there for the put back, are you kidding me, heart break for owls, they lose to iowa, 7270 at the buzzer. Meanwhile jay wright and fellas started their run in bk as well. Final play, Ryan Arcidiacono the three against unc ashville, they led by 14point at the half, talking about the wildcats in the second villanova taking advantage of the under sized bulldogs, Daniel Ochefu with 17 points and ten board, five cats scoring in double figures, nova moves on with the 30point win over unc ashville. So up next for wildcats a mash up a against the team that broke temple as heart, nova and iowa at noon time tomorrow, right here on cbs3. Wild ending between saint guess and cincinnati. Hawks down by one with ten seconds to go, isaiah miles is clutch, the senior with the three, saint jessup by two bear cats final shot of the game, looking, probing, and how about the jam right there, and initially it the looks like Octavius Ellis beat the buzzer so we are tied at 78 and going into offer time but upon further review, he still had the rock and so it does not count, st. Joes escapes with a 7876 victory. Next up for the hawks, number one seed oregon, im done didnt bell for eyewitness sports. All right, as we just heard from don there a slam dunk at the sound of the buzzer almost forced the game between st. Joes and senate any to overtime, students on the st. Joes campus went crazy. All right. Bear cats had the ball for the final shot of the game, and Octavius Ellis goes up, to tie the game but wait, refs reviewed the game play and reviewing ball was still in his hand when buzzer went off. Emmys is in shock after the crushing loss, saint guess escapes with a 7876 victory. I thought it was going into overtime real quick but that is when we got it, we won, i cant believe it, hawk will never die. It feels amazing. I took my two guys here. I remember 2004 season. What an ending to a game. What an ending. The awesome vibe here, great job, st. Joes. Great job indeed, and hawk faithful tomorrow night, starting at 9 40 going to be a late within so stay with Eyewitness News for complete coverage of the march madness. We will have the latest on a all action on air and on our web site the at cbs philly. Com. If you need to get away but arent quite sure where to go, head to the Pennsylvania Convention center this weekend, coming up next we will have a sneak peak at what you can expect to learn at the philadelphia travel and adventure show. And fighting the zika virus with something in your kitchen, Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl tells us what researchers are mixing together to stop the spread, stay with Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Kevin dougherty is recovering this morning after reportedly being attack by a home less man in center city. It happened at 15th and market around 6 00 oclock last night. Investigators tell us that the suspect was apprehended a short time later by septa a police at broad and girard. Dougherty was treated and released from the hospital after the attack. Philadelphia police are investigating a homicide in north philadelphia, two men were shot in the 1300 block of seltzer street, last night, around 11 00. A 22year old man was shot multiple times in the torso, he died at the hospital, and a 19 yearold man was shot in the the thigh and is in stable condition, and no details on the gunman at this time. Police say two people riding dirt bikes are responsible for a deadly shooting. The suspect rolled up to a corner store on somerset street in philadelphias fair hill neighborhood and they allegedly shot a 22year old man who was leaving the store. That victim was rushed to Temple University where he was pronounced dead. One person in custody, in word on the second suspect. The top fugitive in the paris terror attacks has been captured in belgium, french president , frances, holland, extradited to, omar villafranc a report, authorities captured Salah Abdeslam during a gunfight. Reporter four month manhunt for only paris attack torres scape a a alive is over. Authorities captured Salah Abdeslam, during a gunfight in brussels, neighborhood. This is believed to be Salah Abdeslam the moment before he was caught. Prosecutors say he did in the immediately surrender. Police track him down after finding his fingerprints during a raid on tuesday. He was the most wanted man in europe, and authorities say, that he helped plan the november 13th terror attacks and was in the city the night that they went down. Coordinated attacks at cafes, a sports stadium and concert hall killed 130 people, and wounded more than 400. Authorities believe that Salah Abdeslam called friends to pick him up and drive him back to belgium during the and moan yum following the par ace tax. French president shown hearsays it appears that more people were involved in planning the a attacks then originally thought, Omar Villafranca for cbs3 Eyewitness News. If you you are planning to travel you might want to check out the philadelphia travel and adventure show, as it the is back at the Pennsylvania Convention sent they are weekend. Eyewitnesses got a sneak peak behind the scenes. Show features everything from food, dance, even cammal rides. Author of the New York Times best seller 1,000 places to see before you die, patricia schultz, is a keynote speaker. She encourages travelers that first set a budget and then pick a region would you like to visit. What gets you off the sofa . Is it food, is it architecture . Is it natural beauty. Is it the a city person . Are you all about museums . So understand what really thrills you and fit is a mix, then that is wonderful too. And the show opens up this morning at ten and goes until 5 00, so tomorrow it the is opened from 11 to 4 00. And justin joining us with the weather