>> donald trump, casino every doing the bop around thereon stage, at an event in florida what he plans to do in the nation's capitol today. the lateness campaign 2016, that apparently includes some karioke. >> yes, that's coming up. first being okay, snow coming first day of spring. could have been worse. >> right? just looks wet outside right now. >> yes. >> and i would say you do still have some of the more remote suburbs, temperatures flirting with or just shy of the freezing mark, just watch, i don't think grounds cover is a issue, be careful. >> exactly, over abundance of caution, never a bad thing, yes. but really, this was truely glancing blow for our area thankfully, more of new england system than anything. but we will start things off by going on outside, show you what's going on at the local little. with "skycam 3", perfect place to start with the skyscrapers in the distance, visibility free and clear, throw the current conditions over this. north wind right now, just

8 miles per hour that will change, right now, not terrible. but that's going to be something that starts to pick up more than anything, bigger weather headlines, the fact it is chillier, you have winds out there, 35 currently feeling more like it is below freezing, out here at least at the airport specifically. do have the breeze, it look more noticeable with time like i said, looking at storm scan3, things are rear i -- really clear g out quickly. notice it is fizzling away. so if you have accumulation out, there it is very minimal. here in the city, we've barely had anything, more like trace of some very light snow on that's had a chance to melt away already, so if you went to bed early, looking out the window wondering where the heck is the snow? it pretty much melt add way if i it had a chance to stick at all last night. that's what you will find out there more than anything i would say watch for damp spots. yes, caution light, but won't be completely slowing you down here. windy and dry though through the afternoon, that will dry out the roads for one thing,

but you will see those skies clear out nicely too. so, walking forward in this forecast, expect the clouds to justin to break with time. i do think you'll get to about 50 degrees here, by 3:00 p.m., 49 degrees or so. and blustery winds to make it feel awfully chilly any time that wind blows. so can't go by the they thermomr today, meisha. >> certainly a lot cold they are morning, thanks so much, katie. good to look out for those wet kind of damp roadways like katie said not so much the black ice, little too warm for, that but it will be slick out there, we know mondays are busy so good morning, everyone, kicking off brand new week together. the vine headlight moving in the eastbound direction, this is at eighth street looking good both in the eastbound and westbound direction, you can see, westbound direction, certainly, little built more busy this morning. but, overall, the vine actually right now looking pretty good considering the fact we are pushing toward that 6:00 hour. the blue route northbound approaching the schuylkill, what you are looking at everyone still traveling at posted speeds. we're looking good there. now this is where we still have that accident. route 55 southbound at vineland, only the shoulder getting by.

all lanes still blocked this morning. all lanes still blocked, we push toward the 6:00 hour, will slow you down, make sure to give yourself couple of extra minutes. >> construction shear, platt bridge, right lane closed between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m., make note that far for those every how many need to use the platt bridge, also, more construction here the schuylkill eastbound, the off ram top roosevelt, one lane blocked again 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. one more construction 95, i'll have details coming up in about 15 minute, back over to you. >> the st. joe's hawks are coming home from spokane with their heads held high. hawks run in the march madness tournament came to end last night, did not go quietly. quite a game here. number 11 hawks had lead on one seed oregon in the final two minute last night. just couldn't close it out, ducks controlled the game at the end, and out lasted a scrappy hawks team, 69 to 64, great showing by st. joe's who are trying to make it it to sweet 16. proud of you guys. >> not so sweetened g, more

than 100 student cheering on their team. many hearsay they're proud of their team already looking forward to the next season. >> to see the loss, played really well, and i'm proud of them for the season they played. >> real tough loss. i'm surprised but you know, at least it was nice game, hopefully go back next year, rocking this joint out. hopefully, too. >> there you have it. the hawks last reach the sweet 162004 when they made the regional final. >> villanova while cats are head to the round after beating seventh seeded iowa hawk eyes, wildcats averaging after ringing temple lost to iowa in round one. j. wright and company taking care of business at the barclay center in brooklyn. the wildcats ways nod time going after the hawk ice. they shot 60% from the field, and showed that off opportunistic defense, never let iowa get in the game.

