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i want someone to do that for me, you know, so that is why i did that as fast as i could. >> honesty is the only policy for that man after he stumbled on the huge stash of cash in the middle of the road. jaw dropping amount of money he found and what police want to do with that money. first though you may need to find the old air conditioning, and turn it on later today. it will feel like june when we set new record. how many record will fall in that warm spell will end.
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this is our favorite thing to talk about these temperatures, ladies. >> a amazing. eighty in march. >> all good things come to than a end. we know that. >> yes. >> but let's focus on the time we have ahead but hard to believe after a chilly weekend, probably running heaters yesterday, today and tomorrow, we could be running the ac. >> good problem to have. >> a little confusion, wardrobe choices get confusion, am i wearing a sweater or t-shirt but you today, t-shirt definitely in order with some very warm temperatures in store, record smashing, in fact, after our 75 degrees day yesterday, temperatures, are pretty mild to start. don't need that heavy winter coat. 48 degrees in philadelphia. we are at 54 right now in wildwood. chillier in millville. 37 degrees in the upper 30's in the lehigh valley but we are starting off at 42 degrees right now in reading. storm scan three is showing us a bunch of nothing high pressure in control promoting stable air, sinking air so clear sky conditions, near a
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storm system well off to the north up in the canadian mar times and we are going to keep it nice and clear today, future weather will confirm that for us, a lot of sunshine around throughout the day-to-day, time rolls on, your evening community, no problems, still a lot of sunshine around, could see a few clouds as we head into tomorrow. kind of the mix of sun and included throughout the day and we will see a cold front dropping through rather weak system not a lot of moisture. we could see light showers breaking out especially have after midnight tomorrow night and then continuing in the early morning hours on friday, but check that out, they clear out just in time, thank you, shower for our friday morning commute. we will see cloud, to start and then likely pretty quick clearing on the back side of the frontal will boundary and ending our workweek with some sunshine but for today main focus, of course, it is this record warmth. 79 degrees. smashing that old record of 73 setback in 2,000. in your hour by hour forecast today nothing but good news, lot of sunshine around, high temperatures climbing up to 79 e
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3:00 o'clock hour, a beautiful evening, in store, maybe head out, go out to that restaurant to sit outside. meisha, 71 degrees. mostly clear conditions for the 7:00 o'clock hour. >> we are loving this, lauren, thank you so much happy wednesday, everyone if you are just waking up with us. we are just so happy, it will be gorgeous in terms of the weather and roadways are looking good, a as well. this is where we a had an accident pulling off to the shoulder, the schuylkill eastbound approaching city avenue, all clear, looking good, but we are seeing plenty of headlights and taillights out there right now. king of prussia, schuylkill past 202, headlights moving in the eastbound direction you can see starting to heat up here moving in the eastbound direction as well in king of prussia, we can expect that now at around 5:30. delaware county a quick peak here looking very dark, but very light, in terms of the volume levels. ninety-five north at the 452 you take that to the the airport and thinks what we're looking at. speaking of the airport no delays but check your schedules, as usual. we have this closure of vine street expressway, closed overnight the between the schuylkill and broad street,
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tonight and tomorrow night, and 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. make note of that because that will affect a lot of us. we do have this accident, in perkasie, souderton road past dublin pike one lane is still blocked in this area, erika, back over to you. a surprising find for a septa employee on his way home from work, he stumbled upon a bag holding big bucks. when faced with what to do next, "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter tells us that the man followed his heart. >> i thought i hit lottery race night, i can tell thaw. >> reporter: it wasn't a winning lottery ticket bob tracie found in the middle of the state road, driving home from work at midnight, it was this pouch, that he quickly discovered, held $15,200 in cash. >> first i thought i saw some envelopes and i moved those envelopes and i saw first two you this dollars and that is when i had, my heart skipped a couple.
