>> i'm rahel solomon. lauren and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning, good morning. >> good morning, it really is, busy in the travel department, as well, has been since the 4:00 hour, hasn't eased up, and i'm kind of blaming the wet roadways for some of this, as well. >> dealing with areas of precipitation, light in intensity, but still, get the little bit of wetness. and that does cause some problems and some slow downs, temperatures this morning, mild. big difference from this time yesterday. had 4 degrees in philadelphia, 40 degrees in reading right now. upper 40's, at our shore points, 47 degrees, currently, in wildwood. temperature change over the last 24 hours. check this out. nearly 30 degrees more mild in ac. same case in millville. about 20 degrees more mild than this time yesterday in wilmington. but we are dealing with some areas of precipitation, already saw rounds of drizzle move through center city philadelphia, now seeing the rain returning into our western count its, berks county, lehigh valley and poconos, light rain coming down over the last hour.

see the trend of eastern motion, so moving kind of from due west to due east. see the rain returning across the i95 corridor likely in the next hour or so. into the 9:00 hour, dealing with areas every rain and drizzle, cool temperatures at 45 degrees. up into the 60s by lunch time, maybe lingering spotty shower, and i think we'll see some breaks of sunshine on the back side of the warmfront headed into this afternoon, meisha. temperatures soaring up to 61 degrees, but we will see more showers redevelop tonight. talk more about that chance maybe even few rumbles every thunder coming up in just a few. >> all right, lauren, thank you so much for. that will looking outside right now, talking about the problems on the roadways, and we can see here, an accident, schuylkill eastbound at the conshohocken curve, hopefully this is starting to get remedy more moment there all lanes were blocked. as you went in the eastbound direction. now, it looks like, you are moving clearly but looks like the accident has been moved off to the right shoulder as you well. just thinking every headed out there, start to ease that

tension little bit. also, weaver pretty significant gaper delay on the westbound side that was actually almost bumper to bumper stopped taking a peak what waist going on on the eastbound side. slow there as well there. you can head out there now. give yourself couple every extra minutes, that's what i would do if i were you. also another accident here northeast extension southbound near mid-county before the toll plaza, left lane is still compromised, pretty slow moving past this accident, as well, so heads up on that. plus, we have the roosevelt boulevard southbound accident as well before seventh street outer drive, right now over to you. >> meisha, thank you. search is on this morning in west philadelphia for pair every suspect who shot an unlicensed cab driver during attempted robbery overnight. this happened about 11:30, police tell us the suspect jumped into man's black cadillac near 252nd and market. when they resist, the suspect became violent. >> male in the front seat starts striking him with a handgun. he starts trying to fight that male offer.

the male in the back seat fires one shot through the back, from the back seat through the seat of the car which goes into his back and out of his chest area. >> and police say the victim did not have a license to operate a cab. that's typically known as a hacked cab. he is in stable condition. police hope surveillance cameras in the area will help him catch the suspect. >> mob every teens who police say were up to no good causing chaos in the middle of center city. now authorities are saying enough is enough. >> trang do live with more what police is a is happening more often, good morning, trang. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. that mayhem started around city hall and ended here at 20th and market. septa police chief tweeted that kids often get into kids getting off from school pretty much every day other day, but yesterday's chaos the worse he's ever seen. video posted on twitter shows dozens of teens outside city hall. hands full appear to be beating and kicking someone on the ground during the height of the evening rush hour.

about two blocks away, cell phone video shot outside the westin hotel shows droves of teenagers running through center city. quickly followed by philadelphia police officers on bikes. philadelphia police say about 150 kids eventually gathered around the area of 20th and market. before the night was over, philadelphia police officers took 20 kids into custody. meanwhile, septa transit police reported ten arrests for dis offered errly conduct. what was very busy night for police in the city. and in response to the chaotic night, septa police chief thomas tweeted overnight seeking help, please know what your nugget of love is doing after school. kids are hurting kids. love them by making them come home. and as every late last night, philadelphia police were still courting out which teens would receive formal charges and which would receive citations. so they told us that most of the teens would probably receive citations. meanwhile, one philadelphia police officer was hurt when she fell off her bike while responding to the mob.

