>> i'm so excited, it is a great town, and i'm just ready to get to work. >> the eagles draft defenseman tennessee's derek barnett. we're live with more on his college career. >> i'm optimistic, i'm happen which our pick. go eagles. >> the fans we spoke to along the parkway seem to be very happy about the pick. we'll hear from the eagles front office about their decision to draft derek barnett. >> well the weather is feeling like summer after some light morning showers. we're in for a sunny and warm afternoon, today is friday, april 28th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning, getting us out the door.

>> happy friday. in the world of travel already it is one thing after another, one accident after another, some of which are serious. we will get to that in just a moment. >> sorry to hear that. we have wet weather overnight, showers still throughout through southern new jersey specifically as well parts of delaware, really light stuff. don't worry too much about it. maybe couple of damp roads as you are making your drive on in. but overall, this is actually going to be clearing out in the next couple of hours, i would say, by the time we're off the air at 7:00 a.m. all said and done, and left with sunshine, but for now, again, you may have to be flicking the win shield wipers once or twice, but isn't something to require the umbrella for, overall, today ends up being great day. six a the current temperature at the airport, we were at 70 even still in the last half hour, but now dover has had a chance to bottom out to 68 degrees. the sun still about an hour shy of it rise, so i think we're in for real nice sunrise here today. may still be lingering clouds as the front continues to push out. but very mild in the meantime, between systems, 62 palmyra,

64 mt. holly where the national service regional headquarters is located. as the clouds break for more and more sun, those temperatures will just spike immediately. so you're in the upper 60s as of 9:00 a.m., already mild, by noontime, we're in the withing 80 already. and then at 3:00, well, yes, doesn't get much better than this, sunny, 84, i feel like it is june. >> yes, i was just going to say, and all you see is sun, too, that's such a mood lifter. exactly what we want to see on friday, good morning, everyone, what we don't want to see is accidents on friday morning commute. looking busy, so right here i'll just give you good shot first, little mood lift first, schuylkill eastbound, looking good pushing into center city, we can expect that move into the 5:00 hour. now, downed pole here, route 309 both directions at line lexington road, earlier accident with a fuel spill. reduced to one lane around this area. so heads up on that. then construction kind of around where the area is, line lexington, route 309, between

sumneytown pike and chesterfield drive. one lane open there. then we have a serious accident in clayton, new jersey, route 47, delsea drive closed academy street, because that far use alternate, route 55 or frysmill road is your best bet. another accident east oaklane took any creek parkway closed between johns road and ashmead road. a lot more coming up in ten minute. >> exciting time in philly with the eyes of the football world focused on the ben franklin parkway. >> that's where the nfl draft is taking place and where our pat gallen joins us with the news about the newest eagle. good morning, pat. >> reporter: good morning, guys. huge amazing night down here on the parkway last night as tens of thousands packed it into see miles garrett become the number one overall pick going to the cleveland browns, which was a crazy evening, because three wide receivers went in the first nine picks, three cornerback first 12 picks, really of course all eyes here are on what the philadelphia eagles would do and here is how it went down.

>> with the 14th pick in the 2017nfl draft, the philadelphia eagles select derrick barnett, defensive end, tennessee. >> derek barnett is a 20 year old defensive lineman out of tennessee. he turns 21 on june 25th. he is six-three, 260, his main role to get to the quarterback, put up impressive numbers, his claim to fame, eagles fans, listen to up this one, he broke reggie white's career sack record as a junior, last year. really impressive. so here is the newest eagle, derek barnett. >> they're going it push me every day to get better. i'm very excited, learn to pick their brains, try to pick their brains, you know, watching them, and anything to help my game out.

