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jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha.ll ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, find out what's behind the recall of an epi pen. that's in this morning's money watch. >> some of the phillies skyscrapers turn blue for the night. the special message they're send whg "eyewitness news" continues ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why i'm taking i am my best. the activia probiotic two week challenge and adding activia yogurt with billions of its exclusive probiotic to my healthy routine. take the activia probiotic two week challenge with me. it works or it's free. >> 4:48, time for check on business news. >> jill wagner joins us for from the new york stock exchange. second quarter kicks off today watch are investors watching? >> it is a big week, it is jobs week, so friday the government will release the march jobs report. we'll see if job growth continues after real a strong february. also, president trump meets with the chinese president at the end of the week, here, in the united states, and there is a lot on the agenda including some contentio

right, meisha? >> yes.oric place that you may moth have known it was there. i found out about this place, which also may be haunted, i just had to visitment take a look why. >> ♪ >> we are on our way to really cool place, that became a national historic landmark in 1970 if you're a history buff like me, you're in for real treat. >> welcome to ft. mifflin, probably the most historic site, you've never heard of. >> for the mitch lynn served in every major american wart. in 1777 the patriots battled the british navy for six weeks, right here. >> part of the first and second system of for the if i cases, garrison for the war of 1812, federal prison during the civil war, during word war one, aircraft battery during worlds war two. >> where are we standing right now? >> underground, actually, in tunnels, built in the late 18 century. >> so this was built as barracks? >> in case of any future bombardment. >> also hot spot for ghost hunters. sometimes a visitor who believes in the paranormal swears they saw somethi

rahel, jim, back to you. >> meisha, see you soon.g the town red, baseball back in town. >> phillies home open is her this afternoon, "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen live at citizens bank park with a preview. good morning, sir. >> good morning, guys. yes, it is the homeowner for the 2017 season here at citizens bank park, the washington nationals will come to town today to take on the phillies, 3:05 start, really the festivities get underway here outside the ballpark right around noon. then the gates open at 12:35. batting practice at 12:40, so day filled with phillies fun. they started the season on the road in cincinnati. that began on monday. and yesterday they played an afternoon game. that get away day started at 12:35. as the phillies took on the reds. and it looked good at the start, as daniel nava1 of ther o homeruns at first two at bats. the red sox actually first homerun of his careere phillies, grand-slam. but, it all fell apart for the phillies later on, michael, a hn to centerfield, the reds, ends up winning by scor

jim, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. time now 6:49.joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning, nora. >> reporter: good morning to you, rahel, jim. ahead president trump is suggesting we could ends up in a major conflict with north korea. plus, attorney general jeff sessions and vermont senator bernie sanders both join us. we will talk to john dickerson ahead of his interview with president trump about the first 100 days, what to expect next. we will see you right at 7:00. >> we will be watching, thank you, nora. >> well, just miles from center city philadelphia, engineers are writing the future of aviation. >> "eyewitness news" got exclusive tour where this is all happening. we took trip to leonardo hell couldn't nerve northeast philadelphia where engineers there are currently building the first commercial tilt rotor in the world. half airplane, half helicopter, and soon it will be available for transport and private flights. now it flies twice as fast as the helicopter, climbs to the heights of natural plane. >> that is

>> gravity albumn couple of years ago, meisha!llies home opener. >> pat gallen has been reporting live from citizens bank park all morning long. happy to see that you are wearing your phillies red hat now. pat, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. the hat is needed so little chilly out here, little chilly for the 3,051st pitch between the washington nationals and philadelphia phillies as they kick off their 2017 home schedule. we will get to all of the fun today. but yesterday they wrapped up series with these cincinnati reds, on the road, and it was a 12:35 start and it went well right from the start from the phillies, and daniel nova, former red sox outfielder, hit two homeruns in first two at bats for the phils. not a bad start for him in a phillies uniform, then fell apart. michael, relief pitcher, pinch hitting, hits homerun to centerfield unfortunately the reds beat the phillies seven-four. and they end up taking the series to the action today, as i said, 3:05, and we will see vince velasquez on the mound here at c

