final preparation also underway this morning, that's as full set of nfl road closures go into effect. live list, what the list includes and how to get around it all. >> get ready for a wet tuesday, heavy rain moving our area, just how bad will things be, as you head outdoors? >> and president trump appears to be dropping a request as congress pace for wall on the mexican border, the reason and why he may revisit the issue. >> today is tuesday, april 25, good morning, i'm rahel you will have man. >> high, ladies. >> joe in for jim. >> there you are. see? look at that. >> i apologize for anything that happens during this show. you're surrounded by the three

of us. >> careful what you wish for when you're on with us. >> how did that alarm feel this morning when it went off? were you excited? >> never get used to it. good morning, everyone, so we are still talking about those nfl closures, i don't think we'll ever get used to those, katie. i know you were asking me the other day. >> what are we at, phase four? >> phase four, final phase. >> i don't believe you. i just want to know when it will go away you. >> don't think this awesome is event coming to the city but so many travel problems. and the weather certainly not helping matters, i have storm system starting to work its way well, well into the region, some showers through the overnight, couple of showers around yesterday, still the main energy with this off to the south, sluggish storm system, so still bringing very heavy rain, most confined at the moment anyway through west most virginia and specially the coastal part of north carolina here. so soaking rain for those folks. that continues to lift north, should begin to gain little

bit of forward momentum. that is does the wind will start to pick up specially across the shore points. so not only is it a rainy day for you, there but also very windy day. everywhere else, just need the umbrella. showers pretty scattered, with time, swat of rain will completely envelope our region, low 50's currently up and down i95, little cooler by comparison, expected up around the mount pocono area. no one in the clear. no one at this point has a clear sky. so it is a milder beginning to the day as a result. you have the blanket of sorts of cloud cover overhead. with time here today, and again it is a day that requires umbrella, i would say pretty much everywhere, looking for the most raw conditions, where the winds picks up, at the shore, everyone in for good soaking here today. umbrellas riched, not as widespread yet but it will become that way. >> i like my little elephant umbrella but i'm getting sick of looking at it. >> you gave it to jim. >> did i, but he refused to use t beggers can't be choose

ers. whatever, jim. all right, good morning, everybody, happy tuesday to you. so, yes, i'm going to back out of the shot. we are talking about the draft, phase four, started at midnight. katie i promise you the last days, by the twi answer the question i was asked up at the desk when is it finally going to be never may first should clear out. ben franklin parkway closed 20th to art museum, mlk drive closed at sweet briar drive. it will be open thursday, friday, four our morning rushing, great news. kelly drive close from the museum to fairmount, and the vine westbound ramp to 22nd street closed. so a lot going on there. i would say just avoid the area if you can. if you can't, certainly want to pack in extra time. you will need it. a lot of vehicles will be still trying to navigate themselves around there. then also looking at the vine, eastbound, closed right now between schuylkill and broad, because they're transferring a crane, all having to do with those road constructions because of the draft. a lot to talk about when we come back, joe, over to you. >> this morning final

preparations are underway around the art museum. have a live look. the finishing touches are being made to the draft stage. now, as meisha just mentioned, null set of road closures went into effect at midnight, will remain in place until next monday, may first. the draft experience on the parkway opens thursday at noon. now the city of philadelphia, and the nfl are putting together what's expected to be a spectacular show. the serra center in -- the light will light up with the teams colors. nfl wants to show off it product of course. but also wants to highlight the city of philadelphia. >> it is a fully collaborative effort. we want philly to be happy to host the draft, all teams starting the new season, getting their new rookies, we want it to be a proud, proud moment. we collaborated with the city to make it shine here in fill. >> i another thing to see in

the first time while the draft in town different flags along the parkway. the flags will represent the 32nfl teams, participating in the draft. you can check out cbsphilly.com for all you need to know about the draft, including those road closures, there is even a eagles mock draft that addition deep near the birds potential first rounds pick. it is all at cbsphilly.com/draft. >> and in other news philadelphia police hope surveillance video will help them catch the man who attack and robbed a west philadelphia couple. investigators say this man, followed 86 year old william ralphnau as he ran errands, the suspect harrass him for money, followed him, then attacked him, choked his wife. >> hey, he push me down -- >> first of all, 86 year old man on a cane, but to punch him in the face, strangle his

