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 set

up but we are six stories up. that is high enough for me. we are expecting, to see maybe a couple showers. thinks one of the days that if you don't want an umbrella, i say bag it, you will not need it, per se, but there is a bit of wet weather on storm scan. you will notice if you look closely, mainly behind the wording, storm scan three where any wet weather is tracking if you are walking outdoor you have a relatively short commute. you will not to have tiehl with any of this moisture that does move in is looking to be very scattered, and very light , in nature. there is temperatures that as we stand mid to upper 50's and even lower 60's depending on location. we are very close right now, to what our normal daytime high would be in philadelphia, today's normal high 63. sixty-one is your current temperature. we may drop a degree or two before all is said and done but this sets us up to warm up easily. even they this is day of transition and there will be a couple showers, and a breeze picking up and more cloud, you

still 10 degrees above average as that translates throughout the course of the take we are talking mid 70's. by 5:00 p.m. 75 degrees. we will officially top off around 76 today, also again, with skies clearing, as day goes on. this is not a bad day, just a day of transition, certainly far from a wash out, further thing from a wash out, some of you might in the see a drop of rain out of this system but it is responsible for incoming temperatures back to more dose of reality especially by tomorrow. meantime for now, it is still well above average. seventy-six the high. that is 13 in philadelphia above is what normal for today >> nobody is complaining, all right, katie, thank you so much. good morning. happy wednesday to you looking outside blue route headlights in the north bound direction before route one we are building levels there, folks moving in the north and southbound direction at the blue route. head up we might get wet roadways later that will add to congestion levels and it will start to pick up.

my advice, whenever we hear about rain even as light and scattered fashion head out of your homes early. schuylkill taillights moving in the eastbound direction near king of prussia we have activity pulled off to the side, just a head up, on that still dark moving in the westbound direction we are starting to build levels there as well on the schuylkill. we have construction in new jersey 55 northbound at route 47 that right lane block, also 55 northbound between route 641 and route 42 and there might be overlapping there so just a head up, 55 will be very busy as we push toward that 6:00 o'clock hour and dipping into the 6:00 o'clock hour as well. we have construction here pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between willow grove and bensalem that right lane block for those in that neck of the wood. also construction that will be happening later 309 north between pennsylvania turnpike and route 63 intermittent closures between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. rahel and jim, back to you. we are following breaking news police are investigating an early morning home invasion

in the bustleton neighborhood. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with what thieves got away with, good morning, jan. >> reporter: rahel and jim, good morning. we have spoken to philadelphia police who tell us an 89 year-old man is victim of the home invasion in bustleton northeast detectives remain on the scene this morning, i want to run through exactly what we know so far, not too long ago, in the 98 -- 9600 block of chapelcross street in this home invasion which started, this man heard a bang or knock on his door. he lives here at this home, loan. he used to live here with his wife who has since passed away two men entered his home, under force of the gun. they each had a gun. they tied him up to a kitchen chair by his wrists and ankles they used tape, even if cord, according to this man, 89 year-old victim. they ransacked the house. they pulled out drawers, kitchen cabinets, all opened there inside, police tell us that the suspects took a safe

that had thousands of dollars inside as well as his late wife's jewelry. they also took a number of firearms, and they stole his car. listen to the description, good piece of evidence police say because it is a very distinct car. it is a baby blue 85 contacted dak fleetwood with a dark blue vinyl roof, license plate is g yl-3356. so investigators are looking for that car this morning. there could a number of guns inside of this car. if you see this car please give police a call. do not approach it. police say suspect then fled this home and still on the loose. they don't have a great description of the suspect, man involved only said that they were wearing dark clothes , they were not wearing mask and unsure if they were wearing gloves. there may be prints as well. at this point police are looking for two men and possibly a woman. victim hearsays he often let a woman into use his bet room and neighbors have seen this person inside of his house

recently as well. so those are two good clues, a with man was seen in this area talking to this man in his house before, and that this man's stolen car has a very distinct description, and license plate, new fortunately this man did not have to go to the hospital. he has abrasioning on his wrists and ankles. thinks still a developing story. we will keep you up to date. at this point the victim is a 89 year-old man victim of the home invasion in bustleton. rahel and jim, back to you. very specific details, thank you. time is 5:36. in business news this morning the p.c. could be on the come back trail. >> okay. why shares of the snap chat are down this morning. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. futures pointing to a higher opened, yesterday was another late day of trading ahead of the easter weekend, dow jones fell six points, nasdaq fell 14. president trump met with top ceo's at the white house to talk about creating jobs and

