a shock being tragedy in philadelphia's rittenhouse square overnight. a man is stabbed to death outside a luxury apartment building. the we are live with more on what police are saying about this brutal crime. police now investigating a a shoot-out that left a police captain injured. we will have more on the officer's condition, and the moments, that led up to the gunfire that has also left a man dead, and another injured. and a cloudy start, when we wait for some showers and keep that umbrella a haines. how long this rainy stretch of weather will last coming up. it is sunday march 13th, good morning i'm rahel solomon. meteorologist justin drabick is outside on the sky deck. the justin, still dry, sunny but some rain is coming. >> we do have some rain coming, a slow moving system so this rain will linger in the workweek. this is is a dreary forecast but we are dry, right now,

parade will be in good shape, the exception may be some area get a sprinkle this morning. the especially south and west of the city. check it the out on storm scan three we are scanning skies here and just light rain showers, trying to show up around southern delaware and central delaware and kent county a sprinkle until chester county. this stuff is light you wouldn't need wiper blade out driving. steadier shower arrive late this afternoon after three or 4:00 and best chance for the rain coming in the forecast for the start of the workweek on monday, we will time that out in a little bit but this morning it the is kind of comfortable. we have cloudy skies but milder that cloud cover holding in the warmth, we are at seven to 18 degrees warmer compared to this time yesterday. temperatures holding in the upper 40's to around 50 degrees this hour so that is what we can expect this morning. we average 52 for a high this time of the year. we are a degree above that only at 8:00 in the morning. we are on our way to 60 degrees. the not a bad afternoon.

better chance for showers later on during the day into tonight, so at least first half of the day stays dry for most of the region. forecast high up around 60 degrees around philadelphia, and then good mild temperature for the shore and poconos with high in the mid 50's. cool though tomorrow with steadier rain moving in. i will let you know when heavier rain arrives ape which commute will be impacted most when i show you full forecast in a few minutes. >> we will check with you then, thank you. >> this morning a neighborhood is in shock, a man is stabbed in rittenhouse square. kyw news radio reporter cherri gregg is live at the scene where police are piecing together just what happen. cherri, you have been following this all a morning. what can you you tell us. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, philadelphia police say a a 24 year-old man was stabbed right there outside of 1830 luxury high rise condominium right here in rittenhouse square. homicide detectives are still inside right new trying to

piece together clues as to what exactly happened. right now know so far is the victim was with a few friend celebrating st. patrick's day weekend and somehow got in an argument here with another man who slashed him in the chest with a knife. the suspect fled south on 19th street and then east on manning. the victim was rush to hahnemann hospital where he was pronounced dead and 3:30 this morning. homicide detectives and crime scene unit just wrapped up here after collecting items on the scene including the coat, a good samaritan used to try to save victim. those items, police say and other evidence the are gone but shock remains here, here is captain nick brown. >> this is relatively, something that does in the happen in this type of the area, relatively safe area, rittenhouse square. we are looking at video footage. we are discovering many cameras in the area. that is the good thing we have

a lot of video footage of what happened in the area. >> reporter: back out here live philadelphia police are looking at that footage as we speak but at this point they only have a vague description of the suspect. now folks in the neighborhood are just waking up, a a lot of people are here, walking their dogs out here in rittenhouse square, all expressed shock about what happened today. the family of the victim was also here, visibly shaken as police continue to look for the killer. live in rittenhouse square, cherri gregg for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri, thank you. new this morning a teenage girl has been killed and police say that she was not the target. just in the wrong place at the wrong time. the it happened on the 400 block of southford street in west philadelphia around 11:30 last night. authorities say the 18 year-old girl was sitting on her steps when she was hit the by at least one bullet. so far there are in suspects in custody. this morning a chester police officer is in the

hospital after he was shot, during some sort of a pursuit. twenty-five year veteran captain alan davis is in stable condition, with a gunshot wound to his arm. the shoot-out left one person dead and another in the hospital, and now an investigation is underway as "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff tells us community members are demanding answers. >> reporter: it was report of the vehicle matching description, of a stolen car, that still became a deadly exchange. >> when i got in the carry seen that they pulled over the silver whatever that car was with tinted windows. >> reporter: she had just stopped on parker street and union around 4:00 in the afternoon and saw officers begin to approach a car. >> they were telling the people in the car to surrounder with their hand up and stuff. >> reporter: a according to police three occupants remained inside but were uncooperative. >> it the is our understanding that someone from the car began shooting at the police, police return fire and we now have a situation where we have a policeman in the hospital

