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get ready to open up the windows again because it will be another beautiful day and katie will let you know just how long this great weather will stick around. i hope forever. good morning i'm brook thomas. i'm's jim donovan. we will continue to see your forecast in just a minute but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> i am not going to lie, i do not have the word tonight to make the pain go away. >> classes in the robbinsville school district are canceled again to today. the community is still in shock over sudden loss of their school superintendent. embattled pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane has been ordered to appear in montgomery county court today. pretrial hearing is set on
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charge that he is she leaked grand jury information to a newspaper. we don't have much of a race anymore. >> reporter: donald trump wins big in the new york republican primary. >> new yorkers, you have all been, you always had my back. >> as predict in the polls former new york senator hillary clinton claims victory in the state. >> yes or no would you accept the nomination and. >> so you are considering the nomination. >> no, i'm not. >> like a no, no or one of those no, i don't want to be speaker of the house if you just give it to me no. >> it is a no, no. >> and two no, no's make a yes. >> no. >> well, you wand fur no means yet. >> no meant yes last time. >> so confused. >> exactly. >> what is going on outside. >> weather is still very tame. beautiful spring weather, unfolding, it is cool out here
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on the skies deck. you want extra layers. it is spring. you dress in layers. for sure we will end up with pleasant weather later on today but at the moment nice clear skies. we will start off by giving you a different view of philadelphia, as we take a live look from our live neighborhood network, you can see center city well off in the distance. i'm waving to you. we have a nice clear sky overhead and looking at storm scan once more it is so much has change. we will see a couple cloud rolling through here and there but still just empty. the side effects you have sometimes from great weather lick this, they can affect your health. we have had high pollen levels. they will stay high today. tree pollen especially. have the medications ready to go if you suffer from asthma or anything like that or allergies especially that can really bother you today. uv index is getting higher and higher and it is really easy to forget that even this time of the year that sunnies awfully strong. so put the on the sun block and be ready because we have wall to wall sunshine throughout the entire take
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flirting with 70 by 3:00. we will hit it at some point today and with the sunshine it will be a lovely afternoon great excuse to get outside. while we keep nice weather yet again for another day, pollen is high but you there will be wet weather that helps wash that away that returns later in the week, probably a few thunderstorms too coming up later in the show i will time that out, give you a better sense of exactly when wet weather moves in, meisha. >> i can tell you, i'm sure crews outside are so glad it will be nice and warm and not rainy like we know we will get. what we're looking at right now is emergency construction video to replace three suspension ropes on the delaware memorial bridge. this will slow you down. if you are in your homes walking around getting ready for the day come to your tv, i want to point this out to you. three southbound lanes are closed, that means, one is opened, started yesterday and it will go on for several days, and those in new jersey, coming in, most delays we will see on 295, and new jersey turnpike and speaking of the
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new jersey turnpike around toll plaza that left lane is blocked. commodore barry bridge is your best bet. harper road is closed between sixth avenue and union mill road and it should be here until 4:00 p.m. today. it was scheduled to lift yesterday, it is in place jab today and your alternate same as yesterday, briggs road, larchmont boulevard and arc road. we have line painting between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. wednesday through friday, it will be schuylkill. then/from it turns in the vine street expressway. it wases blue route up until correction. make note, very us about it in the world of the construction, and crew, where ben franklin bridge you're looking good there. jim, over to you. well, community of the robbinsville, new jersey is still in shock this morning after the sudden death of their beloved superintendent. >> hundreds gathered last night to remember doctor steve mayer. he was struck and killed yesterday morning while jogging near the high school. parents at the vigil said mayer was a school official who put needs of his students,
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first. >> great person. very positive in everything that he did. very inspirational. >> it is a to testament to how blessed he was. i wish he had more time. >> classes were canceled for a second day in robbinsville, driver of the car that struck mayer is a robbinsville high school student. so far no charges have been file. in other news, hillary clinton fresh from heroin in new york now focuses on next tuesday's pennsylvania primary. the she's making a public appearance in the fillmore in fishtown this evening. after easily defeating bernie sanders. donald trump gained momentum from voters in the empire state. he got more than half of the g.o.p. vote, begins john kasich and ted cruz. >> we don't have much of a race anymore based on what i'm seeing on television, senator cruz is just about mathematically eliminated.