also wall street. it it is his administration working to do streamline of the dod-frank act perhaps eliminating it, dod-frank was passed after 2008 financial crisis. don't count p.c. out just yet new numbers from the international data corp found p.c. shipments jumped in the first quarter by 1 percent compared to the same time last year. this is first increase in five years. most of the computers will get to businesses, in the individual. and instagram's new feature may look familiar to people, who have used snap chat, instagram users can now send direct messages, that dis appear after a short period of time. shares of snap inc. felon word of that update, jimenes and rahel. >> we have seen that before. full disclosure i don't have snap chat but what is the purpose of that features unless you are sending photos. >> anything. >> i asked a millennial my cousin because i had that same question and she says, you

know, sometimes when you post things or send things, you just don't want them to live forever, right? you don't want to go back, i don't know if you have ever seen this on facebook where you message someone maybe once a year and then you go back to message them and their message from the year before is there and it makes you feel weird or something. >> little embarrassed. >> you know what i'm talking about. >> interesting. >> idea of being, the idea of cannot everything is meant to live somewhere forever. >> okay, all right. >> thanks, jill, breaking it down. >> it sound like you guys don't buy it. >> owe die. we will check with you tomorrow. formula one racing mclaughlin claire even racing is making parts on 3-d printers, to reduce wait time. it still stays a few days to reenforce plastic parts before they hit the record but they are hopping to be able to make parts from carbon fiber soon. they say engineers could create new parts on demand,

even while, races are taking place. at the stroke of midnight philadelphia put a halt to the mobile parking meter app less than years years after it is launch. meter up app allows drivers to pay their meeters with from their phones but pango u.s.a. the company that powered the app since 2015 has had trouble paying contractors. now ppa has suspended the app it is back to the old fashion kiosk for philadelphia drivers >> i use it all the time. i'm always in the city. we have a lot of people that don't have change on them or they don't want to use their credit card. so they, it is, going to be pretty inconvenienty can see that. parking authority will start building process for a new app provide they are week and it hopes to have another app running by this summer. drivers in the center city will be happy to hear that the sinkhole should be completely repaired by this afternoon. philadelphia streets department began filling in the hole yesterday, and it opened up at 17th near walnut, monday night due to a break in the waterline that connect toss a nearby apartment building. the hell has been creating traffic jams since monday.

officials go after dead beat parents in new jersey, arresting nearly 400 people for not paying child support. investigators swept gloucester , burlington and camden count toys get folks to pay up. there are two sweeps each year this time authorities were able to collect about $60,000 in owed payments, and officials say that they are trying to work out, payment arrangements first before resort to go throwing parents in jail. >> we don't want to lock you up and throw you in jail and let you sit because then, you know, who is doing anything not. it is not just dead beat fathers, there is dead beat mothers as well and there is a lot of good men that are taking care of clear children without the help of the mother >> investigators hope these child support sweeps will get parents to see the importance of taking care of their children. well, "fox news" host bill o'reilly is taking a break. >> the announcement comes as o'reilly faces a sponsor backlash over sexual harassment allegations. o'reilly is calling it a vacation saying he need r and r. he usually takes a break this

time of the year and his plans were made last year. the 60 sponsors left his show following news five women were paid a total of 13 million-dollar to keep quite about harassment allegations. he says he will be back april 24th. and some sad news to report, mother of the former late night host david letterman has passed away. dorothy became an unlikely celebrity in her zero seven's when she faced mystery pies and covered olympics for her son's show. segments were taped in her own kitchen in indiana. he appeared every mothers day. she was 95 years old. today is david letterman's 70th birthday. very sad for his family. well, fall out from that controversial video showing a passenger being removed from a united airlines flight, continues, find out next, what new jersey's governor is saying about the altercation. this man wasn't on the flight but he says he is being affected by the controversy, find out why he says he is receiving, death threats, we will see the video. we will tell you what authorities believe happened to just before this car and ended up inside a swimming