for now live from center city, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you. >> trang, thank you. meanwhile police say they're also dealing with this group of troublesome teens. the teens you see in this video accused of targeting victims near septa stations and running off with their cell phones. one phone reportedly stolen on peirce street on february 8th. two days before that, police say, the group left the tasker morris street station, attacked a 22 year old man, and stole his phone. police arrest add 15 year old, but are looking for at least three other. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> it happened again, kidnapping a at the present time n new castle county. police believe it is the same suspect in two similar kidnappings. the latest happened at the lux amounts on sheldon drive in newark. last night man with a gun followed a woman to her apartment then demanded money. when another person answered the door the gunman left. >> and police believe the same manna tacked two other women at two apartment complexes last month. they are the arundel and the top of the hill amounts, both in wilmington.

now in both casesly say a man pulled a gun, sexually as ousted them, forced them to withdraw money at atm's. >> two people recovering this morning after four alarm fire rips through fitness and physical therapy center in northeast philly. we will rebuild, that's the message from the president of the aquatic and fitness center following this massive four alarm blaze. shopper -- chop per three live over philly and grant avenue around 11:00 a.m., as it went up in flames. while there is no official cause of the blaze, "eyewitness news" has confirmed that workers were using torches on the roof where the fire began. according to the facility website it, housed the largest olympic size pool in philadelphia. >> legislation aimed at dismantling the affordable care act goes under consideration before house committee tomorrow. the gop plan would provide tax credit for people purchasing their own health insurance. they would also greatly expands contributions to help saving accounts, for people with pre-existing conditions. opponent worry that the measure could leave too many americans without coverage.

>> and, the white house has push congress to investigate whether the obama administration tapped phones during the presidential election, learned fbi director james comey denies the claims. president trump himself made the allegation on twitter over the weekend but since offered no proof. >> opponents who installed trump's first travel ban designed to keep out terrorists are fight to go fight his revised version. new ban applies to of country, libya, suddan, somalia, yemen, suddan, syria. removers iraq which was in the previous ban. the white house released photo of the president signing the orders, imposes zero nine day ban on visas for citizens from the six muslim majority countries traveling the united state. >> cannot risk the prospect from the benevolent act using our immigration system to take american lives. >> the executive order also suspends entire us refugee program for 120 days, but no longer singles out syrian

refugees foreign definite ban. >> developing now, us missile launchers and other equipment needed to september missile defense system have arrived in south korea, comes one day after north korea test launch four bass ellis missiles into the ocean. say the system is defensive not meant to be a threat. japanese prime minister says president trump told him the us is 100% behind japan. >> we have some breaking news out of new jersey this morning, chopper three over a house fire in camden. this is near cane avenue and south six street. not far from i676. we do not yet know whether there were any injuries or exactly when this fire broke out. but of course we will update you on air, on line, at cbsphilly.com as we learn more. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, almost 30 tornados tear through the midwest leaving substantial damage behind. see the hardest areas hit. and where it line of severe weather is headed next. >> plus, the farm supplies

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>> tornados, high winds, and wilds fires across the midwest caused evacuations in small towns as firefighters battle the flames. hena daniels with more on the destruction left behind. >> severe weather, ripped through the midwest monday night blinking massive flashes of lightning lou kansas city. heavy rain flooded roads making driving treacherous. national weather service says at least two tornados touched down in missouri, destroying homes, bringing down power lines. >> sound like tornado was coming through. just wind, all of the sounds every it, just blowing all which direction, not just one direction, just sounded like it was basically circling

