horizon. can't wait. i'm rahel solomon. aim jim donovan. lauren and meisha will be along in the moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. first kind of mini round, moving through, with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms around harrisburg area you probably heard rumbles of thunder in berks county already. >> severe weather barrels across the midwest, and the south. >> community members raised banner where three men who their lives in the quadruple shooting. >> we have to put value on life. >> state representative curtis thomas plans to hold a news conference addressing the violence. >> he was tied up in a trash bag doused in gasoline. >> two sanitation workers rush the one year-old cat to the humane society of berks county >> given her incredible story of survival this little lady has been named miracle macy.

>> hooked up with our friend at h and r block but first glam squad had to make me unrecognizable, duplicates, yes. >> okay. >> well, less than two weeks until the tax deadline. >> i still have two weeks left >> what are you waiting for. >> i need time to do it. >> if you are expecting your refund why would you give the government a loan today might be gay day to get taxes done because it will be nasty. >> yes, miserable out there. >> yes, stay inside, do your taxes. >> great plan. >> crazy, wild. >> we are going to have a pretty miserable day with round of rain, thunderstorm, and few storms could be strong , even isolated severe, storm scan three showing us activity beginning at this early hour picking up especially just off to our western counties. you can see that filling in, green, yellow, even over the last hour on this time lapse,

about three hours, so showing us activity really starting to flare up. thunderstorm activity now even at this early hour, minus daytime heating. we are seeing thunderstorms. you can imagine what is in store once we get warmth and a little bit of sunshine break go through we are going to see continuing showers, and thunderstorms moving through the area because of this powerful storm system that is sweeping through the area. storm threats for today downpours looking very likely, also possibility of the strong gusty wind, lightening accounts maybe frequent at times with these stronger storms. moderate hail and we have a low tornado threat but cannot rule out a spin out in the slight risk area down toward delaware. in your day planner, showers and thunderstorms in the 9:00 o'clock hour, temperatures in the 50's. still hanging ton 50's by midday. in the afternoon we could see sometimes of sunshine, but keep an eye to the sky because scattered thunderstorms will be around as we head in the day tomorrow, quieter day but still some light showers around for phillies home

opener, 3,051st pitch taking on nationals, windy conditions , cool, meisha heading out to the game you need that phillies jacket, maybe ball cap, as well because it will be on the cooler side. >> yeah, it looks that way, thanks very much for that. speaking of that rain and wet roadways you will want to leave early, we have seen problems, already, and we are looking at an accident line lexington, this one has been cleared route 309 bethlehem pike at mill road is cleared. we will move on and show you this one. thinks an accident vine westbound ramp to the schuylkill eastbound you can see how much is actually starting to impact traffic right now. by the way this is exact same place we had our first accident of the morning, exact same place so it is slick, is there wet roadways, it is going to slow you down and one problem area, thinks how quickly it will start accumulating that congestion. head up, again, vine westbound ramp to the schuylkill eastbound it looks like it is closed, jump on girard, we will see what happens here but

everyone moving over to the left letting you know it is closed at this point. water main break carney's point township new jersey route 48, harding highway closed at pennsville auburn road, use penns grove auburn road as your best bet there. we have construction northeast extension southbound at mid count that i left lane is blocked there and we have more construction to talk about northeast extension southbound between quakertown and lansdale but right lane and also northeast extension north bound the ramp to lansdale that right lane is block, there and that is not it, we have a mobil crew out there, at route 55 northbound between route 641 and route 42 and linger out there until 6:00 a.m.; rahel and jim, back over to you. >> thank you. president trump is set to welcome his counterpart to mara log owe for a two day summit. >> they are expect to discuss missle program and u.s. trade with china both expected to be difficult topics. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with more on the president's plans, good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim and rahel, good morning. just hours after this summit was first announced president trump predict a very difficult

meet go ahead. relationship between the world 's number one and number two economies has been uncertain, following president trump's election. president trump is preparing for his first, summit meeting with chinese president xi jinping, beginning on thursday at maralogo. already high on the agenda is north korea's nuclear program with fresh provocation, regime test fired another miss until to the sea of japan overnight. >> we have a big problem. we have somebody that is not doing the right thing and that is going to be my responsibility. >> reporter: u.s. wants china to go beyond u.s. sanctions and use more economic leverage over kim jong unbut that could be a challenge, china's is north korea's largest trading partner providing 90 percent of the north's fuel supply, another sensitive topic trade between china and u.s. which president trump has repeatedly promised to renegotiate. the president has haled against america's trade deficit with china and

