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s been hearing evidence in this case. david wildstein is accused of pulling the trigger on those critical and congested lane closures back in september of 2013. and as soon as today bloomberg news reports that christie's childhood friends and former key aid could plead guilty. >> a mid so call bridgegate scandal, david while steen resigned his post as governor christie senior representative, to the port authority of new york and new jersey. the agency that overseas the george washington bridge. and now word wildstein may have seen a deal with federal investigators. siting an unnamed source, the news outlet bloomberg reports wildstein may plead guilty to charging document known as criminal information. >> thus far has un covered plan to close portions of the george washington bridge for quote, traffic study. though some believe the back up was pay back to the democratic mayor of fort lee new jersey who refused to back christie's re-election campaign. the bridge is fort lee thorofare and the gateway between northern new jersey
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and new york city. when asked christie has insisted he knew nothing about a deliberate plan to snarl bridge traffic. >> i knew nothing about it, i didn't plan it, i didn't approve it, i knew nothing about it. >> miles of traffic congestion , delaying emergency crews undoing every christy's reputation. >> evidence that christie new of bridge traffic jam planned now, christy who some could say might make a 2016 run for the white house has told the press on wednesday, that he knew nothing of this scandal and is, quote not the least bit concerned. live in the sat center, justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you so much. erika? >> ukee, it was a mostly peaceful protest but there were some tense moments as philadelphia had a philly is baltimore protest. police report just two after he cents.
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hundreds of people marched in center city to protest freddie gray's death and expressed concerns about relations with police closer to home. some protesters tried to walk on to the vine street expressway, but police closed it. a few minute later police blocked the crowd then officers moved and the group kept marching. >> my son, my kids, they got to grow up in this community. >> police in every state needs they serve black people just like white people. >> the protesting went on into the evening. chopper three here saw the crowd marching up broad street about six hours after the demonstration started. and, new jersey state police will be staying in baltimore a little while longer. at the request of maryland's governor troopers from the garden state will assist with peace keeping efforts until tuesday. new jersey state police has 150 troopers and personnel in maryland. well, the death toll following last saturday's earthquake in nepal is now passed 6200, five days after the quake, a rescue team has
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found a woman in her 20's alive. she was rescued thursday evening, near kathmandu's main bus terminal. meanwhile new video has surfaced of the quake's very first moment. sizemologist says there have been more than 70 after-shocks in the himalayan region thus far. >> 5:33, let's get our traffic and weather together. here's kate. >> i good morning ukee, of course this is the day woe had been looking ahead to, the one that would proof the dear yes, sir day of our forecast, certainly it is doing just. that will we have certainly few more clouds, but i have to tell you if this is the worse we have in store for the next couple of days which it is, it is not terrible. let me take you out there. we start things off with a view of storm scan3 and the coastal storm system that we have been tracking, finally taken shape but notice, we're right on the verge of where the northern most fringe of even the steadiest rain is at this point. so, even kent county, pretty much done with any rain at this point. in terms every anything steady. now you might still find lingering shower here and there, but as far as delaware is concerned here for the next
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hour or two that rain is still out there, specific to sussex county, all moving southwest, so it will gradually just retreat. so watch for ponding on the roadways possibly some very minor poor drainage flooding, but if you look far enough north, you are seeing break in the clouds. this is our view at pleasant valley middle and high schools, up in the pocono region where you are currently at 41 degrees, modest breeze for now but notice the wind direction that is the key. because it is coming in from the northeast because it is essentially an on-shore flow, we keep more clouds around today. is it a terrible day? no. and you know what? even if you have outdoor plans, you can probably keep them. just remember, that it is a cooler day by comparison on the thermometer, and it likely feels even little cooler when you factor in that cool breeze that comes in from the open waters of the atlantic, specially down the shore, you will really notice that it is cool and breezy outside. meanwhile, even though the monday of may is getting offer to the cool and breezy start the weekend shapes to up get a lot better and we get little dose of summer as we look ahead to early next week, we will talk about just how high
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that thermometer soars in the next few minutes. >> it is looking real nice next week. really not bad start to the morning, starting to see breaks in the clouds, even here around philadelphia. check out the shot. ninety-five, looking northbound, or the taillights at girard, and again see breaks in the cloud to the north. and there you go. so nod bat start many maybe few peaks every sunday, farther south you go see the rain chances in sussex county so rides nice and dry. we take you to the blue route the mid-county here, both northbound and southbound, looking good, with low volume at this hour. but, hey still early in the game here. radnor an accident, closing down king of prussia road between matson ford road road and radnor chester road, plymouth wrote remains closed 476 and and butler pike, due to sinkhole repairs at plim it keith bridge ongoing project will wrap up, not until august 31, and again of course sunday is the broad street run so watch out for septa detours between eight
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a.m. and noontime. also, the manayunk and norristown regional rail line, weekends project check the schedules both saturday and sunday. >> thank you 5:36. you just hate spring cleaning? i mean, right there? there is now high tech option to make it little easier for you. >> new way to keep the light on in your home. money watch's jill wagner keeps us up the stock exchange in new york, morning. >> good morning, ukee, erika we'll see if may will be good for the markets april ended on down note, the dow fell 195-point yesterday. the nasdaq dropped about 82. tezsla wants to power your home by using same technology found in its electric cars. ceo elan showed off new power wall batteries. smallest are about 6 inches thick, 4-foot high, could be mounted on walls homeowners, store energy from solar panels, and use it to power their house. the cost of the power wall system starts at about $3,000.