around the house. >> of at worse of the storms passed residents assessed the damage. many of the homes reduced to rubble, in a matter of seconds. west of kansas city, heavy winds, flipped planes, and smashed hangers, at the johnson county airport. blowing out car windows, near poe peco winds spawned dust tornado as storm continued, firefighters were fighting this grass fire when a tornado hit. forcing crews to take cover. hena daniels, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> and time now 6:14. lauren, looks like fortunately none that far in our immediate future at all? >> no, we could hear few rumbles every thunder throughout the nighttime, won't have the upper level dynamics supportive of the severe weather from the midwest, good news there, live look at center city philadelphia, all is quiet. drip drops will be returning to our skies, about 15 minute away from official sunrise, 44 e difference from this time yesterday.

winds out of the southeast, so bit of windchill impact. but certainly not the chill impact that we awoke to yesterday morning, temperatures on the orders before 20, 30 degrees more mild, 47 degrees right now in ac, 44 wilmington, close to 50 . getting taste of this more mild air mass off to the south and west, but temperatures up into the 50's, and 60s, warmfront will be building through the area today. but that is providing lift to our atmosphere, and generating some shower activity. seeing the area of precipitation, encompassing lancaster county, berks county, lehigh valley, poconos, trends to go move eastward, and some heavier pockets of rainfall out toward harrisburg will continue to move eastbound. so dealing with that, lancaster area as we head into the next couple of hours, i95 corridor, after rounds every light rainfall, earlier, this morning, we are going to see the rainfall returning really within the next hour. so you need the umbrella. future radar, contend withing area every rain through the first part of the day, by midday few spotty showers, otherwise mainly dry conditions.

and maybe even some sunshine breaking out specially east of i-95, as we head into the afternoon hours. temperatures warming up into the up ear's, and low 60s, and overnight tonight, though, see some showers returning, association with cold front. there is the line moving through. we did hear few rumbled every thunder then into wednesday, conditions clearing on out. temperatures will still be mild as we head into the day tomorrow. then cooling into thursday, 61 o some sunshine showers likely few rumbled every thunder then big cool down head into the end of the week, 45 degrees, on friday. some 30's for the upcoming weekends. >> no thank you. >> waking to up wet roadways. what are we looking in the schuylkill eastbound at the conshohocken curve, weaver an accident pulled all the way off to the right shoulder,

now, but you are still getting some gaper delay there. so push in the eastbound direction, going to start to really slow you down now, also, on the westbound side, seeing some pretty significant gaper delays there, as well. so the westbound side, just keep it moving. okay? eastbound side, you will stop a little bit. you can see how slow moving it is, avoid the our altogether i would do so right now if you can't just add extra time onto your commute plans, maybe extra 25, 30 minutes, at this point. plus an accident northeast extension southbound before the toll plaza blocking that left lane. rahel, over to you. >> meisha, this is just a really unusual story. surveillance video shows vandals targetting a home. take a look, they walk up, toss buckets of tar all over the front of the house. now one suspect appears to his partner in crime, where to toss the tar. cost about $3,000 in damage. >> deadly form of birth flew found at tennessee farm that supplies chick tens tyson foodsment agent have placed the farm under quarantine. in is the first confirmed bird

flu case at a commercial farm this year. as a result more than 73,000 chickens had to be euthanized tyson said it is working with officials said it is responding aggressly to contain the virus and meet customer needs. >> did you ever notice when you have a party everyone seems to ends up in the kitchen? well, design verse taken notice too. and in this week's angry list report a look at kitchen islands, how they've evolved to accommodate today as kitchen needs. >> kitchen islands were designed as a food prep zone. but today, they're often a focal point. >> kitchen islands have been mainstay in kitchens for decades. but they really changed over the last few years. from being just plane rectangular structures, to actually being almost a kitchen in themselves. >> home remodeler andy says kitchens have taken on new meaning, appearance, and functionality. >> whenever you have dinner party, whenever christmas, any holiday, you may start outside or you may start in the living room, but you ends up in the

