well, some morning fog could add some extra time to your commute today. then you can completely ditch the jacket as the temperature soars to 70. how long this spring like weather will last. >> green tree agers, more missed warning signs emerge about the accused gunman. >> and, president turns heads with a tweet about mitt romney what he's now saying about the man he once called the dumbest and worse candidate in history >> on that note today is tuesday, february 20th, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are here, and the warm weather. >> yes, the fog is really posting problems for us, seeing just little bit of everything. not only are we seeing accident out, there seeing troubles at the airport, delays and concellations, at the airport, seeing disabled vehicles, people seeing potholes, a mess. >> that's such a pain, too, at least could you try to avoid a

pothole. but the fog is so dense, it will come up on you quick. yes, main story i would say in fact the warmth, but so is the fog initially. that's your trade-off to get in on that really warm air here today. and i show you the wider zoom. because dense fog is not execution i have to our area. you have got the entire carolina region for the most part engulfed in the fog issue , eastern george, a up through southern virginia, but here at home we have our dense fog advisory across the entire region lasting until 10:00 a.m. so that obviously will take you past the typical morning drive, means you're stuck in this for the long hall. at least for the next couple of hours, here's what we are currently seeing, mild start to the morning outside whitfield elementary school, few shots, where we can make it out, you can tell there is cents a fog settling in, looking at the street lamp there. so heads light on. low beams are good ideament looking at storm scan, what is

interesting with the fog, so hard to detect on a saturday light. but even on radar not much hang. but we are getting reports of drizzle. air masses is so moisture- laden. so expect you might have to flick your windshield wipers too along the way but already flirting with 60 in atlantic city, already at 50 at the airport, so on pace for very easily sky rocket, and new records for the day up to 71 degrees, this afternoon, by which point, meisha, the sun will be breaking through, so it is just going to take some time, but does get better. >> i'll be outside in this, no question about it, thank you, so much, katie. so we just have to get through this morning commute. of course we are do, and we will have to pack our patience , so this is where we were seeing the police activity, because we were seeing disabled vehicles because people couldn't see those pesky potholes and they were actually the vehicles were actually becoming disable , route one northbound, past oxford valley road. just heads up, looking pretty slow around the area as well. then we have an accident in frankford, this is with injuries.

frankford avenue, at orthodox street, had accident in cherry hill route 38 eastbound now since been cleared. but we still have this accident investigation out here, in willow grove. involving a pedestrian that happened around 3:00 a.m. reported injuries here, as well. route 611 easton road southbound closed between mill road and pa turnpike, your alternate, blair mill road or york road. by the way no accident at the pa turnpike southbound there. and also airport talking about this dense fog advisory, because of that, we've got some concellations and delays reported, and speed restrictions in play for three of our bridges, ben franklin, betsy ross and the walt whitman bridge, as well, jim, back over to you. >> lots going on, thanks, meisha. this morning hearing from the family who took in suspected florida shooter, nicholas cruz they say it was the right thing to do after the teen's mother died. the family is also defending their decision to allow him to keep his guns. here's cbs news correspondent hena doba. >> as accused florida high school shooter, 19 year old nicholas cruz appeared in front after judge yesterday

for a second time. the family that had been housing him was speaking out. >> james and kimberly snead insist cruz showed no warning signs that he was about to do harm to himself or others. >> in a positive, positive path going. he was going to school. he had a job. he told us two weeks ago that he's the happiest he's ever been. >> the family say when cruz moved into their home with around a half dozen guns their only stipulation that he keep them locked in a gun safer. >> i have guns. i respect guns. as long as they're handled properly. right to own a gun. >> cruz owned guns legally. florida judge yesterday, though, authorized the release of his records which indicate he had multiple mental health concerns including severe depression and adhd. at vigil and protests cents across the country, many are calling for tighter regulation to prevent those with mental health issues from buying the

gun. >> at this line outside the white house, dozen dozens posted the corpses, student plan to rally at the state capitol this week. >> we feel like politicians on both sides but mostly the gop are excepting money from the n ra are betting on our lives and they're betting against us >> the white house says president trump will host a listening session tomorrow with both students and teachers. hena doba for cbs-3 " eyewitness news." back here at home, philadelphia police are on the hunt for young teen who they say tried to end area school with a gun. take a look at the surveillance video outside of frederick douglas master i school. school doors were locked. police believe the teen between 13 to 16 years old. if you know this person, call police. >> new this morning, search for cause after this house fire in west philadelphia. the fire broke out overnight on the 700 block of south cecil street. firefighters made quick work of the fire, but as we can see