meisha?tie, thank you so much. coming up and down, but i mean, seven's today, can't argue with. that will good morning, happy tuesday. so what do we have going on? katie said yes, rain, wet roadways, all will slow you down, and it already is even though it is not in the 5:00 hour. so we have an accident here 95 south approaching cottman. it was a jackknife tractor-trailer, pulled all the way off to the far left side. you can see how slow moving it already is. as these travelers try to squeeze by there. this is one area that picks up the quickest, and is impacted, one of the most, if there is any wet roadways. so just a heads up if you are headed out 95 south approaching cottman right now, i would still give yourself a couple of extra minute, if you are thinking of headed out there in 45 minute to an hour, do you have tack on some extra time. we will keep an eye on that for youment construction pa turnpike between ft. washington norristown one lane block there. we do have come construction cre

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 care, i actually care very deeply. while i wish her well, i do not care about april the giraffe. >> and no more giraffe update on news feeds anyway. >>

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rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you.at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the bucks county courier times, dozens of area police and others first responders staged active shooter drill. charles tone middle school lower makefield. they ran to a scenario with pennsbury school district personnel and student which disgruntled parent rampaged through the school shooting everyone in site. >> and the burlington county times resident in florence new jersey want a solution to the noise created by the turnpike. in 2014 the turnpike authority created $2 million project that added additional lanes between interchanges six and 8a. that widening took out trees and eliminate dollars the buff their protected resident. >> in the reading healing l bowl a ram a a fixture since the 1950's, but its days may be numbered. management says it will close sunday, and a store planned for the perkioman avenue site. two brothers of the original own remember among those fighting to keep the bowling alley open. >>> and that's a look at

certainly meisha timing far less than ideal here today. >> absolutely, it is. all right, thank you, so much. and very good morning to all of you, happy tuesday, so, we're looking at this construction route one headlight moving in the north direction, oxford valley, all lanes blocked both northbound, southbound, now since cleared. so for those of you headed out route one, anywhere around that, looking good. then looking into new jersey, 42 freeway northbound creek road. if i'm not mistaken it looks like very, very wet roadways. forty-two freeway creek road approaching 295, heads up. headed out the door right now, this is area that usually picks up fairly quick. quicker than a lot of other places we look at in the morning. if i were you, i would give yourself couple every extra minutes any time we have wet roadways, that will absolutely slow us down. then add busy morning on top of it, and there you have t kingsessing southwest philly 58th avenue at chester avenue heads up for those of in you that neck of the woods. won't slow you down so much right now, maybe li

listen up, meisha she was taking a selfie when it happened. taking pictures with friend on the forest hill bridge in the sierra nevada mountains they were walking through an off limit section of the bridge. suddenly friend say she who her footing and unthinkable happened. >> unaudible. >> she like stepped on them weirdly and who her balance and fell back. cool place to take pictures but it is not worth risk. >> that is in the right, yeah. woman was knock unconscious by the fall. she got a gash in her arm, fractured some bones that will require surgery. police warn tourist to stay off the bridge, they want to stop treating it like a jungle gym. >> okay, meisha, were you listening. >> um-hmm. >> woman plans from a kohl's in ohio when she found herself lock inside store. she called cops armed with a weak cover story, joe and haven figured if she hid in the changing room at clothing time she could steel various items and make a clean getaway when she realized doors were locked she called police who were responding to alarms responding to the store

thank you shall meisha. birrage of bullets rained down on apartment complex. it erupt in the broad daylight yesterday afternoon on the corner of 11th and west trials street. authority say almost two dozen gunshot fired at this apartment complex, right across the feet from the saint malkey school placed on lockdown as police investigate. >> we believe that someone came east from this location and started firing, one shooter, maybe two, started firing at the individuals. we're getting information it might have been a vehicle, a gray suv at the top of the block that they may have actually after the shoe shooting went back to the vehicle. >> the final victim remains in the hospital at this hour. he was last list in the critical condition. authority have not yet released what prompted the shooting, but, believe the suspects and the victims new each other. >> pennsylvania state police are looking for two men who allegedly through rocks and reinforcement steel at passing cars from a pennsylvania turnpike. take a lo

