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. what a gorgeous weekend we had, right? loved that nice weather. waking up to some soak rain. our chances for severe weather and how that lane are affect your morning commute. a lot of green. >> just when you thought the prices were over chip kelly drops another bomb. "eyewitness news" confirms tim tebow is now an eagle. we'll see, give the young man a shot. >> i was asking you on air what did you think about that? he did so well in florida. >> that was little while ago. he hasn't had much success in the nfl. but this could be his offense. we'll see. good morning i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. right over to kate way check on the rain. what a change from this week end. >> absolutely, i hope everybody had a chance tone
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joy what mother nature brought to us, now it is completely changing, i do think we'll catch a break by midday, we will see some sun today right now it is a big old mess out there. you have got some very, very heavy rain currently falling across the southwestern half of the area. we put things into motion on storm scan three see how it is overtaking the radar at this point, the whole i95 corridor basically getting un-gulfed by this and everybody else. >> this will be very, very soggy start to the day for us, but as i said, actually, break on the way, in fact, what i'll do zoom it out one more time for you. you see how there is a break back here, the problem is that's not the end of our worries. this is the warmfront that's moving through right now. so a loft moisture pent up with that, because we'll be between fronts this afternoon with some warmth, we do have chance to actually not only see sun but also get you in the 70s later today. but rain and the will be interesting. you know probably going to easily pick up at least a inch out of the entire system, midday break more showers storms rumbling on in by late tonight even as early as this evening, and we are going to
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end up with according to future rain and the hereby tomorrow early morning easily over an inch in quite a few locations, even flirting with 2 inches in some spots. that's what we have to worry b meantime specific to the p.m. rounds of showers and storms, renewed severe weather threat is with us here, it does not appear as though this will be any kind of tornado threat by any meanings, but strong winds dollars certainly possibility heavy rain as well as small size hail, frequent lightning also concern for us, something else we have to look ahead to, meantime yes, you have got some steady heavy rain currently moving in for our area and it will continue to do so as the morning progresses. so soggy conditions for the next couple of hours obviously, poor timing when it comes to the morning commute. justin, good morning. >> good morning katie. that's right mo n day morning not good news to see all of the rain on storm scan3 obviously slowing things down on the roadways this morning things looking pretty light as far as volume, no problems just yet. but route 30, westbound at route 340, see disable vehicle, on the shoulder
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headed westbound, traffic is getting by, and again not whole lot of volume to talk about this morning but the rain will be coming down heavily around the city, shortly, so just allow the extra drive time this morning pack the patience, this is 95 at cottman both directions both northbound and southbound southbound are the tail lights headed into the sit. all is good. see the road is wet. watch out for ponding on the roads with the heavy rain moving n we do have an accident in abington, old york road at adams avenue, keep that this in mind, outside electrical fire, keswick avenue. and mass transit report nothing delays right now the airport looking okay, but with the rain coming in, you may want to call ahead to check out any delays. that's look at your ride this monday morning ukee, erika back to you. >> looks like tim tebow wants to fly like an an eagle. former heisman trophy win letter sign with the team later today. >> jan carabeo joins us now live in pennsauken get reaction from fans, exciting
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news good morning. >> erika ukee, good morning well the eagles have certainly earned the title of the most entertaining team to watch this off season, haven't they? well another shocking move for many fans left wondering what is coach chip kelly thinking want to go know what the future of this team looks like many of them say they're excited to see tebow time come to philadelphia, others not so much. and that is putting mildly. take a look at the video "eyewitness news" as you guys have mentioned, has confirmed that tim tebow is already in town, and expected to sign a one year contract with the eagles this afternoon. the well known quarterback has actually been college football analyst most recently, last played pre-season football in 2013 with the new glue patriots, last season game back in 2012 with the new york jets. many had thought teen owe's carrie was already over, left scratching their heads wondering what coach kelly is thinking other says the heisman trophy winner still has potential. >> was successful. although he had that weird
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throwing style, you know, did he actually win a lot more games than he lost. >> i think it is a terrible signing. he hasn't played football in about two years. he's not an nfl quarterback. i would be okay if this is a move to acquire maroth a, then i am all about it, but chill hasn't come out and said that. i would rather have sam bradford start for us or if we can get nick foles back, get him back. but just i don't like it at all. >> now tebow does come with a lot move yard attention some people we spoke to say they're wore ted might distract the team as the eagles try to rebuild this season. nonetheless, tim tebow is here in philadelphia according to sources and prepared to sign a one year contract later this afternoon. we will continue to follow the story. for now live p pennsauken, jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> the eagle else and chip kelly continue to keep the finance on theirs toast. what do you think with this latest move? connect with us at