the home sustained significant damage. no one was hurt. >> much of a historic old city building gutted by fire this weekend will soon become history. >> philadelphia officials are hoping to save part of it, at least, "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at the scene which is still roped off trang, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim, work crews around to protect and secure the most damaged building. take a look here, this is 239 chestnut street. you can see, work crews right out in front. they've been clearing debris from the front of this building that is slated for demolition. we are already told that the fifth floor has caved in. and with all of the damage across the several buildings, there are not only people who have been left homeless, but also others left job-less. as investigators from the city fire marshall office, atf and l & i, look to what caused devastating building at third and chestnut streets. those who lost everything are just trying to hold it together. >> it has been very hard to

think about it, deal with it, think it through, and i basically a.m. going from minute to minute. >> al gury lived at 239 chestnut street for 40 years. the four alarm fire started around 3:30 a.m. sunday. it gutted his loft and art studio and killed his six cats and par keith. the long time paw foster parent story touching so many people who have contributed more than $30,000 to a go fun me page for gury. >> people that i don't even know have been approaching me or sending things, sending messages, it is just unbelievable. >> the city has determine 239 will eventually need to be demolished. neighboring buildings like the one housing restaurant the little lion can be saved, but the owners have no time line for when they can reopen. nearby restaurants city tavern is stepping up to help. >> here at city tavern, we've been shutdown about due to fire ourselves. >> manager jason is interviewing some of the 80 little lion employees left jobless by the fire.

>> we're a community here in old city. a lot of people in the kitchen have worked at little lion. you know, so i mean we get around. we eat in local establishments , and we see the faces. >> the city hoping to save this building's cast iron facade which dates back to the 1850's. meantime we've no idea when this demolition will actually happen. but, for now, for the third day, these blocks around third and chestnut remain closed off to traffic. but for now, live in old city, i'm trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> trang, thank you. >> in other news this morning, the search is on for gunman in a drive by shoot that injured an innocent woman. the shooting happened last night on the 2700 block of reed street in grays ferry. police say the woman was sit ting in her car when someone started shooting. in all, more than 20 shots were fired. the woman was hit in the arm and is in stable condition. a pregnant woman is also recovering after police say the man on your screen viciously attacked her in

chinatown. the attack happened saturday morning, outside of the dunkin' donuts at tenth and arch. investigators say the suspect asked the woman who is five months pregnant for $2. when she told the suspect she didn't have any money, he reportedly kick her in the stomach and took off. if you recognize this man, please contact police. >> a new map for pennsylvania 's congressional district just in time for the next campaign. take a look, this is the old one. pennsylvania supreme court ruled that the boundaries -- boundaries were unconstitutional. he i state's highest court in time for the may 15 primary, now there is map could improve democrats sea, share of the pennsylvania republican party tells " eyewitness news," illegal is in the works. >> this wasn't really about drawing compact con con tig you us lines with the supreme court decision, this is really about d democrats what they've done. calling judicial mander, geg about you but now the supreme court is engaged in the very sameania democratic

party had this to say in a statement. reads in part for too long republicans have taken va notoriously gerrymandered map that they rigged in their favor. we fairness map put for the by the pennsylvania suprement trump a phony and fraud but mitt romney and the president have apparently burriednt tweeted hid doserment for romney's bid for the u.s. senate seat in utah. he tweeted that romney, quote, will make a great senator, and worthy successor to or inch hatch, as my full support and end doser: tweeted a thank you to the president, romney hoping to replace hatch, who is retiring after four decades coming up: philadelphia police need your help, new video just released of vandals of super bowl parade. >> plus banned at the beach. find out what you are no longer allowed to bring to one local beach town. >> and going to the dentist, it is that a lot of people fear. but this little guy is making it easier for patients, and

