for a roller coaster ride with the weather, katie outside on the skies deck and meisha is watching the morning commute, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, happy thursday you guys. roads are looking g construction is getting cleared out, we still have some out there but no accidents to report. i guess the main, main topic of conversation is we have got tornadoes. >> thankfully we don't to have worry about there. never said t word unless we say it is on the way. i don't think that is a concern the at all, but what we are going to say is some wet weather that crosses in the area all courtesy of the same storm that, did bring tornadic activity across the central plains. that is where we will start our focus where we have got very heavy rain, very nasty thunderstorms currently erupting a cross mississippi, western tennessee, kentucky. that will be the hot bed of severe weather activity here today. but this storm isn't here just yet, at the moment, totally dry at the local level. we don't to have worry about wet weather throughout daylight hours, meanwhile by

tonight, things do starting to a little will downhill, you can see wet weather waiting in the wings, taking its time to get here but right the new we're sitting in the warm sector of this storm system and in short what that means is it is a much milder morning then yesterday was. low, to mid 50's currently being reported back through the western suburbs, you will recall in the 20's this same time yesterday, so it is a nice little change of pace for you, 54 degrees in millville. fifty-four in wildwood as well. looking at these outlining suburbs, okay, alrighty will give thaw in pottstown we have 39 degrees but still warmer then yesterday. still want to have a jacket. with that said we will look forward in the the forecast we will get rid of it later on. 71 degrees the expected high, later on today, but, take a look at what is down the pike for us. by the time we will hit sunday, temperatures are still stuck in the 40's at best and i don't think it will feel much better than the 30's anytime the wind blows. so where is this coming from? it is all from that cold

front. i will track it and tell you when worst of the wet weather gets here all coming up, meisha. >> just when we talk about the 70's. >> do not get used to it. >> no, never been used to it. since birth. thanks, katie. good morning, everyone. ben franklin bridge looking beautiful as usual, as you move westbound for those in new jersey. look at this if you are thinking of heading out there, you are in great company. it is looking very nice, very calm, and exactly how it should at 5:00 in the morning. we will see this change thursday as we know it typically does as we get 59:00 . so far so good same story on the vine moving west or eastbound direction. eastbound picking up slightly more than westbound side but eastbound side still looking great as well. for those in new jersey his two freeway north bound this is at creek road approaching 295, this is what you are looking at. early risers out there but overall things are looking g we do still have some construction out there make note of it, 95 north bound between church man's road and route 14, three lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m.

route 141 southbound between 95 and airport road, that right lane, it is block, and also, water main break, that we had in west philadelphia, walnut street closed starting 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. between forty-ninth and 50th for repairs. make note in that area. jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. multiple tornadoes tared through oklahoma, injuring several people, one critically. k ot v shot this video of the twister that touched down near tulsa a brian web reports roads were closed down and power lines created safety hazards. >> a dangerous storm moved through oklahoma last night, spawning a half dozen reported tornadoes in northern tulsa. >> it is on the ground. we have a tornado right there. >> reporter: helicopter news crew described the scene over a part of oklahoma as tornado sent debris flying through the air. >> i hope people are taking cover in this area. >> reporter: they sent residents running for cover. >> i say get on the floor.

i said get down, get on the the floor. two minutes later, boom, all of the high wind just came through and for up everything, broke our windows. the it was pretty intense. >> reporter: damage was widespread, several homes under construction, in this neighborhood were destroyed, and other homes, had heavy damage. large trees, and power lines were left lying on tulsa area streets. the same storm brought record he setting rain to little rock, arkansas, three people had to be rescued from their car after it went into a river. the severe weather system is moving in the south east, and it is expect to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to the area, over the next 24 hours. brian web, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a woman is found dead in her delaware county apartment, now investigators are trying to find out how she died. last night police responded to new orleans park apartments, in sekane, the county medical

examiner was on the scene. the circumstances surrounding the woman's death are still unclear. meanwhile, a heartless crime in mercer county, right new police are looking for two burglars who tied up a nine two-year old woman in her own basement. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, spoke to a family friend about how she's doing right now. >> it is one of those pray that the cops get you first. >> reporter: michael has a few ideas what he would like to do to the the two people severely beat his friend's mother. it happened sometime monday night into tuesday morning. the victim is 92 years old. >> they beat her up asking for the money, from what i understand, they got $20, and then they hog tied her and threw her down cellar steps. >> reporter: ewing township police got a call tuesday morning from the neighbor who saw door opened at victim's house and thought a burglary happened. officers arrived and found the elderly woman tied in the basement. >> she was bound with

electrical cards and she sustained skull fracture and internal bleeding on the brain. >> reporter: women said she was punched in the face repeatedly by two men. she is still hospitalized. we spoke to her daughter on the phone at nine two-year old's bedside, woman is in a tremendous amount of pain. >> real scary, in this area. >> reporter: robert strath believes loud wind monday night prevented him from hearing what was happening. >> i can't believe it happened next door. >> reporter: police are increasing patrols in the neighborhood as they look for the suspect. >> it is just a senseless act, brutal attack, there is no need to beat her up, i understand the break in but to beat a nine two-year old woman like that it doesn't really make sense. >> reporter: police are still working to get descriptions of the the suspect. if you have any information, call ewing township police. in ewing, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 eye bitterness news. and a hero on the track, good smart tans saved a man from jumping on the rails at a septa a station. surveillance video captured the moment a panic wife tried

