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we have breaking news this morning a busy section of roadway now a crime scene, after a man is shot behind the wheel. more on this deadly shooting, on the boulevard. thousands of runners and walkers lays up their sneakers , how donor darbies giving people a second chance at life. sun's out and skies are clear, for second half of our weekend, but more rain isn't too far away. today is sunday april 2nd,
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good morning everyone i'm jan carabao lets get over to meteorologist justin drabick with the eyewitness weather forecast. good sunday morning. the other shoe is about to drop but we will enjoy sunday while it last. >> yeah, great to see sunshine again. we have had a good sunrise but this time of the year we will get a storm coming through every few days. enjoy it tomorrow. tomorrow will be good too. if you don't energy today's weather you have your shot tomorrow, just less sun. we will bring in some rain here late monday night and tuesday. until then gorgeous stuff, great way to finish off weekend. get outside if you can. clear skies, over center city. 43 degrees. north west breeze kicking up at 16, that is adding wind chills down in the mid 30's. still a chill in the air this morning but compared to yesterday at this time, already showing signs of some warmer temperatures. here we go, three to 6 degrees warmer in some spots as sunshine is out and already going to work. low to mid 40's over most locations now, and, mount
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pocono, and quakertown and doyletown. we are blocking up, pretty rapidly by afternoon. it will feel good outside. temperatures wind chill values do feel like mid 20's in the mountains. back in the mid 30's interior south jersey we have had 20's for wind chills earlier this morning but there we go, storm scan three is cloud free they are moving off shore, full sunshine today boosting our high temperature a few degrees above average. sixty-two for philadelphia for the high, 53 the at shore. near 50 in the poconos. if you like it warmer, and we have warmer temperatures make a run at 70 this week, a little price though we will time out rain chances and talk about that in a few minutes, jan, back to you. breaking news now a deadly shooting had a section of the roosevelt boulevard shut down this morning. that gunfire erupted just before 6:00 on the boulevard near somerdale avenue in lawncrest. police say a man was shot inside of his car while driving and then crossed several lanes of the boulevard , before crashing into a fence on the other side
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north bound outer lanes of the boulevard, at adams avenue has since reopened, but somerdale remains closed at the boulevard so far, no suspects and in arrests. new this morning a 23 year-old woman is dead after her car crashes in roxborough. police responded to that car crash, shortly after 1:00 owe hagy million seven and campin road. the car there hit ate deer and then driver who control and smashed in the pole. man in the car was also injured. he is in stable condition. police are investigating this car crash in philadelphia 's east falls neighborhood this one injured a 51 year-old man. the crash happened 4:45 on the 3900 block of henry avenue. you can see that the force of the crash split that in two. peco is on the scene but so far there are in reports of outages. well, authorities have two suspects in custody in connection with the carjacking in west philadelphia. just after 2:00 this morning.
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and, we are still awaiting more details this morning but, no one was hurt. and philadelphia police investigating a car crash slammed in the corner in building in fair mount and injured two young boys this car crash happened saturday afternoon at broad and brown, investigators say car veered into the lane of an armored car inn then crashed in the building. the injured children are three and seven, no word on their condition this morning. well to day's weather glacial for this years donor dash. thousands have taken to the streets to run in honor of the hundreds of thousands waiting for oregon transplants. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in front of the art museum where the race has now kicked off, hi, anita. >> reporter: hi there, this event started 22 years ago, it is just 800 participants this year they have american 10,000 runners, you can see, they are just starting to cross the
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finish line, now, and i'm joined by missy fleischer from york, pennsylvania, this is her ninth year at the donor dash, so what is keeping you coming back each year. >> my sonnies an organ donor and this race represents so much, for organ and tissue donation. i don't know, the team was formed when our zach lost his life and it just makes total sense. >> reporter: you said unfortunately he was killed by a drunk driver but at age 16, you had a conversation with him, tell us some more about that. >> we were at dmv getting his license and the last question they ask you is do you want to be an organ donor. i remember him saying do you want to be a donor? he just kind of shrugged his shoulders and said doh, mom, yeah if something happens to me give somebody else a second chance at life. never in a million years did we ever think we would have to think back to that decision but i'm so great full when our