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone, philadelphia police hope you can help them track down the people responsible for some destruction on the day of the eagles super bowl parade. >> take a look at the surveillance video, when several people caused the septa bus shelter to collapse. happened thursday, february 8th, at 15th and jfk boulevard. recognize any of the suspect, call police. >> well, a popular delaware shore town is now banning large beach tents, or canopies >> bethany beach passed knee restrictions in a vote. are allowed to set up em brill 's that measure 8 feet in diameter or smaller baby tent smaller than 36 by 36 inches are also acceptable. >> i think when you have a canopy, pretty much you have to set it up early in the morning, and then what was happening, people were setting up and leaving and people started complaining about that , as well. >> i think beaches are meant for family, fun, and a lot less rules.

>> bethany beaches says it will warn violators instead of siting them, also the law of the land in rehoboth beach and fenwick islands. >> okay, well at least the baby tents and then the 8-foot umbrellas, because i can't be on the beach without the protection. >> a lot of people do, especially talking the height of summer, that sun angle is intense, yes. i mean, no pun intended you really need intense, get it? tents. >> got it. >> okay. >> i know that was a stretch. but anyway, you really need your sun protection, even the next two days, okay? i know a lot of will you have the spring fever, want to get outside in a very warm air that we are calling for. looking back at the last few weeks, though, in february, thus far, the overwhelming majority every days have been above average. and the warmest thus far has actually been sunday, the 11th , where we ended up all the way at 21 degrees above average. but today, calling for it to be 26 degrees above average. tomorrow, 30. so see how we do. that's the current call anyway both days though today and

tomorrow promise to be at least record challenging it not breaking days tomorrow specially will break a record. that's no problem. but today pretty close to that value. meanwhile, here's where you currently stand visibility. i don't want you to get comfortable, even though it says 10 miles visibility, we've had, remember, this is an observation site, that the rest of the city city of dover could in fact be seeing lower visibility in given communities, keep it in mine. overwhelming worse of the fog is happening in southeastern pennsylvania. then down near some of the shore towns. whole reason for this, we are sitting in warm sector, very large, very expansive storm. warmfront came through. cold front still way back here that will take it time tomorrow evening at the earliest to bring in any weather to our area and start the drop-off on the thermometer. so while you might see bit of fine drizzle because of such of moisture laden air mass, aren't calling for any wet weather. wednesday, thursday, friday, though, chances cents do increase. because of a cold front passage, separate set of moisture that's coming our way

on friday. so it is still very active pattern, but also a mile one. the coolest day is in fact friday. but even that is 2 degrees above average. then rebounding all over again this weekend. meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you , good morning, everyone, happy tuesday. so, all right. we've got some police activity here route one northbound past oxford valley road. because we've got some disable vehicles, that are hitting a pothole, and becoming disable. this is a huge headache in the morning, not only for the drivers, who are hit that pothole obviously clearly, but also, you're going to start really slowing down in this area, so have gaper delay, also brake light going off as you travel on through there. >> by the way, this is huge, tractor-trailer filling tar all over the rodeway inn new jersey, up to 20 to 30 reported vehicles are being impacted by this. so, tar being spilled all over the roadway, it is leaking all over the roadway, 295 southbound, for pedrick town,

only the shoulder squeezing by here, you have to use i would say use these alternates for sure, new jersey turnpike or route 130 will be your best bet. when we hear 20 to 30 reported vehicles right now being impacted by this, this is an area you absolutely want to stay away from, jim, right? can i get an amen on that? >> amen. >> stay away from that area. >> big mess, thank you shall meisha on the health watch death toll from the flu is on the rise in delaware. >> say 18 people have died just so far this season. officials are reporting eight new deaths. six in the past week. two others were earlier in the season. six people who died last week were from new castle county. none had gotten the flu vaccine. >> as for the effectiveness of the flu vaccine, researchers say past bouts from the illness how well it works. researchers found every person's response to the vaccine depends on their unique immune system. and whether or not they've battled the flu before. one of the most common fears in the medical world is

among adults visiting the dent us. >> new staff member at one texas dental office is calm all of the fears, these big brown eyes, belong to macy the dent at therapy dog. the staff says macy passed the good citizen training at the neighborhood petco, and then they familiarized her with a dental office and macy went right to work. >> went right to sleep. mace say therapy dog. comes to ease anxiety down, and causes cents patient or clients to feel more relaxed, a sense of calmness in the to, especially for patient very apalachicola re hence disbelief macy has become such popular addition to the office that patient now request time with her, when that he book their appointment. i can see why. >> i like this idea. you book your appointment based on your dental hygienist and macy. good thing. >> well still ahead this morning, the reason why so many apple employees are getting hurt at work. >> and was jennifer aniston hiding a big secret about her marriage to justin this why

they may not be headed to divorce court after all. coming up. >> this is a plot thickens, rahel. >> getting interesting. >> wow.

