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tv   Eyewitness News at 6  CBS  March 23, 2016 6:00am-6:15am EDT

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good morning, it is wednesday, march 23rd, i'm erika von tiehl. i want to check with katie and meisha. katie is outside on the sky deck. beautiful day, ladies good morning. >> good morning, happy wednesday to all of you. the road are looking g we are getting morning construction moved out which is helping to clear things up but it is looking busy. have within wants a yum seven start to the beautiful day, katie. >> i do have to throw in here the fact that it is breezy out and it will stay that way throughout the day. so initially it might feel chilly to you because the sun isn't up and hasn't had a chance on warm things up. i say dress in layers. you will want one extra layer, a fleece, sweat shirt or jacket when you walk outside the door but don't expect much more than a couple clouds. when we go outside that is all you'll find initially here at this point. it is pretty decent included that have moved in our region but they come and go throughout the course of the day. fifty-two at the the airport. sunnies not up and our temperatures are climbing from where they once stood. we were at the 50 for last few
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hours. the as day progresses we will expect to warm up to 70 here in the city calling it partly sun a across the board, cooler down near shore towns where we will have the most noticeable breeze but all southerly wind flow to help these temperatures fight to may-like territory. we will to have track more showers down the road here and coming up later in the show we will tell when that has an impact on any easter egg hunts that you have planned. we will have full details coming up, meisha. bring a little jacket this morning. >> yes good will do so, thanks. >> good morning, happy wednesday, looking out this i-95 south at cottman heating up now. see brake lights around that s curve letting you know you are no long are traveling at posted speed and dropping. make net for those taking interstate 95 you have to leave couple minutes early, it will be busy. boulevard looking busy. this is moving in the southbound direction toward schuylkill. once you jump on the schuylkill moving in the westbound direction this is what we are looking at.
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still traveling posted speed here but i'm hure that will in the last very long. construction i-95 south between betsy ross anal gain that i right lane still compromised. make note of. that south of the where camera shot is and lens is looking. make net if you move in the southbound direction. moving in the north bound direction it is your typical full pattern right now. looking good but it will slow down. fire in montgomeryville, livingston court near montgomery glenn drive. your alternate are horsham or north wales road. make note of that. also we had an accident earlier in upper providence that cleared. what we are dealing with now is down wires this is longford road in both directions a at port providence road all lanes are blocked here. they are all block because of the down wires. you will to have use alternate. your best betties howell road. also construction new jersey cherry hill, route 70 westbound the at 295, two lane shifts until 7:00 a.m. this is still out there. not causing too many problems right new but it will as we progress toward 7:00 o'clock hour our main hour of the rush hour. make net for those in new
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jersey. we dealt with this yesterday. still out there now. erika, back to you. we have new information on two of the suspects in the terror attacks in brussels. belgium state broadcasters a atbs identified two attackers as brothers, men to police but previously have had in link to terrorism. fbi is jim manhunt for the third suspect, he is allegedly the bomb make are for brussels bombings and also the nova tacks in paris. the bombing at brussels airport in the train station killed at least 34 people. the hundreds more including several americans are hurt. as tina krause reports those figures could go up. >> reporter: authorities continue searching for the brussels suburb of the a area overnight log for suspects connected to tuesday's deadly terror a tax. one of them seen here with two of the suspects airport attackers is being identified by bull gum as possible isis bomb maker najim, he vanished
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leaving his luggage at the scene while men next to him died when they detonated explosives, hid men their bags. police, raided who us in the area tuesday and found chemicals and explosive devices containing nails and isis flag. >> there are people so close to you that could do something like that. >> reporter: security teams locked down brussels, yesterday when isis terrorist set off explosions at an airport and train station. emergency officials treated many of the wounded on the streets. >> you see it in the movie but cannot imagine when you see people yelling like they are going to die. >> reporter: memorial is now you growing in the center of the city for those killed. many mourners are reminded of the isis terror attacks that struck paris, just four months ago. >> these guys are going after soft targets on the near side of security. we have to push that security perimeter out.
