down. and you need to turn yourself in. nobody else needs to get hurt. >> the manhunt for the facebook murderer goes national. family members of the victim make emotional pleas for the killer to tunneling himself in. >> little chillier for some of you, as you start your day, but this could be the nicest day for the rest of the week. katie is tracking several chances for april showers. oh, my. >> well today is tuesday april the 18th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. getting us out dot door this morning. >> got a wonder woman bracelet on? >> let me know it is working, not working in the travel department. is this week moving slow? we were just talking about that. >> well, it is my monday. same thing, what day is it? i wasn't here yesterday. >> yes, this will wake you up. >> i guess they want me to go to weather okay.

didn't like the way you looked at me when i said april showers. today is fantastic one, starting off on cool note. outside kutztown area middle school, 46 degrees. i show this shot to you for a reason, look how beautiful this sunday rise is promising to be. sun has yet to rise. light of day has gun to move n now the temperature change in the last 24 hours, from this time yesterday, is quite noticeable. you're anywhere from ten to 12 to even heck as much as 20 degrees cooler, by comparison. as that relate to the thermometer, it is is more like the 30's, or the 40's, here in philly now dropping down to 51 degrees. but we went on the air, at 4:30 this morning, with 57. so the temperatures have really dropped off pretty efficiently here. just in the last 90 minute. but you know what? i still call this practically perfect day. you will see sunshine all day. you will have the mild conditions. sixty-six the high we're shooting for in the city. low humidity with us, as well, as are the light winds, check off each and everyone.

boxes, meisha, fantastic weather out there, beautiful april day. but we mention those showers, we will talk more about when those get here, and if you really need the umbrella or not, just little later. >> is it safe to grab a coffee and walk around the park, katie? >> oh, perfect. i'm in. >> i'm in too. i'll join you. ninety-five south at girard, what we are looking at here, you can see plenty of your neighbors out on the roadway now, still traveling at posted speeds but you won't be for much longer now that we equip into the 6:00 hour. moving at baltimore pike looking good on the blue route, basically southbound, northbound, anywhere we look, sure starting heat up little bit. not nearly as quickly as 95 pushing in the southbound direct, taillights, moving in the eastbound direction, toward that beautiful skyline. route 29, enjoy it, but pack the sunglasses, probably dealing with a little bit of sun up slow down if you know what i mean, then talking tractor-trailer that went off the road, a.c. expressway eastbound near winslow, all lanes, however, are open, so you can see still traveling around six a miles per hour where i want to keep you as long as i can.

but just heads up, that it is out there, can throw you specially if we've got some officers showing up, pulling off to the shoulder. see what happens there. also talking about hit-and-run accident cobbs creek, avoid the area, 58th street at walnut st. our trang do will have more details coming up in a little bit. jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. some breaking news, police in cobbs creek searching for hit-and-run driver involved in a crash earlier this morning. >> actually meisha judges talking about this, trang do live at 58th and walnut with more on the crash right now and the manhunt for the driver. good morning, trang. >> good morning, rahel and jim. yes, man on the motorcycle, we're told, in critical condition at presbyterian hospital. his female passenger, also, transport today presbyterian with minor injuries. but take a look at this scene. still very active here. lots of clean up to be done. you can see, pieces that far mangled motorcycle there, in the crosswalk at this intersection, over here just several feet away, the mini-van on 58th street, here, at this intersection remains closed while police gather evidence. now this accident happened right around 3:45 this morning

at the intersection of 58th and walnut in cobbs creek. now when officers arrived, the driver of the mini-van was gone. and as you mention, rahel, police still looking for that driver. they do tell us, though, they have spoken to the owner of the mini-van and are working to determine if that van was stolen back out here you can see, still a lot of clean up to be done out here. if you can smell out here, it smells like fuel in the air. still very, very active scene out here in zaire he middle school just right over here, to the right of this scene. so, it could affect drop off for parents, if this is not cleaned up soon. but for now live in cobbs creek, trang do, cbs-3 "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> trang you just mentioned it, that is pretty busy during rush hour, thank you. >> new this morning, man suffers cuts to his face when an s.u.v. crashed in his home and broke a basement window. this happened just after midnight along the 4700 block of beaumont street holmesburg. the driver remained at the scene. police are significant g -- figuring out how the driver