wife, just unacceptable behavior that individuals need to be off the streets. >> and if you have any information about this suspect philadelphia police want to hear from you. the number is 215686-tips. you can remain anonymous. and update to two alarm fire we first showed you at chemical plant in conshohocken. responding to the scene at the fine grind corporation, east ash street. fire eventually grew to two alarm, crews placed the flames under control before midnight. no one was injured. still no word yet on how the fire started. >> a house fire in delaware has left elderly nan critical condition this morning. chopper three over 21 belmont drive in mill creek new castle county last night. the fire broke out just after 10:00. still heavy smoke and flames coming from the home and crews arrived, they pulled the 87 year old man from the residence and took him to the hospital. fire under control before 11:00. state fire marshall investigating what caused the fire. >> man heads to court in philadelphia today for charges he shot and killed his aunt.

police say 26 year old andrew planned to rob his aunt. police found the 57 year old woman in her port richmond no, ma'am late february, lying face down, in a pool of blood. police say with a gunshot wound to her head. faces several charges, including homicide, his girlfriend has also been charged with burglary. police in west philadelphia are investigating a fatal shooting. it happened last night here in the 4600 block of westminster avenue, just after 6:30. the 25 year old victim suffered a gunshot wound under his right arm. he was taken to the hospital and died just after 7:00. police have not disclosed motive for the shooting. >> plans to renovate new jersey state house come up for vote this morning. the state capitol joint management committee is voting on resolution approving four year $300 million renovation. the jersey governor chris christie announced major renovations to the deteriorating 18th century building back in november.

he calls it a firetrap that has not been significantly updated 60 years. >> and as many as 20 nuns being forced to relocate from the cardinal o'hara campus. the sisters have lived on the school's property for decades. according to school documents the convent will eventually be converted into housing for international high school student. in a statement the archdioces says the convents are currently being under utilized. they go onto stress that the buildings are not being sold and that the first move will not be placed until sometime next year. >> president trump appears to be backing down from demand ago down payment for his border wall for now. that could remove major obstacle to pass funding before a government shutdown deadline. during his campaign you will recall candidate trump said mexico would pay for the wall. white house press secretary sean spicer insists the president is not retreating on his word. >> isn't mexico supposed to pay for the wall? >> i think the president made very clear initially we needed

to get the funding going, and there will be several mechanisms to make sure that happens, that funding piece will happen in due time. >> the president told a group of conservative reporters he would be willing to resume the funding issue in september. >> the white house is expected today to name secret service director today, randolph will be tapped to lead the organization. alice currently serves as acting deputy commissioner of customs and border protection, san retired marine two-star general. the secret service director a pointed by the president, and does not require senate confirmation. in the meantime the senate has confirmed former georgia governor, sonny purdue, as ago secretary. will get right to work today as president trump signs executive order to help the agriculture business. order will set up task force led by purdue. that will identify obstruction to business growth, the president will also meet with 15 farmers from across the nation to discuss topics,

including immigration, and trade. >> ivanka trump at international women's conference in berlin, hoping the melds g will build global support for invest g in women's empowerment program. trump unpaid advisor to her father making the trip at the invitation of german chancellor, angela merkel. >> a us navy nuclear submarine expected to arrive today in south korea. in a move described as show of force, tensions between north kariya and us. it is a guided missile submarine, armed with tactical nuclear missiles, equipped with advanced communication capability. it arrival comes on the day north korea celebrates korean people's arm. >> i they say the commute on mass transit can be stressful enough. imagine if you also had to worry about getting attacked and robbed by teenagers? commuters in one major city are dealing with this, where flash mobs every teens are swarming trains and rob g travelers. >> bill o'reilly talking about

the firing by his network over accusations of sexual i am pro pro at this, the promise he is making to his

>> a 17 year old may lose his eye after his friend accidentally shot him while trying to wake him up for school. it all happened yesterday inside home on the 5300 block of lindburgh boulevard, southwest philadelphia, investigators say the teen woke up to that gun in his face, it went off as he tried to slap it away. at last check that teen was list in the critical but stable condition and his friend has not been charged. detective right now still trying to locate the gun and determine if that gun was legal. >> aryan saw has put two convicted murderers to death, first double execution in this country since 2,000, put jacque jones to death for the 1995 rape and murder of mary phillips. marcell williams executed for 1984 rape and robbery of stacey erickson.