kitchen. and now predominantly you're hanging around the island. >> the size and features of islands today are limited only by the size of the room. in some people tearing out walls to create more room for larger islands. >> really dream big about what you might want to do with that islands, talk to your contractor, because could you have a stove, could you have a sink all kinds of things. >> elaborate kitchen islands one of the main reasons dining rooms are disappearing from modern homes. >> you have the space in your kitchen, you put in an island, there is space, and opportunity for chairs around the island oh, man, i mean, that's a homerun. and so that seems to be a huge objective. >> while many big box store sell kitchen islands some under $200, but custom islands are not nearly as for recall, especially with sinks and appliances could easily cost in the thousands. we've heard of amazing items generated by 3d printer.

now russian company said built the first house using the technology. 3d printed structure locate in the russia, 1100 square feet, only took about 24 hours to create. >> meanwhile, ford experimenting with 3d printed car parts, the auto maker released these photos of plastic molding for car interiors. ford believes the carts will be lighter and more fuel efficient, for now testing part for its race car division, 3d printed parts could be rolled out for mass production in the future. >> race cars, really, well, with the race cars, i mean, lighter is better. >> absolutely the light is her better. so i don't see why anyone would have an objection to that. lighter, more fuel efficient. >> true but 3d throws me off. but also late adapter, i'm late to everything. >> well all right, well, gate that pager out. >> get your pager out. >> i don't know, when i find my next race carril ' let you

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>> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. just about 6:30, what you need to know today in your morning

minute. >> stampede of teenagers creates chaos and confusion. the mayhem started around city hall and ended here, at 20th and market. >> septa's police chief tweeted last night, that yesterday's chaos was the worse he's ever seen. >> the little girl, she just was really shaken up. >> a case of child abuse caught on pace. day care work nerve clifton heights arrested after seen pushing a little girl down the stairs. girl suffered minor injuries. >> sounds like a tornado bass coming through. >> dozen tear through the midwest, leaving behind substantial damage. >> it is the video taking over social media. the mother to be in a giraffe mask said she was inspired by april, the pregnant giraffe at the new york zoo. >> now it is like a race. like who is going to have the baby first? i kind of like want to have it on the same day. we're like each other's support system. >> and we just checked. april the giraffe still hasn't

given birth yet. so the wait, it continues. >> we talking about the giraffe or the woman wearing the giraffe massing? >> no that's the giraffe-giraffe. the real giraffe. >> all right. well, let's get out to lauren, pretty clear forecast, drizzling earlier, but looks like kind of clear behind you right snow. >> pretty cloudy right now, was drizzling earlier, dry conditions gray start to the day, even though the sun is up. pack the umbrella along, you will be utilizing it headed throughout the morning hours. temperatures though, you don't need the scarf, hat and gloves this morning, 44 degrees in philadelphia, 47 in millville, close to 50 degrees in dover. but, storm scan3, showing us a trend of the morning hours. we're seeing that light precipitation, stretched out across lancaster county, berks county, lehigh valley and poconos, now, re approaching the i95 corridor, so some rain overtaking chester county, start to move into delaware county then center city philadelphia as we head into about the next hour. so rainfall returning, have to get through this area of

precipitation moving through parts of central pennsylvania, you can see that motion over the last three hours. pretty much due east, so it will be kind of a soggy start to our day today. rainfall intensity on the lighter side, dealing with areas of rain and drizzle through about midday. temperatures will be warming up to near 06 degrees. and in the city down the shore in the low 50's, in the poconos. but the arctic air is just around the corner. meisha, i'll let you know when to expect highs only in the 30's being coming up in just a bit. >> all right, lauren, no fun at all. wow, good morning, everyone, happy tuesday to you. what are we looking at here? flashing lights, basically a lot of different place this is morning because of our wet roadways out there that never helps the situation. schuylkill eastbound at conshohocken curve, what we're looking at one of the accident pulled offer to the right shoulder. now, so, you are still getting some gaper delay on the eastbound side little bit. plus getting some brake lights going off, everyone scooting over to the far left lane. so if that is you, heads up, give yourself couple of extra minute in the area. a while back seeing some