>> welcome back, looking ahead to the upcoming weekend expecting another surge on the thermometer, back to the 60s, headed into saturday, sunday, but usually a trade off. there will be this time, too. with more showers on the way yet again. guys? >> katie, thank youment for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> in the news journal, delaware 141 bridges renovation in new castle, have added extra million dollars to the price the of the project. the highway also now unlikely to reopen this month as state officials had hoped. >> from the press of atlantic city egg harbor township fire officials yesterday shut down the inn of the dove hotel setting fire alarm system that didn't work. repeated false alarms prompted them to close the billion g

now russ dent looking for new place to live while a working system is put in place. >> most eight a year old are looking to wind down, this one started a mentoring program at the allen high school. lunch from wawa to the high school meets with group of freshmen boys talking about them about applying to colleges, deciding on carreers , making good decisions. good for saul. >> that's wonderful. a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware and lehigh valley. >> okay. it has been few days, since jennifer aniston and justin a news dollars their split. >> but now there is speculation on whether or not the couple was ever legally married. >> this is great stuff. >> according to "tmz" report there are no officials irma records stating two stars were ever married. >> oh,. >> also says neither of the starrings have contacted a divorce lauriette. >> oh,. >> couple had been together for nearly seven years and married for nearly three years married for nearly three years before calling it quits. >> this, this, this is headline news.

>> i don't think she will respond to it, she doesn't typically deal much with the press. >> takes a lot to shock me. >> this one shocks me, rahel, i'll give that you. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," some serious news, 17 high school student stage a lie-in at the white house. to demand gun control. one student for each life lost in the florida shooting. we will tell but an even bigger protest, that's planned for tomorrow. >> plus: tax scams are soaring. what the irs want you to know to protect your returns. >> and looking outside, fog is causing a whole host every issues on the roadway, weaver accident, disable vehicles, we have tar spill in new jersey with 20 to 30 cars impacted. delays and concellations at the airport, speed restrictions, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, yikes. coming up all of the updates coming up. first a quick break, stay right where you are, cbs-3 " right where you are, cbs-3 " eyewi[narrator] look around. if our world isn't stuck in the past, why is higher education? we say, if there's a better path, you should take it. and when there isn't, well, you know where i'm going with that.

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>> good morning, it is just about 630, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, today is february 20, 2018. >> grieving teens are turning their heartaches into action. >> it comes down to children, in a classroom being shot. >> student, lawmakers, gun control laws. >> at this line outside the white house dozens of high schoolers posted posed at corpses. >> collapsed concerns kin in old city. >> take a look. this coroner of third and chestnut remains roped off. >> residents evacuated from their homes try to figure out their next steps. >> it has been awful. >> we do have some fine drizzle falling, and definitely the fog issues. >> just past the art museum you can't even make out the center city skyline. >> new video, the day of the super bowl parade.

take a look, several people causing septa bus shelter to collapse. >> new for all of you breakfast cereal fans, unicorn marshmellows replacing the hour glass inside your box of lucky charles. first yes ate dollars by kids. >> today's morning minute made possible by pen medicine. >> this is one of my guilty pleasures, coy eat whole box of lucky charles marshmellows, just the marshmellows, they're so good. >> i'm not a fan, katie? >> oh, i love them but i feel like i would get a tummy ache if i ate a whole box. >> now, count chock ullah! >> oh, trust me, i look it too i mean, might as well be dessert as opposed to breakfast. let's talk turkey though here. turkey sandwiches for lunch anybody? i don't know. we've got some fog hine me here we showed you the morning minute shot. actually facing southwest, no,