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cbsphilly.com, facebook page, or tweet us at c. s philly. remember to use the hashtag cbs-3 chat. >> the burial for two year old boy killed in a hit-and-run a week ago in kensington takes place this morning. family and friends will also release balloons and butterflies in david's honor. yesterday, a viewing was held for the two year old at rodriguez funeral home on east erie avenue. david was hit by a car a week ago on mascher street while walking with his mother, josephine rivera. police have recovered the car involved in that incident, but they've not made any arrest he is. >> the woman accused in a violent love triangle attack in logan faces attempted murder charges this morning. investigators say, 29 year old precious richardson coleman intentionally drove her suv into another woman beatrice expense and then sped away. this happened friday afternoon on the 4400 block of 17th street. police say expense and coleman were romantic rivals. doctors had to amputate
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expense's leg. coleman turned herself in on saturday. two teen girls in the hospital this morning after being hit by a car in northeast philly. the 15 and 18 year old was struck on roosevelt boulevard at tyson avenue in oxford circle last night. we're told they did suffer broken bones but no word how seriously they were hurt. police say the driver is cooperating with the investigation. five families are out of their homes this morning after a 3:00 a.m. large fire in montgomery county. yesterday fire crews rushed to the 800 block of cone street in norristown after flames jumped a several row homes. three houses were destroyed eight damaged and 17 people have been displaced. now, little bit of good news in all of this no one was hurt. well, happening today the fifth anniversary of the largest oil spill in us history on april 20th, 2010, explosion on an oil rig killed 11 workers and triggered a spill of more than 200 million gallons of crude into the gulf of mexico. it took close to three months to cap the well.
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scientists continue to study the spill's impact on the environment. >> also, happening today the 119th boston marathon. 30,000 runners from 87 countries are expected to take part. and security is tight for this race. this is the second marathon since the bombing that killed three people and injured more than 200 others in 2013. the marathon takes place just one day before the sentencing phase begins for convicted marathon bomber tsarnaev dzhokhar. several men are arrested in minnesota and california in a alleged isis plot. the investigation includes young men who have traveled to or tried to travel to syria to fight alongside isis. most arrests were made in minnesota, but one was in is san diego. the fbi in minneapolis is expected to hold a news conference later this morning to possibly reveal their identities or specific charges. >> hundreds are feared dead after ship packed with migrants capsize z near lib y nearly 100 have been rescued
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including children. officials say this could be the mediterranian's deadliest known my grant tragedy. almost a thousand people believed to be on the ship. the european union social security press today do something about the growing number of accidents. well, the investigation continues this morning into a shooting at delaware state university in dover that injured three people, shots rang out on the dover campus saturday night during a annual cook-out. the victims' names have not been released. police say they were not dsu student. campus police told students to stay inside while they swept the area and non-students asked to leave the campus. now, early yesterday morning there was also a shooting near the dsu campus in the area of the university courtyard apartment, no one was injured in that incident, no arrest haves been made in either case. erika? >> daring rescue caught on camera in new jersey. two officers pulling a woman from her burning car and just in the nick of time, too. dash cam video here shows the officers kneeling next to the wreckage in morris count which
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smoke billowing from the car. you can see the officers pulling the unconscious driver out of the car and keep watching here it, explodes just moments later. we're told that woman is fine, but she is charged with dwi. >> well, today's the deadline for pennsylvanians to register to vote in the may 19th primary. philadelphians will choose nominees for mayor voters state-wide pick nominees for the state supreme court superior court, and commonwealth court. need more information on how to register to vote? go to cbsphilly.com. right now 4:40, academy every country music celebrates the 50th anniversary of their a war wards show. we'll tell you which stars were the big winners in year. >> and it will not be such a nice commute this morning. katie has details on the rain and possible flooding you can see out there today. >> and it is official. tim tebow coming to philadelphia. how tebow has been preparing for his return to the nfl. that and more coming up in sports. we'll be right b
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judge are. >> huge night for country muse nick test as. >> celebrated its ian verse are you, with a star studded show. >> the fans have spoken. and the academy of country music entertainer of the year is ... luke brian. >> oh, received the evening's coveted honor. miranda lambert was the other big winner. female vocalist of the year and song of the year, too. for thirds year in a row jason al dean won male vocalist of the year. much more on the acm awards, some of the performance action, reason a was there just great performances last night. that will report is coming up around 5:30. >> right now though, a huge shift from the sun and temperatures this weekend. >> no kidding. >> it is rain. >> nothing, nothing like what we saw. >> my, look here, at the conditions this morning from our mobile weather lab. yep. it is coming down.
