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have found the suv in that surveillance video and we're hearing that the driver is ready to surround tore day. our jan carabao is live with the latest clues in that case and another hit and run. good morning everyone. also pushing last call back a little later, new effort to keep some pennsylvania bars opened, even longer. that is coming up. but first lets check traffic and weather together with vittoria, good morning. >> all is quiet this morning. i don't think that weather will have an impact on at least next couple of hours here but once sun comes up, sun glare is an issue, although it is a small price to pay for nice day coming our way. we have good news coming up. for sure i'll pay it. good morning everyone. right now, traffic and weather going hand a hand. we have pleasant things ahead of us weather-wise but also a pleasant situation on the road. taking a quick look outside traveling on i-95 around vine street expressway southbound coming toward you no delays just yet. rush hour not here but as katie aid when sun comes up
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with sun glare and rush hour things will change. stay with us. we have got developing news, a break for philadelphia police investigating two hit and runs. >> they say they may have a person of interest, and one of the vehicles. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at a memorial for a victim in southwest philadelphia jan. >> reporter: ukee and erika, sources tell "eyewitness news" they have recovered that dark suv wanted in this deadly hit and run case and an attorney for a person of interest in this case is now speaking with police, that the driver of that dark colored suv could possibly turn herself in later today. this is as southwest philadelphia a community continues to mourn the death of a child. this memorial has been growing since four year-old abdul wilson was struck and killed by a hit and run driver monday evening. the accident happened here on the 1600 block of south 57th street, right in front of the surveillance camera. now, police had urged a feast
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mail driver of this dark colored ford edge to turn herself in yesterday and now sources tell us that suv has been located and a a attorney for a person of interest in this deadly hit and run is talking to police, and then again, that driver could possibly turn herself in later today. people in this neighborhood just want justice. they are shock that anyone keep driving after hitting another person especially someone this young. >> she don't have no conscious, she has no feeling you know that was a baby. >> y'all need to turn yourself in, for real y'all need to turn y'all self in because y'all wouldn't want it the to be your brother, sister or nobody. police are still looking for a driver in the hit and run in kensington that critically injured this 19 year-old mother a and her two-year old son. josephine riveria and her son dave rid on mash are street when they were hit by a driver of this white four door sedan. police say it new has front end damage. meantime mother has been
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released and is recovering. the child however is still critical at last check. police are urging that driver to turn themselves into police and speak with investigators. we will continue to follow both of these developing stories but for now we are live from southwest philadelphia jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". this morning we are hearing from a man found a severely disabled man abandoned in the woods allegedly left there by his own mother. hospital workers, victoria anderson made the advertise coverry on, saturday. found a pair of deer and planning to take pictures. a a trail led him to a discarded wheelchair and a blanket. >> he was laying right there. i went like this. i went like this. i saw something move. i jumped back. i said oh, my god. >> reporter: police a an added attempted murder tore a growing list of charge toes 41 year-old nia parlor accused of deserting her son to travel to see her boyfriend in maryland.
