we have an accident as well i will tell but in a little bit. >> perfect weather for construction. they love it when it is calm, quiet and quite mild outside. perfect for that, not perfect when it comes to anybody trying to travel. but i come bearing better news for a change here, meisha. we are not dealing with any rain for a change. what you have seen in the last few hours are a a few showers rolling through southern most counties but that too is starting to fist alloway. you can see it rotate ago way. frontal boundary that had been stuck nearby a stationary front that has actually yielding to high pressure dipping south right now, so the only issue you you may find out there this morning, aside the from the construction is a little bit of fog forming through our southwestern suburbs here, out through western counties as well, outside of philadelphia, but that is it. otherwise essentially we are looking at clear skies, 57 the temperature for atlantic city, dover, wilmington, philadelphia, magic number of those communities here in the the 40's at best where the skies have cleared out a little bit more readily in quakertown and doylestown and mount holly where national

regional headquarters is located 53 degrees is the current temperature. looking ahead as a region in the resort towns it depend where you are. the here's is what interesting, it is cooler at the shore then the mountains. you don't typically see that, however, that is what you got because we have got more sunshine to work with, the further north you travel. it will warm up more readily. boy, will it in the city too. partly sunny. seventy-six. a really nice day. >> seventy-six will feel so nice, thanks, katie, good morning everyone. taking a look at ben franklin bridge looking good in the westbound direction toward center city. it looks very quiet. still it is looking good there. vine just opening now both directions westbound and eastbound side, eastbound just opened, westbound has been opened for quite sometime. we are looking at the vine. ninety-five taillights moving in the southbound direction. you can see what this is looking like. very nice and quiet. 5:00 o'clock in the morning on a thursday that is what we want to see. we have our first accident of the morning boulevard northbound at route 63, red

lion road, one outer lane is block. doesn't sound like a big deal right now but it can become a big deal here on the boulevard if it doesn't get moved out of the the way. make note it is out there heading out in that direction. construction here repaving on kelly drive both directions between art museum and brewery hill drive, one lane is opened right here in both directions. we do have a traffic light malfunction in horsham, easton road at horsham road another thing, that is not a big deal but could be later on, brooke, back over to you. >> thanks, meisha. new this morning search for an escaped prisoner in west philadelphia. >> authorities tell "eyewitness news" that the the suspect was in custody for dui when he took off from penn presbyterian hospital around midnight. officers are searching the surrounding areas and investigators say suspect has been arrested before and officers are parked outside of his most recent address. also new this morning, a crumbled pile of metal from a nasty wreck at corner of bridge and mid veil avenues in east falls. two people were hurt when the car rolled over ape crashed

into at least two other cars shortly after 1:00 a.m. police say a fight broke out near the scene but there is no word on an arrest or charges at this time. in another bad crash in north philadelphia, this one involving a taxi and a car. both cars are pretty banged up after the collision of intersection of 13th and girard. we are told two people were taken to the hospital and they are both in stable condition. well to day marks the solemn anniversary, one years ago an amtrak train crashed into philadelphia, killing eight people and injuring hundreds more. now one year later we're hearing from one of the survivors on how this crash changed his life. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at city hall where survivors will gather later today, good morning, jan. >> reporter: and jim, good morning. the that is right, vigil is planned here at city hall for right around noon to remember what happened one year ago, as you mentioned eight people were killed and more than 200 people were injured when amtrak train 188 jumped the tracks at frankford junction.

now today many questions remain as survivors continue to heel physically and emotionally. may 12th, 2015. philadelphia's frankford curve, the sight of one of the worst train crashes in u.s. history. >> it doesn't feel like a year but feels like it was yesterday. >> reporter: patrick murphy was on amtrak train 188, he tried not to think about the crash that killed eight and injured 200 but these images he snapped from inside wrecked cars are hard to forget. >> there was a lot of blood, a lot of screams and did what any solder, i would do i got up to try to help other people. >> reporter: murphy a former congressman and captain in the united states army is acting secretary of the army. he was on his way to the trenton stop one year ago when train derailed and his training kicked in. >> people on my left and right, they were knock unconscious, bleeding, hurt, so i had to get them up and out of that train. we didn't know what was going on. i climb up, knocked out window