threatened on the campaign trail to impose a steep tariff , price tag to secure this summit at southern white house is already adding up. >> if we were just doing the president up there it is around 60 to 07,000 a day, you can double that. >> reporter: secret service will be on site at the hotel where chinese president is staying. now one issue two leaders are not expected to discuss is climate change, we are live, this morning, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back inside to you. president trump's chief strategies steve ban on has been removed from the national security council. his appoint the to the nsc was controversial in the first place, president decided to remove ban on but can still attend meetings where his expertise is needed. in business news, how soon you'll be able to hear new albums on spotify. >> i love that. >> why amazon is refunding 10s of millions of dollars to customers. money watch's jill wagner

joins us live from the new york stock exchange. >> good morning. >> futures are pointing to a bit of the lower open, minutes from the fed last meeting, beneficial think the stock market could be other valued, that is erased early market rally yesterday. dow jones ended up 41 points lower, nasdaq fell 31 points. hiring picked up big time payroll processor say businesses added 263,000 jobs in march. that is big mostly gain in more than two years, and we will find out more about the overall job market tomorrow, that is when government releases its march numbers. amazon has agreed to refund more than 70 million-dollar of purchases made by children on mobile devices, without their parents consent, the court found the company didn't do enough to get parent's consent when kid made those in app purchases of on line games and other apps. spotify reached a licensing deal with universal, musicians put their new albums behind a pay wall for first two weeks after they are released. that means only people who pay

for the premium service would get to hear the full album: jim and rahel. >> i don't know if that is enough of a incentive for me, jill. >> i have a hard time paying for music. >> i didn't want to admit that but me either. >> i don't know what spotify is. i do that eye thing, the tune thing, apple tunes but i don't know how to use it but i get the other thing. >> all right, jim, thanks. >> check with you tomorrow. service workers at philadelphia international airport have been demanding better pay and conditions for years and new they are part of the union. mayor jim kenney will congratulate the group, later today, it consist oz have baggage handlers, sky scans and wheelchair attendants inn overwhelming majority voted to join the union tuesday night. local priest is facing 80 years behind bars after authorities say he stole half million-dollar from elderly

clergy members. william dombrow works as director of villa st. joseph at retirement home for aging priests in darby. he illegally took fund from the villa st. joseph bank account over nine years. he spent that money on dinner, gambling and concert. dombrow is on administrative leave. man accused offset off bombs in new jersey and new york want his trial moved to burlington, vermont. afghanistan form, u.s. citizen a mad can rahami cannot get a fair trial in new york. he rahami is accused of blowing up a pipe bomb in morris county and another bombing in the chelsea neighborhood in manhattan. others failed to detonate. military pilot is doing fine this morning after eject ing from his plane just outside of washington d.c. here's video captured by a cell even if cameras jet came down in the suburban maryland neighborhood yesterday morning military officials say the pilot reported a mechanical failure and then intentionally guided the plane toward the wooded area, before ejecting.

witnesses described the debris that rained down. >> there was a lot more debris , on the deck, the cover for the grill didn't look like that when you left out this morning and there were roxanne stuff on the deck. >> now the jet was transporting live training round and was on its way to pennsylvania. it is called the ultimate indoor lego play ground. >> we're talking about lego land discovery center in philadelphia and it opens to the public. our pat gallen got sneak peak inside center at plymouth meeting mall last week. center encouraging hand on display with an unlimited supply of lego bricks. single day passes are 19 on line, $24 at door, children two and under are free. >> it looks so good. >> we will take a road trip. >> big kid. >> yes. >> most days. >> barry manilow is opening up but his personal life find out who he has been in a relationship with for nearly 40 years, next. >> woman survives a fall from the bridge, we will tell what

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2014, the seven three-year old tells people magazine he remained for decade out of fear of disappointing his fans read more about his life when magazine hits the news stand tomorrow. it has been more than a decade since that so raven went off air but fans get ready for sequel, disney ordered raven to set to go in production last movement raven simon and the co stars repric ed their rolls as raven and kelce. series, expects to air later this year. i have to tell but a new line of cosmetics products that really look good enough to eat, it is called, candy, they sell bath and body products like soaps, scrubs, polishes and scented oils and they are made by hand to look and smell just like dessert. >> bath candy founder said she wanted her business to stand out. >> i think people love things that look good. so, i mean we're from nigeria, and population,.

>> and it is a industry, and she hopes her fairy tail treat can out match competition. >> i can get for a cup cake right now. >> i know, right. >> it is not edible. >> keeping that away from your kid and dogs. >> or cake and coffee. >> we have an hour and 15 minutes. >> yes. >> what sit looking like outside. >> it is raining. >> still moving in we have had round of rain moving in and now thunderstorm activity, checking out our bethlehem cam , sky scan three is showing us rain drops on the lens and flag is waving there, breezy conditions, in the the best umbrella day. you do need umbrella but rain slicker, you will have whipping wind along the coast where wind advisory is in effect until 5:00 p.m. today but our cbs-3 three weather watchers are up early with us and we appreciate. that we will check with our current conditions and temperatures, much chillier