shot, we have a deceased party from the car and we have a injured party from the car also at the hospital. >> reporter: family of the occupants from the cara long with police gathered at crozer medical center. the officer injured captain alan davis, he is a 25 year veteran of the chester police force. >> everybody came out of the house, snapping on the cops trying to figure out why they are not telling us anything. >> reporter: as the evening continuing tensions grew. police had to become physically involved telling "eyewitness news" that they had bottles and rocks thrown at them. >> it is unfortunate on both ends. there is nothing good about this. unfortunately we had a situation where someone's actions caused, a terrible incident. >> reporter: there was one other person inside that vehicle and they were taken in police custody uninjury. police are now investigating whether or not that vehicle they have pulled over was, in

fact, stolen. the reporting from chester crozer medical center alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a security scare at philadelphia international airport, after a pilot leaves his pants on inside of the -- owe handgun inside a bathroom. he went to retrieve the bag and it was gone. airport delayed all flights while authorities searched for the gun. investigators later determined that airport janitor stole the bag. >> they got the gun, that is great. but, you know, we have to take care every day. i travel all over the world. you have to be on it. if you see something, say something. >> incident caused 16 flights to be delayed for an hour, the airport janitor is charged with theft and other charges. in campaign 2016, donald trump's contentious, violent will rallies are making headlines this weekend. now republican candidates are questioning whether they will support him as a nominee. cbs news correspondent, brooks silverbraga has the latest.

stop. >> reporter: secret service agents formed a circle around donald trump as a man tried to rush the stage at a rally in ohio on saturday: trump was forced to cancel an event saturday after fights broke out between his supporters and protesters in chicago. the kay uses spilled in the streets, where police made several arrests, including cbs journalist sopan. >> there have been other groups coordinated protest at rallies but nothing as, massive as what i saw last night. >> reporter: republican front runner declined to take responsibility. >> they want me to tell my people please be nice. my people are nice. >> reporter: he blames supporters of the presidential democratic candidate bernie sanders for instance gating violence. >> what our supporters are doing is responding to candidate who has in fact in many ways encouraged violence.

>> reporter: trump's g.o.p. rivals criticize protesters but also faulted the about beyond air. >> donald trump has created a toxic environment. >> i still at the this moment continue to intend the republican nominee but it is getting harder every day. >> responsibility begins and end at the top. >> reporter: trump has rally with is in three states scheduled for sunday. brooks silverbraga for cbs news, new york. democratic front runner hillary clinton weighed in on the situation, and at the a rally in cleveland, clinton charged trump with encouraging violence and aggression at his rallies. she called his rhetoric ugly and say he will to have deal with the consequences. if you play with matches, you can start a fire, you cannot control. that is not lead are ship, that is political arson. >> clinton also called trump a bully and said voters should condemn violence regardless of political affiliation. and we are following every development, in campaign 2016,

here at cbs-3. when we're in the on tv get very latest on cbs philly.com. still to come this morning atv riders barreling down busy philadelphia streets. we will hear from police about the dangers these a tv's pose, plus this. how many deaths will it take until what he know too many people have died. >> a family speaks with "eyewitness news" about asbestos exposure that shattered their lives. plus shocking new report about asbestos in our region. we will be right back.