>> i'll be honest, guys, i think i have to pick up a red suit that looks just like derek barnett, nice suit, nice get up for first round pick. not over for the eagles, rounds one last night. round two, three, will be here tonight, starting at 7:00 along the parkway for the birds. they pick 11 overall in the second round, that's 43rd, and then in the third round they pick with the number 99 selection, we will see what they do. and a lot of people sort of not questioning this pick, but a lot of people thought maybe they needed a running back, maybe they needed a cornerback, but we'll see what they do tonight as round two kicks off again at 7:00 along the parkway. guys, did you stay up late and watch the eagle pick? >> no. >> i had so much fate in you, pat gallen, i knew would you break it all down for thus morning, so there go. >> sleep is more valuable to us at this point. >> thank you, patrick. >> and the announcement of the newest eagle only added to the fan excitement at the nfl fan

experience. >> not only welcomed derek barnett, welcomed diehard football fans for the draft, yes, there were some cowboys and giant and redskins fans there, but there is no fan quite like an eagles fan. >> i'm trying to get her to get one every these. >> what's that? >> ya. >> i don't do this. she is the sport one. >> eagles! >> there go. >> as a season ticket holder i would have to be a part of. >> this when am i going to go to a draft in philadelphia? >> exactly. >> according to officials, takes up about 24 football fields worth of space, despite the incredible number of people in attendance, the philadelphia police reported no incidents. that's good to hear. >> you can check out the nfl fan experience on the parkway today from noon to 11:00 p.m. t reopens tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. cbsphilly.com has more on what you can and cannot bring if you plan on attending. >> turning to other news this morning, delaware community coming together after the tragic killing of a state trooper in new castle county. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in bear, where a

memorial for slain state trooper stephen ballard continues to grow. tran, good morning. >> good morning, corporal ballard shot and killed in this wawa parking lot in bear which remains closed and taped off to traffic and take a look at why. this is the growing memorial here. you can read all of the message, you get real emotionalment see things from kids, you see a lot of supporting our police here. and at the same time, as people continue to mourn in this community, we are learning so much more about the man police say pulled the trigger as well as the life full of promise that he took. >> the ripple effect every an evil act felt throughout delaware. a protector of the community killed in cold blood. >> he was a hero. he was a hero down here. sad, sad, can't take no more. >> corporal stephen ballard's wife without a husband, his daughter without a father. two families destroyed, a community shaken. >> my father was a police

officer, and we worried all the time about him. and it just hits home. >> neighbors in middletown about 10 miles south of the shooting scene subjected to an intense 20 hour stand-off with a suspected shooter. identified as 26 year old burgon sealy, junior, eventually shot and killed by law enforcement after finally coming out of his father's home thursday morning. >> it was one of the words i'm looking for? it was just stressful, stressful. because you didn't know what was going on. >> a look into seally's past showing prior gunnar necessary 2013, the question on the mind of so many, why? but with the suspect now dead, you may never know the answer. corporal ballard's fellow troopers instead focusing on remembering their dedicated colleague who never made it home. you. >> know you hear about the person with that proverbial smile that just light up the room. that will was steve. very personable. >> and as this memorial continues to grow, with each

passing day, the wawa here will remain closed, until saturday, to allow the community to come here and pay their respects. but for now, liver in bear, delaware, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you, trang. >> and memorial fun has been set up for corporal ballard's family, you can make donations at the delaware state police federal credit union, you can also fine the address to send checks on cbsphilly.com. >> the video that everyone is talking about this week, we have learned the police arrested organize err of this bike ride on the vine street expressway. >> just wait until you hear what authority say was the reason for the ride. >> also, ahead. ment neighbor's nightmare. find out what led to new jersey home being covered in motor oil. >> and a tree topples onto a busy highway, questioning a car, we will tell you the two things that officials believe contributed to the fall. >> ♪ >> ♪

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>> police in princeton new jersey need your help. incident occurred triumph brewing company over the weekends, man peaked through a crack in a stalled door while the woman was inside, suspect last seen wearing gray hooded vest, long sleeve black shirt, anyone with information is asked to contact police. >> well, scheduled demolition at north jersey home takes an unexpected turn, leaving behind a greasy mess. demolition crew punctured an oil tank causing a hazmat situation in linden. that's in union county. rained down on house next-door. own her just bought hanging plants to decorate her newly installed viranda. >> this cost us so much to build. you know, and i think everything has to be resolved. >> we prepared everything for the demolition, and there was

apparently an oil canister in the back. >> oh, boy. well, clean up is underway. it is unclear who will foot the bill. >> well, dash cam captures the terrifying moments a tree fell ton a busy highway in washington state completely crushing a car. >> yes, take a look you can see the highway is packed when that massive came down, tree managed to miss most of the cars but it did hit that ready to oath a there seriously injuring the women behind wheel. they listed this as high winds, but looking to see if tree rots have also been a factor. >> oh. >> the month of may just around the corner, parts of the midwest are still getting hit with snow. we were change about rain. >> this this is video of snow in wisconsin yesterday. now, snow is not unusual this time of year. other parts of the us are also experiencing wintery conditions, denver colorado, for example, could see up to 6 . before i came to philly i worked as cbs affiliate in denver. we have know as early as december september, or until may.

