on line. good morning, it is thursday, march 10th, i'm erika von tiehl. if you like weather yesterday, you will love the forecast, we are keeping it hot. we will check with lauren on that sky deck. in coat, you will note. meisha is keeping an eye on the roads. >> you are rhyming and you didn't even know it, erika. >> good morning. >> normally i don't want to be on the sky deck but today lauren, it is looking nice out there and coolest thing i heard these bird chirping, so awesome. >> reporter: so spring like, seasons, they are a changing. the it feels great. i'm going soft coat feels great. temperatures so mild. we are 10 degrees above our average high temperature at this early hour, 60 degrees right now in philadelphia a, we're at 60 in mount pocono. same case in atlantic city, you know, no winter coats today. storm scan three showing us a different picture. we have more clouds in place, showers off to the north but those showers will be along for most of the delaware valley.

for most of the day to day but as we head in the second half of the day and tonight we do want to have have a chance of seeing a few scattered showers before the 9:00 o'clock hour, mid 60's, more cloud around in the middle 70's for your lunch break. take it all in. mix of clouds and sunshine and then in the 5:00 o'clock hour we have a chance of seeing a pop up shower, better chance of showers as we head into tonight though, meisha, i don't think evening commute will be too impacted by the shower activity but we will talk more about the timing of that rainfall coming in tonight, coming up in just a minute. >> good to know, thanks very much, lauren. well, good morning, happy thursday to you. our gateway to the weekend looking good, so far, still so early out there but we did have construction on the east and westbound vine between schuylkill and broad until 5:00 a.m. so we have given you a look moving in the westbound and eastbound directions and it is looking good. still looking nice and quiet what we want to see. ninety-five south at cottman, same thing here around that s curve looking nice and quiet. we have early risers out there

but things are looking good anywhere we look ben franklin bridge, one of my favorite shots, looking gorgeous, as well, moving westbound from new jersey. looking good into center city. we have an accident, first accident of the morning, actually the first accident of the morning and it is still out there. doylestown pike near pine crest lane the vehicle went in the pole and we do have down buyers. if you can avoid this all together, i would recommend you doing so. we have some construction here pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between neshaminy service plaza and delaware valley, that left lane is still block. not causing too many slow downs because volume levels are in the the there but it can affect it as we get cleared out of the way. those taking mass transit, west trenton line is delayed right now, by 20 minutes because of the signal problems, erika, back over to you. we are continuing to follow some breaking news, this morning. two philadelphia police officers are injured when a car slams in their vehicle and takes off. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live from that crash scene in juniata, good morning, jan.

>> good morning. i just talk to an employee of the coca cola facility here on erie avenue and he tells me he was just coming out on a break when he noticed that his carries the park car, the collateral damage in the hit and run accident that happened early this morning involving those plainclothes police officers. i want to tribe what you can still see on the scene. that is the cop car an unmarked cara begins the wall here on the scene at erie avenue and jet street this morning. the these were plainclothes officers on patrol when they were involved in the hit and run accident this he were taken to aria frankford, fortunately though with just minor injuries. now this hit and run happened right around 3:30 this morning, police tell us that the suspect vehicle hit the police car from behind while it was moving, and the officers then lost control, hit that parked car and then crash in the role in the coca cola facility at june yacht a police say suspect car then fled west on erie, it is a dark colored car with front end damage and still at large. police hope surveillance video

in the area can help give them a better description of the striking vehicle at this time it is unclear if that suspect vehicle meant to hit the unmarked police car, it is unclear how fast they were traveling but police say it was probably 30 to 40 miles per hour. now again, police were taken to the hospital, just with minor injuries, minor neck, back, and leg injuries. you can see that unmark police carries still on the scene waiting to be towed away. these are plainclothes police officers with the 24th district out on patrol when all this happened. police will be checking this area for surveillance video later this morning to help track down these suspects. erika, back inside to you. jan carabao, thanks for the update. now to a terrifying scene in germantown. this house crumbles to the ground overnight giving residents just seconds to escape. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from that scene with reaction from homeowners and they are just counting their lucky stars this morning, good morning.

