well, get ready for rain, storm scan three shows severe weather moving toward our area we will tell you when storms are expected to arrive and the places that will get hit the hardest. step up, everybody need to step up. >> a community is still in pain after a quadruple shooting that left three people dead, rally taking place calling for an end to the violence. coach of the newly crowned south carolina women's basketball team returns to philadelphia for a visit to the old stumping ground where a party is being thrown today for dawn staley. today is thursday april 6th, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. all that plus brand new attraction in philadelphia opens up today but first lets check weather and traffic. lauren's in for katie and

meisha's here. >> good morning, gateway to our weekend is here. >> i can see it. >> yes, so can i. >> yes, skip over friday, right to saturday. it is raining out there. we were talking about it yesterday and then again today morning and evening commute, yikes. >> things are just starting to get going. check this out storm scan three is showing a look toward harrisburg. about an hour ago there was a nothing, now thunderstorms are flowering, around the area, all of the same shower activity, popping up across portions of south jersey, in and around center city philadelphia. the showers are starting to develop. you'll need that umbrella through today. see that storm activity. look at how quickly that is popping up. that is concern for quickly developing, thunderstorm activity and some of those storms could be on the stronger side and some shower activity could be quite heavy. temperatures are chilly, 48 degrees, compliments of the easterly wind off the atlantic forty-seven in, allentown, 48 degrees in atlantic city.

we have breezy conditions, so maybe the umbrella isn't best idea, might want to go with the rain slicker. wind speed at 15 to 20 miles an hour. we have a flood watch through the day-to-day and runs until 2:00 p.m. for lehigh valley, poconos, runs until 11:00 for center city philadelphia and surrounding counties. tough go today, keep an eye to the sky, showers, thunderstorms for first half of the day. we could see sunshine breaking out in the afternoon but don't let your guard down even if you see sun we could see storm activity in the second half of the day. >> so again, our head line for world of travel will be, leave your homes early. you will need to do so, again. i think i have been honorary pete for almost two weeks off and on. head up this will give you a picture what you will be dealing with going out there. when we see wet roadways we know it will get busy. thinks where we have construction 95 at the vine north ramp to the vine, left lane blocked there but that has been since clear. i wanted to show you that

pictures of the wet roadways. near bensalem, pennsylvania turnpike westbound near delaware valley is, also right lane blocked there now more construction a lot more of it pennsylvania turnpike westbound pennsylvania valley forge, left lane blocked there and guess what, a lot more, to talk about when we come back in 10 minutes. jim and rahel, back to you. growing calls to end senseless violence in philadelphia. >> tonight city officials and community leaders will the georgia they are weeks quadruple shooting near a school in philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter frank does live with more on the investigation and vigil held for the victims, trang do , good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. police have not made any arrests but they are looking for two shooters. as the community mourns police hope that someone comes forward and is moved enough to provide information, in this case, so the reward money stand at $70,000. community members raised a banner where three men who their lives in the quadruple

shooting. dozens gathered to remember the men referred to as ron/ron , tyi and bub. >> why would they take three boys, three young black men, to die, for us to get out together like this. >> reporter: police say this and another man were standing outside an apartment complex near intersection of the 11th and fouler street monday afternoon when two gunman ambushed them firing two dozen shots. at the vigil friend and family offered memories of the victims. >> this young man has played in my home. this young man has played with my son this young's man family is part of my family. >> there is nothing that you can really say. you really don't know. there was three boys. >> reporter: local clergy members and activist from cease-fire philadelphia and mothers in charge called for an end to the gun violence which happened just a block away from saint maliki's school with children still inside. >> we have to put value on life. >> yes. >> we have to teach our kid,

the value of life. >> yes. >> so that no matter how many guns, how many drugs, no matter how much is around, when you have value for life, do you that which is, people love, not hate and destruction >> reporter: and state representative curtis thomas plans to hold a news conference addressing the violence in his district, that is set for 11:00 a.m. for now we are live outside police headquarters i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" , rahel and jim, back to you. new this morning philadelphia police say a woman is in stable condition after she was shot, three times, in southwest philadelphia. it happened near south 57th street and florence avenue in the kingsessing neighborhood. the three three-year old was shot once in the abdomen and twice in the leg. police have not arrested a suspect. police are putting up hot spots in the morning fire of the overbrook. fire tore through 5400 block of diamond street just after 1:00. there are in reports of

