north carolina. >> sweet redemption for the north carolina tar heels, beat gonzaga for the crown. but that victory didn't come easy. today is tuesday, april 4th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. let's get you out the door. >> good morning, guys. tuesday, wet roadways, we know it will be busy on a monday, tuesday, wednesday, tuesday in particular, really busy. then you add wet roadways on top of it, and we have major problem on 95 pushing in the southbound direction that's causing a lot of problems right now. >> not good to hear that. like you guys mentioned, the worse of the heavy rain anyway, that's moved out. at least, you know, the timing actually on our side if you want to call it that. here's through the course of the storm system, still going to find some additional showers. couple of pop up thunderstorms, outside we go to more remote suburb, this is in pleasant valley middle high school campus here, taking this shot, and things are pretty quiet. you can tell it is damp. definitely was one of the spots that saw some pretty soaking rain. what you see on the three hour

loop making its departure, now not totally empty, out on storm scan, there are even still few residual showers. but is it a caliber of the heavy rain that came through overnight? thankfully no. off to very warm start though. the system or the rain that came through early on was actually the warmfront. so we keep the warmth throughout the day, already off to mild start, 06 degrees at the philadelphia international airport. mid 50's, up and down the new jersey coastline there. as the day goes on, we should evening out 74 degrees high. now, we should see at least little sun through the clouds. i don't think any thunderstorms that would fire up would bring any severe weather necessarily but brief or heavy downpour if possible, maybe gusty winds with any of the pop up showers or storms that do fire up. again thunderstorm activity most likely this afternoon. that's in advance of cold front that comes through, meisha. but even still, we will catch a break between a system. another one already on the way for thursday. >> i mean, we will take the breaks when we can get them i think at this point. katie thank you so much. one area we're in the getting any breaks right now is 95 pushing in the southbound

direction. good morning, what will we looking at? this is an accident jackknife tractor-trailer also 60 gallons of diesel fuel has spilled out on the roadways, we know clean up crews eventually have to get out there. take a look at this, 59 south approaching cottman, very, very slow moving. so, this is a back up shot. and they are extending beyond academy at this point. so your alternates will be state road, frandford avenue, the boulevard, but all of those areas are going to get very, very busy, as well. i mean, just take a look at this, this is something that we do not want to see on a tuesday. give yourselves plenty of time. also in the world of mass transit, jersey transit, running holiday schedule, northeast corridor, north jersey, coastline, and heads up there also cross honoring here, in the world of amtrak, northeast corridor running modified between dc and new york due to monday train derailment at penn station, expect one hour declares during rush hour by the way, that's going to slow you down, check schedules on line. plus an accident in montgomeryville, 309 bethlehem pike near cow path or shore

ham road. >> thank you, meisha, third person has died, this morning, following that deadly shooting at a north philadelphia apartment complex yesterday afternoon. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at police headquarters with what made the shooting specially dangerous. trang? >> good morning, rahel, jim, extremely brazen shooting happened steps away from a school where children were still inside participating in extra curricular activities. we learned overnight that that third person did succumb to his injuries. and meanwhile, police are still looking for one to two suspects. >> we were in the school. and all you hear is gunshot, like multiple gunshots, and it just got silent for a second. >> terrifying moment for student inside saint malkey school as gunfire errupted outside an apartment complex at north 11th and west style street, around 3:30 monday afternoon. prompting a lock-down. >> it was scary. it was scary. because i never been on lockdown before in a school. but, ya. it was really sad to hear that

four people got shot. >> after birrage of almost two dozen bullet four men were hit, all were returned to area hospitals. three died from their injuries. one remains at hahnemann hospital. >> we had four individuals who were standing there, we believe that someone came east from this location and started firing. one shooter, maybe two. >> philadelphia homicide captain james clark says the men shot are all in their mid 20's to early 30's. investigators have not yet released what prompted the shooting but believe the victims and suspect likely new one another. this father is thankful, more people weren't hurt. >> the youth are pretty much miss-guided about the values of life in itself. you know? because it is just like at the end of the day, you know, life is valuable, especially you only get one. so we should make the best of it. >> and police say the suspect may have gotten away in a small gray suv, they've not released the names of any of the victims as of yet. if you have any information you're urged to contact

