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, some showers have

already crossed through basically the north and west suburbs, just outside of philly. and eventually the cold front that's responsible for this, is going to work it way through. not necessarily seeing the back edge of it move through even pittsburgh just yet, matter of time though. so somewhat sluggish front. although, before it gets here, man, it is mild. these are current temperatures, guys, 63 here at philadelphia international airport. down in d.c., norfolk, at 66, apiece, up in new york little cooler, but notice how much chillier it is, in burlington, boston, that's because we're watching the warmfront with this system, lift through. so we're sitting in the warm sector of this storm system right now. and that's why, it is so warm, and again, so muggy. now here's what you'll see throughout the course of the morning specially, scattered showers, possibly a rumble every thunder but rain amount, not amounting to heck of a lot here, easily less than quarter of an inch here. so, it doesn't lead to any flooding concerns but more after nuisance, and lingers possibly down toward the shore, as late as shortly after lunchtime. so, school day forecast,

actually pretty generous, i would say, probably mostly because it is friday. we gave you b plus here. these showers will clear out for you. they are scattered again. so not wash out by any stretch. but skies do clear with time. and we are expecting to hit about 70 degrees, at some point later today, 3:00 p.m. 69 or so on the thermometer, but nice and mild, even despite cold front passage, meisha, eventually though that cold air catches up to us, and i'll tell you how the temperatures take a nose dive coming up. >> but today, nice indeed. 70 degrees, you fight, that's awesome. good morning, tgif. if you are just waking up grabbing first cup of coffee, so glad you're here, 202, headlights northbound direction looking really good basically anywhere we look so far this morning even though now cracked into the 6:00 hour, looking great. doing great. ft. washington, 309, headlight moving in the southbound direction past the pa turnpike again, just few early risers out there. i don't even know if i can call this early risers, when we typically monday through wednesday, i would say, really starting to ease up. right now things looking good.

take a look from jersey, what you are looking at in the westbound direction, sure a loft tail light out, there we can expect that now at the 6:00. overall everyone traveling at posted speeds, we saw construction, 295 southbound between route 168 and route 42 freeway, right lane still blocked to both of in you and around the area. and also, take a look at this, more construction, 42 freeway northbound ramp to 295, that left lane block, just to gave you a heads up on that. also, i've got update on mass transit coming up in about ten minute, erika, back to you. >> the villanova wildcats are headed to the elite eight for the first time since 2009. coach j. wright says nova is playing its best basketball right now. last night sweet 16 against tough miami hurricanes team, nova just could not miss here. the wildcats had a 15-point lead after chris jenkins hit that three. jenkins, senior guard ryan, had 93-pointers between them. both had 21-point on the night. cat popped the kings 92 to 69. how about that? wildcats say it is a team

effort. >> just reading the defense, not trying to have one person go o we red the defense today. we made plays for each other. >> guys stepping up on defensive end, getting the turnovers, transition, making ground little more on defense was definitely big for us. >> and we're definitely playing our best basketball right now. you know, we haven't played this well in any game this season. and that's your goal. >> meantime, in our region, villanova fans are celebrating after the big win. some student and alumni who couldn't make it to louisville cheered on the wildcats near villanova campus. they say they're so excited making last minute to decision to head to the elite eight for this game saturday in kentucky. >> we're going to louisville tomorrow now. we're going to road trip. we're real excited. we are seniors, it is our last year, so we're happy they made it this far. >> villanova class of 2,000. i've been waiting a long time for.

