up doing? did we hit a record? no, we didn't. but my gosh it was so beautiful, who cares. eighty-two is what we ended up officially hitting. record was 84. it was setback in 1887 so certainly came very close but that longstanding record continues to stand. looking at storm scan locally not a lot going on, mostly under generally clear skies a few cloud bilo in the northwest suburbs but you can see behind the wording some showers trying to work their way in. mainly in the late morning early afternoon at absolute latest is when any showers will move in and we will see that through the north western suburbs across the city. i'll tell you this much i did not bring an umbrella with me today. if you are comfortable waking out the door dealing with a couple rain drops you will be fine. vast majority of the day is actually dry. even though this is a cold front it does knock or temperature back we are off to a mild start. we will warm up incredibly efficiently here despite a

cold front passage. with that said it is a day of transition. breeze begins to pick up. outside city right now we have even in doyletown 63 degrees. cool spot in this observation goes to pottstown, where it is 53 at this hour. willow grove at 58. as day goes on i will put this out there these icons make it worse then it will be, yes, there will be some showers dot ting radar but most of the day features just more cloud, then anything. we will see sun, and 76 the high, so we are coming off 80 plus degree day here normal high 63, you do the math, it is milder then average but not as warm as yesterday, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much. very good morning to all of you at home, looking at vine take a look at this, we never see vine look like this on a wednesday morning, look at this moving in the westbound direction. is that closed or is that just looking like that? >> no, there is something. >> is there movement. there is movement. >> yes, there we go. >> we never see it like that in the 5:00 o'clock hour

westbound side, and eastbound side, we are starting to heat up there, westbound side, wow, we have an accident here in ham ton township new jersey, cologne avenue is closed between aldi street and pan income street. only accident out there all morning long so far that we have seen. hopefully we can hold up that stan and throughout the morning pennsylvania turnpike willow grove and bensalem we have construction there right lane blocked. pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between street road and delaware valley we have construction there. they have moved on their way. that is all just been since cleared. we have construction in new jersey as well route 42 southbound between the 25 and creek road, right lane is block, also 55 northbound at route 47 right lane is block there as well, jim, back over to you. well, new this morning temple students are targeted in a home invasion in north philadelphia, intruders snatched cell phones just after 2:00 a.m. on the 1800 block of north buoveer street in montgomery avenue. the door to their he off

campus apartment was unlocked so roners just walk right in. keep your doors lock. it is convenient and used by thousands of drivers every day in philadelphia but this morning the parking app meter up is off line. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is in old city with more on what that means for drivers. it is a popular app, wouldn't you say. >> reporter: definitely. i have it myself. people didn't get a whole lot of note business this let me show you this text message that we received last night, telling us that this app was going to be suspended around midnight. this despite you can see signage, still in the kiosks, you have to use cash or card and use the old fashion way to pay for parking. parking in philadelphia just got a little less convenient, after a year and a half of operating in the city pango's meter up phone app is no longer accepted as payment in parking kiosks. >> i can't believe they will do away witt. i can park my car at 8:00 in the morning in my bed and

never get up. >> reporter: 20,000 others, used it to, the many found out about it after the app was suspended after midnight. >> it is really convenient. i use it all the time in the city. a lot of people don't have change or they don't want to use their credit card. >> reporter: since coming under new ownership in the fall pango struggled to generate revenue. company wrote it tried to work with the ppa to make more income above its one cent convenient fee to users but that the two side could not reach an agreement. some drivers in the city say that the break up may be for the best. >> i think people need to learn how to, get out of their cars, walk, somewhere, and not just use their device, get some fresh air, i think we're relying too much on technology >> reporter: ppa director says she's looking for another company to develop a new app. she hopes to have that rolled out by the summer. for now we are live in olde city, trang do for cbs-3

"eyewitness news". jim and rahel back to you. in other news days after u.s. air strikes in syria, secretary of state rex tillerson is in moscow this morning meeting face-to-face with his russian counterpart. >> in recent days trump administration has taken a hard stance on syria and now cbs, correspondent roxana saberi says secretary tillerson is urging russia to step aside. >> reporter: that is how, president trump characterized bash ab al-assad in an interview, mr. trump called last weeks chemical attack beyond barbaric. >> when you drop gas, or bombs , or barrel bombs and these massive barrels with dynamite and they drop them right in the middle of the group of people, and in all fairness you see the same kid with no arms in, legs, no face , this is an animal. >> reporter: president's comments came on the same day that secretary of state rex tillerson arrived in moscow for a high steaks sit down with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, tillerson hopes

they can help reconsider their support for assad regime. >> russian president vladamire putin won't be easily convinced. on tuesday he dismissed u.s. accusation as begins assad, comparing them to the weapons of mass destruction claims, proceeding the 2003 invasion of iraq, the white house says russia is trying to cover up, what happened. >> he will not spiral out of control. >> reporter: despite rising tensions and rhetoric, defense secretary james mattis says he believes moscow will eventually come around. >> i'm confident that the russians will act in their own best interest. >> reporter: administration's goal, in seer eyes getting rid of the isis not settling the country's civil war. roxana say bear i for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". legal motion as head of the trial of david creato, camden county man accused in the death of his three-year old son. prosecutors say creato killed his son brandon in october of 2015 and disposed of his body in a forest, not far from his haddon township home.