police. but for now live outside police headquarters, aim he ' trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> trang, thank you n other news today hearing today for the man accuse in the sniper style shooting in northern liberties. bullets narrowly missed an woman get nothing her carp at delila's gentleman's club last mondayment swat team shutdown part of the neighborhood during intense search. police later arrested 29 year old laurence mitchell, in camden county, new jersey, he is expected to be extradited to philadelphia where authority plan to charge him with attempted homicide. bill cosby lawyers will not get to pre screen potential jurors on sexual assault charges, judge will not allow cosby defense team to use a special questionnaire mailed to homes in pennsylvania, that questionnaire would ask about people's backgrounds, media habit and their feelings from cosby. judge however still deciding it prosecutors use previous depositions and sections of cosby's own book in their case. and police say no one was hurt in a fire that destroyed a barn in bucks county. take a look, chopper three

captured this fire on the 200 block of smith school road in bed minister township last night. it broke out sometime before 8:30, and burned for more than two hours, authorities this morning still trying to figure out what sparked the flames. well, this morning, authorities have it'd add russian national as the suspect in a deadly bomb blast on a russian subway. the explosion tore through a subway train under st. petersberg yesterday killing 11 people and wounding 40 more. so far there still have been no immediate claims for responsibility for the attack which came as president putin was visiting the city. hours after the blast police found a defused and diffuse add shrapnel packed explosive device at another st. petersberg train station. >> president trump's son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner med with -- met with iraqi prime minister. trip came a mid ongoing investigation into civilian death in the area of mozul near a site of last month's us air strike. kushner was joined by us joint chiefs of staff chairman general joseph dunnford. >> senators on capitol ill are

in the middle of intense battle over supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. now have enough votes to launch a filibuster. became the crucial 41st member to commit his vote against gorsuch, senate republicans say they'll use so called nuclear option friday to change centrioles which means gorsuch will likely be confirmed with just 51 republican votes. >> i conclude that judge gorsuch doesn't share a main stream view of the constitutional rights, as they apply to individuals, their right to liberty, their right to privacy. >> we will not have successful filibuster of a supreme court nominee because if we have to we will change the rules and it looks like we're going to have to. >> democrats first invoke nuclear option in 2013 when they did away with filibusters with all branch appointments and lower court picks. glenn meanwhile the white house could revise and release a revised gop healthcare bill today. vice president mike pence met

with republican lawmakers at washington yesterday. just ten days ago, house speaker paul ryan was forced to cancel vote on the help care bill backed by president trump. the house freedom caucus has been blamed for derailing the vote. the caucus apparently felt the first draft of the bill didn't do enough to repeal l policies of obamacare. >> well, the party is still going on strong, in chapel hill, north carolina. >> fans of the north carolina tar heels are celebrate being march madness championship. the story of the car hills and redemption tour. >> this year the confetti falls for north carolina. >> in north carolina own words there is year was de deem sean tour filled with extra time practicing and training after a devastating lost against villanova last year. >> last night, 71 to 65 win over gonzaga was the come back tour, the tar heels had been dreaming about. >> it is unbelievable feeling.

and just what we work for, at the end, when you are watching your kids jump around, and the excitement, the thrill to have, there is no better feeling in the world as a coach. >> the city of chapel hill says 5,000 people rushed franklin street. -- 55 people rushed franklin street. >> fireworks, and bonfires, the school's first title since 2,009. hena daniels, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> coming up this this morning's health watch. needle-free vaccines, we'll show you the easy new way to get immune iced without getting stuck with a needle. plus. >> this. >> casinos are betting on new type of gambling game to attract millennials. i'm meg oliver in atlantic city. we'll show you what makes them different. >> and, the chimp puts on quite a show for some zoo goo ers in michigan. took aim at grand ma in the crowd, jaws, you will not believe what he threw at her next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

>> i can feel more rain coming. katie says we could even get a thunderstorm? she is timing it all out for us. >> first of all, i just wasn't to point out, the weekends, love him, ito open yan, like my family, and daft punk them. >> never heard of them. >> see, you learn something always with me. >> another fun morning here at cbs-3. meisha, stop dancing over there. >> keep dancing, meisha, keep going, girl. >> ♪