to keep her husband from jumping on to the the tracks. authorities say that he wanted to kill himself. calvin wilson a military veteran was on the other side of the race/vine street station when he ran for help. >> talk to me, what is going on. just focus on me. lets getaway from the track. he kept saying let me go, let me go, i want to kill myself. >> wilson then pushed the button on the emergency call box in the area a leathering september dispatchers to stop all trains and cut off electricity to the third rail below. subcontract workers at philadelphia a international airport are on strike, this morning. this is from a similar walk out by the local 32bj union last november. workers from the same union claim prime flight and mcginn security are not complying with the city's new minimum wage of the $12 an hour and the city's six day law. the airport says, operations are normal. welshing villanova wildcats get their first

chance today to practice at houston's energy stadium. after a four hour flight the team arrived for their final four game begins oak a it is saturday night, the big moment sunin. nova coach jay wright says the focus remains on the game. >> all have of this is nice but we're basketball players. is there only four teams left playing. we happen to be one of them. that is what we love. so keep our concentration on basketball. you know, be respectful and appreciative but we have got to keep our concentration on basketball. wildcats are two-point favorite heading in to saturday's game, if they win, one more game, they will set school record for most wins in the season. our leslie van arsdal has been with the wildcats, every step of their journey to the final four. our live report from houston start later today on "eyewitness news". meanwhile, coming up, donald trump is talking his way into trouble again. the controversial comments about woman that he is now

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news. i would like to start off with the good news. a live look overlooking palmyra cove nature park and at this point, all calm, all clear, we barely have a wind out there. hint of the breeze. the not much more than that. however, there is that activity off to the west that will eventually have a an impact on us, right. we will walk you through. that first and foremost on storm scan it the is clear locally off to the west, wet weather advances to the midwest. we will look the at the wide zoom and throw in color contours. these are temperature contours. you will notice it is brighter with some green and yellow showing up across where this front is crossing through but right behind it, much colder air, this is a serious clash in the atmosphere and when you have that, you tend to see some nasty weather break out, and the heart of the spring severe weather season. no surprise there really that we had tornado activity through oklahoma, brunt of the storminess, happening as we speak, down through, really east of the mississippi, western tennessee, mississippi as well getting in on very

heavy rain. now there is an enhanced risk for severe weather in that zone by comparison you go outside those lines, slight risk to a marginal risk that is today's severe storm risk. this all shifts east. by tomorrow we will see in the marginal risk to break this down we have scattered thunderstorm, a few heavy downpours and gusty wind. by comparison i don't think we are talking hail. not talking about tornadic activity. we are low on the totem pole. these are new class racials, they have been out for maybe two years at most but, we have got five separate levels, of classification when it comes to severe weather. tomorrow we will sit at very, very bottom of that. this just isn't going to be that kind of a severe situation for us. low to mid 07's, warming up big time in advance of that cold front passage. once it does look the at the drop off by sunday. that is more like february, guys. it will not feel much better than 30's with that wind blowing either, burr.

>> wow, back to the 40's next week, katie, no. at least we have 70's today, yeah. we have to deal with the rain tomorrow on a friday. the that is never fun but we're still in the 70's. we will take it knowing what will come next week. looking at the roadways we are looking good. ninety-five south before girard. everyone traveling in the southbound direction, looking good, but it is what, will 5:15 in the morning or so and already this morning vehicles are yum pink out on the roadways. this is a good indication. we can always look at 95 to see what it will look like in terms of the traffic. things are looking okay. traveling at posted speeds. the just noah lot of people are yum pink on the roadways at this 5:00 o'clock hour. looking at the schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction past girard looking okay here but you cane in both directions, both east and westbound sides, a lot of headlights and taillights. good indication, schuylkill is good indication, schuylkill i will say, always looks busy but good indication when you look around girard what is going on today on a thursday. villanova area blue route

taillights moving in the southbound direction at route 30 looking good. this is looking really good there. holding steady. also some construction that has cleared route 30 eastbound at route 82 has been all cleared. so has northeast extension southbound between quaker quakertown and pennsylvania turnpike. new york, paris, milan, they are cities men for fabulous fashion but a new exhibit is hoping to showcase philadelphia fashions. philly in style highlights clothing and accessories created, sold and worn right here. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the mitchnor art museum in doylestown where you you can visit the exhibit, good morning, jan. >> reporter: this year visitors are in for a treat. this is a very philadelphia a exhibit that runs through june s through is kristin janssen, chief curator here. we're starting in the 60's and a couple of favorites here. >> we are looking at a paul bound by pierre ballman and