injuries but home does seem to have considerable damage n word on the cause of the fire. local priest faces 80 years in prison after he ripped off elderly clergy members to the tune of the half million-dollar. monsignor william dumbbrow works at villa st. joseph a retirement home for aging priestness darby. he committed wire fraud by taking fund over a nine year period. he spent that on fancy dinner, gambling and consers. dombureau is on administrative leave. pretrial hearing today for lee kaplan, the man who was accused of sexually assaulting six sisters. prosecutors say that the feasterville bucks county man fathered two children with a then 14 year-old girl who had been gifted to him, for helping her parents financially. the girls parents also face charges, kaplan's trial is set to begin next month. man accused offsetting off bombs in new york and new jersey wants his trial moved to vermont. lawyers born for ahead rahami

said he will get a fair trial in vermont because of the new york media coverage. he is charged with death mating a pipe bomb in ocean county and planting pressure cooker bombs in manhattan last september. thirty people were injured in those bombings. emotions run high in the courthouse where eric frein's death penalty trial is unfolding. yesterday pennsylvania state troopers told jurors how they responded to the deadly ambush at the blooming grove barracks in berks county. two troopers testified about the horrifying moment in september 2014 when they first heard gunshots in the building emergency responders also described the painful scene. >> we didn't know, that all of the gun fire were you hearing was cover fire or whether there was somebody else. you cannot put everything out of your mind thaw go through and you try to go back as far as possible but having to go through this again brought it all back to life again. >> eric frein's accused of opening fire at the barracks killing corporal brian dickson and wounding trooper alex douglass. authorities in berks county call it one of the war cases of animal cruelty they

have ever seen. a kitten, found tied up in a trash bag, and then doused in gasoline. now, a search is on to find the person responsible. two sanitation workers found the kitten on tuesday while collecting trash on north front street in reading. the workers, from harold adams ref fuse removal had just started crushing the crash in the back of their truck when they heard the animals cries for help. they then rushed the one year-old cat to the humane society. >> she was in shock, very dehydrated, under weight and her temperature was extremely low, like starving. >> horrible. humane society said they have named the cat miracle macy, is there a $1,000 reward offered in that case. after years of fighting for better pay and conditions service workers at philadelphia international airport are now part of the union. mayor jim kenney will congratulate the group at the airport this afternoon this is video protesting at phl in 2015. it consists of baggage handlers, sky caps and wheelchair attendants.

overwhelming majority voted to join the union tuesday night. senate is expected to take a procedural vote this morning to end debate over supreme court justice nominee neil gorsuch. republicans do not have the 60 votes necessary to prevent a filibuster from the democrats. mitch mcconnell is poised to change senate rules to a sim majority to advance nomination of gorsuch. well, you can let your imagination run wild, happening today lego land discovery center in philadelphia opens its doors to the public. you may remember pat gallen got a sneak peak inside at plymouth meeting mall last week. the center encourages hand on play with an almost unlimited supply of lego bricks, and be sure to keep everyone entertained for hours. sing dale passes are $19 per person on line, $24 at the door, children two and under are free. happening today, former philly high school stand out and ncaa champion coach dawn staley returns to her alma matter. staley won women's college basketball championship sunday

night as coach of the south caroline game cox but she first came to attention as national high school player of the year at dobbins high school in north philadelphia so today students at dobbins and special guest will honor staley, just second african-american female coach to win a national championship and cannot say that enough, congratulations and so proud. >> bravo. well, in other news fighter pilot is back home this morning after his plane went down, near washington d.c. >> why military officials say he did moments before eject ago this may have saved lives. severe weather drenches the south and leaves severe flooding behind, city where water rose so quickly people began to get trapped in their

take a look at this video behind me military pilot eject ing from his plane just outside washington d.c. jet came down in suburban maryland neighborhood yesterday morning, and military officials say pilot reported a mechanical failure and thin intentionally got in the plane toward a wooded area

before ejecting, witnesses described loud bangs after plane slammed in the ground. >> there was a lot more debris that was on the cover for the grill, didn't look like that when i left this morning and roxanne all kind of stuff on the deck. >> jet was transporting live training round and on its way to pennsylvania, it miss aid nearby neighborhood by a couple of yard. fortunately in one on the ground was hurt. nearly two dozen students are recovering after a school bus crash in massachusetts, sixth graders were on a field trip heading to boston to see the symphony. a vehicle abruptly changed lanes in front of the bus causing the bus driver to brake hard, and a van could in the stop in time and that person rear ended the bus. >> it was a mess. the busies pretty, the van itself looked like it hit hard >> student injuries are minor and driver of the van was not hurt. also, turning south,

