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one more win. tonight is the night villanova could bring home a basketball championship to the main line for the first time in 31 years. it is a huge night for novanation. good morning. i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. we have the true story of brotherly love in tonight's championship game that's divide ago family, but first, here's what you need to know in your morning minute.
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>> big crash, bang, loud bang, and the whole train shook. >> investigators now have data and video from the amtrak train that crashed into a back hoe in delaware county. the two amtrak workers again were killed and three dozen others who were on the train had to be taken to the hospital. >> must have been some kind of breakdown, some type of communication. and because that far, we've got two men dead. >> tonight is the night. villanova takes on north carolina in the national championship game. >> this will be a hell after game. this will be a good game. >> those candidates are stomping for votes in wisconsin. ahead of tomorrow's primaries. >> nominating donald is a gift wrapped present to hillary clinton and the democrats. >> entertainer of the year, jason al dean. >> ♪ >> lots of stuff in our morning minute, train crash
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leading the headlines, good news, novanation, moving on. >> big night for them tonight. >> exactly. >> and good stuff coming up talking about them. >> lots to come. meanwhile, after chilly end to the weekend, get ready for brief warm up. the first week of april feel more like february. >> i know, katie is outside on the skydeck with the roller coaster temperatures. how are you doing out there? you're bundled up. >> but thankfully, guys it, doesn't feel terrible. i feel like tomorrow i'm going to be singing a different tune, though, eventually we will see the bottom get taken out from underneath us as the latest storm system pushes through. storm system, what storm system? snow umbrella over my head right now, not yet. take a look what storm scan3 is showing right now, at this point, any wet weather is actually far north and west of philadelphia. and you are noticing, yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, little light snow. yep. falling currently across the pocono region up towards i80 interchange it, isn't amounting to much, however, don't be shocked if you're traveling that way, see couple
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of whimpy snowflakes out and b looks like the brunt whatever this storm has to offer up likely comes through the midday, generally mid afternoon toward early evening, how much, obviously, already have moisture to work with here, meantime, technically sitting in the warm sector of this little storm system, so at 43 degrees nor the south you arely wind component, at 47 in ac, but by comparison, a lot colder up in the mountains. will take a lot to rebound, mid 40's today, do watch for some of the snow to eventually turn over to rain, wind picks up, it does remain chilly for you. meanwhile, pretty seasonable, both at the shore and here in philadelphia. we top off at 60 right where we should be, but eventually, gets showers, thunderstorm likely, as well, with winds picking up as this storm pushes through. roller coaster, i would say, another blast of cold air on the way. freeze warning set to take effect, more detroit on that,
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as the show progresses, also, the roller coaster keeps ongoing, we drop off tomorrow. then start to rebounds again, then drop off again, then start to rebounds, so i'm just give you details coming up here, meisha, when all of those evan flows take place here, but for now, it is not terrible. and it is still dry here on the skydeck for now. >> all right, katie, i'm telling you, that's spring, our problem child, it is every single year. good morning, everyone, happy monday to you, just waking up with us, so glad you're here, what you are looking outside right now overturned vehicle involving injuries here. this is northbound boulevard approaching ninth street. outer drive, all the lanes of the outer drive are now blocked. just make note of that. inner drive clear. outer drive completely block. we saw close up of that little while ago it, look like no joke. we have a lot of crews out there as you can see right now, be minds full of that, avoid it if at all possible. blue route, northbound direction, approaching route one, what you are looking at, looking okay. >> northbound and the southbound side is there. now, i just want to pull your
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attention to mass transit, talking about this all morning long. between philly and wilmington, also, amtrak sharing tracks, wilmington newark line, make note of there is as well, all of the out bound service running express from 30th and university city to marcus hook, expect around 30 minute delays, and also, tail paoli, thorndale, trenton, honoring amtrak tickets today. check it on line. i will be tweeting this all morning long. >> thanks, meisha annsb still investigating the amtrak crash. >> these pictures show the aftermath of the train hitting back hoe. jan carabeo live in chester. good morning. >> reporter: jim, brooke, good morning, trains are running this morning, this investigation is well underway, and also, happening today, two autopsies, for the two amtrak employees who were killed. now their names have not yet been released but lawmakers briefed on this crash say they're long time employees of