pretty hefty slow downs even on the westbound side gaper delay on the westbound side, taking a peak what was going on with the neighbors to the east, heads up on here, couple of extra minutes if you have to go out, there looks like pulled off to the right shoulder. another accident here pa turnpike northeast extension southbound near mid-county. it looks like that is also still out there on the left lane. but does look like traffic is moving by okay. we do have two accidents here, roosevelt boulevard southbound before seven. right lane block here. plus you have this one, southfield avenue at windsrim avenue. no longer traveling at posted speeds in that area either. moving pretty slow basically anywhere we look right now, over to you. >> caught on camera, day care work nerve upper darby facing charges after she shoved a student down a flight of steps. >> child care of future day care center in clifton heights. another employee watching the cameras, saw the incident

unfold. >> i went and couldn't fronted dollars had he tow bottom of the stairs, i look, you know, what are you doing? we don't do this. you know what i mean? >> fortunately little girl was not seriously injured, told she only worked at the day care center for about a year, but reportedly 25 years experience in the day care business. currently facing several charges including simple assault, and recklessly endangering the welfare of a child. she is now out on $20,000 bail. thirds day fork workers strike, over the hospital in drexel hill yesterday afternoon, nurses and technical staff walked off the job sunday because whatever they call a staffing problem. workers plan to be offer the job, but require five day minute yum for their replacement. >> hud secretary doctor ben carson clarifying his comment on slavery and i am graduation. he made the comments in his first address to hud employees. >> there were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, work even longer even harder for less.

>> now, that remark caused an uproar. one historian called doctor carson's comments inapropriate and wildly inaccurate. later carson clarified his remarks on armstrong william's radio talk show. >> whether you are legal or you're illegal, you come from the outside, upside, you're an immigrant. slaves came here as involuntary immigrants. but they still had the strength to hold on. >> well, on his facebook page, doctor carson said immigrants made the choice to come to america. they saw this country as a land every opportunity, in contrast, slaves were forced here against their will, lost all of their opportunity. doctor carson adds the two experiences should never be entwined nor forgot glenn jim just asked the ncaa tweet in the response, question, question, question mark. a lot of people talking about that today. president trump telling planned parenthood he will maintain funding if they stop

protest ago portions of the polling shows most american oppose public funding for abortions, planned parenthood rejected noting law bars government funds for being used for abortion, not quite the controversy. well, the number of people audited by the irs in 2016 fell to the sixth grade year tore just over 1 million, the lowest number since 2004. >> always so concerned being an audit. >> if you don't do anything wrong on your taxes. >> i know, just paranoid. so what's behind the drop. what are the most common red flags? jill schlessinger joins us live from new york, good morning, jill. >> good morning. >> okay, so, jill, not that we're complaining, but why have audit levels slump in. >> the irs blames big cuts, since 2010, the agency's budget has strung lie a billion dollars from 12.2 to $11.2 billion. it has 17,000 fewer employees,

nearly 7,000 fewer enforcement agent, not enough people can get the work done right? in 2016 only .7% of individuals were audited, less than 1%, and just half of 1% of corporations were audited. that's the lowest rate in at least a decade. now, i know it sounds great to you, right? but the irs commissioner said fewer audits could be costing the government somewhere between four and $8 billion a year in uncollected taxes. so, yes, individually we are sort of excited but as taxpayers, not such good news. >> so jill although the audits are down, how can rahel be sure not to raise irs suspicions when she does her taxes? >> even though percentage is miniscule, with our luck, it will be one of those. you should know the higher your income, the more likely your to be audited. i just told that you .7% overall audited.