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>> fire last night at food posting planned. >> at one point the inch fern over fueled by broken gas line making matters worse firefighters had to evacuate the structure, as the roof threatened to collapse. fortunately, no one was injured. the exact cause of the blaze remains under investigation. well, the denver zoo is taking action, after a man touches a tiger in one of their exhibits. >> not something i want to do. police say on march 18, matthew swearing jen lept onto railing at new $2 million exhibit, then jumped up and touched a sleeping tiger through the opening and the over walk catwalk area. zoo officials didn't find the act very funny. >> he was going to up people and tell people what he had done. he was pretty proud. we are looking at doing

changes to make it this would be more difficult visibility and other things are secondary to safety here at the zoo. >> was detained charged with criminal trespassing, apparently the zoo says new boar injuries and signs will be added to the zoo to discourage future jumpers. i don't know if he would have found it funny if he tiger had reacted. >> then would have had his arm bit offer, then would have sued the sue. >> but do you have leave the wild animals where they belong. please, that's their natural habitat. >> you know i have no tolerance for stupid people. it is like come on, go to the zoo. >> just look, look at the nice animals. >> our own philadelphia zoo has big cat country, wagging g over your head, right in front of you. but you don't want to touch them. >> must be a iq test before we let them in the zoo? so how is the weather, katie? >> no comment. all right, i want to talk about averages, guys, today will be actually be very mild day for our area. on this day, typically, we

would hit about 6 degrees. we've already hit 60 yeast. and the sun is barely even up yet. so by may fourth, you're typically averaging out at 70. we should exceed may fourth standards here today, come june 4th, the high is 8o sound nicer and nicer right? but for now do expect it will be very mild, very damp, as well. if you have outdoor plans, i think you can get them in. the reason for, that heavy rain, the swat that you see moving through new england, obviously already out of here. what we're left with here is scattered variety of some showers, very likely couple of thunderstorms, but, as long as you keep an eye to the sky, i do think that the response likely don't even see a drop of rainout of this today. if you want to get outside and enjoy the warmth you will have a chance, but just keep your wits about you, eye to the sky, like i said, cold front needs to cross through, where the thunderstorms come f we actually catch a break from the system or between systems later on tonight, but for now, even by 9:00 a.m., still be the scattered showers popping up on the radar, by the afternoon, more likely few

thunderstorms that could produce brief, but heavy downpours, notice clearly not everyone getting hit by this. not dealing with a swat of rain like we had overnight. wednesday, just let that play through. because it is nice and quietment sunny skies, beautiful day. then on thursday the next storm already moving in. that is the one that likely brings us stronger variety of thunderstorm, so thursday p.m. hours most specifically, we could end up with some severe storms, so have to keep an eye on that behind that next storm we do cool back down, and for philly's opening day, here at home, very likely couple of stray showers, but again, not a wash out. meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you. yes, keep those umbrellas hand i and today this morning, you will have to pack that patience with you. specially if you're jumping on 95. so we know we have wet roadways, looking at accident, jackknife tractor-trailer and an accident that's been out there for quite some time, 06 gallons of december em fuel has spilled out on to the roadways, crews are out there trying to remedy the situation. i can tell you right now we've been seeing intermittent lane closures, this is actually causing some pretty

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one time. this would allow to you actually because you can do it at home, don't have to do it at the doctor. >> kind of neat too. developers also working on another version that can be swallowed. that will would release the drug from the intestine, could allow some drugs like insulin to be given without an injection. >> modern medicine. generations of gamblers have tried their luck at slot machines. but casinos having tough time attracting millennials. now they are hoping new crop of video game slot machines will change that, meg oliver has the story from atlantic sit. >> i in a sea of slot machines this game stands out in atlantic city. danger arena world's first skill-based gambling video game. twenty-one year old vinny santana gravitated toward the joy stick. >> i'm surprised, i mean, it even came into existence like this, this is awesome. >> casinos trying to hug the -- hit the jackpot with the next generation, las vegas convention and visitors authority reports the number of visitors, ages 20 to 39, dropped from 18.1 million in

