growing concern this morning one week after a four year-old is kidnaped and sexually assaulted. we will hear from authorities who are working to ease parent 's fears. ceo of united airlines offers an apology but will that be enough for passenger forcibly removed? we will tell you what the airline is giving other passengers on board that flight. our stretch of warm weather continues, this is a live look at center city wait until you see katie's easter sunday forecast and today is thursday, april 13th, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. let's kick things off with katie and meisha. >> i like that. >> yes. >> i got to say though i don't

know what is going on in the world of travel? we just got hit with an explosive, i don't know what it is, but accidents all over the place which is really odd. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> and, we have weather related, no, but still dry outside. we will stay that way. looking at storm scan this is a loop, you might not know that unless you have a time stamp on the top left there it is clear, empty, nice clear sky and as a result, remember what will happen, when you don't have a blanket of cloud cover overhead. you will see temperatures drop off more readily and efficiently. definitely seeing a bit of the emphasis settle in here. it is cooler by comparison earler this morning then it was, this same time yesterday. in philadelphia, the international airport is 7 degrees cooler and well in the teens, in terms of the drop off from this same time yesterday, up in allentown, trenton, reading, lancaster and mount pocono just to make a few. as that translates to the thermometer readings we are expecting daytime highs to

still reach slightly above average levels, 66 degrees around 5:00 p.m. and find some sunshine as well. today is a dry day, we are in the middle of high pressure once more, a little hint of the breeze but overall a pleasant day is expected to unfold here for us, men while, you have mentioned easter we're still expecting nice warmth to move back in for easter holiday weekend but it does come at a price of some showers, which we will talk more about later on, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much. i was just talking about our accidents this morning and it is a mixture with some construction. first off i want to show you this video of the accident that happened earlier kelly drive, in east falls, it was completely closed because of an overturned vehicle. you can see the vehicle and crews are out there and tell truck showing you that it was towed away. that is now reopened which goodies news a lieutenant of accidents we were seeing have residual effect or completely moved out of the way. that being said, lot still going on out there accident with the tractor trailer all

lanes blocked at schuylkill westbound past gulph mills another area that it is also just been cleared. good news even though we have had accidents this morning they are cleared out quickly. that being said, something is in the air. we have some construction i want to bring your attention to route one southbound at oxford valley all lanes still blocked moving in the southbound direction and another point of construction 95 north between route 413 and business route one right lane blocked in bucks county. more when we come back in 10 minutes. jim, over to you. delaware police meet way concerned community following kidnapping and sexual assault have the four year-old girl in new castle county. "eyewitness news" at john dick son high school. officer gave stranger danger tips on how to keep their parents safe. the child was playing outside of her home in the village of plum run when she was abduct. witness found her walking by banning park two hours later. >> this incident has struck a cord with everyone, in our

police department. everyone is concerned. everyone is putting forward their best effort. >> meanwhile a manhunt to find the child's abductor continues neighbors say safety in their community has been shattered. dozens of veterans ride into northeast fail to support a fellow service member after a frightening home invasion. >> applause. we got your back here. man behind that door is 88 year-old carrie anwar veteran pete le hooda, who two men invaded his bustleton home, tied him up and robbed him of thousands of dollars in his car. the warrior watch riders troop support heard the news they sent some of their own. >> somebody tried to rob him and steel his money and he worked hard for it. our backpack says we have your back. we want to make sure this veteran is not forgotten. >> reporter: police found his cadillac hours later in north philadelphia's herald gate

section and arrested two men at the scene. investigators still looking for a female suspect walking with the two men. two suspects in custody have not been charged. a passenger violently drag off united airlines flight may be in the early stages of planning a big lawsuit. lawyers for david doa, man forcibly removed on the plane sunday are requesting an order requiring unite todd take video surveillance, recordings and all other documents pertaining to the incident. meanwhile, in an effort to calm the backlash, company executives say united will no long's how police to remove passengers from flight. >> we have not provided our firm line supervisor and managers, and individual with the proper tools, policies, procedures, that allow them to use their common sense. >> united also says they plan to compensate all customers on that plane, doa was forcibly removed. a delaware judge is expected to rule today on whether three teenage girls are at fault in the death of the classmate. the 17 year-olds are being

tried as juvenile in the death of 16 year-old amy joyner francis. she died in april 2016 after a fight in the bathroom that was recorded on camera at howard high school of technology, in wilmington. defense attorneys claim joyner frances had a rare heart condition that caused her death after the fight. the city of wilmington delaware will bid a final farewell to retiring police chief bobby cummings. he has served as police chief since 2014, he is retiring with a 32 years on the job. just yesterday mayor announce that had robert tracie will replace cuppings. tracie has worked with police departments in new york city and chicago. todays final day of testimony in eric frein's trial, just before the easter break, jurors heard entries from frein's journal yesterday which he kept during the seven week manhunt. one point frein says police were about a football field away from him. frein is accused of shooting and killing state police corporal brian dickson and wounding another trooper. president trump is now