lost control. so far no charges have been filed. >> people in several states have been told to be on high alert this morning, as the manhunt continues for stiviano ends. stevens accused every killing elderly nan cleveland, posting the chilling video to haste book. hena daniels with the latest on the investigation. >> stiviano ends remains on the loose this morning, and authorities are warning he's armed and dangerous. the 37 year old posted this ominous warning on facebook sunday. >> keep killing until -- until y catch me. >> but police have not been able to verify his claims on the mass killings, they say, stevens did post this video to facebook. shows the murder of robert godwin, senior. >> did you see joy lane? >> joy lane. >> cleve and officials say steven's got out of his car, walk to up godwin and asked him to say the name after woman believed to be his ex-girlfriend. then investigators say stevens shot the 74 year old at point

blank range. he commonly drove away leaving the victim to die on the sidewalk. >> i don't know what i am ' going to do. he is a good guy i mean, give you the shirt off his back. >> police chief says godwin was pick at random. authorities are now warning resident in pennsylvania new york and indianna to be on alert. >> we brought offering bear on this from our federal partners, state and local partners and everybody's out there looking for steve. >> stevens case workers at behavior health agency in northeast ohio, mr. is say was last seen driving white ford fusion, with a temporary ohio license plate. hena daniels, cbs news. well, officials from the philadelphia fire department will discuss a new federal report at news conference today. that report released yesterday, details the moments which led to the death of a firefighter. lieutenant joyce craig died in west oaklane house fire in december of 2014 said the

intense heat went through the breathing equipmentment also criticized craig's colleagues how they responds today her seven emergency distress signals. the fire department says it has made changes as a result of her death. breathing equipment has been update dollars. battalion chiefs are now station in the dispatch sent tears improve communication and safety officer positions have been created. happening today, a sentence for the montgomery county man convicted in fellow church member, convicted of voluntary manslaughter and wreckless endangerment, in the shooting dealt of robert braxton. happened april of last year instead the keystone fellowship church, storms claimed it was in self-defense, injury did i find him guilty. >> also today, jury selection begins for the trial of 23 year old dj creato. prosecutors say creato killed his three year old son brendan in october of 2015. then reported him missing. during the trial the jury expected to visit cooper river

park where brendan's body was discovered. memorial at the spot was removed over the weekend. >> now, this morning, vice president mike penned is focusing on trade as he begins his visit to japan. tokyo is the seconds stop on the vice president's ten day tour of asia. the trip is aimed at emphasizing president trump wants to boost us trade in the region, even though he has abandoned a transpacific trade pact. >> well, coming up: are your allergies really getting to you? why the weather is making it extra tough for allergy sufferers this year. >> plus nine days and counting until the nfl draft comes to philadelphia. find out what the it will cost the city to host. pat? >> coming up: we will take look at local company's product, that they think can help keep kids on the field, instead of on the side lines with concussion symptoms. see the head gear when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back, everyone, storm chasers captured this tornado over the weekend in dunbar, nebraska. >> one family saw right across from their field. twister didn't do any damage, just swept up some debris. cool site to seement thankfully there was no one injured. >> well, if you have watery eyes and runny nose, this story is for you. >> apparently taking its toll on allergy sufferers katie, as well. blooming buds and pollen sure signs every spring, tree pollen tends to be at it highest. grass pollen ramps up in may, just around the corner. we spoke with doctor rob about ways to get some relief. >> if your only symptoms are runny nose we may give you nose spray, itchy eyes, maybe eye drops. or spotty symptoms, you have a lot of combined symptoms, we may give you allergy pills. >> other waste to prevent allergies from wearing you down include avoiding hair spray, jim. >> oh, that's not going to happen.

>> got to let it go. wearing a mask while mowing the lawn, taking a shower before going to bed. >> dow. that will but the hair spray, sorry, can't give up the hey prayer. >> what will you do? >> gel. >> still wouldn't work. you know hair? >> whole production. >> this is like extra cast member to the newscast. >> true. very true. people have actually tweeted about jim's hair, and not jim. >> have you ever steen without product in it? i think. >> ya. >> it is to flops, ya. >> we'll call you flop face. >> so we bring you back to allergies, pollen, all of those spring conditions that really have impact on your health. in addition to what you guys were just mentioning, you know, when it comes to pollen, the worse, the pollen is, is between the hours of five a.m. and 10:00 a.m., then worry about the uv index between 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. so you have all of these different time frames worried b thankfully air quality quite good. just had rain move through. it is nice, and almost like the rain helps wash away the