well, it is 1.7% of returns with more than 200 grand in income, if you are lucky enough to report more than a million dollars a year in income, you have a much higher likelihood, 5.8% of returns were audited. now the biggest red flag is that you are not reporting income. now, remember, irs sees copies of every tax document you receiver. so if sore reason you got incorrect form, w2, 1099, talk to the issuer, make sure it is filed as soon as possible. and if you are earned income maybe a little little side job, and you didn't receive attacks form, just report that income. next, irs computers, they've got all every your historic data, when big change, can trigger red flag, that includes change of income or maybe you're claiming a lot more deductions that are disproportionately large compared with your income. now look, gang there is does not mean you shouldn't take

deductions that are legitimate. but if you do, just have all of the back up documentation. go to jill on money. com. six ways to reduce your tax bill. they're all legitimate, a swear. >> paying attention, rahel? >> i'm taking notes, i'm taking notes. >> appreciate it. >> don't want you to go to jail. >> no, no, because who would sit next to you in the morning? >> no, it would be very lonely. up next in the health watch, doctors pinpoint heart disease even before you have symptoms. >> very interesting. plus take a look. hey, that is our green room, hello guys, when we come back. good morning. when we come back they'll tell us about an important event tonight. they might even teach me few dance moves. >> oh, boy. >> or maybe just watch them dance. either way. stick around, we will be right back. hey, pat. >> hey, guys, should i go with the red velvet, with the new york cheese cake? what about the chocolate chips? interesting. national pancake day here at i hop.

we're out grabbing our pancakes, having nice little breck panel. raising a ton of money for charity. cheers. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> still have those fresh and fruit i tooth i pancakes at i hop? >> i don't know, but between you and rootytooty and bruno mars? hey, people. >> stay with us. >> ♪

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>> i hop adams avenue, pat, how is it that you're always eating? >> reporter: yes, national day that has to do with food i'm usually part of it, no complaints whether it comes do pancakes. here at i hop adams and the boulevard in northeast philadelphia, this is raymond thorton, the direct over of operations. good morning, rain. >> -- ray. >> good morning. >> big day for you? >> it is we plan on giving away about 5 million pancakes today. we're trying to raise $3.5 million for charity. >> so here specifically it has got to be like a mad house? >> oh, it will be a crazy day, believe me. unbelievable. if you've never been here, come out. you will be amazed at what happens. >> so how do you raise that $3.2 million? because you come out, you can get yourself free stack of pancakes, and then the hope is that people will leave money behind? >> in lou of the payment for the short stack, we appreciate if you could donate that amount, and to the charity box that is we have in front of

the store. >> now i never realize this, you told me, off air, that it gets so craze any here that there sometimes is a line. >> oh, always is. it is just a mad house. after 4:00 p.m. when the kids get out of school it is amazing shall the line around the building, it is just wild. >> how do you prepare for that? >> we talk about it the whole year long. >> 364 days every flank. >> 364 days every planning, indeed, absolutely. >> one more time. come out. get three pancakes, and you leave a little money for clarity? >> that's it. >> just assisi. all right, thank you. you minds if i -- >> enjoy. >> i'll get in here. you know that i cannot eat. so what do you think, guys? they have butter peck and, they have blue berry, they have old-fashioned let's go. >> just go old-fashioned. >> pictures on social media pancakes this morning, we don't even have a piece of toast here and he has four plates, and each plate has like four. >> does that make you guys jealous little bit? >> it is. 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. >> what a sense every humor,

pat gallen. >> donate to a clarity. good cause. thank you, patrick. lauren, want to go for some pancakes? >> oh, i would love some pancakes, some blueberries on the side, please, the traditional kind, i'm a traditional gal, you know, so maybe weather watchers up this morning, eating some pancakes? what better to do than on a tuesday morning, we check in right now, temperatures miff different than the story this time yesterday morning, down in the 20's. forty's, even couple 50's on the board right now, but i found a 30, 39 degrees right now as we head into jersey. check out this profile picture of andrew. adorable. medford, clouds i conditions, 39 degrees, calm winds, so 23 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. that is a trends all across the area. head down into delaware right now, at 42 degrees, as reported by our weather watch err least a she has little bit every sunday shine peaking through in wilmington, but says comfortable, damp this morning, with a lit breeze, rain is moving in. and that is true, confirmed on storm scan3 right now. over the last three hours.