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son was declared, that we had that knowledge that is what he wanted to do smile. that is why we represent, organ and tissue donation. it works. it is incredible, and heart warming story as a mother to lose her child. but you haven't necessarily met the people who received zach's organs but you say that you have kind of adopted other people, right. what is emotion behind that, when you hear that and see all this community coming out here in support. >> well, that is my dream, to meet some of zachary's recipients but if it never happens that is okay, you know , but, adopting people, who are recipients, it is just , i don't know, it makes your heart feel good, it is
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just proof that donation works and i remember first time that i met heart recipient for another donor mom, i met her the first year zachary was gone, and facebook page and we have been friend and meeting here every year, getting our hugs and pictures and i remember meeting them for very first time and i just cried. it was unexplainable. the joy not only i had for brett's family to meet darren but just, as a surrogate/donor mom itonation ds work. >> thanks so much. for being here, for nine years >> yes, all the way from york and coming here to philadelphia, for the 22nd annual donor dash, 5400 people in other region all in need have have saving organ transplants. that is why these people are here this morning. for now live at the art museum anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness
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news". such a worthy cause, thanks. city officials are trying to figure out what cause aid vacant row home in south philadelphia to come crashing down trapping a homeless man beneath that ruble. it happened in the 6100 block of yocome street, just after 2:45. officials from the cities licenses and inspections department, tell thoughts recent rain could have played a role in the collapse but they also say that they felt uneasy about this procedures property for a long time. >> we were in theroce, we had bid out the property for demolition, and owner went to court and stopped the demolition work, and the own are had until april 5th, to dot work himself, and obviously in the interim building collapsed on its own. >> man trapped beneath the debris was rescued and only suffered minor injuries. he is now recovering at the hospital. tour bus displaying anti transgender messages in philadelphia was met by protesters. dozens gathered for a pop up love party near city hall
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yesterday, cell phone video from twittedder, party included a march down jfk boulevard, protester goal was to show transgender pride. senate judiciary committee will vote on supreme court nominee neil gorsuch tomorrow setting up a vote by the full senate. but as wendy gilette reports what may follow may have long reaching consequences for congress and the supreme court >> we are going forward together, not one step back. >> reporter: more than a dozen small protest as begins supreme court nominee neil gorsuch were held around the country on saturday, including this one in washington. >> thinks our fight, lifetime. >> reporter: senate republicans hope to confirm gorsuch next week to the nation's highest court, president trump praised his many in minute knee in his weekly address. >> with judge gorsuch on the supreme court america will be a more free, fair, and just nation for all of our citizens >> reporter: guy gorsuch faced growing opposition from democrats. >> judge gorsuch needed to convince me that he would not
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join the posse of republican appointees that has relentlessly stretched the law to benefit republican partisan s, and corporations, at the expense of everyone else. over and over again during his hearing, he dodged, ducked and failed. senate vote could have substantial consequences. democrats are nearing the support that they need to filibuster gorsuch delaying the vote f that happens republicans have threatened to change the rules in the senate , and ending the filibuster and allowing a sim majority vote for confirmation vice-president pence addressed the potential she down during a speech in columbus. >> we will overcome the obstructionist in the united states senate will confirm judge neil gorsuch, one way or the other. >> reporter: president trump supports the potential rule change in the senate, to get gorsuch confirmed. wendy gilette for cbs-3 news. still to come this mourning, smoke bill owes into the sky overseas, fire fighters battled a sky scraper
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fire. changing the world one cheese stake at a time see how this guy learned from a childhood memory about the importance of helping others, and see how delicious, again ross tid can be in this weeks taste with tori, justin. good sunday morning everyone, sunshine finally back out, it will get into mild temperatures but more rain on the way, we will time it out coming u
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a large fire at a construction site near dubai largest shopping mall. it sent thick smoke over the city. it is next to the mall and 63 story dubai towers heavily damaged by a fire back on new years eve in 2015. there is no word on any injuries, dramatic fires hit sky scrapers in recent years, building experts say a popular type of covering on the buildings can be highly flammable. well, more than 190 people are feared dead in columbia, after rivers there burst their banks causing a massive landslide. the making matters war several bridges were destroyed