katie and meisha will be along in just a minute.our day in the morning minute. >> i got out of bed, looked out his window, co-have been struck. >> stray bullet narrowly miss as man sleeping in his north philadelphia home. the shooting left another man in critical condition. >> he was in surgery overnight. suffering from gunshot wound. >> i'm horrified. >> youth soccer coach in south philadelphia is accused of fat erring a child with one every his players. >> and an act of terror in the heart of paris. >> the guy, he was shooting to police. >> isis is claiming responsibility for deadly shooting on the chant lizet, police officer killed, three others were wounded. >> starbucks launched new drink this week, flavor changing unicorn frappuccino. not everybody is happy about this new drink. check out this video posted by a starbucks barista. >> please don't get it. it is so difficult to make, people, you love

meisha? i actually promise you much nicer weather down the road, just wait for it, i'll have that in the seven day later. >> pain sense a virtue, i know, that and i'm doing my best, i think whatever, cloudy, rainy, wet and cold like this, what do you have to do? keep smiling and laughing. that's what we're doing today, in the studio. i hope you're laughing, too, today. i hope you have a great day. now, let's talk about the situation on the roadways, vehicle that's spun out. we have disable vehicle, 95 north, at washington avenue. the vehicle spun. spun out, route 202 southbound at 29. the reason we're seeing so many activity now, because we have such wet roadways. also an accident here, girard point bridge, left lane compromised. because of all of this activity, letting you know couple of things, one, how wet it is out there, how that can actually impact your travel. tan can affect you, as well, not careful, if you take it quicker than posted speeds. it is also going to tell to you leave your

because meisha has it intravenously.hrough the veins. >> funny, i always say coffee drinking really about the experience, and something weird about seeing a clear color coffee in my mouth. like -- totally takes t i my mean, coffee you can have my teeth, red wine, no, i'll take the white. >> well, coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news," how shop remembers getting more for less. we'll take you inside the warehouses used by on line consignment stores. >> plus, we are following a developing story, a manhunt underway for the man who recorded himself killing a man, then up load the video to facebook, we'll tell you why police could believe he's in pennsylvania next. >>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >>> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, 6:30, and here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> another deadly shooting this morning's violence in southwest philadelphia, adds to what was a violent weekend. >> th

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, po

jim, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. phillies weren't the only ones beating at nationals park in washington dc yesterday. teddy roosevelt looked like he was ready to win his first race of the year during yesterday's game. not today. the easter bunny came out, leveled him, short of the finish line. teddy won the fewest races of all of the presidents who race during national home games. >> look like he was taking off. he was on his way, then just look, look. >> what happens. >> not so fast. >> oh, man, not easter bun. >> i down for the count. next, maybe next game. >> big news from testify tezsla's new adventure. >> new product, and when it will be unveiled in this morning's money watch report. ♪ "turn around... every now and then i get a little bit hungry and there's nothing really good around. turn around... every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air... turn around, barry. i finally found the right snack."♪ "each with one hundred fifty calories or less, try our chocolaty brownies, tang

meisha? >> katie, thank you so much for. that will good morning, everyone.e are still looking at this live shot of very serious accident, that was a result after police chase that actually happened overnight. at around 2:00 a.m., or so, bristol bucks county. so where are we looking? 95 north at route 413, you are right now being diverted off to route 413, or exit 40. now, if you want to avoid this altogether you can. by using bristol pike or route one. but take a look at how many vehicles are out here right now, you can still see the flashing light, got servicemen and women out there. still very much active. so my advice would be to avoid the area at all costs. this is a back up shot. i mean, take a look at this, the camera directly behind what you were just looking at. just a sea of headlight, and barely moving, so again, he can actually why i said avoid the area if at all costs, certainly want to on a friday morning, again, that's 95 north, route 413, then quick peak at the blue route, ridge pike, moving right along looking good there, jim, jan, back over