southeast, when looking down the ben franklin parkway, now i am facing south, yes, center city skyline still very much shrouded in cloud cover. we've got dense fog advisory that's going to last us until 10:00 a.m. and that is region wide. so it is not an exclusive problem for the city. this is everywhere. we do have viabilities under half mile. in a lot of locations cents. look at storm scan, what's trick bye this, it looks totally quiet over our area. it doesn't even appear as though there are any clouds. >> so is drizzle. so, you may end counter. that will you're there, definitely damp here on the skydeck but i don't see any drops falling, but very saturated air mass, don't be shocked. you could get away without your umbrella here today. plus today expected to even brighten up for sunshine later on. so currently in a low 50's anywhere from wilmington up to trenton, mild, mild start to the day. and it only get warmer from here. looking at handful of towns around the region, the record

to beat as well as the actual forecasted high. high hits 71 in the city and the record, rather, is 70. so, we're expecting new record here in the city and almost everywhere else, meisha. >> looking forward to breaking it, and i have to tell you that it is a very, very busy morning on the roadway. police activity past oxford valley road, disabling vehicles, could see pothole, hurting their vehicles. that's now clearing out of the way. how much, we have tractor-trailer here in new jersey, spilling tar all over the roadway. it has been going on for some stretch, 20, 30 vehicles involved, are being impacted. before or between rather route 130, and route 48, four, only the shoulder sweeping by. use these alternates. new jersey turnpike or route 130 will be your best bet. i would spend more time on that, but because there is so much going on just going to

move right on by. lansdale accident broad street hancock street so lanes are block here. we have an accident in frankford there is one is involving a septa bus with injuries frankford at orthodox street, hopefully starts to get clear out of the way. accident investigation here 611 easton road, closed mill road and pa turnpike, use these alternates. accident on the alternate, by the way, some delays and concellations at the airport. lot going on, rahel, over to you. >> student who survived the deadly school shooting in florida are hoping to pressure lawmakers for tougher gun control. they are on their way to the state cap capitol to demand change, learning more about the alleged shooterment nicholas cruz. released document reveal in 2016 an investigator with the state's department of children and families visited the cruz house, investigators noted cruz had depression, adhd, autism, had plans to buy a gun the family who took him in

after his mother had passed. >> before he moved in he had to gather gun safe. we got a gun safe on the way back from moving his stuff to our house. >> president trump plans to hold a listening session with high school student and teachers at the white house tomorrow. the white house says the president is open to the possibility of supporting bipartisan legislation to strengthen the federal background economic system. >> no word on if any of these teens you see here will attend tomorrow's listening session with president trump. dozen of high schoolers for teens for gun reform posed at corpses cents, they laid down for total of three minute to symbolize how quickly the shooter was able to get an assault rifle. >> bran new information on story we covered yesterday, ride share driver who vanished in southern california has reportedly been frown alive. friends say josh is at a los angeles hospital. he dis air period over a week ago. yesterday they found his nissan and towed it, he had been working as a driver for lyft and uber before his disappearance. >> because he is the most kind hearted gentle spirited person

i've ever met. >> always thinking about everybody else before he thinks about himself. he's just that kind of a person. >> friends tell our sister station in losses angeles they think he may have been drugged and has been in the hospital for at least a few days. >> the fbi re visiting one of the areas most baffeling cases and once again asking for your help in the disappearance of danielle i am bo and richard petrone. they were last seen leaving a bar along philadelphia south street. the couple or their dodge pick up has cents been seen since, $50,000 reward for the couple 's whereabouts or for information leading to an arrest. >> long time philadelphia radio host john debella being sued for sexual harrassment by one of his former on air sidekicks. jen fear kneel who is on air name was jen posner said debella harassed her over 30 times she worked as the sidekick,. >> fire that gutted a billing in old city philadelphia is leaving city officials no choice but to order the

building's demolition. chopper three over 239 chestnut street, which caught fire sunday morning, l & i says the property appears to be a total lost, and there are fears that the building will collapse. the city however hopes to keep the cast iron facade from the 1850's, meanwhile, displaced resident still trying to figure out what they'll do now >> it has been awful. and it has been very hard to think about it, deal with it, think it through, i basically a.m. going from minute to minute, and i know my neighbors are having a very hard time. >> now, fortunately, all of the resident got out safely. but two firefighters did suffer minor injuries. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. >> it is tax season and tax scams are soaring. >> business and little joins us live from new york with some advice, good morning. >> first off what should we know about this tax season. >> other brother.