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hampering rescue efforts. cbs's hanna daniels has the latest. >> reporter: wall of rushing water, debris, mud, devouring the town of mccollough near columbia's border near ecuador officials say that intense rain forced several rivers to overflow, and then cause the massive landslide. he says that the sound of the roxanne water was so heavy that everyone was shock. alarms sounded but many did not hear warning. daylight showed the magnitude of the destruction, trees were up rooted and dozens of homes were covered in several feet of mud. the fast moving current left this car sandwiched between what is left of a building and a tree. the death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are believed to be buried underneath all that mud. doctors say local medical centers are running out of blood, as they treat the 300 injured. the government has called up over 1100 soldiers and police,
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to help dig through hundred tane of mud to find survivors. hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in other news april fools day snowstorm that has hit northern new england is no joke. by late afternoon up to 18 inches had fallen in some locations causing numerous crashes there. utility crew is a cross vermont, new hampshire, maine continue to work to restore power to thousands of customers. there is a silver lining, fresh coat of snow meant ideal ski conditions for versace machines ski resorts. back here at home only, action in our forecast is sunshine. >> spring-like conditions. opening day baseball starts tomorrow, so, i mean out in denver they have snow out sometimes, from time to time. >> yes. >> it happens, around here we have mild temperatures. temperatures making a run at 70. little rain to talk b april showers didn't hurt nobody. taking you outside, right down to you delaware beaches, getting ready for a nice afternoon shaping up. it is a little cool right new
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but we will see full sunshine temperatures up in the 50's and here we are, a few months away from memorial day weekend beach season is right around the corn are. this is time of the year where we are increasing our average high temperatures. and, right now, today, average 59, and, we're already averaging 70 degrees, and, and , for the average, high temperature. it looks like a trend overall, over next few days will be at or above average, for those afternoon highs. even though we are dealing with the rain chances. forty in allentown. forty-two in wilmington. this is typical this time of the year for early morning temperatures, at the shore mid 40's, stone harbor and rehoboth beach delaware. ocean at 44 degrees. we are in the break right now. spring snow you saw in new england moving off in the canadian mar times. high pressure over mid-atlantic, northeast, blocking any storms. here's our next storm already starting to develop. we will see showers pulling in the center of the country and eventually that will organize
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but rain in the delaware valley late machine night and tuesday. energy today, high pressure over us, comfortable temperatures in the 60's, tomorrow a decent day, for the most part. we will start to see rain arriving, probably after 10:00 n it will, push a warm front through, so we will tap into some warmer air and we can make a run at 70 especially on tuesday, so sunny, mild today, rain arrives late on monday night. we will time things out, two really big storm system to talk about this week, first one coming in after 10:00 o'clock monday, rain pulls in from west toe and rain at times especially tuesday morning we will see, impact morning ride, thunderstorms possible in the afternoon, rain does break up in the afternoon so we have some dry period, storm number two is stronger, comes in, a little late wednesday night and thursday about the same time as the first storm, period of rain, more windy, and solve on those, rain showers heavier at times, and potential, thunderstorms on thursday.
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high back above average with the cloud and certainly on friday with the wind driven rain, lower 60's from the inland locations, so as you saw those high temperatures on average we are above that. near 60 in the lehigh valley, berks county, north hampton county and mid 50's in the mountains. philadelphia surrounding suburbs, in problems, reaching the lower 60's this afternoon same deal for interior south jersey central delaware but it is cool's long the delaware bay and very cold, this time of the year. today's high officially 62 from the city, milder with the sunshine and tonight wind are light, and inhe cold, 47 for the city with clear skies, little colder out in the suburbs and then tomorrow, increasing cloud, mid 60's and off and on showers, maybe a thunderstorm high of 70. we will get a brief break wednesday, nice day, sunny and 60's and lower 60's on thursday more rain, cooler by end of the week with the lingering shower on friday. back to you. >> as you long as it is not a complete wash, back to you. >> thanks, justin.
