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voters in five more states head to the polls today the results could narrow the field of presidential candidates. florida, and ohio, those are the two big prizes today. the outcome of the primary contest could put hillary clinton and donald trump closer to victory. don champion joining us live in miami to break it all down for us, big day, down there in miami, good morning. >> i am deed, good morning. with donald trump still steaming ahead, political futures are on the line today for marco rubio and john kasich. both of them tried to make last stands in their home states yesterdayment meantime, on the democratic side, hillary clinton is trying to
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avoid any surprises today. >> bernie sanders riled up supporters late last night, in chicago, urging them to take him to victory. >> let us see this great state help lead the country into a political revolution. >> hoping to slow hillary clinton's momentum, sanders is looking for upsets in illinois, ohio, and missouri today. but the vermont senator faces an uphill battle in the delegate risk states of florida and north carolina, where clinton holds a sizeable lead. >> i'm asking for your support. i would be honored to receive it. >> millions of votes have already been cast here in the winner take allstate of florida where on the republican side donald trump leads marco rubio two-one in polls. a trump win here will likely spell the end for rubio's campaign. >> we have to vote tomorrow. don't stay home. make sure no one stays home. >> and thrusts the billionaire
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candidate closer to locking up the republican nomination. >> he won't clinch but he'll have meeting lead in delegates, and be in a commanding position to get the rest that he needs. >> kasich cannot make america great again. can't do it. >> in the winner take allstate of ohio, trump is neck and neck with john kasich the popular governor. >> give me a vote so i can continue to run for president of the united state. >> in missouri ted cruz is fighting trump for delegates, and in illinois the latest cbs news battlegrounds tracker pole has cruz within striking distance. and just to show you how big after deal today is, there are more delegates up for grabs on this day than basically any other day on the primary calendar, for some of the campaigns, it will be onto states like arizona and utah next week. erika? >> now, don washings casino of many pact do you think could be open primaries in three of the states voting today have on the outcomes? >> yes, open primaries are being head in illinois,
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missouri, and ohio. certainly, a real concern for some campaigns, particularly, bernie sanders fares well in open primaries, and real concern specially in the state of ohio, when it comes to the clinton campaign, some of her supporters very confident that she will win the nomination might actually vote for john kasich, in an effort of slowing the trump momentum down on the republican side, open primaries have certainly benefitted donald trump as well, ted cruz is mostly done well in closed primaries. so definately a lot to watch today. >> see what happens when those polls all close, don champion for us in miami, thank you. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. we'll have primary coverage results tonight on cbsphilly.com. right now, we want to focus on the forecast, and i mean better than yesterday. that's the best news i can give you, and that's something we've got going for us, right? dreary out there, still little damp, little foggy out there,
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as well, so that's something you'll have to contend w it could be so much worse. yesterday was by far the worse of the two days for sure. but, yes, you still got a system we're tracking at this point, area of very disorganized low pressure. so at this point you've got granted low-lying clouds, poorer visibility, but it is not like you can't see your hand in front of your face, all right? let's get you out there. show you what's up. storm scan looks totally empty. you can't always go by it, though, because sometimes the finest drizzle or the finest mist isn't going to show up on radar. that's what's happening. so while i would say you could get away without umbrella if you are not crazy about cashing extra gear along you can definitely do that. do expect you might be flicking windshield wipers, just one of those pros and cons type of deal hears. we might also see some of this moisture, little pocket of showers moving through, portions of the southern delmar have, out toward maryland state boards err, some could cross through too, at some point this morning before we start the clear skies out. eventually that is going to happen. skies should start to clear for you. we talk visibility, again, not
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horrible. some of are you actually all the way up to 10-mile visibility, but down to two, 3 miles, and ac, trenton, for example, so, that could mess with, you know, traveling the highway for sure, what you see out in front of you. soap, 45 degrees, the current temperature at trenton by the way, in at pair of four's both wilmington, allentown, it is a chill start to the day. but, actually still above average for mid-march. now, what's coming up here? for the morning, expect slight rain, drizzle, clouds, sunny breaks, later today, as we start to scour out the skies. it is going to get progressively better with time. you should actually evening out 62 degrees hi, and then tomorrow, even warmer, coming up a bit later how warm it will get. for now here's what you can expected to around the region as a whole, 62 degrees, damp morning, folds by late day sun, and then eventually we get you up to 62 degrees later today. low 50's at best in the poconos, but even still pat that's smidge above average. we will will take it, flight. >> anything better than yesterday. that was not fun yesterday on the roadways, i can tell you that. this isn't very fun either.