>> this it is awesome. >> these are excited? can't tell. villanova's first sweet 16 appearance since making it to the final four in 2009. there are more games tonight at 7:00. iowa state takes on virginia at will the 40, con saga against syracuse, another great night of march madness right here on cbs-3. then another great night of basketball tomorrow night. elite rounds tips off at 6:00 with the oregon ducks and the oklahoma sooners, then at 8:45, watch the villanova wildcats take on the overall number one seed the kansas j hawks. see the action right here on cbs-3. right now, it is 6:05. caught in the crossfire. a teenage girl is recovering this morning, after being shot by a stray bullet. she was just outside her front door in hunting park when she was struck. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joining us now outside east detective, as police search for that shooter. justin, good morning. >> erika, good morning, philadelphia police say it is more than likely that teen girl was not the intended target. she is now list in the stable

condition, with a gunshot wound to her thigh, at temple university hospital, as east detective work to track down her shooter or shooters. 11:30 thursday night, 25th district police were on scene of shots fired, at north seventh and luzerne tending to the 16 year old victim she had been hit in her femme or area, taken to temple. minutes before, investigators say, she was walking her dog, and then talking to her sister, on their hunting park front steps. then came quick collapse of gunfire, the teen soon saw she was hit and ran inside her home where her family called police and began treating her wound. >> we do not have any description of the shooter or shooters. they believe that the shots came from a western direction, from where she was. and the shots were fired in a eastern direction. at this point it, appears that the 16 year old female is an

innocent victim. >> and back out live, that teen now in stable condition at temple university hospital, east detectives, set to go back out to that scene today, and find footage from surveillance cameras in the area for a quick glimpse hopefully of the shooters or their get away vehicle or how they got away, erika. back over to you. >> our heart goes out to her family this morning, thank youment secretary every state john kerry has just arrived in brussels. he'll discuss counter terror tactics with european officials. >> this as leaders there admit warning signs were missed, that could have prevented tuesday's deadly attacks. we know of at least two of the bombing suspects that were on the us watch list. six people have been detained during series of raids in belgium. authorities continue to search for at least one of the bombers who is still on the run. the us state department says about dozen americans were injured in the attack. several are still missing. one survivor poke to cbs. >> i'm thinking i got to make t i got to make t i got to make t i got to see my

daughter. i got to see my girls. i can remember just fixate g on a poinent feeling and just being like, okay, now, you know, they're not going to get me. they're not going to get me officials warn isis may be planning new attacks in belgium and across europe. french off say raids outside paris, foiled an attack in its early stage. >> stay with cbs-3, when not on tv we'll have the very latest for you on cbsphilly.com. >> still ahead this morning, the war of words between donald trump and ted cruz intensifies. the republican race for the white house keeps getting personal. i'm done -- champion, at the cbs broadcast center, with the latest from the campaign trail coming up. >> also, ahead, how the face full are marking this good friday across the globe. plus, we'll tell you what's opened and closed for today's observations. >> ♪

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visitors, who watched the pageantry and spectacle of the event. good friday commemorate the crucifixion every jesus christ, the most solemn day of the christian calendar. now, because of the holiday, the stock market is closed today. most local government offices will also be closed. there is no trash collection in philadelphia either. so, if today is your normal trash day, it will be pick up tomorrow, instead. >> some offers respect will be open like post offices and motion banks. >> katie i know you're watching the sunday forecast, girls first eager egg hunt, how is it looking? >> so excited about this, only talking seven month old baby, not going to be out and about running for the eggs in the backyard, so probably going to put an egg a foot away from them, go get it, go get it, there it is, the best you can do, right? but so excited for it. it look like the wet letter cooperate for all of us, here, if you have got outdoor plans this coming weekend so, let's walk you through what's happening here, storm scan3, latest storm system with some snow, far north, do you have travel across the canadian border to find it, but