meisha? >> yes, loving those 80s, thanks so much, katie.get a little wet in certain areas, i would say, today, give yourselves some extra time. it will help you out. it will help all of your ores out. look telling schuylkill near spring garden, looking good, i would say both moving in the eastbound and westbound directions, so far this morning. but starting to heat up just little bit. we can expect that on a monday morning, now start to push and progress into the 5:00 hour. then looking at the vine both moving in the westbound and eastbound direction. you may be starting to heat up little bit as women. overall still looking okay. you can see some flashing lights here. ben franklin parkway 20th street the road restrictions for the nfl draft coming this weekends, talking more in de all about that coming up in a little bit. i want to mention this, that fatal crash we had this, morning in chester county now since been cleared. so route 30 bypass eastbound, you are now back open. zone just heads up if you are waiting for confirmation on that. yo

. >> thank you so much, meisha. in news, us carried out military action in retaliation for syria deadly chemicals weapons attack against civilians. the attack killed six people. >> the american missiles hit the government controlled shy rot airfields in central sewer crashes the syrian military planes that dropped the chemicals had taken off. video from the defense department shows it 60 tomahawk crews missiles, and the missiles reportedly hit their target at 8: 45 last night our time, that's 3:45 a.m. in syria. report from the syrian military says at least six people were killed in the air strikes, also damaged over a dozen hangers, fuel depo, air defense space. announce the last night, president trump asked other countries to join him in the carnage in syria. >> tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. and also to end terrorism of all kind and all times. >> meantime survivors of the chemical weapons attack in syria continue to cope with its aftermat

rahel, back to you. >>> meisha, thank you.or look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> in the mercury area firefighters did not get much after chance to sit down for easter dinner this year. two fires, one in birdsboro, one pottstown, kept them busy until the sun went down. two alarm birdsboro fire was on cynder street in the pottstown fire which folds it on east fifth street. >> from the intelligence err quakertown school officials have yet to agree on cuts to close $4.7 million deficit in the budget. district considering cuts to its music, arts, and sport programs. >> in the press of atlantic sill if you grew up or lived in the inlet section, people involved with absecon lighthouse want to hear your stories inspired by personal account, will for the first time feature four theme ac inlet story panels in its museum each week from june 21 through september 10th. photos and other memorabilia can be submitted along with your story. what a great idea. >> and that's a look at the newspaper headlines from around the de

avoid t meisha obviously having much more on. that but dow come bearing some wet weather news to tell but. you can see the leading edge of not just the clouds but also couple of showers currently moving on in through kent, sussex counties then over across the bay into southern most new jersey. it is all relatively light. certainly very scattered. and i would say that's the worse you'll find throughout the day. you can see though it is actually quite clear through the northern half of the region, clouds certainly building but at the moment, supposed to be beautiful sunrise going on up in the poconos, why it is so chilly, because do you have such clear sky. 37 degrees. forty-two in allentown. forty-six in trenton. at 50 degrees in philadelphia. meanwhile, as the day progresses, kids are hitting the school bus, i would say, sends them out the door with a coat for sure. we hit the mid and up ear's for lunch and recess, then by the road home, at best, only into the up ear's, so also be some showers around. meisha, over to you. >> all

meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much. and good morning, everyone, so what have we been talking about so far this morning? a very serious accident, that happened overnight, at around 2:00 in the morning. bristol, bucks county, you can see all of the activity going on here. again, very serious accident, 95 north, route 413. you are right now being diverted off at route 413. or which is also exit 40. so all lanes are pretty much blocked right now. you can try to use alternate, bristol pike, route one, will be your best bet. but again, if you approach this accident, if you head out there right now, just be diverted off. so a lot of activity going on here. still very serious accident scene. so i would just avoid the area if at all costs if at all possible. also, construction out there, kind of getting used to, route one, all lanes blocked, you have to exit off oxford valley than re-enter onto oxford valley. heads up on. that plus talking construction not yet cleared, but should do so in the next 15, 20 minutes, 295 south the r