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ninety-five north, at 413, overturned car moves this way as they had flipped it back over just few minutes ago, they've put it on the tow truck, there has been police activity in this area over the last maybe 30 minute or so. but looks like they are about to clear this thing out at route 413. let's go to 422, this is a look, for trooper road headed toward trooper road on the tail light side that is going eastbound, disable truck, as you can see it right, there off to the shoulder. it doesn't look like it is affecting anything travel wise. that's a good thing here on 422, let's look at the ben franklin bridge. everything looking good between philadelphia and camden, so far this morning. but, probably in the next, i don't know, 30 minute or so you will know this will start to fire back up. let's take a look at the maps. there is an accident in hatfield, clemens road 40-foot road. don't have much information on this right now. but there is an accident out there. also, 295 in trenton, route 33, there was an accident in the last two minutes. that's just cleared. here is a look at your travel
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times. seventy-six to 95 on the blue route looking good. erika? >> pat, thanks so much. 5:37 right now. in business news this morning, a popular app outage leaves some potential lovers out in the cold. also, the volkswagon emissions scandal lands in court. money watch's hena daniels joins us from the new york stock exchange, those stories and more for us, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika, former volkswagon employee claims the german car company deleted documents, and obstructed justice in the ongoing diesel emissions investigation. daniel donovan in whistle blower lawsuit says volkswagon fired him after he refused to destroy evidence. volkswagon says his claim is without merit. >> sony has agreed pay the estate of michael jackson $750 million for the rights to some of the worlds' most iconic songs. including hits from the beatles, bob dylan, taylor swift. jackson's mother and three children will keep the rights to his master recording, and all the music he wrote. >> new study looked at how
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helpful your smart phone is in a health crisis. the answer, not very. researchers at the university of california san francisco tested four popular voice assistant, asking them about rape, suicide, and other health issues. answers varied widely, but included i'm here for you, and i don't know what that means. several didn't recognize any concerns, where an user said i'm having a heart attack. if you are trying to swipe right last night you may have had some problems finding love. tinder was experiencing an outage accidentally deleting users matches. many complaining tinder tweeted it was a temporary outage and all of the matches would be restored. >> oh, thank goodness, relief. >> twitter relief. crisis averted. thanks so much. the search continues this morning, for a mask robber who terrified a homeowner on the main line. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joining us now at
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trediffryn township police department with a picture that police want everyone to see. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, once you see this face you will not forget it. that's why police in trediffryn wants as many of us to see this guy's face as possible, in case he tries pulling it off again wearing that mask. trediffryn township police now on the hunt for the man behind this mask. last seen on this wells fargo atm surveillance video taken off the 700 block every west lancaster avenue. some .2 of a mile from where township police say this thief stole that bank card he's seen use interesting a woman he found threatened, and robbed, minutes earlier, in a overnight home invasion, in the stratford section. >> about 1:00 a.m. saturday march 12th, a woman who lives on the 100 block of crest line road dialed 911 recounting she woke up to this mask man standing in her bedroom at the foot of her bed. she says the frightening face
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spoke telling her, quote, be quiet and you won't be hurt. then she said he used duct tape to tie her up before ransacking her home and finding her car keys and wells fargo atm car. he brands itched what a periods to that woman to be a stun gun, attacked to turn up her personal identification number in her stolen car he drove off to the bank taking with him jewelry, and arrayed yo a radio. >> police say the car was returned at the nearby stratford train station, we do know he is about five-ten, 180 pounds, with broad shoulders police say, and was seen with wearing gloves and also with a small flashlight. erika, back over to you. >> justin finch, thank you for that. pennsylvania's medical marijuana bill faces changes before a final vote this week. supporters demonstrated at the state capitol in harrisburg where the house is debating the america europe. the senate cast it last may. now, if the bill passes the
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house, patients would need written certification from a doctor or a nurse confirming they have a qualifying condition ranking from cancer to glaucoma. all right, 5:41 right now. do you need a little sweet treat to get through the dreary day? we'll tell you how you can get free ice cream today. also, a roadside emergency. see how police saved a baby's life right on the side of that roadway. and a major dinosaur discovery. when is the last time you heard that? the important clues the bones reveal about the fearsome trex when we come