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network. >> you do well in forecasting weather, as well. >> yes,. >> after the show you can go on your guide and figure this out. we have decent weather overall , to enjoy today even though today of transition still well above average. thermometer readings still in the 70's. not bad at all. lets take a look here's the transition we are talking about a cold front, you know, it is going to cool things down but we will anyot kind of p on the thermometer, granted, cooler but, it will still be above averagrnoon. the showers that are coming along are very scattered by the time they reach us. they generally come around thint even see a drop of rain out of this and end up with more with time once it passes through sun comes back out. overall it is a minor orall decd once cold front is out we will have high pressure to bring

back sunshine but we will continue to drop on the thermometer through weeks end at lee workweek's end. meanwhile with high pressure back in place it will really bring back very pleasant weather for rest of our week as we look at is what happening with the overall pattern, cold front is passing through, again to day in the midday hours, and, by the time , we will get in the afternoon and sunnies going down you will see, the sun shining but first you'll notice breeze picking up as well in eit does build back in,s bringing fair weather for thursday and friday, mid up to ker 60's expected. we will drop off with sunshine on friday but this looks like a nice couple days regardless. outside to a very mild, view, at whitefield elementary school where they are right on cute a couple cars rolling down the street here. generally it is not necessarily clear but it is quiet. we have a few cloud overhead. 62 degrees current temperature there we have had a handful of other observation from his eyewitness weather watchers and they are off to a mild start here. low, mid, upper 50's and this

is generally some pretty outlining territory, not urban about these locations. chatsworth especially at 52. delran where alan is reporting 55 degrees. lets take a look at what the rest of the day has up its sleeves. we will have have some sunshine with time, these showers are very light, scattered, 76 the high, later tonight we will clear it out easily here dropping dunn to 47 and very quick check of that seven day easter weekend coming up here and it looks nice, overall just watch for a late day shower or thunder shower as cold front crosses through, meisha. >> thanks very much. and very happy, wednesday to you, good morning. take a look we have an accident, at the schuylkill taillights moving in the westbound direction near king of prussia, two lanes are now block because of that accident , this is going to start to slow us down now as we approach the 6:00 p.m. hour you can see brake lights going off and everyone forced off to the far right. this will slow you down, but hey, by the way, eastbound side, we will start to get a

gaper delay even on the eastbound side as well. schuylkill heading out there right now right around king of prussia give yourself extra time for sure, or wait until it clears, we will let you know when it does. either way it will get messy. i-95 south is heating up as well and we have this accident hamilton township new jersey, traffic lights are here, power outage, ramp close another take a look 322, ramp to cologne avenue is now closed, jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. key lawmakers are weighing in on the forced removal of the pass eveninger from united airlines flight. letters written to united ceo arthur moones demanded better explanation of the circumstances surrounding that incident. new jersey governor chris christie is calling for a suspension of regulation that is allow airlines to over book flights. now, united has issued a statement saying that flight from chicago to louisville was in the over booked. the airline was trying to get space for four employees, who needed to be in louisville the next day.

backlash surrounding the incident on the united airlines jet isn't just affecting those involved. >> magician from texas named oscar munoz woke up to a threatening phone call after being mistaken for united airlines ceo who as we heard had the same name. munoz is shaken up, and really struggling to understand the motive. >> it was really scary when you wake up to a phone call saying they will kill you because of the way you treat people in an airplane. >> munoz says he has gotten dozens of angry e-mails about the united airlines incident through his company's web site >> company web site, what are people dope i they don't realize he is a magician. boston marathon organizers are using security from a four years after a tragic boston marathon bombing, massachusetts authority say that drones will whoever aboard the race's starting line. device will fly 400 feet above the crowd and they can see a mile and a half in all directions. the race is this coming monday cargo smashing through a fence and end up in the bottom of the backyard pool in

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what was taken from their off campus apartment in the middle of the night. big changes just kicked in affecting the way you pay to park your car in philadelphia, a lot of people are calling this a big inconvenience, we will tell what you you need to know, coming up next. it is wednesday, april 12th good morning i'm jim donovan. aim rahel solomon. katie's getting us over the hump. >> yes, it works really well, and we think everyone anticipating wet roadways but we have an accident on the schuylkill that will really slow you down. >> still dry, but mess of the region still has no wet weather but you can see it on the way. >> and, right now it looks like, we will see scattered showers throughout the midday and that is it, guys. if we don't take an umbrella along i think you are fine without it. think is a moisture starved front thain