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she's currently hospitalized in the state of maryland. 5:33. let's get traffic and weather. here's katie. >> hi everyone we are looking ahead to a nice day today. we are starting off with a very thin veil of cloud cover and because we had a cold front yesterday we had a shower. we are going to end up with a cooler start but we are going to reap the reward later on as each and every day passes, sun angle gets stronger and stronger and it will get higher and higher. that means we will keep sun around longer, throughout the day and it has a chance to warm up very easily. lets go outside, to the view of storm scan three at this point is completely devoid. over last three hearst we have seen any wet weather retreats. we have been devoid of wet weather and we just have a handful of cloud. telltale sign being left in the 1lone puddles on the board at boardwalk place and dry conditions are, just taking back over. we will end up with nice weather today and tomorrow. 50 degrees in bet trenton and
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philly. for the the most part we are in the 40's every where else. even though we are off to a cooler start we are expecting to shoot for 70 degrees, average high is six 46789 we are expect to go over achieve once again with that sunshine in the forecast, how long does this last? for now we are expecting today and tomorrow to feature that unshine but come friday a from you cold front moves in and that does mean wet weather is also going to return. vittoria back over to you. well, good morning everyone. hi katie hi everybody. traffic out and bit is still looking great outside. it is fantastic. the lets give you a live look. i-95 approaching the vine street expressway southbound headlight, north bound taillights. traveling in either direction there are in delays. 5:35. we don't usually see that rush hour traffic coming in until 6:00 or 6:15. we have time until we wait for that. i-95 roosevelt boulevard,
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schuylkill expressway traveling 476, the extension, i mean speed sensors are nice and high in the 50's and all over the map in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware we are in the green. we have good news a head of you. we have construction traveling in bucks county in croyden. street road westbound between i-95 southbound and route one. be mine full of the guys and girls in the the hard hats. erika. sons of the prominent south jersey couple continue their campaign to discredit a report that their parents died in a murder suicide. john sheridan was ceo of cooper health. last in month the the somerset county prosecutor rule that sheridan killed his wife, joyce and then himself before setting their home in fire in september. one of the sheridan's sons is challenging the competence and credibility of that investigation in the the letter to the prosecutor. >> we have no idea what happened. trust me, i wish i were in charge of this investigation. they never conducted even or
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performed even the the basics of an investigation. all they did was try to prove that this was a murder/suicide. >> sheridan's son says the family is planning to sue. the prosecutor is standing by their investigation. 5:37n business news this morning get ready to rock out, within more time. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from insuring with that and more, hi jill. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. strong earnings from banks of jp morgan, chase and wells fargo sent stocks higher on wall street. dow jones jump 59, nasdaq was down 11. today is tax day, you've got until midnight to send in your tax forms. you can also apply for an extension that gives you six more runs until october 15th. that is the the first tax season americans need to check a box on their returns which indicates if they had health coverage last year. low gas prices are taking the buzz out of electric car sales. gm's latest ought a owe make
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tore drop the price of the electric car because of slowing sales, they are cutting more than 1600 bucks off the price of the chevy spark. nissan, for, mitsubishi they have all lowered electric car prices over last few years. get ready to channel your inner rock star guitar hero is making a come back, one of the biggest, best selling video game franchises of all time. new game is call guitar hero live. players can jam out to a bunch of new hits in front of the interactive crowd, guitar hero live launches in the fall and cost a hundred dollars quarter. sound fun, got to try that out. 5:38, happening today city leaders will ask the federal g for 50 million-dollar to cover security cost to cover the democratic national convention here in philadelphia a they will make that request today during a meeting with the home land security secretary. tens of thousands of people are expect in town in july, 2016, when the democrats nominate their candidate for
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president. meanwhile new jersey governor chris christie is spending part of his day in new hampshire. he is holding his first town hall meeting outside the garden state. yesterday he made a stop at saint anthem college in manchester. christie has yet to formally announce his candidacy but he has form a political action committee. new hampshire hold the the first presidential primary next year. christie's presidential as preparations have taken a hit in his home state. new rutgers university poll show 69 percent of new jersey voters think that the governor would not the make a good president, 24 percent think that he would. 7 percent just don't know. last call for alcohol, could soon be later for some pennsylvania bars and restaurants. state representative jordan harris of philadelphia plans to introduce new legislation, to extend liquor sales john 2:00 a.m. to 4:00a in m at specific locations. representative harris tells "eyewitness news" that the change would boost the cities night life and a the economy.
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>> but we're not talking about the neighborhood bars staying opened until 4:00 a.m. but a targeted approach in in monday residential areas that we can create as entertainment zones. >> it will be up to municipalities whether they want to create the entertainment zones, erika. still ahead, a mob on the move at the a gas station, see the vicious a attack that put teenagees and unsuspecting customers. a violent crash when a police cruiser crashes in to a van. find out why they called that a life saving move. we are keeping an eye on the road before we head out the door vittoria lets you know about trouble spots to avoid when we do traffic and weather together, good morning.
