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working its way toward philadelphia. with the worst timing possible just says a lot of us are hitting the road. >> swat teams surround a cvs a late night standoff end with an arrest in delaware county. >> distinct sound of crunching metal. >> as for rooftop runner police are hoping someone will recognize him this person could have trampled over at lee half dozen cars. >> on the eve of a hotly contested speciale lex, a congressional candidate ace accused of body slamming a reporter. >> hello lamp post nice to see you we might get bombed by north cover re, we are getting close to world war two, so run for the shelter, feeling group
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ie. >> if that is not scary at all that is colbert's classic song after paul simon said original didn't feel very 2017. >> katie, this rain isn't feeling grovy. >> yes. >> feeling group i. >> i love that song. i prefer the original as well, makes me feel more then that last rendition but we do have some rain out there at the moment and coming through in some locations steadily at this hour. we will start off by looking at most up to date loop here, three hour loop to show you progression of the rain outside here, over parts of the salem, cumberland county and even into gloucester and camden. that is where we are clock right now even parts of the i-95 included in that. you know in the next 45 minutes to an hour we will see heaviest at least this first batch move through philadelphia. so the timing is clearly less than ideal here, and we will be contending with the spray from other vehicles and pond
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ing, with that said even if there is no rain falling from the sky and there is not down through parts of the delaware. throughout the morning expect at least moderate rainfall, ponding, road spray, all concerned through the morning rush. later today we will hit 70 degrees but the whole day will feature at least possibility we will get wet out there most widespread rain happening through the morning and then becomes more scattered and then toward evening there may be heavier thunderstorms. we will track this all and give you specifics when it comes to timing but then also talk about this all important upcoming holiday weekend, so many have picnic plans, beach plans, unofficial start to the summer in less, meisha but i will let you know how it is panning out. >> all right, katie, thank you we are waking up to wet roadways, we know it will be busy, already busy, you can see boulevard behind me, pack your patients and leave your hems just a little bit earlier this is boulevard pushing in the southbound direction toward the schuylkill lots of
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your neighbors out there already, very wise, give yourself that extra time when we have rain coming down, in some areas and as i said, the weather splashing on vehicles will slow you down as well. we have seen a string of accidents whether it be a spin out, overturned something or another or an accident. this is accident vehicle went in the wood woodhaven road eastbound ramp to southbound i-95 that right lane is compromised see the flares in the roadways. you can see officers out there as well. you can see backups starting to form here. so i would say avoid area if you can, just give yourself extra time. overturned tractor trailer here route 55 north bound before route 47 it is pull off to the shoulder but you might start to get a gaper delay pushing toward that 6:00 o'clock hour fit does not get moved out of the way. we have an accident here in the mayfair neighborhood of northeast philadelphia, boulevard north bound inner drive at tyson avenue, and this is just a few, some of which have already cleared but giving you an idea what the
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driving conditions are looking like, already this morning. water main break that happened later last night, new repairs are done in olde city, third street closed between walnut and chestnut and use those alternates, fifth, seventh, front street best bet and lots of construction when we come back in the next 10 minutes, back over to you. story it seems like every is talking about. congressional candidate accused of roughing up a reporter. >> candidate was charged overnight and this all happened the night before the election. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live to explain how the incident could affect the outcome of this race, good morning, jan. >> reporter: this is interesting, estimated seven out of 10 voters have already cast absentee ballots in this race but still remains to be seen if this altercation will have an impact on those results. >> get the hell out of here. >> reporter: republican congressional candidate greg gianforte, is facing a charge of misdemeanor assault, for allegedly body slamming a reporter.