been hospitalized and three pets died. it happened on kings highway

in east greenwich township. the fire fighter was taking to the health center and is expect to be okay. the three people inside this home were not hurt. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. one person is injured when a car crashed into a 7-eleven on broad and diamond street in north philadelphia. it happened at about 10:00 o'clock last night, now that car hit the store and then backed out of the building causing on damage to the car and the front of the the store. no word if the injured person was a customer or an employee, but their injuries, however were in the considered life threatening. we see it every year, just as soon as it warms up those atv's come out, but philadelphia police say it is hard to catch those drivers and our cameras actually caught them out, endangering lives. >> reporter: it is a sight many philadelphians are all too familiar work atv's and dirt bikes on city streets. >> they also go in and out of the traffic, going up on

sidewalks. >> reporter: philadelphia police say it is a city wide issue and in fact chopper three caught a police helicopter monday night appearing to follow two people through the city, starting first at what looks like somerdale. >> it is in the permitted on the streets. again, whipping in and out of traffic is something that can only cause one thing, either an accident or someone to become severely injured record record righting atv's on philadelphia streets is illegal but catching these riders is difficult because officers are prohibited from chasing a after them. >> if we chase them and people say you chase them and create an accident and you kill someone, you know, innocent person is out there traveling, you know, then you you are wrong. if you don't chase them, and they go in and out of traffic and wreak havoc across the city, then you are considered not the to do your job. >> reporter: popular philadelphia dirt biker who goes by the name dirt bike mike, told me they need legal places to ride in the city and they are not looking to hurt anyone. while monday's incident did in

the result in any apparent injuries, there were several close calls. one in which the atv a appears to narrowly miss the driver side of this car, or here, where the same a tv, cuts in front of the driver, and for here, where it the looks like they are running through red lights. >> there is course is designed just for them and that is where they should be, riding, not on a city street. >> reporter: philadelphia police say they did confiscate 168a tv's last year, frustrated drivers, when you see them outside on the road or city streets police insist give them a call. justin is joining us now, so, still mild, a little bit of the way. >> we have daylight savings time so sunset after 7:00 o'clock. >> yes, nice sign of spring, but we will deal with showers probably at that time. >> a sign of spring, that is right. >> temperatures still, no sign of any cool down coming at us any time soon so it stays mild, all week long, get out and enjoy it while you can getting down to the last few

weeks here of the ski season. live look at big boulder right the now they are opened for business, we will see some bear spots, up there, but they still got up to a 3-foot base and they are 100 percent opened for skiing and riding. ideal conditions today if you like mild conditions. snow soft, good spring conditions outside on the slopes up in the poconos and then, daylight savings time so enjoy that extra hour of daylight, longer at night, there you go, tonight sunset 7:06. by the even of the the month we're setting a at 7:24. by end of april close to 8:00 o'clock for the sunset. so now we are getting out and over two and a half minutes of daylight each day as we head towards the summer solstice. most of the steady rain well to our west, ohio valley, western pennsylvania, and maybe a couple of sprinkles trying to move in parts of our western viewing area, and chester county, berks county down into central delaware, this is real light, steady showers that come in late afternoon into tonight with a period of steady rain on

monday during the morning hours buzz look at the temperatures compared to this time yesterday we were dealing with wearing heavy coats. today that lighter jacket around 50 in millville, 51 in dover, delaware, we are in good shape for the parade, pretty mild, and we do stay dry for the event, late afternoon those widespread showers move back in, wood town not bad 47 degrees, quakertown you are in the 20's yesterday morning. it is a ohio moving system. starting later on this afternoon and tonight. maybe you will add a few minutes to your drive time, and monday afternoon, rain tapers off, still impacting the evening commute, potentially, and then even tuesday morning, lingering scattered showers to is possible. a storm still out across midwest throughout the day today, doesn't move much at all, over the next 24 hours, we will have a warm front just to our south, so we will be on the cool side of the system

nice flow off water, knocks temperatures back down to the 50's, so period of rain at times. it is not raining, all the time throughout this entire event and then tuesday afternoon storm moves off shore and we will start to dry out. how much rain are we talking about? generally a half inch for a lot of locations, maybe some spots getting close to an inch, especially areas of south jersey near the shore, into delaware, we could see heavier showers, moving through there especially tomorrow morning. and then temperatures, today, enjoy it, right around 60 degrees for most locations and then that cooler flow develops off the ocean tomorrow, keep in mind ocean water temperatures right around 40 so once you get that wind direction off the water, temperatures take a hit so 40's to about 50, 53 degrees at best for the highs on monday, and then that is actually average for this time of the year. showers late today. sixty for the high. temperatures in the 40's tonight. off and on showers. tomorrow watch out for rain at times, steady yes, sir during the morning, tuesday backup to 63. a few peaks of sun possible by the afternoon.