trailing from a boundary the reason we're finding showers around our area this morning. and, for the most part, the brunt and the most widespread coverage of showers, still just outside of our viewing area, into central pa. so give it time. eventually it will get here. let's walk you through future weather, again, watching for more scattered variety of showers, but notice, depending on where things set up, some of could you get caught in a brief but locally heavier downpour for a time. so casino of your call whether you want to take the umbrella i feel like if you are just running in from, well, the parking lot to the office, going to be inside most of the day, it isn't necessarily a problem for you. but if you are waiting for treanor something, that is a different story. so just depending what your plans are here today, note, basically, it is the next couple of hours into the early afternoon that we will still be tracking the showers around the delaware valley, then starts to clear out with time. and the further inland up, the sooner you're likely to see little sunshine before it drops over the horizon, then skies clear out. looking ahead to nice weekend. now backing it up, looking at win speeds it, wasn't terribly breezy out on the skydeck despite that modest 10-mile

per hour breeze, still out of the south for most of you, so very warm and very muggy start to the day. that said, because we've got rain moving through, it is going to knock our pollen levels back here, but they spike right back up then looking ahead to the weaken, again so many of us have outdoor plans, have the allergy meds ready to go if you know you suffer from seasonal allergies specially tree pollen. after the showers clear out, skies do the same, 07 degrees the high. still real warm despite the passage of cold front. now tonight, when that cold air finally catches up to us, we drop down to 41 degrees, and yes, under clear sky, temperatures can drop bit more readily but looking at the weaken, not bad. normal highs mid 50's, so few degrees above that even saturday. despite the drop on the thermometer. mid 60s come sunday with sunshine, eventually clouds start to rebuild, but still calling for a dry easter forecast, and then, the next storm system comes along monday, rainy days and mondays. they don't always have to get you down. but, you know? >> specially with easter candy in your basket, still.

>> and chow down on some chocolate, enjoy the rain from inside. >> the magic word. chocolate. >> meisha. >> roads are looking pretty good, still looking dry, for the most part, katie we keep talking about the rain coming in, in some parts, katie mentioned it will be out there. right now camera shots that i have for you still looking very dry out there. dealing with construction, most of that is cleared out of your way couple of accidents out there. overall pretty busy morning indeed. also some changes to mass transit. so i'll warn you right now make sure to check those schedules on line. you will need to do so. i'll touch base in just a moment, 59 southbound at cottman right now actually looking okay. i will say over in the past 15 minute, this is starting to increase more and more. it is getting little more busy specially as you follow that up, go around the s curve. so interstate 95 just know, already this morning, starting to finally heat up i would say that when we started this morning, up until now, it has been an easy breezy friday morning. happy friday by the way, tgif, i forgot to say. that will route 100 headlights moving in the

northbound direction quiet here approaching route 30 bypass, make note of. that will wide open for those every at home thinking should i jump on the roadway? do so. looking good. vine also looking good both directions on the vine. now, let's go to mass transit. chestnut hill east running special schedule today, take a look at this, through the weaken, between chestnut hill east and university city. so make note of that. also, another one here, norristown high-speed line, board interesting different platform. between twp. line road and wynnewood road, you're boarding from inbound platforms 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. weekdays, this is going to go into effect until april. almost there. but make note of that. check those schedules on lane. definitely need to do so. erika, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. still ahead this morning, the final curtain for local theater. also ahead, school of glass working is just a dream drive away. see how these beautiful works of art are made, and what happens when meisha gets behind the torch. watch out folks. we'll be right back.

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foreign policy. correspondent don champion has the latest flu new york. >> the feud, between ted cruz, donald trump, keeps getting ugly. >> you're a sniffing howard, lever heidi the hell alone. >> fired back after the billionaire re tweeted a picture insulting his wife's appearance. >> let me be absolutely clear. our spouses and our children are off bound. >> trump claims cruz started the fight when an anti-trump super pack posted a picture every his wife, melania. the tone of the campaign has rattled establish republicans like house speaker paul ryan. >> when passions flare, inevitable, but we shouldn't except ugliness as the norm. >> on the democratic side, frontrunner hillary clinton is focused on the general election, she bashed trump's foreign affairs experience on jimmy kimmel. >> i look forward to now debating him, and trying to figure out where he stands on issues. >> who like the prime minister