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>> the race for the democratic nomination is in the home stretch and victory is in sight. >> now in july the democratic national convention will be in philadelphia, but before that, they will have some special visitors. >> fifty-seven large fiberglass, donkeys, will be put throughout the city by the democratic national the committee. the welcome convention goers. each will be painted to represent the 50 states, five u.s. territories and washington d.c. >> the host committee wants this to be a great convention for the democratic party and its nominee but we want to make it a great convention for the people of philadelphia, to feel a part of this convention. >> after the convention, each delegation will be given a chance to take their donkey home. >> well, time is 5:37, in business news this morning, more changes for mcdonald's. >> and, it isn't just volume accounts wag even cheating on car tests, money watch's jill wagner joins us from new york good morning.
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>> reporter: good morning. another car maker is under fire for cheating on environmental tests. mitsubishi said it found evidence that employees intentionally falsified fuel mileage data on more than 600,000 vehicles, tire pressure data was change that the mileage looked better then it actually was. tesla shares hit the brakes over questions over new model, suv. consumer reports say customers have complained that the rear doors don't work, seats malfunction and there are issues with climate control. and yahoo is on the market but here's something that won't be a selling point, yahoo's revenue fell 18 percent from this same time last year. largest quarterly decline, since the company hires marisa may eras its ceo four years ago. mcdonald's is testing a bigger grand mack, and a smaller knack, junior. grand mack. two bigger beef patties is more substantial. mack junior is only a single layer big mac, mcdonald's is testing those new sizes in
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dallas and yes before deciding whether to take it national. i like that, more choices. >> brook and jim, thank you. >> that picture just change my life good food already at 5:30 this morning. >> thanks, jill. atlantic city suing the state of new jersey for 33 and a half million-dollar. >> yes. >> that is how much the resorts city says that the state promised in aid but never got the money would have come from an atlantic city rescue package but that was stalled in the state legislature. bill cosby's wife answered more questions in the the defamation suit that seven women have filed begins her husband. camille cosby sat down under oath for more than five hours, would the men contend that the philadelphia born comedian called them liars, after they went public with sexual assault will allegations against him. >> we did what we needed to do which was to get at the truth of certain information and we
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accomplished that. >> we spent five hours today proving what plaintiff's lawyers knew from the beginning miss cosby has in relevant, admissible evidence to offer in this case good the seven women air monk about 50 who claim cosby forced unwanted sexual contact on them decades ago. cosby denies the allegations. michigan's attorney general will announce the first criminal charges today, in connection to the flint water crisis. the charges will be filed begins two state regulators and treatment plant supervisor. more than 50 lawsuits have been filed this year against the city in relation to high levels of the lead in the water. we are getting a look at the new portrait of the british royal family. >> they are photogenic bunch, the picture features four generations of the royal family, queen, prince charles, prince william and prince george poised last summer at buckingham palas. it is being used for a new series of stamps to commemorate the queen's 90th birthday which is tomorrow. changes are coming, get to
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the the golden globe, we will tell you why they are revamping the rules after a controversy this year. half century of service, we are celebrating one local waitress who has work at this cherry hill diner for 50 years now, coming up why she keeps coming back year after year and what she says you should do if you would like to last decade at your job. can't wait to hear that story, thanks, jim. high steaks drama see how a man risked his life to save a dangling dog. stay with us.
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flood waters around houston texas are damaging homes, cars and forcing residents to pack up what they can and can getaway. dozens of cars were destroyed by high water and is there more rain, expected tonight. there is another flash flood watch, posted as well, for flooding which has claim seven lives, and the cost of the damage is expected to be astronomical. katie is track ago this storm. katie, will the rain reach thus week. >> we will get on this same system that is affecting texas and other portions of the plains but it will not have any kind of impact like what we are seeing in lone star state. another round of damaging storms rumbling south east of dallas making a beast line toward houston once more.
