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antonin scalia. good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. forty-nine year old appellate judge serving on the score, president jump therefore the public swearing in ceremony and the white house rose garden, gorsuch took the oath of office in a private ceremony earlier this month. restores supreme court's conservative majority. >> the american people, i'm humbled by the trust placed in me today. i will never forget that to whom much is given, much will be expected. >> i do all that i can for the constitution of this great nation. >> his impact on the supreme court will likely begin right away, he is weak seated in time to hear freedom of religious case on april 19th. >> in other news this noon, mean too many the trump administration standing by it decision to bomb syrian air

base. >> shows support the decision for the air strikes, but russia and iran, biggest allies, warning they will respond with force, to any further attacks. correspondent weijia jiang has more on what is next for syria. >> the trump administration receiving strong support for the president's decision to bomb syrian air base last week. new cbs news poll shows 57% of americans approve of the attack. >> it was a very deliberate, very proportional, very targeted strike undertake never response to the chemical weapons attack. >> secretary of state, recommendation hiller son, leading discussions at g7 meetings in italy, trying to shore up international support. but russia and iran serious top allies are saying they'll responds with force, if there are any further attacks in syria. >> this is a great opportunity for the russian leadership to re-evaluate what they're doing, why they are supporting regime that's committing mass murder against its own people. so russia could be part of the solution.

right now i think everyone in the world sees russia as part of the problem. >> trump administration officials say russia is partly to blame for failing to remove chemical weapons from syria, as part of a 2013 agreement. >> regardless of whether russia was come police it here, or whether they were simply incompetent, or whether they got out witted by the regime, would you have to ask the russians that question. >> tillerson will have an opportunity to ask the russians himself when he arrives in moscow this week for his first trip to the kremlin. weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >> and weather above average day, thanks to soaring temperatures, always good, right, meteorologist, liver on the cbs-3 skydeck with a look at what we can expect this afternoon, hi, kate. >> i rahel, nothing but good stuff i have to report for the rest of the day here, already in the midst that far bright blue sky, sunshine, temperatures well on their way up. with light winds, low humidity, what more could you ask for right? looks like this will be pattern that lasts us at least

initially through the rest of this early week, but things are going to be changing and shifting little bit with every passing day, as well. let's take you out, show you what's going on with first and for most look at storm scan, completely empty, devoid of anything but couple every stray clouds here and there, and overall, expecting nothing but that sunshine the rest of the day. here's where we currently stands, already warming up nicely even mount pocono, warmer than it is in philadelphia. isn't that interesting? sixty-nine greets, though, the current temperature at philadelphia international airport. and 71 in wilmington, what a comfortable beginning to this afternoon. and certainly being out here, it feels really great outside, guys. 71 degrees currently in doylestown, at 72 in mt. holly. where our national weather service regional headquarters is located. there is ever so slightly hint of breeze, it is out of the southwest however. so, you could call this practically perfect day. you have the sunshine, you have got the warmth. you have got the low humidity to make it a good hair day, and the breeze light enough that it is not too noticeable. it is just enough. so, what a beautiful excuse to

get outside right? you are going to have ample opportunity to do that through the course of this week. there are few hiccups along the way that we will have to discussment and we do that later and on my full forecast later in the show. but for now, absolutely beautiful day. and we continue that theme even into tomorrow. taste of june is in the forecast. we will talk about what that means for the they are thermometer readings moving forwards. meantime expect the high today to hit about 79. we've got good shot to hit zero eight while we're at it, but there are few precipitation chances along the way too. much more on that just a little later on, guys? >> thank you, katie n other news this noon, police are questioning a person of interest in connection with a hit-and-run that sent two people to the hospital. that person of interest was taken into custody after an eyewitness led investigators to the striking vehicle on the 2100 block of fraley street. a man and woman were both hit by that car, about 10:30 last night near sixth and erie, the man is in critical condition, the woman is in stable condition with a broken leg. so far no charges have been filed. philadelphia police are

asking for your help identifying two men considered armed and dangerous and want in the connection with the murder last year in north philadelphia. the surveillance video shows two men who are wanted in the shooting death of 28 year old man last november, you can see one man running, and jumping into a black ford escort. if you recognize the suspect, police want to hear from you. and police say a gun fight broke out near 49th and woodland avenue just after 4:00 this morning, that's in the city kingsessing section. one man shot three times, now in stable condition at presbyterian hospital. investigators say the victim did have a license to car a weapon and return fire. not clear though if the other gunman was hit, and that man remains at large. and more surveillance video shows west depford gloucester county man as all the wad cell phone. suspect throwing hinges at windows, and the apartment last friday. when confronted by maintenance supervisor the suspect went on attack. he went away in a silver car. if you have any information about the crime, please contact authorities. >> well, group of sixth grade best to track the footsteps

