this south carolina former police officer is behind bars locked up on murder charges for shooting an unarmed black man. now we are learning about ties that he had to our area. good morning everyone we're told he lives or live in his old neighborhood where we spoke to somebody who used to know him. it is another damp dreary start to the the day so when will it start to feel like april? monday was so nice. first lets check traffic and weather together. carol, give us an idea. well, would i like to go

good witch of weather today and tell you it will be sunny and gorgeous today but unfortunately i cannot do that because we have a day very much like today that was like yesterday with the clouds mist drizzle and temperatures way too cool in the 40's but we will break out and we will break out of it pretty soon. we will show thaw with the seven day forecast vittoria. >> carol i cannot be as guilty either because traveling out and about on the majors it will be slow already because of the weather because weather is also impacting some situations like accidents and disabled vehicle. this is the the schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills. we have an accident situation on the shoulder starting rush her delays. we will talk about this in my full report coming up. we are learning more about the south carolina police officer caught on video. the officer michael slager is charged with murdering walter scott. eyewitness naus has learned that slager was allowed to stay on the force despite an earlier complaint he used excessive force against an unarmed man. is there a local connection to

this story, slager grew up in south jersey. with more on that lets get to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao in medford, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. officer slager attended lenape high school here in burlington county in the late 90's. he graduated in 2001 and as you mentioned he is sitting behind bars accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in south carolina take a lot this video in his old neighborhood. "eyewitness news" caught up with neighbors who knew michael slag inner south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenaim high school picture was a some of the more then. now he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charged with killing walter scott. police say slager fired eight shots at scott unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. they say he was friendly and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and

then north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was about 12 i guess and left about five years later and went in the coastguard but nice kid the whole time he lived here. >> reporter: another neighbor tells us that the slager family actually moved out of the mount laurel area a couple years ago. if quick slager faces 30 years to life in prison or the death penalty. we're reporting live from burlington county, new jersey j a an carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 5:33. here's traffic and weather together. >> it is a misty morning this morning but it is a bearable morning unlike so much of what we saw during the the winter. we should embrace this because it does change. it the is our last day of the mist drizzle and fog boardwalk plaza a rehoboth beach, you can pick up that feeling out there. we do see some showers and

thunderstorms that will be in our future ape that is tomorrow afternoon and evening but until then it is just clouds and low level misty fog out there. 40 degrees in philadelphia right new. it is a cool start. thirty-seven in allentown 356789 in reading. thirty-six in millville. then as we add up temperatures today they don't get very high. we are starting low and we will end low with a high of just about 48 degrees. another cool day. it will be warmer then yesterday. still boys of summer are in town and we have a pair of four's tonight that is when they have their first pitch, cold breezy damp out there, wind east out of five and 10 miles an hour, hopefully bats are hot though, as we take a look at our future weather we have clouds this morning and then just maybe that drizzle and mist it is not showing up on our computer models and just like you are in the seeing it on storm scan three. it is out there and you will feel it from time to time. the as we go through tonight we are looking at showers

possibly moving back in the area, we could start the day with showers tomorrow but it is really tomorrow afternoon when we get showers and then are storms. three day forecast it the is all over the place. 48 degrees today. friday 75. showers and then are storms. the the weekend looks maybe ideal at 65 degrees by saturday. the lets check on these road with vittoria. >> thanks very much, carol. there is, right now a few situation that is we want to talk about. some of them definitely can be associated with the weather. i will say that. like traveling on the schuylkill expressway 76 eastbound we are dealing with an accident situation right around gulph mills. primarily on the shoulder which is great news because it is not blocking any of the lanes. unfortunately because of the weather we are already slow. now we have a gaper delay because folks slow down by the scene of the accident. traveling east bound on 76 throughout the western part of the suburbs would i anticipate some of that rush hour delay starting to form and it will only get bigger from here because at 6:00 o'clock, 6:15 we will see that full push