2014 to 14.4 million in 2015. >> they do need to innovate the experience and entertainment. >> game coast ceo says designing these games specifically for casinos. >> i think millennials, younger customers general, we grew up playing video games, and video games are inter-active, and engaging in a way that slot machines just don't provide for that audience. >> the more skilled the player, the better the chance of winning. >> but it is also sort of graphic novel that gives the story and chargers in the game. >> this is what makes it more interesting. >> absolutely. story and character is really important to gamers. >> the prize is 7.20. >> another company, betting games that make the casino experience more social, will attract younger people. ceo eric meyerhoffer described how this poker game works. >> super competitive, super focused, literally how fast you can twitch to take a card, so you have acuity, and

dexterity, at work. >> the company will unveil hundreds of new machines in las vegas this year. win or lose, they want millennials like vin toy come back for more. >> i would definitely play this again. >> meg oliver, cbs news, atlantic city, new jersey. >> well, a zoo in michigan is considering raising the barriers on a monkey enclosure. >> probably good idea, that's after direct hit from one of the more notorious monkeysment check out the video posted on facebook, by employee of the grand rapids zoo. this monkey is known for flinging his poo, but this time, scores a direct hit on that woman in the observation area. we've been watching this over and over again. can't just watch it once. now the woman may have been embarrased but otherwise she was okay, and, jim. i saw something on line cbs news posting article. oh, my gosh. >> my grandmother was hit by something similar in the 70s at a zoo. that's why, they aim for the grandmom's. >> someone said in the crowd

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>> good morning, it is 63 here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> the heaviest rain has thankfully since moved through. >> are we finished with this storm? not so fast. >> it was scary, because i never been on lockdown before. >> the shooting happened just steps from a school with children inside. >> after birrage of almost two dozen bullets, four men were hit. >> intelligence sources now say they know who is responsible for a deadly subway blast in st. petersberg russia. >> more than 100 firefighters responded to this massive blaze out in southern california. the inferno being fueled by broken gas line. >> this year the confetti is going to fall for north carolina.

>> personal congratulates toss north carolina, they're the new national champions. here is the thing, gonzaga, in many ways you're actually the lucky one. you don't have to get your picture taken with the president. it is a lose-win. and it was a wild game and the madness now over. >> congrats to the tar heels. let's sends it over to katie. kate think forecast could you call little wild, too, like one day on, one day off. >> exactly, every other day plan as i like to call it, you're right, today storm system moves through, tomorrow we catch a break. another system waiting in the wings by thursday. back it up. talk about what the rest of today has in store. you heard in the morning minute the bulk of the morning minute has departed for most of you, in fact, things have actually calmed down. you can't rely that it is going to stay that way, because i do think we will see additional showers pop up. but the widespread variety like we saw through the overnight? no, not at this point. everything should be pretty scattered. but talking showers in the morning, and then some thunderstorms into the afternoon. temperatures at this point are still into the upper 50's up and down i95.

held tough in dover at 63 all among long, very mild start, clearly. and as the day goes on i think we hit the mid 70s, so sort of way to bullet point this out for in you terms of timing. showers are scattered the rest of this morning, this afternoon, it is more of scattered thunderstorms. that's with the cold front pack passage, by thursday more rain on way, looks like next storm has breath he chance to bring us some severe weather potential. more on that a little later. >> okay, katie, thank you so much. yes shall we need to know that information, and you also need to know that the wet roadways this morning causing us major problems out there. so what are we looking that the 95 south approaching cottman, talk about this accident involving tractor-trailer, and also, 60 gallons of december ill fuel spilled on to the interstate. so, heads up on this. causing some pretty significant backups, all the way past woodhaven or around woodhaven, your alternate state road, frandford avenue or the boulevard your best bet. but it is so slow. you will have to give yourself over an hour at this point. crews are out there trying it

get this remedy for youment unfortunately, from to get out, there do you have give yourself so much extra time, and if you want to wait it out we just don't know how long it will be until it clears. so i'll keep you updated as much as i can. also accident 322 involving injuries. eastbound near chichester avenue, traveling less than posted speeds around there. plus 95 southbound between route one and woodhaven road we have some construction, one lane block between ten a.m. and 2:00 p.m. depending how long that accident on 95 is out there this could start to cause some additional problems, jim, over to you? thank you shall meisha. this morning we learned third person has died after birrage of bullets rained down on apartment complex. it erupt in the broad daylight yesterday afternoon on the corner of 11th and west trials street. authority say almost two dozen gunshot fired at this apartment complex, right across the feet from the saint malkey school placed on lockdown as police investigate. >> we believe that someone came east from this location and started firing, one shooter, maybe two, started