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slow your roll down there. got little rain coming down, katie? >> just a little. it is soaking us right now especially through the southwest counties, delaware, you know, going into chester lancaster county, really where you are finding heaviest rain. everybody gets in on. >> this so front that's lifting north so everybody ends up with soaking rain this morning. but i think we'll see little break this afternoon. >> i was going to ask if it is an all day thing. >> originally it looked like we might not catch a break when we looked at last week, calling for there is now the weekend passed, a lot closer, in fact, we're in it, yes, definitely ends up with the rainout there. but there should likely be a little break this afternoon. problem is we're not totally out of the woods just yet by this evening already cold front will have to cross through. that's going to very likely bring us the best potential for strongest if not gusty thunderstorms. for now dealing with heavy rain sun's not up, you will get slowed down, see nastier storms rumbling across south of norfolk in fact. but here at home, really ending up with more than anything just some heff --
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heavy rain, again soggy mess for the morning drive. so you'll be encountering slick conditions on the roadways, ponding on the roadways generally slower travel any time you have wet weather. whole system needs to cross through, my friends. so, we still have frontal boundary pent up back near the mississippi valley. that's got to cross through. as it does, it happens this evening, with the potential for some stronger, gustier thunderstorms. by tuesday, we might still have some lingering showers very early on, but i say generally looking at some sunshine here, cooler, but very seasonable day. then we look ahead to wednesday, not where near as potent as the one we are dealing with today will touch off couple of showers with it, then knock the temperatures back for the tail end of the week. for now, in low 50's, even upper 40's, casino of cool start. with the rain makes it feel little cooler, but the rain happens this morning the sun returns this afternoon. we should easily rebound here with a southerly component to the wind flow, very breezy day by the way to about the mid
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70s. later tonight we drop it down to the up ear's with the showers and thunderstorms rumbling in. tomorrow, not terrible. we ends one more sun than anything. wednesday, 64, with some sun but also shower around, and clouds, and then the cooler air finally catches up to us, and we're below average for couple every days here right into the weekend. ukee, back to you. >> katie, thanks so much. here we go. eagles making another bold move this time it is quarterback tim tebow headed to the city of brotherly love and sister latex sean. expected to sign today. now the word is he's been working on his throwing with passing coach tom house tebow has won a playoff game, experts say his leadership ability is off the charts. we'll have live report on the reported signing coming up at 5:00. baseball now phillies, nationals, in our capital not good day for the fighting a. run couple every skulls doubles, in the fifth inning, and beat the phils four to one. phils have the day off. they host the marlins in south
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philly tomorrow night. >> the union in chester yesterday against the new glance revolution. to the 76 minute of the game, and the revolution breaks a one-one tie. glands goes onto win this 12 to one. the union played the crew in columbus on saturday night. looking for their second win of the season. then tough go thus far no time like the present to turn things around. >> erika, back over to you. >> thanks, ukee. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news", kraft mac and cheese is changing the recipe. details coming up in the money watch report. first though, here's what's ahead tonight on cbs-3.
