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room. >> student at san bernardino school will be held home today. gunman yesterday killed his estranged wife and a student before turning the gun on himself. >> seventeenth street from walnut to locust will remain closed while crews make repairs. >> this could potentially cause some tie ups as the morning rush goes on. >> secretary of state, rex tillerson, heads to moscow later today. the official visit comes as tensions escalate over the crisis in syria. >> oh, my god. look at what you did to him. >> outrage after passenger is dragged off a united airlines plane. >> like a lawsuit and somebody's out after job. >> april snow bridges may flowers, old-man-winter just won't let go of his grip over part every minnesota. >> folks, look forward to more seasonable temperatures in the forecast later this week. >> katie, this summer, you know that will smith song,
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summer, summertime. >> in repeat in my head. >> i know. one of those days where you will be cruising down, got to go slowly enough so everybody can see that you waxed your car, right? >> ya, uh-huh. >> as the lyrics go, after all. all right, so we do have nice bright sunny sky waiting for us here today. obviously still dark outside at the moment. sun will be coming up in just about an hour or so, once it does it, will really help heat things up. we are expecting to, you know, and toil wear shorts and t-shirts throughout the course of the day here again today. bright sunshine, nice warmth, off to pretty quiet start at the moment, very mild, as well. meanwhile, here is a look at the area temperatures, because of the clear sky, we have had a chance to drop back to the 50's, in most locations, 49 in lancaster, currently at 50 allentown, so little on the cooler side, depending where you are, but meanwhile, as the day goes on, really going heat up from here. sixty in rehoboth at this hour. notice the wind direction, denote dollars by arrows at the shore line. it is generally a south or southwest winds flow. it is helping to bring in the warmth and surge the
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temperatures up. so, as the day goes on, the daytime high, now bumped up to 83 degrees, feeling like june, and with sunny skies. we are going to come awfully close to record territory. sunshine is everywhere else as well. at the immediate shore low 70s, even flit with eight's in the poconos if you can believe it. meanwhile as the day goes on, great excuse to hit the beaches here today. if you are lucky enough to maybe have covered a day off or play little hooky, flirt with records in the city there is cold front that comes along late tonight into tomorrow. talk about the impact with, that and also, new system, that is going to be moving in in time for easter weekends, so little later in the show, we talk about the expectations for wet weather with that, and whether it will affect the he can hunt plans you may have, meisha? >> a lot of great information. all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone, happy tuesday. looking at the vine, looking good, push in the westbound direction. jump on the schuylkill, you can see free flowing both moving westbound and eastbound directions of the vinement looking great. ninety-five south same story here. but i will say moving in the
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southbound direction, betsy ross, you can see, you are starting to build levels at this point. it will be busy, tuesday will be one of the busier travel days, just heads up on. that will overall 95 south, looking just as you should. but, building levels. so just heads up. you can head out to little earlier, might not be bad idea. mobile crew out there, a five northbound between 641, route 42, that right lane is blocked, lot of construction out there this morning, tis the season. weather, all inclusive for this kind of sustain us throughout probably the whole summer. crews out here also, schuylkill westbound between gladwynn and the blue route. right lane block there. and also, northeast extension, weaver got some still lingering out north and south between quakertown and lansdale. left lane blocked there. pa turnpike, no exception here. eastbound between willow grove and bensalem. two left lanes are blocked there. and also, this morning, we have been talking about a small sinkhole. and its repairs. it opened up yesterday. repairs are being done now in center city. so what does this mean to you? seventeenth street is closed.