pollen, but the levels are still high. maple, juniper, popular, primary issues, don't wore about the zero the heat index today, little cool for. that will but the april sung angle definitely getting stronger and hire, and you will see full sunshine throughout the day. had little cloud deck, to make its full departure, allowing temperatures to cool off just as the sun is coming up. actually three minutes from now, another system that's really barreling down across small across section of the northern high planes, this is actually going to bypass us to the north. separate system is going to move in as a series every front here in the next few days, bring in the next chances for showers. so for now beautiful. sixty-six, sunny, light winds, low humidity, really nice day. later on tonight we drop town to 44, cool night granted but just couple of clouds overhead, then the shower chances do begin. tomorrow it is really isolated so this icon makes it worse than it will actually be. get away without umbrella by thursday, friday being back to the 70s and the chances get

little bit more robust for wet weather region wide, throughout the two days. so thursday, kind of scattered showers or storm, and few showers around as well on friday, along leading edge of cold front. meisha? >> all right, katie thank you so much. can i not catch a break in the travel department you guys. if i can't, that means you can't as well. so heads up here, one area we don't want to car fire in the morning is 95 south, that's where we have it right now, 59 south near the betsy ross bridge good news, muscled offer to the right. won't slow you down if it was far left or middle lanes of the still gale err delays, taillights going off. this is the back up pull offer to the right, cracking the 6:00 hour, start to get congestion levels building now and sustaining themselves, then throw that in the mix, will really slow you down, getting very slow, 59 south at cottman, push toward center city, give yourselves some extra time. you will need some extra time

i would say at least extra half hour. accident involving tractor-trailer, pa turnpike between downingtown and valley forge on the shoulder, and another accident popped up involving truck, 322 closed near tuckahoe road black horse pike, will slow you down. back to you. >> third big event in a few years is almost here. nf loft draft, just nine more days until the draft hits philly. a lot of people are wondered what it is costing the city. of course first as i just mentioned we have the papal advice knit 2015, then the democratic national convention last summer, officials say the draft will cost the city to up half million dollars to host, while the nfl takes care of the remaining $20 million. >> like the nfl draft, exposure that we will get really all over, all over north america is amazing, you almost can't put price tag on that. >> thousands of visitors are expected to pack the parkway in less than two weeks, james

cureato of the independence visitors center, the food, but it draws in large crowds. >> speaking of sport over the last several years a lot of head injuries in sports, especially at the youth level. >> one local company thinks they can help combat with new high tech head gear. pat here to tell us a little bit more this companies thinks you can help soft ten the blow. sometimes head injuries cannot be seen, and they remain major issue across the sports landscape. but, a glen mills company has produced what they believe can help youth soccer players stay on the field. >> head injuries aren't just football thing. recent study by the american academy of pediatrics found during the 2015 school year concussion was more common in girls soccer than any other sport. that's where un equal comes in. >> come out of the military, and we develop some protective technology that's in bullet resistance vests as we speak.

and there was a ah-hah moment few years back gosh this might have incredible application in sports. >> front and center during the 2014 so much i old pill innings p snow border slammed her ned in a fall. splitting her helmet inside was one of the products. >> everyone is talking about how the heck was she able to get up? it turns out the world saw the green stuff. you know? >> what is the green stuff? >> the green stuff. here is a example of padding. >> fully realizing the racing in youth sports, took pro-active approach. put mia with the un equal halo, using technologies will helper with the impact to the head. >> mandate for shin guards, no mandate forehead protection, you can't go to a single soccer game and not have a moment where everybody on the side lines says ugh. >> i'm always hitting the ground, you know, if i'm driving, coy hit my head-on the post. and, you know, break aways coy

collide with another player. >> family physician doctor rob danoff believes that the halo and similar devices can certainly decrease concussion risks. but it is often factors within the game that are impossible to protect against. >> most important point is learning how to hit the ball, how to head t but majority of concussions occur not from a direct hit from a soccer ball. it is the acceleration, decelaration injury, falling, bumming into other players. >> us women's soccer star alley wears the halo after two major concussions in her career. knows that could just as easily be mia. just as easily when it comes to stopping injuries, not sure why other parent aren't as pro-active. >> i think people underestimate the risk, we think of football as being, you know, at very, very physical sport. soccer is intensely physical. >> doctor rob was adamant that while the hey owe can help, it is really up to parent communicating with their child and vice versa when they think a head injury may have occurred as for un equal,