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it starts shipping late summer. >> it is almost graduation season, and start up company wants to help kids find jobs. campus job lets employers post jobs specifically for college student, everything from summer internships to entry level positions for recent graduates. and, spring cleaning going high tech. so you can clean out your closet, and uber will pick up your clothing and then drop it off at good will free of charge. the service is only available this saturday, just tap the give button on your uber app. >> that's perfect. that's always hangs out in your garage or in the back of your car. >> and where was uber back in the day? >> here now ukee. >> great idea, thanks, jill, talk to you. >> the birds the eagles have selected their pick in the first round of the nfl draft. >> there were plenty of rumors and speculation about who head coach chip kelly might go after. eyewitness sports reporter james palmer joins us now in our studio with full recap for us. good morning james.
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>> ukee, erika yes chip kelly called him too good to pass up. but he wasn't the player some were hoping for. >> with the 20th pick in the ffl draft the philadelphia eagles select nelson agholor. wide receiver, usc. >> the eagles use their 20th overall pick draft nelson agholor. he compares himself to randall could be will replace journey maclin who went to kc in free agency. now, several of agholor's teammates have taken to twitter to greet him to the sit of brotherly love. the first we have here from former team mat matt barkley played with him at usc knows a thing or two about him telling everyone in philly they'll be excited to have agholor on their team with the birds. on cho giving little bit of advice to the rookie as he comes into the nfl, a lot of veterans always like to reach out to the rookies, even on day one when they get here.
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and jordan matthews picked in the second rounds, wide receiver by chip kelly he has a very similar work ethic to agholor, according to kelly hence, let's get to work bro. now, by the way for fans finding out if they think the eagles still can get their hands and mariota this might burst their bubble. tennessee titans have already have him on their website welcoming him to nash shrill, and urging fans to buy their tickets. ukee? >> that's all right. we got good player. we got the guy we wanted, thank up, jp. speaking of social media, a lot of people talking about the number one pick in the draft this morning, tampa bay jamie winston, celebrated by poking fun at his past. winston posted this picture on instagram with a plate full of yes, crab legs, you probably remember he got a ticket for stealing crab legs from a grocery store last year. restaurant in tampa already offered weston free crab legs for life if the bucks drafted
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him. >> i don't know about that either way. >> sometimes you just let sleeping dogs lie you know? >> yes, you do, folks will be watching him no doubt down there in tampa. >> crab legs do look good, just saying. >> let's get it on. >> 5:40. before you walk out the door, we'll update today's top stories. >> also, probably talking about this one, do you have hear how that truck ended up taking a dip in that pool. >> oh, ya. also, that is big weekend at the box office with the return of the avengers. we have the word on the highly anticipated sequel that could smash box office records. we've got some prospect here, we're not afraid to use them. >> that will be out of control. tonight/"eyewitness news" at 11:00 i mean a delaware marine scientist on remarkable mission helping find world war ii heroes lost to sea. >> what happened, you know, seven open plus years ago when these crashes were occurring, and when these guys were sacrificing their lives.