nova cruises here, yes, clear lead, 87 to 68. the team is feeling good, and it showed in the lockerroom after the big win. >> our five seniors ... >> the wildcats have not made it this far in the tournament since 2009 and the fans are pumped up. they gathered to watch history unfold, and they're hoping to have great story to tell for many years to come. >> i hear 198 a being the greatest year ever, hopefully 2016 could be our year man. that would be awesome. >> our history is our history, like you can't ignore that fact. put an elephant in the room. but ultimately i think we made

a statement today. >> another watch party set for this thursday when they play the miami hurricanes, you can see that game right here on cbs-3, game time thursday night at 7:00 live from louisville. >> right now it is 5:36. and in business news this morning. apple holds their spring press event today. paul mccartney look to go get back the right to the beatle songs, hena daniels joins us from the stock exchange, those stories and more for us, good morning. >> good morning, wall street traders are hoping to continue the upward trend in stock prices. on friday the dow gained 120-point, nasdaq pick up 20. fbi and highway safety administration have issued warning modern cars are increasingly vulnerable to hacking. the fbi issued public service announcement last week, site demonstrations researchers took control of various car functions like braking and steering by remote control. hacking attacks can occur via

wifi when the car is moving slow or fast. >> no dramatic a mountment expected at today as apple event, expected new addict toss its iphone, ipad devices analysts expect apple to introduce upgrade to its older four-inch iphone 4s. tomorrow, apple will be in court over the fbi's demands that it unlock an iphone connected to the san bernardino shooting. >> and paul mccartney has gun the process of reclaiming the rights to many of the songs he and john lennon wrote for the beagles. back in 198 a michael jackson out bid mccartney for the right, ending their friendship. but because after us copyright lost, songs written before 1978 can be reclaimed by writers, 56 years after their initial release. the first songs will be reclaim recall, starting in 2018. erika? >> i can understand why you want them back, hanna, thanks so much. >> i'm sure. >> well, in case you haven't noticed, gas prices cents, they're going up. the national averaging jumped

by 17 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.02 sent a gallon for a regular grade. drivers in pennsylvania, they're paying 1 cents higher 2.03 a gallon, in new jersey; .68 n delaware, drivers are paying one hadn't 88 a gallon. industry analysts cents blame the hike on growing demand and higher crude oil prices. >> republican presidential frontrunner donald trump meets with party leaders in washington today before delivering remarks at pro israel conference, event come ahead of crucial nominating contest for both parties, both republicans and democrats in arizona and utah tomorrow. trump will once again explain the behavior of his supporters . >> mr. trump goes to washington, gop frontrunner donald trump will be in the nation's capitol today, rallying party leaders behind him. >> if we bring our party together we will win, win

bynum percent you have never seen before. >> trump to set with nearly two dozen republicans, he's also scheduled to deliver a critical speech to a pack, america's leading pro israel group. denouncing what they call trump's hate speech, a group of rabbis plan to walk out of the speech. >> get him out of here. get him out of here. >> trump is still poised to beat rivals ted cruz and john kasich, in the winner take off state of arizona tomorrow. even still the possibility of a contested convention hangs over his head. >> you have to have a majority of the delegates in order to be the nominee. there is nothing ma'am call about the numbers. >> five orders to win in utah tomorrow, cruz contends he can stop trump in the delegate count. >> we have a straightforward pass to get to 1237 delegates and secure the republican nomination before the convention. >> on the democratic side bernie sanders is counting on wins out last to slow hillary clinton's momentum. >> when the voter turn out is high, we win. when the voter turn out is

low, we lose. >> clinton leads sanders by close to 800 delegates. don champion, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". so, here is reminder, have you registered to vote in the primaries? time is running out. the deadline for voters in pennsylvania is next monday, march 28th, for delaware voters it is april 2nd, and in new jersey, it is may 17th. meanwhile, the feds are trying to find out who sent a threatening letter to donald trump's sister. mary ann trump ferry a judge here if philadelphia, the fbi is working closely with the secret service and us marshals. a few days ago, law enforcement officials said friday, that donald trump's son eric received a threatening lettering, urging candidate to quit the presidential race. >> also, donald trump says he'll release a list of judges that he would nominate to the u.s. supreme court. no word honest going to make that list public. but, trump says, if-ee elected president he'll nominate supreme court justice's, quote, that everybody respects cents, likes, and totally