wednesday looks great. 70 degrees, partly sunny skies, st. patrick's day still mild maybe a shower late in the day and then knock temperatures back in the mid to upper 50's by the weekend but rahel, this time of the year is still not bad. >> no complaints, thanks, justin. right now 8:19. time to check on the road. lets go to ann evans in the cbs traffic center, ann, probably a lot of people outside for st. patty's day holiday what are we seeing. >> we are seeing that and we will talk about that in just a minute but right now ra hell, tacony palmyra bridge is shut down in both directions as you can see the draw bridge is in the up position and we are waiting for a ship to pass, under it. this you go. tacony palmyra bridge is out of commission for a little bit as we wait this ship, however, we have other bridges opened, ben franklin, walt whitman, betsy ross and commodore barry bridge and they are all opened for business. we will move the traffic cam here to the vine street expressway at broad street getting back to what rahel has mentioned it is a busy day

because we have a st. patrick's day parade on the ben franklin parkway which isn't far from this exit and ben franklin parkway is shut down between spring garden street and art museum circle. pennsylvania convention center and arch street last day for the the philadelphia a flower show and arch a street is shut down at 12th street, that is the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans now rahel, back to you. well, philadelphia region is apparently a hot spot for asbestos and a according to to a new report, our area has some of the highest death rates from asbestos in the country. health reporter stephanie stahl got an early report that some are calling alarming. >> reporter: simple sign, with a scary message, asbestos waste disposal site, breathing as west toss dust is hazardous. it is in the heart of the ambler and blamed for hundreds of deaths. >> he was 53 when he died. our children were eight and zero. >> reporter: marilyn's husband joe grew up in ambler and played on what were called white mountains piles of

asbestos. the devoted father and husband, died from mess owe theal yom a a lung disease caused by asbestos exposure. >> i never in my life imagined that my dad wouldn't within me every step of the way and he wouldn't be walking me down the aisle. iowas in shock for a long time. >> reporter: asbestos used for building and insulation isn't just a problem in ambler. a a report from the epa working group action fund says asbestos is a big kill's cross the philadelphia region. nationally death rates from asbestos-related disease is 4.9 per 100,000 deaths, in montgomery county, it is 10.8. in camden county just over 12. in gloucester county it is 14.5. >> i have had in the been at all surprised. >> reporter: doctor arthur frank with drexel is a national expert on environmental health has air. he a said high levels of asbestos comes from industries like the shipyard, refinery and power plants. >> it is still unfortunately a legal prod new jersey this country. >> reporter: we're still facing dangers from asbestos

now. >> absolutely there are still 25 million tons that are out there. >> reporter: marilyn and her daughter are now helping the asbestos awareness organization, mom often quotes a dylann's song. >> how many deaths will it take until we know too many people have died, the answer my friend is blowing in the wind. >> reporter: various attempts to ban asbestos have failed and it is still legal in the united states. even though asbestos use has gone down the number of americans who die each year from related diseases is not going down. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". okay, hard to miss but there is a a construction boom happening in philadelphia right now. we will see those big cranes all over and vittoria woodill set her sight on the highest one comcast innovation and technology center. vittoria takes to the skies to see why this construction project right here in philly marks first for the you had. still ahead on "eyewitness news" we will be right back.

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this week we have an entire broadcast dedicated to an important controversial subject the role of guns in america. our attitude toward guns depend on where we live. newest member of the sunday morning family senior contributor, ted kopple offers review from wyoming. >> if you ever wonder where the deer and antelopes still rome, this is it. it is still a story book west, you know, to so many people. >> reporter: big fellow one who looks like he has been riding all his life, and bears a striking resemblance to teddy roosevelt that is bob, and this is his moon crest run ranch a few miles outside codey, wyoming. those are some of the bob's getting ready to feed horses. when they helped up in the

mountains they will be carrying rifles for protection against wolfs, coyoties or to put down a horse that has broken a leg or even down here a couple of the men carry handgun. >> well, you never know when you might need it. >> reporter: that is five-year old haley o'neill, with her daddy justin, showing her how to thumb back the hammer on her pistol. >> good job. >> she was as sweet as could be and clearly having a good time. >> yes. >> but some people that might watch this and see, she's just five years old. also so very young. >> not at all, actually. >> tell me why. >> respect of life, respect of country, respect of the game, everything starts now. that all start when they are impressionnable. >> life in codey, wyoming. plus reports on second amendment debate that is this sunday morning right here on cbs-3 at 9:00 a.m. rittenhouse square is dealing with the shocking