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kingsessing, about 2:20 this morning. right now, there is no word on a cause. >> also, david wildstein expected to plead guilty today, in connection with the bridgegate scandal. wildstein was an aid to new jersey governor, chris christie. prosecutors want to know if lane closures at the george washington bridge were political paybacks. >> and in sport wide receiver nelson agholor with their first rounds pick in the nfl draft. continue see titans took marcus mariota. some eagles fans wanted him in midnight green. not going to happen. >> right now 5:43, we check in with katie and get our trivia. >> we do have a very weather specific forecast, or trivia question for you. soap we're going to make justin answer last, because i have a feeling he's going to know this one. so okay, anchors here you go and everybody, at which level of the atmosphere woul quote unquote good ozone? in other words protective a zone a b c or d? all right anchors?
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>> it would be b the stratosphere. >> i was going to say b too. >> okay, you can all say b, if you think it is b. and what does justin the meteor july gist think? >> i go with b. >> wild guess b. >> hey! >> i knew that. >> nice job everyone. that was a give-me for justin, let's be honest. the next trivia question coming up on cw, i promise may be little more difficult for everybody. so we'll stay tuned, in other words. let's take you out to storm scan though, show you the storm system that we've been talking about for couple of days, as promised forming basically off to the south. and it continues to rotate away some of the wet wet their we actually had across delaware. so while we are going to seymour clouds, a cool breeze, probably an isolated shower, that's kind of it, so, it is not a horrible day. cool yes. if you have outdoor plans just have a swept shirt ready to go, you'll be just fine. currently up in sailors berg, weather watch ers reporting 45 degrees keith, in bath,
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pa another town, charles reporting 45. the list goes on generally in seasonable territory here, mid upper 40's, as the week progresses here, as the weekend progresses, look at this surge that takes place. so okay. today's the coolest and most ugly day of the forecast to kick offer the month of may. man there is first full week looking good, right? low 80s little dose of june for you both monday, tuesday and probably a shower, around on saturday, probably some showers tuesday. but, otherwise, this is good stuff. justin? >> nothing like good stratosphere o son to protect us from the harmful uv rays, good job guys, getting the answer correctment we check out 95 again looking at academy, southbound the taillights. again, smooth sailing, again all of the rain to the farther south, across southern delaware, we take to you radnor, where we do have accident, king of prussia road closed between madison ford road and radnor chester road. lancaster avenue to get around that closure and again ongoing project bridge
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repair route 23, valley forge road remains closed, and this will go until late 2015. this is between moore hall drive and mcvoy lane, pretty big deal there. weekend power project going on for the manayunk norristown regional rail lines, so check for adjusted schedules, these trains running later both saturday, sunday, then sunday septa bus detours because of the broad street run that will be detoured between sunday eight a.m. and noontime. that's a look at your ride. ukee we send over to you. >> words is daily show host john stewart is buying the farm. literally. and it is in new jersey. >> john stewart and his wife trace had i been long time supporters of farm sanction too area, that's national advocacy group for farm animals. now, the couple recently bought a new jersey farm, to give a home to farm animals rescued from abuse and cruelty. >> very nice. >> giving back, so much, that's great. >> we can see some records smashed at the box office this weekend with the return of the avengers. >> kevin frazer from entertainment tonight has the
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word on the action packed superhero sequel. >> watching people pay for our mistake. >> isn't it why we fight so we can ends the fight and go home? >> well, amazingly. >> they're back. iron man captain america tore the hum being black widow, return to take on you will tron, a robot that's goes rogue: >> how can you possibly stop me? >> show them what we got. >> they have bigger, badder everything. >> i mean, that thing i think, as big as anything we've been on before. and it is great n previous terms, just have green screen, then the more success the fill v had -- >> used to be we can only shoot this way. >> don't turn around. >> sunsets amazing what keeps audiences coming back, the dynamics between these dysfunctional heroes. >> like high school. >> yes.