>> reporter: they are indeed. all smiles here in germantown. couple tells us their home began coming down above their heads just before 1:00 this morning and somehow they got out through a side facing front door. you cannot see that door right the now but they did escape unharm. erin and lisa payne lived in this collapsed home for three years and they say they tell us they were down for the night when they heard a rumble a a would have their heads and series of booms and then ceiling began coming down on to them. this they were downstairs in the living room holding up ceiling fragments as they fell above their heads and walking out the from the side facing door with only the clothes on their backs and remote control to their tv. they, of course, are happy to have left unharmed. they say their home is very old but has been in their family for years and they say that this collapse was not completely, without warning. >> he said look at that, he said look at the outside of us house, it is really buckling.

he said y'all will not have too long. and then it happened tonight. >> reporter: it a actually happened within three hours they tell us here, woman's car also parked here on ashmed is heavily damage bricks falling on her roof, truck and front of her hood. she said her carries a total loss. now those two, are a among the nine people that the red cross is assisting this morning. two families total. we have seen peco and city water crews on the scene today also, city inspectors are due out to look around. the adjoining homes here are also now in jeopardy. we will bring you much more from the scene here in germantown, including how the woman whose car here is damage, how she got the news. we are live here for now in germantown, i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> glad they are okay, thank you. all out search is on for two gunman who opened fire at a house party killing five people near pittsburgh.

three people were also injured, two of them critically. police on the scene in wilkinsberg described shooting as an ambush style attack. their by residents described hearing a barrage of gunshots, more than 20 in the area which is usually quiet. >> this street is always quiet. there is nothing that happens on this street. so to see that, it is just shock to go everybody else up in here. i'm shaking. it is pretty bad. >> police say four of the victims were found dead on the back porch. one died at the hospital. happening today, a man charged with shooting a philadelphia police officer has a preliminary hearing. police say edward archer ambush officer jesse hartnett while the officer was sitting in the the cruiser january 7th. officer hartnett was shot three times in his left arm at point blank range. he spent two weeks in the hospital but has a long road to recovery. new this morning, police in new castle county need help finding an 11 year-old

boy who disappeared from his home. we have a picture of the little will birth rye here. it the is da theran boil boyles neighborhood in newark after school yesterday afternoon but he never came back. boyless watch. wearing a red polo shirt, black pants and orange sneakers. 5:08. republicans are gathering for second of the back to back presidential debates in miami. the last night democrats spared for the first time before next tuesday's condition test and several states and territories. the as marley hall reports, florida is the big prize. >> reporter: hillary clinton courted florida voters moments after taking on rival bernie sanders in a debate in miami. >> i really, really want to win florida next tuesday and i want to win florida in november. >> reporter: showdown in the winner take allstate centers on immigration. >> would i not support children and family members either. >> i don't think that the secretary fully answered the

question. i will not deport children, from united states of america. >> reporter: clinton fielded tough questions from the maryland raters over benghazi and e-mail controversy. >> it wasn't the best choice, i made a mistake. >> if you have been indicted would you get out. >> i'm not even answering that question. >> reporter: clinton and sanders also took turns during the debate, blast particular republican front runner donald trump. >> his trafficking in prejudice and paranoia has in place in our political system. >> the american people are never going to elect a president who insults mexicans, who insults muslims. >> reporter: latest polls show trump leading ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich in both florida and ohio. still cruz continues to sell himself as the only trump alternative. >> is there only one campaign that has repeat even donald

trump. who can and will beat donald trump. >> reporter: trump and his rivals take to the debate stage once again tonight in miami. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in the middle of that debate a very different kind of debate erupted than line and this was all about bernie sanders, and fashion. twitter was buzzing was asking what color suit sanders was asking, was it brown, blue, black, what do you think? bring back memories of the debate over the dress last year was it gold and white, blue and black. it didn't take very long for sanders suit to get a twitter handle bernie a's suit appropriately name. an official from sanders campaign tweeted that the suit in fact, is blue. mystery solved. all right. coming up this morning what is better than girl scout cookies? free girl scout cookies. how you can have them delivered to your front door today. homes are almost completely covered in water after downpours soak the south. incredible amount of rain forcing people out of their

homes. also. >> i'm so excited just to have a happy life and to be free, and little one that she is. >> that teacher is giving one of perfect students much more than an education, the selfless move that will change that little girl's life. >> ♪ weather is starting to feel like a broken record, lauren will let you know about more record warmth and when a chance of rain arrives when we come back, good morning.

