terrifying train ride to philadelphia when that amtrak train slams into a truck and derails. now, some of the passengers on that train arrived here in philadelphia overnight after a long day and night of travel. yoll hear what they have it say about that violent collision that knocked the train right off the tracks. >> good morning, everyone, also it is shaping up to be another warm march day. but storm scan3 shows us it will be a wet one as well. let's check traffic and weather together right now with jessica and kate. kate's in the house. good morning. >> good morning guys. yep, track that rain moving, in as you saw locally, just some clouds out there this morning. but, the rain is pushing in from the south and west, and it will get here, by afternoon. so let's take a look how things are shaping up outside. we take you out to our actually take you out in just up couple every minutes to storm scan picture, range moving, in slick spots on the roads this morning let's see if that's i impacting travel at all. good morning. >> good morning, doing okay so far. we don't have a lot in the way of volume. starting things off on the blue route, ridge pike, southbound lanes see no volume there, not real a lot of

problems headed out northbound, few problems in new jersey, water main breaks, and we'll talk about those in a second. >> in morning as we were saying passengers on board the derailed amtrak train telling "eyewitness news" about their harrowing ordeal. >> collided when tractor-trailer stuck on the tracks in north carolina jan carabeo at 30th street station right now with new passenger reaction after they finally made it back home. jan? >> reporter: good morning frightening day, turned into long night of travel, for many philadelphia passengers, and that amtrak train that collided in north carolina, was actually supposed to pull into the 30th street station here in philadelphia, at 7:00 last night, well, many of the passengers did not arrive until just few hours ago. fake a look, two late night trains that pulled into philadelphia, one at 11:00 another around midnight. they were tired shaken, the passengers were, and that's because around noon, their amtrak train operating from charlotte, collided with a big rig, that had stalled on the tracks in hal fax county north

carolina the collision toppled the engine and derailed some cars. the impact also injured dozen of people at least 40, thankfully, no one was seriously injured. now amtrak says 212 passengers and eight crew members on board at the time of the collision. and that included clinton jackman from malvern. he was in the cafe car during the collision, he says it turned out to be the first car left standing on the tracks. take a listen. >> it was just a big joke. and well, right before the impact we sort of heard the brakes, or the squealing and then once we hit of course, it was a thrust, a great momentum. that was pretty scary. >> very happy to be home this morning, in the meantime, that train, that collided and then derailed that usually runs from charlotte to new york every day, told crews worked around the clock to get the crash scene clear and the

tracks reopened, this morning and the investigation into the crash still continuing. >> reporting outside the 30th street station this morning, jan carabeo "eyewitness news". >> jan, thank you. developing now the search on for woman who disappeared in montgomery county. take a look right now at your screen, 20 year old deidra magolin. last seen leaving her home in royersford friday night. she took her sister's car found near route 322 in king of prussia. magolin has left home before, but never for more than few hours. >> 5:33, we check in with kate, hear more about the showers coming our way. after the noon hour, starting day with cloud cover and the chance for little bit of icing on area roadways. thanks to all of the melted snow from yesterday. moving in during the afternoon, take a look outside, storm scan3, you can see the big shield of precipitation headed our way and it is encompassing

southern illinois, indianna, kentucky tennessee. still a loft real estate between us and the rain, but will eventually get here starting by 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m., few light showers could get in, on the leading edge of the precipitation nothing out there right now it is generally quite, which is a good thing, because if rain was coming in right now with temperatures generally below freezing in some spots we would be talking about freezing rain. that's not going to be a concern with this system. it will come in in the afternoon when temperatures are mild enough to support just plane rain. but, with all of that melted snow from yesterday, you can see these numbers, temps at or below freezing in many spots do watch for some icy travel. icy spots specially under bridge and overpasses anywhere where you have snow melting and dripping on to the roadway, if it looks wet and your car thermometer says it is below 32 degrees, or even below 34 degrees being expect it could be icy. so your day planner 9:00 a.m. clouds increase, at 42 degrees by noon at 49, manually cloudy, noon to 3:00 steadier rain after the 3:00 hour, and that will impact your evening commute.