of canada is? >> no, but -- >> on the campaign trail, thursday, her rival, bernie sanders, also turned his attention to trump. >> he will not become president, because the american people understand that coming together as a people always trumps differ identifying us up. >> democrats hold caucuses in alaska, hawaii, and washington this weekend. don champion, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". still ahead this morning, we catch up with the only local basketball star returning home to play in march madness. >> also this: >> hello. the lord gave me a vision, because of the vision he gave me, i stepped out on fate. >> what this bishop is planning on doing this weekend, that's got a community concerned, and has now capturing national attention. >> katie, how is our friday looking? what do you think? >> it is a little damp out there for sure. but these showers are eventually going to yield for

some sunshine, the easter holiday weekends is actually looking pretty good. i'll have the full forecast for you coming up. also, the next chance for rain that we have to look ahead to here. all on t

>> the comedy community mourning the loss of heed yan garry shandling, died after heart attack yesterday in los angeles, the star of the larry sanders show and garry shandling show got his start in entertainment in stanford

and sons, just 66 years old. >> we've also just learned this morning, any winning actor and north philadelphia native, david, has passed away. he is past best known as role as retired fire clerk mr. hand forward on sesame street. also worked as writer on benson, and writer and actor on the cosby show. david smyrl will be laid to rest monday, he was 08 years old. >> curtains for the play how the. it also launched philadelphia youth theater, and the acting carreers of kevin bacon, sherman helmsley. >> nothing lasts for every. i'm glad that we were able to do what we did. and hopefully people out there who will keep in touch. i hope they learn something.

>> the building closes april 1st, scheduled for demolition later this summer. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", march madness comes to philadelphia. we're so pumped, pat? >> yes, a local high school hoops star will be playing in this building hine me in the sweet 16. coming up next, we will meet steve vastoria he has a story for one of our own, meisha? >> couple of accidents, changes to mass transit i'll tell you b first, a quick break, tai right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitn

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>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good friday morning, to you, and live look right now at bethlehem. see the roads little slick out there reflecting the light, katie tracking showers for today, but also wondering about our holiday. a lot of folks getting out for

easter egg hunt, have our fingers crossed no one wants umbrella in your fancy easter outfit. >> can't get all of the good eggs that way. you need one hand available. >> i'm with you. >> it is about strategy, erika. >> but, you know, looks like mother nature will work with us here, we have rain on the map, we dry things out for the holiday weekend, looks like, and then we have to track another round every rain. that's casino of thousand works, though. it is spring. you get this happening once in a while, but at least the timing on our side here, right? so looking good, tracking showers, see them primarily having moved right now, through portions of delaware valley, as we just saw from the road surface up in bethlehem. out on main street there. but yes, at the moment, not everyone clearly getting hit by this. finding certainly some mugginess to the atmosphere, it is a matter of time, i think, before all every us get something, we are still waiting for the official cold front passage to take place, that's why you still have southerly win flow right now. that's also why still so darn mild. 63 degrees right now at philadelphia international

airport. in the mid and up ear's, as you head out toward resort towns. but, as the day goes on, still expecting pretty mild day. other than these showers that are likely to be around primarily for the first half of the day, after we hit the lunch hour, things should start to clear out west to east if not sooner than that, we're going to eventually end up with cold air catching up to us, as it does, it does sends the temperatures on bit of nosedive, you might expect. so granted damp end to the work week or just damp friday, if you are lucky enough to have the day off here. all-in-all, quiet easter weekend, we tell you exactly what each day provides, because there is bit of cool down coming along with this cold front. but then eventually, rain is set to return. it comes in into next week, so, we will time that out for you bit later in the show. meisha, we send it over to you. >> thank, katie. so enjoy this friday. good morning, everyone. tgif to you. if you are just waking up with us, roadways looking pretty good. overall been looking good all morning, although couple of accident, most have cleared out of the way and some morning construction were you also dealing with most of that, also, has been cleared

