delaware, getting moved out of our way. not causing a problem but we will touch on that coming up. >> it will be a soggy cookie. >> okay. >> maybe a soggy cookie because it is dumped in milk but yeah, we have a really messy day coming up here, as we wrap up, the month of march for now, we will sit back and enjoy this. such a beautiful day, today promises to be pretty pleasant , it won't be as mild but very nice, lower humidity, certainly light wind and that is going to yield a pleasant day but with time, the included do begin to build, we can see leading edge of them in western pennsylvania, so even as early as this afternoon weak see these cloud building back in here, but what that means though is you have a quiet day to enjoy before rain does arrive and storm system will be a strong one. we will call it that. its legacy end up being more heavy rain but there could be minor flooding because of it. looking at area temperatures definitely colder then

yesterday. forty in philadelphia we will drop in the 30's before the sun comes up at 6:48. thirty-four at the shore. mountains are below freezing mark and anytime that wind blows it does feel cooler. make sure you are ready for. that winter coat cannot be put away just yet but for now expecting sunshine for first half of the day with time included rebuild as we mentioned and that is a sign of things to come. we will talk about that rain later on, meisha. >> all right, katie, thanks very much. good morning, everyone. happy thursday, and looking at the schuylkill, taillights more moving in the eastbound direction, you can see what we are working with heading out the door right now, all week long we said leave your homes early first fog and rain machine and tuesday. yesterday was better but we had residual slow downs because everyone left early two days prior. what will it look like today? we shall see. we will give yourself a couple extra minutes progressing through 6:00 a.m. hour. we are still looking at this accident car went in the pole in newark, delaware. route two capitol trail closed between route 72, cleveland

avenue, so use an alternate, 273, we will loath you know if you get a substantial backups. paving on the walt whitman bridge westbound two lanes are opened, ramp to 95 is closed and down to 35 miles an hour restriction there is. half toll place ace also closed. jim and rahel, back over to you. police in delaware are investigating an officer involved shooting that killed a philadelphia man. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in new castle with more on the shooting, jan, what have you learned. >> reporter: good morning. police are in the releasing much information about what happened here, in this apartment complex overnight, what we do know is that police first responded here late last night for a welfare check and then by the end of the night, the 28 year-old philadelphia man was dead, shot by police. take a look at the video, you can see what police have been doing here all night long. this started at coach man man or apartment complex on the 100 block of carriage way right around 7:45 last night. new castle county police were

called for a welfare check. police say a man later identified as that 28 year-old from philadelphia got in the struggle with an officer and that is when a officer opened fire. twenty-eight year-old was taken to christiana medical center where he later died. residents are wondering what led to that struggle and shooting, some of them have not been allowed back in the complex and homes since this all happen. they are looking for answers this morning. >> it is really sad like nobody wants to live in the community where is there always shooting, or police coming in all the time. i want to live in the community that i can be free, you know, take my child to a park without being afraid. this right here, it is just not, i'm not happy about it at all. >> reporter: back out here live on the scene police have been holding this scene for nine hours now, they are not only holding apartment complex but what you're looking at is park across the street, new castle county park, and they have been doing a lot of

investigating in the wood back here as well right near that park bench. thinks all still under investigation. in the meantime police have not yet identified man shot and killed, they are asking anyone with any information to give police a call. we're reporting live, this morning jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", rahel and jim, back to you. in other news a 24 year-old man is in critical condition after being shot inside a vehicle in northeast philadelphia. this happened around 10:30 near germantown avenue and west norris street. man managed to reach a residents on diamond where police found him. authorities say victim knows his attacker and police are searching for that gunman right now. an alarming find a loaded gun and ammunition inside a school and person accused of bringing them in a student aid , discovery made yesterday at drexel hill middle school. it began when police received a call about finding a hallow tip bullet inside the bathroom when office's arrived dominic jordan who works with the special need student approach ed claiming the bullet

inside police found a gun and more ammunition. >> this stupidity 101, to carry a gun with a 45, 46 round of ammunition inside a school. what happens this child or any child gets a hold of the gun. >> three two-year old does have a permit to carry but that does in the apply to school. jordan is not employed by school district but a company that provides care for special need students. now to a local story that has gained international attention, a man find his wife and six year-old son stabbed to death inside their burlington county home. they made the gruesome discovery last week at an apartment complex in maple shade. now authorities want to make it clear that nora has not been charged with the crime and is free, to travel to his wife and son's funeral taking place in india. neighbors just want answers. >> we're in shock. we're nervous. we just want to know who did that. >> i keep it in the back of my mind as far as safety goes,

but i can't continue, you know , go over that in my mind. >> the case's being led by the burlington county prosecutor's office and anyone with any information is asked to contact the police, immediately. police were confident they would make a quick arrest and they were right. right now they have a teenage inner custody accused of vandal icing a synagogue in the philadelphia's mayfair section. the 14 year-old threw a large rock through a glass window at temple menorah kennethsethchai over weekend. temple has been vandalized three times. authorities told "eyewitness news" that they had hd video of the latest incident. it is unclear if they are searching for more suspects. one of the largest serving federal judges in pennsylvania is missing, and now an all out search is underway to find him u.s. marshall service is looking for edwin costic, 91 year-old stopped hearing cases because of health issues and last seen yesterday morning at his home in lackawana county wearing a blue winter coat.