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injuries is high. a little boy got a little too ambitious climbing a tree in state college. he made it 30 feet up but then could not get back down. we are told he was stuck up there for about an hour. the fire chief climbed up in the tree to keep that boy company while the ladder truck arrived and it turns out they didn't need the truck. the the chief and two police officers talk that little will boy do i one limb at a time. that happened to us, you get high up and say oh boy. >> i know the feeling good are one is okay though. >> over ines from necessity california wind and dust create problems causing a seven car pile up on highway 180. people involve in the pile up had minor injuries. dangerous conditions forced a temporary shut down of who that highway. california highway patrol officers say all had dust and windy minutish visibility to 10 feet at times. >> 5:43. nothing like that today,
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katie. >> with the sunshine heading our way we will have nothing but clear skies for miles. visibility is not a concern here but pollen will be and sun glare early in the morning. minor left over impact that come with days like this as we get out to the weather watchers we have a cooler note. william powell in south central, numbering typically woodbine, where he has clear skies. he sent that in the last few minutes. 45 degrees was also sent in to us from david, he is in clementon, right now. i know he travels for work and tend to send us observation from his different locations which we love. forty-five where he is right now. again, just some cloud. we will go further north where the skies are beginning to clear, up towards the lehigh valley and poconos but it is chilly outside in the remote suburbs of the the gilbertsville. eileen murray sent in a handful of cloud right new but he has that brisk light jacket kind of morning commenting. i like that. have the the extra layers ready when you walk outside the door. the later on today you will be
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a able to shed. that meanwhile storm scan three is still active. if you recall throughout the week we have been saying a bulk of activity will stay south and sure enough, it is. high pressure is taking over for us at this point. we will get some nice weather. both today and tomorrow. and i do want to highlight is what happening here in the inter mountain west. we have some snow in the high terrain of the rockies. not uncommon this time of the year eventually this storm will pull into the plains and brings in some snow to denver but it will get hung up for a day or two and then move east. so we will see some quiet weather over all the next couple of days a weak cold front comes along on friday bringing in a couple of showers, scattered in nature and then we will keep the the weather pretty quiet for the the weekend. monday, right now, it looks like the the day, so far, out so that stormy shed you a second ago that storm gets here. it will take its sweet old time and that means a nice weekend for as you as a result. >> all good news katie. >> good morning, everyone. we have all good news on the majors astwell if we are traveling in and around center city, vine street expressway,
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is wide opened for you. we never had that westbound construction yesterday because of the weather. we definitely got off easy. but both side of the vine looking great through center city. if you are traveling in and around the center city and cue kill and i9 five it is still light. we're about 20 minutes from the rush hour really starting to heat up. ben franklin bridge and rest of the bridges are in the clear. if you are traveling not only in pennsylvania, but in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware, they are speed sensors averaging in the 50's. and really no major problems, anywhere right now. we are thankful for that. we have construction on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike, between bensalem and willow grove, right lane is block. you will notice we are seeing a slow down as a result of. that we will continue to keep you updated but nothing major and mass transit is running great, ukee. >> vittoria, thank you. this is hard to watch. a police officer puts an end to a crime spree by hitting him with his cruiser. >> as don champion reports the police officers behind the wheel has been cleared of any
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wrongdoing. >> reporter: the police dash cam video is difficult to watch but the the arizona police chief said the action taken was necessary. >> that is not an easy decision right there. that is a tough tough tough decision. >> reporter: newly released video shows an officer slamming his patrol car into an armed suspect, before the encounter, investigators say 36 year-old mario valencia robbed a store, inn raided a home, stole a car, and then a gun and ammunition from a wal-mart. >> you don't want to do this. >> reporter: when an officer confronted him from a cruiser valencia showed the gun, and then even fired off a round in the air. moments later officer michael repeako slammed his cruz inner to valencia. he survived. the officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing. >> you can step back and machine morning quarterback this until you are blue in the face, and give him another 22nd is or 102nd, another 15