out of the way. what you are looking at right now, 59 south academy, looking good both directions we new it because the holiday weekends today probably going to be little lighter in terms of traffic. , that's what we're seeing rightful, you can see, volume, as we are pushing through the 6:00 hour now, still, holding steady, at, i would say, very light levels all things considered, especially this time frame. so 95 south academy looking good. i'm always happy to see that, that makes me very happy for most of you hitting the roadways, than is a look at 95 south at cottman, around the s curve, same story, see brake lights going off. overall still traveling at posted speeds, no worries there. then we look here, looking good also 422 westbound at oaks looking nice, both directions, looking nice and quiet. again, this is exactly what we want to see. now, this is where we do have an accident, franklin township new jersey royal avenue at read avenue. this is involving entrapment. ment whenever we know that we know crews will be out there, a lot of flashing lights, dealing with gaper delay, make

note. give yourself couple every extra minute, now, another accident here, broad street at north school lane. this is in souderton, make note this, as well. no entrapment here at this one. but it is going to slow you down just little bit. then i've also got the updates coming up chestnut hill east running special schedule, more on that coming up in about 15 minute, back to you. >> meisha, a thank you. basketball fans here in philadelphia just loving march madness this year. the villanova wildcats headed now to the elite eight. last night against good miami hurricanes team, while katz were almost unstoppable here. senior guard, ryan, had 21-point on the night. he and chris jenkins were hot from the three-point range. the wildcats held the hurricanes down defensively, they won, listen to there is final score, 92 to 69. nova right now on just a huge roll, so proud of them. now, march madness shift to our area, with two huge sweet 16 games tonight, right here in south philly. one game will feature former philadelphia catholic league

mvp. "eyewitness news" sports reporter pat gallen joining us from wells fargo center, pat, it will be packed house down there tonight. good morning. >> yes, that's true, should be pack house here at the wells fargo center for the great game tonight. obviously philadelphia very excited about the big villanova win last night. but, they should also get excited about local star who is back and will be playing in this building hine me tonight. >> a major reason the notre dame fighting irish are in the ncaa torn s guard steve, jr. grew up in medford, new jersey, was star at st. joe's prep in philadelphia, where he was named the gator aid national player of the year. >> he's the only player in school history to have his number retired. able to see him. >> twenty-four-point as a freshman, a star, everything been beautiful after that.

>> his parent, john and kathy, still live in medford, and as you can imagine, are proud of what their son is accomplishing. >> we've seen steve really mature over those years, those three years at notre dame. his confidence has increased, not that he was not a confident kid before, but, you know, you can't help again by being challenged way they are academically and athletically. >> terrific. yes, it is a dream come true for him. and we're so proud of him. yes, it will be emotional. >> the family will get a chance to see their son return to philadelphia as notre dame takes on wisconsin in the sweet 16. and he's happy to be home. >> it is great. you know, really 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 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. you know, seeing them in the stands, it will be really great. >> plenty of loved ones in the stands, but he knows how you

have that is for some of his college age friends. >> scout ticket basically. >> they're scraping to get tickets, i know, it is pretty expensive. >> now there is isn't the first time that we have profiled. back in 2011, we actually met steve, because of his free throw shooting ability, when he was at st. joe's prep, he set a league record, at least 63 straight free throws, so of course, our resident basketball player, ukee washington, challenged him to a free throw shooting contest, and for ukee, who was great basketball player, many years ago, he has still got it, just not quite as good as steve is. steve hit 17 out of 20, ukee just 12 out of 20. but steve has a message for you. >> i think i won, but, you know, he was a great sport about it, and we had a really fun time. ukee, i want a rematch. bring your a game. >> he's calling out ukee washington for a rematch. i know that ukee has been