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♪ i got the discounts that you need ♪ ♪ safe driver ♪ accident-free ♪ everybody put your flaps in the air for me ♪ good morning, i'm's rahel solomon lets send it over to meteorologist, justin drabick on the sky deck and depending on what time leave you may need an umbrella. >> most likely later this afternoon that is our best

chance to see some showers, but there are a few light sprinkles trying to show up here parts of our region but generally for city just overcast skies this morning, the parade is going to be in good shape maybe tail end, parade you you do start to seizures pulling in but late afternoon tonight when we see a good chance for that wet weather. check out storm scan three, spotty sprinkles, central delaware, cecil county, maryland, maybe showers developing across berks county and lehigh valley early this morning. in the city we are in the splits there. we are dry with mostly cloudy skies. the that is trend this morning. clouds keeping temperatures up, they last night. we're only in the mid 40's in the coldest spots up to 53 degrees in philadelphia, and that is typically our average high for this time of the year. the it will not take a a whole lot of sun even with the clouds, to get us near 60. still another mild day to day, and then suburbs, not too bad, pottstown checks in at 47 degrees. let's break it down, throughout the morning mostly cloudy skies by noon time upper 50's, close to 60, and

then three or four or 5:00 o'clock we will see scattered showers moving in the region so have that umbrella a around especially this afternoon, and then our forecast high again almost 10 degrees, mid 50's, not bad, along the shore points and even up in the poconos still mailed there, and still be cooler temperatures, for start of the, and time that out, how cool we will get and then making another round at 70 degrees. that seven day forecast coming up, rahel, back to you. >> and this morning police are still searching for a killer after a man is murdered in rittenhouse square. kyw news radio reporter cherry greg is live where we are learning disturbing new details, good morning, cherry. >> good morning, rahel. >> philadelphia police say a 24 year-old man was stabbed here, right across from rittenhouse square, it happened outside of 1830, a luxury high rise building, and the crime tape, may be gone but the shock remains,

homicide investigators are still on the scene, and they are speaking to doorman and other folks trying to find clues that could lead them to that killer. let me tell you what we necessity thus far the 24 year-old victim was with friend and got in an argument with the suspect who slashed victim in the chest area. he was rushed to hahnemann hospital where he was pronounced dead. homicide investigators a arriving on the scene and they interviewed multiple witnesses and gathered victim's clothing as well as the coat police say a good samaritan used to try to help the victim. homicide captain nicholas brown has more details on what happened. >> witnesses account, the plaintiff was slashed across the chest area, and then fled the a area, going southbound on 19th street and then eastbound on manning street. we do have some video footage

of the instant tenth that we are looking at right now. >> reporter: back out here live resident are starting to wake up and some have expressed shock about what happened here, overnight, all said, it is an safe neighborhood but the stabbing has them concern. now captain brown as i mentioned they have video, for multiple vantage point that provided at least a vague description of the what the killer last like. they are interviewing folks to try to piece together what happened n word on the identity of that victims. live, there rittenhouse square, cherry greg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a chester police officer is shot during some sort of pursuit, and as details emerge, tempts are running high between law enforcement and community.