of the rush hour. the elsewhere, in newark delaware we have an overturn car, closing all the baltimore pike. best alternate 95, pulaski highway traveling around that area. moving our way back into pennsylvania and bucks county bensalem mechanicsville road is closed as a result of the accident between street road and century lane. vehicle in the the utility pole here. the night nights road or murray avenue is a good idea. right now 5:36. in business news this morning a food recall you really want to know about. >> what you can and cannot ask in a job interview. money watch's jill wagner joins us live at the stock exchange in new york, hey, jill. >> good morning ukee ander contact stock market is nearing all time highs but more than half of the americans are not reeping benefits. new bank rate.com survey find that 52 percent of people polled say they are not invested in the market and that includes irs account and also 401k's. there is an important food

recall, they are recalling 30,000 cases of humus because of of possible listeria contamination. so far no illnesses have have been reported. recall mostly includes classic humus with the best buy date of may 11th or may 15th. it isn't just job candidates that flub interview questions a new survey from career builders find that one in five hiring managers have asked a question in the job interview only to discover late their it was illegal. a among questions that are tab you, asking your age, if you are married or if you have ever been arrested. dove is out with another powerful video, they ask woman from around the world to walk through within of two doors describing themselves. one says average, the other says beautiful. most of the women picked average. so dove choose beautiful ad campaign to empower women to

feel better about themselves. >> they do such a great job over the last decade of putting forward these empowering ads. i love them. >> thanks very much. well, this morning there are new details on the plane crash that killed philadelphia inquirer co-owner lewis katz and six others. katz was heading home to new jersey when his gulf stream jet skidded off a massachusetts runway and burst into flames last may. the national transportation safety board found that the passengers died from the fire after the the initial impact and that a problem with the plane gust lock likely caused the accident. now the gust lock is designed to prevent the the plane's control services from moving in the wind when it is park. attorney mike is representing two crash victims and he says the fact that the gust lock was on should have prevented the plane from reaching take off speeds. >> how did they get to that speed and why didn't the gust lock mechanism work the way it was designed?

>> ntsb says pilot error may have been a factor in that crash and adds that the official cause the of the crash license determined later. after nearly 50 years with cbs news bob schieffer is hanging up the the microphone. legendary news man a announced he is retiring this sum iser. cbs news correspondent susan mcbegines has his story. >> it has been a great adventure. >> reporter: are schieffer made the a announcement at tcu at the journalism school named after him saying he wanted to end it where it began. >> as a little boy, as a young reporter, i always wanted to be a journalist. >> reporter: still in college he led that his first job at small radio station earning a dollar an hour. the his first job at cbs came in 1969 quite by accident. >> i later found out i walk in on someone else is a a appointment and they thought i was the the other file. >> reporter: now 78, schieffer has been the the network's chief washington correspondent

for nearly two decade. >> face the the nation with chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. >> reporter: he has interviewed every president since eisenhower in, 2005 he boosted ratings for "cbs evening news" filling in as anchor after dan rather's departure. he is best known for asking questions average americans want answered. >> what the heck is going on can you explain to me what is going on? that is very bob schieffer to me. >> reporter: after discovering count list presidential campaigns schieffer will not be along for 2016. >> i could not have asked for a better life or something that was more fun and fulfilling. >> reporter: sunday mornings will never be the the same. susan mcginnes for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a very very nice man very nice man, bob schieffer will be in his usual chair for face the nation this sunday morning at 10:30 right here on cbs-3. >> just a legend. >> in question bit. before you walk out the door we are updating this

morning's top stories. also severe storms blow through midwest and within storm chaser has a very rough day on the job just trying to keep up with is he rear weather. score one for ladies how this referee is making history on the football field. we will tell you more on the other side, we will