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>> reporter: instantly that same heart told him what he needed to do. >> i a had to turn it in. it is just the way i am. i had to turn it in. >> i pick people up every day for settling, robbing and pill aging. this gentlemen comes in, find 15 grand and turns it right over. how much more can you say about that other than thank you. >> reporter: neighbors near where money was found had equally warm words. >> for someone to find it, and hand it in, i mean that is really amazing. >> inspirational, you you are right, there is still good people in the world, thank god. >> reporter: it is still not clear who lost money but chief chitwood says if it were up to him, every penny of it would get to trace i. >> in the world of mike chitwood, if be in claims money, it should go to him but in the legal world, i don't know. >> i would want someone to do that to me, so, you know, that is why i did that. >> i was $15,000 richer for about a half an her so that made me feel pretty good so i'm good. >> reporter: as it turns out
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for 36 years before he found the cash here bob tracie has work for septa where he and fell will owe employees routinely return purses and other items they find on buses and trolleys. so for tracie, honesty is a way of life, both personally and professionally. in upper darby, walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 5:36 right now. camille cosby admits she has never read the criminal complaint against her husband. according to her deposition camille cosby also testified that she never read deposition in which bill cosby said he gave sedatives to woman he was planning to have sex with. comedian was accused of defaming woman who accused him of sexual assault. cosby's lawyers want defamation suit suspended while criminal case against him goes forward. in business news this morning a place to showcase your failed romances and wall street just can't keep a good thing going, mixed bag here in our business news. lets check with money watch's jill wagner in the new york
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stock exchange, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, investors put a brakes on a major winning streak for the mark. dow jones lost 109 points tuesday, nasdaq fell 59, futures are pointing to a higher opened today though. just when things seemed to be turning around for chipotle a restaurant in boston had to shut down after a worker tested positive for noro virus. few other workers had similar symptoms no customers were affect. health inspectors will be there today. good year is reinventing the tire for self driving tars. the eagle 360 tires, it can using magnetic left cakes and tires can move in any direction. but it can even move sideways in park are parking spots instead of parallel will park. now you can put your bad break up on display, museum of broken relationships will open up its doors in l.a. this spring. organizers say don't throw a away momentoes from the failed relationship, donate them to us, the exhibit are a in must,
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displays feature everything from bras, to mixed tapes. >> i guess the mixed tapes but the bras, jill. >> anything that reminds you of a failed relationship, i guess. >> okay, certainly unique. have a great the day. well, this next story might get you hungry for lunch already. a a local restaurant is getting national attention for making one of the best grilled cheese sandwiches in the country. melt kraft has two locationness philadelphia and jan carabao has a tough assignment to day with this location in rittenhouse square with what makes those grilled cheese sandwiches so special. jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. you have to start with quality products and when we talk about a grilled cheese sandwich it is all about the the cheese, melt kraft has its own creamery in north jersey. some photos on the wall here are from that creamery, and we're here in the rittenhouse square location, a new location for melt kraft and you can see they age cheese on
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the farm there some for as long as two years. they do 30 different types. sandwiches on the menu here they are not your mom's version, but they are meant to give you thaw nostalgic feeling. even talked away in the back corner of a reading terminal market, grilled cheese lovers know where to find sandwich's gold standard, it is right here at melt kraft. >> it is an old school feels, come home from a long day of school and you want something warm in your body. >> reporter: today's special red, white and green, hand made mozerella, baby spinach and fresh tomatoes. >> it is really melty and it the is everything you want in a really good grilled cheese. >> reporter: rebecca foxman is grilled cheese chef and has been since day one. idea came from a need to to show off cheese produced a the valley shepherd creamery, the creamery in new jersey, which
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has 30 different varieties. >> a number of different milk cheeses, goat's milk cheeses, cow's milk cheeses and we do mixed milk cheese as well. >> reporter: thinks the cheese monker, and he still makes fresh mountains rel a from melt kraft at reading terminal location. he he handful and makes 30 of these a day. >> twist, brew. >> reporter: his student is a slower learner. >> i have already forgotten. >> back outside in the kitchen, the menu offers eight mouth watering grilled cheese sandwiches including the valley thunder, a fan favorite. >> it has mack ren i and cheese in it, it has a jewish style brisket and our 12 month aged cheddar. >> reporter: melt kraft sells four hundred to 500 a day at reading terminal will alone, a success now expands to five locationness philly and new york. >> great way to see the diversity of the the cheese that is we sell and the
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possibility of what you can do with them. >> reporter: speaking of possibilities, coming up at 6:30, we are checking with our grilled cheese chef here rebecca foxman to show you how you can take their cheese home and make a delicious sandwich anytime in your very own kitchen. that is coming up at 6:30. you cannot wake. pack inside to you. >> i know you cannot see it the but mize very humble string cheese is pathetic right now. you can get cheese right there and make it at home too. >> there are two different locations for melt kraft thinks writ even house square location. this you will get grilled cheese sandwiches. for now. that might change in the future. you can get cheese for the pound over the at reading terminal market. a little bit from both location is can't wait for next hour, to see how that sandwich turns out. thank you very much. 5:41. very close call for a reporter, see how he was hit and who he credits for saving his life.