seeing lots of phone scams. this particular one where someone pretends to be from the irs. contact the consumer then say hey you owe backs taxes cents, then threatened potentially with jail time if you don't pay. these fraudsters, they pray on fear, many consumers give in, they pay bogus fee through prepaid card, wiring money even a itunes card has been used, criminals are also continuing to send emails, we've heard about this before. it is ramp up. these appear to be from the ir s. but they instead install malware on your computer, allows access to your personal information. here is your key take away the irs never initiates contact with you through phone, e-mail , text messages, or other social media. if you get an unsolicited e-mail, claiming to come from the is. , please don't open the @ tach ment or click on a link, forward it to fishing at irs

month gov. >> good tips. what are other ways to protect ourselves? >> you know what? just really remember this. even if you owe money, filing early is really important. it is before the scammers get busy. specially if you are the victim of the ex which fax fraud last year, get it done. if you have the victim of tax refunds fraud, this is very specific, and that's happened in previous years, the ivs has already sent awe special filing pin, and it needs to be entered along with this year's return. if you are choose to go work with a tax pro, make sure he or she has a irs prepared tax identification number. this certifies the person is authorized to prepare your returns. remember, story in important tax documents, on an encrypted thumb drive. never, ever give out that personal information to someone who contact you, even if this person or a caller-id looks legitimate. in general, you've got 3m's: minnesota mist the risk of

exposure, monitor your accounts, and imagine and the damage. >> okay. >> always good advice, thank you, jill. appreciate it. >> sure. >> there are problems at apple 's new $5 billion space age business cap pus, workers keep getting injured on the job. >> so it seems there are a lot of glasses partitions and glass doors everywhere in the maze of offices and workers, women, they keep walking right into everything. >> the high-tech company is reportedly resort to go putting post it notes on everything. to keep co-workers from smashing into those doors and walls. >> like a windex commercial. >> i've done that before, broke my knows. >> still ahead. >> top toy trends of 2018. taking you inside the consumer toy fair what's expected to be this year's must have toys. and some are pretty gross. pat? >> jim, rahel, help me. help me. i'm stuck in here. i'm stuck inside the crock exhibit at the academy of

natural sciences at drexel university. this is my friends, about 18 feet long, weighing about 2,000 pounds. you'll see this, and plenty more, when you come back. how do i look? >> let them eat cake. some of the areas best pastry chefs will compete this weekend, all for a good cause. we will see how had he decorate these cakes and even give it a try ourselves coming up. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

>> speaking of crocodiles, crocodiles up close, new exhibit giving visitors the chance to catch a glimpse of these ancient reptiles. >> cross-examine, ancient preditors, modern worlds now open at the academy of natural

sciences at drexel university. pat gallen is live this morning. i see you've made it out safe from the crocodile. you're here. >> i am, i'm lie. you've met my friends, gomex, he is about 18 feet long, he was real, not this one, this is a display, model of gomex but he was cents real, he lived to about 70 years old, again, about 2,000 pounds. so that's salt water crocodile , some of the largest in the world. there is a little guy in here, little west of can crocodile, you can see, he is just relaxing kind of chilling out. over here we have babies. we have american alligator babies. real life. this this is real life jennifer from the academy of natural atlantic city sciences cents, good morning. >> good morning to you, welcome. >> let me ask you offer the bat, i think a lot of people have this question. what's the difference between an alligator and a crocodile. >> well i learned this in this exhibit, as you can tell, from a nice safe distance, that the crocodiles have narrower

snouts. >> sure. >> and the alligators have nice big wide shouts, that's one way to tell. >> easiest way. >> yes. >> hopefully not too close when you find that out. so you have real live alligators and crocodiles here which is pretty cool. >> yes, we have live animals here for to you come and see. these are little baby american alligators. they're absolutely adorable. >> they are. >> they hatch out of eggs, we have this model of the mom over here on the other side. so you really get to see the whole life cycle of all of the creatures we've got here. >> and the model we to do a double take. looks so incredibly real. not real. but that thing is pretty cool watch else do you have going on here? >> come to the exhibit, learn all about how social these animals r i had no idea that they call for their parent and the parent are heavily engage in the their babies when they're born, they go around to the babies on their heads, and they babysit for each other. who knew that they were so gregarious and family oriented