at least two people have been shot in the courthouse in milan. the building has been evacuated and police are still looking for the shooter. more updates as they continue to come into our news room. well, office's accused in the deadly south carolina shoot ago tended high school in burlington county. officials say dash cam video could shed light on what led up to that shooting. michael thomas slager is caught on camera shooting an unarmed motorist after a traffic stop. exclusive video those keonna thomas at her arrest in north philadelphia last week. thomas faces a federal why today and accused on trying to join isis. cortez hamilton faces first degree murder charges in the death of his wife keisha hamilton. authorities say he killed her with a ham inner front of their two children. keisha hamilton disappeared in january and her remains have not yet been found. people in missouri are cleaning up this morning after severe storms blow through the midwest, national weather service says a tornado may have caused all this damage

outside st. louis and they are dealing with the threat oven more severe storms to day. that windshield is another casualty of the same storms tennis ball sized hail the shattered a storm chaser's windshield in several spots as he drove through a rural area, near wichita. our time is just past 5:00 43. let's get more on our weather with carol. >> it is a lot more quieter. our weather watchers are up and finding a variety of conditions. we have got 35-degree temperature as we head well to the the north and that is where we are finding keith. he says in sailorsberg it feels like win the they're morning. come on, spring you are late arriving, i know, is what the deal here. we are really overall of that. we hit 39-degree temperature though and this is where we find kerr any mount laurel and she says are dreary, dark and damp out there this morning. that is right. if you have in the looked out

your window carrie has looked at hers and complete thely on target and we will fine a 41-degree temperature. david dutch is in clementon saying hanging on to 41 degrees all night. they were in the the 40's yesterday. they are still in the 40's. so what we're going to be dealing with on storm scan three you can see we have got these showers out here. you can see we also have a line of some showers and thunderstorms and that is something that we are watching as it moves into our area the other thing that moves in the area and that is some warmer air. so expect to find that as we get through to tomorrow we will fine much warmer air out there and the the showers and then are storms coming in. our future weather a as we put this in motion we will keep it with the included today tonight still clouds. tomorrow midnight we will get some showers. maybe showers to start the morning. by tomorrow evening and afternoon we have got shower and thunder storm chances rolling through here setting us up though for a really

terrific looking weekend with lots of sunshine both saturday and sunday. we will pay a price until then. we are warming up from the cold of the last couple of months to a big pattern change coming up for us and we can love this i almost pointed to 40. we don't like that. we love 75. we love 75 so much that we will circle it. that is for friday, the temperature. what we don't love so much is the shower and thundered storm chance but a great weekend, vittoria. >> looking forward to that. we're all looking forward to more sunshine but right now we have to deal with what is at hand, slick spots on the roadways and a few incidents to talk about overall. we're not seeing that huge rush hour push just yet. we're still waiting on that. taking a look at the schuylkill expressway we will have slow downs eastbound right around gulph mills, that is your taillights here. we have an accident on the shoulder causing a gaper delay on top of volume already building and early rush it is ohio out there ben franklin bridge very hazy, misty shot it is slick out there but

bridges are moving well and all majors are not awful at all. speed sensors are still relative in the 40's and 50's. we have an overturn vehicle in newark delaware closing a old baltimore pike at salem church road. the 95 is a good alternate. this week the nfl made history hiring its first female official. >> "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us to tell us about a moment that has been a long time coming. >> it has, for this particular women. she has been in the game a long time, i think something like 20 years. as you know football a male dominated sport but for the first time ever a woman license calling the the shots yeah ladies. on wednesday, nfl made sarah thomas the the first full-time female official in the history of the game but it won't be her only john. wife and mother of three who works as a pharmaceutical sales representative, being the the first female to officiate a football game in 2007. she spoke about the example that she hopes to set. >> i have have always said if you do something because you love it and in the try to