currently going through two year study at the university of wisconsin, but they believe it is an upgrade over current products. and sam wonders why kids aren't wearing head gear as she told us one of my teammates already had three concussions at just 12 years old. that's worrisome. so why not do anything you can to help that from happening? every little bit helps. >> i think you said it perfectly, any upgrade better than the current. >> sure. >> interesting stuff. thanks, pat. >> it is tax day while some people will be scrambling to file, others will be cashing in on lot of freebies and deal. we will tell but some of them coming up next. >> and new use for botox t has nothing to do with your look. find out how it is being used to treat anxiety. coming up a lit later in the health

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>> welcome back, looking ahead to the upcoming weekend i do think we'll see unsettled weather specially sunday. there is promise to us, pretty good chance for some showers, but, is it generally seasonable?

upcoming weekends, highs to the 60s, should see some sunshine saturday, guys? >> prison officers, put pressure on elected officials to increase pay. department of correction wouldn't comment, but sent e-mail to the newspaper saying that the vast majority of delaware correctional officers reported to work. >> from the intelligence ers plans to develop business park at the airport won preliminary approval. borough council approved plan which includes warehouses, hotel, medical office building. >> in the mercury, former mural in phoenixville may be coming back, more than 3,000 people supported effort to bring back the 40 by 80-foot mural depicting the history of the former steel town. borough council has given the go ahead, schuylkill river heritage center now needs to raise $130,000 in order to begin production, this summer. and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware

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good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. 6:30, here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> the hunt is underway for a hit-and-run driver in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia. >> the man on the motorcycle, we're told; in critical condition at presbyterian hospital. >> i just snapped, dog. >> nationwide manhunt continues for the alleged facebook killer. a reported siting in philadelphia puts schools on lock-down, but turned out to be false. it is tax day, if you haven't filed yet, you have until midnight. >> it was quarterback carson wentz speaking for the first time in months. showing some love for philly. >> i truly enjoy being here. just love this place.

>> i'm not ruining a star wars ... >> a rap battle on the late late show last night. >> uh-huh. >> we send it over to our in house rapper katie fehlinger, still giving you props from last week. >> yes, props not deserved on that one, yes, i should go on facebook and go check it out. and be the judge for yourself. >> we love you, kate. >> i i appreciate that. but i'm going to keep this day job, or this very early morning job. let's put it that way. okay, so we actually are looking ahead to real pleasant day. sun now up. it is shine brightly. it is casting some beautiful long shadows right now over the city skyline. and it is only going to get mile fresh here. talking about pretty seasonable day.

light wind, low humidity, very comfortable outside. i love days like this at this time of year. right where we should. the stuff spring days are made of. looking at storm scan, little cloud deck moved through, basically making departure, skies have cleared out nicely, but also meant that the temperature could drop off little readily, upper 40's allentown, red being, lancaster, reading, even atlantic city on the cool side this morning, but, even though it is cooler by comparison, to this same time yesterday it, actually end up being a very nice day. sixty-six in the sunshine here in philly, at the shore and in the mountains talking 606 or so at best, but still, specking sunshine in both of those locations, but the problem is, this is a pattern that's going to be wrapping up pretty soon. because we do see a new system making its advance. so that will bring in the potential at least for some showers. even as early as tomorrow. but, it is notice the headline, showery stretch of days. so how long is the stretch of days going to last? how much wet wet remember we

actually talking about? i'll answer all of the questions just a little later on, meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so muchment looks so nice and peaceful out on the skydeck, i can tell you in the worlds of travel it has been very busy morning this morning. so heads up on this. we what we are looking at live chopper three over an accident on 322, you can see, it is an overturned truck, yikes. not in a good condition at all. again, this is route 322, it is closed right now, near tuckahoe road. you will have to use an alternate. black horse pike, going to be your best bet around this. not a great condition. but that's not all that we have. so we go live outside to where we have a car fire, 95 south near the betsy ross bridge pulled off to the right. doesn't look like it is a big deal, but the backups are pretty substantial. i can tell you from 95 south at cottman right now it is almost bumper to bumper. you will have to give yourself extra time i would say at least extra 40, 45 minutes at this point. then we also have another accident here, pa turnpike eastbound between downingtown