>> totally normal, though. >> that's the thing, depending on your location in the united state you tends to have different snow seasons. here so used to have it wintertime, snow period, right? but for a place like colorado just the way it is geographically set up can get the snowstorms, what seems like strange times every year, fall and spring. so there you have it. >> why i don't live in colorado. >> oh, stop at any. >> glad to be here. >> pros and cons with every location. so, let's talk about the pros, my goodness, it will be such an awesome looking day here, if you like summer like warmth, like sunshine, practically have perfection for you here today. shorts, t-shirts, definitely acceptable. and we are starting off on warm note. you can walk out the door in some spots, and actually get away with the short pants. let's take a look at storm scan. looking at frontal passage, we had expected this to fizzle out t certainly has lived to up that expectation, there were couple of even rumbles every thunder moving on through. we have, if you look real

closely, rub the eyes little bit here, but even few little lightning strikes doppler indicated in the last couple of hours, but really just evening out couple of showers locally. those are clearing. they're currently over southern new jersey. here is the next storm system getting it act together. that will be the next frontal passage, come in as warmfront, kind of hang out over the course of the weekends. that renews our shower or thunderstorm chances even still, up until sunday, we keep the nice weather around. even despite cold front passage. actually warming up even more so here today. by saturday, though, comes that warmfront. then we are going to really heat up on saturday, with nearing record warmth, mid 60s, by sunday, that's quite a turn around, part of that is because we will see this hang out on shore flow develops, lots of clouds are out there, there will be potential for even shower or thunderstorm, on sunday, but let's back it up, talk about the rest of the draft here. shorts and t-shirts weather if i ever saw it. eighty-four, hot, sunshine, sun block required. and stay hydrated here, out in this. couple every cloud tonight. very mild, the draft picks

underway at 7:00. tomorrow the hottest day of the pack. at 87 degrees. record to beat is 90, i don't think we'll quite get there. but that's some heat this time of year. then god bless you, jim, then rahel back to the mid 60s sunday. and that is also when we will see the next shot for showers or storms. generally meisha it looks like they would be scattered, through the p.m. hours sunday. >> all right, katie, so good to know. thank you so much for all of that. so beautiful day on tap. we are starting offer little busy in the world of travel, first couple of peaks outside the vine looking good, both moving in the westbound toward the schuylkill and the eastbound side. new jersey, 42 freeway northbound creek road, first peak in new jersey, also looking good here, you push in the northbound direction. you're in good cap. a lot of headlight, headed out there early, maybe not bad idea, considering, all of the activity that we've been seeing so far this morning. downed pole, route 309, both directions at line lexington road from earlier accident with a fuel spill. you are reduced to one lane in and around this area. so heads up on that. not too far away, we've also got some construction line

lexington, route 309, bethlehem pike, between sumneytown pike and chesterfield drive. one lane is open there. for that construction, then, also looking at a serious accident in clayton, new jersey, route 47 delsea drive closed academy street. you will have to use these alternate, 55, or frysmill road is your best bet there. another accident in east oaklane, here we go, took any creek parkway closed attack inned any street. and we continue, if you can believe there is we have another accident here in germantown, now there is one involving downed pole and wires so we know whenever we have that can slow you down just little bit. north 41 street at laveer street, where we have that one. then we also have some more construction to tell you about. route 70 eastbound, between penn avenue and cropwell drive, one to two lanes are blocked there. so if you are just waking up with us, good morning, by the way, want you to know that it will be busy on this friday morning, so i would say give yourself maybe some extra time, rahel, back over to you.

