now i know i'll be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. see why millions of people have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. don't wait. call now. >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." now at noon there is mall sinkhole causing big problems, may not look like much but it has forced crews to shut down a street in one of philadelphia's busiest neighborhoods glenn at street could be closed for some time which may create traffic headaches, good afternoon. >> i'm jim donovan. >> greg argos live in rittenhouse square where repair work is underway on that sinkhole. good afternoon, greg. >> good afternoon, there, jim.

yes, standing here in the middle of 17th street. you can see it is empty normally. this is a bustling street, during midday here, rittenhouse square, all because of this. take a look at this sinkhole, started around last night, pretty late when the water department determined it was happening. then, you can see, they've excavated more, working to repair it, you might notice no crews in the area working i just spoke with spokesperson, from the water department they tell me there is a live wire there, and they're now waiting for peco to get here before they can continue their work. >> if you have had some trouble getting around center city, you can blame this so-called small depression. >> last night we were called out to pump water in the street. we responded. found small depression in the street, as well. >> john with the berth department says 3-inch break on water service line which leads to this building is to blame. >> tuesday morning, city crews removed large portion of 17th street, just south of

walnut, to start repairs. seventeenth street between walnut and locust will be closed into the service line can be fixed. >> be curious to know what bricks and cobblestone and what history is underneath there. >> traffic in the area at a crawl. >> what do you think of the traffic? >> i love it, man, i can't wait to get out of it. >> hulling have you been stuck in it? >> circling around for about an hour now. >> looking for parking? >> yes. >> oh, geez, good luck. >> about to go get, you know, pay in one of those lot, 25 bucks or whatever it is. >> back here live, you can see, this is 17th, looking down walnut st., just gridlock, this one small road closure has caused. now, the spokesperson for the water department is saying that they're expecting the water in the build that is affected to be turned on later thon afternoon. but there is no word on when the repairs to the road can be made. and when this road will reopen. live here in rittenhouse square, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you so much, greg. welshing get your shorts on, feels like summer today with

temperatures the warmest of the week. people in washington square are already taking advantage of the beautiful day. how about a picnic in the park? these two have the right idea. there they go. meteorologist, katie fehlinger live in the skydeck with how hot it will get and word on the next system that may bring little change. hey, katie? >> that's right. actually frontal boundery we will show you off the bat here too, jim. for now, bask in the sunshine. feels so great outside. you said it, shorts and t-shirts weather for sure. if you don't have outdoor plans, great excuse to find some. now you will have more opportunity to enjoy the nice weather, but his is the warmest day that we will see right through the rest of the entire seven day no less. but certainly the rest of the work week. let me show you the system you were alluding to. here is the frontal boundery that we will be tracking later tonight. already this has been bringing some showers, pretty heavy duty ones too, all the way into northwestern pennsylvania, now, looks like it is knocking on our doorstep. i think it is actually going to hold off until later tonight. we are going to get the rest

of the day in without any hitches here. not until late tonight that any wet weather would move in. and even then, to me it looks like it is actually going to end up pretty ming nerve terms every any expectations with any heavy rain. taking a look at the area temperatures, already, well into the 70s, here, 76, already, at allentown, actually warm nerve mount pocono than it is along most of i95. which is interesting. down near the shore point, you're at 72 apiece both atlantic city and wildwood. moving forward in the regional forecast, today's high expected to at least do some flirtation with records. the record to beat is 84. so we're going to come awfully close and, frankly, do have chance to tie it. still sticking to the guns at 83 for high. seventy-one at the shore. immediate shore, little bit milder at the a.c. airport, up to 79 this afternoon, up in the mountains, now coming up not only does this frontal boundery moving in tonight mover through, but actually tracking another system down the pike here. specifically, for the easter weekend. so, if you got egg hunts, or

maybe some mass or brunn every plans that you're going to be headed out to i'll gave you a sense when any wet weather would move through with the next system just little later on, guys? >> we'll see you later on, closing arguments begin in afternoon in the trial of the three high school teens accused in the death of classmate in a fight last year, 16 year old amy joyner francis died after that fight in a bathroom at wilmington howard high school of technology. testimony wrapped up yesterday in the case. cardiologist testified for the defense, saying, joiner-francis suffered from rare heart condition undetected by doctors. >> and police have identified a man found shot inside a home in kensington, investigators say 30 year old andre brody was shot shortly after 10:00 last night the 1900 block of east venango street. found lying on the kitchen floor with gunshot wound to the head. he died at the hospital shortly after. authority are now questioning several possible witnesses, no arrest have been made. >> authorities are also investigating deadly shooting in the streets of west philadelphia. this happened just after 2:00 a.m. on the 4100 block of brown street, that's in the city belmont section.