prosecutors will argue today that jurors should be taken to the scene to show how in accessible it would be for a three-year old to get to. jury selection could start next week. trial of the self proclaimed survival list eric frein continues in pike county jurors watched frein's three hour video taped confession. frein's accused of shooting death of the pennsylvania state police corporal michael dickson. alex douglass was injured. frein used google maps to plot the ambush abe getaway. he was arrested after a 48 day manhunt in the mountains. federal judge wants philadelphia district attorney seth williams to face trial next month, yesterday prosecutors asked u.s. district judge paul diamond for more time to prepare, while diamond reject their bid citing quote the public's right to a speedy trial. williams trial is scheduled for may 31st, for charges of bribery and extortion. he is accused of accepting more than $100,000 in gifts in exchange for official favors. judge in delaware is expected to rule tomorrow in the trial's three teenagers in the death of a high school classmate.

the three, 17 year-old are charged as juveniles in the death of the 16 year-old amy joyner frances. frances died after a fight last april at howard high school of technology in wilmington. cardiologist testifying for defense says that francis suffered from a rare heart condition that caused her death after the fight. jury selection for bill cosby's sexual assault trial is set to begin may 22nd in pittsburgh. the process could take about a week, the jurors will then be brought to montgomery county for the trial, which is scheduled to begin june 5th. the jury will be sequestered during the trial, cosby's charged with drugging, sexual ly assaulting a temple employee in 2004. a jury find the philadelphia police detective charged with assaulted, not guilty, suspect accused adam o'donnell of kicking him in the knee while walking him out of the special victims unit in february 2015. commissioner ross suspended o'donnell last year for 30 days with the intent to dismiss. we are told by fop he is trying to get his job back. at the community, mourns, more details coming out about the gunman in the deadly

school shooting in california. a large crowd gathered for a vigil last night in san bernardino, they honored teacher carroll smith and eight year-old student jonathan martinez both killed in the school shooting monday. gunman cedric anderson enter smith's special education classroom and fired 10 shots. >> i could not believe it, when i got home to find out it was karen. i only 11 karen smith and that can absolutely not be her. >> karen was a wonderful person, wonderful teacher and a great friend. >> police say ander shon fatal ly shot himself had a history of making dangerous threats against women. nine year-old boy who survived the school shooting is set to be okay. coming up new battle is brewing over wall street's latest work of art, fearless girl, find out why another artist says the statute is infringing on his legal rights we are hearing from the man whose violent encounter with the sacramento police officer is getting national attention, find out what police are saying about it this morning. we will tell you where this hump back whale showed up

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appeared to challenge the office ever to a fight. >> following the altercation, kaine was handcuffed and arrested charged with resisting arrest and he has had an outstanding warrant. sculptor of wall street's charging bullies not too happy about placement of the statue, italian sculpture artoro is a contusion new york city violating his rights by allowing the fearless girl statue to be installed in front of his. it was supposed to be removed this year but mayor bill deblasio confirmed it for another year. he will hold a press conference to explain how he will challenge city and explain about how that violate s his rights. take a look, volcanic ash spewing from a volcano in chile. >> authorities issued yellow alert for people living in that region. that is basically a mid level alert meaning chile national service of geology and mining, will keep a close eye on the area. >> wow. back here in the states, it may be spring but winter just doesn't want to leave certain parts just yet. northern wisconsin got slammed

with a snowstorm, monday night into tuesday, some folks woke up to three to 4 inches while some areas saw up up to 8 inches of snow. >> boy, hump back whales temporarily migrate to southern california waters during summer season. >> but one could not wait that long, take a look, hump back whale was spotted just enjoying the leisurely swim, near los angeles harbor yesterday. it is not uncommon to see a whale in that body of water but sighting this early is unusual. wales arrive between the month of june and october. >> would i love to go to california to escape cold, must be nice. >> i guess you can here. >> no, no. >> i'm just saying. >> in general. >> yes. >> you not heard me complaining all winter. >> i heard you, every day. >> yes. >> a record breaking, february >> yes. >> okay looking forward in the future years. >> people always say, aren't you from here, around you used to the cold. >> i'm with you. every couple months we have to get used to a new season, you

know, that is seasonty. >> you know, katie. >> yes, i totally understand where you are coming from here but as we take a look outside we are going to end up with wet weather here today. start off here looking at bethlehem, main street, outside help tell bethlehem and off in the distance it looks clear. there are more included beginning to build in but they are high in the sky. no visibility to speak of at the moment and dry roadway, also, still out here. it may not stay that way, in bethlehem, let alone, you know , the rest of our region just because of this but i would definitely preface this forecast by saying this is not a bad day. it is a decent one. is it yesterday by comparison, no. it is cooler, still well above , we are going to see more cloud and could see a couple showers rolling through in any given location, especially through pennsylvania, but, these showers are light, they are in , out, rest of the day is fair game for any kind of

