meisha a promise you the hair accessary, meisha, katie. meet the guys.i can do this. >> okay, so show us what we can do. >> get the tricks going here. >> you ready? >> cue the music. >> all right? >> you go left. >> fine. >> here we go. >> all right? >> let's get it going. >> okay? >> oh, geez. >> you ready to catch. >> wait. what? >> hang on. >> oh, come on shall meisha. you can do it. you got that. >> break it out, meisha. >> come on, meisha. >> okay? >> ready? >> very nice. >> bump off the elbow. >> well done meisha. >> okay? >> here we go. >> you got this, girl. >> first thing you do, i will give it to you. you go around your back. >> okay. >> around your back. two times. >> one through your legs, okay? you're going to hit it over. >> okay, around the back, katie. >> i think i can do that. do i have to do the hip things? >> there go. >> you agree? it is all right, it is all right. >> keep us on our toast. >> less hips. >> oh, man. >> fire fly? >> there you go. >> under the snelling. >> under the leg. >> there it is! okay? >> up high. >> just like thi

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erika, back over to you. >> meisha, a thank you.ur last chance to weigh in on the propose the water rate hike in philadelphia. the city's water department wants to raise rates by about 12% over the next two years. according to the water department, the average customaries monthly bill would increase by about four collars in july. and then, another $4 next july. tonight is the last public hearing on that rate hike. it is at the ymc a on north broad street, starts at 7:15. >>> and, water is not the analyte them could get more expensive in the city. mayor jim kenney plans to unveil his plan for a soda tax on thursday. now, keep in mind, this is idea he rejected as city councilman. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos explains just how much that tax would cost you, and where that money would go. >> it may be your go-to pick me up. that bottled soda or sweeten tea, now mayor jim kenney want to take on 3 cents tax to the sugary drink. >> i love the mountain dew. >> let's just say there are as many reactions to that plan as there are flav

meisha, you get it. >> oh, yes. >> once it is spring, we can get our spring clothe out, do some shopping. >> you'll want to go backward, it is still march. you can still get these cold days. >> that's exactly it. >> no signs every winter for the next cup l of weeks, great news. mid week is the warm else, and rahel already told me, she's calling out sick. >> justin! >> the phone already blowing up now. no, no. >> sorry, to call you out there. no, no, you're already off, i know. that will middle of the week we find the warmest temperature, setting new records, there as well. this morning, little chilly. we take you outside. looking from our roof camera, no, going to bethlehem first where we have shot thereof main street, all is quiet, it is cold, though, up in the lehigh valley. you get the colder air trapped right at the surface with the calm winds. we do have temperatures in the 20's, there, but here in the city, we're at 34 degrees at this hour with west wind coming in at about 6 miles per hour, that's the windchill values, down to 29. so it is little chilly. need the heaviest coat. by

meisha, still looking quiet out there. >> just dealing with morning construction, we can expect that at had 30:00 a.m. by the way good to see both of you, justin, rahel. >> hey, this is awesome, i hear we have a nice forecast? >> bringing you warm forecast, awesome temperatures all week long, good taste of spring coming our way potentially setting new records. still little cold in the mornings, at least things are nice and quiet this morning, live look, outside there on the roof camera, looking at 34 degrees leer in the city light breeze out of the south, still heavier coat needed this morning, but you can shed that this afternoon, across the region, lehigh valley, 25, in allentown, 30 in trenton, 30's also showing up in interior south jersey similar conditions to the north and west suburbs, below freezing in pottstown and willow grove. storm scan3, stays quiet today. we will have little cloud cover around this morning, that should break up for the afternoon skies go mostly sunny, no threat of rain today, enjoy the sunshine, temperatures are on the rise if you like today you will lov

now shall meisha is keeping an eye on them, but we begin with katie for the latest on the snowfall. katie, so far just sort every seeing wet roads? >> absolutely, really the case at this point, guys. so what we can eventually expect here is that this will be winding down toward the afternoon, but we are sort of in the quote unquote thick of things. although, this is far from major system, although the radar definitely depict different story. going to the local level, what you find here is some of the heaviest snowfall intensity, southern most new jersey, cumberland, cape may counties, snow obviously falling around philadelphia and all ports north of that, but the brunt of this is really confined off to our south. so, while we are expecting it to still see some accumulation out of this, it will not amount to very much. hence, it is just a winter weather advisory. in fact, don't even have that posted up through the pocono region, lehigh valley region, southeastern pa it lasts until 9:00, shore towns, close to go 1:00, looks like it might try to hang on for few extra hours, might see m