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news reporter credits his photographer with saving his life after, it is hit by a car. >> confusing situation. alex savage was, reporting live on the report are train
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derailment at the time. hear his photographer saying alex, watch out, get out of the way. my goodness. in one was hurt. authorities believe that driver mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brakes. look at it right here. just incredible. right now check out a time lapse of the solar eclipse, from last night, it was visible to people all across indonesia. nasa video shows the moon moving between the earth and sun. correspondent don champion shows us how millions of people here in the u.s. will get that same opportunity, next year. >> we, wow. >> reporter: 40 million people and three time zones took in last night's total eclipse. in indonesia people cheered as they witnessed morning turn into night. rare phenomenon across southeast asia happened when the moon moved in front of the sun casting a shadow on the ground. in some places the total solar eclipse lasted for four minutes. nasa scientists were the on the ground and used the opportunity to study the sun's atmosphere and solar storms which effects planets.
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>> it can also impact our technology, satellites, gps, and even be harmful to astronauts in space. so it is really critical that we understand the axis happening. >> reporter: this video was taken on board an alaska air lines flight to hawaii. the airline adjusted the flight plan so passengers could take in the sight. for the first time in 30 years, on august 21st, 2017, millions of the u.s. will get to sianni experience the total eclipse, temporary pass of darkness will begin in oregon slicing the country down into south carolina don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> so cool to see. if you want to check out cherry blossoms in washington d.c. make your plans soon rather than later. national park service predicts peak bloom dates between march . that is almost two weeks earlier then usual. we're told it is because of the unseasonably warm weather,
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the earliest the cherry blossoms have bloomed was on march 15th in 19 on. trees and flowers blooming around here in the next couple days with the beautiful weather we are having. we are seeing tulips climbing their way out of the dirt as we head in the next several days, we will get a little confused with another justly unseasonably warmth and weather watchers waking up to temperatures not too chilly but we have 30's on the board right now. 32 degrees a as we check in with eileen in gilbertsville, still clear, but at freezing mark right now. eileen is saying on this wednesday morning at freezing for right the now but in the for long, excited for the warm up. i think we will definitely are all excited about these 70's in store and in 80-degree temperature in store as we head in the day tomorrow but temperatures, yeah, in the the close to 80 right now in parts of the delaware. 37 degrees at the jason's house in middletown. he is reporting clear sky conditions and nice calm wind and his commentary waiting for
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the sun to rise, and start heating, things up and sunrise time this morning is at 6:21. then we will start to warm things up as we head into the day to day. temperatures right the now, we do have chilly spots down in the 30's and parts of the new jersey and toward lehigh valley but we are at 48 degrees right the now in philadelphia and this warmth has settled in across the eastern half of the country. temperatures very mild. we're in the 60's at this early hour on a wednesday morning. storm scan three is showing us very quiet conditions, and not even really a included to see but up wind we do have our next storm system, still well off to the west but some showers breaking out a across parts of the lower mississippi valley. that cold front will move in as we head into the day tomorrow and tomorrow night and bring us a chance of showers, as we had in the early morning hours, a as we look ahead toward friday. so for today we will deal with the return flow, wrapping around our area of high pressure pumping in that warmth, with temperatures climbing in the 07's in
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advance of the next weather system. that cold front moving in. warmth continues to ride up and feeling like june 8 on degrees for high temperature tomorrow. then that chance of the showers as cold front clears, thursday night and into early friday morning as we head into friday the sunshine returns, temperatures cool on the back side of the front buzz still in the 60's and in your seven day forecast, check this out 68 degrees on friday, meisha for upcoming weekend as we spring, forward, temperatures in the middle 60's. then we will lose an hour of sleep but we will gain some sunshine at the end of the day. everyone likes that. >> yeah, i will lose that hour of sleep for sunshine and 80's tomorrow. do that any day of the week. >> good morning, happy wednesday to you. taking a look here at 95 south at girard we are seeing a disabled vehicle pulled off to the shoulder. it does than the look like that is there any longer. looking good here but we are seeing volume levels, start to heat up here, and this is one of the first areas i looked at when i got in, it was starting to heat up. we know it will be busy, shaping up to be busy already. blue route taillight moving in the north bound direction