we expect some steady rain around 5:00, 6:00 continuing until perhaps midnight. so the afternoon and evening the focus every rain today when travel will be most hazardous with low visibility, and even some ponding on area roadways this afternoon. we'll check in on the roads now though with jessica see how things are shaping up. >> good morning, yes doing okay right now. just little bit after 5:30, and the roadways are dry and that's definitely a good thing. we will start things off on the blue route right around ridge pike, southbound lanes where the taillights are. southbound doing just fine. see no incidents. everything looking really dry there, as well. over on the ben franklin bridge currently experiencing no problems. not a lot in the way of volume. you can see, headed westbound all lanes open. and just moving nicely, into the city, no problems headed into new jersey, as well. the talcony palmyra bridge scheduled for a bridge opening between 5:30 and 6:00. should be any minute now. expect residual delays in or out of the area or take the betsy ross bridge. out in northeast philadelphia, there is water main break on robbins street between walker

street anal guard street, use some caution with police activity on the scene police directing traffic around there. thank you. >> new jersey is on the pothole patrol, after rough winter that has left the roads in rough shape. garden state has unveiled tool to get the roads ready for spring. it is the pothole killer, they call it, new jersey rents 13 of these at this time of the year. now there is year the dot has increased pop hole repair budget by 25%. >> anybody who travels roads now that it has take answer beating, because they need to get on this right away. >> when you do call 1800 about the holes. that's 1800-pot-holes. >> and we're happy ♪ stopped. that's the one down side, the potholes pop up. 5:36, in business news this morning the next item mcdonald's is putting on its

menu. >> change for credit reporting companies. wendy gillette joins us up at the stock exchange in new york, good morning. >> good morning ukee and erika. here on wall street the markets bounce back after last week's fears about interest rate hike. the dow gained 138 points monday, and the nasdaq up 15. the cost of obama care is continuing to drop. the congressional budget office says the affordable care act will cost $142 billion less over the next ten years. that's 11% lower than january projections. health insurance premiums are rising more slowly, than requires less after government subsidy. the three largest companies that track consumer credit have agreed change how they handle your records. the revamp will simplify things for people who challenge mistakes, and medical debts will not be reported, until after a 180 day waiting period, to allow time for insurance payments to be applied. and mcdonald's global sales declined again last month. the world's biggest hamburger

chain has been losing customers to competitors with healthier alternatives. could the answer be kale? analysts add jannie capital markets says mcdonald's plans to use the levy green in some of it menu items soon. we'll see ukee, erika. >> i'm looking at your face, uh-huh. >> just seems strange to go to get a kale salad at mcdonald's, but if it works. >> indeed. thanks, and right now 5:38. vice president joe biden is denouncing letter that 47 republican senators sent to iran. that letter reads in part: anything quote not approved by congress is a mere ex tech i have agreement could be revoked by the next president with the stroke after pen. congress explained must sign off on any deal secretary of state john kerry strikes with iran over its nuclear program. >> simply tells the leaders of iran that if congress doesn't approve a deal, congress won't except a deal. only thing unprecedented is an american president negotiate

ago nuclear agreement, with the world's leading state sponsor terrorism without congressional approval. >> i disagreed with president bush so very, very much what he was doing to our country. but i would never ever consider anything even close to that. >> president obama insists he does not need congress to sign off on the deal. well, cbs news reports hillary clinton may respond very soon to the controversy surrounding her use of private e-mail address while at the state department. while house confirms president obama exchanged emails with police clinton on her private account. but, a spokesman says, the president was not aware of the details of her personal e-mail address, and how the records were maintained. new this morning the ambassador attacked by a man with a knife is now out of the hospital. hear what he said about the attack before he headed home. >> also, fists fly in one of the most unlikely spots, a birthday party at chuck-e-cheese. we'll tell you what sparked all of this action.

>> also, after months of hype, apple unveils its new smart watch, check it out we'll show you the watch's special features if you are thinking about buying one. >> outside the roads are dry. the afternoon commute could be wet one. kate lets you know when the rain starts to fall when we do traffic and weather together. we do it on the other side on the three, a good morning, family, see you in a ♪ ♪ the goodness of nature in your

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>> dozens recovering from injuries. some passengers head today philadelphia's 30th street station. three cars jumped the tracks near the virginia border, authorities say they hope to have the tracks cleared later today. >> also, a vigil in north philadelphia last night remembered philadelphia police officer, robert wilson, killed in the line of duty last week. so far there are no funeral plans. two men are charged in officer wilson says murder. >> the university of oklahoma has told members of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity to pack up their belongings, that's the fraternity caught on camera during racist chant. the university is considering pelling members of the fraternity. >> chuckie cheese, supposed to be fun place for kids, right? some parent got a little out of control at this ohio location over the weekend. all over a game that wasn't working. customer followed a manager into the kitchen then attack him after a woman with a birthday party was told she would have to wait to use a broken photo boost. other workers then came to help their colleagues.

