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crews have been trying to clean up this mess for, eight hours now. kiwis overturn. we will get around that backup coming up. >> it will take a while. >> we have learned that paulsboro high school is opened today despite students getting sick from fumes yesterday. we will have more on that coming up in just a minute. did officers cross the line when they arrest they had this college student? see more video and picture fueling the growing controversy. but before we get to that lets go over to katie and jessica with traffic and weather. >> good morning. it is that proverbial calm before the storm. lighter win still sunny skies, expectation for to us day. it is still chilly but jessica, there is snow on the way for the first day of spring. we will have details coming
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up. yes, just a little bit before she send it over to me. snow coming it will be okay. we will get through it guys. we will show you ben franklin bridge. everything moving just fine right now. you can see left-hand side is westbound lanes heading into philadelphia, within lane block at bottom of that. we will show what you that looks like in a second. erika, back over to you. back to our developing story, possible break in the murder investigation of the overbrook man killed while walking his dog. philadelphia police detectives are questioning a person of interest who is just four years old. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with that new information jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it has been a week since this 51 year-old father was shot and killed in over brick while walking his dog and now new developments in the homicide case. police say they have a 14 year-old person of interest in custody and being questioned by police. lets look at the video. also developing overnight
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detectives in the crime scene unit were busy at a house in west philadelphia searching for possible clues in connection with this case. that home is at 65th and girard avenue. meanwhile as a memorial growness overbrook where this 51 year-old man james stoleman was gunned down last thursday police have been working this case non-stop. the motive appears to be robbery and the attack random, stoleman was walking his dog around 8:30 last thursday when three suspects attacked. investigators earlier this week said trio had been stalking another dog walker but then decided to go after him, lets take a listen. >> this was in fact an attempt robbery. we believe it is by three black males wearing hoodies all with backpacks. >> it does appear to be very random. these guys walking down the street saw him and for whatever reason targeted him. >> again, these developments overnight are that a 14 year-old person of interest is now in custody being questioned by police and
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police have search a west philadelphia house, in connection with this homicide investigation. we will continue to follow the updates, in the meantime police say surveillance video has played a huge role in this case and until all of the suspects are caught police want people in this overbrook neighborhood to be very careful and vigilant. we're reporting live outside police headquarters, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". check out this surveillance video. philadelphia police hope you can help them solve a murder. february 19th a suspect wearing a philadelphia water department jacket walk into laundromat on south 53rd street. police say he opened fire killing 25 year-old eric norman. if you have any information, please call the police. right now 5:33. lets check with katie for the the calm before the storm we will call it. >> it is a perfect way to phrase it, nicole because we are expect to go see nice tranquil conditions. it is still chilly for the normal. we have at this point in march, in the mid 50's
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foresees nal daytime highs but that won't happen, we will have a hard time breaking out of the 40's and 50's. storm scan 3a wider zoom we start to see beginnings of the moisture creeping into the central appalachians there but this is a solid day away from our area. it is a slow progression it will get here tomorrow morning, however. would i say about this same time. we will have some action to track coming from the southwest and we will show this same graphic to you yesterday and this holds true. this is primarily a rain producer through the southern part of the area, primarily snow producer further north you you gouache we will see mainly snow in initially turning into a chilly rainy sentencely along i-95 tomorrow. 30 degrees is current temperature at philly international. just cold enough that if it were to snow it would have a chance to stick to the grass surfaces and that will happen tomorrow in philadelphia. 19 degrees currently out in atlantic city. chilly start from the shore and mount pocono. checking your regional wide we will need sunglasses, folks.
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45 degrees is the spectation in philadelphia, still sunny and light wind every where throughout the course of the day, it is one final quiet day before that snow moves in for the first day of spring which officially begins tomorrow evening. so it is like winter is making its very last gasp, as we round out the season. and then the chill looks like it wants to settle in here for a few you more days but tomorrow is the big head liner with all that snow coming in. >> last gasp is right, trying to get in there one last time. good morning. happy thursday. 5:35. our big story of the morning here in traffic, actually is on the ben franklin bridge. this is video, live video of the what the scene looks like right now. you can see the left-hand lane that is the base of the bridge. coming westbound out of the new jersey and into philadelphia the left-hand lane is actually being block into an overturn tractor trailer carrying pre dues. that carried for quite sometime right here.