police say 34 year old plan was shot moment recall times at least once in the head. they believe the man was shot at point blank range. no arrests in this case. >> montgomery county farther remains behind bars this noon on $1 million bail. authorities say he abused his young children for years. forty-four year old joseph myre accused of punching, choking, his children, now aged 11 to 13, inside the lower proof ten down ship home. the children told investigators their father forced them to sleep in smallwood end boxes with air holes. and that he shocked them with a electric dog collar. police say the investigation started after myre's wife was hospitalized for a fractured skull. charges against him include aggrivated assault, and wreckless endangerment. in other news, the man suspected of ramming a stolen truck into a crowd in stockholme has confessed according to his attorney. lawyers say he pled guilty to driving the beer truck into a

crowd outside a department store on friday afternoon. four people died. fifteen people were injured. the suspect appeared in court today. the judge directed lawyers not to release further details. investigators are still trying to determine whether the 39 year old man acted alone. russia says its relationship with the united states is now the worse it's been since the "cold war" and the recent us strike on syrian air base has strained relations further. >> secretary every state rex tillerson to see if the kremlin can get on the same page. craig boswell more from washington. >> secretary of state, rex tillerson, arrived in moscow hoping to convince the kremlin to go along with us plan to transition syrian president assad out of power. >> i think it is clear to all of us that the rain of the assad family is coming to an end. >> but those talks just got tougher tuesday russian president putin denied syria was behind the chemical weapons attack which killed more than 80 civilians.

he said russia has evidence the us is planning more strikes in syria and plans to blame the syrian government. >> russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians, and hess bull a. is that -- is that a long-term alliance that serves russia's interest? >> secretary tillerson will address growing concerns over north korea's nuclear program, another topic where the two countries disagree. russia's foreign ministry department says moscow is very concerned the us will takings against north korea without support from the rest of the world. the us is cakier out military exercises in south korea, and the pentagon has positioned an aircraft carrier off the korean peninsula. >> we need to show that we're prepared to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that north korea does not engage in any deliberate attack. >> president trump tweeted this morning, north korea is looking for trouble. if china decides to help, that would be great.

if not, we will solve the problem without them. usa graying boss well, cbs news the white house. >> philadelphia welcomes some of the military's most celebrated heroes. >> recipient of the congressional metal of honor, "eyewitness news" at the irish club at 20th and walnut st. last night, annual celebration raises money for the marine corps law enforcement foundation and among those in attendance former vice president joe biden. >> the only sacred obligation we have as a country is to care for those who we send to war and to care for those families when they come back. >> and the melt al of honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force. >> coming up: dragged off packed flight. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> you have probably seen the video. now an aviation lawyer, in our area, says the airline had no right to force that ticket holder off the plane. hear what he has to say about passenger rights. >> and in california, investigators work to find out

what motivate add man to kill his wife, a teacher, in front of her young stude

easter is coming.... and kmart's got the sweet deals you need. so hip hop in -- and get your groove on. ♪

>> san bernardino police investigating yesterday's elementary school shooting that left a teacher, and another student dead. correspondent john black stone at the school where investigators are still trying to pinpoint what motivated the violence. >> shots fired before

10:30 a.m., and they quickly evacuated some 500 student and discovered two of them had been shot. >> both with eve ear trauma. second victim chest wouldn't but talking. >> police say 53 year old cedric anderson entered his wife's classroom. >> my understanding he end earth dollars offers, simply thereto drop something off with his wife. >> according to authority his estranged wife karen smith was his target. he aimed the 357 revolver at the 53 year old and she was killed. also shot whether two student standing behind her. >> i saw blood across the room. >> what did you do? >> i ranas fast as i can. >> eight year old jonathan martinez there at the hospital where he died, an unidentified nine year old boy is hospital in the stable condition. police say anderson then killed himself. >> i'm told he does have a viminal history t has to do with weapons charges. domestic violence past, as well as possible drug charges in there, as well.