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encounter happened at guardian ben jacobs was asking him about the g.o.p. health care plan. >> gianforte is heard shouting after the body slam >> gianforte's campaign say jacobs entered without permission, shoved a recorder in the candidate's face and asked badgering questions. campaign statement read in part quote after asking jacobs to lower recorder jacobs decline, greg then attempted to grab phone pushed in his face, jacobs grabbed his wrist and spun away from greg pushing them both to the ground but eyewitness accounts seemed to contradict that version of events. sheriff brian, says that four witnesses were being
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interviewed, he acknowledged he made a one time donation to the campaign earlier this year but that will have no bearing on the case. incident took place the day before special election, and gianforte who has enjoyed support of the president trump and trump's family is running against democrat rob quist. >> results of the vote will come late night tonight, outcome of the contested montana races are often known after midnight our time, sometimes even later then that based on the rate of mail ballots it looks like turnout was strong for this special election, we will wait and see if turnout surges because of the altercation. in the news center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", back inside to you. time is five credit 36. in business news thousands of car seats are being recalled. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange with the details plus a look at futures, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. future pointing to a higher opened today, yesterday dow
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jones rose 74 points, nasdaq jumped 24. minutes from the fed's last meeting point to another interest rate hike possibly as soon as next month, fed signals it will stay encores to raise rates as long as the economy remains, strong. opec ministers are meeting right now in vienna and they are expected to extend a deal to cut oil production that was put in place to boost prices. warning for parents, graco is recalling more than 25,000 car seats, the company says that the hardness webbing can break in the crash and may not keep children restrained. the supply is my ride 65 convertible seats, so far there have in the been any reports of injuries. and amazon's new physical book store amazon books opened today near columbus circle. amazon's seventh brick and mortar location and will mimic the on line book buying experience by displays playing ratings and reviews. customers can scan their purchases and opt to have books shipped to their homes,
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jim and rahel. >> i love this because that is best of both world, you get reviews from on line but get actual book and book experience, the quick crisp pages thaw flippy love book stores one of my favorite place toss visit. old fashion stuff. thanks, jill. pennsylvania lawmakers have a new idea to fix the state's struggling finances. >> state senate okayed on line casino style gambling. state house has to approve the bill. bill would make pennsylvania the first state to allow both casinos and lottery to play the games on line. senate says it will bring in 100 million-dollar next year. overseas today moment of silence will be held in the uk to honor victims of the sued sigh bombing at manchester arena british police continue to care out raid making an arrest in the connection with the deadly blast. cbs news correspondent terry o kita is in manchester with the very latest. >> reporter: authorities in the uk made two more arrest this is morning trying to track down accomplices of the suspect manchester arena
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bomber salman abedi. at least six others were picked up in a series of raid in northern and central england yesterday, including abedi's brother. another brother of abedi and abedi's fat shore both lived in libya also been detained. >> it is very clear thinks a network we are investigating. >> reporter: british officials say these images show abedi at a shopping mall in manchester last friday possibly buying backpack he used carrying the bomb he detonated this week. crime scene images obtained by new york times reveal sophisticated device that requires screws, powerful battery, and a detonator. >> as abedi's father maintains his son's innocence police remain focused on finding bomb maker whom they say may still be at large. amid ongoing investigation people here in manchester and throughout the uk are refusing to let the attack keep them from going on with their daily
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lives. football fans faced tight security erupt nothing cheers as manchester united defeated amsterdam in the europea league final soccer game. pop star ariana grande was scheduled to perform in london today and tomorrow but her management team announced that she is suspend herring tour for the time being issuing a statement saying quote our way of life has once again been threatened but we will overcome this together. terry okita for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". driver accused of fleeing a horrific school bus accident last week in lancaster county is out on bail. police say 46 year-old james i rwin turned himself in yesterday. authorities say he rear ended a truck trying to pass it on lampitter township may 17th. that caused the truck to hit a school bus driving the opposite way. irvin fled from the scene while a six year-old was pinned underneath the bus.
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he faces multiple charges including 16 counts of the leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury. old inquirer building in spring garden could soon have a new tenant the philadelphia police department. >> kenney administration announced proposal to move police headquarters to the historic building at broad and callowhill. current location better known as round house at eighth and race is in need of repairs. city councilman alan dumb a well known developer plans to vote yes for the move. >> this is one of the great anchors. it is near residents across the street, lot more people coming here. >> centrally located which i believe any police headquarters should be. >> officials say targets of the new headquarters is spring of 2020. if you are a fan of game of thrones stick around up next i will she you trailer for new season. >> also ahead if you have been driving on kelly drive you have noticed this new structure along the schuylkill river, drone watch three was over it yesterday we will tell you what it is and how long it will be around for.