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between without nut and locust, 15th, 18th, your best bet to maneuver around, even taking alternate it is going to be very very busy in philly in center city around this area where we do have the sinkhole. just heads up. crews are out there. sinkhole repairs are being done right now. we will have more on that coming up as we progress through the morning, rahel, back to you. >> ill pick piggyback, sinkhole closed 15th, rittenhouse, closed between walnut and locust, repair work expected to begin in less than an hour. officials say a supply line broke on the street above gave way. it is larger than residential line, and repair work, to keep the street closed into this afternoon or evening, liver report from rittenhouse square in the next hour. new this morning, authorities are investigating a shooting inside after kensington home that left one man dead. it happened just after 10:00 last night on the 1900 block every east venango street. police say they arrived to find man lying on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to the head. he was returned to the hospital where he died short time later. now, authorities want to talk
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to several people who were inside that home when the police arrived. the crime scene personnel, homicide detectives are on location, processing the scene, and detectives are talking to the residents, and individuals, that are inside that -- that were inside the location to see if they can determine exactly what occurred. >> now, police are still unsure if the victim lived at the home where the shooting occurred. still, no word on any arrests. >> well, time now 5:35. in business news this morning, the most valuable auto maker in the united states. >> which holiday has surpassed halloween and candy purchases? money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york took stock exchange with sweet details. good morning, jill. >> good morning, jim, rahel. futures right now pointing to lower open. the markets finished yesterday, just about where they started, the dow jones rose little over a point, nasdaq was up three-point. shares every united airlines, though, unexpectedly finished the day higher, up about 1% despite dealing with fall out from video, which showed
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customer dragged by police from an over book flight. social media users threatened to boycott the airline, shares initially fell, but united ceo apologized, some investors think the company will bounce back. tezsla now the most valuable us auto make earl, valuation of nearly $51 billion based on yesterday's closing price, that puts it slightly ahead of general motors. tezsla, though, only been around for a few years, still doesn't turn a profit, inch he esters are betting on ceylon for electric vehicles. up might associate halloween with candy. but when it comes to sweets, another holiday takes the cake. the national retail federation discovered sugar loving americans spent about $300 million more on easter candy than halloween. i find it hard to believe. but -- >> i'm with you, jill. >> now, see, i think that's accurate. >> i mean, i don't doubt it. >> i don't buy halloween candy
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but i buy candy to put in a easter basket. i have kids in my neighborhood. >> who? >> family and stuff. you want -- you really are -- i'm not the easter bun. >> i we want details, jim, we're reporters, we need information. >> yes, but -- >> so many questions, jill, so many questions. >> life size chocolate bunny, now, jill, that's what it leads me tonight thank you, jill. >> sends some to me. >> we will, we got ups somewhere around here. >> thank you, jill. >> thank you, women, alabama has new governor this morning, after scandal forced robert bently to resign. bently quit after the state's ethics commission said he broke state ethics and campaign laws when he allegedly had an affair with a top aide. don't want to do that. well, former lieutenant governor kay ivy sworn in yesterday evening. >> i do believe she is the second governor for the state. second female governor, i should say, as the manhunt continues for the man who mailed 161 page manifesto to president trump, authorities have released photos of the
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suspect's tattoos, in hopes that someone will recognize them. thirty-two year old joseph has been missing since tuesday. investigators are providing these pictures every his tatoo to the public so they'll have better chance at finding the fugitive. he's suspected every stealing firearms after mailing that manifesto to the president. fbi offering $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. well, they've gone above and beyond the call every duty. recipients of congressional metal of honor celebrated at the eighth annual gathering of hero funds raiser here in philadelphia. "eyewitness news" at the irish pub, the annual celebration organized by the irish pub children's foundation also races money for the law enforcement foundation. among those in attendance last night, former vice president joe biden. >> the only sacred obligation we have as a country is to care for those who we sends to war and care for their families when they come back. -- come back. >> now, the metal of honor which can be begs towed upon armed service members highest
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awards for valor in action against an enemy force. well, straight ahead, it has been few years since we've seen rapper ludacrous. >> see how he looks now in his new music video. why the internet has been roasting him overnight. pat? >> good morning, guys. it is spring time, it is going to be in the 80s today. that means, it is time to get back out in the garden, get it ready for the season, here with lisa and kirk from urban jungle and they're teaching me all they know about gardening. which is zero right now. but it is about to be a lot more when we come back, so don't go
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looks like kylie jen is her keeping up with the cards ash wraps, youngest is getting her own tv show. life of kylie will follow the 19 year old as she manages her make up company kylie cosmetics, set to air this morning on the e television network. >> jim, how do you really feel about that. >> uh-huh. >> i was going to tell you wedding bells are ringing, pippa middle ton will be tying the knotts. pippa's royal nephew and neice will be part of the ceremony. three year old george, who is so adorable, already her boy, and scarlet will be a bridesmaid. played an important role in her big sister kate's wedding back in 2011. >> i got to tell you, you really have to see this to believe it. rapper ludacrous back with vitamin d albumn, but take