wanted to put 11 to death in eight days. >> i'm saying bring back the firing squad. so them some way they have to suffer. just like their victims did. >> jones and williams were the second and third arkansas inmate execute in the less than a week, both men had cited failing health in their appeals. >> the city of oakland, california is dealing with a big problem. flash mobs attacking commuters on trains. the latest happened saturday, police say, a group every teens stormed the station, jumped on bay area rapid transit train. then they just grabbed whatever they could, according to police, and robbed, stunned passengers. >> we had what could be as many as 40 to 60 juveniles basically jump the fair gates, run upstairs, this happened so very quickly. >> just went through the trains, they know there is not a lot of police around. in fact, they know a lot of our security cameras are dummy cameras, don't really work. so it is like a free for all.

>> at least two people were robbed in the robberies or injured make that in those robberies. transit officials say gangs of juveniles have been terrorizing commuters for the last year. >> days after being fired from his fox news channel show, bill o'reilly took to the internet to speak on the sexual har asment accusations for the first time. last night's episode, o'reilly defends himself and discussed his future on line. owe really let go a mid slew of sexual har asment a.m. gazes which he has denied. >> but i can tell you that i'm very confident, the truth will come out, and when it does, i don't know if you're going to be surprised, but i think you're going to be shaken, as i am. >> earlier this month the new york times reported that five women were paid close to $13 million, to set the harrassment accusations, spent two days as the face of fox news highest rated show o'reilly factor. >> crews in arizona trying to

get large wild fire under control, already burned more than 7,000 acres, take a look, the fire, burning near phoenix, began as brush fire over the weekends, only 7% contained as of yesterday afternoon. about 35 homes had been evacuated. crews say hot and windy conditions are making the job tough. well, the time now, 4:46. katie is here with another check of the forecast. >> kate, tracking storms this morning, so how much rain are we talking about? >> i think overall we can expect maybe one to one and a half inches in the general swat across the region, guys, from yesterday, everything that came through pretty passing. didn't really have anything that was terribly widespread. today, that turns around. that's going to become the story. so today really ends up being the wettest day of the next several. the moment do you have pretty soaking showers, at least western delco into chester county as well, but just the beginning. take a look, we zoom things out. the line that's eventually going to overtake the region, this continues to be a storm that's not only slow moving, but moving north, and as it continues to rotate through the area, we end up with

steadier batch of rain throughout the second half of the day. future weather shows that representation real well. let's walk you through that. from now up until 7:00 a.m., many of you may not see drop of rain. where do you have some showers, they could be drenching, but still be scattered. look at the leading edge of this, though. yep, there goes. starts to move north, we all gotten develop opened in the rain. looks like it will happen thankfully right after the tail end of the typical morning rush. but in the lunchtime, yes, i would order in, guys. look at this, soaking rain, as the kids are get being out of school, 3:00 or so there is will be slow commute out there. so, just be ready for it. pack your patience for later in the day. the morning drive likely to be a lot better, in terms every weather-related issues in the second half of the afternoon will be, and it looks like even as the storm continues to pull away, all be it sluggish, still left with the lingering showers, will be a lot spot year later tonight, even into tomorrow, there is possibility, a wrap around shower comes in late in the day. we look at the seven day forecast, though, good thing is the time something on our side.

so many huge event with the draft, the penn relays coming up, and looks like the weather will cooperate. heck it will over achieve. you have four plus straight days here that will top off in the 80s, all gets underway just as the draft is doing the same with sunshine, meisha? >> yes, now we just need the rain to stay away from us for awhile. right? good morning, everybody, happy tuesday. so talking about some construction this morning, route one, headlights moving in the northbound direction at oxford valley, all lanes are blocked, southbound lanes were blocked, so now just opened. so really just the northbound side we are looking at, see everyone exiting off oxford valley, then re-enter onto oxford vale. but use that construction, just heads up northbound side is still affected. the vine eastbound closed between the schuylkill and broad. transferring a crane, so those road restrictions, nfl draft just heads up, might slow you down little bit, but overall still early, still dark, not enough vehicles on the roadway yet to slow you down. but what might slow you down even right now is phase four. that started at midnight.