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come with unusual, alliances and unrivaled battles. popular action packed show returns july 16th. playboy mod hole body shamed a woman at gym is sentenced to community service danny matters pleaded in contest to invasion of the privacy. matters said she planned to privately send picture to a friend but accidentally posted it on snap chat. it gave her option of 45 days in jail or 30 days of graffiti removal she chose the latter. i have to tell but james corden new gig on snap chat called james corden next james corden debuting this fall. new series will feature cord men a reality competition, where he is trying to find a young up and comer to be his successor on the late, late show. our producer vince would good around here but we need you around here vince so no snap chat says original tv content last year. they are three to five minutes long. and, you don't to have watch him on snap chat, you
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can watch late, late show with james corden weeknights at 12:37 a.m. right here on cbs-3 >> vince would be really good at that wouldn't he. >> he remind me of james corden. >> we cannot hold him back. he is in my ear going on. you are not allowed to go anywhere, vince. >> before we get in the weather hit draw your tension to something. i decided i would skip my second sock and wear just one sock today have you seen it. >> yes the reason i'm doing this and i don't wear thick sock was high heels, but is there a good social media image going on called rock one sock. i believe, he was reading my thought. >> look at this guy. >> this is what we do in the morning here. >> yes. >> national center for missing and exploited children they are doing this great campaign where you wear one sock to
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remember missing children out there great idea. >> where is your other sock. it is national missing children's day. >> it is a conversation starter. >> i will try to take this sock off because i'm in the sure i will walk over here. but, what a great initiative. lets take you outside as i move over to the touch screen here where we are looking at some showers right now, some locally heavy rain, working its way from south to north and especially true right around philadelphia right new we are seeing heaviest rain currently coming in. with this particular batch. we are not going to be out of the wood once that batch lifts through and we will to have deal with more of that rain throughout the course of the day and storm system at hand here is pretty large, it will need sometime, to get the front that it is dragging through here, out of the way. it is an all day event essentially wayne that said i want to check with the eyewitness weather watch hours continue to report rain across the area temperature wide they are reporting throw mid 50's, very consistent.
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lets lot rain reports where we have got a couple inches on the ground. interestingly when we go location by location this all makes sense. we are at lee .3 of an inch in mullica where heavy rain has nudged through. fran has .2 of an inch. list goes on n cherry hill, jenny, carrie in mount laurel are reporting over a .1 of an inch and we have much more of ago thissing on here throughout this list. so, what you will end up with today is just one of the days that requires the rain gear for sure but we will talk burr commute, and traffic and weather always go very much hand and hand on days like this this morning is the worst , sorry, meisha. rain, thunderstorms will be out there, we have not seen any lightening on doppler indication but the rain is out there the at moment. spotty showers, scattered storms and then continue in the afternoon and evening rush as we look at our seven day there are bright spots and we have been in a busy pattern lately. maybe a left over sprinkle
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tomorrow but saturday looks awesome, sunday and monday though, potential for showers or a thunderstorm return to the forecast again, meisha. >> no fun on a holiday weekend but we have saturday, right, hey, you know what if you are hold enough to drive thinks not our first rodeo driving in the rain. i will repeat myself, regardless leave your homes early, pack your patients this is a look at tacony palmyra bridge scheduled to go up a few minutes ago. you can see that. i would save yourself a couple minutes just wait heading over tacony palmyra anytime soon. lets talk about the impact the rain, wet roadways will have, on our commute this morning, and it is certainly having one vehicle went in the wood here woodhaven road eastbound the ramp to southbound i-95 that right lane is compromised and as those cars are willing by you can see all that rain splashing up. leave a lot of room between the car in front of you, otherwise, it will impact, a slower commute, and thinks where we have an overturned vehicle letting us know it is
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slippery garden state northbound past ac expressway left lane compromise there had traveling less than posted speed. we have a tractor trailer route 55 north bound before route 47, pulled off to the shoulder and that is not it we have more to cover in the next 10 minutes, jim, back over to you. a mom in arizona is using facebook to teach her daughter a lesson, 10 year-old ani le cost vandal ice aid bathroom in the phoenix school. school sent her mom pictures of the toilet paper stuck to the ceiling. the principal could in the do anything bit because it it is last day of school. ani's monday, jeanine turned her friend on facebook. >> once my daughter decided to participate in vandalism on the last day of school if anyone owns a business and need or wants a 10 year-old volunteer please let me know. >> i'm looking for her to do some good labor. >> she's received a lot of response from his people interested in her cleaning services, jeanine says it was relatively minor but, it is still a big deal to her.