we're talking about meisha a half and half weekend.aturday nicer day by sunday it is chilly with rain. >> look at that 70's, 80's, 60 's, 50's, all right katie, kind of all over the map, good morning everybody. happy wednesday to you. we will take a peak outside. we are looking at 42 freeway northbound at creek road in new jersey, see what we are working with there. i would say this is fairly typical. this is what it looks like now and as we progress through 5:00 and 6:00 o'clock hour. forty-two freeway is looking great. then we will lot schuylkill. schuylkill moving in the eastbound direction at boulevard, so both moving in thee and westbound direction, looking really pretty, the sky , gorgeous. cloud cover as katie pointed out but overall we are looking good on the roadways, and, you know, the skies, just one of the things i look at every single morning. taking a look we have an accident here robbinsville, new jersey, new jersey turnpike north bound, outer lanes, at 195, that right lane is blocked, so just a head up on this. this is

rahel, jim, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. actually talking more about it right now, three days, thousands will pack the ben franklin parkway for the 2017nfl draft. >> like most events of its kinds, tight security expected. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at the benning parkway with more on those security measures that will be in place. good morning, trang. >> reporter: well, good morning, jim, rahel. organizers are treating this just like a sporting event, so people can expect very similar security measures here. very likely to be an entrance gate right here offer the ben franklin parkway where secretly check people's bags, for pro him him it dollars items like aerosol cans, over size bags, also on the prohibited list outside food and drinks. let's look at some of the ongoing preparations here, with all of the big names expected here later this week, nfl will have its own private security for the three day event. philadelphia police also on patrol in this area, and other major tourist attractions in the city. now the

meisha?ous, all right, katie, thank you. good morning, happen mine day everyone, just waking up with us, looking at the vine, in particular, pushing in the westbound direction, toward the schuylkill. we were looking at an accident that happened right around here. you can see the back up because of it. a lot of brake lights going off here. i would say that now quarter past 6:00 we have enough vehicles on the roadway to sustain kind of slow down, residual slow down, then slow down throughout our morning rush, see what happens. but right now moving in the westbound direction looking pretty slow. look at the billion dollars, quick peak here, push in the southbound direction toward the schuylkill. you can see certainly starting to heat up there as well. basically starting to heat up everywhere because of monday morning, after 6:00, this is when we usually start to see our backups slowly starting to begin our congestion levels starting to rise, and they are this morning, schuylkill eastbound betwee

or facebook at meisha p.nson and one story at a time as a team we're hitting the positive reset >>> later today on "eyewitnessne coming up with new ways to cheat you out of the your hard earned money they're using social media to trick their victims. one way to pretend you're long lot of friend on facebook. oh my. i'll show was to look out for today at 5:00. >>> people magazine is releasing its annual world most beautiful list and heading up that list the most beautiful woman a familiar face. >> julia roberts took the title for the record fifth time. 49-year-old actress previously claimed the cover spot in 2010, 2005, 2000 sand and 1991. roberts says she's flattered by the recognition. people's 28 many most beautiful issue hits news stands on friday and all i know i'm sitting with three of the most beautiful women in philadelphia. >> aww. >> well done. >> that's "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. for meisha, katie all of us here thanks for watching. >> white news continues at 5:0

jim, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha.till ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, listen up, toyota owners, find out why the car maker is issuing a recall on a popular pick up. >> the nfl draft is not the only game in town. the other sport attractions when "eyewitness news" continues. >> money watch's hena daniels joins us from the new york torque stock exchange, good morning, so toyota issued recall for one of their popular pickups, what do drivers need to know about this? >> good morning, jim, rahel, auto maker is recalling certain models of its popular tack kona pick-up truck, says oil leak in affected vehicles could cause rear wheels to lock up, leading drivers to lose control. toyota has not said if the problem is responsible for any injuries or deaths. >> well, uber, i understanded, getting little more transparent. what can you tell us about that? >> yes, interesting. soon that five star rating system will reveal passenger scores, on the app most people only see the drivers marks. the move is meant to keep customer