admires. well, donald trump used to seeing his name in the papers right? but not like this. we'll show you the strange message he just received coming up. also ahead, two mother building friendship out after shared heartache. our stephanie stahl has their special bond. >> and, live look right now for you from mobile three, checking out the roads for this morning, katie is here with when we'll see the sun return, and also, when it is going to finally start to feel like spring. we'll be right back.

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>> hit broadway shot hamilton got quite the tim. amy schumer and friends stopped by the show saturday night. while enjoying some cocktails during intermission the bill came to $77, so what would you tip on that normally what, five, ten bucks? okay. soap, she left a thousand dollars tip. as you can imagine, the bartenders were quite happy taking to social media, to let everyone now about the generous comic. >> slipping me the kid the card tip, aim i would like to you make sure that you get this tip. and i look down, and it is a thousand dollars. and my heart dropped. and i was so completely shock. are you sure? he goes yes, of course, of course. >> just terrific, big tip still goes a long way, comedian amy schumer knows

this first hand. fun fact she was bartender before she reached her big hollywood fame. she knows what it is like when you are struggling, trying to achieve your dream, and help that girl out in a tremendous way, a thousand dollars can really do so much. >> and i have to say that's why it would be so nice to have that kind of money, pray for blessing, so you can be a blessing for someone else. we know how hard they work, the waitresses, bartenders,. >> coffee? >> oh, my gosh. >> money well deserved. >> it is endless. i'll show you my scars later. >> 5:45, hey, out of this world site for astronomers today. visit from pair of interplanetary twins. check out the nasa charts right here. experts say that the smaller comet on the right may be a fragment that broke off the larger one. larger passes by planet earth today with the smaller one applying by tomorrow. both are 2 million miles away but still the third closest comet fly by in recorded history. so millions of miles away, but still, apparently close.

katie, how close is a good day? >> it may not neicely feel like a pretty day but we'll take half and half i guess, right? but the storm system that just came through here, really providing more than anything a glancing blow for our area. however, looking ahead to nice warming trend. so yesterday we only hit 43 degrees, quite cool for the standards, that cold air sort of help set the stage for the spring time storm that brought in the snow. and it is still out there. we'll get to storm scan in a second. look at the warming trends that will go on here. go from the 50's, to the mid 50's tomorrow where we should be frankly, and then justin to spike. we are expecting 70s biment time we hit thursday. before cold front crosses through. here is a look at storm scan, at the localized zoom. still a sliver of snow right down the garden state parkway basically here. so it is falling to the ground, and sticking specially on unpaved surfaces but having very tough time accumulating because this grounds is still so warm. so, expect that you are going

to find, you know, again, maybe still some slick travel out there. i don't think black ice necessarily a concern. moving forwards in the nor cast, looking ahead to nice warming trend by the time we hit thursday, p.m. shower out there. 71 degrees before the next cold front comes along and bridges in the showers. then temperatures do take hit. but still above average to 61 degrees friday, with lingering clouds, cooler obviously in temperatures going to continue to hoffer near or just above the 06 degrees mark into easter weekend, so lot of egg hunts coming up this week, meisha. certainly the easter holiday coming up this weekend. we want the weather to be nice. right now looking like it will be pretty nice overall. not bad. >> you can't complain about that, i'll take that in march any day of the week. good morning, happy monday to you yes the roadways are looking little damp, little wet out there, but overall things looking pretty good. looking at 422 tail light eastbound direction, near valley forge, kind of what you are looking at, everyone traveling at posted speeds just starting to heat up now pushing toward that 6:00 hour on monday. we can certainly expect that.