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>> 8:18. time to check road with amanda muhler at cbs-3 traffic center , hi there, a manned. we are taking a live look at the blue route approaching 76, smooth drive, drivers here of nothing to worry about, but with the exception of the some construction on i-95 south near cottman avenue rest of the majors looking good including 32, 202 vine and bridges in and out of the city gift of life donor dash kick off last hour at art museum ben franklin parkway is closed this morning, your alternate is 76 to girard. taking a live look at i-95 in delaware looking good there and mass transit looking good as well, in the cbs traffic center i'm amanda muhler new back to you. well, some say, big things come in small packages and this week taste with torey is a little bit of a bigger mission to change the world one cheese stake at a time. would you ever think of philly cheese steaks, steamy,
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hot, delicious could be a catalyst for good? i don't mean just on your taste budd. meet the man wanting to change the world one cheese stake at a time, jason green. >> i am very focused on the community. when you come come you will see us in the middle of the neighborhood which throws people off. once you get to know me and get to know what i'm all about , it is a perfect location. >> reporter: he is owner of jay stake and hoagie in park land. he is from the area and serving up chop steaks sizzled to perfection and giving a piece of good on the side donating part of his sales to causes close to home. >> i never knew a real struggle as a kid. i remember one time my parents shut off cable and it was end of the world. it wasn't until older i realized how blessed i was and wanted to share that with the world. >> reporter: his generous acts are super but what he calls himself a small super hero. >> i don't think anybody has
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any powers. we are all just capable of caring. >> reporter: he puts extra love and care into his specialty items like loaded baked potato egg rolls. >> that is so, good. >> it is creamy, cheesy, crunchy can we talk about the frenchfries in there. so smart. >> um, um, um. >> reporter: or gluten free buffalo chicken cheese stake. >> that is our mission, right, yep, that right there. boom. my favorite. >> they are men for their pretzel rolls and it doesn't get more philly then beer dipped cheese stake with philly cheese cheese, onions on their soft pretzel roll. >> oh my. >> better to show new person. >> that was our own vittoria woodill and check this out, in chase stake but today we are celebrating a classic food favorite it is national peanut butter and jelly day.
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sweet, salt combination sandwich between two slices of bread has been a stapel for decade. the average american will have eaten over 2,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the time they graduate from high school. i was supposed to bring them in but guess who didn't have any jelly this one, in trouble about that. still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a sneak peak at luke brian, rehearsing for tonight's ac m award and alex baldwin talks about playing president trump on tv, we will be rig
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back street boys are on the show, with, you know, florida georgia line. >> yeah, that is huge, huge >> yeah.eet boys >> but would you say, would you say that them being on the show. >> luke brian. >> over shadows me in anyway. >> what? no crazy. >> it gets a little nervous. >> yes, they fall i'm here, dird night. >> trying to get rahel in trouble there. that will not happen. >> you can watch academy of country music awards right here on cbs-3 at 8:00 o'clock. alex baldwin made a career , star of both big and small screen and now cbs
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sunday morning's rita braver tells us baldwin is more popular then ever thanks to a very famous politician. here's a preview what you will see later on, on cbs sunday morning. >> when you do the trump face, they are not insisted that iery angry, very h like this all the time, never happy. >> and, practices a lot just before she takes the stage. >> i sit in the chair and you think i'm in a mental institution because 30 minutes , china, china. china, china. >> have you got even mostly a positive sponsor do people go after you, because they are trump fans. >> sixty to 75 percent of the
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people that encounter me treat me like i was cure polio. they say my god, thank you, i can't thank you, what you are doggies so important. >> alex baldwin on top of his game and willie nelson on the road again with bob schieffer this sunday morning right here on cbs-3 at 9:00 a.m. still ahead, meisha johnson's dream drive, we will catch up with anita oh reporting live from this years donor dash. we will also have this. i didn't have so much time to think, it was good. thinking maybe i wouldn't do it. >> and a difficult decision, mother putting her baby's life in the hand of doctors, right here in philadelphia, only our stephanie stahl, shows you the rare surgery that saved this baby boy before he was