erika, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. violent abduction from septa bus overnight when man snatches a woman and then takes off. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joining us now at septa's frankford transportation center with the latest information on this. justin, good morning. >> erika, good morning, the search is on for the man and the woman police say that he forced into the back seat of his car, all eyes right now are on the bus. this is the bus that woman was on at just about 2:00 this morning, this bus was stopping at roosevelt boulevard and langdon, that's whether the septa driver we are told noticed he was being tailed by a silver pontiac grand am, or grand prix. the man got out of that car, and began screaming at the bus, also, banking on that bus there where you see the glass. we're told that may have been the area where that woman was sitting at the time of this incident. let's take you now to video, that area has since been dusted for prints. police say the woman was screaming on the bus that this man is

erika, back over to you. >> meisha, a thank you. search is on this morning for woman who police say was abducted while riding a septa bus overnight. want to check in with "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch. he joins us at septa's frankford transportation center. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning, police are looking for that woman as well as the man they say abducted her, pulled her from this bus behind us here, at the frankford transportation center, now being processed by septa police, as well as philadelphia police. as you can see the fourth window on the driver side of that bus, that damage to that bus was done by the alleged kidnapper, in this case. let's take to you video from overnight of the roosevelt boulevard where this all took place at about 2:00. this morning police say that bus was being tailed by a silver or gray pontiac vehicle, perhaps a grand pre of some sort. eventually further south the car cut off the bus and a man got out of the pontiac, he then approached the bus, went around to the ot

dow want to take you back in time, talk about warmth that meisha enjoyed yesterday. we did end up getting 64 degrees, so, that makes it 22 degrees thus far this winter that we ended up with days at 06 degrees or higher. so technically through the astronomical calendar, still in the midst every winter but today, march 1st, marks the beginning of meteorological spring, which we use more so, because of the climate trends, when it comes to our actual weather patterns. now, storm scan locally totally quiet. quiet as can be. virtually quiet skies everywhere. going forwards in the forecast, see few clouds with time, hire in the atmosphere, though, mid 50's, so not as warm as yesterday. but not as breezy as yesterday. we're still well above average here. now, that said, storm system on the move. starts to bring in some showers, as early as later on tonight. that does bring us bit of soggy mid week. as we had mentioned, one commute in particular, really going to be impacted by this mid-week storm system, then later in the week, yep, the s word, popping back into the forecast

so, meisha, today's going to be one of those afternoons where can you drive around, roll down the windows, crank up the music, enjoy the sunshine, and plenty more warm temperatures on the way. >> i'll go rent a convert, justin, just go crazy. >> that's right. do it. >> good, mo, happy monday to you, if you are just waking up with us we are so glad you're here, maybe grabbing the first cup of coffee. roads are looking good, looking nice and quiet. and dry, such great change. you can see the schuylkill at the vine, headlights moving in the westbound direction, looking great. i mean, there is just nothing more to say about it, looking great. looking good here. nice and dry, no accidents to report this morning. construction trying to get out of our way, 42 freeway northbound at creek road, frozen camera here but overall you can see what you are working with as you approach 295. it is looking good. volume levels there slowly starting to build, but we can expect that as we push into the 5:00 hour. where we do have construction still out there delaware, 495 northbound between 95 and 12th street.

meisha? >> made it to the end of the wok week, looking good, although, how many vehicles, pushing toward 6:00 hour but overall things looking pretty good on interstate 9a good news, boulevard, southbound approaching the schuylkill, you haven't seen this camera shot in little while. love the shot. approaching the schuylkill looking good giving you a idea what it look like out on the boulevard, very busy start it the morning, already, plenty of early vehicles out there. we do have this accident in hatboro, york road at county line roadment make note of that for those of you in and around that area, and dow want to update you for those of you who maybe just missed moments ago, when we were talking about it, letting you know that the paoli thorndale service has resumed, but you can most testifily expect residual delays because of t always, always, always check septa.org. and i will of course be tweeting and updating you all morning long as well. great news for those of how take paoli thorndale. e