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>> she won't do that again. >> i don't know how i feel about that parent shaping your kid on facebook. >> agreed. >> but thought as far as having consequences i like to idea. joggers and bike's long kelly drive has been distract lately. >> it is because a massive sculpture is just yard from the schuylkill river, check it out, it is called the big bl ing, and it is 40 feet tall, structure was transported from new york's madison square park , at so, for public arts funded the big move, many are wondering what is it supposed to be? experts say it just depend on how you look at it. >> thinks an abstract contemporary sculpture and it is opened tour imagination, it is whatever you want it to be there is no wrong answer it is an abstract piece and definitely opened to interpretation i have never been good with abstract art. the masterpiece will be on display until november. there will be an official public unveiling of the big bl ing on june 8th, at so, of
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public art says it will be putting lights around the sculpture and the structure so it can be seen at night. >> it looks like an elephant with a nose ring. >> most people see that. you have to dig deeper, jim. >> is that a test or something , ink blots what do i see, things in my mind. teaching an old dog new tricks how a pup scheduled to be euthanized is now finding a new purpose, that is coming up next. limousines red carpet and fancy dresses we are not talking about hollywood, this, this is your first great oscars. >> we will explain when we come
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♪ >> it is a great feeling when you find a perfect job. >> police in toledo is made for his, thinks leonard, a pit bull, and wants a shelter dog at humane society. he was unadoptable because leonard had a lot of restraint , but shelter officials recognized leonard intensity and contacted law enforcement and now leonard is on the police force. >> the only thing that this dog does is find narcotics. he doesn't track, apprehend, he doesn't bite, have no
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aggression training he doesn't find who articles and he find narcotics. >> he has found his forever home at police department and after work he goes home with the police chief. you know what i love about that? it is all how you look. something that could be seen as a negative you have to find your niche. >> yes your place. >> absolutely. star stud add ward ceremony takes place in the arkansas elementary school. >> honoraries a class of first graders. oscar ceremony took place tuesday inside cabot outside little rock. they arrived in the limousine, arrived at walk of fame made up of stars with the name and hand prints of every student posed for pictures before walk the red carpet. >> it kind of just each kid has their own special little oscar they are getting based on their personality, and how they act in class. >> i think this is a fantastic idea. >> yes. >> the award winners performed , songs for paparazzi made up of the parents and teachers, they walk the red
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carpet to a after party in the classroom. >> awesome. >> that is inventive. good for them. >> coming up next on "eyewitness news" it is national wine day, but you don't need to go to the nappa valley for true wine experience, pat gallen takes us to a vineyard in pennsylvania giving california wines a run for their money. you had me at national wine day, jim. plus a cafe crawling with rats, health department apparently won't be shutting this place down find out why people are packing the place, yes,
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prepare for a wet morning commute, storage scan three shows rain moving through and we could see severe weather later on. katie let us know what it means for the holiday weekend. police make an arrest after a long standoff in the delaware county cvs. find out how authorities brought the situation to the end. president trump once called america's alliance with nato obsolete and today will attend his first nato sum tonight brussels as thousands of protesters take to the streets to mark his arrival. today is thursday may 25th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things on this wet thursday. >> friday eve, right? katie and i talkut
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