severe weather rips through south carolina but there are no serious injuries. look at this footage from columbia, south carolina where 2 inches have rain fell in one hour yesterday. people became trapped because of the street flooding. parts of the region reported hail the size of ping-pong balls. officials issued a tornado watch that has since been dropped. >> it has been a couple days now, severe weather we have been having. >> we have been impacted by same storm system right now. it is working its way up. big, wide reaching, powerful storm system. we could see severe weather here as well. keep an eye to the sky, not worried about ping-pong ball sized hail but we could see gusty wind and lightening and rainfall with these thunderstorms that are already flaring up at this early hour, storm scan three is showing us activity starting to getting right now, showers, activity, moving from southwest to north e across the area, also in berks county, probably hearing some rumbles of thunder because of these thunderstorms that have just developed off to the west that are continuing to move their

way northe, much more moisture starting to really expose itself to our south and west. check out this storm system, it is huge. the center is still back over portions of the midwest, and counterclockwise circulation point with all this moisture from the south. we will deal with period of rain on and off throughout the day-to-day both in the morning and then again in the afternoon. we could see locally strong thunderstorms even in the morning hours, heavy rain, strong gusty wind and then both commutes will be impacted today. checking in on future weather we see heavier pockets of rain in the 7:00 o'clock hour. doesn't commute look fun as we head in the 8:00 o'clock hour dealing with embedded thunderstorms. pushing toward lunchtime still dealing with these showers, moving through and areas of heavy rainfall. this afternoon we could see some sunshine braking not some areas but that will only continue to destabilize atmosphere. you can see some sun don't let your guard down because we still could be dealing with the strong thunderstorm quickly developing and rolling through your neck of the wood as we head into tonight.

things will wind down as we head in the late evening hours , we could see lingering showers into midnight but wind gusts in the 20-mile an hour range, wind advice rid in effect down the shore until 5:00 p.m. where we could see wind of 50 miles an hour, so windy day down the shore, all together an unpleasant day to day but keep an eye to the sky as we head into tomorrow, meisha, cooler but check out that nice sunny stretch mid 70 's by next week. >> exactly where our eyes are going, thank you so much. so yes, another busy commute this morning, give yourself some extra time, once again, pack that patients, we have an accident here vine westbound ramp to eastbound schuylkill you can see it pulled off. vine jumping on to the schuylkill and start to put on your brakes and it will get busy, quickly because of the wet roadways. you can see them under these lights showing you that sheen on the roadway. we have a water main brake here in carney's township new jersey, harding highway closed , penns grove auburn is your best bet around that, i will let you know when that

clears but right now that is out there pennsylvania turnpike eastbound near bensalem right lane blocked and westbound near delaware val that i right lane is also blocked there lots of construction to talk about this morning pennsylvania turnpike westbound past valley forge block ago this left lane and then two points, northeast extension southbound at mid county left lane, a turnpike that left lane. lots of construction, wet roadways and a accident out there, water main break, lots to slow you down this morning, jim and rahel, back over to you. coming up a major airline is adding a new route out of philadelphia international airport. >> where the route will take you and when it is taking off, you and when it is taking off, up n honey nut cheerios gets their delicious taste from honest ingredients. like real delicious honey and real oats. okay that's still honey. huh, there we go. we're back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy. figures.

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alaska airlines is adding a new travel action, none in stop flight to los angeles international airport will begin. virgin america, alaska airlines will operate the flight. american and spirit airlines offer none in stop flights between philadelphia and l.a. well, time's 4:49.