thinking about this day for a long, long time. ukee is on vacation now, but someone has to call him and tell him to get back on the court, get us the free throw line, start shooting. because when steve get back to philly it is on once again, erika. you know, ukee is up for anything. so, he'll be down for this contest for sure. >> oh, absolutely. just had lunch with ukee this week. we talk about there is and ukee wants that rematch, too, wants to get his good name back. so we have to wait and see how that happens. pat, thank you so much. >> yes, you got it. >> and we invite to you stay tuned, of course, "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of march madness, you can get the very latest any time at cbsphilly.com. right now, cents 6:37. we have breaking news, just into the "eyewitness news" room. an us official confirms at least two americans have been killed in the terror attacks in brussels. secretary of state, john kerry, just arrived there. so far right now we do not know the identity or genders of those two victims. but we are staying on top of this story and cbs this morning are getting more information for you, they'll have more details coming up at

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>> sealed inside a coffin, bishop ricky moore, of shrevesport, louisianna says he'll lie inside a coffin from 3:00 p.m. today through 3:00 a.m. easter sunday. he won't have food, water, or access to a bathroom. some critics are saying this plan is too extreme, and even sacra lidge ross. >> i'm not jesus, no where near him. i made many, many mistakes. i'm not perfect. it is our aim to get people to come here, and when they come here, we want to witness to

them. >> the bishop says he hopes people will come to the easter festivities and except jesus. residents in one florida neighborhood are being extra cautious after more than dozen people have been attacked by hawks. the territorial animals are driving bombing residents in spring hill, who approach their nest without realizing just walking by the tree, the birds are doing it to protect their young. one neighbor explains just how bad it is. >> one of the gentlemen, 88 years old, and he's been hit so hard, he had to go to a hospital and get a tetanus shot. now he wears a pit helmet just to get to his mailbox and back inside his house. >> have to wear a helmet. how about that. this is the second season in a row the hawks have taken over the community. wildlife officials are refuse to go move the protective parents. >> and beautiful site rye now down in washington dc. love this time of year. cherry blossoms have officially peaked, and thousands of people have already flocked to see them on the tidal basin. the pink and white flowers

popped up in time for the national cherry blossom festival runs through april 17th. there are total of 3,000 trees all in bloom. just gorgeous. katie, i had to double take when i saw this behind you, the old is that a photo or graphic? >> isn't it lovely? >> it is gorgeous yes, certainly actually seen earlier season to the cherry blossom, just because, it has been so warm lately. for the last couple of months. so, with the mild february, plus the mild march, of course, it will lead to early bloom. in washington, d.c., where we just showed you, average bloom actually march 31 to april 2nd. so, we're already seeing that peak take place here. here in philadelphia, the average bloom just little bit later since we're little further north between april 7th and 10th. so anywhere from a week, week and a half to two weeks early on the peak here, regardless, beautiful site. no matter what time of year, right? meanwhile, we want to take you back to the eyewitness weather watcher network. we will check back with the folks. a lot of temperatures reading low to mid 60s, almost, almost like 61, two, three, like the

magic number, through the central corridor of our region here. we take you out to handful of these, start things off with peter, at 62 degrees, with more clouds than anything out in lawrenceville. reporting some pretty high humidity, i might add. sixty-three comes into us here from william, up in levittown here, just few clouds where he is. and he actually mentioned that the temperature had chance to rise, very much, overnight. seventeen full degrees he reported. and we go to just one more, let's go ahead, zip on out here. to 61 degrees coming into us from phil up in north wales, where again, 61 degrees with high people i had at this, lots of clouds overhead at this hour. and i did actually see from julia, up in allentown, julia, she mentioned he has some drizzle out there, too. go ahead, another spot little further off to the north. notice, the haze out in our live neighborhood network. you can see blue mountain off in the distance, look closely, clouds are actually moving through the shot indicating winds that's out there. but with the haze, it tells you there is a lot of moisture to work with. that said, you will find quite a bit of moisture, ramp it up