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the the good thing is we are still allowed access to the vine street expressway. there is no closures. only two lanes getting by. you can see there is in the a lot of volume heading in to philadelphia that is what will hurt us later on in our commute when he rush hour gets underway. we will definitely keep you updated there. over on the schuylkill expressway around 202, everything is looking great there as well. heading eastbound westbound no problems. out in new jersey we have an accident on 295 north bound and southbound lanes are affected by this. left lane is block. in addition there is a fuel spill in the area right before deep water. erika, back over to you. this is just into "eyewitness news" paulsboro high school will be opened today. the all clear came this morning after air quality testing. yesterday more than a dozen students and staffers got sick. they were overcome by fumes. the the paulsboro refinery near the the school, they are report ago this a leak in the tank containing a liquid hydro carbon mixtures cause that had smell but once again
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paulsboro high school is opened today. 5:36. in business news a new way to cut the cord and still watch tv still here in philadelphia target is getting ready to shell out the millions of dollars. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the insuring stock exchange with all that good morning. >> reporter: good morning. huge rally on wall street after the federal said it is still on track to raise interest rates sometime this year but only if the economy remains strong. investors like what they heard. dow jones climbed 227 points nasdaq jumped 45. major pay out from target is in the works this morning after that massive data breach scandal. retail chain agrees to pay ten million-dollar in the class action settlement. victims could get up to $10,000 each. new back in 2013, cyber thieves stole credit and debit card information from millions of target customers. a judge still needs to approve the deal. tezsla is opened for business in new jersey. governor chris christie sign a
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measure to let tezsla sell vehicles directly to new jersey drivers. last year new jersey motor vehicle commission issued regulations requiring that cars only be sold through franchises tezsla markets directly to customers. zone a has launched a tv streaming service called play station view, more than 50 live channels like cbs, and comedy central. for now no espn. users can also record days worth of shows thanks to a cloud based dvr ps view cost $50 a month available in new york, chicago and philadelphia. nicole and erika. >> all these stream services and mess of the time i still can't fine something to watch on tr. >> i know, and yet a ongoing problem. >> thanks very much. 5:38. happening today digital bill board will come up for discussion. catalyst outdoor which supplied the video is behind the displays. they will show advertising
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70 percent of the time. some of that revenue will go to center city non-profit. city will get licensing fees. >> and this gives the city of philadelphia a great opportunity to showcase in a way in other city has done. >> these are signs being put up,. >> and, drivers and pedestrians, that is a real danger. >> one digital billboard is on the building at seventh and market. listen to this organizers with the world meeting of families will take part in the leadership program to discuss papal visit to philadelphia this fall. newman university in aston delaware county is hosting this panel discussion. world meeting of families begins december between the second. pope francis will attend a festival on the parkway on december 26th. 1 million people are expect to turnout as pope celebrates mass there the next day. still ahead this morning, honors college student arrest is causing controversy.
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see what happened during the struggle this has caught the governor's attention. plus the wait is almost over kate middleton spills the secret about her due date when she expects to give birth to royal baby number two. time to break down those brackets see who the president will win it all and share my unconventional pick too. we are continuing to keep an eye on the overturn truck on the ben franklin bridge, traffic and weather together on the three's are coming up next, stay with us.
