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we always appreciate your support and, you know, it is always here for us. >> they were there for them again yesterday, thousands of fans packing villanova stadium to celebrate their big win, we will talk about your next chance to be the national champions. bernie sanders and ted cruz win their parties primary in wisconsin. now, campaign 2016 is focusing on pennsylvania. the two candidates are coming to philadelphia a today. and a live look at storm scan three, that line of storms is heading here katie tracking showers and thunderstorms when they will arrive and which day will be the most mild. today is wednesday, april 6th
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good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm brook thomas. most of the areas still under that freeze warning right now. katie and meisha are here with weather and traffic. >> yes, good morning everyone, happy wednesday our hump day. roads are okay we're dealing with construction. vine, we are dealing with that. 422 construction. >> yes, thankfully i knew, to take a detour instead of getting down to philadelphia before i had to turn back w that said roads, as you said thing are dry. we will keep it dry for you here today. high pressure building in place which means we will warm up. the let me get you outside. nice and calm and quiet. we showed thaw wide zoom. that storm is still quite away away. it will be were tomorrow before we deal with any wet weather here in the delaware val that i freeze warning remains in effect. still in effect regional wide. we kent have it in the poconos or lehigh valley since it is not typical, we still have
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freezes this time of the year but until 9:00 everybody in the purple, is stuck with the chill. you know when you look at temperatures you understand why. everyone is below freezing at this point. thankfully wind are relatively modest. we're in the 20's walking out the door, winter coat that is necessary, folks. we will start off with bright sunshine few cloud build with time but we are expecting a dry day and miler one with temperatures rebounding to the mid 50's. thermometer is easing up here, that new storm is on the way. we will time out that system, for you, coming up and also have to start talking about more chill in the forecast as we look ahead to the weekend, meisha. >> sometimes in april to remember those, pack mittens, scarves, for the play ground. >> we're overzealous we he just want spring. >> tell me about it, i cannot even tell you. come on, may. good morning, we are looking at vine closures both directions moving in the west and eastbound direction you can see we're probably just going to start opening sometime soon. make note just heading out we
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are still dealing with these closures. we were dealing with them yesterday. today should be the last morning. that is great news for us including myself who take the vine. make note. we will get that cleared out of the way. this is where we saucon trucks that we have been dealing with for quite sometime. still, 422, both directions, between 202 and oaks, eastbound right lane is compromise on the westbound side that left lane is compromised. those shining lights will show you down not to mention we will get gaper delays because of. that boulevard in the south wound direction you can see a few early risers. hopefully they have their coffee with them. we're right there with you. heading on the roadway here boulevard looking g once you jump on the schuylkill in the westbound direction we are looking good there as well. happy wednesday. happy hump day. jim, back over to you. well now a huge rally welcomes home the national champion villanova wildcats but the celebration is very far from over. >> um-hmm, there will be a parade later this week. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live from campus with the details, jan,
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it will be a big one. >> reporter: that is right, good morning. nova nation is looking forward to the next big event and that is the big parade in center city philadelphia on friday starting at 1:00 p.m. more information in just one minute but first this team and its fans, they are finally getting much needed rest this morning after a whirlwind 24 hours. take a look at this video. fantastic home coming parade that happened yesterday. national champions landed at philadelphia international airport rolling under a inverted v for victory, they deplaned and hopped on to buses heading for the main line. how about this their police escorted motorcade to campus that shut down i-95 and blue route at the height of rush hour n1 seemed to mine. those motorist stopping to wave and pedestrian seen clapping on the overpasses. finally you see the champs arrived to the crowded villanova stadium where coach jay wright thanked his team, their parents and students and
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fans that make up nova nation. they are still pumped up today. >> we're so exited to celebrate right now, amazing. >> very special. this is, i cannot say enough about this. it is a long journey for sure but we wouldn't change it for anything. >> it is unbelievable. i remember going to the phillies in 08. it is spectacular. i'm sure it won't be to that magnitude but something to remember just growing up in the area and watching every inning is will team. >> reporter: that was local hero ryan arcidiacono and talking about the parade to come in center city on friday. this is the route that runs from 20th and market to dilworth plaza. parade of champions starts at 1:00 p.m. the celebration is expect to cost about $22,000. the mayor saysville know of has agreed to pick up the bulk of the cost and city is more than happy to play host. we will keep you happy on all of the new information that comes out. we are live at villanova university, jan carabao for
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cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back inside to you. >> i'm exited to see how city comes out to celebrate champs. >> looking forward to it. >> so am i. >> if you cannot make it down to the city on friday you can see that parade of champions live right the here on cbs-3 and our web site the at cbs philly.com. villanova's book stores working extra hours to fill plenty of orders. there will be more stuff in store this week. you know, fans were lined up, to buy shirts and hats yesterday. as you can imagine, they are flying off of the shelves. you'll be table get glasses, and mugs later this week too. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are spending the next day or two in philadelphia she's at afl-cio convention here today, he will be here tomorrow. sanders has a rally tonight at liacouras center. in the wisconsin primary sanders swept all but three counties, clinton had low expectation there is given the states more liberal voters and sanders thanked business condition sin voters for helping him gain momentum.