throwing his full support behind nato, which is not what he he promised on the campaign trail. president hosted nato secretary general at the white house yesterday. both agreed that european members of the military alliance will increase their share of the defense spending to fight terrorism. president has complained that the u.s. paid more than other members to belong to other members. >> the secretary general and i had a productive discussion about what more nato can do in the fight against terrorism. i complained about that a long time ago and they made a change. now they do fight terrorism. i said it was obsolete. it is no longer obsolete. >> well, the 28 nato countries meet 2 percent spending, threshold. and the president and secretary of state rex tillerson say relation was russia may be at an all time low. tillerson made at zest. during the officials visit to moscow. secretary of state met behind closed doors with president putin for two hours later yesterday. russia vetoed a u.n. resolution that would have

condemned, syria's deadly use of chemical weapons on its own people. new this morning it is holy thursday and all eyes on pope francis as he leaves roman catholics in the easter weekend. >> holy father has a big day, pope francis will remember the last sunner with a mass at the vatican this morning. later in the day he is set to visit a nearby prison to wash and kiss prisoner's feet. tips keeping pouring in as investigators search for a wisconsin man. >> see the new pictures that the fbi hopes will lead to the capture. then caught on camera a young girl's narrow brush with death, bullets going by her head as she sits in the barber shop. find out what led to the gun fire. cameras captured a landslide on the highway how quick thinking helped save drivers, when we come right

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caught on tape bullets just missed a little girl in arizona as she took to the store. now they say the shop was not the intended target. >> this is disturbing video. it shows four year-old girl playing in the barber shop outside phoenix, when she sits down, and then bullets, pierced the store window and girl runs to safety. one man heard shots while working next door. >> really shocking, you know, we're luck that i she didn't get hurt worse. >> police arrested suspected shooter michael david heart. he had a money dispute with the tattoo parlor next to the barber shop and was targeting the parlor. he is facing multiple charges including aggravated assault. landslide on to a major u.s. highway in idaho is caught on camera workers with the state's transportation department captured these images right before the slide. keep your eye on the tree there the ground suddenly gives way, sending dirt and trees tumbling down the hill. you can see concrete barrier slide on the highway.

just minutes before, quick thinking officials decided to close off that road but makes you wonder had they not had that forsight that could have been a bad situation. >> my goodness. >> slow motion there. >> see the concrete moving in the road there. >> welshing time is 4:43. >> yes. >> don't think that will happen around here today. >> hopefully not. >> no landslide in the forecast. no. >> all right, katie. you say it is another really, nice spring day, our temperatures in the lower 40's as we go outside, to our live neighborhood network at pleasant valley middle and high school. all calm. light wind. virtually non-existent in carbon, monroe county area at 42 degrees. a cool start to the day. jacket kind of the morning but what is very light wind it will be a very pleasant day. closer to where we should be when it comes to normal daytime highs. storm scan remain nice and clear. we have been tracking a cold front which was very, very whimpy let's be honest, it

brought a couple showers to parts of the pennsylvania and then moved out to the northe and all it really served to do was kick out breeze and drop our temperatures back. we had a beautiful afternoon. cooler air has settled back in even though high pressure is in place and we will get some sunshine. it is still cooler, but still, very pleasant, and what do i mean when i say still very pleasant? comfortable. 66 degrees. normal high 63 or so on this date. we are a smidge above average. we will still see sunshine and then that nice dry aero curse, northwesterly wind flow will be a nice hair day too. partly cloudy, cooler, dropping down to 47 degrees, looking ahead we will expect another warm up. it comes at a bit of the price on easter weekend. these icons can make it look worse, then it can be, on saturday cloud building through the day but late, toward night fall, showers begin to move in from a warm front and we will spike to 80 behind that front on sunday. 80 degrees. but late in the day, and thank

you so much. >> good morning, everybody. >> we're waking up with a lot of activity. we have a lot of accidents. they are clearing out of the way. one still active out there a vehicle went into the house here in west oak lane, north broad street at cheltenham avenue and i believe our reporter trang do is out there we will have more in a bit. we have construction route one southbound oxford valley all lanes block, moving in the southbound direction, you exit off oxford valley, and reenter on to oxford valley. and 95 north between route 413 and business route one right lane blocked because of construction that has been since cleared. ninety-five south and route 320 right lane blocked for more construction that has been since cleared. route 422 eastbound between trooper and 202 right lane block for construction. you guessed it. that has also been cleared. jim and rahel, back to you. up next where you can get a free cup of coffee. >> we will tell but a pair of twins with a unique story,