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a truck on the philadelphia side of the ben franklin bridge. live picture right here. there is one lane getting around that scene but once volume builds you can expect the situation to impact the morning commute. jessica has details coming up on the three's. a developing story police are questioning a 14 year-old person of interest in the murder of the man shot to death while walking his dog in overbrook. police have also search a west philadelphia home. fifty-one year-old victim was gunned down in an apparent robbery attempt a week ago today. we have just learned that paulsboro high cool will open up as usual today. paulsboro high officials check air quality earlier this morning. dozen students and teachers got sick yesterday from fumes coming from the nearby paulsboro refinery nicole. all you royal baby watchers myself included kate middleton has reruled
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when baby number two is due. duchess let it slip during an appearance at a children's center in london. she told one parent that the baby is due in mid to late april. there is no word on if if little prince george will get a little brother or sister. prince charles and his wife camilla the duchess of cornwall are in washington tc. they will meet with the president later this afternoon at the white house. the last night the royal couple attended a private party in the nation's capitol to thank supporters of the prince of wales u.s. fun days. charles and camilla are on a four day trip to the you had. 5:43. lets send it over to call it i. >> lets check with our eyewitness weather watcher network where it is a chilly start. 20 degrees from keith in say lettersberg and i like to call him our gold start pocono reporter because he is so great the for observations coming from that region. another hat gloves and scarves
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day. he said it. we don't have anywhere near the wind that we had been experiencing, or really over the last say 36 hours or so. we are not seeing it that much milder the further south you go. lets go a smidge further south here to southern new jersey where it is 21 degrees sent in from william powell. lovely with the ocean waves off in the distance there but nice and clear. definitely chilly but not as windy. another 21-degree temperature coming from delores out in newark where there are nice clear skies and she had a comment cold frosty. thank you delores. yeah katie, i knew it, praying for you, hubby and babies. is there two nuggets on the way at the end of september. thank you for that. appreciate that. lets go out to storm scan. it is brewing out to the south. the it is a rain producer at this point. but that will be changing, as this starts to move into some colder air. we will start to see pinks, purple begin to show up. thinks a full day away. by about this time tomorrow we
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are starting to see the beginnings of the moisture moving in. because we will start off at this time in the morning it is still cold enough to produce snow. this is our latest expectation in terms of the snowfall. it start off on i-95 with the slushy one to three or 3 inches before turning to a wet, chilly rain later on in the day but primarily snow further north we will go. we have two to 4 inches, locally up to six but this will mainly fall on grass surfaces. thankfully that is one and only big storm we are tracking. we will look forward in the forecast granted still cool but quiet and most of the seven day is bringing in some sunshine. over to you. >> you see glass half full, good idea, katie, good morning. 5:45. we are looking at a live picture from the scene at the end of the ben franklin bridge. we have two lanes getting by. one lane block between overturn tractor trailer carrying produce which they had to clean up that mess before they were able to attempt to flip the truck back
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over. it is not a whole lot of volume right now as it is still early. so for the morning commute it is not affecting too much. you can see volume getting by. fortunately we are allowed access to the vine street expressway, vine local it is not blocking up anything right now. so we're seeing that everything is still moving just fine. so still left lane is block we will keep you updated on that and if things become worse later. the as for rest of the bridges betsy ross, walt whitman in problems heading east or westbound. on 295 in new jersey north and southbound lanes are affect due to an accident, and a fuel spill connect with that accident right before deep water blocking out left-hand lane erika back over to you. let the the madness begin. we are more than six hours away from the tip off of the ncaa tournament so time is running out for to you join the bracket challenge for your chance to win $5,000. gift card, in the bad, right. my bracket is ready to go. i have a couple big upsets
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early too i want to head out first to the midwest area here. i think 12 seed buffalo can income off west virginia and maryland to make it to the sweet 16. got love for buffalo. out west i have another big upset here we want to tell but another 12 seed woffard to upset kansas tonight and beat north carolina to go to the next round. my final four not too unconventional, here they are for you, kentucky, a lot of people have kentucky, also air zone villanova and gonzaga. i think they will knock off nova sorry all of the fans out there. i'm calling for an upset in the championship game with gonzaga beating kentucky for the crown. we will see what happens. do you think you can beat my picks. it shouldn't be hard to do. get to cbs philly.com for the cbs bracket challenge. compete against me and beat me and also our favorite personalities here at cbs-3. good luck to you iyou play. now president obama is
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also getting in on the march madness fun. he stuck with his favorites in the bracket. the president's final four includes kentucky arizona villanova, and duke. he picks kentucky, you see it right there to win it all in the championship game against villanova. the president has in the correctly pick the champion since 2009 so we will see if he can break that losing freak this year. we invite to you play. hopefully we will see you on line.