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>> with our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. >> ted cruz with another solid win over fellow republican, donald trump. john kasich was a distant third. over the past week trump battled campaign controversies including clarifying his views on a borings. crews took most of the delegates which experts say makes an opened convention more likely. he called it a moment for junety. >> the night is a turning point. it is a rallying cry. it is a call from the hard working men and women of wisconsin to the people of america. we have a choice a real choice. >> and in a few weeks attention will shift to pennsylvania and delaware both states hold primaries on april . new jersey's primary is
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june 7th. new overnight gunfire erupts in philadelphia's logan section wounding a man but this could have been much worse. "eyewitness news" on the 1,000 block of wagner street where bullet casings littered the ground. a 24 year old man was hit in the arm, but several shots also struck a nearby home. that home was filled with people including four kids. luckily no one inside was hurt. so far no suspects, no motive. six of the seven members of the so-called felony lane gang make court appearanceness chester county. the seven were arrested earlier this month in tredyffrin township. they are accused of being part of the east coast network of criminals, who steel identification and credit card from people. police say they were doing this, all the way from florida, to michigan, and, in our area, to berks, chester and montgomery counties. >> also happening today, spring cleaning in camden, the seventh annual camden clean
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campaign kicks off, with the first of 11 cleanings and greening days for the spring and summer. today's target neighborhoods are in east camden, also beginning today you can get information on the city's free exterior paint program and other camden clean opportunities. meanwhile, coming up, the three things turnpike officials are looking to change to make sure drivers are never stranded in the snow again. plus this... >> more of this violent crash, captured on camera. officer's life saving effort. and san diego zoo is showing off their new addition of baby rhinos, the change zoo keepers made that could help keep their population growing, stay with us e
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that doesn't happen again. were you telling me about this. >> exactly. officials say tractor trailers block both lanes trapping more than 500 cars behind them on a 16-mile stretch. now the plan is to stock emergency rations, increased truck parking and evaluate access ramps. and check out this home video from last weekend's storm, surveillance video from the farm in cape may county shows wind gusts knocking over this 32-foot trailer. it's backup now but barn owner says wind got up to 74 miles an hour, strong enough to also, damage parts of his farm. he thinks that it will cost about $5,000 to fix. wonder if anybody was inside that thing. i hope not. well, time is 4:42. meisha is watching the roads this morning. >> i am, things are looking good. roadways nice and dry but we know it is cold out there. i always get worried about someone getting a slick spot, i was getting texts last night the about that. >> we should be dry a at this
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point. >> there is no wet weather in the forecast until tomorrow. we're good right now. the don't worry about that. you will find the chill settling in here. temperatures are stuck below freezing in most spots. when we talk about the freeze this is time of the year we will see those freezes going a way but average, we're talking averaging here, so, typically at this time of the year early april is when we will see last freeze unfold, so your southern most counties, further north it does tend to be later, which what you expect, the further north you go the longer the chill cannulas. the you see this radiant that forms north of the pocono region. but we're right about that time here where we should see final freeze of the year if you are talking averaging. mother narcan do whatever the heck she wants to do, and certainly this time around with the freeze warning in place it is cold enough to support the freeze. we have nice clear skies. we have that going for us. i don't think you have to worry about wet road until tomorrow but here's that storm system we're talking about
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blossoming with moisture to work with over great lakes and wisconsin and yep, some snow. now with that said we are looking at strictly a rain producing event as we jump to tomorrow morning this same time maybe a few specials on storm scan three but brunt getting and to me late morning at earliest and through midday where we are dodging generally a scattered variety of showers and probably a few then are storms. but there will be heavier pockets of rain and as you see this line set up couple then are storms are likely through middle will will part of the day. lunchtime can get dies if i you plan to travel around with your buddies from the office and hit restaurant something like that. let me jump to the seven day and give you a sense of what is to come. tomorrow is one of the warmest days of the forecast. you will head out to the the villanova parade. bundle up. around 1:00 p.m. we will have a breeze. weekend is chilly but looks generally dry, meisha. >> at least it will be dry. forty's are no joke in april. we want that to go away. happy wednesday to you.