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meisha?, thank you. good morning everyone. happy monday. so we take a look at that beautiful sky. also, take a look at 95 south at the betsy ross bridge. getting very busy. in fact moments ago looking at the camera particularly all of the vehicles were stopped therefore just a second. so a heads up. really starting to get a little bit congested on 95. right now we've seen it build since the early 5:00 hour. give yourself extra time on the 9a schuylkill isn't looking much better specially pushing in the westbound, around city avenue starting get busy. a lot of construction to talk about this morning, as well, 322, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., matson road, through friday, will slow you down. also nine at north on ramp from columbus boulevard closed between six a.m. and 4:00 p.m. that is going to run you through thursday. so heads up on that. plus, we've got construction on the schuylkill westbound, onramp from university ave. left lane block between seven a.m. and 3:00 p.m. we have more construction

>> thanks, meisha. all loving the easter weather yesterday with sunshine and temperatures in the 80s, but looks like as we head into next weekend, we're going to have bit of cooler start, especially on saturday. highs look like they'll be in the up ear's with some breezy conditions, but looks like we will take sunshine into the start of next weekend, but that rain chance will take over as we head into next sunday. more on that and the rain working through the area right now on storm scan3, coming up just after the break. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save

katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things. >> good morning, jan so great to be here. >> gateway to the weekend. we're so close. we have a couple things on the roadways but overall right now things are looking okay. >> there are a couple showers that will trip folks up. nothing major. flick the windshield wipers here and there. if you don't want to take an umbrella, don't worry, you will be fine. you can obviously see looking here more regional picture on storm scan three that there are a couple showers around off to the north of the city. this batch right here just northwest of the maryland that looks like it may start to fizzle but there is a possibility that we will end up with maybe a brief, locally heavy downpour before that little pocket gets out of here rest of the day features generally some cloud, at lee some sunshine looking at current temperatures regional wide we're talking mid 50's, milder by comparison in atlantic city and wildwood. this is still quite mild for standard and we will keep that theme going for end of the workweek here. forty-eight in mount pocono. that is

meisha?t, our commute is looking good this morning, but we do have car fire out there, couple every accidents clearing, construction, small sinkhole will slow you down, all of those update coming up. first a quick break. stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will hi hey i'll take one of those new fast play games. oh, you ready for a rush? uh, sure! ♪ i'm pretty excited for you right now. ♪ fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! fast play, please! fast play. play fast. win instantly. >> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. it is 6:30, here's what you need to know to get your day started in the morning minute. >> the good thing, this belong block, slow down. >> trouble in center city after sinkhole opens near rittenhouse square. >> this is 17th street walnut and locust it, goes pretty deep. somebody could definitely fall in there. >>

jim, rahel, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. minutes ago we learned thirds person has died after birrage every bullets rained down on a north philadelphia apartment complex yesterday afternoon. >> this happened right across the street from a school and understandably so, has student and parent rattled. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at police headquarters, trang, what can you tell us this morning? >> well, rahel, jim, police are still looking for one to two suspect involved in this shooting. as you mentioned there is shooting happened just steps from a school with children inside, participating in after school activities. >> we were in the school. all you hear is gunshots, multiple gunshots, just got silent for a second. >> terrifying moments for students inside saint mal key school as gunfire errupted outside an apartment complex at north 11 and west style street around 3:30, monday afternoon, prompting a lockdown. >> it was erie. it was scary because i never been on lockdown before in a school. but, ya. it was like t