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expected to recover. the suspect arrived at the hospital with the baby and told the staff she suffered a miscarriage. victim and suspect did not know each other. right now 5:51. virginia state police are investigating at rest of the university of virginia student. that student was arrested early yesterday morning while trying to get into a bar. cbs news correspondent don champion reports videos and photos of his injuries have fueled the growing controversy. >> reporter: fellow student shouted at virginia alcoholic beverage control agent as they arrested martin johnson early wednesday morning. in video recorded by a witness johnson can be heard pleading with the abc agent he needed ten stitches after hitting his head on the sidewalk. >> it is an issue for all. >> reporter: wednesday night more than a thousand students gathered on campus demanding justice for johnson, the 20
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year-old honor student was arrested while trying to get into a bar. witnesses say agents act add aggressively by pulling him aside and wrestling him to the ground. >> for his face to literally be backed in by conn create and there is no word to describe that. >> reporter: johnson was charged with obstruction of justice without force and public swearing or intoxication. virginia's governor called on state police to investigate the use of force. it is in the the first time the actions of abc agents have been questioned. last year state settled with another uv a student arrested by agents who had their guns drawn have after she bought sparkling what the their was mistaken for beer in the local grocery store. johnson wiped away tears as he attended yesterday's rally. >> place respect everybody here. we are part of one community. >> reporter: agents involved have been taken off patrol. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". coming up on 5:53.
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we will send it to katie and quiet day, very much so. >> lighter wind, more sunshine, still chilly, that is what you will notice a little bit more stand outish is the word for it. storm scan three quiet, nice and career. cloud are billowing off to the southwest as is the the beginnings of the next storm but we are still a solid day away from its arrival. here's how it shakes out tomorrow. this is what we are looking ahead to. starts off as wet snow as early as 6:00 a.m. across the suburbs and then steady wet snow will continue into the early afternoon. we will pick up mainly a slushy variety of that snow before it turns over to some rain with a little hint of milder air moving in. it will take us well above freezing but watch out for slick travel here. mainly snow though across the northern counties. so watch for that and again in philadelphia, one to two or 3 inches of have slushy snow and then rain jessica. >> thanks, katie. good morning. happy thursday, i almost said wednesday. 5:53.
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we're outside. this is a live picture of what it looks like at the the base of the ben franklin bridge coming from new jersey through philadelphia through westbound lanes. we are dealing with it, it happened eight hours ago. an overturned tractor trailer carrying produce that slipped made a big spill in the area they are block ago this one hand lane for clean up in that area. we have gone to our camera and show you what it last like from the new jersey side n real volume heading on into philadelphia, as you can see it is not setting anybody back too much. it will affect us it is later on in the commute when rush hour gets underway. we will update you on that. stay there cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back.
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anniversary addition fans voted on line for 20 sit toys get spots on monopoly. the traditional addition has featured atlantic city locations since its debut in 1935 and will continue to do so. that is classic version. >> my favorite. >> yes. still ahead on "eyewitness news" we are tracking snow for last day of winter and first day of spring. we don't like this kate has the forecast coming up. we are monitoring breaking nenews for you an overturn truck on the ben franklin bridge could cause a big headache during the morning rush. we will stay on top of it and we will have the latest on the top of the hour. stay
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be a huge problem, as the morning rush hour kicks into high gear. that truck was carrying a load of kiwi and we are told that fruit spilled out but it will have to be off loaded before they can hall that truck away, that is part of the problem. jessica has a way to get around that in just a few minutes. new developments in murder investigation that put a west philadelphia neighborhood on edge. >> police questioned a 14 year-old as a person of interest in the slaying of the overbrook man just out walking his dog. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with more on that, good morning. >> reporter: nicole and erika there is very much a developing story, police have been searching for three suspects and new they tell us they have a 14 year-old person of interest in custody being questioned in a homicide investigation. flowers marked the spot in overbrook where one week ago a 51 year old father was gunned down in cold blood just out for a walk with his dog molly.
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