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sunshine, that is order of the day, meteorologist, justin drabick is out there on the cbs-3 sky deck this morning with eyewitness weather. soak it in, lovely day. >> good to have sunshine back, and people will enjoy today, classic early april conditions , temperature where we should be 50's and 60's, it is good in that sunshine. little cool but that is typical, this time, get low temperatures down, and that is what we are dealing with this morning but sun, will quickly go to work. forty-three in the airport. through around and, doyletown mount hour, stile wind chill values are colder there. does feel like the mid 30's on exposed skin. especially standing in the shade. once we're in the sun, it feels good. we will have lots of sun. storm scan three showing nothing. we have cloud moving off shore , from friday's storm, yeah, it took a while author that storm to get out of here. practically perfect. we have not shown this, and long time, and, and, high of
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62, above average. and, it is around 59, and, at the shore, and a few more cloud. and, and, active pattern for spring. and, rain chances. and, and, back over to you. >> but we will enjoy today, today's weather is looking lovely for this years, donor da, run in honor of the hundreds ofrgan transplants. "eyewitness news" reportere arti >>ory warming my heart,da, statistics from the gift ofre md waitg organ transplant,ere in our region. so t nsd,
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organizers hope thiswaress and money for that.la of athte. i started to go to tn we have 4. >> reporter: heart of nowol youn see that thealre a ton ofing fom this is about grateful and they live at the art museum, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" >> thanks for sharing this, story. news is spreading about a possible rate hike on parking in philadelphia. we first told but this proposal friday night, and now drivers are weighing in. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves polled drivers in olde city about the hefty price they are already paying.
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>> reporter: if you thought you paid enough to park in philadelphia, get ready because cities parking authority is planning to hike up the rates. >> crazy, just crazy. >> reporter: on friday the authorities board adopted a budget that already assumes raised rates for parking meters and parking ticket fines. >> i think this whole situation with parking keeps getting worse and worse and worse. >> reporter: alex bono works in olde city and pace $2.50 an hurry to park her car here, she's also gotten a few tickets at $36 a pop and thinks that is enough. >> i don't know what i will do , parking garage can be just as much to go in the parking garage. >> reporter: parking authority has not given a number for exactly how much the hike would be, city council will have to determine if that they even approve the raise in rates to park in philadelphia. the incentive for the city, a raise in the parking rate is expected to generate about 10 million-dollar a year, money that would go to school districts and pension costs. but people like ines menendez
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believe the rate hike could have an opposite effect reducing revenue by deterring people from utilizing on street parking. >> i would rather pay $40 to park in the lot and take the risk because you wind up way 60-dollar ticket regardless. >> reporter: it is unclear when they are expected to vote on the parking rate increase. there is a council meeting scheduled for monday but rate increase does not appear on the agenda. in olde city, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". bill cosby will be back in court tomorrow for a hearing ed his cosby gave back in o be discussed at that hngnclude that deposition at trial, hat deposition cosbycohoand pil, ging and molesting a20. he has denied allheth to
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response to that historic, humanitarian crisis taking place in africa. worst in 70 years. then jan we will have a conversation with john peach am the pry winning biographer of andre j owe will talk about e parallels and as to talk about s party, and what we shouldweill l make a justin is straight ahead to that ain. i think having waited an too late. >> no time toai for this baby boy to bestahl shows e >> no time toai for this baby boy to bestahl shows e saving
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we now know who is going to the ncaa final. north carolina will play gonzaga in the championship game tomorrow night. tar heels edged out oregon ducks last night by a single point, 77-76. they will take on west regional champs gone saga they beat out south carolina last night 77-73. of course, see championship game tomorrow night right here on cbs-3. philadelphia is now starting to get ready for upcoming nfl draft. we are under four weeks away until big event right here in the city. this weekend banners started to go up welcoming more than 200,000 expected fans, prospects and nfl legend expected to come here to philadelphia. banners went up at city hall and dilworth park yesterday as count down gets underway. the nfl draft runs from april 27th, to the 29th. check this o all age, gathen washington square park in