>> the two were married in late january, but police say there were recently estranged. >> we do not know the reasons they were estranged yet. that will be part of the investigation. >> this pastor said she was compassionate and talented teacher who had a heart for children. school officials say crisis counselors will be available today, for families, student and staff. john black stone, cbs news, san bernardino, california. >> the fall out continues this noon after united airlines passenger was forceably dragged off a plane. the treatment of the passengers prompting outrage, especially on social media, where video is taken by other passengers have now gone viral. united airlines ceo oscar munyos defended his employees saying they followed procedure when they removed a doctor from a packed plane in chicago o'hare international airport. but chicago's aviation department said the security officer who grabbed the passenger has been placed on leave. this story is sparking controversy about the right of airline customers. united airlines says it needed

the seats to fly four crew members to lewis ville, kentucky. when united pulled the passenger off the plane, did it make the right call? aviation attorney woke said he red united carriage, all 45 pages, and he believes the airline violated it own contract. >> i want to assure you and united airlines that they had absolutely no right to remove that man from the airplane, absolutely no right to forceably remove him from the airplane. they're in trouble. >> now, woke says bottom line is airlines can deny awe seat, but once you're on board, he says, that's a totally different story. >> a lot of differing opinions about that. >> we'll hear more i'm sure over the next few days. >> i'm sure. story of dignity of homeless. >> see how prepare francis is doing just that with a simple offer of a free load of laundry. katie? >> jim, looking ahead to the weekends, and holiday weekends no less with the easter holiday right around the corner. dow expect a big warm up over the course of saturday, sunday, as the clouds begin to build on saturday, there is possibility we see a shower

that night, but it is looking more likely that there will be some showers around on easter sunday, itself. generally in the p.m. hours. we're thinking at this point. with that said, your full forecast coming up on the other side. talk about judges how mild that warm up is going to mean.

the poor in rome now have a place where they can wash their clothes for free. >> i love this story. pope francis has opened laudromat for homeless people. the facility not far from the vatican has washers, dryers, and irons, all donated, vatican says the laudromat is intends today restore dig knit toy people.

in 2013 the pope also opened free barber shop and showers. >> he does a lot, just little things like this impress me so much. >> such the simple things, but makes such a difference for people. i love that store. >> i easy for us not to think about. >> really, the small things that you really take for granted. >> well, i'm not taking this weather for granted. >> bingo. >> my gosh, so nice outside. so nice outside. going to stay that way all day today. we do have front, i showed it to you earlier in the show, moving its way in later tonight, i think the timing pretty good. if we have to deal with wet weather at all it comes through sparsly, scattered, doesn't get here until at earliest overnight tonight, then generally early morning hours of tomorrow. then it is out of here. in for another sunny afternoon tomorrow afternoon. so, all-in-all, this is a pretty lackluster frontal passage when it comes right down it it, but we will see wet weather from it, also see drop on the thermometer. let's talk a little bit of statistical information, however, just to get things started here. as we take a look what we are specking today, the actual record to beat is 84.

and i think we will come awfully close to. that will look when this thing was set. it is daily record, all the way back in 1887. that on this day, we hit 84 degrees, in philadelphia. so, it is a very long standing record. so, we've got shot to at least tie it today. eighty-three, though, what we will stick our guns to though here when it comes to our projected daytime high. meantime once more here is the frontal boundary, definitely looks a lot worse right now, back over northwestern pennsylvania. just down win of lake erie here, when this gets us, and i'll show it to you in future weather in a second, it won't look all that impressive. still are still pretty heavy thunderstorms southeast most texas at this point, but once this front crosses through our area, we just aren't going to have the juice of i like to call it the moisture content necessary to really do much more than a couple of showers here and there. you'll see. so i'm taking you all the way to 9:00 p.m. tonight. again not even at this point will we have speckle on the radar i think. we get right through the evening, do some grilling out, spends some time out with the