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however, this is part of the larger system. we will will look at a wider zoom and you can sort of start to make out really closely look at that what shape, that is emerging here but this is a storm system that will push east and it will bring witt our next round of rain but it does not get here until tail end of the week. time to check with the eyewitness weather watcher network and check things out, looking at the maps, we were cooler then yesterday. we will take a quick peak at these pictures too. even despite the fact that we had a couple of clouds we had a gorgeous sunset and i do expect we will end up with an absolutely beautiful sunrise this came from phil yesterday. thanks for that picture. this also from phil, actually just a beautiful view this morning, a very quiet street in chestnut hill. lets take a look at these temperatures though and format sometimes, easier to see them that way. mid to upper 40's. lower 40's for a happened full of foulke. we will get in the outer lying suburbs and we will find the coolest air and there are a couple 306's that show up. i'm not shock. eileen in gilbertsville is reporting one of the coolest
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spot, 36 degrees n delran we have alan at 37. you'll get the idea. lets take it back to is what happening, for the next, you know, couple of days here and our phillies are back at home tonight. we will take it inning by inning here 567891 degrees at first pitch. and then throughout the course of the nine innings we will see temperatures drop back in the mid 50's. if you are heading out to the ballpark i highly suggest bringing jab a layer because it might start off mild but of course, once the sun goes down those temperatures can drop as they tend to do meanwhile next couple of days we're warming things up. mid 70's by friday. that is when the rain gets here. bye at this point it looks like mid to late day, generally speaking, and more of the scattered round, of showers, and thunderstorms for our area. so nothing by comparison to what they are seeing in texas, meisha. >> it is a friday, we can take the rain, it is a trade off. good morning everyone. happy wednesday. ninety-five taillights moving in the the north bound direction near the airport. it is looking good here. beautiful sky, it is just coming up, the sun, but slowly but surely.
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schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction toward spring garden. volume levels start to go build as we push toward the 6:00 o'clock hour. overall things are looking good. we have a disable vehicle in the westbound vine before the schuylkill right there pulled off to the shoulder not the causing too many slow downs just yet but we will disabled vehicle on the vine moving more at 6:00 and if it doesn't get the out of the way that will cause us some slow downs. this is where i want to call your attention right now. emergency construction to replace three suspension ropes, on the delaware memorial bridge. three southbound lanes, are closed, and that means only one is opened. it started yesterday. it will go on for several days. the most of the the delays on the 295 and new jersey turnpike. make note of. that speed restrictions are in place as crews are working down to 35 miles an hour, so take it easy. brook, over to you. landmark anniversary for a worker at a land mark new jersey diner. >> i have been looking for this all day long, she's put exceptional services on the menu for 50 years, "eyewitness
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news" reporter jan carabao is live at ponczio's diner in cherry hill. >> it is a very special day for one very special lady, a waitress who has been working here for half century. new we are celebrating, joan browning. new take a look around this diner does in the open to customers for an hour and joan is already hard at work. she has pick up morning papers here for her customers. she does it every single will day. her service here goes well john what she brings to the table. >> with laughter on hurleys, and coffee forever at her fingertips joan browning serves not customers but friend here at ponczo's. >> joan knows their order by heart even if they have in the shown up in years. more than that, she knows their story. >> i come here because you laugh at my jokes. >> reporter: it is what happens when someone works in the single spot for 50 years
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but joan isn't counting. >> i love the people. >> reporter: joan started working here in 1966. >> she watched her now boss john, grow up and grow into the second generation family business. >> general has been here longer then i have been alive. >> reporter: the family is now celebrating her golden anniversary complete with signs not only outside the diner on route 70 but at nearby bus stops as well, a familiar face that many have come to call family. >> luggage is still in the car and we come back and they want to say hi to joan i. they just want to work. it is special. we're fortunate. >> reporter: john has work every shift over years, last 25 on the morning shift, behind the front counter and with the group of loyal long time cuss mers. >> even reason i come here, really, it starts mayday off well. the she's a good friend, good
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lady. >> reporter: even now at 57 after two knee replacements, beyond does not plan to retire soon, instead she will keep doing what she has done for five decade, and suggested others do their entire lives. >> just keep smiling. >> that means a lot. >> reporter: now joan has waited on everyone from past to president governors to mohammed ali, she has such a history here and cherry hill is recognize ago this later today. it will happen here live on cbs-3 right around 6:30 this morning. brook and jim, do not miss it, we will check back with joan at that time as well. >> you know who else is on that amazing list. >> me. >> joan has served me, at ponczo's. >> yes. >> awesome. >> it was probably years ago, ten years ago, 11 years ago, i remember her. >> she has a long, good list. >> thanks, jan.