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amtrak. one with 40 years, the other with 20 years of experience. and they were the back hoe operator, and supervisor here on scene yesterday. take a look at the video, as this investigation continues, the data recorder and the outward facing inward facing cameras have now been recovered. and investigators will be considering all of the possible causes, including mechanical, operational, signal, and human error. the big question this morning, is what were these workers doing on this track that was in use? now there is was scene in chester delaware county where amtrak train 89 crashed into that piece of construction equipment. the train was traveling from new york to savannah, georgia with 341 passengers and seven crew members on board. three dozen of them had to be taken to the hospital. fortunately, though, those passengers only had minor injuries. but this crash comes just about a year after that deadly amtrak accident in port richmond, that claimed eight lives, and injured more than 200, and local lawmakers are again calling on the transit agency to review a safety
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procedure. >> it does concern you, it has to concern you, something like this, you know, hitting a back hoe on a track, i mean, how could that -- don't they know that trains comes by here, you know, and when it is coming by, had to be some type of communication failure? >> and, again, the ntsb now leading up this investigation, looking at all possible causes. a bit of a update as far as people taken to the hospital. they've all been released except for three people at last check. of course, we will keep you up-to-date from here at the scene. live in chester, delaware county, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", brooke, jim, back to you. >> thanks, jan. as the investigation continues, into the deadly amtrak crash, "eyewitness news" is staying on top of the story. follow us on the air and on line at cbsphilly.com. meanwhile, the time is 5:37. in business news this morning, new way to find a job. >> yes, in the markets, will start the week in a good spot. money watch's jill wagner joins us live, from the new
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york stock exchange. >> good morning, jill. >> good morning, brooke, jim. the market open after another solid week on wall street. on friday, the dow jumped 107 points, the nasdaq added 44. alaska air reportedly nearing a deal to buy virgin american for more than $2 billion, out bidding its rival, jet blue. now, this merger would let alaska expands into hubs like san francisco, los angeles, the deal still needs regulatory approval. >> hiring remains strong in march. the labor department says the us economy added 215,000 jobs last month. slightly more than what economist hads expected. the unemployment rate picked up slightly to 5%, and most americans decided to get back into the job hunt. >> speaking of which, if you are looking for a new job, how about heading to e harmony? the dating site launched its website elevated carreers. com. the company says it will apply the same type of algorism they use to match potential mates,
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to help people match with potential jobs that they love. interesting idea, brooke, jim? >> thank you so very much, jill, we appreciate t meanwhile, villanova is getting ready for tonight's championship game against north carolina. >> oh, you're going to love. >> this two team, though, they have a connection that's even deeper. it is like something out after movie really when the wildcats beat oklahoma saturday night, the tar hills beat syracuse, set up battle of brothers. nova chris jenkins leak -- legally adopted by nate brit back in 2007. now, they will face each other for the national championship. >> there is nobody in the world that i want to beat more than my brother. >> we compete add lot in middle school, high school, and, you know, high school i won gatorade player of the year, then he won it the next two years, so we were always competing. so i expect this game to be super economy tiff between us, as well. >> that's good stuff. mom has the right idea, check it out, you see that? she has special shirt for the
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game. north carolina on one side, villanova on the other. she is staying neutral. >> she has to. i don't blame her. her safety will be at risk. one side versus the other. good for her. >> well, villanova game is not the only sports headline around here. >> yes, the phillies open their regular season today in cincinnati. first pitch just after 4:00 this afternoon. doing pretty well in spring training, says they're ready rey to play ball. >> real good spring. guys are swinging the bat well. i'm anxious to see how it plays out during the course of the early season, you know, like i said, we take what we did in spring training very positively. and the guys are really ready to play. >> you can watch the phils today at xfinity live, members of the 1993 national league championship team, and there is going to be lot of fun games and prizes for the fans, i'm trying -- >> do the fans wear the hats like this? also encourage today wear your phillies cap around town to
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show your support for the team. mine is like being held up by a coating of gel and hair spray. yours at least looks good. >> out of fresh prince from bellaire. >> and i look like somebody that needs to be lock up in a insane asylum, exactly. >> it is a cool hat. >> anyway, very different kind of police chase you won't want to miss coming up. >> yes, see how officers finally wrangled a dog on the loose, and, the clever name they gave him. plus: >> ♪ >> ♪ >> my girl, carrie underwood, rocks the stage at the academy of country music awards. the big winners and the pop star who joined forces with a country legend. >> and have you seen this picture of taylor swift having a blast at disneyland? how the guy behind her turned that picture into a viral hilt. stay with us, folks.