and valley forge involving tractor-trailer now pulled all the way off to the shoulder, but that's that's not it. take a look, route 322 accident, live chopper three, also have a.c. expressway eastbound near winslow. we have another incident, all lanes however open there. you might get just a slight tapping of the brakes some gator delay. then overturned tractor-trailer, new jersey turnpike near route 206. right lane blocked there. very busy morning. jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. update from breaking news southwest philadelphia, motorcycle thinks critical condition. passenger on the motorcycle is also at the hospital after a hit-and-run in cobbs creek. police say the motorcycle and the mini-van collided at 58th and walnut at about 4:00 this morning, the driver of the mini-van shred the scenement manhunt underway for the driver right now. >> and the nationwide manhunt continues this morning for the suspect accused of killing an elderly clever manned man, brutal murder recorded and posted on facebook but has since been taken down, this morning for the first time hearing the 911 calls from the

shooting. now with the latest on the investigation. >> cleveland police releasing recordings of 911 calls that came in moments after brutal killing sunday. >> oh, lord have mercy. oh, my god. >> seventy-four year old robert godwin gunned down as he walked home after celebrating easter his family. the suspect, 37 year old stiviano ends, charged with aggravated murder after police say he killed godwin, then posted video of the murder on facebook. the 91 is recordings painting chaotic picture. >> i need to you take a deep breath, okay? take a deep breath for me. >> i heard gunshot. >> minutes later another emergency call. >> with sirens ringing in the distance the dispatcher cold callers on how to render aid. >> i need to you get something clean and dry and apply to where he is bleeding from. do it now. >> dogs by the the scramble to help godwin, the father of ten and grandfather of 14 lay

dead. in the midst of the family grief, godwin's son finding it miami self to offer forgiveness to the accused shooter. >> one thing dow want to say is i forgive him. because we all sinner. >> as the search for stevens continued monday night his paternity brothers expressed shock at what their friend had been accused of. >> i really struggle for number of hours reconciling in my mind the guy i know was the guy i see here on facebook. >> cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> in other news this morning, off initials arkansas still want to move forward with plans to execute several inmates on death row despite u.s. supreme court ruling that blocked an execution schedule for this morning. that court ruling spared dawn davis life before he was spotted to bye-bye lethal injection, arkansas trying to execute eight inmates before it supply of lethal injection drug expires, that drug has been tied to botched executions in four states. the family of correctional officer killed during a delaware prison riot and five other hostages are announcing

a federal lawsuit this morning. in february, lieutenant steven floyd killed during inmate take over of the vaughn correctional center near smyrna. the correction officers held hostage and three maintenance workers in the basement. lawsuit plans to excuse the state of ignoring staffing problems. >> some inmate of the cook county jail in chicago facing charges after they were caught trying to set fire to their jumpsuits. this surveillance video shot saturday evening shows inmate igniting his jumpsuit using material he set on fire using a microwave oven. inmate used to warm up food from the commies area has since been removed. >> today is the income tax deadline, by now most of just already filed. >> include being me, jim. >> thank goodness. >> but did you know there is a lot of valuable information in that return that may help you save more, make more money next year? bcs news business analyst jill schlessinger joins us live. good morning, jill. >> good morning. >> so jill, rahel has filed, i can sleep well tonight. but should we do now?

we have a whole year to go. >> for both rahel as well as jen, i want you to remember, while your taxes, it is the ideal to analyze and review what happened, and let's attempt to use this information to improve your financial life next year. first thing to do, ladies, i am to everyone else out there, get organized for next year. you know, i think tax experts all the time. they say the lack of organization cost taxpayers money. create file. call it something really imaginative. 2017 taxes? in it, put this year's return. then, as various tax events occur like charitable donations, business or un reimbursed medical expense, copies of old receipts in the file, you're starting the process right now. >> i didn't realize our producer jen just filed yesterday. she escaped my laugh the last

few days. >> what information should we be looking for in this year's tax returns? >> you know, if you earn more than ten bucks in interest from a bank, a brokerage, another financial institution, you probably got a 1099int form. now, this is a great remind tow reassess the interest rates that you're earning from these short-term accounts. you may want to shop around. compare your current rate with those from local banks, credit union, on line banks. you know those on line banks often pay the highest interest. also check out bank rate. com or deposits rates to help you out f have you more than six to 12 months of living expenses and carbon hand for upcoming bills maybe consider whether you're keeping too much monday any cash? could it work better in a retirement or an investment account? >> a lot of things to consider. jill, on money always good to see you, thank you. >> maximize z our finances. well, don't hold your breath wait to go see president trump's tax returns, the white house says his 2016 return is being audited, and will not be