firing at the individuals. we're getting information it might have been a vehicle, a gray suv at the top of the block that they may have actually after the shoe shooting went back to the vehicle. >> the final victim remains in the hospital at this hour. he was last list in the critical condition. authority have not yet released what prompted the shooting, but, believe the suspects and the victims new each other. >> pennsylvania state police are looking for two men who allegedly through rocks and reinforcement steel at passing cars from a pennsylvania turnpike. take a look, the damage to one of those cars. it happened sunday afternoon near mile marker 337. near levittown. investigators say the men hurled the items from grounds level while standing behind a concrete barrier by the westbound lanes. >> i notice a guy standing beside one of the concrete barriers with a rock, throwing it across the barrier, and he to hit my windshield t could have killed me very easily. >> six cars in total were damagedment police only have a vague description of the two men. >> well, jury scheduled to hear opening statement in the trial of eric frein, trial

will take place test pike county courthouse in milford, but the just or are from chester county. frein is charged in the 2014 ambush slaying of corporate brian dixon and wounding of trooper alex douglas. co-face the death penalty if convicted. frein has pleaded not guilty. >> two legal heavy hitters in philadelphia filed lawsuit seeking to have district attorney seth williams removed from office. former d.a. lynn abraham, and attorney richard sprague filed the lawsuit yesterday in common pleas court. williams was indicted on charges of bribery, annex portion last month. on friday, williams voluntarily suspended his law license, but said he plans to stay in office. >> and other news, it is retirement planning week, according to recent survey we still have some work to do to plan for our future. >> cbs news business analyst, jill schlessinger, joins us live from new york to tell us how to improve our savings plans, good morning, jill. >> good morning. and happy retirement planning week. >> love this week. >> jim is always talking about his retirement, let me tell

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every certified financial planner will tell you until you step on that scale, you don't know what's going on. we're not doing much to educate ourselves. just 41% of workers have tried to figure out how much money they will need in retirement. now, those who have done a retirement saving needs calculation, guess what, they are likely to feel more confident about retirement, even if they don't like the result. probably because with the information in hand, they can establish goals. now, great easy to use retirement calculator go, check it out, go to choosetosave opinions org/ballpark, start to take control of your retirement process. >> okay. >> you know me, i'll check that site out. february 9th, 2026, jill, that's it. that's the retirement date. >> i'm on board. >> i've got a retirement app on my phone. and i live modestly. >> what was that date? >> february 9th, 2026. >> can we not hear about it until like february 8th, 2026?

>> i'll hear about my retirementment thanks, jill. >> we're like a married couple. ups put in the largest changes in the company's 109 year history, those big brown trucks, well, now will be passing through your neighborhood on the weekends, that's right, i'm real excited about there is ups plans to start saturday deliveries that change also creates 6,000 new jobs. expected to begin in a few weeks, but already being tested in philadelphia. >> to be honest with you, i didn't even know they didn't deliver on weekends. >> oh, i knew. >> well, president trump has donated the first three month of his salary to the national park service. >> the check was presented during yesterday's white house press briefing, according to the interior secretary, the money just over $78,000, will crib to maintenance project on the nation's 25 battlefields. officials, however, say outstanding maintenance at those sites amount to over $200 million. >> well, melania trump has only made handful of appearances at the white house over the last few months, but now she has her first official portrait as first lady. it can be seen on the first lady's biography on the white house website. the picture was taken in the

white house private residence, where mrs. trump plans to move some time this summer. >> well, actor matthew perry has declined canadian prime minister jeong continue trudeau's to a fight. >> trudeau challenged per toy rematch on twitter, seriously the sweetest and kind of cutest thing i've heard all day. actor perry said he beat up trudeau years wag they were in grade school. they went to grade school together. made the revelation on late night tv show suggesting the grade school class was motivated by athletic jelousy. trudeau spokesman confirms it was just an april fools joke. no fighting. >> well you probably used at least one of them in conversation. coming up the new words just added to dictionary. com. >> interesting. and today is national hug a news person day. so, we sent our meisha johnson to get some hugs. oh, please. you don't want to miss it. >> that's a holiday every day for her. >> i'm pat gallen here at holy