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approaching schuylkill looking good both directions are looking fairly good. everyone still traveling at posted speeds. for those taking blue route you are in good hand. king of prussia 422 headlights in the eastbound direction. this is something you can see where we are starting to heat up moving in the westbound direction at the turnpike a lot of taillights out there, already. so make note of that for those around that area. this is where we have an accident, university avenue, before curee boulevard. we know that will start to get bus if i in the already, right now, and also another accident, here at perkasie, somerton road past dunn lynn pike one lane blocked here. not causing too many slow downs but certainly could. one area a closure of the vine street expressway east and westbound closure overnight between schuylkill and broad street tonight, tomorrow between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a a.m. erika, back over to you. still ahead this morning it is a dream come true for a local college student. >> ♪
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story to tell, bruce springsteen, invited him, backup on stage at his concert this past weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos spoke to that lucky fan about the moment he will never forget. >> as marketing student at lasalle university, tom england has had his share of cookie cutter spring break vacations. let's a this last one where he got the to jam on stage with bruce springsteen and e street band. >> i will never forget my senior, my senior year second semester spring break. >> reporter: was anything but ordinary. >> back it up a bit, tom home in st. louis with one ticket to sunday's show, belated christmas gift from his parents. >> they got the me one ticket. >> reporter: access and catchy sign, perhaps learned through marketing class a at lasalle. >> work on the highway with the e street band. >> and 22-year old caught the boss's attention.
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>> boom. >> i tossed the sign and i saw him reading it and bruce said, he looks right at me and said what do you want to do. >> i said i want to sing this with you. >> he said what do you do. >> he said i play guitar. he looks at the me and says come on up. he said i hope you know what you are doing. >> in the back of my mind i necessity compactly what i'm doing. >> the two hit it off. >> we both looked at each other and we knew this would be great. >> the crowd ate it up, and tom loved every second of it. >> as soon as the song ended, he looked at me and we both just kind of started laughing and he hugged me and i said bruce, thank you, thank you so much. >> my bucket list, i have in more bucket list. my bucket list is over. i can die happy. >> talk about quite a story tom has to tell his story when he returns back here to lasalle university by spring break. by the way video you just saw
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that was shot by an australian bruce springsteen fan and has gone viral, already more than 14,000 views. reporting from lasalle university, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wow. what a chance of a lifetime. >> no kidding. >> it makes those beach spring breaks seem like nothing. >> bruce springsteen said you better known what you are doing, coming up on stage. it would have been horrible if he was just a wig hack. >> well done. >> yes. coming up next on "eyewitness news" some are calling it a snub were president obama is skipping nancy reagan's funeral and where he will be instead. also the victoria secret special airs right here on cbs-3. i got advice from one of those angels, lily aldridge, her number one tip for us ladies, get bikini ready. it is something we can do in minutes. it will make you feel more confident. >> love that. >> yes. >> i want that. >> we will that have when we come back.
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good morning, if you happened to be lucky enough to have a convertible you want to drop that top today, whatever you do just get outside. we're talking about temperatures in the high 70's
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in march and lauren says there is one day we could even hit 80, we will tell you which one. also this morning it looks like this is a giant heap of metal but that is actual a a car that slammed in the building overnight. drastic steps crew hayseed to take to get that driver's body to the morgue. also we are live on the scene of the the fire on the main line that sent three people to the hospital. find out who rushed into that burning home to save their lives before fire fighters arrived. good morning it is wednesday march 9th i'm erika von tiehl. we're talking about bernie sanders stunning upset in a key primary state. first they back to that incredible weather, lauren on the sky deck and for once it doesn't feel bad out there. good morning, ladies. >> good morning, road are looking good but we have a couple accidents out there i will get to those in a moment. lets get right into the great news, lauren, bearer of all of the good news this morning. >> it the feels great. i do not even need this jacket, sunrise, it is about 20 minutes away and it is a

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