>> meisha, thank you. now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the cover of the trentonian, police bus heroin mill. officials say unfinished basement of home at 29 craig avenue into a production facility, seized 1200 grams of raw heroin in addition to 18 grinders use today grind heroin into fine powder, before cutting and packaging it. >> the reading eagle, federal deadline looming for pennsylvania to come into compliance with identification requirements. known as real id. state legislators don't takings by june 6, pennsylvanians with only a drivers license may not be able to board airline flight beginning next year. >> federation for pottstown, issued $10,000 forgive recall loan program designed to induce teachers, and school district employees, to buy homes in the borough. applicant must be full time employees for at least zero nine days with the district, and purchase the home in the borough to use as a primary residence. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines

from around the delaware valley. >> and up next. jan's here with a commercial getting a lot of attention. good morning. >> it is being called the anti-kendel jenner pepsi ad. coming up the latest beverage manufacturer to dive into the worlds of politics and couch out with positive

>> jan carabeo here with us to show us new advertisement that many people same is the opposite of the controversial concerned err gender pepsi ad. >> that's right. real interesting, it was post today youtube last week, it already has more than 3 million views, and a lot of

positive reviews, too, the new hine kin ad called worlds of park, built as experiment to see if two strangers opposing views can proof there is more that unites us than divides us, the anti-kendel gender ad, because it seems to wave out into politics and come out on tops. >> hine kin new ads, pairs of strangers meet in a warehouse. >> i don't believe that climate change exists. >> unaware they hold opposing political views. >> not taking enough change on climate change. >> i think it is about time these people get off their high horses. >> with no where to sit they start by building chairs. >> i've got your instructions here. >> then, they answer questions about themselves. >> like to be -- >> offensive -- >> i will say attack, misunderstood. >> only after another project. >> do they learn about their differences. >> transgender, it is very

odd. >> i am trans jener. >> in contrast, the pepsi widely ridiculed commercial last month where the beverage offered an impossible bridge quick fix to deeply rooted tensions, heineken's four minute video has been embraced on line, so wonderful, please watch, tweeted actress jane lynch, film maker called it early contender for commercial of the year. the hine kin ad ends with a choice, lever or share a drink with your political opposite. >> well -- >> all three pairs cracked open a beer. >> everything back in line. but life isn't back in line. >> as part of the project, hine kin is also partnering with the human library, and not for profit organization that uses conversation to challenge stereotypes. you know what, guys, i think you need to go onto youtube and watch the whole four minute advertisement because it puts into perspective. these people have completely opposite views, at the ends you can see them coming together right there with the woman who is transgender kind of change that guys minds

about it. it is tough. >> very anti-pepsi as far as their approach to -- >> completely different. >> thank you, jan, appreciate t coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news," if it sounds too good to be true? >> tell you what a company promoting a candy cleanse, live report from wall street. pat? >> rahel, who is derek barnett? of the philadelphia eagles think they've gotten themselves a great player at number 14. we will find out a little bit more about him, when we come back. >> and what does that sounds like? sound like a jungle, right? find out what mall officials are piping in these noises what they are trying to keep away. katie? >> that can't miss. well, guys, looking ahead to bit of half and half weekend. we have couple of front that will be working their way through in the next few days, that does mean that we heat up very easily tomorrow, nearing record territory, which we'll discuss, but another big cool down comes our way sunday, along the way couple of shower

or thunderstorm chances to tell you about. so, stay there. we will come right back with what promises to be an active looking

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i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be here in a moment. but first what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> philadelphia eagles select derek barnett defensive ends. >> great town. i'm ready to get to work. >> i love it. i'm optimistic. i'm happen which our pick. >> definitely what we need. >> go eagles. >> what city was picked to host the future of football? that's right, philadelphia. >> i think we need to take a moment to appreciate that man's cheese steak hat. >> corporal ballard shot and killed wednesday afternoon. but the community mourns, we are also learning more about the man police say pulled the trigger. he was shot to death thursday morning, after intense 20 hour stand-off. >> it is really mild outside. i have a feeling that boardwalk plaza, boardwalks, beaches, all will be pack here today. >> sometimes, when i throw my hands in the air, like i just don't ca