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♪ >> dolly team up with katy perry for a due that's was a little bit country. and a little bit pop. part on also an awards about a movie of her childhood. chris stapleton ended up on the stage again and again and again, for best albumn, song, male vocalist, new male vocalist. but the night's top prize went to jason al dean for entertainer of the year. >> i may be rough around the edges a little bit, but i love this business. i lover the people in it. i love the fans that support it, and thank you very, very much. i appreciate it. and this is one of the best nights in my professional career. and thank you, guys, very, very much. i love you. thank you. >> another moment a lot of people are talking about, with eric church's special tribute like david bowie, eagles, glenn fry and former stone temple pilots, scott we land,
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passed away over the last few months. >> looks look batman and super plan new villain. the critics. yes, all of those negative reviews seem to be catching up to the superhero block buster. >> today is a day for trust. >> you don't owe this world a thing. you never did. >> superman vert us batman won the box office again, brinking in $52 million. now, that sounds good. but that's a pretty steep fall from its record breaking opening weekend, you guys remember this of $166 million. >> remember that? >> oh, my goodness. that's a lot. okay, disney animated comedy utopia finished in second place, again, bringing in $20 million. my big fat greek wedding two, god's not dead two, the divergent series al league and the rounds out the top five. have you seen this pig tour every taylor swift at disney lands? it looks like show is having a blast, with lili, and had your
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daughter washings about the guy behind her? turns out that's her bodyguard. he does not seem impressed at all by the racer ride. ya. a lot of people are talking about the pick on instagram, poking fun at the guard's poker face. maybe someone should reminds him he is at the happiest place oner? >> i was going to say, who is going to jump on that thing and take her away? not like she is kidnapped. the thing moves pretty fast, doesn't it? >> he looks like he got photo shopped in there. everybody's hair is going in the winds, he is stone faced. >> he is working and he takes his job very seriously. >> secret service, okay? exactly. >> hey, someone has to be serious. >> did you have that face walking outside. >> thankfully not. dodge feel terrible. man, that winds was whipping this weekend, wasn't it? like a winds tunnel outside thankfully that wind has tapered off, won't last, it picks right back up again, going on the see-saw with one system coming in dropping temperatures back a chance to warm up, another one comes n i
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mean, we will will walk you through everything, take you outside and show you first and for most very calm and collected spring garden and broad street intersection camera, scene taken from station headquarters here at cbs-3, and again, that wind is awfully light at the moment. won't necessarily stay that way, obviously did not over the course of the weekend. >> necking in with netanyahu work, fresh in time for us to relaunch our morning program, video observations coming into us from phil, one of our gold star weather watchers. we put this into motion. he took this yesterday. this is his anomometer outside his house here. you see the branches waiving in the breeze there is thing is going crazy with the kind of winds that we experienced through the day yesterday. now, he wasn't the only one that experienced that obviously, maybe took a walk around center city as did i yesterday, it was, i mean, you had to hold on to your hat and hug that coat real tightly. look where the peak wind gusts ends up, 60s in a couple of
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spots, at philadelphia international airport, 52-mile per hour gust reported. thankfully again wind tapered off. it will pick up again as this guy starts to move through. this bringing in even right now cold enough to bring in little light snow, primarily up in the poconos, obviously some pink showing up indicating it may be cold enough to produce little slickness out there on the roads, but not going to necessarily see much accumulation out of this. that said, heaviest precipitation likely comes through midday, in the form of some brief but locally heavy downpours every rain, probably couple of embedded thunderstorms, we should still evening out 06 degrees where we should be for the standards, then look how the bottom gets taken out from underneath us here, down below freezing tonight, freeze warning by the way also taking effect at that point, and we only rebounds to the mid 40's, that feels more like february than anything, guys. and look at this, then we start to rebound up again by thursday, though, yes, into seasonable territory but storm two comes along. this will bring in more rain, more thunderstorms, and sends us on the nose dive for
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friday, and the upcoming weekend. you know, meisha, a see-saw, but at least somewhat consistent. every couple of days you hit 06 -- 06, then you drop off again. >> if you have to find the silver like i suppose you corks man, who wants to go back, no, will we even say february? no, lever it behind us. it is what it is, i suppose. good morning, everyone, happy monday to you, where we have overturned vehicle involving injuries. northbound boulevard the outer drive approaching ninth street. all outer drive lanes are block. inner drive totally fine. just outer drive lane. make note of that. trying to get this wrapped up. see the crews still out there. fifty-nine south, after cottman, see what it is looking like around here, a loft busy stuff going on. now, just as we are trying to break toward that 6:00 hour, we are already starting to heat up. still traveling, i would say, right around 55 miles per hour, which is where you should be, make note of it. that you will start to slow down in this 6:00 hour. interstate 95 just know on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, doesn't matter, just busy.
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so, 95 southbound ramp to girard avenue closed. twelve p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for bridge inspections, make note of that, going on today, also the burlington bristol bridge, was open at 5:25, that's back down driving through is possible. brooke, over to you. >> meisha, thanks a l up next, three things you need to know today before headed out the door including possible big honor for former phillie sports star. >> you're watching "eyewitness news" this morning, where the official team for morning people. stay with us.
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>> bang, loud bang, the whole train shook, and jolted. >> what do you do in a situation like that? you thank god that you're okay. and you hope that everybody else; as well. >> what went wrong, that's the question, passengers and investigators are asking this morning, after a deadly amtrak crash. we're live with the impact the crash will have on the morning
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commute. tonight's the night. novanation has been waiting for. the wildcats prepare for the national championship game in houston, and coach jay wright has a message for his team. and all aboard the weather roller coaster. there is a freeze warning in effect, and katie is timing out a chance of rain, and, oh, snow. >> i don't want to hear it, kate. >> i today is monday, april 4th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. katie and meisha are here, too, keeping an ions things this morning as always. what's going on? >> yes, good morning, everyone, happy monday. roads are looking good. now we're starting to heat up. monday tends to be one of the busier travel days and couple every accident out there and of course amtrak updates. >> still a lot of delays left over from that. >> i would say, too, brooke, very likely going to see delays into the typical evening drive, as women, just because we have this wet weather moving through. so yes, a lot of moving pieces with the trafficking, so let's gave you a sense of what's going on out here. storm s

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