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> now, this is music i can get into! >> so judgement, today is national hug a news person day. katie always gets all of the fun assignment. she has some friends with her today. >> i do. do i need to announce who these guys are? elmo and grover, they're in town for sesame street live make a new friend. i have to tell you, i told you just a moment ago, my daughter kade inch absolutely lovers this song. that's why this is her dance move. she will be a conductor i think. >> she has the moves. >> yes, that's right really good moves for 19 month old. guys, sesame street live make a new friend is coming to town at the liacouras center in philly from april 6 tonight. so you can get your tickets at sesame street live. com. do you not want to miss it. i'm telling you, seeing these guys in person is amazing. this is just like completely making my week. i'm glad that i came in sick just so i did not have to miss

this. >> instant mood lifter. >> isn't it? i can't stand it. so again, sesame street live. com where you can get the ticket, april 6 through ninth. that's coming up, guys. get rested up so you can get your groove on here, am i right? all right, let's talk little shop real quickly here guys. see if i can get through this without any distractions, that may be tough. as we take quick look at storm scan3, the storm that's moving in, i'm getting zeroed in n by elmo, amazing. heavy rain pulled in to the northeast, you can however see that we're not completely in the clear, few more showers, couple of mover thunderstorms that rumble in, before the day is all said and done. i don't think we have to worry about severe weather but as we jump ahead to thursday, that is when another storm comes along, that could bring potential anyway for some enhanced thunderstorms down across the mid-atlantic, possibly some stronger thunderstorms here. gusty wind, i think heavy rain would be the biggest issues here, elmo very very happy about.

that will as we look at the sky conditions though from some of the eyewitness weather watchers, tracey in norristown with lots of clouds, generally the theme, a lot of overcast skies, jason in middletown, andrew in medford and west chester all reporting nothing but clouds overhead. but this is why we bring sesame street characters in. because they bring sunny days. they sweep the clouds away. am i right? we look ahead to wednesday, nice bright sunshine, we take a break between systems, and mild, too, look at that 68 degrees guys. maybe between practice for sesame street life, you can get out, get little tan inbetween. what do you think? just wear your sun block, right? katie i love the instant feedback to your forecast. >> i know? if you could see it off camera just like oh, clouds, oh, rain, oh, my goodness, meisha, amazing. >> and it is hug a newspaper person day right? run over here real quickly. give me hug. give me hug. >> oh, i love you. oh, okay. now, get out of here. look, grover, grover, oh, all right. out of here. get out of here. i got news to do.

all right, all right, good morning, everybody, looking outside we do still have the accident out there. so even hugs can't stop the rain on the roadways in our problem spotment jackknife tractor-trailer, god news they are out there getting this cleaned out of our way. you are still squeezing by, unfortunately the backups, they're pretty substantial still. that will way for quite some time. will build through the 7:00 hour. take a look, extending back to woodhaven road maybe beyond that at this point. your alternate will be state road, frandford avenue being maybe the boulevard, either way, look at this, 60 minutes you will have to factor an hour, extra hour, other wise wait for it to pass us by, plus more on the roadways, we'll talk about that coming up in the next ten minute, rahel, jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. well, now we will look at some of the newest words out there. >> yes, we always use the newest words here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news." you probably heard a few of them. >> hangry, yes, we know this

one well, combination of hungary and angry. sext, texting people sexy texts, not always a good thing, when you send me sexy texts jim -- van. >> what? >> ya. >> just kidding. >> that won't happen. >> dabbing means striking a pose, i'll show it to you in a second, and dad bod might have been tone body at one point but more like a beer belly. super feed is healthy food. >> i've heard of a few of them. >> in the dictioner? >> yes, dad bod. yep. >> common. >> it is now 6:49. a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> nora o'donnell joins because pro view, good morning, nora. >> hey, good morning to you, rahel and jim. ahead we're at the white howls with the report of fbi investigation into a secret meeting to setback channel communication between president trump and vladmeere putin. plus how containers used to carry flammable liquids like nail polish remover, alcohol and gas for lawn mowers, can suddenly cause devastating