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>> the who rocking thousands of fans last night, celebrating 50 years of music. >> this may have been the last chance for local fans to see the legendary bands. members say that the who hit 50 tour will likely be their last. before the concert, really terrific, the band made generous donation to the children's hospital of philadelphia. through the bands' charity, who cares team cancer america, chop's teenage patients will soon have place to go to take their minds offer their illness. roger daultry spoke ex clue
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will our health reporter stephanie stahl about why he is make that donation. >> you got a terrific children's hospital, a nursery, and it will have, you know, clowns on the wall and toys to play with and have teddy bears and you name it, they'll have everything that is good for a child. you ask them what they have for a teenager, adolescent, young adult, nothing. >> teen cancer america has facilities in about dozen hospitals around the country. great to hear that. >> well, the new twist here on old classic, pat's king of steaks, celebrity chef jose garth is manning the grill yesterday making his owner have sean of the cheese steak, it is cents known as the jg steakment topped with wild mushroom, carmelize dollars onions, black truffle and provalone ton due. yum. the special cheese steak only offered yesterday, so you snooze you lose there. all of that mine raised was donated tortuga. garces foundation.
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pat's will have another celebrity chef next wednesday, still wait to go hear what will go into luke palladino's cheese steak when he works at the restaurant. >> well there is just might be the sweetest news of the morning, free ice cream at dairy queen today, participating dairy queen outlets will give away small vanilla soft cone n return the company is asking for donations for children's miracle network hospitals. all donations collected on free cone day will stay in the community. lovely. that company raised $140,000 last year. and, you know, spring, i feel like just flirting with it, good ice cream cone today? >> any day good day for ice cream cone. >> i don't think the sun will necessarily melt it away on you, though, on day like this, starting off with more clouds than anything, even though the sun eventually expected to shine, it ends up being one of those sort of half and half type days. let's explain out to the weather watcher network, showing you what they are reporting here, generally mid 40's around the board, cherry pick couple of these, show you what each and everyone is reporting, generally, just a lot of clouds in middletown
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for jason, at 44 degrees, he had soggy start this morning, more than anything, because you have got mist, fine drizzle, that's out there. we go up further north. go all the way up to bath, pa, 41 degrees comes into us this morning from charles. he is finding more than anything, oh, his profile picture is gone, up load it, i know you had one up there, we would love to see pretty face. clouds, 41 degrees in bath. let's go south of here and take it to just one more. 42 degrees comes in from eileen. she is reporting in gilbertsville again just a lot of clouds at 42 degrees. she also said soggy though, so just that damp feeling to the atmosphere. and mentioning it is pretty hard to wake up, understandable. i feel like tuesday's are rough day, not high on the adrenaline any more, not yesterday mitt week. one of the tough days. so we get through it together, folks. good news, silver lining at the end of the day forecast, eventually clouds currently out there, mist, drizzle, poor visibility, starting to lift. some of this might lift far
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enough north to bring us just quick shower, but otherwise, we will start clearing things out as the day goes on here and end one at least little sunshine, so that lift out, temperatures spike to the 60s, we're up to 70 tomorrow. late day sprinkle or shower, that's it. otherwise, keep europe outdoor plans, then another front comes along and that's going to bring in some showers on saint patrick's day but i wouldn't call it wash out by any stretch. temperatures, still 06 degrees, could be a lot worse right? saturday though is the one and only day at least of the next five or six that i can guarantee will stay dry. more sunshine by then. pretty seasonable high of 53. pat, over to you. >> are you sagen joy the week before the weekends comes. >> basically, basically. >> works for me. here is a look at 95 north 413, will earlier on overturned car, since just cleared that away. that's good news. as you can see, cars are moving at a nice clip right now. ninety-five north at 413, let's take a look at 59 south, as you can see, brake lights headed south toward cottman, starting to jam up here, as you come from the four lanes to the three lanes into the
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construction zone. and once about 6:00 hits this will be a tight travel through here on 95 south. let's take a lock at the boulevard. another spot where you know about 6:00 this is going to fire up right now looking pretty good though as you head the boulevard toward i76, the schuylkill expressway right now, thumbs-up. let's look at the maps as well. there was fire that has the roadway has cleared. edgemont avenue has reopened between 14th street and route 320 down in chester, wasn't affecting 95, good thing, but the road closures between 14th and 320, now, good to go. and the travel times, as you see the blue routes, between 76 and 95, looking good. bensalem to vale forge on the turnpike also looking good. erika? >> all right, pat, thank you. rare glimpse right new in history six a million years later. science it is at the smithsonian museum of natural history showing off new dinosaur species. tells us it is believed to be a cousin of the t-rex.