watchers and you are hoping for warm weather you have to wait longer. Wait a few days even though spring arrives testimony morning at 12 30 it will not feel like it, that travel show tomorrow, because we will be dodging rain and a lit built of snow but this storm is whole lot less impressive this morning compared to a couple of days ago. But we will talk about it bye for now it is chilly. Temperatures close to freezing in a lot have of locations. Up in lawrenceville peter, 36 degrees under part thely cloudy skies. Even around philadelphia, it is pretty cold. 34 degrees bill layden can checks in from cardington. Today is last day of winter, or is it . That is right. We have a winter forecast coming at us next couple days. Even into delaware it is chilly. Newark delaware delores lee at 33 degrees at this hour. She has clear skies. These temperatures setting stage for that cold air tomorrow. We will talk about that, take you outside, to new jersey right new looking across the river, live look from palmyra cove nature park. See city lights, delaware river, nice and calm, glassy, that is an indication that the wind have really lightened up. Yesterday was windy at times, big difference today. Little more comfortable to be outside but story is midmarch cool down. Certainly not feeling like spring, Winter Holding on, and we are talking about high temperatures this weekend, ten to 15 degrees below average today and tomorrow and then we have a gradual warm up as we head into next week. This is what were talking about still dry on storm scan three, mid to high level cloud streaming in. We will be dry through the morning hours, first round of the precipitation doesnt look impressive at all on the radar, starting to track east, and possible late afternoon, areas south of the city, delaware south, new jersey seeing light rain and that will pass by through the overnight hours. Get a break sunday morning and coastal storm develops tomorrow afternoon but trend is moving off shore. We are looking at least chance to see snow across the region. Heres set up, High Pressure to our north, highs will cool in the 40s and then tomorrow that storm rolls in, off shore, and then just a little bit too late but close enough to bring rain and snow basically from the city on south and east, it looks like less chance to see precipitation farther north and west. Machine we are dry. Wind does kick up behind the storm as it starts to crank up, still drawing in colder eras high stay below a average. Lets move through this afternoon, 4 00 oclock, we could be dealing with light rain across delaware and south jersey, maybe a few wet snow flakes mixing in, not the speccing any accumulation. Overnight the we will see light rain and snow at times, and if this model will is right basically from the city on south and east, that is where we will see precipitation and then staying dry north and west throughout the entire event. We have to see if this is the trend. Tomorrow morning we will be having a break every where across the region and then here comes the coastal storm. The it doesnt look impressive at all, little will bit of rain and snow mix nothing, south jersey up toward the city. As far as snowfall amounts, this may be generous, maybe an inch, 2 inches on the the grass area, lesser amounts along the coast and further north and west you will go. Problem is, it is midmarch. We have a high sun angle, this precipitation will be falling on mainly during daytime hours, so warm ground surfaces, sunnies able to get through those cloud, temperatures for the most part stay above freezing. It is cool will today, upper 40s, maybe we will get to 50 if we see enough sun. Tomorrow morning close to freezing but it is not doing anything by 7 00 oclock tomorrow morning. Into the afternoon we are starting to see that precipitation, reforming, 40 degrees, so that will be tough to get accumulation. Forecast high today 48, much cooler, tonight, near freezing, a little bit of light rain and snow from the city on south and east and then tomorrow it is chilly, we will get close to 40, monday back up to 47 degrees, that is still chilly for this time of the year. By middle of next week mid 60s, looks nice, next thursday and friday with a high of 70, rahel, back to you good thanks, justin. On the cbs. Three healthwatch with the zika virus now a global emergency researchers are testing something found in your kitchen to keep it from spreading. Health reporter stephanie he stall is here to explain the new findings. A couple times. Reporter oil from lemon grass leaves could be the key to stopping the mosquitoes from spreading the zika virus. Scientists mixed lemon grass aisle with sugar yeast and heat to create a microscopic doughnut irresistible to mosquito larvae, so far results in the lab are described as impressive. Eaten particles tie guess ted and die as a result. 100 percent till rate. Reporter it shuts down nervous, digestive and respiratory system killing hungry larvae in three to five days. Researchers say oil is safe for people and environment unlike pesticide used to kill mosquitoes in countries like brazil. We are trying to package it to get it where we want it to go and not pollute the whole environment. Reporter researchers are working on a patent for these oil filled doughnuts. In six to 12 months with the right partner, we could have this out for use. Reporter they hope to test doughnuts in mosquito breeding pools in south america later this year. Researchers salem on grass oil is cheap, gallon cost less than a dollar and potent, two drops is enough to kill thousands of mosquitoes. Im Stephanie Stahl for cbs3 Eyewitness News. And many people were out last night, for a great cause, Eyewitness News in

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