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center city with pillows. the massive pillow fight was coordinated on facebook to celebrate the international pillow fighting day, some wore costumes to go with the soft, squish i pillows. after an hour of fun many donated to organizers who will watch them and then distribute them to the homeless a lot of fun out there yesterday, and fun today. >> i had a pillow fight with my 21 month-old son, he can launch it. great day to get outside, like yesterday, it was dry but now we will get sunshine out. it is out and will get to work chill think morning. backyard thermometer showing lower 40's still but better than an hour or so ago. we were down to the mid 30's. willow grove, eagleville, sanatoga, all in the lower 40 's this hour already. cherry hill, jenny janssen checks in milder at 47 degrees , and clementon, new
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jersey, mid 40's, willingboro, perkasie, coming in at 42 degrees this hour. that sun will quickly go to work. it is strong in early april and will feel good heading outside today. lets go down to the jersey shore live look from margate, earlier a few people walking on the beach, nice day shaping up, cool there, temperatures should hold in the 50's but we will get the full sunshine, going, is there an off shore wind, you can tell by the spray on the backs of these waves, you know, decent waves out there, taking a longport out there and energy some surfing doing the winter suffering fink we will need a full sweat suit. and that water temperatures i is still in the low to mid 40 's. high pressure over us right now across new england. that snow is long gone, cloud, off shore so we are in the sunshine, for now, been through cloud quickly returning tomorrow ahead of the next storm system. we will wrapped fire pattern, jet stream, taking a dive south, where a little curve in the jet stream there over four corners region. that gets us southeasterly storms that roll in every few days, it will be a mild flow
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but a couple days is there a storm system. here comes first one monday night, tuesday bringing us a round of rain, warmer air, thunderstorm by the time that leaves here next one already developing, this bombs in late wednesday night into thursday, lingers into friday. this one is stronger but could have heavier rain. storms every couple days. typical for early spring. steady rain chance even a thunderstorm but this time around we're talking about warmer temperatures. sixty's close to 70. not cool, rain we had over the day on friday. so, lets talk about this first storm, machine night, tuesday, period of rain at times, at least through first half of tuesday we will catch some breaks. tuesday afternoon, rain should arrive at 10 from west to east monday night couple thunderstorms, not out of the question on tuesday, and morning, into the afternoon hours. nothing happening today, full sunshine, good travel conditions, heading outside, looks good, into tomorrow morning, morning drive, in problems through the day notice those cloud start to thicken up. here comes rain 10:00 o'clock
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or so, pockets of heavy rain moving from the west and it is off and on overnight through ras through tuesday night, generally t inch in some spots indicated by purple here,porth,p in the city better chance to get that steady, heavier rain as they are closer to the actual center of the storm system. today's high nice, we are talking about temperatures in the lower 60's, tonight not quite as cool, nice day thomas far as temperatures go. mid 60's for afternoon high. good 5 degrees above average. again, today we should have in problem making it in the lower 60's. sixty-two should do it for temperature this afternoon in philadelphia, in the sunshine. tonight not quite as cold dropping to 47 for the city, and maybe some lower 40's in the colder suburbs with those skies still clear and tomorrow 64, increasing cloud, entire day is dry, rain comes in late , off and on showers tuesday, and wednesday good
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stuff unsin i and 60's. rain thursday into friday. back to you. it is now, 8:48. time to check road, to amanda >> after a relatively quiet morning we have an accident at n new jersey. this is a right lane blocked for emergency crews so you will be sled down approaching this area. in the 3-d walk portion of the gift of life dash started this hour at art museum, ben franklin parkway is closed for all portions this morning, alternate there is 76 to girard. taking a live look at i-95 near cottman just a reminder lane restrictions due to construction, however traffic gets by with no problem. in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda muhler now back to you. a healthwatch exclusive now, on a historic surgery from the children's hospital of philadelphia. it was a risky, delicate heart operation on a fetus. health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the amazing
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story that you will only see on cbs-3. you are going home. >> yes, pretty excited. >> reporter: baby juan and his parents are heading back to uruguay where the infant is a celebrity. >> we receive messages, even if calls from people we don't know. >> reporter: since october family has been camped out at children's hospital of philadelphia where doctors saved juan's life with an intervention largely unheard of many in places. >> it was a hard, time, crazy time but we're extremely happy , about how everything turned out. >> reporter: when she was five months pregnant a routine ultrasound showed a mass. their doctor in uruguay sent images to his friend doctor wy chance check at shop. >> i recognize aid giant tumor on the heart. >> reporter: heart problem, the only hope fetal surgery operating on the baby's heart inside the womb. >> we never heard of this before.