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>> i had a visitor on easter morning. >> not the easter bunny, they saw an intruder, 9-foot all gator, walking through the stairs, on to the second story porch. >> started lunging, thrashing, you know, growling, quite a bit. >> good size gate over. >> did you know that great ores growled? i didn't know. that will. >> south carolina department of natural resources will take the gator away. >> well, were you one of the millions who watched april the giraffe over the last several months? if so you helped that live street break a record says

april the giraffe the second most watched live chan nel it history, it has been watched more than 232 million times since february, the top spot is held by league of legends. >> i just can't believe we reported this yesterday, apparently the giraffe, who i don't think has been named yet, five-nine, what did we say, 127 points i believe? gosh. >> did you watch? i watched the video of being born. >> did you? >> oh,. >> your face right now, my goodness. >> it is educational. >> beautiful. >> oh, okay. >> i fell like she had enough people watching, i wanted to maintain a little bit of dignity for the poor thing. >> but waiting for it. >> true. like you said, very educational. >> that's the beauty of magic of life. all right. so let's completely switch gears. talk a little about weather here, getting ahead of ourselves. i have a couple of great pictures to show you, just

couple of minute ago, you might have to look closely, squint your eyes, beautiful shot of the half moon, this is outside his home in williamstown, new jersey, i just like this one. >> his tulips look better than mine. meanwhile half moon, little bit more, quite a bit more details. >> crystal clear outside. bright blue skies light of the sunshine starting to lift over the horizon, came out from phil chap line. meanwhile i have the temperatures to report here, actually we go from mildest to coolest, at 50 degrees from jenny out in cherry hill, peter as we mentioned had the early pretty shot of the moon. forty-two for him. mid 40's elsewhere, 40 degrees from eileen in gilbertsville and 51 from lynn in cherry hill. give you idea, generally low 50's, mid or lower 40's, at absolute coolest in most

locations, this in from lou, both john in perkasie and john in tabernacle. with that said we switch gears, talk about what the next couple every days have up their sleeves. today looks beautiful. >> will be two separate front, cross through the region more, specifically warm and cold front, that's going to send us on uphill climb, but it also bridges in the potential for some wet weather. tomorrow 8:00 a.m., we start the future weather off. nothing more than isolated shower at absolute worse throughout the day. then jump to thursday, certainly some additional showers, still scattered but they look like they could be little more robust, little more widespread. friday, that is when the cold front, you can see it really lining it, will cross through, through the second half of the day specially see more showers, more thunderstorms coming ahead of the front. again ahead of the front we warm up.

77 degrees by friday. >> nice. >> in the world of travel it is very, very busy live chopper three, see route 322 closed, near tuckahoe road. your alternate going to be black horse pike heads up on there is won't cause too much congestion level problems, just going to be eyesore. also maybe get couple of people tapping their breaks, that's this accident right here. plus, we also have incident with tractor-trailer, near winslow, all lanes however are open. don't have a lot of lanes open, still congested, going so slow, we had car fire little earlier, near the betsy ross bridge, this is still i would say some residual delays, but not only that, it is also because now is the time a weighs approach main hour of the rush. heads up on that very slow

there. also overturned tractor-trailer new jersey turnpike past route 206. that right lane is block there, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. time 6:49. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. charlie roads joins us live with a preview. good morning. >> new developments in the nationwide search foreman who killed stranger and then posted it on facebook. fraternity brother reveals what the suspect told him in a phonecall the day of the shooting. plug debate over church quest to create it own police force violates the constitution. open with a winfrey in studio 57 with her co-stars from new film. the film is called the mortal life of hen re etta. all about that and more, see in you about ten minutes. >> okay, looking forwards to it, charlie, we will be watching, thank you. on the health watch this morning, researchers sabo tox more than just fighting wrinkles, testing it to treat the president's social anxiety. army veteran has long tried,

tried several therapy and medication toss cope but not until she enters a study for protest to treat that she finally felt some relief. >> fear, angle, sadness, all go through this muscle. very important. >> so botox inhibits the muscle, just calms it down. so it becomes more difficult to feel those negative emotions. >> botox is temporary, typically wears offer in three months. >> april is autism awareness month, when it comes to taking care of autistic family, families can get bit overwelmed. post special sensory challenges for people with autism, as a result, some families may feel a little isolated. that's where the autism care foundation comes in. focusing on improving those experiences and joining me now linda cooper who found the autism care foundation along with her husband, frank.