police were pursuing a vehicle and authorities say someone in the car began, shooting at police. police returned fire killing one person and injuring another. captain david was rushed to crozer. someone's actions caused a terrible incident. >> everybody came out of their house, slapping on the cops trying to figure out why they are not telling us anything. they had bottle and rocks thrown at them, and they are saying whether the vehicle they were pursuing was inn in fact, stolen. well known basketball player was involve in the car crash, that led to the death of the the state trooper, last week. dujuan wagner was a camden

high star whose professional career was cut short by injuries. rag inner's car was rear ended by another vehicle in west department for. trooper sean cullen expended to the crash and was fatally struck by a passing car. wagner was treated for minor injuries and the crash remain under investigation. today loved once will begin saying good bye to trooper sean cullen, a viewing will be held from 2:00 to 7:00 g from 8:00 to 11:30 at the saint charles borromeo church in cinnaminson. the funeral will take place a at noon followed by the funeral at lake view memorial park. cbs face the nation will be coming your way later this morning at 10:30 here on cbs-3. joining us now with a preview live from washington is moderator, and cbs news political director john dickerson, john, good morning. >> we will talk to donald trump about the clashes at his rally with that is have gotten very tense over the weekend, what is he go to go do about it? does he think he has to do anything bit.

then we will talk to john case nick ohio, he is neck and neck with donald trum in that crucial state on tuesday and we have got some new polling this morning that shows how close the battle is there. we're also going to talk to anthony our director of elections about what is happening in florida, and illinois, two of the other important states on tuesday, and then we will talk to bernie sanders, about his surprise win in michigan, and can he build on that with hillary clinton? what is state of the race there and how will he go forward. then at the end rahel we will have our political round table as always to put weeks news in perspective but this week we will have a conversation about a new article in the atlantic about president obama's view of his foreign policy legacy by jeffery goldberg and a extensive set the of interviews with the president and finings and president's view of the world are much different then a lot of people would think. >> john, if i can just ask, growing calls for donald trum top address these incidents at his events and as you mentioned do you feel like he need to address it or could

there be any backlash. >> welshing we will see on tuesday if there is in i backlash. those vote hours haven't already voted early in those states. he is addressing the disturbances and they are increasing in frequency and passion but his response has been all over the place and one hand, saying that the protesters should in the be treated roughly but then this morning threatening to send his own protesters over to bernie sanders rally which is kind ofes lacing. so, it is unpredictable as it has been so of in this race. >> thanks, john, looks lots to look forward to this morning. there is still much more to come on "eyewitness news" this morning, bunnies are in our studio. we will talk with an expert with advice if you are thinking of adopting one for your families. they are in the just for easter. everything you need to know about these cute, cuddly animals when we come right back.

are you thinking of adopting a bunny. they look cute and fury but there are several things you need to know before you choose one as a pet. here to help sort out if you are ready, for a pet bunny is liz mcneil from the rabbit rescue with bunnies, holy and myrtle. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> a a lot of people think rabbits are great pets and they should get one and maybe it is good for your kid. what do you think about this. >> they are good for an adult. for kid they are hard. they take care and upkeep. they have a licensing life span of eight to 12 years. we encourage people in the the to get them against children they scratch, they can hurt you we push people to get a check late rabbit or stuffed animal instead. >> if a pet rabbit or bunny isn't right for you, you just can't leave it outside in the wild. what do you do then. >> people call us, they bring them to the spca, some people

will turn them out and think they can survive outside. they are far from predecessors. they have no way to survive. we ask that people call us, and bring them to us instead, instead offsetting them free. >> a lot of differences. >> they are not equipped for handling outside at all. predators are looking for this kind of a guy. >> wow. >> we encourage people not to put them outside. >> if you are still thinking a bunny is right for you or your family what are your living conditions, how do you prepare your home to make it right. >> so we want people to have them inside like a dog would be, a lot of times if you have a cage in the corner, you can let them play and hang out with you, they are good like that, but you have to make sure that you bunny proof everything, all of the wires, your phone chargers, they will chew through. we will try to keep everything up high, make sure nothing to dig or destroy, and otherwise, they are good like that. they can live in their little cage, come out, go to the

poddy box and go in and play at night. they are easy to take care of that way. >> turf say this one, is myrtle. >> yes. >> so soft, i cannot even believe it. it is like slippers. >> she's a really soft, velvety fur. most bunnies have soft fur but they take the cake for most soft fur. >> okay. >> so, if you are home, sometimes you let the dog out, the back door, can you to that with the bunny, can you get them outside. >> nope, they are just so not equipped for being outside we don't let them outside at all. they pick up from the grass. predators come down and get them. we don't let them outside at all. >> do you see more bunnies around easter and is there also a greater number of bunnies being returned after easter. >> people buy them at the pet store, bring them home and they get tired and realize how much work is involve. they bring them back to us. a lot of times they will have a pair and babies.