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number two we neat better intelligence. >> reporter: the assault on brussels came days after at rest of the prime suspect in the paris attack, so far, authorities in belgium have not made a direct link between the two of them. tina krause, cbs news. this is just coming in i heard belgium newspapers are confirming that third suspect, identified has now been a rested. so once again that third suspect sought for terror attacks in brussels has been arrested, we will follow this and bring you you more updates as soon as we get them. in response to the terror attacks airports all across the country including right here in philadelphia they are stepping up security. "eyewitness news" at philadelphia international where bomb sniffing dogs could be seen on patrol. expect to see increase in security throughout all areas of the airport today. officials say this that there is in confirmed threat to philadelphia a international airport and that there is in word on just how long this increased security will last. heavy security presence a at 30th street station. armed amtrak officers were
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visible in the hours after terror attacks in brussels. septa riders will notice more officers with k-9 units as they traveled the rails. authorities say the sight of those dogs is comforting to riders. >> anything that we can do to help that is why we're here. give some public peace of mind. >> officials also say that there is in confirmed threat to 30th street station. local residents with ties to belgium are reaching out to family and friend. the at monk's cafe in center city owner tom peter's specialty isabel gum beer. he hads been to brussels countless times. is last trip in january took him to brussels airport one of the terror targets. >> wow, i was stunned, i was thinking if we would have done this trip a little later we could have been there. >> belgium flag flew outside humphrey's flag store in old city in tribute to the victims. stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay tup date in the brussels terror attack. when not on tv, go on line for
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updates at cbs philly.com. 6:06 right now. a child in a west philadelphia day carries rush to the hospital after a worker found her, chewing on a packet of crack cocaine. "eyewitness news" reporter just continue finch joins us a at chop where that little girl is being treated, hard to believe, justin, good morning. >> reporter: strange story here this is proof that seconds count that is all that leather staffer had when she realized a little girl has put her life in danger yesterday. this all began around 9:00 a.m. tuesday at works of learning day care on the 5100 block of haverford and west philadelphia other kid were there too and they are all okay. just before breakfast the alert staffer noticed a three-year old girl was chewing on something, but no food was yet served. the closer look that worker say a small bag in the girl's mouth. the bag did have a white residue that the staffer recognized as crack cocaine a.
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she called the girl's parents and drove the child to chop herself wasting in time fearing that the girl had swallowed the drug and it turns out traces of crack were found in her system so chop did hold her for observation with her parenting having been staying bye her side. >> obviously they are shock when they get the phone call. anyone would be. they are with the child at the hospital. detective are talking to her. kiddies in good spirit. spirits are a wear of what happened here but not happy like any parent here as to what happened here and still trying to figure it out themselves. back out here live we here that girl is on the road to recovery and police don't think she found the drugs inside the day care, so far, southwest detectives as well as an department of human service or this case trying to figure out where this girl found drugs and hot drugs belonged to. of course, her parent again, happy to hear that she will be okay but of course this will remain under investigation for sometime, erika, back over to you.
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>> justin, thanks for the updates. turning to campaign 2016 both donald trump and ted cruz claimed victories in g.o.p. contest. trump wins big prize a arizona, a winner take allstate. billion air developer gets all 58 delegates. the cruz won utah g.o.p. caucus. texas senator grabs all 40 after passing 50 percent threshold at the polls. both democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out as winners, vermont senator won caucus in utah and idaho. clinton though wins arizona primary, both candidates were rethinking about the terror attacks in brussels when they addressed supporters. >> the last thing we need my friends are leaders who insight more fear. in the face of terror america doesn't panic. >> we will stand as a nation with our allies and our friend and people all over this
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world. we will stand with them and we will together crush and destroy isis. >> and stay with "eyewitness news" as we follow candidates in campaign 2016, on saturday, democrats hold caucus in alaska, hawaii and washington state. are the all right. still ahead another sign of spring, the theme park opening today just in time for warm weather. also, a head, first she was accidentally shot by her four year-old son, now a florida gun advocate could be facing more trouble what a judge is recommending this this morning. and it has been more than 50 years since wilt chamberlain scored 100 points in one game we will tell you how that moment will now be preserved for all time. najim najim
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here's a question what does wilt chamberlain have in common with billy joel, bobby darren a and metalica, we will explain when we come back. good morning.
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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. how about heading to an amusement park. six flags great adventure opens today for spring break and this video they have sent us showing what they are calling their new coaster the joker. it will open up later this season. park will stay opened until april 3rd. if you happen to have spring break this week good chance to get out. >> yes. >> i love rollercoasters as much as next guy but that looks like it is just too much for me.
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>> while plumetting. >> it is a lot to be honest. >> a lot for the head to take after you have had a slurpee or a soft drink. >> you you want to be careful about that one. >> regardless of pretty pleasant weather to head out to the parks today. tomorrow we will flirt with record territory. we are in the calling for a record, tying day, however, we are shoot forgo 72 degrees. that is tomorrow. we will do well today. the lets see why, looking at storm scan at a local zoom the not much to see here, couple cloud, is there a front nearby hence, the clouds but not worrying about precipitation as we zoom it out one more time, high pressure is just keeping control of the weather essentially east of the rockies. we will see streak of snow, rain, spreading out of the south day coat, northern nebraska. that next storm system that will traverse eastern you had, bringing witt our next cold front and some showers. but we have got time before that will happen. da

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