time for a check of business news. >> jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. so, some big news, general electric may want to get out of the light bulb business. >> reporter: for years, lighting business, defined ge, the company's now based in boston. it was founded by thomas edison, who invented the light bulb, wall street journal reports ge has been interviewing investment banks to try to sell its consumer lighting business and that could bring in 700 million-dollar, for the company. jim and rahel. >> so jill, we have been talking about this, pepsi i understand is pulling that controversial ad featuring kendall jenner so what are could leaders saying this morning. >> reporter: that ad was slammed in social media after its release last week, critics say it trivialized protesting because it mimicked an incident involving a black lives matter demonstrator. pepsi is apologizing and said clearly we missed the mark. >> you think. >> i think that is very

interesting because just yesterday it seemed like it was a very different response. it is interesting the power of social media. power in the people. >> to be a fly in the wall of that board room decide to go pull that ad. >> exactly. >> thanks, jill, we will check in with you next hour. easter is fast approaching >> indeed, it is a visually impaired children in one local town will not be left out of the egg hunts. >> the eggs you see there not just any eggs but they actually beat, technician from his the montgomery county sheriff office, made beeping eggs. they will ab veil this saturday at st. mary's annual easter egg hunt in flourtown. >> bravo to them. just a great job. well, storms are heading our way, right now. >> lauren, will there be an impact for people commute nothing to work this morning. >> we are seeing activities flaring up in the form of the showers and some thunderstorms , and at this point that will increase in its coverage and break out timing of the rain and thunderstorm activity and talk about a pretty nice weekend in

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welcome back on this thursday morning your time is 4:54, it is breezy, damp, chilly as we wake up on this thursday morning, 48 degrees in philadelphia, wind east/ northe at 17 miles an hour so feeling more like 42, 48 down the shore, poconos 38 degrees feeling more like 28 degrees, storm scan three showing shower activity flaring autopsy cross the area , we had light showers passing through center city philadelphia now most of the showers over bucks, montgomery counties, light in intensity in these areas but as we head throughout the day we will see period of heavy rainfall, showers, embedded thunderstorms as well. temperatures will be climbing in the 60's. we could see sunshine breaking out as we head in the afternoon but that does not mean we won't see storms persisting in the afternoon that could quickly becoming strong and isolated severe, marginal risk of severe weather for philadelphia,

south jersey, slight wrist ago cross portions of delaware and down the shore. >> this is going to make a mess of the commute, again, all right, lauren, thanks very much. not a way we want to start off our thursday but good morning. looking outside continued wet roadways. accident ramp to eastbound schuylkill that ramp closed having to use an alternate putting on your brakes. that is great news. you can see, already, pushing, excuse me in the west and eastbound direction we are starting to heat up earlier then what we would see. why is that? wet roadways. it will force everyone out early. it will be slow, moving, so you will to have do the same, also a water main break in carney's point township new jersey, route 48, harding highway closed at penns grove auburn road. penns grove auburn road is your best bet. jim and rahel, back to you. travel back 100 years with the national museum of the american jewish history, for free. museum on independent mall highlighting its new exhibit, 1917, how one year changed the

world. the exhibit focuses on world events, seen through the eyes of american jews. museum is offering free admission on select days like today, 100 year anniversary of america's entry into world war one, plus you can get in for freon the first friday of every month. well, coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a look ahead at president trump's visit with president of china later today. then bad behavior caught on camera, find out why this customer gets physical at a 7-eleven. nascar driver dale earnhardt junior is no fan of the philadelphia eagles, that is why he is upset about his car's new pay scheme, wait until you see it, back at the top of the hour.

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storm scan three is showing you rain and thunderstorms. we have a flood watch in effect across the entire viewing area. we're not only won seeing rain and storms this tornado down south caused heavy damage in georgia we will have more on the destruction left behind renewed call to end violence this is how a quadruple shooting is bringing together a community today. today is thursday march 6th, good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. lauren is in for kate. she and meisha are keeping a eye on things this morning. >> good morning, guys. there is a blessing working this early morning shift what do you think it is. >> think about those wet red waysy was going to say is

there an upside. >> we will give you a big hint it will be a mess for our travel this morning and it is already shaping up to get busy and messy. >> showers have begun we had a few thunderstorms off to the west of our viewing area flood watch in effect for much of the delaware valley, i-95 corridor, berks county, lehigh valley and poconos, philly, until 11:00 p.m., areas off to the north and west, 2:00 p.m. until tomorrow afternoon. storm scan three showing us we had a first mini round, moving through with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms around harrisburg. we heard rumbles of thunder in berks county as we widen out we will see moisture starting to develop and all this is heading in our direction, so you will need that rain slick er and heavier one at that. 48 degrees, chilly in philadelphia. forty-five in trenton. forty-seven in atlantic city. these colder temperatures, nice easterly wind flow off the atlantic,ls