>> i was there like take egg the beat action g,. >> five customers attack and injured six workers. investigators say people associated with the birthday party were actually cheering on the attackers. how horrible. children's birthday party. >> all right right now a 43:00, checking in with kate and weather watchers. no precipitation right now. no precipitation right now not at all do, have of the melt water all of the melting snow that could be freezing on area wrote ways, you can see we check in with the weather watchers, get good picture of how cold it is outside. seeing a lot of two's even some 30's, so we do have some cold air bill laden and he's in cart inning ton reporting 29 degrees right now definitely coal enough, he says careful on the sidewalks and hills, any runoff is now frozen as i learned the hard way, sorry to hear that, bill. some dangerous stuff out there.

warmth we had yesterday, easy to think spring is here, not talking ice, anything like, that but talking about temperatures like 30 degrees, thanks to jack in ziegler ville, temperatures generally below freezing, 31 degrees from ed connor chesterfield, new jersey, these are temperatures that can support ice. watch out for those isolated icy spots. slight amount of ice and snow remaining, not in the sun rain will be welcome. that's right. talking some more melting snow with the rain that's moving in. later today. even down in delaware looking at temperatures in the 20 he's. >> hopefully the rain will wash away the road salt and remaining snow. think it will. a lot of rain, mile air moving in with the system as well. big shield of precipitation over portions every kentucky into tennessee. still far from us. see kind of the real estate. here is the storm. and of course here's where we r it will take its time lifting in. so it doesn't look lick it will get here any time before temperatures go above freezing, so we look like we're going to not be dealing with any freezing rain any

freezing drizzle. great news for us, means it is just a straight rain event this time around. it gets in the 50's, will clear out overnight tonight. expect maybe shower in the morning tomorrow. but then, some clearing, and what a beautiful day it will be highs in the 60s tomorrow. little cooler thursday, we get on the cold side of the high. temps in the 50's with some sun, forecast for today cloudy, rain moving in by afternoon, seasonably mime. eyewitness weather three day forecast, i circumstance they will day, get outside if you can, 61 degrees, the high tomorrow, with some sunshine, and thursday, despite being little cooler, looks beautiful as well. let's see if the roads are looking beautiful this morning. we check in with jessica. >> i'm just looking forward to that week. good morning, 5:45 roads looking okay. soap, little bit beautiful on the vine street expressway right around 24th street. little bit of shaky cam here, but headed westbound, towards the schuylkill eastbound toward 95 currently no problems out on the roosevelt

boulevard, moving nicely, generally where we see most of the volume bottom lanes right here headed southbound into the schuylkill. you can see they are still moving great. the talcony palmyra bridge scheduled for 5:30 to 6:00 a.m. opening. expect the opening right there to create some residual delays in the area. you want to take the betsy ross bridge to get on bias well for the time being. out in monmouth county, water main break closing big oak road between wood born road and chance i rodement take killborn to get on by. out in northeast philadelphia, on robins street another water main break there. out in west vincent route 401 closed at saint matthew's road. take shores two trail to get on by. busy morning there. but don't forget, when on the road get updated information about traffic back up with new cbs philly traffic app. you can download the app now on itunes or google play. >> after months of hype, apple unveils its highly and path dollars smart watch.

not cleaning prices ranging from 349 up to $17,000. cnet's. com kara tsuboi takes closer look at the watch to see if it is worth all your money. >> apple watch stores away from hitting shelves april 24. now time for apple to convince consumers they need to buy it. >> apple watch is the most personal device, it is not just with you, it is on you. >> apple media event in san francisco, tim cook and other top brass showed off some of the watch's features. >> with the built in speaker and microphone, you can receive calls on your watch. >> all other third party watches, can be download dollars from an apple watch app on a paired iphone. >> we can go through glances to go through many app experiences, you can tap them, to launch the app and the ability to press harder to make things happen. >> apple's joining a crowded and growing wearable and smart watch field. research firm, strategy analytics, predict apple will

ship more than 15 million watches in 2015. surpassing main competition samsung, pebble, igniting the smart watch markets. >> you have the stores. you have the marketing muscle. you have really recognizeable brand name and design. so if that doesn't succeed then what will? >> the watch was the main attraction at the event apple also made announcements to its other product lines. price reduction of apple tv, new research kit of health apps for the iphone, and completely redesign math book. >> very thin light system, what everyone has been waiting for, retina screen. >> but the watch sales that will all be watching. in san francisco, kara tsuboi, cnet.com. cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> like it? >> i like it but i just, i mean, i don't wear a watch. do you? >> i just wear a fit bit. all i need is numbers one through 12 big hand, little hand i'm cool. that's t apple is taking pre or for the apple watch in one month on april 10th. for those of how want it, hook up with it. >> also, same thing with the