here on storm scan3, general scattered variety really of showers, pushing through, perhaps rumble every thunder comes with this, as well, but for the next couple of hours, really anybody is fair game to see some wet weather blossom in the form of quick shower, still spending g very mild day. kind of muggy out there right now, but eventually up to 07 degrees, cooler air finally catches up to us overnight, then tomorrow beautiful day. 59 degrees under sunshine, easter sunday, promises to stay dry, just start to see clouds as the day goes on, meisha? >> okay, sounds like great easter and great friday. happy friday everyone. tgif to you. taking a look at the ben franklin bridge this morning, you can see, plenty of vehicles out there. i want to pull your attention to this barrier still up reducing you down to three lanes move in the westbound direction, normally open until four, four lanes coming in the westbound direction, now down to three just because in anticipation of the holiday weekends, they new it probably wouldn't be that busy, we can see plenty of vehicles out there. also here, look at 202 northwest valley road looking good. this is basically kind of

picturesque shot we've been seeing all morning long. very quiet, very, very quiet. probably due to the holiday weekends, i don't blame you, taking the day off. ninety-five north 452, this is you what being hoo g at here, look like we might have disable vehicle, right, there won't slow anyone down though. just not enough vehicles out there. accident outside broad street at north school lane. this is in souderton. make note. also the world of mass transit chestnut hill west running special schedule today and through the weekend between chestnut hill east and university city, make note of this, as student -- construction, at the cane station. make note. check your schedules on line, need to do so on several different routes. >> weaver sad news to report this morning, former eagles fullback, kevin turner, has died after his six year battle with als. turner believed his illness was caused by concussions he suffered during his carrie which included time with the new england patriots and the eagles. he and other players sued the nfl. that lawsuit settled last year. eagles broadcaster merrill

reese remembers turner as a player who gave his all. >> he was everybody's favorite teammate. he never had an ego. here he was, an out standing football player, probably from the time he could walk, and yet, he took it all in stride. he never talked about himself. he was awkward, talking about his own achievements. everything about kevin turner was the team. >> eagles coach remembered his teammate, it says, in part, even though i only spent one week, one year of my career, with kevin turn nerve philadelphia, it didn't take more than few days to know how special after person he was. i always remember the way he fought until the very end. >> 6:48. right now. atlantic city in financial crisis, and the mayor and governor chris christie, they're going back and forth about what should happen next. mayor don guardian says steak take-over is not the answer. it is something governor christie has advocated.

the mayor says, the state plan would sell off city assets and force union contract to be thrown out. the city says it will shut down non-essential services for several weeks starting april 8th, if it does not get cash from the state. >> a lot of things i agree, with but taking over atlantic city i do not agree w we will absolutely run out of money because the governor withheld 33 and a half million dollars. no one tolls blame here. >> the governor reaffirmed his support of state take over saying it is the best path forwards. >> all right, 6:49 right now. time to see what's many coming up. gale king joining us from new york with the preview. good morning. >> latest for suspect, terror plot stopped in paris, also this, closer look how donald trump will need to pivot for support in the general election, and, here is a question, what would have

happened to hand sell and grettle or little red riding hood's grand ma if they had had guns on them? might have been a different story. meet the woman behind new controversial fairy tells from the nra. talk little batman this morning, relationship with ben after lack, why, because he is batman on the big screen. >> here in studio 75. the news back in the morning, we'll see in you about ten minutes and counting, tick-tock erika, back to you. >> all right, see you then, gale, thanks so much. >> all right, meisha, joining me now of corpse, it is friday, that means we have dream drive, right? >> yes, we do, always perfect day for that. that's right there is weekend dream drive, glass working in a place that's close to home. take a look at this. >> judged. >> headed down to gloucester city, millville, to check out its art scene. >> here in beautiful downtown millville, there are several galleries, representing hundreds of local artists.