then what we have this time yesterday morning across many areas. we are in the 60's in center city philadelphia and now bunch of 40's. we have 46 degrees at bill's house in cardington with cloud around. we had rain overnight. it looks like a wet day. you are right on point, bill. we will than dealing with round of rainfall some heavier at times and potential for stronger thunderstorms as well we will go far north and west, 45 degrees at eileen's house in gilbertsville, pennsylvania she has cloud around. she said overnight shower take the umbrella, we will need it. good advice from our weather watchers this morning. you need umbrella and rain slicker, all of your rain today. storm scan three showing us activity already on the board and we had round of showers work through center city philadelphia seeing most concentrated to the north and west with the some showers and rumbles of thunder. we are hearing in reading with these storms out to the west, and shower activity passing through reading area or has

been over last hour. we have showers around allentown, easton area, pretty light, at this point but intensity will continue to increase, especially this afternoon we do have the potential for severe weather, philadelphia, much of the south jersey and marginal risk of severe weather off to the south which does include the shore, slight risk of severe weather across portions of delaware. if we get sunshine breaking out this afternoon that will only enhance stronger thunderstorm activity. biggest threat for strong activity will be between one and 5:00 this afternoon but cannot rule out strong thunderstorm this morning into midday. round of rain throughout the day, heavy rain and both commutes will be impacted but we do have improving conditions in the seven day forecast, not best day tomorrow 52 degrees, windy, light showers around, cloud around, dreary, damp but check this out sunshine 65 by sunday afternoon. and then, finally, some nice, spring-like weather, a pair of sunny days and 75's monday and

tuesday, meisha. >> we are getting there, lauren one day at a time we are knocking them out. good morning everyone. we have to get through today wet roadways, leaving early, pack that patients, grab your coffee. we have an accident here, right around our first accident of the morning was, the vine street westbound almost to the ramp to the schuylkill eastbound our first one we have seen on the ramp blocking ramp right before the ramp to schuylkill eastbound at vine. you can see how congested it is and it will increase and continue to get more and more congested and dropping in the 6:00 o'clock hour. head up to the vine, you will want to give yourself extra time, until accident is cleared and more close-up for you blocking two lanes before, now push off to the right just block ago this one lane as you squeezed by. is it still slowing you down? you bet it is. we have another accident inard more lancaster avenue at ardmore avenue head up on that start to slow you down as well i don't know if you saw

flashing lights on the screen that is radar letting you know where rain is. rain's out there water main break route 48 harding highway closed at pennsville auburn road in carney's point township new jersey. your alternate will be penns grove auburn road, but that water main break is. i will confirm when it clears out of your way. we have construction out there crews are still out there rain or shine northeast extension southbound mid county, left lane is block there more to come in 10 minutes. jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. sacramento woman is lucky to be alive after falling 60 feet from the bridge. listen up, meisha she was taking a selfie when it happened. she was taking pictures with friend on the forest hill bridge in the sierra nevada mountains they were walking through an off limit section of the bridge. suddenly friend say she who her footing and unthinkable happened. >> unaudible. >> she like stepped on them weirdly and who her balance and fell back. cool place to take pictures

but it is not worth risk. >> that is in the right, yeah. woman was knock unconscious by the fall. she got a gash in her arm, fractured some bones that will require surgery. police warn tourist to stay off the bridge, they want to stop treating it like a jungle gym. >> okay, meisha, were you listening. >> um-hmm. >> woman plans from a kohl's in ohio when she found herself lock inside store. she called cops armed with a weak cover story, joe and haven figured if she hid in the changing room at clothing time she could steel various items and make a clean getaway when she realized doors were locked she called police who were responding to alarms responding to the store. >> female saying she's locked inside the store. nature of the call kind of change. red flags went why are you inside the store again? what were the circumstances surrounding this? of course, they are looking at her demeanor, and asking her routine questions and red flags start coming up. >> police found her with items

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heavy rain is moving in our area in time to impact your morning commute. this is all, an all day event, expect thunderstorms, strong wind, flooding, lauren times it all out for us. it is the halt to end violence we are live with how a quadruple shooting is bringing people together. police are searching for person who put this kitten

inside a trash bag, doused tonight gasoline, and then left it for dead. we will tell you how kitten was rescued and how she's diagnosis right now. it is thursday, april 6th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. it is a busy morning for lauren and meisha. so lets get over to them. good morning. >> happy gateway to all of you at home. yeah, pack your patients i have said it all morning long. we have seen a string of accidents out there very wet roadways and very slow out there. >> earlier you can leave better we are already seeing activity on storm scan three. we have had one round working through over last three hours and now another round to the south and west of philadelphia we have some rain, some thunder outside of berks county might be hearing rumble s waking you up early on this thursday morning. there is embedded lightening strikes off to the western portion of the berks county. you are likely hearing those rumbles of thunder around reading area we have flood watch for much of the area, center city philadelphia and surrounding counties until