this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". total domination. villanova blows out miami to march on to the elite eight. now, march madness arrives in philadelphia. a home-grown star tells us his favorite part about playing in front of the home crowd tonight. >> first though, yes, we new it had to eventually end. after several days every just great weather, katie is tracking some rain this morning. she'll let you know exactly when you need that umbrella for now at least 63 degrees, walking out to your car, this is not bad, right? >> feels great, i think. >> i know the drivers are loving this, i know rain now, but you have been loving. >> and depending where you are, too, finding wet weather already. it is not everywhere yet. it does feel pretty muggy outside. a lot of moisture starting to get pent up in the atmosphere,

as a result of that, eventually those clouds have to squeeze out the raindrops. so matter of time if you haven't already seen some rain before you finally do. but that said, when you look at storm scan, everything that's out there right now is actually pretty scattered. further north you travel, obviously, where you are finding the brunt of any wet weather, just light showers at this point. guys, we look at the frontal boundery in its entirety, we zoom it out one more time here. the actual core of low pressure way off to the north. that's where you are going to find some snow, find the colds he is air, but you actually have to cross basically the canadian border to find that, just too warm everywhere else. that said, as this cold front crosses through, we get the light of day, may end up being a rumble every thunder. generally call for just some showers, that we do still sit in a marginal risk for some storms here today. and all of this really means is that, you know, the atmosphere is ripe. you may end up with localized thunderstorm here and there. it doesn't necessarily mean that there is any casino of severe weather imminent by any stretch. again, showers perhaps rumble every thunder is the story here today.

wacking you through hour by hour, couple of choice hours throughout the course of your friday, starting offer little dreary, little muggy, have i mild. look at this, still to about 70 degrees at some point today. eventually skies do start to clear. it is a day of transition, though, we need the cold front to completely cross through before the cold air can catch up to us, still very mild, again with the showers primarily first half of the day. then once we do clear out, we have to tell you looking ahead to decent weekends folks, great timing for easter obviously, egg hunt, holiday itself, looking pretty pleasant with sunshine, little warming trend, too, meisha, a coming up. >> sixty-four perfect the katie, you can wear that bunny suit, tan doesn't really matter because it is not too hot. >> i'll borough it from you. >> going to borough mine, little creepy but she sure can. good morning, blue route northbound approaching the schuylkill, looking good, both directions actually looking good. starting to heat up just a little bit. friday's tends to casino of and more after slow move mover, a loft you like to stay home, take the day off, maybe early weekend, whatever the

case may be, things looking really good. ninety-five southbound at the airport looking good. you look around the airport, always make sure to check your flight status on line. i would recommend doing that today. the vine is looking good, moving both in the westbound and eastbound direction, actually, looking very quiet. now as we push toward that 6:00 hour, this is obviously going to get little more busy. but right now, vine is looking great. still, at 5:30 in the morning. disable vehicle here, fox chase road at huntingdon pike. make note of that. also, some construction here that's not yet lifted. 295 southbound between route 68 and route 42 freeway, that right lane is still blocked. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, a thank you. 5:33, and one more win, that's all that villanova needs to earn its first trip to the final four since 2009 after dominating victory in the sweet 16. pat gallen joining us liver at the wells fargo center, more march madness tonight. good morning. >> good morning, erika. yes, last night villanova while cats were looking to keep the train rolling toward that final four that you spoke of. they haven't been there since

2009. they had very tough test in the third seated miami hurricanes, but, let's just say, they were up for that challenge. to the highlight we go. from last night, and ryan went absolutely bonkers. the senior hits tough baseline jumper, and get the foul. that sparks nova early run. later in the first half, archie hit the open three. that would put nova up ten. second half, nova would pull away from miami, daniel, with the finish. he had 17 points on the night. and then the route was on as nova behind 21-point from ryan, and 21 from chris jenkins. crush the hurricanes, 92-69. nova, would shoot 63% from the field for the game. and they're on to the elite eight. >> we have not shot the ball like this all year. we know we have good shooters. i do think that we're getting really intelligent in our playing together. >> pretty special.

we have -- come out humble and hungry this next game. it will be a big game, who ever it is, and we're just excited about the win. >> the opponents, the wildcats, will face in the elite eight is kansas who defeated fifth seeded, 79-63, j hawks are the number one overall seed in the tournament. and are playing at a very high level right now. and of course, the game can be seen saturday at villanova and kansas, 8:49 tip-off. right here on cbs-3. so, the reason that we are live outside the wells fargo center is because tonight the sweet 16 rolls into town. north carolina, indianna. you have notre dame and wisconsin, and we have cool story coming up at 6:00 on local star, played at st. joe's prep, his name steve, excellent, gatorade national player of the year at st. joe's prep, went onto notre dame where he is doing some big things with the fighting irish. the junior guard does it all, i caught up with him yesterday, to see how it felt to be playing in his hometown.