after civil rights pioneer. >> right now a busload of student from global leadership academy on it way to atlanta with stops in birmingham and memphis. they boarded buses earlier this morning. this journey puts them on the same path as doctor martin luther king, jr. during the civil rights movement. >> they've done year long study of the civil rights movement. so they're going to be picking the track as though themselves were the freedom riders. this is our sixth year making this excursion. and it is really about exposure. it is about helping our kids to understanded that you can learn one thing in a textbook, but another thing to experience it first-hand. >> and the student lent also visit college campus toss get their first glimpse of college life. >> well, drivers be aware, the first phase of road closures is in effect around the art museum ahead of the 2017nfl draft. chopper three over the area this morning, as of midnight the first set of closures went into effect, spring garden street westbound is closed at pennsylvania avenue, and the two right lanes at eakin's oval in front of the art museum steps are closed so crews can build the nfl draft

stage. for additional information on the closures, you can check out our website cbsphilly.com. and return to earth. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> back on solid grounds, after six months in space, astronaunts make quite an entry back to our planet. but finds out who is still not home yet. >> and, oh, baby, jenkintown own bradley cooper taking on new role as the first time dad. his baby story just ahead. >> and what a view from our parkway central library camera on this beautiful spring day. enjoy your lunch outside today. but we'll be right back after this.

>> three astronaunts touchdown this morning returning from the international space station after get this 173 days this space. two russian astronaunts and landed saferly in cbsphilly.com i can stand, their journey home stretched 73.2 million miles. nasa's peggy, one of three person crew, that continues to operate the space lab until a new crew arrives in space this weekend. >> finding a doctor has become harder and harder for americans living in rural parts of the country, especially, when they need a specialist. >> cbs news correspondent brook silva bragga visited clinic in virginia now come up with innovative solution. >> mr. see more -- >> billy see more's latest visit to the doctor is through a video screen. >> no bad side effect or no problems after the procedure.

>> no, ma'am. >> see more is add a clinic in the small town of wise, virginia, doctor tracey, is 300 miles away, at the university of virginia in charlottesville. the virtual visit is a follow to up a bladder procedure, also done through tell he health. see more says seeing his specialist is now much easier. >> well it, takes -- do you have get overnight stay, all your food, so it is a lot of time. >> and monday. >> i and money, yes. >> nurse practitioner paula meade helped develop the tellehealth program. >> we don't have a urologist in the wise county area, and/or dixon county, so we have seven counties that we serve. and there is not a urologist available. >> dozens of hospital serving rural communities like this one have close in the recent years. and the national rural health association says one out of every three remaining rural hospitals is at risk every closing. >> doctor says remote

appointments can be part of the solution. >> there is a saying that 90% of the diagnosis is the history. so if you can listen and hear the patient, that can make the diagnosis. >> recommends other patient give it a try. >> it is an amazing experience, it is saving time, your monday. >> i clinic is also using tellehealth for cancer screenings. brook silva bragga, for cbs news. some say giving a babe a ride in a car can lull them to sleep. >> didn't you just say kate does this all the time with you? >> all the time. when you need a good nap, now ford is tapping into the idea, created new kind of crib, the max mother over dreams rocks side to side like moving car, even has speaker that place gentle engine sounds, it is lined with the led lights and could you win prototype, ravel open to anyone, test driving a car in ford's -- >> they made that in a adult size i would buy that on the spot. >> would you have no problem get to go sleep. well, phillies on bradley cooper may want to consider entering that ravel because he

is report it lid a new dad. reports the 42 year old actor and model irene a, welcomed the babe twi weeks ago, the new -- the kim's first baby, and they haven't released the baby's name. >> many coming up pets for one owner. >> one daring rescue, see how it unfolded next, katie? >> rahel, never too early to look ahead to the weekends. but looking ahead right now to holiday weekend no less. and at this point it looks like we will see some sunshine saturday with temperatures going on uphill climb through the weekends. but, there is a pretty good likelihood that we end one showers on easter. we will talk more about that and the rest of your forecast right after the break.

>> dog owner risks hypothermia to save his best friends. >> i under stands the news crew working on a problem, they caught him jumping in the ice. reporter called 911 for help. >> how are you doing? how is your dog doing? >> i think he is okay. i'll take him home. >> okay. >> you're obviously very cold. >> well, thankfully both mcgiver and cosmo did make it back safely. ironically, the reporter was out there covering the dangers of thin ice. >> oh, my gosh. >> very interesting. glad they're okay. but i think animal lovers, listen, they do so much for us, if there was ever an opportunity to pay them back, man? >> well the good thing in our area there is no ice. beautiful, and just maybe ice cubes in your iced tea? >> the only ice around here is

at the wells. thawing literally across the bore here, so warm outside already. wait until you step out after the show. >> i was outside. >> so comfortable already. looks like stellar afternoon. yes, dining alfresco, my friends, yes. great excuse to do anything outside. make some plans if you haven't yet. we started off on little bit of chilly note. sun's been up obviously for many hours, had chance to really efficiently warm things up here, and this time of year the sun angle getting pretty high up in the sky. feels great outside. layer on the sun block, any time of year you can get burnt. so going on outside. i want to show you couple of statistics, just to start things offer. here are the records to beat for today. we would have to hit 89 degrees. we won't go that high. possibility to exceed the 79 expectation, maybe crack 80, but we're keeping our hyatt 79 for now. tomorrow the high, we have to hit to at least hit record would be 84 to tie it. we're doing little harmless rotation tomorrow. so we went 82, we'll see again