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>> i started laughing, like what? >> reporter: they do that? they raced to philadelphia chop is only place where risky fetal heart operation had been done successfully. and then just once before. >> we are operating on two patients here with the single intent. our goal, to resecond the tumor but we also have the mother, and we have the baby. >> reporter: juan is now second baby to survive the fetal surgery that happens when his mom was 21 weeks pregnant. >> his heart at the time of the surgery is essentially the size of the peanut. size of the tumor was three times the size of the heart, and with it, an additional day we probably would have been too late. >> reporter: after the fatal surgery pregnancy continued as the family waited in philadelphia. at 31 weeks juan was born december 11th but the tumor had grown back so there was a second heart surgery. >> there were enough chances that the baby was going to die >> reporter: but he survived with a big scar on his chest, juan is now three months old and healthy, however, his
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prognosis unknown. >> there are no other human beings alive today hoff had fetal surgery for this removal of this type of a tumor that are 30, 40, 50, 60 years old that we could say what the prognosis will be. >> reporter: but for cecelia and pablo their son has a chance after fetal surgery that has their head spinning. >> unbelievable. i cannot believe what they did here. >> family is now back in south america where juan continues tumor that is very rare was benign and in the known what cause is it but it is usually a i'm stephanie stahl, news". simply incredible. nearly 100 puppies hit the ground running at newark liberty international airport in new jersey yesterday, the four legged friend were there to be trained as seeing eye dogs a key part of the training program toys put the dogs in places where they learn not to get distracted. another group of pup is in
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training will have the run of the terminal c, next saturday, there is your dose of cuteness this morning. you're welcome. still ahead meisha johnson takes us on a dream drive to a museum full of secrets. >> oh, wow what is happening. >> yes. >> this is a trapdoor. >> it is a house with the unique design and colorful
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crown jewel of chester county a museum that will feel like being inside the mine of the great woodworker, this painter and artists loved unusual shapes. meisha johnson shows news this weeks dream drive. >> ♪ >> we are on our way out to malvern to a museum, that is going to be unlike any other museum we have ever visited thus far. trail is wharton museum, opened appointment only. to get in you have to gannonway.
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>> he in wood. becomes known as movement as well as for being a sculpture of wood as well. >> reporter: no wonder his own home is like living inside a sculpture, laura homerrick explains he started with a studio and house in 1926. >> you will note is a lot of curved lines. wharton did not like straight lines. he didn't think it involved thinking but once you make a curve then you start thinking burr design. >> just looking around this room from the table, to the ceiling beams, everything that catches your eye is details and very cool artistic way. >> big time. >> in 1940, he added in, a added bedroom, filled witt books and build a bed to take advantage of the southern view >> wow. how about this what is happening.
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>> this is a trapdoor that was designed to keep sawdust from the studio down below from coming up here to get a different living space. >> reporter: in 1966, he crafted a kitchen inside a curve cile owe. >> did he make, everything himself. >> oh, yeah, pretty much. if he didn't to have buy something, he didn't. >> it is phenomenal. it was built in 1930. it is left the building three times. >> yes. >> to get on exhibit. >> most noteably 1944 fair up in new york city. >> every where eyes are going is there different things to be absorbed in these spaces. >> you have to come here. >> everyone that comes in here feels immediately at home. >> meisha johnson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". wow, truly impressive. >> yes. >> what else is impressive is today. >> yes, good timing on the weekend we have salvaged half of the weekend. we will get full sunshine, out
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feeling nice. temperatures in the 60's. couple rain chances tuesday and thursday. april showers. we know the deal. >> today will be great. >> that is it for "eyewitness news" for now we may be signing off on tv but we are always on line cbs philly.com, sunday morning is up next, have a great weekend, everyone kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever.
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