>> it is great. you know, i'm real excited to be here. get a chance to play in the sweet 16. you know, it is a great feeling. >> what's your favorite part about coming home? >> just seeing, you know, friends, family, you know, tough for a lot of people to get out to indianna, and, you know, a lot of acc games. just to have them here, seeing them in the stands, it will be really great. >> so steve, one of the unsung heroes from the notre dame fighting irish, will get to play in his hometown, in this building right behind me tonight. it should and great pair of games tonight. yesterday, erika, as you know, was national cheese steak game. steve he is a philly guy, so of course he would partake. he said, he told me, steve's prince of steaks in northeast philadelphia, his favorite cheese steak, obviously, he has the same name. so he felt that he needed to go with steve's steaks. but nonetheless, he is a cheese steak guy playing here at philadelphia tonight. and we've got the full story coming up at 6:00. erika, back to you. >> pat, i know our philly

native. do you agree with his choice? what's your favorite cheese steak? >> my favorite cheese steak, you know what, i actually do agree with him, ac northeast guy, steve's steaks, they are the best. so i have to go with steve on that one. >> quite the endorse. , pat gallen live for us from the wells fargo center. see you later this morning, pat, thank you. here's tonight's line up for the games at the well. wisconsin tips off against steve, and notre dame at 7:27. then, indianna and north carolina battle for spot in the elite eight just before 10:00. both of those games are on tbs. here on cbs-3 you can watch iowa state against virginia just after 7:00. then gone salah takes on syracuse after that game ends. stick around for "eyewitness news" once those games are over. buzz i night. >> 5:37. it is not all good news in the world of philadelphia sport. kevin turner former eagles fullback diet after a battle with lou gehrig's disease, played for the patriots and his eagles in his seven year career, he believes his als

was the result of concussions suffered in football. he was one of the former players who sued the nfl that lawsuit was settled last year. eagles broadcaster merrill reese new turner. >> kevin turner made a tremendous impression on anybody who was ever around him. he was a tremendous guy. the off the field kevin turner was very approachable, very warm, the kind of guy you just enjoyed get to go know. he was everybody's favorite teammate. >> former eagle, brian dawkins, took to twitter after hearing the news. he wrote quote watching you as a reich, max effort and unselfish leadership are just two of the things you exemplified. >> still ahead this morning, parking problems in the city. what you need to know if you got a parking ticket yesterday. >> also, he is a thief. now everyone knows t the expensive item he stole, and

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>> this propane is being vented and burned off there is means, resident can't go home until at least this afternoon, but the good news here, no one was hurt in wisconsin. >> police looking for suspect described as gold, finds out that is really on point. police in oakland arrested this 21 year old suspect after he allegedly hit three cars while driving under the influence. off duty police officer witnessed the accident, and followed the suspect, giving authorities the description gold, he looks gold. police say he was covered from head to tow as you see right there, in gold spray paint. at this point, it is still a mystery as to he can actually why he was covered in that paint. >> all right, well, now an un unconventional punishment for ohio man, greg got call stealing a television from wal-mart. he pleaded no contest, could have spent 30 days in jail. instead, though, he chose to

strut around for a total of 80 hours, caring that sign, telling everyone he's a thief. he told reporter he accepted this punish. so he could still take care of his parents. >> although able to enjoy nice weather during the first week every spring, that was not the case for other part of the country, from wild fires like this in kansas, oklahoma, to snowstorms in colorado, showing us it, has been an interesting start to the season. >> the first week every spring is shaping up to be a wild one for large parts of the nation. with fire in the country mid section. >> we've been fighting fires for the last consistently for the last four days. >> and ice in the mile high city. >> it is crazy. >> just kept coming, coming, coming. >> denver international airport has reopened after shutting down due to that is i have snowstorm that left some travelers stranded for days. >> same clothes, everything, like oh, are we going to be able to take a shower. >> ice freezing up traffic on roads and highways, spring gave the cold shouler to other part of the country too, dumping snow on communities in