>> what do they eat. >> they eat, main component is hey. big pile of hey, timothy hey, they eat fresh greens, and they will eat a small amount of pellets. yes. >> well, holy, myrtle liz, thanks so much for being with us this morning. still to come, there you go, sunday showers and you see umbrella handy, justin has several chances have rain and when heaviest coming up next. plus vittoria woodill gets a view of the highlight a story that she described a as a once in a lifetime experience. she will give us sneak peak coming up.

testing. >> we sent vittoria woodill up for a taste of the high life. >> this is what the city looks like from inside cab of a power crane. nearly 1,000 feet, above the streets of philadelphia. it is an exclusive view looking straight down through the cab's glass floor. and this is nerve center of the crane constructing philly's new sky scraper and soon to be tallest building, in town. >> kind of like being in your car, just sitting in a regular seat. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" is first station to get this kind of on the job perspective. behind the controls is veteran crane operator tom keenan. tell me about the first time you got into that crane and what it was like. >> it was same feeling you are having right now, very any of us. >> reporter: nervous is right word. nerd to get to tom for our interview cbs-3 cameraman will kenworthy and i, suited up with safety hardness for the ride up. >> don't let go. >> i won't let go. >> i won't let go. >> reporter: in what is called a man basset death.

>> come up off the ground. >> designed to carry workers and construction material. tom hoisting this basket nearly 800 feet above the street is able to get us yard away from his cab. >> tom, why don't you stop shaking the basket. >> i'm not. >> but for him to get up here it is a heck of a trip arriving from elevator to the 34th floor. he helped out on to the catwalk. he start his 287-foot climb up a series of ladders, and periodically resting on landing, between each stretch, leading to the cab. >> just don't look down that is the fine. >> reporter: after 20 minute climb, tom is in the cab. the crane is powered by electricity, a machine for on game let him necessity where the load is. joy sticks help him guide it in place. >> what exactly do you do on a daily basis.

>> we put it on this deck for our guys to pour the concrete. >> reporter: while more cranes are bolted on the ground this is attached to the side of the building, and joe pace is with the power crane division and providing crane for this job. >> so they engineer and fabricated an rigor system that attached to the outside of the concrete core. >> reporter: enabling crane to move upside as each floor is adding on the to the building this whole operation is first of its kind. >> this is first time it has been done in the u.s., right the now today, the crane operator sitting at 780 feet above street level. >> that is incredible. >> we will top out at 1147 feet in the air. >> reporter: long before reaching that final height tom predicts what that view will be like as he sits high atop the construction, of the new comcast building. >> it is a million-dollar view, people pay to have this view. >> reporter: from our vantage point tom gives us a 360-degree preview.

can you describe what you are doing right now. >> we're just moving the crane right. >> what a sweeping view of the city and its suburbs. >> this is really once in a life time. >> new once finish in the fall of 2017, the building will expand comcast headquarters and become home to the new four seasons hotel. justin joining us with the weather watchers and justin, really cool view there, probably really cloudy to day though. >> i wouldn't want to be up there on a windy day. >> just a little scary. >> crazy stuff there. >> no wind today. pretty comfortable this morning. temperatures 40's and 50's. parade looks to be in good shape. maybe we will get a shower at very end at three or 4:00 o'clock or so but not the a bad start, to the sunday morning. temperature wise up are 40's into the mid 50's in some locations because we have cloud cover that is holding temperatures up. check it out 47 at michael riley's house in san towing a he is reporting light precipitation, some areas could get a few spotty sprinkles this morning.