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look, music video appears to show luda with fake abs, check it out. cgi6 pack, the song itself is about plastic surgery, lots every fans think this is probably who are than a joke, over on us, but how about this? here is something you probably haven't heard in a while. sisco, sisco work on the track, which sampled his hit, song, song. >> i don't know any of these people. >> you don't know the song -- >> i'm sure you'll make me listen to it. >> very quickly, get this, he's answering some funny tweets over night, check out this one, someone toll him that his of pack looked like it was done at sephora. ludacrous replied, did i loft situps for. that will here is the thing, ludacrous known to be like very funny, humerous guy, so there is no way that was serious. no way. >> definitely not. >> definitely not. >> he is a funny guy. >> but sephora offering? >> do you need a six pack going on? >> oh, they're right around the corner. >> i have no idea who these people are. >> you can get your beach body
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drawn on. >> i know the kardashian's, but, ya, i don't know why we give them more air time than we do. >> okay. >> so you're telling me you don't know who sisco is? >> i know sisco systems. isn't that like a computer company? stock, i think i owned it in the 90s. >> all right, music education 101 class later. katie will be in charge with those will smith lyrics. >> i'll bring out barbara mandrel. >> oh, you two, i feel like my knowledge of music trivia is right directly between the two of you. now, it is definitely a combination of both of you. all right, so, let's talk little weather. >> please. >> i come bearing fantastic news, take a look, we start things off. yes, we got to change the subject here. so as we overlook center city here, taking a live look from central parkway library camera shot, beautiful hd camera for you here, absolutely gorgeous beginning to the day. it is clear, it is mild, and it is going to get actually dairy say hot later on today? it is getting hot in here, guys. reason for it, nice southwest
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wind flow in advance of cold passage. for now temperatures that are off to incredibly mild start. look at this. 58 degrees, right now, in parts every delaware. jason report that nice skies for him, in middletown specifically, and he did mention. >> this i know he works outside, pretty sure he's landscaper. sunscreen, going to be outside today, that's critical. so many of russ going to be taking advantage, so please make sure that you do yourselves a soiled and don't get a sunburn. even in april, you can really get burned very easily. it is deceptive sometimes. actually, throwing picture here, nice clear skies. moonlit, no less, actually little bit of hazy view here. but, what we're seeing here, is a shot, i can't quite see it in the shot. i think is it right here. that will little speckle, is the moon with jupiter. that got sent into us from jenny. so guys, thanks for sending those into thus morning, switch it back, take a look at storm scan, and the stormy was just talking about, leading edge of the cold front is -- looks like it is very close, knocking on our doorsteps, i don't think we have to worry about wet weather until later
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tonight. gotten tire day in without any hitches here. nice sunshine. certainly very pleasant warmth, tan will feel quite warm outside, as it is basically a june-like forecast here. eighty-three is won degrees shy of tying the daily record. later on tonight drop it down to 60, only 06 degrees, there could be shower that moves through, how much, so the overnight hours, then into tomorrow morning, from that aforementioned frontal boundery. that's going to hold us back to 74, still, ten plus degrees above average by the way, mid 60s leaded into the upcoming week edge, does still look like easter sunday will produce shower or two, right now, though, meeker, i'm thinking that would generally be in the p.m. hours. >> that's actually really good to know. a lot of people usually go easter hunting in the morning perhaps. all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning, and happy tuesday to you. this is a look at the schuylkill tail light moving in the eastbound direction. at the boulevard, you can see, headlight moving in the westbound direction, what you are working with at the schuylkill, looking okay, down below, looking at the blue
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route. head lou moving in the southbound direction at baltimore pike, looking good too. basically anywhere we look, still looking good. looking as we should. looking as i'm hoping to cope you as we push into the 6:00 hour. see what happens. 422 headlight moving in the eastbound direction, this is past observation. starting to build levels on 422, little bit, but we can expect that, as we push toward the 6:00 hour on a tuesday morning, overall, though, still traveling around at posted speeds, you're okay. then weaver an accident, limerick, lewes road at ben a road. just heads up. see it is just kind of not side street but smaller road off 422, heads up for those of you in that neighborhood. also talking the nfl draft reminder first phase of road restrictions have started, second starts on the 19th by the way. but his is a look at the first, and i'll be tweet that information out for you again, as well. back to you. >> this warm weather is the perfect excuse to get outside and start planting. >> you know me, yes. but if you don't have a lot of space or big backyard, not to worry. experts say you can still create garden, "eyewitness
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news" reporter pat gallen live in south fill which some ideas for those every how liver in the city. patrick? >> reporter: good morning, guys. i don't know if you can tell but avenue little bit after scratchy throat. my nose is running little bit. but that means it is spring. because everything is blooming outside. it is 08 degrees, it will be beautiful day. so that means you have got to get outside, get in your garden, get your hand dirty because that's what spring time is all about. we're here at urban jungle on passyunk avenue, with curtain lisa. hi, kurt. >> morning. >> how are you? >> excellent. >> so urban jungle, drive down passyunk avenue, in this garage area. you don't normally see a place like this in a area like this. so what exactly is urban junk snell. >> urban jungle urban garth end center, pretty unique, weaver a lot of green, very small space. >> yes? so how did this come about? >> you know what? guards sink in my blood, in my dna. i think it is in everyone's dna. and i believe we have a visceral need to be in the