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former heisman trophy win is her expected to sign with the eagles today. >> funeral services take place today for two year old david killed in a hit-and-run accident in kensington last week. police have recovered the car involved. so far they've made no arrests. and, luke bryant is the academy every music entertainer of the year. claimed the award in front of record breaking crowd at texas stadium. seen right here last night on cbs-3, more on last night's events and the songs that's coming up in the next hour. >> our time now 4:50. massive merger between comcast and time warner cable could be hitting a roadblock. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange what's the problem with the this merger? >> good morning the companies will reportedly sit down with the department of justice this week to address some of the concerns, a bloomberg report from the weekends says the government will likely block the deal because that merge company would be too big that ultimately hurts consumers by
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cutting down competition. soap, i will see what happens with this one. ukee erika. >> jill, word is kraft is changing the recipe for an old favorite. >> hang on. hold on. >> yes, kraft is reportedly removing artificial preservatives anacine threat i can colors from its iconic mac and cheese. the chicago tribune says craft will remove dyes that produce the yellow and orange color inch sped peace cents like paprica fumerick as long as the taste stays the same. >> it is all about the flavor. >> doesn't have to be traffic cone orange to be delicious. >> appreciate t still ahead traffic and weather together on the #'s. we'll be right back. also the rain could cause some problems for your morning commute and possibility of severe weather. we'll have a look right here from our mobile weather lab l it stick around all day? katie is talking about the rain still ahead.
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just past 453 the latest on the wet roads justin? >> good morning erika a lot of heavy rain to talk about this morning at least it is rain, thon day in 1983 we had 1.6 inches of snow. how about that for you? yes, wet roads this morning, this is the schuylkill westbound heading out to city avenue again moving pretty good again just watch out for slower speeds if you get stuck under one of the heavier downpours, lens fogged up little bit with the wet weather, and mist out, there see northbound, headlights looking okay, 42 heading north into the city, and an accident to talk about in abington this morning old york road at adams avenue. and couple of electrical fires, to deal with, outside electrical fires the first one up in glennside. just keep that in mind, also, newtown, as women. so the glennside electrical
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fire at mount carmel road at keswick avenue, then again in newtown, weaver one, as well, goshen road near tyson road, again, that's outside electrical fire. right now, mass transit is looking good, reporting no delays on septa regional rails, new jersey transit and the patco speed line is on time. airport also looking okay, you may want to call ahead. that's checking your forecast, let's see what's happening in the skies. >> yes, good morning justin, we ends up today with strictly just rainout there. it will be pouring down on us, as the morning progresses, but, there is at least nice little break expected by midday, and then we get another round. so, sort of splitting our day up, by day part. starting off with soggy mess. look at this. you have got soaking rain pounding down right now up and down i-95, basically just overtaking our region. it is all moving in from the southwest, by the time we hit this afternoon and evening however, we are going to see the cold front cross through there is a severe weather component to this possibility you know, with these storms picking up, being gusty or strong very, very low tornado threat out of this.
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i won't be shook if we see some small size hail definitely freak went lightning, stronger wind and heavy downpours that come along with this, future rain amount, we take you through the rest of the day break comes midday. even by early tomorrow morning, we could have up to 2 inches every rain on the ground for some you have you so it should drain away pretty easily, we have had enough of a break between systems that come through not like we're necessarily in a drought, but not on the other extreme that far either. there will be heavy rain it will slow you down for sure today. umbrellas required this morning. erika, back to you. >> thank you coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", knee due tails about over night security scare at the white house. >> let's talk about staying cool under pressure. see why an officer is being praised for his tense confrontation. >> royal baby fever. we are live in london, anticipation for the latest royal birth grows including what will be different this time for katement back at
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>> stormy start to the work week, rain could slow down your stormy commute. storms could severe for your commute home tonight. katie is tracking these showers for you. >> teen owe time arrives in philadelphia today. polarizing quarterback signs with the eagles more than two years after his last regular season game. hear what fans say about the move that has the national football league buzzing this morning. >> and the family get ready to say farewell to young hit-and-run victim as the search continues for the driver who killed him. >> it is monday, april 20th, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm erika von tiehl. you do not want to leave that umbrella home. rain of course right now maybe break this afternoon
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but coming snack. >> absolutely, yes really going to be story here. we catch a break then see another round every rain move n actually coming courtesy of two several fronts. your typical mid lie clean sigh close, you have warmfront, cold front, boats of those have to cross throughment warmfront winning the battle. what's moving through as we speak. in a second here, storm scan, we show you how things are looking right now on "skycam 3" over center city. definitely raining. >> darker shot, you are going to get slowed down by that, and i can guarantee your typical morning drive will be slower than average just because you have this. look at this mess, with the soaking rain, and it is radar 101, when you have the brighter shades of orange, yellow, and it means the rain coming down that much more intensely. but, this is our worm front. you see there is a little back edge to it, just outside of hagerstown maryland. so eventually, toward about midday, we will catch a break.
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