minnesota, wisconsin, and iowa. which was also slammed by hail storms. part of texas also seeing hail, and damage. meanwhile, heavy winds, fanned the flames of massive wild fires raging in the country's mid section. in kansas, and oklahoma. the smoke prompting calls to fire departments as far away as miss your. >> i it started as one or two calls, and then they start today get a flood of calls in. >> just wondering where it is coming from. >> cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> meanwhile, spring has definitely sprung in washington dc. always love seeing this. cherry blossoms have officially peaked and thousands of people have already flocked to see the beautiful site on the tidal basin, gorgeous, pink and white flowers popped up in time for the national cherry blossom festival. runs through april 17th, and remind you there are 3,000 trees, in all. just beautiful site down in d.c. katie, hey, a lot of trees blooming here locally, great weather we've had lately,

right? >> absolutely, right. very, very warm. i know a lot of the blossoms out in my own backyard are starting to blossom. and, we're seeing certainly just very, very warm air in place here. that it feels so like spring-time. now our eyewitness weather watcher network has been in, you know, definitely busy here this morning, a loft temperature readings into the 60s, we'll check in with folks in a second here, we talked about some of the beautiful weather we've been enjoying, actually view from yesterday's sunrise, what a gorgeous day it ended up being, right? i hope you had a chance to take advantage. this came in from lynn. thanks for the picture. we go back out to the current observations take you around the half here, six of 0 degrees coming in from mark, he does have more clouds, humidity on the rise here at 81% at the moment. but still dry. 65 degrees out in chesterfield, where he had sped reporting, and he's got couple of clouds, it is warm, it is calm, for the beginning of our good friday also starting feeling limb muggy. down into kent county 63 degrees comes in from jason, he's in middletown,

delaware, where the clouds are thickening, and very warm start according to him, as well. now, here is the frontal boundary eventually will cross through. if you haven't gun to see any wet weather you probably will see at least something before this is out of here. but you can see it is somewhat scattered in nature. good portion of our area is actually still rain-free. though, again, it is starting to feel awfully muggy outside. it will take it time to get through here, so we've got at least through the rest of the morning drive. probably until at least early afternoon, for some of you, before the rain completely drops off and wind down. but then, high pressure builds in, and it is good timing. we've got nice weekend coming up granted cooler only going to top off to the upper 50's tomorrow. but still, nice pleasant day, sunshine, and then sunday easter sunday of course starting off with sunshine, starting to get new the mid 60s here, we tack about another 5 degrees on to the daytime high. even though clouds build, still expecting a dry day, next storm, holds off, thankfully, until monday. so rainy days and mondays going hand-in-hand hereby the course of the seven day here, but every day,

save for tuesday, still above average. meisha? >> going to feel nice to have that 70s today. good morning, everyone, well, talk about this, falls bridge, now open, it opened yesterday, at 3:00 p.m. it was scheduled to be closed april 1st, now open, great news for those of how take the falls bridge. funny producer earlier it is not great news, because now it will be busy. valid point for those of how have to take the falls bridge, you will be very happy. route one headlight moving fox street looking good where we are starting to see it casino of i would say not really build in terms of volume levels, but we are starting to see more vehicles jump on the roadways now, as we progress, and push toward that 6:00 hour. so, you can bet when we move into the 6:00 hour things will start to look a lot busier. things looking all right on route one. moving in the westbound direction past connecticut curve, steady stream around this area. construction here, 42 freeway northbound, ramp to 295, that left lane is block, make note that far for those of in you and around the area. and also, some construction

here, 295 southbound between route 168 and route 42 freeway, right lane block, a lot of stuff going on on 295 make note headed out the doorways this morning. >> the philadelphia parking authority says you can feed the kiosk with your credit card once again. authorities have fixed a wireless transmission problem that forced drivers to pay cash or coins for several hours yesterday. so, if you got a ticket, you tried to use your credit card you might be able to get out of t just save that receipt. the ppa is offering 15 minute grace periods. the authority says to contact customer service. >> well, these days, cell phones can do just about anything, right? later on today, the new york auto show will feature a car that can be unlock and even started with a smart phone. cbs correspondent jill wagner shows you how it works. >> missy frazier says she always has her cell phone in hand. her car key, not so much. >> have you ever lost your car key? >> yes, absolutely. >> how frustrating is that? >> very frustrating. >> with that in mind, volvo making their physical keys