>> very cool. >> yes. >> for more info where can we go? >> www.ansp.org. >> very cool. all right, so come on out, out here until may. >> may six. >> come on down, learn about crocodiles. learn about alligators, the difference between the two. but also cents what i think is so cool is that you get to see real life animals in here. there you go, the little babies. jim, rahel, don't you want to bring one of those guys home and pet it? >> no me. but you know meisha would. she would take the reptiles home. thank you, pat. >> she definitely would, yes. >> changing gears here, the annual new york toy fair is underway, the event kicks off saturday and runs through today. 30,000 adults are checking out the hottest toys in games for 2018, toys range from brand new toys to those classics with new twists cents. >> another trend for 2018, the toilet humor apparently with mold willing poo dough picking up not and blasting toilet paper. experts say gaining in popularity again thanks to

consumer sharing on social media. katie we pass it on to you. >> like why do i have to follow those kind of stories? >> poo toes cents. >> i won't poo poo on your story i'll just move along. >> and your forecast doesn't even stink. >> well done. you're right it doesn't actually. there is definitely some issues though when you start the morning off here. little bit after cloud cover to mess with your morning commute. the eyewitness weather watchers are reporting various conditions. depending where you are. so widespread zoom shows awe lot of consistency, generally low 50's, outline ers in the most outlying suburbs, but let me zoom in little closer here. we go from north to south, 50 degrees comes in from kyle this morning, he has dzhokhar he he will, over the span of the lasts 15 minute, still ongoing. 50 degrees also the value from joseph just a little further to the south. he is out in orland, but a lot of clouds overhead for him. and he did report bit of fog, as well. and then just down in chestnut hill. phil at 51 degrees. and he did mention that he's

not seeing a lot of fog. so it is a neighborhood by neighborhood issue out there. where you do have it it is coming in very, very thick. and here is a prime example of it. i don't think you would be able to tell where we were if it weren't for this banner at the top of the network. berks county where there should be a line every trees, baseball diamond. you can't make any of it out. 42 degrees at this observation site. traveling this morning that's a primary concern. got to give it the red light. this is region wide concern, even by neighborhood to neighborhood, may not be as bad, you still could encounter the fog on your commute this morning, and maybe even finds yourself having to flash the windshield wipers because of the fine drizzle. but this is very over arch large system, so the warmfront came through yesterday, brought the showers, now sit ting in this warm sector of the storm. cold front still way back here , so that needs to cross through later on in the week. so today, tomorrow, very, very warm days. record breaking days nonetheless. twenty-six to 30 degrees above

average from one day to the next, then wednesday night into thursday, sends temperatures packing so hit the high of zero six very early on thursday morning. and temperatures gradually decline through the day. >> all right, katie, thank you , that fog needs to go away , just causing so much issues out there. so we have tar spill, tractor-trailer leaking tar here in new jersey 20 to 30 cars impacted, 295 south, this is between route 130 and route 48, your alternates, new jersey turnpike or route 130, absolutely use those amount that the. accident in lansdale, broad street hancock, lanes blocked here. then more serious accident here in frankford with injuries. fifteen bus passengers were transported to the hospital here. so this was involving a septa bus, and tractor-trailer. again, this is involving a septa bus. fifteen passengers and the driver transported to the hospital here. frankford avenue, orthodox street, your alternate, torresdale avenue or castor avenue will be your best bet. and plus: route three and five busses are detoured,

because of this. and we have another accident, in new jersey, route 130 northbound, at hilton road. traveling little less than posted speeds around here and accident investigation in willow grove. this is involving a pedestrian , happened around 3:00 a.m., little earlier with injuries. no access to the pa turnpike southbound by the way. so route 611 easton road southbound is closed between mill road and pa turnpike and of course york road at mill road another accident nearby. holy moly, busy morning, jim, back over to you. >> thank you so much, meisha. well, who will take the cake this weekend dozens of the area best pastry chefs will compete to make the most creative cakes of the annual let them eat cake competition. the event benefit variety the children's charity, danielle, and patricia poland are from master baker in west chester, and angus murray is the ceo for variety of the children's clarity. thanks for joining thus morning, appreciate t getting up so earl which these delicious treats. first of all for people who aren't aware of this event, who does it benefit?