seeing that precipitation, shield, re emerging and approaching the i95 corridor once again rain coming down light in intensity, berks county, but now starting to move in montgomery, bucks county delaware county center city philadelphia. still see the rain returning really as we head into the next hour. that precipitation shield moving kind of west to east. due east. so south jersey pick up on couple of raindrops as we head into the second half of the morning. that will be the trend for the first half of the day today. areas every rain and drizzle. then some sunshine breaking out as we head into this afternoon, six of 1 degrees, overnight tonight, showers redeveloping, maybe even few rumbles every thunder low temperature only falling back to 51 degrees. but as we head into the end of the week, some much colder air arriving, giving us some march snowfall chances, i know you don't want to hear it, potentially friday, maybe some minor accumulations, system to watch as we head into the end of the weekends, saturday night into sunday, look like at this point some of the models reflecting we could have to break out shovels, especially across the southern half of the area.

but we like snow in the poconos. ski report, jack frost, big boulder, 12-14 inches of base. eighteen trails are open. seven day forecast, meisha, colder @ retiring by friday. 45 degrees. thirty for the upcoming weekends. >> lauren, looking at the roadways right now, i can tell you you are waking up to wet roadways, what's that even? that means the problem on the roadways which we've been saying basically since the 4:00 hour, we are still seeing them out there. what are we talking about right now? the schuylkill eastbound at the conshohocken curve that right shoulder compromised right now, and a lot of gaper delay around this area. so if you push in the eastbound direction, leaving now, can't wait until this is cleared. i would check on extra 40 minute or so. then the westbound side. hey. my gaper delay, stop t keep on driving. westbound side keep going. eastbound side slowing down. then northeast extension southbound we are still out there. so northeast extension, toll plaza, left lane still block for those every you out, there give yourselves extra time there. that's not t2 more accidents here. take a look, roosevelt

boulevard, the right lane blocked there. then you are dealing with southfield avenue winds ram avenue. for those every you in that neck of the woods no longer traveling at posted spree, pretty slow around there. i want to bring this to to your attention, matco modified schedule, between 1020 a.m. and 12:44 p.m. busy morning. >> indeed. thank you shall meishament on the cbs health watch experts urging medical professionals to wait before cutting a babies umbilical cords 30 to 60 seconds after birth. in the u.s. the cord usually clamped immediately after birth ten to 15 seconds later. health organizations say nutrient and blood continues to travel from the mom to the baby, in the first few minutes after birth. researchers say infants can benefit from the ex that time, especially those born prematurely. >> cardiologists report they can pinpoint heart disease even before patients have symptoms. doctors in new york say using calcium scan imaging allows patients to make lifestyle changes, such as better

nutrition, and exercise, to avoid heart trouble later on. rahel? >> ♪ >> ♪ >> you know how it goes, now, anyone who grew up in the 90s will love this, the night the sixers hold their seconds annual funds razor, guess who is performing? oh, ya, right here live in our studios this morning, ricky, michael, and ronnie, make up the group. thanks so much for being here this morning. >> thank you, thank you. >> that song makes you jump out of your seat. >> that's right. we are going to get you up out of your seat. so you can dance with us. >> oh, that's to be seen. >> but the gala tonight benefits the sixers youth zero youth foundation, mentors kids in the delaware vale.