digital. >> imagine being able to leave your key at home and still use your car? >> and an app allows your car to sense your phone like wireless key fab. >> the lock unlocks the star, start the car, drives off, anything you need to do. >> volvo jim nicole showings me how it works. >> as you approach, knows you are close enough, just pull onment handle and have the door unlock. >> it could start the car, as well. >> absolutely, just like would you with a regular key fab, sit in the driver seat, turn the switch, there go. >> app also allows use tears send digital key to friends and family who are borrowing the car, nicole says technology is a big selling point. specially for young people. and not just automakers taking notice. star wood hotels new app lets users check in and open their hotel room door with their phones, other companies are creating wireless entry for homes. >> frazier likes the convenience, but worries about the safety. nicole says the digital key is actually more secure than a

physical one. >> if you lose your phone or the phone gets stolen, you can go on line and disable this. >> volvo's key less cars are expected to hit the market next year. jill wagner, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". madonna is not making any friends in her neighborhood. how the singer expressed herself, that got her in trouble. >> also: i'm danielle nottingham in lancaster, california, coming up the story of six year old girl with moves like an nba

>> first president obama now the rolling stones in cuba for historic visitment the british rock band is playing in havana tonight. the open air concert will be free of charge, and is expected to draw a million fans. the stones are the first major international band to play the island since the cuban revolution. >> they say the material girl has posted no parking signs all over her property, which are made to look like city signs, but, they're not. she even installed raised lettering on her sidewalks, outside her upper east side townhouse to keep people from parking near her. new york city law forbids unauthorized signs, and defacement of sidewalks. >> i think it is over kill. >> it is almost rude.

>> maybe because she is famous, she needs more securey? >> she is madonna. let her do what she wants. >> well, he's for giving. the singer ordered to remove the illegal signs and the fake paint. madonna responded with smashing i sorry not sorry post on her instagram account. >> sure way to win friends and neighbors. how about it? >> all right, do you think you have what it takes to live your life in front of the cameras 24 hours a day? if so, you could be the necessary star on big brother. that show is holding auditions here in philadelphia tomorrow. you have to be at least 21 years old, and an u.s. citizen. now, if you want a shot at being a houseguest, head over to the cocktail lounge, it is on south 17th street, between two and 5:00 tomorrow. the win letter take home half million dollars, that could be you. >> well, there is more basketball than just march madness you know. in fact, little girl in southern california, she's mastered some nba moves. correspondent danielle nottingham shows us she is now catching the ice of the entire sport world.

>> kaidence coal practices basketball for hours every day on this court in southern california. >> strong fingers? her mother tiffany bailey is her trainer. >> all the way back. good job. >> when did kaidence start playing basketball? >> she started when she was 13 months old. first bought her little tikes court. she always loved basketball. >> since then, kaidence has been unstoppable. picking up moves from watching her favorite nba players, set curry, and other legend of the game. >> michael jordan, kobe bryant. one, two, three, four -- >> her mother says kaidence has the work ethic of all-star. >> before she goes to school every morning she does at least two sets of 50 pushups. >> fifteen. >> all of that hard work is paying off. >> kaidence instagram page full of basketball tricks that got the attention of espn. she was recently featured on the networks top ten plays of the day. >> sweet. i was extactic, i was real excited wow, i mean, we have been working so hard.

>> why does kaidence like basketball so much? >> because it makes me happy. >> kaidence wants to be the first female point guard in the nba. but she has a fall-back, saying, being a veterinarian would be okay, too. danielle nottingham, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> pretty good fall bake, right? coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", our pat gallen catches up with a local basketball star returning home for the sweet 16. don't want to miss it, also, controversial bishop goes to extreme lent to mark the easter holiday. what he's doing that is raising eyebrows. >> and, meisha takes us on a dream drive. to a school for glass working. see the glass bead that meisha made when we come back.

>> novanation with a huge win. wildcat on their way to the final eight. >> new this morning, teenager recovering, the innocent victim after stray bullet. where she was standing that left her caught in the crossfire. and, a live look right now, storm scan3, tracking showers, katie has the time

line for when it will all clear up, also, the easter forecast, we're hoping it is eggs-lent. >> good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. >> i love that pun. i blurted out here. >> exlent. good morning. happy friday. also looking pretty good right now, in fact, looking actually fairly quiet. i guess everyone is wondering are we going to get the rain here in filly? >> it depend where you are, what you are finding right now, obvious lip no umbrella overhead right now. finding wet weather across portions of the delaware valley. i can tell you though it feels awfully muggy outside, sign obviously a loft moisture starting to build up in our atmosphere, really matter of time before the clouds start to squeeze out more rain, but again, finding them some placesment going outside first to storm scan3, here at the regional zoom. you can see, s