fifty in philadelphia, levittown, william, at 51 degrees. eagleville lou has 49. fifty-five at peter's house in lawrenceville, new jersey, and 49 degrees in middletown, delaware. south jersey, buena vista township margot at 51. upper 40's in cherry hill and in willow grove. so decent start to our morning. how about an okay sunrise, good color, ed connor out of chesterfield got this shot early this morning. red sky, red sky morning sailors warning. the that is true today because we are bringing in rain later this afternoon. we will go to the hotel bethlehem looking live there at main street, so still not a bad morning, it looks like a few peaks of sunshine here, we will see shadows out there the on the streets, one guy jogging on the sidewalk, so good start up in the lehigh valley. eventually you guys will get some rain. on this date in 1993 we were dealing with the march super storm, dropped 20 to 30 inches of snow for interior pennsylvania. around philadelphia it wasn't a huge snow maker around a foot or so but a nasty storm

impacting mexico all the way up to southern canada i had this wrong i said rahel didn't remember this storm because she wasn't born. she was actually two years old. she still doesn't remember it. i thought you just celebrated your 21st birthday or something like that. thirty's in the poconos. the less in south jersey. but that was a huge storm that we were dealing with, not this week though. temperatures are mile. we will talk about some rain coming in today in the workweek, slight cool down but overall temperatures still remain above average. and spring does officially arrive, in within week, march 20th, next sunday 12:30 we have vernal equinox 12 hours and ten minutes of the daylight. steady rain still to our west, western pennsylvania, ohio valley, sprinkles trying to develop out north of harrisburg maybe into berks county, sprinkles in central southern delaware but bulk of the rain holds off until later this afternoon. the here's the setup, sunday afternoon through tuesday morning we will be under the gun from some rain at times so it is not raining throughout the entire period but steady

rain, monday morning, through about midday monday, so morning commute tomorrow that will be the most impact and maybe slower, overall amounts, half inch, maybe up to an inch in some spots. the both commutes monday are impact, machine best chance, the morning best chance for that. sixty for our high temperature this afternoon, in the bad, good 8 degrees above average. then temperatures cool down tomorrow. we have a is in flow off the water. forty's to lower 50's at best, monday afternoon. so we will get that little, core of milder air moving off shore with the jet stream taking a dive south, cold pocket starts to move in for start of the workweek and monday a ridge, wednesday a little bit of the ridge in the jet gets us close to 70 degrees. even of the week cooler shot of air. we will not have sustain warmth over next week or two but overall temperatures should be at or above average. few showers later today 60 degrees for the high temperature. tonight cool mid 40's with off and on showers, extended forecast, we will start to dry out tuesday back to the lower

six owe's, wednesday great looking day at 70 degrees. st. patrick's day cannot rule out a shower, and then 50's friday into saturday, rahel, back to you. >> thanks, justin. 8:53. time to check on the road. the lets go to ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic center. >> good morning, rahel. it is time will for st. patty's day parade. parkway is shut down, preparation for it, it begins a the 12:00 noon this afternoon. parkway is shut down between spring garden street and art museum circle will along with kelly drive between art museum circle and hunting park avenue. kelly drive shut down foreman i flick regatta over at the pennsylvania convention center last day of the flowers show so expect a lot of delays on arch street the at 12th street not too far from here and a lot of the pedestrian traffic as well. that is very latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now rahel back to you. ann, thank you. tonight college basketball fans will be biting their nails. it is selection sunday right here on cbs-3 at 5:30 tonight. local teams a lot at stake, at

villanova. >> trying to get out of the way. >> championship game they mess likely secured a number one seed but with yesterday's loss against seton hall they will to have wait and see. the temple owls also disappointed with the loss against u-conn with the final score of 77-62. now temple must sit and wait to have their name called today. st. joes headed to the a-10 championship for the second time in three years. on at the day hawks beat dayton, the number one team in the conference 82-79. they will play defending champs vcu today at 2:30 on cbs-3. before the the game we will get you started with a special digs of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 1130:67:89 be sure to join us for that later on this morning and a we will be right back with justin and the last check on when those showers will be moving n we will be right back.

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welcome back. we are cloudy to day but not a bad day for a parade. >> it is second half this afternoon we will see rain and increasing. cannot rule out a spring this will morning but things go downhill over the next 24 hours, so 60's, not bad temperature wise but watch out with the showers, after say around two or three or 4:00 o'clock we will increase the chance and steady rain monday morning, and then drying out, tuesday finally and near 70 on wednesday. >> yeah. >> something to look forward to. >> that is "eyewitness news" for now, we may be signing off on tv but we are always on line cbs philly.com, sunday morning is next, have a great so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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