and meisha this isn't even where the warming trends ends. it is actually going to get miler before we cool down. so, we walk through the full forecast later on, but gorgeous start to the week. >> i'm so happy, who gets up on had 30:00 in the morning on a monday? we do. happy monday. so showing you some video tax the nfl draft coming to philly, thursday the 27th through the 29th. see road closures already starting so phase one of the road restrictions, started at midnight, eakin's oval, ben franklin parkway, southbound kelly drive, westbound spring garden, are all going to be affected starting phase one. take a look, more detail, eakin's oval two right lanes blocked, ben franklin parkway the left lane, westbound spring garden street closed at pennsylvania avenue southbound kelly drive one lane blocked, by the museum. no fun, going to get busy, heads up, tweeting out this information, as well, walking you through it as the days and week progresses on any other further changes that we do get. also, going out to a live camera shot, construction

certainly around the resort towns, as well, meisha. >> thank you so much., looking outside, a lot of things changing i would say in the matter of five minute, see the producers, what you see are a lot of accident now clearing also the same areas where we have some accidents, construction, kind of double up on each other, causing little congestion, even at had in the morning. so, what we are first looking at around this area of construction, 202 northbound before route 30, left lane was blocked in both directions, we also had accident in this area. that's now since cleared. that will was causing some congestion. starting to look a little better in the area. a lot more to talk about coming up in the next ten minutes, jim, rahel, back to you. >> the newest member of arkansas family being called a hero this morning. >> the family's pet goat saved them from a house fire, speedy, you see there, early present for young abigail. when her family's garage caught fire last saturday night, speedy glue just to do, good thing, flames were spreading to the house. >> i sai

katie and meisha keeping an eye on things on this very warm thursday. >> katie, i wore color, yellow because i knew we were talk about a ray of sunshine. >> i don't think that ever crossed my mind. >> but, we're looking outside right now, overturned tractor trailer in new jersey, other accidents have not cleared just some construction. >> we were talking about that possibility of fog. it is not terrible just yet. there are a couple trouble spots in the visibility map in a second but if you are hitting the road right now it is not as big of a concern. give it time. typically that fog, it is a pattern, at its worse right before the sun comes up. we have a little bit of time for that if you go to settle in. storm scan, my goodness, take a deep breath, it is empty for a change. we have not been able to say that for three days. now that we have a brief break in the action, there are a couple of front coming through , granted but brief break in the action means we will end up with sunshine, but again, there is that caveat of some fog. looking at current visability, this isn't bad, near per

. >> lets turn to lauren case toy see if that fog will be lingering and then to meisha to find outfit is impacting traffic. good morning to you both. >> happy hump day. i have to say coming in on the vine, i-95 i didn't see a lot of fog. >> i didn't see anything. >> so it is at least good in that area. >> yes, i just read what they tell me to read. >> the goodies it is not impacting traffic anywhere. we have construction. >> yeah, visability in philadelphia are looking good right now but we have some fog , dense fog. >> dense. >> dense, yes. we are looking off to the east visibility down to .3 of a mile the atlantic city airport same case in trenton. watch out for these reduced visability on your morning commute as that fog will linger. right now temperatures feeling mild. don't need that winter coat. fifty-seven in philadelphia. wind southwest at 8 miles an hour. chillier down the shore at 46 degrees and we are at 49, breezy in the poconos but beautiful day, is in store today, 59 degrees for 9:00 o'clock hour mostly sun which patchy fog still lingering, for noon hour beautiful to get

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jim, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. new this morning, philadelphia police are trying to figure out what led to fatal shooting in north philadelphia. this happened just before 2:00 t street. officers arrived to find 22 year old man with a single gunshot wound in his back. he died shortly after being rushed to the hospital. witnesses tell police that a fight broke out at nearby bar, moments before the shooting. there was an altercation of physical altercation that started inside and it went outside. this happened just prior to the shooting. at this time we're not sure if this physical altercation is related to the shooting. >> investigators are speaking to bar customers and staff to get more information. >> sunday marks the tenth anniversary of the virginia tech shooting, the deadliest school shooting in modern. s history. >> thirty-two student, family you will at this, killed when gunman opened fire on the campus. news correspondent don champion spoke to survive err who has new purpose in life and profess here helps vict