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>> you can't -- hard to get us all focused. >> now we all know -- usually you come on to a set little bit of nervousness and everyone sort of bumming into furniture in the beginning but we did that last time. and so we came in here together that first day we were altogether, it was so much fun. >> it was like summer camp. >> surprised we got anything done. >> serious business, we're prepared to spend hundreds every thousands of the dollars for your entertainment. >> not my money so -- >> no way we can get through this. >> i have no plans tomorrow night. >> for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier now, back to you in the studio. >> ya, i'll be in the front row, front row indeed. original avengers movie holds the records for the biggest box office opening ever. it is $207 million. so we will see if age of you will tron can top that. >> i love that these can appeal to so many different
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viewers. sometimes you just get the comic book people, but everyone lovers these. >> the caskets along. >> oh, they're funny, it is great. latest news from hollywood catch entertainment tonight every week night 7:30, right here on cbs-3. well, listen to there is family pet makes a big splash in north carolina man says his dog crashed his truck into a swimming pool. >> what? >> while michael and ruth smith made grocery one with their black lab caroline, something spooked the dog. so she got down on the floorboards, laying on the feet of ruth, who was driving. michael tried pulling caroline offer. >> and before i could we were wide open. we probably was going about 50, 55 miles an hour. >> were you terrified? >> oh, yes. she was screaming. >> oh, yes. because i didn't know what, what else to do. >> oh, poor caroline, i'm sure terrified, too poor pup. now, ruth crashed through a fence and right into john's pool. luckily, no one was hurt, and
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no charges will be filed. but, oh, when animals get spooked, you never know what will happen. >> still sweet caroline. indeed. hey before you leave home, katie has another look at beautiful weekend forecast for you. >> also, talking to the president can be intimidating, but not for one boy. see the funny exchange he had after cutting the president off. you're not supposed to do. that will first what's coming up tonight on cbs-3.
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this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. >> i don't know if you guys heard, but big celebration on sunday. >> this man, ukee; going to be inch duct intoed the pennsylvania association of broadcasters hall of fame. >> oh, thank you. >> well done! >> thank you looking forward great honor but i am taking everybody, all of you and all of you at home, taking you all
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of me in with me. it is a team effort. all every do you what we all do. thank you, great honor looking forward to it. >> we are expecting some chocolate! >> oh, ya. >> oh, okay. >> i'll get back to you on that one. i'll get back to you. >> so happy for you. team effort. but thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> about time what i say. >> appreciate it. >> hall of fame forecast, what do you think? >> looking good. absolutely, you know for now we have temperatures right now into the low 50's down the shore, you have the classic and on shore flow, it will be little cool to you. let's gave you a sense of what you have coming up here. today may be little dreary, little cooler than would you like, but sunday, look at that, p seven sunshine, it is perfection mr. washington. >> just like you. >> oh, stop. stop. i will pay you later. >> and cruising pretty good on the roads 76, looking toward the city, volume still looking light on this get away friday, into new jersey, picking up just little bit, 42 freeway northbound, are the headlight but no rain to talk about across the delaware valley right around philadelphia. stay with us, we'll be
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i used to be able to have students come in and we do a social studies project and it was connected to language arts and it was connected to math. we educated in such an interdisciplinary way that educated the whole child. the testing shouldn't be in the driver's seat. i should be in the driver's seat. i should be directing my students in a way that's helping them make connections not just for an assessment but for life.
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>> president obama will build his presidential library in chicago. >> and during visit to another library yesterday the president apparently was just talking for too long. ironically, he was talking about writers block when sixth grade moderator asked him to wrap it up. >> listen, even the best writers, usually, it is not that good the first time they write it. >> yes, and i think sort of covered everything about that question. >> okay, you think i just kind of -- most folks think i've been talking too long. >> oh, you will live to regret that later in life. the president launch initiative to give them access to digital books. >> oh, great. >> i think you pretty much covered everything. >> right. he kind of looked a.m. him like oh, so -- >> you see the kids quite like okay, and parents are cracking up. >> oh, my. >> that was great moment. hey coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news" this morning, we are talking
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eagles. that's right. what did you think of the draft pick? we are talking to the fans, our friend over at wip sport radio, and the voice of the eagles mr. merrill reese about the eagles newest player. >> and imagine this? a rat the size of a cat? that's a giant rodent there. nightmare, but real, and actually little cuter than i would imagine. >> wow, are you serious? >> all right, if you say so. >> we'll tell you where this thing was found coming up. >> have your creep in that room at night? >> i would rather not. we'll be back. good morning.
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>> hundreds marched in center city to protest gray's death in police custody and also, protest police relations in philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now at city hall with wrap up for us, good morning. >> erika ukee good morning. well despite some tends moaned there is was largely, a peaceful protest. philadelphia police say some 600 people came out to center city yesterday they marched for more than six hours and by the end of the night they were only two after he cents. >> city hall just is starting point thursday afternoon. chopper three, over the scene as hundreds gathered with one common message. >> we made this sign as soon as we heard about everything that was going on down here as far as the protests. and we just want justice for everybody. and we want the police to really stop killing us. >> this is really big deal. deeply rooted in my heritage. and my family, and i think that it is very important that we should all
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