worn by aj drexel biddle, she was a wife of the diplomate, mr. drexel biddle and very glamorous and very well dressed. you can see that all of the manikins are skull sevened to the wearer who wore the gown and she was extremely tall. she had just incredible taste, and was always well dressed for all of the ambassador events that she had to attend. >> reporter: this one in the middle, the beaded gown, it is one of my favorites. >> it is one of my favorites too by james gallonos a philadelphia design are and this was worn by kathleen fields, a former model and interior designer and philanthropist and she just had this impeccable sense of style, and taste, and you can see that in the 60's we have this interest in beading, and decoration so you have a really heavy rine stone, and design on the front of the

gown, and it really just makes what is otherwise a very simple streamline gown, into this stunning show stopper. >> reporter: what i love about all these pieces as we move from the 60's to the 30's, they are all timeless. that is really what fashion is all about. we will go from the 60's new to the 30's here. what are differences that we're seeing. >> well, what we're seeing here is we're moving from the flapper dresses of the 20's, and so we're returning to a sense of the body, and a very much interest in tailoring and sculpting to the body. we are seeing a mix of french designers and also the rise of american designers this first gown here, which is one of my favorite is by jesse franklin turner and she was one of the first design tours really have a name, an american designer with the name. she was really the go to for american women who were of

means, and were really looking for something different, jesse franklin turner was men for her interest in texture. her incredible fabrics and the colors that she chose. you can really see that it is very again very simple, elegant structure but still so tailored and sculped to the body, much like the scanreli next to it the in the purple here, scalperili is a well known designer from the 30's and she was again, very interested in sculpting to the body to create this very incredible form that is draped, and in fact, in the back of the dress there are these seems that really pull the waist into give you this very dramatic sense of the shoulders and the sort of the sweeping bell at the bottom of the dress. >> reporter: everything here was either created, bought, or worn in philadelphia a so philadelphia connection and a really wide range of people who wore it as well.

>> absolutely n fact the scalperili was made by this leading expert and he was sort of this glamorous lady who had an incredible sense of style. >> and the wedding dress on the end was just worn by someone in philadelphia. it is a beautiful collection. the it runs through june 26th. jim, back inside to you. >> thanks, jan. fill any style. i'm sure people will be heading up to that exhibit in doylestown. we will check with you later. thank you very much. talk about a costly mistake, the simple blunder that ruined a man's march madness bracket and his shot at some serious money. plus... >> ♪ >> it is the hottest musical on broadway but is it racist? the controversial casting call that is under fire this morning. stay with us.

villanova basketball team is busy getting ready for the final four. if wildcats win it all it could cost the man $50,000. james kiki is tied for first place in the yahoo's bracket challenge. he got all final four teams, right and even picked a score for the tie breaker but there is one thing missing. he forgot to pick a champion. >> what? >> kiki lives in syracuse but he meant villanova a to win it all, you can call it a beginner's mistake because this is first time he has ever filled out a bracket. >> oh, i meant to pickville know of, sure, sure, sure although, we know they will win. >> you know me with sports. people hand me brackets. you what do do i there.

>> i like nebraska, i like their team colors. >> okay, here you go. >> exactly. >> even if you are the best at this you cannot always get it right. >> that is a lot of money though. >> a lot of cash. >> well, meanwhile it is hottest show on broadway but now hamilton is under fire, as tony reports, a casting net is looking for none in white actors is leading to a controversy for the hit musical. >> reporter: one critic say hamilton takes a story that has dead white guys and redefines it with black, latino and multi ethnic performers playing america's founding fathers but as it looks to expand to other cities, this casting notice posted by producers seeking non-white performers looking like a problem to civil rights attorney randolph mclaughlin what if they put an ad out whites only need apply, why african americans, latinos and others would be outrage. >> reporter: mclaughlin believes it violate new york city human rights law which

make it unlawful for an employer, because of the actual or perceived race of any person to discriminate. >> you cannot advertised showing that you have a preference for one racial group over another. as an artistic question, sure he can cast whom ever he wants cast but he has to give every anchor eligible for the role an opportunity to try. >> reporter: press representative said language in the notice seeking non-white performers was approved by actors equity the broadway union but union general counsel denied that and pointed out that the union approved casting notice posted at backstage.com says all ethnicities can audition. >> they all specify actor of any race or ethnic group are permitted to attend auditions and be considered equally for the rolls. >> that was tony reporting. new producer of the musical defended the diversity of the hamilton cast and the legality of the none in white casting net is. he says he stand by it and believes that it is lawful. meanwhile, coming up in

the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" another delay for bill cosby, why one of his cases is being put on hold, right now. donald trump continues to draw criticism over his abortion remarks, and what hillary clinton is asking of bernie sanders, that story is coming up. and from now, things are nice and dry here in the delaware valley but it will not stay that way. we have another round of rain on the way and i'll tell you when

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there has to be some form of punishment. >> for would the man. >> yes, of some form. >> donald trump ignites another fire storm on the campaign trail this time over a borings. what he is saying now to try to set the record straight. we are keeping an eye on storm scan three, all that rain is heading our way, katie times it out to let you know when you need your umbrella a. >> do i need it before i go home. >> i think you you good are today. >> yes, we're good through today. >> hopefully it will not mess with anybody's morning or evening drive, really. >> that is good. >> but tomorrow at some point, right. >> tomorrow morning. >> it is looking like tomorrow will be the wetest day of the forecast, but it is very w