ipad. who needs it, now something everyone has, a tablet. we'll see what happens. >> 5:48. learning exclusive new details about the pope's trip to philadelphia including the local landmark that he plans to visit. >> that's coming up. first though here's a look at what's coming up during evening prime time viewing right here on cb is three. do you have stuff to clean this mess of a breakroom? i have paper towels, sprays, wipes, sponges. and these floors? disinfectant cleaner, mops and "wet floor" signs. how long does it take to reheat cod? we also have air fresheners. make on-budget happen.

make cleaning up happen. staples. make more happen. jim: it's a bad idea to assess children this way. it takes away the joy of learning in a classroom, which was one of the reasons we all became teachers - to see the bright look on their face when you finally got them. ros: it's those years where we had that teacher who gave us a little extra, who spent a little bit more time with us, who made us stay after school, who kept calling our parent. a standardized test is one of the weakest ways to assess student learning and student knowledge. jim: it's detrimental.

standardized testing is sucking the air out of classrooms. >> united states ambassador speaks publicly for the first time since attacked with a man by a knife. you. >> no, i feel pretty darn

good. obviously a scary incident. >> spoke briefly before being discharged from the hospital. he still has bandages on his face and hand after being attacked last week. by an anti-american activist. he said he hopes to return to work very soon. "eyewitness news" has learned exclusively that when pope francis visits philadelphia he's going to make a stop at the liberty bell. that is according to archbishop, the man in charge of planning the holy father's trip. yesterday, archbishop visited pot belly sandwich shop, flanked by student from saint peter the happen possible he will shoes, helped choose official milk shake for the pope's visit. official milk shake for the advice t how about it? it will be called hashtag pope in philly. the one that he chose, and this is nice, part of the sales from that milk shake will go to the world meeting of families. >> very nice, very nice. >> official pope milk shake. >> everybody had a great time. love it. everyone had a great time. let's get traffic and weather

together. here's kate. >> i love that hashtag pope in philly milk shake. i wonder what it has in it? i can't wait to try one. let's look outside. talking about some rain that is starting to move in from the south and west, still pretty far away. good news for us, temperatures very controls not tease freezing mark across much of the area, we don't want rain coming in when we've got temperatures close to freezing, so we wait for that, get that rain in here later this afternoon meantime, with temps at or below freezing, watch for few icy spots those that melted snow will be running off again was running off yesterday, could be freezing up on surfaces this morning. so looking at clouds during the morning hours, then rain moving in, all across the region, by afternoon it will be heaviest later on this evening, and tonight. we send it over to jessica good morning. >> good morning, everyone, going outside on 422 where we are dry having real now problems in the way of volume so far still early though, right around 422 at trooper road. the eastbound lanes moving along fine, westbound no problems as well. on the ben franklin bridge, no problems headed in or out of

new jersey, all lanes are open. and speaking of bridges out in the tac-pal that bridge is currently in the process of an opening. you want to take the betsy ross bridge to avoid any residual delays. stay

>> identification fell from downtown skyscrapers brown town -- downtown boston reached the 40's. some cars were just told ailed from the falling icicles. >> you have to worry about that when things start to warm up. >> icicles, but not at that level. >> exactly. >> boston not getting a break. >> at all at all. coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" this morning, kate tracking some rain for us, her forecast when we come back. >> also, hearing from passengers on board the amtrak

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>> crash happened in north carolina yesterday afternoon those passengers finally made it home to philadelphia overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter, jan carabeo joins us now at 30th street station, with what they had to say they must have been exhausted. good morning jan.

>> reporter: good morning, exhausted, exactly. i spoke to a man who first had to take a bus to dc. and then another train to philadelphia. he got home right around midnight. it has been a very long and unnerving day for these passengers. >> it is the moment of impact, a big rig stuck on the tracks, moment real passengers are philadelphia won't soon forget. >> i heard all of the noise. it happened very quickly. >> we new we hit something. >> just a big joke. >> collision happened around noon monday, in hal fax county, north carolina the impact toppled the engine and derailed some cars. clinton jackman from malvern in the cafe car at the time. he said it was the first car left standing on the tracks. >> once we hit of course, i mean, it was a thrust, great mow tentum. >> four piece hurt, dozen take from the scratch scene to hospitals, others returned on