outdoor plans we have. we have more cloud cover, and yesterday and day before. now behind this high pressure will regain control briefly it does mean we will have nice weather to wrap up workweek, all clear back to the central part of the country. let me time this out. this tells story better, sun coming up, nice and early we will see some before cloud overtake, but the moisture will bypass southern northeast if this is definitely, just a model, it is worth mentioning that, and if this pans out there are spots that don't see one drop of rain. even though we have cold front yes we will sea breeze, and yes, cloud cover, you probably don't need umbrella. through rest of the afternoon skies clear out and by the time that, and as day progresses, we will see light showers, scattered, keyword, scattered in nature, phillies back home again tonight, great evening, 70 degrees at first pitch. quick check on the seven day

with the easter weekend coming up, maybe a few showers saturday night. late in the day sunday but daylight and morning hours both days look good, meisha. >> good to know, thank you so much. good morning, everybody. happy wednesday, looking outside, boulevard at fox street where we are looking at there looking good and nice there, and i-95 south at girard looking good here. i-95 maybe, slowly starting to change new and get more busy but we are still traveling at posted speed. i-95 will be busy if we do end up getting wet roadways. i cannot even talk bit. new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road, you see headlights out there again, still traveling at posted speed, we will slow down as we push toward 6:00 o'clock hour but we are still looking good there only accident in the morning still out there in hamilton township new jersey, cologne avenue closed between holy street and paddock street , use an alternate, and, best bet, and head up, yesterday we have sing, and,

still out there. and 17th street is closed between walnut and locust. fifteenth and 18th and it will be closed until later this afternoon, rahel, back to you. and former fire chief, director of emergency services for west hampton township filed a federal lawsuit. jason carty said he was terminated because of his work as a campaign operative for democratic candidates. township officials say it what's limb nate forward budget reasons. from the delaware county daily times new report find that philadelphia international airport has a big impact on the region, pumping $15.4 billion in the economy, and supporting 96,000 full-time jobs. it generates 78 million in annual taxes to the city of philadelphia and 255 million in taxes to the state. from the times herald as law enforcement agencies address entrenched issues between cops and residents, particularly those involving people of color a two day symposium was held by

montgomery county chiefs of police association, in partnership with county chapters of the naacp focusing on science, base add approach to fair, and impartial polic ing. and that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. up next, pat's here with your morning sports, hi there, pat. >> terrible night for phillies though as they took on the mets, many, many feet of home runs were hit by one player, we will show thaw. former nfl superstar gets a final good bye on the basketball court all next

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a painful, night for phillies. >> painful. >> i know you guys didn't stay up. the mets, well, they own the bank, so much so they have won 14 of the last 16 series in south philadelphia, and they have hit 39 home runs in the last 20 games here. it was up to clay buchholz to slow them down but did he little of. that first inning two on for accept saides, buchholz serves it right down middle, three run home run. mets up early. buchholz was pulled in the third but only got worse, fourth inning phillies down seven-one and he blasts off, again, he destroyed this. up in the concourse, second of the game, mets lead eight-one. still more, morgan again, another solo home run, and he has 1,000, 181 feet of home runs on the night, mets unload on the phillies smacking 20 hits. they win 14-four. former cowboys quarterback tony romo is joining cbs sports next season but he jumped in with another team

last night. romo was good friend with mark cuban and dirk nowitzki and joined dallas mavericks for a farewell. he participated in pregame lay ups, and sat on the mavericks bench during their game with the nuggets. romo was honored after spending 14 seasons with the cowboys with a dozen old teammates in the crowd plus jerry generals and others. while tony romo was out of place on the basketball court, this cat should not be here, a cat interrupted last night's marlins home opener with the braves and eventually hit in the hideous sculpture, out in center field at marlins park. that is pretty weird, right. >> is that good luck. >> marlins, fish. >> are they good luck or aren't black cats bad luck. >> cat may be a good luck charm, marlins won, braves could use some good luck there >> yes. >> that cat is looking gray.

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parts of the area could see scattered showers. we are timing them out and we will tell you when they will clear. good morning aim rahel solomon i'm jim donovan. but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. temple students are target ed in a home invasion overnight, in north philadelphia. >> i will miss it. >> times up for meter up in philadelphia. >> the last night, people with the meter up app on their phones received a text message saying that the app would be suspended at midnight. >> despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using

chemical weapons. >> this morning increased calls for trump administration to fire white house press secretary sean spicer after insensitive remarks concerning the holocaust. hey, why are you doing it like that. >> video seen around the country. >> oh, my god. >> authorities in sacramento have launched a criminal investigation after a police officer was caught on video, beating a jaywalker. it is an object stickal lu afraid of heights, glass bottom pool on top of the houston apartment building makes swimmer feel like they are flying. and that pool, is 40 stories aboveground. >> scary. >> i wouldn't like that. >> lets get out to katie, not quite 40 store ace above ground on our sky deck with maybe some scattered showers today. >> yes, eventually we will see a few. i am not biggest fan of heights. we have a glass wall around this sky deck. so i like to face into the building and glad i can do this the way this shot is