family, go for it, beautiful rest of the day. late tonight, here you go, this takes it all the way to future weather before 6:00 a.m., we start to see any activity on the radar, that is kind of it. so it is really not impressive. once that zips out of here late in the morning, we're really going just be left with some clouds, perhaps shower here and there, but this is your colds front guys. once that cloud deck breaks out of here, kids are getting out of school or maybe enjoying the rest of their spring day oven up with sunny skies the rest of the afternoon. with every good weather pattern comes something that you have got to give a thumbs down to. and that comes in the form of our eyewitness weather health report. because air quality is still moderate today. fine particles pollution as well as grounds level oh, zone. so asthma sufferers, you may need it break out the inhalerment pollen levels are also incredibly high right now. maple, alder, juniper, the primary issues right now, when it comes to. that will uv index also high. remember in the midst of april, that sun can be deceptive. it may feel awesome, but really burning if you're not

ready with a spf. make sure that you have got a spf of 30 or greater and you will be just fine the rest of the day. heat index relative humidity not all that bad. use caution. not as much of a concern. meanwhile outside we go to hand full of live neighborhood network camera shots, pleasant middle and valley high school, all calm. 80 degrees already up in the mountains of monroe county, then we take to you completely opposite extreme. out at the shore line where folks are actually out enjoying the sunshine here at beach patrol headquarters in margate. love that reflection off the water. beautiful start to the afternoon. rest of today looking good, lots of sunshine, taste of june with the high of 83 degrees, then later tonight, perfect weather for the phillies as well, 77 in april for first pitch. not shabby. so, great excuse again if you don't have tickets, looking for toking do, scoop up pair, head on out there. and then we are going to keep this thing going, guys, again, despite this frontal passage, granted not as warm tonight, but remember normal high on this day about 62 degrees,

still over achieving, every day of this forecast, we talked about that weekend system. best chance for showers comes on easter sunday, but look at the warm up. seventy-seven boy that point. love it. >> we like, thank you, katie. it is a beautiful day for easter egg hunt. see where the grownups got early star

>> once upon a time people even used credit cards for large purchases, but in the any more. why more shop remembers opting

nor credit no matter what they're buying, that's tonight at 5:00. >> i put like dollar charges on my card because i never have cash. turns out easter egg hunts aren't just for kids. adults can enjoy them too. >> yes, "eyewitness news," the dilworth park this morning, for an adult easter egg hunt, sponsors by keller's butter. now, listen to this, 1,000 easter eggs distributed throughout the morning, but instead of being filled with candy the west filled with gift cards. >> yes, $5,000 in grocery store gift cards were given out to help coffees err grocery shopping. >> have they all been claimed? >> very funny. >> have they all been claimed? >> i don't know, we have to go see if there are any leftovers out there. and that's "eyewitness news" today at noon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon for katie and all of us here, thank for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 of the always on line at cbsphilly.com. >> get out, enjoy the walk, enjoy the weather but the young and the restless is up next. >> priorities. >> priorities. ♪fast, rhythmic drumming

it's now open in the poconos! america's largest indoor waterpark is making waves. kalahari resorts & conventions in the poconos. book your african adventure now! book your african adventure now! book your african adventure now! easter is coming.... and kmart's got the sweet deals you need. so hip hop in -- and get your groove on. ♪

but when right-wing politicians to protect our health care. tried to pass a disastrous health care repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage, macarthur wouldn't oppose them. macarthur wouldn't protect us from a bill that raises premiums and causes 24 million to lose their insurance. wouldn't oppose a massive "age tax" on people over 50. and isn't fighting to protect coverage for pre-existing conditions. tell tom macarthur - stop trying to repeal our health care.

>> nikki: paul! >> paul: [ sighs ] >> nikki: oh, my god. what is it? is it victor? is it one of my kids? >> paul: it's nothing like that. >> nikki: well, obviously something is horribly wrong for you to show up like this. you are the chief of police, you know. >> paul: nikki, when are you expecting victor? >> nikki: i don't know. um, soon for dinner. will you please tell me why you're here? >> paul: i got some information tonight about adam's death, and before it goes public, i thought you would want to know. >> nikki: adam? that was months ago. >> paul: nikki... we have reason to believe that someone killed him. >> nikki: what?