what's it all about? >> so it benefits variety of children's charity, serve children with disability throughout the entire delaware valley. we have campus out in montgomery county. we basically try to be everything for kids with disabilities outside of school so after school, weekends, summer programs, all of that good stuff. >> so daniel, i mean, amazing work here. >> thank you. >> so what's the theme this year, and how do you come up with a creation like this? >> so this year's theme is into the jungle. >> okay. >> and really, it starts on paper. you have to draw it out. whether you're a good sketch artist or not, i'm not, my creativity comes within the cake. so, you just start with a sketch. and then go from, there you start with a idea. i like to -- this one just like a fun jungle theme. the cake that you're going to see sunday is a lot different. >> this is just to taste our appetite? >> just a tease err, yes. >> patricia, what will just be looking like as far as cakes and judging? >> three categories. taste, originality, and creativity it. >> okay? >> and also artistry.

>> okay, well, this is amazing , absolutely amazing. so angus for people who haven't been there, this is big event. how many people are expected to be there? >> expecting almost a thousand folks to come out for the day, folks of course expect you to be there, jim, as i'll be there. >> i'll be there. >> entertainers, and our sponsor first trust will be there, over 40 pieces every cake, cake containers, all different kinds of drinks, wine, booze, and some beer, as well, for folks that want to come out and have a good time. just a great time for great cause. >> alcohol and dessert. what a combination that is. and again, the event is this sunday 6:00 at the lowe's hotel in philadelphia. we will have rahel and meisha and katie come over here. you got to give us little idea of creativity. so i can barely draw six figures. so what doofus to do -- stick figures what do you do here? >> first start with palm trees i'll have you use the piping bag. >> oh, okay. >> first you will pipe on some - >> who has the steady hands here? >> a the love coffee.

>> so we use this hand to steady the bag. you squeeze. you let go of your pressure, as you go up. >> okay. >> so it gets thinner. >> okay. >> jump in here, katie. you're the parent here. >> oh,. >> and then you do the root. i'll dot leaves. >> i'm a lefty. so i need to be -- how am i doing this if i'm left? >> it is a picasso. >> exactly. >> doesn't mean to be perfect. >> all you do is twist this. >> oh,. >> twist the vine. >> wrap it right around. >> oh, okay. >> that's so cute. >> i like that animal kingdom over here.

>> lion? >> way to do a vine. >> how do i do there? turn it? all right. >> it would take us a week and a half to make a cake based on this. >> we need little more time. >> we will be right back. stay with us. >> i got it.

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in tallahassee to pass strict stricter gun control legislation. >> officials say bailed destroyed by fire this weekend in old city imminent danger of clams. crews can't even get inside to start investigating the cause of the fire. >> and today is national love your pet day. a day to be giving your best friend some extra attention and pampering. >> last check on weather and traffic. >> oh, definately foggy outside. that's what you real dow need to keep in mind. quick check on just the current visibility, they're far less than ideal from the city on northwest, especially, but today's a very warm day, back to the 70s this afternoon , meisha. >> we have accident in frankford, this is involving 15 bus passengers transported to the hospital here. frankford avenue at orthodox streets, use these alternates. >> we want to show you our fully decorated cakes, what meisha and i just did. >> oh, these are what we actually worked on. not quite as nice. >> remember to join me had sunday at the lowe's for eat cake. >> remember to join us each we

weekday morning starting 4:30 captioning funded by cbs good morning, it's tuesday, it february 20th, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." students who saw their classmates killed at a florida high school head to their state capitol today to confront lawmakers over gun control. they're joined in spirit by students around the country who are also rallying for change. the couple who took in the school shooting suspect said he had a right to own the ar-15 rifle he allegedly used to kill 17 people. why they say the massacre has not changed their opinion. a startling case of a man who seemingly came back to life after he was declared dead. his wife tells us hospital staff ignored her pleas for h