second year guys, what can we expect tonight? i know jordan sparks performed last year, always big event. >> you know, bring the party music, get everyone up, dancing of course, have a good time. hey, once they told us julius erving was going to be there, and allen iverson, a lot to get us to -- >> meek mill. >> yes. >> and ultimately you know, it is for the kid. you know, we grew up in the streets of boston, massachusetts, fan it wasn't for things of this nature woe probably wouldn't be here to this day. so whenever we get an opportunity to give back, it is what it is all about. >> that's awesome to hear. awesome to hear. so, we just heard poison. tonight will we hear the classic but also some new err songs? what do you think? >> absolutely. we just put out albumn in january called three stripes. we're on the second single right now with it called finally but yes, we will do some of the new songs tonight. as well as all of the classics. >> and remind me, this new track, this is the first time

you guys have had a song come out in what 15 years? what's it like to be back in the studio performing doing songs? >> it is doing good. it is on the itunes chart. and they came in really hi, we're just trying to tell all of our fans, you know, we saw, had really good first weekends number one. so it is good songs, up-to-date, oh, there we are, getting busy, dancers are right there. so just another piece to have. >> let me ask you, most people associate you with the early 90s, but earlier this year did series, three part, like running non-stop for a week. do you think that that maybe introduced to you younger audience? what's been the reaction from that series? >> i think so. it has. introduced us to whole new generation. we had younger kids playing, you know, in our early years, how we got together in the first few years of our career. then we had little older cast, all every these guys are stars in their own right, did

amazing job, these two did amazing job, now we have, you know, every day on our social media we have kids sending us little videos, singing and dancing, yo you know, so we're excited to get back on the road and see whole new audience come out, check us out. >> i know once the film debuted i saw it all over, younger people saying oh, my god there is group, bell biv. >> poison, not assisi as it looks, people, but okay. >> you ready? >> ya, i guess. >> i mean -- >> okay. >> you know, we will go to the left first. and then just kind of step. just like that. >> little faster. >> nice, nice. >> at some point there is a kick? >> there is a kick in there.

but -- >> i'm feeling it. >> there you go, to the front. tapping. >> okay. >> right there. >> okay. >> see, normally i just kind of keep it low. >> right there. >> oh, ya. >> you guys are so sweet, for entertaining me, tickets still available for the event tonight at 6:30, i should mention however the tickets are a thousand dollars, but good cause for sure. so excited for you guys, and also before you go i heard there was rumor, new edition coming back together? >> yes, absolutely, putting dates together right now. for later on in the year. bobby brown, ronnie, and of course bell biv, and there with surprises, as well. >> oh, my god, so exciting.

>> nice. >> three stripes. >> back with three to go. >> you guys! >> ♪

>> welcome back, their is three to go, police investigating an attempted kidnapping, happened tallets, sheldon driver in newark last night, they believe it is tied to two sort similar crimes.

>> republican senators are asking president trump to offer evidence of his claims that president owe became a wiretapped him. >> and officers from philadelphia fifth district are posting coffee with a cause today. at the with a, 6700 ridge avenue 9:00 a.m. and that's three to go. >> last check on weather and traffic. >> all right, some light rain for the first half of the day, maybe some sunshine peaking out specially east of 95 as we head into the afternoon. mild, 61 degrees, clearing tomorrow, still in the 60s, but a big draw friday. maybe some snowfall, 30 for the upcoming weekend. >> thanks, lauren, also this accident here, the schuylkill eastbound at the conshohocken curve pulled all the way offer to the right shoulder, still causing slow downs in the eastbound and westbound direction, and i would say an extra 35 minutes for your commute. >> thank you, cbs this morning is next. >> remember to join us each weekday morning starting at 4:30 a.m. have a great day. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

>> ♪ >> ♪ ♪ good morning, it's tuesday, march 7th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." north korea claims overnight that its latest missile launches were a practiced attack on u.s. military bases in japan. this morning, american forces are beginning to deploy a controversial missile defense system in south korea. at least 29 reported tornados tear across the midwest causing heavy damage and injuries. at an airport in kansas, planes were flipped over. and house republicans reveal their health care plan which preserves two key pillars of obamacare. house democratic leader nancy pelosi responds here in studio 57. >> but we begin this morning with a look atay