now he drives a gray, 2015 acura rdx with the pennsylvania tag of jnc-1450. car has damage on the driver's side. call 911 if you have any information. national transportation safety board is investigating a deadly head on collision on the highway west of san antonio texas. thirteen people on a senior citizen church bus were killed , one person survived, was a pickup truck. don champion has details from new brussels, texas. >> reporter: investigators in texas looked over mangled remnants of the dodge pickup truck and ford passenger bus overnight as they tried to figure out what caused the two vehicles to collide. >> for reasons unknown, the truck, veered into the southbound lanes and struck the bus head on. >> mini bus passengers were all senior citizens from first , baptist church in the town of and they were returning home from a three day retreat wednesday afternoon when authorities say the driver of the truck,

collided head on with the bus, and debris was scattered throughout the roadway, and the back of the bus ended up on a rail. out of the 15 people involved in the accident, only two survived, and including one of the passengers and the driver of the truck. >> we're used to working fatal crash scenes but first time we have ever seen something like this happen with so many confirmed dead at one time. >> reporter: as investigation gets underway church goers here at first baptist are struggling to make sense of the tragedy. >> our church families doing what church families do they are coming together, they are crying together, they are praying together. >> reporter: wednesday pastor brad mcclean comforted people waiting for word on their loved one. >> their families are going to be hurting and our church family is going to be hurting. >> reporter: grief counselors will be on hand at the church today and for the rest of the week. don champion for cbs-3

"eyewitness news". well, attorneys are moving forward in the lawsuit against an area school district over its transgendered student policy, we have an update in our morning headlines. also ahead two young boy are electrocuted by fallen power lines hear message police are now sending to the community. four police officers are praised for their quick thinking saving a man no longer breathing, we will hear from them coming up. >> ♪ soccer star christian ren aldough is probably seeing a different face then the one statue honoring him, pat gallen will show you side by side comparison later in sports.

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him. >> we communicated, team effort, pete and i alternated giving compressions to the gentlemen. the man was treated for a possible heart issue. a community in texas is mourning death of the two children electrocuted by power lines that were knocked down during a storm. fire crews, found the boy, age 11 and 12 inside a wooded area of a park wednesday night, their names, relationship have not been released, officials are stressing an importance of using caution around down power lines. >> we can't talk bit enough, the need for safety around down power lines, we're just starting the storm season and this is something we will continue to deal with. >> officials say power lines were still energized causing the grass there to catch fire, incident remains under investigation. residents in houston, texas are dealing with flood waters left behind by storms yesterday, the storms stirred up tornado while dumping torrential rain.

some saw as much as 5 inches have rainfall an hour. speaking of rainfall, enter stage right. >> your left, on your tv, it is your right, right. >> yes. >> yes. >> but the thing about 5 inches of rain, ten to one ratio that is 50 inches of snow in an hour. can you imagine. that is kind of comparison, 5 inches of rain an hour. that is an incredible amount. end up with flooding with no problem in that kind of situation but storm system that doused those areas is heading our way. i don't think we're talking about 5 inches of rain but we will get hit by it. here's the storm in its entirety, wide zoom on storm scan. it goes from wisconsin all the way down to the gulf of mexico , very severe weather has continued to break out in louisiana and mississippi as well, heavy rain falling in pockets across the midwest. this is heading our way. we will end up with more rain

then anything but overnight tonight even though it looks liken up in the poconos we will have rain n carbon monroe county watching us there watch out for freezing rain at on set. every where else is just rain but chilly raw rain and that will continue through the day. notice, about this same time tomorrow, the whole region may not being enveloped in heavy rain but that will happen with time though and we will at lee have some rain to track through morning drive but p.m. rush that likely end up with the war of it. look at this rain coming in. this is a model. these pockets may be more, you know, scattered or in different placement but everybody will get hit by this and it lasts a good portion of the day. umbrellas in short are required, and even in the saturday morning this may still be lingering extra showers before skies gradually begin to clear. here's the bullet points. period of rain, heaviest coming in the p.m. hours at leann inch, locally an inch and a half plus and there is a possibility of the initial icing in the poconos. we will do nothing better than