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>> i got the to tell you another celebrity is fighting back against anti lgbt, this time, comedian tracie morgan canceled a show in mississippi last week. he is protesting a law that allows religious organizations to deny services to lgbt people. brian adams canceled a cons inert mississippi and bruce springsteen and pearl jam refused to play because of a similar law. speaking of tours, beyonce is going to have a special guest when she comes to philadelphia in june. dj california in a announce on snap chat and, instagram that he will be the opening tour. it kicks off in wednesday and comes to the link june 5th. no laughing matter though changes are coming to the way golden globes handled comedies. it is one of the hollywood's biggest night and precursor to how oscars will go. so when the mar shan beat out train wreck and spy this year
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in the comedy category it was a head scratcher for those who thought of it as a drama new rules now say that drama with comedy over tones should be entered, as drama. >> that is interesting. well, a dog may be a man's best friend but for a pup any columbia man turnout to be his best friend. that is because of a bogot a resident risked his life to save a dog dangling by a collar 13 stories high. man was scared and made sure not to look down. i don't blame him. when he gave the dog back to the owner she burst into tears of joy. real life spider man. >> i don't know, i get difficulties which heights. >> i do, do i. >> can't take you anywhere. >> coming up we have three to go. three things that you need to know today. >> find out which local high schools were named best schools in the country. we will be right back
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south jersey's top high school is haddonfield memorial high school, 15th in the garden state and number 305 in the country. well, we have known for a long time that philadelphia is a great place to live and new other people are catching on too. >> i love this story. realtor.com named philly the second best cities to purchase a starter home, allentown and harrisburg also finished in the top ten. philly gets high marks for affordable housing, and rich history, and also, our own ukee washington, they call him possibly the coolest anchor in america and i have to tell you, we agree. >> maybe he should go into reality. >> yes, start selling houses. >> yes. >> he can't leave us. >> exactly. >> before you head out the doors here are three things happening today thaw need to know, it three is to go. >> er with waiting to find out if a 17 year-old driver will face charges for hitting and killing the superintendent of robbinsville schools. >> hillary clinton holds a rally a at fillmore in fishtown, she's coming off a
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big win in the insuring primary. donald trump trounced his republican opponent. >> it the is do or die for the flyers tonight. they to beat washington to keep the the season along. puck drops at 7:00. that is three to go. coming up in the the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", turning to a children with special need into fashionable scarves. it is in the just a fun project but a fundraiser. the find out their goal, in this weeks story of brotherly love. and now how celebrities are cashing in on the fitness fashion craze coming up, stay with us. poncz
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jim donovan. i'm brook thomas. guess what we made it to hump day. >> we have made it. >> yes. >> one day closer. >> yes. >> we have katie's forecast. >> we are looking at some very pleasant weather once again out there yet again here today. as we look at storm scan three it is quiet, stays that way throughout the course of the day and we can expect high pressure to hookies up once more. we are looking lovely out there. not too much breeze, as what we saw yesterday. that is not issue here today. looking at difference in the temperature we have seen a drop off from five to ten to heck enclose to 20 degrees, and that takes us up to the poconos. that was a spot that was very mild mess of the day yesterday, no longer. you have seen the drop off here in the 30's in mount pocono, 49 in philadelphia, 42 in atlantic city and again, we're looking ahead to the beautiful take. gorgeous sunrise barely a cloud in the sky. as that sunrisees over horizon we will have wall to wall sun all day both in
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