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heading outdoor stay updated with katie's forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 1060. also a montgomery county man is accused of hiding in his estrange wife's bedroom closet for hours, before attacking her and her boyfriend. plus why the city controller says some philadelphia schools, risk losing federal grants, and philly hotels have a record setting year for tourism. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. new jersey's internet gambling market soared with an increase of 40 percent over last year. surge helped atlantic city casinos boost gambling revenue by 9 percent. new figures show they want 222 million in march, of the seven casinos still operate nothing ac, only bally's posted a decrease. 4:48. time for a check of business

news. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange. good morning. down day on wall street yesterday? what are investors watching today. >> well to day some of the country's biggest banks will release their recent earnings report, jp morgan chase, citigroup, wells fargo all will report those earnings before the open, for the most part, shares of the financial stocks have skyrocketed since president trump took office, there are expectations his administration will ease regulations, on financial institutions. again, those come out before the opening bell. so we will have an influence on how today goes in terms of the trading. jim and rahel. >> i was looking at the market yesterday, not happy. so we hear amazon has a new tool to help parents keep an eye on their kid. what is that all about. >> amazon is introducing a new tool to let parents see what their kid are doing on the company's fire tablets. parent dashboard as part of the free time service for kid, parents can monitor daily screen time and then web site

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looking ahead to a nice spring day, big difference notice to date is how warm it does not get into the afternoon. the last few afternoons have been absolutely just well above average, and, picture perfect. today still really nice but you want to dress in layers. beautiful view overlooking center city here sky scan three at our very own rooftop, current conditions at airport overtop of it for you. breezy. dew points nice and low with this north/northwesterly wind flow. lower dew point dryer the air and even though it is still breezy, i will call it a good hair day. 54 degrees is current temperature. you are still off to a mild start but temperatures can still drop off before the sun comes up. storm scan nice and clear, you will to have a few cloud, but nice weather overall as high

pressure gets control, albeit briefly for now, with that said lets talk about the weekend you have your screen, and we will see a new system move n warm front on saturday. that will allow to us warm up on sunday, look at that 80 degrees, well above average saturday night especially and then late sunday, toward night fall, that is your shot see wet weather during the course of the weekend. timing is on our side. we had wet weather it will hold off until our outdoor plans are done. >> that is what everyone wants to know. katie, thanks very much. good morning, everyone. happy gateway to our weekend. we have construction. you can see movement, be careful, still very dark. we are not dealing with slippery road conditions at all but since it is so dark, it is hard to see crew members this is route one southbound at oxford valley, all lanes are blocked or were blocked, they are starting to pick it up and clean it upright now. by the time you get out split is still block. you exit off oxford valley and

reenter on oxford valley. we have been dealing with that for a little bit now, we are used to that. we had a accident where vehicle went into the house in west oak lane, north broad street at cheltenham avenue. i necessity our trang do will get out there and will have more in a little bit. construction on 42 southbound between the 25 and creek road right lane blocked there. a lot mercon trucks to talk b pennsylvania turnpike westbound ramp to northeast extension, pennsylvania turnpike near valley forge, one lane blocked, each direction there and also we're talking about construction on the northeast extension. we were talking about that yesterday. some more on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound before bensalem right lane is block there, jim and rahel, back to you. well, this is certainly a very interesting story, these new parents down in houston, texas are counting their blessings twice. >> couple welcomed their first set of twins but babies were born, two weeks apart. expecting mother latoyia woolridge said she felt pain in january. her husband was out of town. she drove herself to the hospital. shortly after lit alomar owe

was born 23 weeks weighing 1 pound, 3-ounces. two weeks later, baby arthur made his debut, weighing only 2-pound, 2-ounces. >> the big high five, the exciting time was when we see them running, jumping, and they were babies who we weren't sure they would survive. we remember being up night after night after night with them and we see parents, babies, children that are happy. >> indeed. well, the months later twins are thriving, and dynamic duo set to head home in a few weeks. >> i never heard of something like. that maybe it happens. >> me either, all kind of complication is two weeks. >> cute babies too. >> interesting birthday party celebrations. they will go on forever. a geyser, shoots water 50 feet in the air and not in yesemite. >> but in the middle of the road, take a look, this caused a lot of traffic problems. just how crews say this water main was when it burst. plane goes down in a pennsylvania airport leaving one person dead, what airport

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delaware judge is ready to make a decision on whether three teens are to blame for death of the 16 year-old classmate. arguments on both side they will consider as he rules today. it is april 13th, 2017, good morning i'm jim donovan. kate and meisha keeping an eye on things this thursday. what do you call it, gateway to the weekend. >> gateway to the weekend. we are almost there. can you believe it starting off, on thursday morning it is light. >> it has been so busy you are running around over there. >> i'm in the quite sure why.

>> yes. >> that is right. >> nothing pouring down but sunshine on my side of the desk. at least right now. we have quiet weather yet again today. it is cooler. that is big difference from one day to the next. last few days incredibly mild. today still really nice but just a dose of reality. >> yes. >> we will start off and get you outside on storm scan all calm, clear, no less, that is one thing that your temperatures will drop off more readily. big trigger, however with the cooler air suspect today is fact we had a cold front yesterday which let's face it was not that impressive. brought a couple showers throughout midday and then was out of here and many didn't see a drop of rain. we didn't at my house. afternoon was gorgeous for most of us. but with that said it is cooler behind the front. we did finish up with a cool front, and still off to a relatively mild start, bay comparison, yesterday it is certainly cooler. your actual air temperature