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back right now with a torrential downpours that are flooding parts of the south. the storms now blamed for at least three deaths, and as cbs news correspondent don champion reports more rain is expect with some places getting up to a foot of rain by the end of the weekend. >> reporter: across the south, drenching storms are not letting up. in west monroe, louisiana overnight rising flood water made travel dangerous.

>> but still drivers took chances and police found themselves having difficulty. up to 7 inches of rain has already fallen in several places, another 5 inches could fall by the weekend. in fort worth, texas it was an anxious night for people like taylor best, who watched water creep closer to his house. >> it is tense, we're used to it the right now but we're just keeping an eye on the numbers, we're watching what those two lakes are letting out. >> reporter: in lawton, louisiana water is up to the rooftops in homes, cars submerged, harvey tried salvaging what he could, while he could. >> unaudible. >> reporter: in parts of the state mandatory evacuations have have been ordered and national guard has been called into help. the governor also declared a state of emergency. don champion for cbs-3, "eyewitness news".

the flames are new out from this forest fire in marlton, burlington county. chopper three over that scene yesterday, fire broke out in a wooded area near cardinal court in marlton. late last night "eyewitness news" learned fire fighters were able to fully contain that fire. in word what caused it but about 50 acres we're told were burn. going to be another warm day to day, record breaker, any more threat of brush fires lauren, what do you think. >> the air will be more moises specially with that shower chance so it is less than what we had yesterday. we had very dry air in place, of course a little bit of the breeze and that heat combined together creates that brush fire threat but today we have more moisture in the atmosphere that will be building for late day but yesterday, wow what an incredible and warm day. 82 degrees. it was our earliest 82 or warmer day on record, we were 32 degrees a above average yesterday and our warmest high

since september 30th and we will get another warm one today. temperatures 60 degrees in philadelphia 57 in allentown. sitting at 62 degrees currently in reading and high temperatures are going to be soaring, once again, today, another record day in store, climbing up to 80 degrees. we will have more cloud around, with the chance of a late day shower but a better chance of showers, overnight tonight, as we are's sleeping, mostly cloudy conditions, 56 degrees, sunset at 6:03 this evening. so storm scan three is showing us we have more cloud in place, showers right now, off to the north over parts of the new york state and we have high pressure in control off to our east, it is strong but will be broken down by approaching cold front but for right the now that is stopping the shower activity, notice this ridging, shower activity ridging up a and over that area of high pressure but as it breaks down and cold front moves in we will see a rine of light showers activity moving in overnight tonight but with this daytime heating, we could see a pop up shower late afternoon, evening hours, kind

of isolated in nature and then a better chance of shower activity overnight tonight the with future weather showing us a at the 2:00 the in the morning some of those showers working through but fortunate thely, they are clearing on out by the time our friday morning commute. clouds still in mace but those quickly clear out of the back side of the cold front. the midday sunshine returning across the delaware valley a and nice, mostly sunny afternoon to end up the workweek and a good looking workweek inn store, 64 degrees. best day of the weekend. it will be cool in the morning hour at 42 degrees and then on sunday we have a chance, meisha at a passing shower but we will take that for 66 degrees. keep it in the the 60's around in the upcoming weekend. >> yes, cannot complain about the 60's either, all right, lauren, thanks very much. good morning, happy thursday, just waking up to us, so glad we are here. take a look, blue route southbound at mid county, looking pretty good as we move in the southbound direction, northbound is also looking pretty good but i will say, all area on the blue route, right now, we are starting to