and help those people out and stayed back with the wounded. >> reporter: he took real heroes were first responders. >> the philadelphia fire fighters and police officers were there within moments, climbing through windows. >> reporter: investigators say train leaped the tracks traveling 106 miles an hour and that is more than 50 miles per hour faster then a curve's speed limit and engineer brandon bostian's role is still unclear, investigators from the national transportation safety board have ruled out signal, track and train problems, the investigation continues. meantime amtrak is now installed positive train control, an automatic braking system on all of its rail in the northeast corridor. experts have said that the technology would have saved lives and prevented the derailment. >> i don't know how blessed i am to be able to go home later that morning to be with my wife and two kids and to kiss them and tell them i love them. i will be eternally grateful for that. back to the investigation and that engineer. ntsb investigators say there

is no indication that bostian was using his cell phone at the time of the crash and toxicology results found no drugs or alcohol in his system. the final ntsb results of the investigation will be released next tuesday, in the meantime dozens of victim families are going go through the court system right new suing amtrak for what happened one year ago. reporting live from city hall, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". brooke and jim, back to you. >> thanks, jan. philadelphia police are trying to track down a driver who hit a bike rider and then took off. chopper three was flying over the scene at 33rd and powellton in west philadelphia last night. police tell us that a 27 year-old man was riding his bike on 33rd street when a man hit him and threw him off his bike. the driver stopped, looked at the victim and then drove away. police are looking for an older model red minivan, bicyclist suffered minor injuries. in other news donald trump heads to washington to try to yawn file the republican party. presumptive g.o.p. nominee

will meet face-to-face with house speaker paul ryan said that he was not ready to endorse trump. he will sit down with rnc chair, and senate majority leader mitch mccould be he will. new jersey governor chris christie discusses possibly becoming trump's running mate. >> being on the short list, obviously, it is an honor to be considered for that position but i was on mitt romney's short list and came up short. we will see what happens, we will see what happens this time. >> trump has already tapped christie to led his transition team if elected. our justin finch will have more on the campaign trail in 30 minutes. three doctors are indicted for selling dangerous prescription drugs for cash. >> prosecutors say that the multi million-dollar, business was operating out of their south philadelphia clinic. our natasha brown tells us how these doctors allegedly prayed on the people, they were supposed to be helping. >> reporter: the office in south philadelphia looks non-descript and easily

forgettable but federal prosecutors alleged what was happening inside was far from the normal. doctor alan somers with two other doctors, allegedly ran a prescription pill mill, racking up five million-dollar in an illegal cash business. court documents reveal that the defendants sold drugs to thousands of customers a month. >> instead of helping people, they are basically contributing to the drug abuse crisis in our culture. they are distributing drugs to drug users, people who are addicted to drugs. >> reporter: we caught up with 78 year-old somers at the his ambler home after initially agreeing to tell us his side of the story. he eventually declined but doctor somers has appeared on you tube explaining how he would help people. also charged in the indictment, doctor kahn of villanova and doctor porschea of ridley park. a woman who answered the dog at doctor parsha's home told us he was in new york. prosecutors described an

elaborate scheme, saying that doctor somers and his co-defendants were allegedly doing ten times the amount of business that their licenses allowed. claiming they were dealing to drug dealers and drug a dick as far a way as cape may new jersey. prosecutors alleged these doctors were harming the very people they were meant to help claiming that they also provided mental and mental health screenings. >> terrible but some people, get the opportunity to make five million-dollar, you know, five million-dollar, they will sell them. >> reporter: court record show doctor somers lost his license to practice after the dea served a search warrant at his south philadelphia clinic back in 2014. meantime only one doctor of the three, still has a license left to practice. meantime each now faces several charges including distribution, health care fraud and money lawnering. all three are expect to surround toward federal authorities next week. in the sat center, natasha brown, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now for a look at newspaper headlines from