injuries. the inexpensive fix to prevent the dangers phenomenon, and chelsea clinton right here in studio 57. her book, it is your world, now out in paper back. we will talk about that, and also, what's the late west her family, and her view of the trump administration. she has been tweeting, too, see you right at 7:00. >> as always sounds like great show. we will be watching, thank you. >> and bensalem helping the change we help other people. >> sophomore student sent using a readily available technology and it is getting his classmates involved. pat is here to tell us more. >> yes, really interesting. these kids just getting smarter and smarter at younger age. helping other can include volunteering, meant or, or raise money for charity. now, you can add 3d printing to the list, thanks to local high school student. the story definitely gets a thumbs-up. >> holy ghost prep student literally giving others a

hands. using 3d printers, sophomore jack pinkstone built functioning prosthetic hand using the relatively new technology. >> my mom actually showed me this article on line of people printing these hands for people in need. so a fun project, coy use my 3d printer for, help people in need around the country, too. >> decided to take part in doctor craft hand challenge originating from a stem program in south carolina, then brought it to the attention of his teacher michael jacobs. >> really shock me, he brought it in, finished hand, that he printed when his own 3d printer at home which again is another unbelievable tags being. and i said, jack, i think we really need to open this up. >> jack spread the words to his classmates and 30 student showed up to the first meeting. they get together once a week to work on building and customizing them. >> so we can actually contact the company. and they can tell us who we will give the hands to. so if a girl, we can print a boy hand, a boy, we can print blue hand. >> while it takes about 16 hours to print the part for one hand buildin building it is

inexpensive. >> the plastic depend on what quality of plastic you get. but on average, for this size project, it will probably cost like five to $10 in plastic, and in the rest of the materials should be about five bucks more. >> needless to say, the teach remembers proud of what the student are accomplishing with this project. >> one of the things we try to foster here at the school is unique gifts, and unique talent, they have this unique gift. table take that gift and help the community, you know, locally, and also globally, with project like this. >> pretty cool. almost as impressive is that jack actually built his own 3d printer using a kit. now that 3d print is her being used to help other. >> just absolutely amazing. >> isn't that unreal? that's impressive stuff. >> very smart. >> who says kids out there ,ren't doiars? it. itn mays landing may not be for the reason you think. >> owner joey, is trying to

sell the house so his son made humerous video of him giving house tour. days later the video had half million views. he a tribute the video popularity to act that he puts on that he calls his quote south philly style. >> i want to show you around a little bit, go to the outside of this house. i'll show you the beep house you know what i mean? then you decide, you know, beep what you want to it. >> i don't know what possessed me, but i walk over there, and it just went. >> question, that will get your attention. the house belonged to his parent, he told "eyewitness news" making the video comedic way to deal with the grief of their passing. >> that translates to philly, boston, new york. >> oh, ya. >> well you may not know it, but today is national hug a news person day. >> yes, so we sent out meisha to rittenhouse square, see how many hugs she would round up. >> everyone knows i am a ' a

hugger, i was once called mj hug. is that creepy or good? i don't know. but so headed out to get friendly hug, not only needed but also right up my alleyment take a look. >> national hug a news person day. so can i gave you a hug? >> sure. >> oh, and i love your uniform. >> honey, she made me do it. >> can i gave you a hug? >> all right. >> have a great day. >> you too. can i gave you a hug? >> yes. >> here's my boy. >> thank you. >> i needed that. >> he hell on for long. oh, yes you can. >> so cute. >> i remember when we went to lunch one day, walking around the street and literally she hugged half the people, i thought i would starve to death. >> soloff recall. you know what's funny though? sometimes the smallest act every kindness can really make a person day. you never know what that meant to those people you hug. >> absolutely, tell you what, everyone was so receptive to

it number one, but two, most p.m. when you go to hug them they need it. >> they need it. everyone needs it. >> you got it. so i'm here for you. >> mj hug. >> she will attack you in a few minute. we'll be right back with three to go. >> jim, come here!

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