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if you are just waking up with us, so glad you are here, we're up with you obviously. we have construction still. this is getting cleared out of the way now. that is good news. 422, between 202 and oaks. eastbound right lane was compromised, westbound left lane was compromised but that is getting cleared out of the way. we have gaper delays and volume by the time this is a completely out of our way. looking at the the vine this this is one of the areas i was looking at that was closed. we are opening up now in the westbound and eastbound direction. great news, the those that take vine i may self self included. you can see cones in the roadway. make knows of that. that will get busy pushing more in the 5:00 o'clock hour. construction here king of prussia road closed between lancaster avenue and madison ford road. use an alternate. your best, alternate around this right now will be north wayne avenue. make note of that for those of new and around that area street road westbound between, rich lou road ape hulmeville
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road, one lane, is block here. brook, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha. a wild chase end in a crash, and forces a police officer to go from one enforcement mode to life saving mode. it was all captured on the police cruiser's dash camera. the missouri officer had tried to pull the driver over, when he took off, and then lost control. flipped over. and was thrown from his suv. the officer ran over, and was able to revive the suspect. police say he was driving honorary vok license and will alcohol was a factor. the road came to an abrupt end for family in las vegas yesterday. seriously. take a look atment this the driver said she a and her four kids were justing ago long when their suv ended up, nose first in a sink hole. the city officials blame a broken water pipe was
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weakening the road, luckily, in within was hurt. well, it is a picture going viral, a a gator so bigot was eating cattle for lunch. a 15-foot long and nearly 800 pounder, hunters in florida called it the largest they have ever found, the gator was attacking live stock as they drank at a nearby lake. they captured it this week and had to use a tractor to move it. it is a boy, san diego zoo safari park is welcoming a brand new baby white rhino born saturday. zoo provided us with this video of the yet unnamed calf hanging with his momma rhino holy and his daddy rhino. this is holy's first calf in ten years of breeding. scientists say it is a break through. they believe diet changes could increase fertility of the white rhino. still a head on "eyewitness news" this morning a warning for shoppers on line. >> we will show you how scammers are using facebook to trick people. but first, here's a look
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ted cruz is the winner of the republican primary, in wisconsin even they donald trump says he will not concede the defeat. trump says cruz is being used by the g.o.p. to steel the presidential nomination, from him, bernie sanders won the wisconsin democratic primary, sanders and democratic front runner hillary clinton are in philadelphia today. villanova wildcats are celebrating the teams march madness basketball championship. thousands, welcomed the victorious wildcats back to campus yesterday. they canceled classes, but students will be back in them seats today. city of philadelphia will honor the wildcats in the parade in center city on friday. the parade starts at 1:00 at 20th and market and end with
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the celebration at dilworth park. see it live on cbs-3 and cbs philly.com. it is 4:51. now time for a check on business news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, jill, good morning, what is this warning about shopping on facebook. >> reporter: well, good morning, brook and jim. beware what you buy on facebook. buzz feed investigation found sketchy retailers are selling clothes at huge discounts and they are using images stolen from the internet, for the sites basically trick customers into buying clothes, they are straight from chinese manufacturers, and they often bear little resemblance to whatever pictures, people saw on line. >> well, that is not good. >> also some new numbers coming out related to weddings, what are some of the spending trends that they are seeing. >> reporter: when it comes to weddings, less is more. new study from the knot found couples spent a record $32,642 on weddings last year even
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though they are inviting fewer people. they are spending more on each guest. another trend fewer couples are having destination weddings. the most expensive place to have a wedding, no surprise, here in manhattan but philadelphia, not too far, average wedding cost is upwards of $42,000. brook and jim. >> deposit on a house. thanks very much. we will check with you in a bit. coming up after the break we will get another check of weather and traffic. >> yeah, katie tells us which day is milder when we come right back.