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>> meet -- you might call him pre rex horse size dinosaur scientists says is little predecessor of the t-rex, the fossil were found more than decade ago. >> yep. this is clearly a tooth. >> using ct scans, scientists cents determine that this smaller dinosaur already had the powerful senses after preditor. >> and surprise today finds out that light t-rex, or sophisticated brain, key sense of hearing, good low frequency hearing, will allow to detect pray long before the pray has detected you. >> discovering those abilities in a $90 million year old dinosaur helps scientists understanded the evolution area leap that made the t-rex possible. >> these preditors became much smarter, much more advanced, in terms of their sensory capacity before they attained the giant size that mid him so
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famous in terms of the public. >> a famous dinosaur with a debt to his little cousin. cbs news new york. >> little cousin, still terrifying. police officers in illinois help save baby's life and all is caught on video. dash cam video shows officer brian running out of his squad car rushing to a toddler on the side of the road. the 18 month old girl wasn't breathing. now, fortunately, officer has emt training. he and other officer went right to work performing the heimlich maneuver, then cpr. >> the grace of god that he is the first officer to arrive and was immediately, no hesitation, new exactly what to do. those of thaws have children specially, i can admit it, i tiered up, i am right now talking to you, it was amaze to go see the response that these guys had. >> now the officers managed to clear the toddler's throat, then paramedics took her to the hospital where she made a full recovery.
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>> a major milestone from one of the most popular shows on tv. the special way they're marking their 300 episode tonight. >> also, donald trump making plenty of waves on the campaign trail see the lasting impression the republican frontrunner left on one vote when he we come back.
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>> smiling trump wearing suit and laughing tatoo. he decided to get the tatoo after seeing report of supporters on the east coast doing the same thing. >> it just come to me one day. and i said i'll get a trump tatoo and i did it. >> well, there go. he said most people are supportive of his artistic endorsement. well, with his term ending this november, president obama could have a future on broadway. >> ♪ >> the creator of the broadway
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smash hamilton in the rose garden yesterday with the president handing him some cue cards to sing the rap. even fit in the first pets, we're told they're big fans of the show hamilton. >> we're big fans of our hit show cbs show ncis, making marl stone tonight with its 300 episode here on cbs-3, featuring real life heroes. heroes the real people namely arthur bloom and music corpse wounded warriors bands. music corpse is a music rehabilitation program for severely wounded soldiers. you can catch that special edition of ncis tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs-3. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", the star of the hit new cbs show rush hour is joining us live in our studios. talking about brink that popular movie to the small screen. also, the picture of this angry woman writing splash mountain went viral. check it out. now she is telling us why she
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was glaring at the camera. that's coming up. we'll be back at the top of the hour. good morning.
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nearby evacuated. live on that scene, look at the damage, and also, what this means for all every those hotel guesses. and, it is primary day, and super tuesday part two may very well be survival tuesday. for some of the presidential candidates. also, why new jersey governor is facing even more criticism for campaigning with donald trump. >> and, showers linger this morning, making for another slow, wet commute. but once the rain moves out of here we've got some good news, your forecast dramatically improves. good morning, it is tuesday, march 15th, i'm erika volume teal. the focus of the positive. check in with katie on the skydeck. >> roads look pretty positive so far this morning, that's a good thing, katie. how about the forecast? >> notice i do not have the umbrella today. if you many, if you were with us, it was powering here on the cbs-3 skydeck, obviously not the case any more. still the ever so finest drizzle, that's out herig

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