good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. i was just able to speak to the family of carlesha gaither. they say they are relieved that she's back home safe and sound. they a say in one has been able to sleep yet but car leash ace looking forward to the good night's sleep. we were there in maryland as her and her family were leaving the hospital after she was treated for minor injuries. she was in good condition last night and she's in good condition right now. this is carlesha leaving the hospital, in the meantime, the man police say is responsible for her kidnapping this 22-year old woman is lock um this morning. thinks 37 year-old delven barnes. police say he and gater were stopped in jessup maryland in that ford taurus they have been searching for since sunday. when it looks like he was about to take off is when police moved in. they said gaither identified herself as the missing philadelphia a woman. barnes has an extensive criminal history including an arrest in philadelphia for aggravate add assault, false

imprisonment and being held on a warrant out of charles city county in virginia on a previous case for an allege attempted murder and abduction and rape of the 16 year-old girl there. gaither's family had this to say on her behalf, this morning. >> she good. she want to thank you will y'all for your help, everybody, she just kept saying thank you. she's happy to be back home and happy to be safe. she just want everybody to respect our privacy, through this tough time. >> reporter: now that suspect barnes will be arraigned on those charges in that previous case, in virginia, later on today, and then will be brought back here to philadelphia to face federal charges here. still a lot is unknown about the kidnapping have of carlesha gaither, why he took her, what he planned to do with her and where he planned to go? that is all still developing. her family is just relieved that she's back home safe this morning. reporting live, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

our team coverage continues with nicole brewer. >> she's live at police headquarters with family and friend reaction, nicole. >> reporter: when carlesha went missing an entire community came together hoping and praying that she would come home safe, and they even organized a vigil never realizing her prayers had been answered. >> god gave her the courage to hold on. >> reporter: prayers for a safe return became messages of thanks and praise wednesday, as family, friend, supporters of carlesha freeland gaither learned of her safe return. >> thank you, lord, thank you. >> when i heard she was released, i was just glad, happy, overwhelmed. >> reporter: with pray circle will in place they gathered at the very spot where carlesha was abduct sunday night. for days they waited, wondered and worried. >> it has been hell. it has been hell. i thought it would be something but god is good.

>> reporter: not only was carlesha found safe but her abductor, 37 year-old delven barnes seen here on video is now in police custody facing federal charges. good news for this group who say that they believe in the power of prayer. >> thank you. thank you you for everybody that supported her family, prayers, god is good, thank you. >> reporter: and as family and friends are giving the glory to god, carlesha's mother also thanking the philadelphia police and the fbi for bringing her daughter home. we are live outside police headquarters, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> and to see more video and get latest developments on carlesha's rescue head to cbs philly.com. our coverage continues there. right now, we have to talk about this rain a lot of us waking up to it this morning, katie. >> absolutely, you might be tempt todd pull covers over your head, i saw that tweet you sent out. but we have to get the day

started. you might need extra time. so bear with us, we will get through it together. that is why we're here. we want to get you out the door safe and sound and as much information as possible and certainly we have a lot of rain to dodge at this point. there are a couple of choice locations, head up cape may county you might not have any rain just yet but just matter of time and is there one spot here in the viewing area that is picking up on the most intensity in terms of the rain out towards shanksville, and phoenixville. northwestern, montgomery and northern chester counties are bearing the brunt of the action right now. we do still have visability that are less than ideal. it is just basically from that rain. fog is not necessarily a concern but you do have reduced visibility when talking about this kind of rain. at the moment our temperatures are all over the place. we have lower 40's, right around 50 in both the shore point here, and in philadelphia, and it is as the day goes on we will not see movement on the thermometer readings, probably another

10 degrees match for any given location once we hit early morning low and there will be off and on rain. heavier widespread rain coming right new throughout the morning rush, and then we will get a little bit of the midday break before more rounds of showers come through in the scattered variety in towards evening drive. this is just a day where traffic department will be kept on its toes for sure. >> i am with you on. that i feel like i'm's already on my toes because i'm anticipating something to happen. just because weather like this especially when you are a traffic reporter it puts you on edge because we see things happen all the time. make sure your windshield wipers work and take it extra easy out there take a look at 95 around broad street area you will notice southbound traffic that would be taillights moving away from you here, role wise, it is non-existent is he right now traffic is moving just fine but as you will notice as these vehicles are breathing on by, roads are picking up a lot of that moisture and it will be just i would say really for your rush hour commute just not going to be fun later on.