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good morning everyone. we are off to a chilly start. not terribly windy but we are seeing a freeze warning across the whole region, cold enough to support that with temperatures below freeze ago cross the board. storm scan three is quiet, off in the distance we have wet weather waiting in the wings at the beginning of the next storm system that will be moving in, on thursday. so tomorrow. but we will jump you up to friday with all of you nova
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nation fans, coming in the city, expect some sunshine on friday but little bit of the breeze. the it looks like it is the back of the the players here because it will be a westerly wind and wind of 15 to 20 miles an hour and temperatures do remain a smidge below average. i would have maybe your sweat shirt in blue and white as opposed to maybe a t-shirt. looking ahead come tomorrow warmer day but we are dodging showers and thunderstorms. by friday, breaking out for sunshine, weekend perhaps a sprinkle of rain or snow on saturday but overall dry. >> i would like to say if you are used to the chill but i cannot get used to it. good morning, everyone. happy wednesday to you. this is where we're dealing with some construction broad street between vine and spring garden that right lane is still compromised. make note of that. not that will slow anyone down. look at how quiet. have been is laying in bed. lucky ducks. ninety-five headlight moving in the southbound direction past bet thecy ross bridge looking good here.
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very, very nice. thinking of heading out interest stat 95 we are looking good there. schuylkill eastbound at city avenue we are looking good. jim, back to you. if you are heading out the door stay updated with katie aes forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 106o. we have a report on problems with philadelphia's child welfare system, a preview of today's remarks from senator clinton and thursday's visit from senator sanders. twitter rolls out a new profile. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio, 1060 on your am dial. coming up next on "eyewitness news" incredible video sue a news crew risk their lives to save a map from a wild fire. plus, a cover controversy, why amy schumer isn't laughing, after getting a shout out from a popular magazine. and, raise the the glass, it is philly wine week. pat gallen shows
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well, it is back to school on villanova's campus after a championship celebration for the the basketball team but the festivities are far from over. how the team will be honored this week. plus, campaign 2016 comes to philadelphia today, we will show you where bernie sanders and hillary clinton are speaking just hours after sanders pulled off another big win. and taking a live look at center city another frigid start to the day, katie lets you know when freeze warning end and when we will start to warm up. it is wednesday, april 6th good morning everyone i'm jim donovan. i'm brook thomas, katie, meisha here keeping an eye on things, what is going on. >> roads are looking good.
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we have construction, but it is the season even though we know it is chilly, right. >> absolutely. it is season for ups and downs on the thermometer too, this is not the most atypical thing in the world but you have to be in transition mode with your winter and spring wardrobe this time of the year. still having traffic ready to go and i would just my pedi. >> i'm all about spring outside coat inside. >> that is exactly it. >> when we talking temperatures we are below freezing here, hence freeze warning. that lasts until 9:00 this morning and it is region wide here. storm scan, nothing to see, you know, quiet, high pressure in place. the nice clear skies at this point but with that said new storm system moves in by tomorrow and in addition the trade off will be a little will bit of the warming trend. today is warmer then yesterday was, we will see a few more clouds but nice and clear right now. let me break down details for you. it is until 9:00 this morning forbv
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