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seconds, and my god we have a national tragedy on our hand. >> reporter: in a statement valencia's attorney calls it excessive force. it is disconcert to go watch the video he because no officer ordered him to stop, drop the weapon to go to the ground. valencia was in the hospital for two days and then taken to jail. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". some more video as a mob of teenagers attacks customers at a gas station in memphis. a man says that he was sucker punched after helping a woman to her car. surveillance video from inside the store shows workers holding the door shut to keep teenagers out. right now police are looking for those teens. >> right now this man is call the best, boss, ever meet the ceo who took a massive pay cut to give his workers a big race. a failure to land see just how close that rocket claim to pulling off a historic landing on a ship. but first a look what is coming up tonight during evening prime time viewing
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and one of the most gracious human beings. percy sledge. space x has successfully launched a ship. of groceries to the international space station including the very first espresso maker in orbit. but it is a test left over booster in the ocean platform it narrowly failed. it was third attempt, if successful the company was planning to reuse the rocket to save money. space x will try again in the june in the next run to nasa but they are happy to have that espresso maker now. we're now seeing close color photo taken of pluto, thinks neat. this was taken bay nasa new horizons spacecraft april 9th. little fuzzy there it is not your tv but you can see pluto's largest moon on the bottom left. this image, keep in mind was taken from 71 million miles away. i'm impressed
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71 million miles. >> that is a great zoom lens. >> no kidding. >> engineers expect pictures with greater detail as spacecraft gets closer but there you go pluto in living color. how about it. lets check with katie after yesterday's rain do we have good news today. >> absolutely another nice spring day heading our way here. we are seeing some of the light of day popping up over the horizon. sun not just up yet but we are in for nice weather. if you have any clouds out there you will quickly break for sunshine and nice weather. we have a quick check of storm scan three. live three hour loop showing retreat of any left over rain, it is all gone. may be damp on the road still at this point but we're in for some nice weather. we're in the clear here for a couple of days. 50 degrees in trenton. forty in allentown. bit of the cooler start in the outlying suburbs then what we saw yesterday and every where else too. looking forward we expect high to hit 70 today. we will yum seven to the weekend where it still looks good mid 70's the spectation
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on saturday and still pleasant on sunday too, vittoria. >> thanks very much, good morning everyone. schuylkill expressway, still running extremely well, east and westbound not too far from king of prussia we will look great on the the schuylkill, i-95 we are feeling rush hour creeping up around cottman as you you will notice throughout the construction zone, we are starting to see those brake lights being hit. rush hour is not that far away. would i give it another 15 or 20 minutes. speed sensors are still reflecting good news and in delays for mass transit but rush comes n stay with us, we will be right back.
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the the owner of a credit card companies being called the best boss in the world. >> he is raising his 120 employees salaries, and cutting his own. dan price announced minimum salaries at his company would rise to $50,000 immediately
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and $70,000 within three years. now it is a hit on the company's bottom line but to cushion that blow he is cutting his own million-dollar salary to $07,000. his a as you might imagine have received 500 resumes and all because he read happiness study that people perform better and happier at $07,000. >> how about that. coming up next on "eyewitness news" an update on the breaking news an arson that sent one person to the hospital. also ahead this morning a break in two cases for philadelphia police investigators looking into two hit and runs. we are live with the latest developments. more cases reported in a dog food out break watch out for these symptoms in your pet. see new a
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the ogontz section of philadelphia police have one person in custody suspect offsetting a fire that left a man in critical condition. the the fire department responded just before 2:00 this morning to the 1600 block of west nedrow avenue where fire started in the back of that home. police say the the suspect is a five two-year old man lives in the building. showed up at the police station just minutes after that fire was started. >> it is just somewhat suspicious him showing up to the 35th district and providing us with information about this fire where he resides. >> the victim is also a man in his 50's and being treated for smoke inhalation. another woman in his 60's lives in the building was able to get out, without any injuries. developing right now philadelphia police made some headway in the case of the two hit and runs. >> one apparently involves a person of interest another involved a vehicle. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the

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