looking at art, and being around art,. >> what we're going to go do right now. >> stopping at the carlisle school of art in millville. >> here at carlisle school we can introduce you to glass art. we offer intermediate classes, and also more advanced classes. >> mary dougherty's family has been involved in the glass industry, in gloucester county, for five generations. >> we're passionate about glass. >> it is a way that our family is keeping some of that glass working technique alive here in southern new jersey. >> hello, meisha, a i'm jess, what we will learn today how to make a bead with glass. i'll just start it off. going to hold it. it is like handles on a bicycle. roll little ball. this get you feel how the glass moves.

see how it is starting to go back to color? >> uh-huh. >> then i'll pull. then you pull at a rate. >> oh, my gosh. >> okay now. you trust me? >> just twist it. pull straight. >> keep pulling? >> keep pulling. >> that's solid now. >> oh, my gosh. >> nicely done. this is a mandrel. this is stainless steel rod which enables the glass not to stick to it. what i will do, i'll just let -- my mandrel. now, let's put little color on this one. little dot. >> oh,. >> ready? >> oh, my gosh. hold it like a pencil. in and out of the flame. now, what's going to happen, you want to keep this below the flame. come in with this one. and then once this gets hot. now go below the flame.

you got nice first round. okay? so now, the idea, keep this below the flame. >> okay? >> put another layer on it. >> mine looks a little kitty woman pus. >> there go. there is your bead. >> oh, i love it. >> oh,. >> it is perfect. it is like a mother with her first born. >> oh, nice. >> i love that. >> okay, so which one again? >> this is mine right here. the one blue one, then the other one they made there is one right here, that's the one that took a little bit more design. so i just start with one solid color, and to be honest, it is funny, not like i'm brinking in something extravagant to show you what i made, just little bead. but i have to tell you it was so difficult. >> i bet. >> it took all skillment one wrong move, one little, anything of wack, everything

would shooter. >> looks great. >> yes, we really want to thank the carlisle school of glass for having us. such wonderful time. i'm telling you, artists even non-artist go try it out, super amazing, and get a lucky bead. >> whole new appreciation for glass beads, right? >> labor of love, yes. >> love it, meisha, thank youment we'll be right back.

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and a look right now at the eagle cam. we bring you every morning. mr. and mrs. eagle have been watching over those two eggs for over a month now, almost time for those eggs to hatch. those eagles take turns watching the eggs and going for food. part of the pennsylvania game commission, live look right now at their nest, we'll keep an eye on things, bring you to up date as the big birthday gets closer. just hanging out keeping their eggs warm. not too hard to do considering it is in the 60s,. >> kind of mild, muggy out there, we await the passage of the cold front that will come through here. meantime sun is now currently rising over the horizon, handy dandy do-able easter graphic for you though. jump ahead to the holiday here. happy easter. i mean, could this be the cutest, i mean, i've never seen a cuter graphic here. but cool, quiet to start the morning. lot every sunday, then eventually some clouds rebuild, but dry for the easter holiday. >> yes oh, sure is cute. thanks, katie. good morning, everyone, yep,

we can tell it is holiday weekend, it is quiet out there. here is a nice look at the platt bridge, looking good. nice and quiet, just like i said, also 42 northbound, take a look at this, just as we approach 7:00 a.m. this is not typically look like this in jersey moving northbound approaching 29a looking quiet, and also looking little damp out there now. vine moving in the westbound and eastbound direction. usually this is bumper to bumper at this point. now we crack into the rush hour, it is looking more like what we typically see in the 4:00 hour. looking very good, very quiet for those of you getting in your cars today this morning good company out there. >> that's good. i imagine a loft people taking the day off. weekend, monday, too, so little break. >> all right, next on cbs this morning, batman, relationships, and politics. up neck the conversation with ben afleck in studio 57. the big batman versus superman movie coming out. reminder to join us bright and early every weekday morning we start things off early at 4:30 a.m. here on cbs-3. hope you have a great day.

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