>> so why did you start the autism care foundation if the first place. >> we started the foundation because one of our sons has autism. and his name is michael. and michael's world is so different from franky's world his brother. >> franky had so many wonderful opportunities and experiences while michael didn't have that, but the autism care foundation changed michael's world and hundreds of other children, to have these opportunities so they can participate like their piers. >> you focus on not scientific research but experiences so the kids get out such as michael, who weren't perhaps getting invited to parties and play dates. >> yes. we're enriching their lives today jim and building bright brighter tomorrow. building their future. autism care foundation provides so many wonderful activities and event. we have these events most frequently. they have choices.

autism is life-long journey. autism cares foundation is helping them focus throughout their journey, together, we're making a difference. >> now. >> and we will make a difference. >> together as a group what kind of events are we talking about? play dates? activities? let's go down the list. >> ready for all this list? okay. we provide outings, swimming, friendly sensory movies, we do social dances, weaver a glow club, just absolutely amazing, and much, much more. coming up in may, friday may 19th is our prom. i have to share with you a couple of years ago we had lady attend her first prom. she was 39 years old. >> oh, wonderful. >> it was beautiful. absolutely beautiful. >> and you have actually expanded. you have basically originally dealt just with kids, but now dealing with more young adults. what's that all about? >> last year, in july of last year, autism cares foundation

is a licensed service provider, for adult services for all special needs over 21. and we're very excited about this program. and it has been very successful, that we're actually in the process of expanding our services looking to another location. >> what are you planning or doing? >> we offer fasilitation, community, and supported employment. >> i know you can't do without funds, that's why you're here today. the autism care foundation will be holding their eighth annual spring gala and auction this saturday, april 22, the event will be held at spring mill manor, in ivy lands, that's bucks county. you can purchase tickets and get more information on line at autism cares foundation.org, i'll also post the information on my twitter and facebook feeds. i'll be there, as well, to support you, great job, thank you so much for being here.

>> thank you so much for having us. >> we appreciate t and we will be right back with three to go. stay with us.

well here is three to go. >> $50,000 reward is being offered this morning, that's for information leading to the arrest of stiviano ends, man accused every killing grandfather, posting the video on facebook. search has now gone national. >> president trump signing executive order will call on federal agency reveal, require them to buy more american made goods. >> and today is tax day. your return is considered on time if it is postmarked with today's date. get it to the post off before midnight. >> a look at weather and traffic? >> great looking day, mid 60s, light wind, low humidity, all of the things spring days are made of. outside beach patrol headquarters, waves lapping up on the shore line, i have a feeling we'll see a lot of people. rain chances do returnment tomorrow very isolated but the shower chances become little more numerous, toward the end of the week, meisha? >> all right, looking outside right now, quick peak of the accidents out there, route 322 near tuckahoe road. a.c. expressway eastbound near winslow, new jersey turnpike past route 206, pa turnpike,

50th and walnut. >> thank you, meisha. something stuck in your toilet? i know what not to do? >> take a look at this, woman said she didn't have plunger so had to roach into the toilet with her bear hands. >> oh,. >> seems she left her watch on. watch got stuck in the toilet. firefighters did i connected the toilet, took it outside, hit it with sledgehammer. eventually freeing what we can only assume very embarrassed woman. >> oh,. >> even more embarrassing, on national tv, yep. >> i just -- so -- >> what i really want to know, something stuck in there? >> i think something stuck in there initially. >> what? the watch got stuck? >> oh, her hand. >> so many questions. so many questions. >> i don't know. did you see that giraffe video yesterday. i don't need to know anything more about this story. cbs this morning, oprah winfrey. >> i love my oprah. remember to join us each weekday morning here on cbs-3, starting at 4:30 a.m.

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