see slowly starting to heat up, early risers jumping on the roadway, make note, for those in and around the area the on the blue route and we did have some construction right now this morning. moving in the both east and westbound and eastbound direction is opened on the vine but earlier when you just woke up we are seeing it is closed both directions, remember that, just a couple months ago the vine was closed between schuylkill and broad and that lifted around 5:00 a.m. make note of that that construction project coming back on board but as you can see westbound, eastbound vine all clear all good there. moving along here let me try to get this off of the screen, 95 south at girard looking good but take a look at this moving in the southbound direction at girard, you can see plenty of vehicles on the roadway good indication that it might get busy today, erika, back over to you. you can get your girl scout cookie fix for free today, sound good, right. uber will deliver those cookies on demand between 11:00 this morning and 3:00 this afternoon. all you have to does open up

the uber app, hit the cookies options and then two boxes will be brought straight to your door. only catch is you have to be in certain parts of the center city, northern liberties, fishtown, university, temple university or the navy yard to get the deliveries. uber expects demand to be quite high so put your request in early. great idea though. 5:20. a hot new morning team is burning up the radio air waves, our pat gallen is live behind the scene of 96.5-amp to introduce us to kate and beck, pat, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika. you know i know we all know how hard it is to put on a decent morning show. we do it here at cbs-3 every day. that is my butt kissing for the morning. being in radio someone who comes from a radio background i know what it takes to put on a four hour show. it is not very easy. the it is a lot that goes into it, lot that goes on behind the scenes. that is why we are here at

96.5-amp radio to look at the new morning show, it is cage and beck from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. i got a chance to talk to them. cage is new from philadelphia, from chicago bringing his mid western flavor to philadelphia to work for becks who has been here a lot of year. she has gotten to know this town very well. we're a tough town. but if you are on the roadways in the morning, you are get go through that commute and you need someone by that side. that is what 96.5 is trying to do with the cage and beck morning show. we will tell you about behind the scenes, what they do on the eras well, coming up, later on in this hour. so erika, you know how tough it is to put on a morning show as i do and hopefully everybody else is back there listening to me kissing their butt. >> which one goes barefoot and why. >> reporter: you will hear about that. i think it is the comfort level here behind the board. plus, in one can see your feet on radio so why not be

comfortable. >> hopefully they are wearing pants, pat, thanks very much. right now 5:22. and don't drink the water, the faucets are shut off in some new jersey schools after lead is found in the drinking water. what the school knew about the dangerous problem and were parent say the district did not act fast enough. and do you remember this guy, man known as the hot felon, he is finally free. what he plans to do now that he is out of prison.

thirty schools in newark, new jersey are using bottled water after elevated levels of lead forced the school system to shut off water fountains. the state department of epa says they found elevated lead levels at taps in recent tests. while the school's superintendent said he was told on monday, parents, they did not get word until yesterday. >> i was not aware. i didn't even know that until you just mention that had to me right now.

>> dep monitors on a constant basis the water quality, in newark, that water quality is excellent. when it is testing for lead. >> officials say many of the schools that tested positive are older with lead piping, and that the problem is not with newark's main water supply. a major setback for first with man to receive the uterus transplant in the united states. this is 26 year-old lindsey, talking about the historic surgery on monday. but, one day later doctors had to remove the uterus after she suffers a sudden complication. they are still trying to figure out what exactly went wrong. doctors say lindsey is doing well and recovering. plans are in the works to perform uterus transplants on nine other women. and this teacher in wisconsin is getting a life altering gift to a student, a kidney. first grader natasha fuller has end stage renal failure. jody schmidt she was the right

person to help natasha. >> i don't know what came to me. i will give her a kidney. >> i asked, and i go inside of her and give her a hug. >> schmidt says that her family fully supports her decision. right now in a cash ace dealing with the minor infection but once that clears up doctors will go a ahead with the surgery. coming up in the next half an her of "eyewitness news" we are following breaking news a frightening crash with the police officers, jan? >> reporter: that is right, erika, coming up, what investigators will be doing later on today to help track down the hit and run suspect. and record high temperatures fell across the delaware valley yesterday and more record heat on the way today i'll talk about how warm it will get and if this warmth will extend in the weekend in your full forecast, coming up

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good morning. we're following breaking news right now an undercover police car goes flying in the wall after getting rear ended by another car. how the officers are doing this morning and the search for the driver who took off. first though take off those covers and open up the window it will feel like june