across our region. >> philadelphia inquirer is reporting city council president darryl clark is floating an alternative to mayor kenney's soda tax plan. clark is looking at what a one sent or less tax could pay for. mayor wants to use money to pay for 6500 new prek, clark's proposal would fund 2,000. on the front page of the bucks county courier times, detectives are investigating whether surveillance cameras installed around the bristol township municipal building and in police department holding cells violates state laws against unauthorized eavesdropping. officials say while the cameras have capabilities they are not activated. from the press of atlantic city, brooke, get your wonder woman costume ready, second atlantic city boardwalk can opens up tomorrow and runs through atlantic city. last week event draw almost 30,000 people. , how did you know i had a wonder woman costume. >> i just guessed. >> good guess. that is a look at the some newspaper headlines from

around the delaware valley. >> because you are a wonder woman. a major make over for instance gram, hold on see big change that is upset ago lot of users. >> i'm okay with it. >> police officers under fire, see the violent end to the police chase that is causing controversy this morning. one company is hoping to get people to move at the speed of sign. i'm hena daniels in new york and we will have a look the a the future transit system coming up. >> ♪

police officers could get in trouble for a violent even to a chase that wound through two states. >> it went back and forth between massachusetts and new

hampshire. when the driver did stop he got on his hand and knees and that is when officers started to punch him, again and again. the driver was wanted for several warrants. the massachusetts state police will investigate in how they handled the arrest. check out this serious, damage, around a storms caused in st. louis missouri. thousands still without power after gusting wind toppled trees, like this massive tree that fell across, three houses. thankfully no one was hurt but a dog did have to be freed from the ruble. terrible. >> we're in the dealing with anything like that today and katie has direct eye contact when i walk in the studio which indicates a very nice weather day. >> you are reading way too much into that. >> yes. >> you are right though today will be one of those days where we will have pleasant weather because high pressure is winning battle here, it is moving down from the north and bringing with it pleasant weather for a change, however, we will eventually to have deal with more wet weather as

our next cold front crosses through. we were talking about the storms across st. louis. south east of st. louis, very heavy rain and some thunderstorms erupting that way, right on basically where the ohio river meets mississippi. this will be the cold front that crosses through our area, although it is not appearing as they it will be a severe weather threat for us. we can expect more so is it will end up here, with potential maybe for showers and thunderstorms. it will get to be a foggy stretch. since may 1st we have had 2.54 . that is a lot have rain in a short amount of time and only one day this month has been actually dry. now looking at our pattern here, moving forward once this cold front and secondary front moves through, we will end up with much cooler era moving into our region. the jet stream will dip off to the south and that will allow cooler air to move in from canada with it again, two separate front that reenforced the chill for us. in the meantime, today is a good day, we will have some clouds and early this morning

before the sun comes up we will see areas of patchy fog through southwestern half of the area we will rebound to 76 e finally returning to warm things up. it is a good day. great excuse. go for a long job. seventy-five stomach, especially during p.m. hours with that cold front. saturday afternoon shower and rumble of thunder with the secondary front, and that is what will even is us on a noticeable cool down. the by sunday 63 even though sun will return. >> that will feel chilly after the 70's, all right, katie has been able to juggle for quite sometime. moving in the southbound direction, taillights moving in the southbound direction the at mid county, you can see what its looking like right here. every where i look is looking good. for those thinking about heading out right now you you are in great company. schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction, this is toward conshohocken curve. it is looking good. really nice and quiet here, moving in the eastbound direction. the westbound direction we are

seeing some taillights out there but overall things are looking good. anyway i look the at the schuylkill this morning. same with i-95 taillight moving in the southbound direction at academy looking good here. northbound side looking quiet. southbound side is where i keep my eyes. we are looking good at academy. interstate 95 you get the big thumbs up. the accident rose problem boulevard northbound route 63 otherwise known as red lion road. you have been moved to the shoulder. this is great news for those heading to the boulevard. right now that accident clearing and moved off to the shoulder, jim, back over to you. well, phillies wrap up a ten game road trip tonight with one more game in at the plant a here's sports director don bell with your morning sports. >> failure is a big part of baseball. think bit, 300 hitter only has success three out of ten times. what the braves is going through is worse. phillies trying to hand them a 12th straight loss, at home. fifth inning we will go phillies trailing three to love. how about ryan howard, going opposite field, 22 career home runs at turner field, most

ever by the visiting player. phillies trailed by two. bottom of the inning it is freddie freeman, the braves break their 11 game home losing streak, phillies fall five-one. huge tonight for the nationals, matt scherzer, right-hander was balling, what do we mean by that? he had 20 strike outs. twenty strike outness one game. he only through 23 balls. that ties a major league record. the nationals winning the game three-two your final score. union hosting l.a. galaxy, 63rd mink, union down two -one. rosenbury gets the goal. the at first you don't succeed, try, try again. the his first professional goal and union and galaxy play to a two-two tie. >> that is it for sports i'm don bell, have a great day. is it too much of a good thing? possible new clue in the autism puzzle and important advice doctors have for women.