we're still waiting to develop. traveling on the ben franklin bridge no problems in either direction. it is very slick. be careful. if you are traveling, however, to the philadelphia international airport, to or from, services have been suspended due to amtrak signal problems. you will want to factor that in this morning. as we look at our speed sensors all and all in the 50's and not that awful. speaking at the the airport a good idea to call ahead to take because of the weather, ukee and erika. >> our time is 5:36. business news this morning how some schools are battling rising cost of college. >> another big day on wall street, but a lot of us waking up thinking is what next? money watch's ohio wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange with those stories and more, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. ukee and erika stocks opened up in record territory today. s and p jumped to an all time record high yesterday, so did the dow jones which climbed 100 points. nasdaq dropped two. still investors are in a buying mood after republicans won control of the senate. we have got good news on the

jobs front u.s. companies added 230,000 jobs in october, that is the most in four months, and we will get a better pictures of overall job market tomorrow when the government released its monthly report. well, it looks like whole foods efforts to turn around its business are working, chain says that sales rose more than 3 percent in the past few months. whole foods has taken a hit as traditional supermarket offer more organic foods. they have launched one hour delivery in 15 cities, wine club as well as in store wine bars which have all been a good success. to battle will rising cost of college and growing student debt more schools are offering bachelor degrees in just three years. wall street journal says purdue, university of iowa and university of south caroline air all experimenting with the idea, one expert say, parents love it, but it doesn't always go well with students want to enjoy every second of the

college lifestyle. ukee and erika. >> i a hear that but you think of how many years you are saving paying back your loans. >> yeah. >> thanks, jill. >> you enjoy college but after college, things are a lot easier if you only have three years. >> i gotcha. >> talk to you later this morning. in other news with the g.o.p. ready to take over the the senate president obama will not back down from his pledge to i am have prove border security by the end of this year. the president has pledged to take executive action to stop the deportation of undocumented immigrants. he says however he prefers congressional action. >> if they want to get a bill done, whether it is during the lame duck or next year i'm eager to see what they have to offer but what i will not do is just wait. >> it is like waving a red flag in front of the bull to say you guys don't do what i want i will do it on my own. >> the the president has invited congressional leaders to the white house tomorrow to start discussing some of the

challenging that lie ahead. g.o.p. is sending a message to governor elect tom wolf. republican lawmakers said he must be able to compromise and curb growing cost in he wants to advance an agenda it includes a tax increase on the natural gas industry. governor elect spent the day after the election thanking supporters near his home town of york, pennsylvania. happening today, texas governor rick perry will be in court, he is face ago boost of power charges. last year the the head of the state's public integrity unit was quick of drunk driving. perry was indicted for threatening to veto millions in state funds unless he stepped down. now, lumburg, a democrat, refused to resign so perry, a republican, vetoed the money. still ahead this morning a wet tart to the day, vittoria and katieie has your traffic and weather together. plus keeping your family safe on the roads we have a list of just released, booster seats, coming up.

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updating our breaking news woman abduct this weekend returned home to philadelphia earlier this morning. carlesha freeland gaither was rescued in maryland yesterday. she was check out at a maryland area hospital after her rescue and made the trip home just a few hours ago. her abductor, 27 year-old delven barnes was taken in custody by a team of u.s. marshals, fbi agents and other authorities. barnes had has a history of arrests here in philadelphia and currently held on a attempted capitol murder charge. head coach of the half for high school football team faces dui and other charges this morning. police say joe gallagher was involved in the hit and run crash last weekend in prospect park. time right now coming up at 5:43. lets check with katie. we will get our forecast in lieu of all this rain. >> we have a lot of it out there. morning commute will be the worst when it comes to the rain issues we've got out there this morning.

we will head to the weather watcher network for current information that we're finding from some of our weather watcher. john dell, sent in a rain report, as expect, 50 degrees for him right now in newark, delaware and he says that is a very steady rain. we will take you way north here where a pair of four's is on the thermometer from eileen mur any gilbertsville and she has rain icon. it is i a dark and dreary morning. the amen, sister. lets go across the border in central new jersey. mark said 47 degrees currently with the rain icon. we will see that around at board all morning long. in chats worth, new jersey. so that is what you are finding out there. meanwhile, we will take awe cross the delaware river here, 47 degrees, gary killian sent this from southampton. we have the rain, out this way a as well. that is what you will find, all across the board here. so this will be a very rough morning commute for you, make sure thaw slow it on down out there, and we will expect to have to track this, basically throughout the typical morning rush hour, a little break by midday and then a fresh round of showers just in time for us

as we head into the early evening. so both commutes will be affect, and peeking of being on the roadways, we will send things out to my collogue meteorologist carol erickson live with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab in haddon heights camden county right now dodging rain drops good morning, carol. >> they are hard to dodge because they are just about every place. we found them all over. we are heading from route 30, and we're in haddon heights right now and we're on green street and it is just to the right and we're on a street that i think it is pretty common, fourth street, where we're going to be finding look at the leaves that we've got outside on the street and this is what is going to be happening today, not only do we see thawn believably windy saturday and sunday, but with the rain coming down, the leaves are coming down, so this is going to be hadding to the problems this morning as that rainfalls and takes down any of these loose leaves, colorful as they may be. it will be very slippery under