how we do. high pressure warming things up efficiently at this point. warmfront lifted women off to the front of the canadian border, more than anything helping the warmth to build in. you see the trailing cold front that comes with this? this will be the neck front that bridges any threat for precipitation, and the next front that knocks our temperatures back. so we will peak with the warmth tomorrow. but even despite a cold front passage, we are actually going to stay well above average even into wednesday. behind the cold front. so at this time of the year, normally topping off around maybe 62 degrees or so. we exceed that by at least 10 degrees up to 20 degrees above average the next couple of days. now, there are good things and bad things that come with a forecast lick this, and the bad is all about the pollen. i suffer from really bad adult onset allergies, our floor director kevin is shaking his head, ya, me too, and i know jim does, as well. so if you are like us, make sure your allergy medications are ready to go, uv index just

talked about getting hire and hire with bright sunshine you got to be careful with that. heat index i would say use caution, but not going to be dealing with anything terribly oppressive. the air quality good. so asthma, respiratory problems, those are not going to be a concern. related to weather today. seventy-four the current temperature at atlantic city. it is unbelievably mild outside. there is a slight breeze, but actually warm and refreshing breeze. it is not making it feel all that chilly outside. and you know i called it, outside we go to snapshot of the boardwalk plaza in rehoboth. look at the hundreds of people enjoying this gorgeous afternoon here in rehoboth beach. actually stellar day to spends a day lick this. cooler by comparison at kutztown area middle school. bright, sunny, mooing more than few clouds here. currently cooler in this location at 59 degrees, but everybody's above average. later, specking 79 if not zero eight in the sunshine obviously warm, and certainly by almost 20 degrees, not shabby if you're fan of the

warmth talk about perfect baseball weather, phillies home again, beautiful weather, start the evening off with sunshine, about 25 minute after first pitch, see that sun drop, but it is quiet, clear, and mild, too. so if you are lucky enough to have the tickets enjoy yourselves, it will be beautiful. next couple of days all over the place with the thermometer, still above average, even through friday, and dow think that again we will see maybe a shower or thundershower come wednesday, courtesy of the colds front passage, but 73 degrees, is where our temperature gets back, and that's still above average, by what, a solid ten, so, again, you know, we might have front coming through here, but this warmth is going to last us every day, above average in the seven day. >> katie i know what you are thinking. nine minutes. you have nine minutes. >> nine minutes until you run outside. >> skip out the door. >> i thought maybe talking for nine minutes. >> sesame street welcoming its newest muppet julia, four

years old and has autism. creators say children with autism will be able to see themselves in a lovable red hair little girl just one of the gang. >> i love. that will inclusion. diversity. awesome. >> great message. you have heard the expression right thirds time is the charm? how about 74 times? >> i haven't heard that. >> no. why that number apparently though is the charm for the masters newest golf champion. though is the charm for the masters newest golf champion. we'll ♪ easter is coming.... though is the charm for the masters newest golf champion. we'll and kmart's got the sweet deals you need. so hip hop in -- and get your groove on. ♪

>> coming up later today, doctors say device that could change this teenager's life, the disease it is helping to treat and how she's making medical history in the process. that's tonight at 5:00. well, one of the most encouraging things, if you ever heard it, is if you at first don't succeed, try, try again. >> today we have some living proof. >> after so many years. once and for all, for sergio. >> as in so many years. sergio garcia got there is but on the first hole of sudden death, to win the masters, his first major championship, his first major championship, after 74 tournament, finishing in the top ten, 22 of them. can you imagine? garcia out lasted second place finisher just ten rose. >> way to keep trying. >> that's awesome. >> let's get a last check on the forecast? >> yes, i want to give you preview of the weekends, since the holiday weaken, we've got easter sunday coming up here,

so let me take you out to my very festive preview graphic if i k and we're going to, there it is? wait for it. >> isn't it beautiful? let me put it into play. gets even better. over the fence we go. hop it i hop. >> the little things. >> observe actually, doesn't take much to impress me. so looking ahead to the possibility of some showers on easter sunday, it will be a very mild day obviously. we're expecting mid 70s on easter sunday, but at that point it also looks like there will be front crossing throughment it is still seven days away, so things could change with the timing, so stick with me on that, timing little up in the air right now, but right now likely, that it will be little unsettled for the holiday. >> good weather for your sunday best. >> exactly. >> thank you, katie. that's "eyewitness news" for us at noon. >> i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. i'm katie frail ill. the "eyewitness news" continues at a always on line for you at cbsphilly.com. >> outside and enjoy the day or the young and the restless is coming up next. ♪fast, rhythmic drumming it's now open in the poconos!

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