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dirt. that's why, when i moved to the city, there was no really very -- it was very stark environment. >> sure. so you're also engineer? >> i am. backgrounds in engineering, you do need engineering know how to do the things we do in the city. >> all right. so i don't know anything about gardening, that's where lisa comes in right now. so least, a i live in a condo, very small space. i live in my own little urban jungle. so how can i make a planter that will fit where i live? >> well you would, if you were choosing where you're going to have it in your house, you want to know whether you have sun or shade. >> i have good amount of sun. >> good amount of sun. so you can plant this garden in the sun. and you would use any container whether tiny or big or whatever is that you have what's called thriller, which is tall. >> a miller? killer and a what is it? >> the thriller. >> thriller, that's it. >> a filler. and then a spill err. >> oh, yes. >> so, anyone that walks down the street, or any place, or any container, if you're like
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wow that container looks great, you always notice it, it has got something that's high. >> yes? >> something that is beautiful and bountiful, spilling over the edge, then something that actually falls down the edge. so it doesn't matter if you have a contain nerve your house, you need do it that way. >> you make it seem so simple. >> it is piece of cake. >> piece of cake, all right. so i have learned something already this morning, which is great. when we come back in the 6:00 hour, we will do wall units like wall hanging gardens, that's awesome. >> green rooms, vertical gardens, big deal. >> big deal guys. come back in the 6:00 hour learn more, i'm learning already. >> this is good stuff. i don't know if people realize this but my planters have won awards. they have. awards. street side planter. >> are other people competing against you or is it just us? >> , no people compete against us. i'll get a picture and post it on facebook and twitter. next, meet the couple that rekindle their years, 64 years, after they went to the
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>> while we are waiting forpet giraffe to give a birth, another giraffe gave birth. in front every dozens every zoo visitors, they're hands raising bogey, and they say he's doing just fine. >> that april situation, i'm still doubtful at this point. >> you think -- >> i think something is going on there, like some kind of -- >> suspicious? lying about it? >> yes, yes. >> everybody loves ice cream, especially with temperatures on the rise. >> and this this case, that means humans, and the animal kingdom. say hello to putter, who gets some ice cream twice a day, at this ice cream shop in holden beach, north carolina. the staff at the shop says putter likes vanilla best of all, she start "today show" up last summer comes down every day. >> call her name. she literally come out of her nest, in one every these big trees, and hop her way down to the roof, ultimately to the rail, and waits on here cone. >> so cute!
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>> putter has become a popular mascot for fantasy aisle mini golf, which i'm sure has something to do with his name. >> jim, i didn't know were you so tickled by that. >> so cute. i'm not a big fan of squirrels. >> was that a squeal? i like. >> sometimes they getting a degrees i have. >> another example of the animal kingdom having human fun. they're doing yoga at a farm in nottingham, new hampshire, you can combine your downward facing dog with goats, combining yoga with nature and animals, adds to the therapeutic experience, jim, adds to it. instructors say classes are filling up fast. >> i'll pass. >> okay, okay. >> sign meisha up. >> well, story about prom dates getting married, not too unusual, right? >> but this morning meet too long people in south bends indianna who got married more than 65 decades after going to the prom together. joyce, and jim, went to the prom back in 1953. they say they were only having fun and didn't think that much
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about it. they went their separate ways, married different people. fifty years later both had lost their spouses, and bowman decided to write her a letter, soon, bowman asked the big question. >> and i remember you said on the phone, you know, will you marry me? and i said that's a good idea. >> so getting together was meant to be. >> it was. >> it was like, you know, they say that a person never forgets their first real love? and it was like there was a spark that was still smoldering in each of our hearts. >> awe. the two married in the small ceremony with some family and friend, they just returned from their honeymoon, and congratulations to the happy couple. >> you know what i like about that? he wrote her a letter, like men, if you want to get a woman's attention, that's what you do, man, write me a letter. oh, ya. >> wait. now you'll get mail. don't blame me when the piles every mail start showing up on your desk, love letters, gifts. >> any woman out there. >> many coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" the effect of stress on your body.
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doctor rob will be here with ways to manage stress before it takes a toll on your health. >> and you have one week to file your taxes, i still have not done mine. >> what's the matter you? >> i know, get to go it, getting to it, once do you that perfect time to spring clean your finances. a checklist of things to do coming
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so are you ready for some summer weather we're getting a taste of it today with temperatures soaring, i say, soaring into the 80s. >> katie will let us know how long it will last. >> i'm so glad you repeat that, because i didn't hear you the first time, jim don't understatement this thing on rittenhouse square it, may be small but causing big trouble for people living until the area. >> questions persist about the trump administration's stance on syria, as secretary of state, rex tillerson, heads to russia today. we have mixed messages from us officials. today is tuesday, april the 11, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm katie fehlinger. >> and i'm rahel solomon. and temperatures are doing what today? >> soaring. >> construction, or we can talk about why we were laughing about jim's green thumb, which i didn't know and i'm so impressed. >> posting pictures shortly. >> by the way he thinks we were laughing at him, but enjoying the glee, because so happy to know he has a green thumb. >> urban farmer.
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