prove somebody wrong or get recognition for it, recognition will just happen. >> out of bound, we're winding. >> reporter: when you see sarah she put that blonde pony tail under her cap in an effort to blend in but hopes her knowledge of the game will make her stand out. now when asked if thomas induction was a pr move of sorts or reaction to some of the bad press involving domestic violence and talents against women in the nfl, the head of officiating says no sarah has been on the radar in 2007 and in their development program for last two years. he described her as someone who has most certainly earn her spot. i have to say that question alone is a little offensive you know is she just here because it is a pr move. no, she has earned it. >> i remember when violet palmer broke in the nba. that is great to see. >> wait for her this fall. >> thanks, nicole. >> you're welcome. right now we will tell but a couple high school students

who have some very tough decision toss make. >> meet remarkable teens who just got accepted to all eight ivy league schools. >> good problem to have. >> wow. >> but first a look at what is coming up tonight during evening prime time viewing right here on cbs-3.

you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! mayor nutter is announcing new summer plans for the delaware river waterfront. mayor nutter and the delaware river waterfront corporation are announcing a new attraction opening this summer. they will also announce details of the return of the spruce street harbor park. are you looking for love? single in the philadelphia area chances are you have tried a dating app from tinder, to hinge to grinder the list goes on and on and

on. our nicole brewer spoke to the relationship expert about the growing popularity of these apps and howie effective they may be in fine ago this someone special. >> when you are on a dating site or you have a mobile app on your cell phone you are taking date nothing to your own hand and taking a pro active approach as opposed to a passive approach of i might just meet him or her on the street or in line at the coffee shop. >> coming up tomorrow morning on "eyewitness news" nicole introduces you to the most popular app that is let you swipe right or left to find love again tomorrow morning. right new we will swipe over to carol to get our forecast. >> too bad we can't swipe away some out clouds as easily. we have it out there this morning, again this morning. temperatures in the the 40's, they will stay in the 40's as we get through later on this afternoon. it looks pretty glummy out there though taking a look at storm scan three with showers and thunderstorms off to the west but they will be in the

neighborhood tomorrow afternoon. thirty-nine right now in philadelphia. it is 40 in wilmington. thirty-eight in trenton. our temperatures today getting all the way to, 48 degrees. the that is it yes, that is it. dreary, damp out there, tomorrow 75 degrees. huge change in the temperatures. the showers thunderstorms and great looking weekend coming up. thanks very much, good morning. rush hour is slowly building in areas but that has to do with the weather out there but we have a pretty serious accident in bensalem i want to talk you about in bensalem bucks county closing map inningsville road between street road and century lane. vehicle in the utility pole, best alternate knights and murray. we have a situation outside schuylkill, very wet and hazy and there could be precursor to a very busy rush hour stay with us,

three teens won the education lottery. they were accepted into all eight ivy league schools. >> this is incredible. now, as you can imagine, thinks an extremely, difficult task. the just to get into one ivy league school let alone all eight. new they will all have one thing in common they are children of immigrants. >> my parents are both somalia immigrants so i think the thing is when you come here as an immigrant you are hoping to have opportunities in the only for yourself but for your kids and that has always been in the back of my mind. >> now, these extremely dedicated and smart students will to have decide which school they will go to, and of course we are hoping they will give penn a shot. >> got the that right. >> come to the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. >> tough decisions i love

that. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are live with the local ties to the deadly police shooting in south carolina clock is ticking on your taxes, we will have last minute tax tips if you are procrastinating. >> i'm good. i'm good this time. >> also it is latest tech toy everyone seems to be talking about but before the new apple watch goes on sale tomorrow we will let you know fit is worth all that money. we will be

damp, dreary day shaping up to be just another nasty april morning out there. >> all right. we want april again, carol is in for katie as she's tracking this rain, carol good morning to you. vittoria is in the house. we will check it the out traffic and weather together. let's start with carol, good

morning. >> good morning. we all like better weather for months, but we will see that. weekend will be good. if the trade off is that thursday isn't great well, i guess we have to take that to get a better weekend. that is how things are working around here. we will take a look and find that we have got just glummy conditions, look at that that is ben franklin bridge ready to take your $5 coming into center city. we are also looking at a temperature in the the 30's. we have 39 degrees through center city, that is temperature at palmyra