foot. the other issues is some of the ponding. we have seen that on a number of roads with you in the so much here but there is a slope but we're heading down in this sleep into area where the leaves are stacked up on the side of the road and you also have got storm drains that will be an issue. that is a blocked storm drain you have got a puddle. that is how it looks out here in haddon height this morning, as the vittoria, you have a's got your hand full with these roads this morning as do all of the drivers. >> i sure to, carol, thanks very much. i love how we can get you outside in the mobile weather lab and give you that live look at what it is like, experiencing the commute this morning because as we take a look at this shot here, looking down a upon the roosevelt boulevard you will notice track is moving by. volume problems are non-existent. the problem is the weather. as katie was saying and carol was saying and mentioning ponding. if i can direct your tension here thinks on the northbound side of the roosevelt boulevard, not too far from fox and you are going to have

those ponding situations, on a lot of your majors. give yourself some more time out there as we look at i-95 again another slick, rainy wet shot. ninety-five southbound we will find slowing through construction zones because it is narrow and weather doesn't help anyone through construction zones or no matter where you are traveling. if you are heading out to the philadelphia international a airport, services have been resumed for airport regional rails. great news there but call ahead before you get to the airport because of weather. you're bound to have some sort of delay. a as we look at our speed sensors, dropping ever so slightly, out of the northeast down to the vine. we are used to that. fifty-five still on the schuylkill. fifty-five on 476. in delays on the pennsylvania turnpike or northeast extension. however, as we take a look into new jersey we have been dealing with an overturn tractor trailer accident on the north bound side of the turnpike at 73, blocking two lanes for quite sometime here and it is still there definitely want to avoid that if you can. you can avoid things like this by down loading the your drive

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providing solid seat belt fit on kids in a range of vehicles. >> what boosters do is elevate the child and help guide the lap and shoulder belt so they are in the best position for protecting the children in the crash. >> reporter: lap belt should cross high on the side, not the abdomen, with the shoulder belt firmly in the middle of the shoulder. improperly fitted seat belts can hurt kids causing necklace racials and other problems. institute says consumers should avoid the deal olympia and pennsylvania pacific models and kid embrace bachmann no back booster because of poor seat belt fit. research shows a good booster seat cuts the risk of crash injuries by 45 percent, for kids four to eight years old. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the word country music royalty gathers in nashville for cma award. >> miranda lambert is queen of

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they have been warning us all week new about a rainy day. >> here we go umbrellas required or at least patient ifs you don't mine getting wet. somebody on facebook just said let your smile be your umbrella today. i love. that a nice little warm start to walk out the door because this is what you are facing. a pretty decent part of heavy rain falling southern berks and a little thin sliver out

in towards upper bucks and western montgomery county. watch for that. out we go to reading west lawn, pennsylvania technically where you can see sheen on the roads and surface and playground here. 49 degrees with the rain falling steadily. let me give thaw seven day. it does get better and chillier. weekend looks pleasant. just a sprinkle, straight up shower along the way but weekend looks a lot better than trday will, vittoria. >> at least we have something to look forward to because right now you will in the be looking forward to your commute. lets get outside, taking a look first at schuylkill expressway, headlight traffic westbound toward vine street expressway. this shot around south street, university city area. as you make your way out of that stretch there are in problems. we have a good amount of space between the vehicles there and that is the theme right new, we are in the dealing with too much, traffic, we're still waiting on that rush. however, traveling on i-95 southbound we are experiencing just that slight slow down, beginning as you approach girard avenue. traveling on the blue route no

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we continue to follow breaking news carlesha free land baker is back, home with her family safe and sound. she was found alive in maryland and now her accused abductor faces a list of charges. a happy end to go a frightening attack all caught on tape. >> good morning, we have team three coverage. let's begin with jan carabao in north philadelphia, good morning. >> reporter: i was just able to speak with the family of carlesha gaither and they tell me she's home in philadelphia and resting. she hasn't been able to sleep just yet but she's looking forward to the good night sleep. taking a look at this video you cane family and carlesha leaving the maryland hospital

where she was taken in good condition last night. she was being evaluated for minor injuries, she has been released from the hospital this morning and made her way back to philadelphia. gaither was found late yesterday in the parking lot with this suspect kidnapper, this is jessup, maryland where she was with 37 year-old delven barnes. they say he took her again sunday night in the dramatic surveillance video we have seen so often. they responded in that ford taurus, every within has been looking for. now when they spotted the car, agents moved in when it looks like he may be pulling away. he has been since arrested and now being held in virginia this morning on a previous case of possible, attempted murder, kidnapping of another, a 16 year-old girl there. the family though is just happy to have their loved ones, back home and they spoke on her behalf this morning to "eyewitness news". >> i want to tell everybody, carlesha says thank everybody who was out there the