divine transformation we will give you an inside look at ambitious renovations at the divine lorraine hotel and impact the project is having on north broad street, stay with us.

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we are getting an inside look the a the multi million-dollar make over for a local landmark. hundreds, of people, lined up yesterday, to check out the renovations inside the historic divine lorraine hotel on north broad street. when it is finish, the two building complex will include 101 apartments, 24 room boutique hotel as well as dining and retail space. many view the project as a sign of renewal for broad street and fairmount area. >> it is bringing north philly back and brings temple down to center city and connect it. >> just cherry on top of the cake of all of the the new stuff going on, the building and everything, it is wonderful. >> we didn't get to see upstairs work but developers say apartments are about 60 percent complete, the lobby

which is still covered in graffiti will be last place to be renovated and entire project is expect to be finish by next spring. meanwhile down the shore a popular resort is celebrating a major milestone. fiftieth anniversary for montreal beach resort. >> "eyewitness news" reporter vittoria woodill was there as they celebrated the special occasion. >> reporter: on the cape may beach is a story of an american dream, golden anniversary for monetary willal beach where family and friend gathered to celebrate fun that has been had here since 1966. it was started by harry hirsch and his wife sophie. >> truly remarkable like a marriage, you know, we have been here together with the cape may, we like to feel like we have contributed to cape may but in many respects the town has been very gracious to us also. >> reporter: this isn't a story about summer love but a survival. harry survived nazi germany to

start a new life across the ocean. harry a shared his personal story with cbs-3 back in 2009. >> i just said oh, my god. >> we look at it as whatever he went through our toughest day doesn't ever come close to it. >> although harry and sophie are in longer with them they are on toward by the footprint of four generations of proud family. harry's son larry and joe, grandson jonathan and evan and harry's great granddaughter em son. >> it is remarkable as larry said that we are here for all these years. >> it is an emotional connection that people have to this place and to the hotel and to cape may in general. that keeps them coming back. >> reporter: coming back to create their down the shore store ace monk another of perseverance but preservation. >> correct. >> and if you would like to learn more about the hirsch

family and their amazing story of survival and now celebration of 50 years, they do have a book of cape may story, that gives you all of the details, of this amazing family, and what they have created on the sand of the cape may beaches. the vittoria woodill cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that is awesome. coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news", traveling at the speed of sound. >> see the highly anticipated, of what could be the future of travel. hi, justin. >> that is right, good morning, guys. donald trump is heading to washington. we will tell you hoe is meeting and how it could help him raise 1 billion campaign dollars. plus a controversial sale, george zimmerman explains why he is selling the gun that he used to kill trayvon martin, katie in. today is a a good day in the weather department. we will finally see everyone's day totally dry, more sunshine warming things up, however it doesn't last forever. we will have the full forecast, coming up. katie, from the road to the rails we will check the

morning commute with meisha, updating the overnight construction project. stay with us.

welcome back. mending the fences, donald trump head to washington d.c. today to try to unite his party. what he refuses to do that is upsetting democrats and some

republicans. good morning, i'm brooke thomas. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will update weather and traffic together as they get ready to head out the door. here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. manhunt underway for an escaped prisoner in west philadelphia authorities tell us the suspect in custody for dui escaped while at penn presbyterian hospital at midnight. it felt like it was just yesterday. >> today marks one year since the deadly amtrak tragedy in philadelphia. we just need to get to know each other. >> donald trump heads to washington today, looking to build unity with republican leaders, skeptical of his candidacy. the map is against bernie which is surprising considering how much bernie has done for map. >> and the top 1/10 of 1 percent owns as much wealth as bottom 90 percent and