ninety-five south before girard, one of the busier stretches of the morning, and also starting to heat up there, as well. again, we can expect that. this is not changed. so, this is where we have an accident, car rearended salt truck earlier on route 55 at vineland, and it is blocked only the shoulder is getting by all lanes are still currently blocked, make note that far for those of you headed out in and around the area, it is going to be slow moving. and also construction here, schuylkill eastbound the off ramp to roosevelt boulevard, one lane block between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m., make note of. that will also that could slow you down certainly. construction also right lane closed between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. here we have overnight construction make note of this, 95 northbound off ramp to cottman also 95 northbound the onramp from princeton avenue ramps are closed tonight between 8:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. this is going to linger through thursday. soap, just make note of that. a lot of construction out there despite the fact it is wet, seasonable, it is wet outside, a lot of construction

project. another one on 95 coming up in about 15 minutes. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, a thank youment tomorrow we host our seventh annual ronald mcdonald telethon. it provides home away from home for families of sick children, bryant g as middle grounds between home and the hospital. and health reporter stephanie stahl shows us, it is where two moms formed an unforgettable friendship. >> i would talk to people, but it is not having a stronger friendship, like actual friend here, not just someone. >> kathleen, and alex andrea built a friendship out of heartache at the ronald mcdonald house in philadelphia. >> we're both going through pretty much the same thing. it might be different medical things, that are going on with our sons, it was still thrown at us. >> kathleen's three month old son charlie has spent most of his live at st. christopher hospital. >> was born with a few heart defect. it hit me -- it didn't hit me until i went to see him and

they put him, you know, in the cube. that's when it all hit. >> it is something alexandra can relate to, because of her son, brian. >> when he was born, he had low blood sugar, he had apnea. so he would intermittently stop breathing for short periods of time. his blood sugar was severely, severely low. >> only a day older than charlie, brian has been a patient at the hospital since he was four weeks old. >> i don't know anybody who knows what that feels like, even my husband doesn't know what that feels like. >> that is until now. >> my daughter lilly was talking to her daughter ava. we were introduced through our kids. >> and from there, they realized, they have more in common than just a heavy heart. >> my oldest daughter, three and a half, then she has a daughter four, we were like, you you know, oh, they're similar in age. oh, they kind of look similar. they have the same hairline. they have the same hair color. >> with time, the moms realized some similarities of

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also, it is the obituary getting a lot of attention this morning. the final request this massachusetts woman has, and why her daughter included it in her death notice. we'll be right back.

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>> a massachusetts woman is caring her campaign against donald trump to her grave. listen to. >> this alba passed away last

week was vehemently against the republican frontrunner, so much so she wanted hero bit ooh area to ask people not to vote for him. will make their mom's opinion count. >> we just thought that this was her last way to get her vote in. >> not the first person whose obituary made an election statement. last year an obituary statement asked people not to vote for hillary clinton. next story draws some attention on social media. see why right here. large tree fell during storm in corpus christi, texas, look closer, there the only thing it did not knock over was that virgin mary statue. and if you look closely, see how close it is to the tree actually touching that fallen tree. >> i think i would call it a miracle. because have a lot of faith. i think the good lord was taking care of us, i believe she had a lot to do with the tree not falling toward the house. >> the homeowner said people have been stopping by to see

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>> good morning, roads are wet, but the rain seems to be pretty much out of here. katie let cents know if it is the last blast of weather. >> we fought it all year, yes, and if i -- >> st. joe's loses in a late

night game. hear from fans and players. >> on the flip side, just pure joy in the villanova lockerroom. wildcats advancing to the sweet 16. we have all of your march madness reaction coming up in just one moment. good morning to you, monday march 2; i'm erika von tiehl. katie out on the skydeck checking the forecast, meisha back from vacation looking for the roads this morning. >> yes, good morning, good to be back with all of you, roadways looking good, little chilly. and looking little wet and damp. so the real question right now how long will that last? >> looks as though once the winds kicks in things should get a lot better very, very quickly. and in fact, things have already gotten an lot better very quickly, just in the fact that this storm is pulling away, as rapidly as it is, when we start things off with quick check on storm scan3, what you will notice, at this point you have to be awfully close to the beaches to find any additional snowflakes falling. they are falling at shore towns, but