take a look at these, these are phase four of the closures, restrictions that have gone into place now. ben franklin parkway, closed 20th to the art museum, closed at sweet briar drive. we will be open thursday and friday for a.m. rush. you can see right there, spring garden street closed at 31st and 22nd, kelly drive closed new see tomorrow fairmount, vine ramp close to 22nd, and buses detoured, check the schedules on line. jim -- joe, rahel, back to you. >> no where near the parkway, got t this morning, accused of keeping close tabs on drivers for one every it biggest competitors. >> how lawsuit accuses uber of tracking lyft drivers, that's in this morning's money watch report. we'll be right bac

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>> roxanna more bad news for uber, another lawsuit? >> that's right. in a complaint filed monday,

drivers working for both uber and its rival lyft accused uber of using secret software program to spy on them. the complaint says the goal was to identify who drove from both companies, so they could be targeted incentives to work mostly for uber. >> so roxanna amazon offering something new. tell us about it. >> yes. the company is expanding its subscription service by launching a digital subscription marketplace. it is called subscribe with amazon. so, one stop shop for your on line newspaper subscriptions, meal planning services, on line streaming sites, and more. joe, rahel? >> how about it? amazon does it again. >> i was just gig to say what will they think of next? >> right? you can imagine and -- manage all of your subscriptions in one place. >> they've taken over the worlds, roxanna. thank you. >> it will be chilly and rainy today. >> but some good news, there is taste of sumner our future. i'm wondering how soon, pretty

soon. >> pretty soon, yes. just got to get past today. the warm up can begin. once it does off to the races. june like values on the they are mom at this for the majority of the seven day. stay tuned, we'll have the full forecast on

>> oh, that's spooky. just fog. we have a storm system moving in, it will really moisten up the atmosphere, and you'll start to see not just clouds but with time the moisture overtakes the atmosphere, eventually the cloud just can't hold on to the moisture any more, and they'll start to squeeze out some rain. looks like that rain will be pretty steady. you can't even make out the skyline at this point. so, with that said, your visibility, very likely to be reduced this morning, especially across some of the area bridges. and certainly since philly is a city surrounded by water, probably going to run into some poor visibility, traveling in and out. but here is a storm that we are talking about. you can see that counter clockwise rotation spinning in the clouds, spinning in the

moisture, the heaviest of which still to the south. so that hasn't made it arrival yet. now the future rain apartments expected by only one computer model. only talking at this point, guys, about maybe one, one and a half inches max worth of rain, perhaps locally higher amounts. but, you know, it doesn't look like this would be major flooding concern. though i will say, second half of the day, p.m. rush, not looking all that ideal. so, be ready for maybe some headaches, as you travel home from work and school there today. but look at the trade-off. just got to get past today, you know? might be scattered shower, thunderstorm along the way, but no major chances for additional rain until next week. and we are going to top off the 80s starting thursday, so starting draft day, starting pen relay beginning day, and overall, this is pretty good looking forecast. if we have to deal with wet weather at all again, meisha, i think would be real spotty, likely toast come friday through the three day event. >> well, that's good for us to know. i don't know, i just bring my umbrella because i don't know what's going on.

good morning, everyone, construction, what we are talking about this morning in the worlds of travel. headlights northbound direction, oxford vale, getting kinds of used to where the construction; southbound was affected, all lanes blocked there, as well, now since cleared. so really just northbound side, where all lanes are still blocked, exiting off oxford valley, re-entering on oxford valley. just heads up there. ninety-five south at cottman, push in the southbound direction, you may your way into center city as katie pointed out we do have fog out there. might pose little problems, but not yet. just don't have congestion levels to start slow downs. then we are talking about some construction on northeast extension, as well, northbound between mid-county, quakertown, intermittent lanes, also southbound, left lane blocked there. more coming up in ten minutes, joe, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news," liver on the parkway as philadelphia gets ready for the nfl draft. see what's expected to be one of the most popular exhibits. >> also ahead, trouble over president trump's mar-a-lago

resort, why forced to remove item from their website. we will tell you where these protests turned violent, what is sparking the outrage, back at the top of the hour.

>> this morning we're tracking showers, storm scan3, shows a system soon to be spinning over the delaware valley. making it a soggy start for anyone headed out the door. >> that rain, though, not enough to dampen our excitement on the parkway, just two days away from the nfl draft. that will means more street closures are in effect. live with what you need to know. >> staring down a government shutdown, 100 day in office approaches. the president's biggest campaign promise hits a wall. i'm hena daniels with more on the budget battle coming up. >> today is tuesday, april 25th, good morning, i'm joe holing