friday afternoon as we have potential for period of the heavier rain and a few stronger thunderstorms, meisha and i will break that down in your full forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> thanks very much for that. been a very good morning to all of you waking up this morning. we are looking in northeast philadelphia, woodhaven road at million brooke we are talking about that fog that is in random places moving out right now but overall this is what we are looking at. visibility might be an issue but in the looking that bad. we are looking at vine, looking great here moving in the westbound direction, eastbound side we are heating up a little bit quicker then westbound side but overalle and westbound we are looking good right now. that will change deeper in the 5:00 o'clock hour. we have our first accident still out there in willow grove fair way drive at edge hill road in the slowing down too much just a head up, since it is still dark and you still do have fog out there. speaking of the fog we have speed restriction new jersey turnpike between burlington, mount holly 195 down to 45. head

katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning, good morning, ladies?rning, happy tuesday. you know, yes, ih

katie and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute >> reporter: delaware in mourning, tributes pouring in for corporal stephen ballard. >> he went to work today thinking it will be a regular day, and now he is in the here anymore. >> reporter: three two-year old state trooper was shot and killed in the wawa parking lot >> hours long standoff with the suspect, stretch necessary to the morning. police work to uncover motive behind the deadly shooting. >>> how long will we be talking about this nfl draft? for more than a year. it is finally here. thinks franklin institute. this is where they will make the picks, official. >>> according to the associated press with the push of the red button placed on the resolute desk. >> oh, god what happens when he pushes the button. >> a white house butler arrives with the coke for the president. i believe we have a photograph of the butler. there we go. yeah. >> poor chris christie. everybody could use help around the house. >> katie's here to help out with the weather. hey there,

more coming up in ten minutes, joe, over to you. >> thank you shall meisha.ing 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,

rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, see you then, thank you. we want to update breaking news now. philadelphia police are questioning this man, after a violent hit-and-run in the city hunting park section. one person is now fighting for his life, another is badly injured. this happened at the intersection of sixth and erie avenue, about 10:30 last night, witness led offers tears a car in wissinoming. one man is in custody. so far they've not filed any charges. >>> and other news this morning, the us state department is condemning attack on two christian churches in egypt. >> suicide bombs killed 49 people, injured about 100 more, as worshippers gathered for palm sunday. as andrew spencer reports, even some churches in the u.s. this weekend, had extra security. >> police in new york, offered extra security on sunday, increasing patrols, outside churches, as the attack in egypt wade on the minds of many christians. having happened a week before easter sunday. >> they tried to take the joy from us. this is not the first time it has happened on holiday. >> at a church in white planes

katie and meisha will be here in a moment.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

jim, back over to you. >> thank you, meisha. topping news this morning, fatal shooting outside of bar in north philadelphia overnight. now police are trying to figure fought that incident at the bar was related to the shooting itself. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live in strawberry mansion with the details on this story. good morning, jan. >> reporter: rahel, jim, good morning. police have now confirmed that it was a 22 year old man who was shot here in strawberry mansion overnight. shot in the back once, and died at the hospital. and now, as you mention, investigators are trying to figure out if it was a fight at a nearby bar that sparked this vie len. you can see here hine me this morning that police have just wrapped up their work here on the scene, and if you take a look at the video, you can see what they've been doing here overnight. homicide detective and crime scene units were here for hours processing the evidence left behind. number of spent shell says action were found there along the sidewalk. police say

katie and meisha will be along in just a moment.d to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> i saw blood across the room. >> student at san bernardino school will be held home today. gunman yesterday killed his estranged wife and a student before turning the gun on himself. >> seventeenth street from walnut to locust will remain closed while crews make repairs. >> this could potentially cause some tie ups as the morning rush goes on. >> secretary of state, rex tillerson, heads to moscow later today. the official visit comes as tensions escalate over the crisis in syria. >> oh, my god. look at what you did to him. >> outrage after passenger is dragged off a united airlines plane. >> like a lawsuit and somebody's out after job. >> april snow bridges may flowers, old-man-winter just won't let go of his grip over part every minnesota. >> folks, look forward to more seasonable temperatures in the forecast later this week. >> katie, this summer, you know that will smith