lower 50's for highs, a raw feeling, you will want to have a heavier coat andge but drainage flooding, roadway ponding and all those things that come withm tomorrow, every where. sunny and cool, we will have cloud, building with the approach of storm through the he day, 41 the low with the rain approaching and as or 11 there are showers to track. we will have something active later on tonight. i'm looking arven y forecast, to get better for weekend.ic, lower 60's next week, meisha. >>atnsne today, pack those sun glass necessary your ca it. y taking a look at ben franklin bridge into center city, we're e cross that bridge right now. would suspect that until we push in the 6:00 o'clock frid iy jumping on 42 freeway north bound at creek road

to 295, we are starting to build levels up, and by the way just a head up becaus alingh monday, tuesday in terms of the fog, visibility issues, rain on the roadways it ngwas a great beautiful day. we have congestionvecae of what they dealt with on monday and tuesday. we might still see a little ast of blue route taillights in the north bound direction at conshohockennd southbound direction we are building levels ever so slightly as well. we still have this accident in newark, delaware route twoetween route 72 and cleveland avenue and your alternate route 27 3a vehicle went in the pole here. . i'll let you know if congestion levels build. right now i okay, rahel, back over to you. meisha, thank you. for newspaper hin region. in the times herald ursinus college hosted a holocaust remembrance program c. ernie gross shared his story

of surviving auschwitz while veteran greenbaum shared his story of liberating survivors, the two men said it is important that people never forget that timein history. reading eagle one day after boyer town school board reject a call to change its bathroom and locker room policy for rastudents, lawyers vowed to move forward in federal court. lawsuit filed on behalf of the student claiming boy's right toas violate by transgender student for female changing in the boys locker room. daily times has this photo of kevin hartrompo chester community charter school, actor is in our area filming his new movie untouchable with >> that is a look at newspaper headlines around the de after the break, pat's here with sports, good morning , pat. >> the six cou last night looking for a win but they tave to deal with the man of to you see absolutely awful

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hawks dwight howard, 22 points , 20 rebound for the big man. sixers lose, 99-92. they take on lebron and cavilers tomorrow night. on television we are expected to know what to do with our hand. in the nfl s it goes without saying that the eagles wide receiver from a year ago were lacking in the hand department but in comes an upgrade withal egles added ar one wide receiver on a one season. that should keep eagles fans it should keep head coach doug pederson happy andesteay about the eagles big off season catch. ar to go up with all of the guys, just with one. but having a who has the experience, whos, yy

to help us win gam think it is still, you know, we wills. >> phillies and tiger yesterday with backup roster spots on thet danny onova with a three run shot, four- two phillies at that point. in the sixth brook stasi with a solo shot of his own. fill boys win eight-two. they also beat pirates by the same score. >> it that is time of the year , help us select the john wanamaker award winner. it goes to the athlete or team that best represents philly. some of the nominees are carli lloyd, wayne simmonds, malcolm jenkins and dario saric. pick up a ballot in the philadelphia daily news or log on to cbs philly.com and vote. atlantic island has renamed airport in honor of its favorite son soccer superstar renaldo but his statue is getting atretd

attended naming ceremony but does the statue like him? debatable likeness is one of renaldo statues, there are statues inspain, engld but i think it is safe to cal b. >> i'll be here all week. >> as you c media having a field day with this, a side by side comparison, of the bust and the real, renaldo. >> is that the real one. >> no. >> that is an iphenapap or something. and then there is this action shot of renaldo, where you can see how much he resembles his bronze likeness. people have just too mu hand ona i feel like you knsomemes you h, bad day at work as they day, th, yes. >> you cannot make a badeto rign photos and statues. >> yes. >> you want to make a statue,

come calling. side. >> yes. >> no, no that. coming up next on "eyewitness news" find out how star bucks is working to bring people, with different political affiliations, together. i'm waiting for that one, trang. is not committee will hold a hearing over possible russian influence in the 2016 election. i'm frank do -- trangood do with with what we know. this photo of harriet tub man is up for auction, we will tell you why it is expected to sell for more than $20,000, katie. we are getting closer to that weekend we have a storm before it gets here so there will be showers that are lingering in to saturday morning but it is a much nicer sunday by comparison and temperatures are also going to be moderating, through the course of the weekend as well, we will be right back with more on that rain, that is about to hit

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good morning, bethlehem, it is a terrific thursday but enjoy it while it lasts because katie says rain's on the way good morning i'm rahel solomon. aim jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning

minute: a philadelphia man is dead after a police involved shooting in new castle county delaware. there are still a whole lot of unanswered questions. >> a van ditched after drag a philadelphia police officer several feet, now the search is on for the driver. investigators in texas looked over the mangled remnants. >> head on collision involving a church bus killed 13 people, most of them, senior citizens. >> this guy is armed for warfare. >> special need student faces charges with bringing a loaded gun to school. a 16 year-old boy in bosnia broke a world record this week by smashing 111 concrete blocks with his head in 34