back to you. >> meisha, a thank you. absolutely frightening scene overnight, when woman is violently snatched right off a septa bus. the search is on this morning for the man who took her. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joining us now at septa's frankford transportation centerment hope shy is okay, justin, good morning. >> good morning, that bus now here at the frankford depo where hine me it is now a crime scene, and several cameras aboard, may turn up strong visual evidence, that may lead police to the woman who was abducted and the man they say who took her. >> septa bus cameras caught it all and now the video is up for review. >> she made some comment on the bus that he is crazy. >> and said not much more police note before a man smashed this bus window from outside near this septa bus about 2:00 a.m. in northeast philly. near roosevelt boulevard, and langdon, police say, man stopped his silver pontiac grand am, or grant pre, got out, then made this mark screaming for the woman, fearing him aboard. >> it app

meisha is watching the tuesday morning commute. she will let you know the trouble spot on the road right now. we'll be right back. has been providing expert eye care. today, we make caring for your eyes even easier. right now, buy one pair of glasses, and get another pair free. this is genuine eye care in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >> following breaking news right now, the belgium capitol of brussels rocked by several explosions this morning. this all began with a deadly blast at the international airport that killed several people. >> city's metro system shutdown after reports of an explosion inside a subway, "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is following the developments now from our news center, justin, what can you tell us? >> rahel, just hearing belgium officials urging citizens to shelter in place. this is after reports of mass casualties. and at least 13 now dead. cbs news is reporting two blasts at brussels airport, now being linked to suicide bombing. then word of at least one other blast, at the metro

and as meisha mentioned roads are dry. it will stay that way through the better part of the day today. off to very quiet start. storm scan3, nice and tran will at the local zoom. we zoom it around handful of times for you show you really as you zoom out to the region wide level, nothing more than handful of clouds here and, there essentially moonlit sky right now. really pleasant beginning to the morning that said. forty-seven the current temperature at the airport, rather, in dover, 42, at philadelphia international airport. and you casino of have mixed bag depending on location, quite chilly in a millville, for example, where you have got some of the chill settling in there in the pinelands, 45 in trenton by comparison, what milder out toward the wildwoods. so going to find that region wide temperatures are going to vary but generally speaking we are off to little bit after milder start just because we had such warmth yesterday. today is still mild day. it is a nice start to march. by the way it is also the first day of

meisha? >> going to feel nice to have that 70s today. good morning, everyone, well, talk about this, falls bridge, now open, it opened yesterday, at 3:00 p.m. it was scheduled to be closed april 1st, now open, great news for those of how take the falls bridge. funny producer earlier it is not great news, because now it will be busy. valid point for those of how have to take the falls bridge, you will be very happy. route one headlight moving fox street looking good where we are starting to see it casino of i would say not really build in terms of volume levels, but we are starting to see more vehicles jump on the roadways now, as we progress, and push toward that 6:00 hour. so, you can bet when we move into the 6:00 hour things will start to look a lot busier. things looking all right on route one. moving in the westbound direction past connecticut curve, steady stream around this area. construction here, 42 freeway northbound, ramp to 295, that left lane is block, make note that far for those of in you and around the area. and also, som

give yourself couple of extra minutes. >> meisha, a thank you.ormally be able to take part in eager egg hups were able to get in on the fun. >> that beeping is the sound after easter egg designed for blind children. more than two dozen visually impaired kids in california participate in the a special easter egg hunt. the police, local businesses and the school all came together to make this possible for the children. and just like all egg hunts, there was an easter bunny, and plenty of treat. you got to have the treats. >> you mention you have an easter bunny costume. is that you? >> i can't wait to wear that sunday. >> oh. pictures, pictures. >> yes, katie. >> cbs this morning is coming up next, the very latest on terror attacks in brussels. >> stay tuned for. that will remember to join us bright and early each weekday here on cbs-3 starting 4:30. we leaf you with live look the our seventh annual ronald mcdonald house telethon. i see one person on the phone, call in now folks, 844-977-cbs3. thank you to our great volunteers, we're where at 7:25,

rahel, back to you. >> meisha, thank you. someone has killed a cook at a south philadelphia restaurant, and now police are going through the evidence looking for the killer and the motive. justin, what can you tell us. >> reporter: good morning, police found ransacked and bloody kitchen sure signs they say this cook fought for her life. >> vietnamese restaurant was open for business, there were about four employees and about five customers, inside the property. >> the victim age 54, a cook, who police say, fought with all her might to fend off her killer. >> based on crime scene evidence appears the 54 year old female was involved in a violent struggle, not only did she have the deep cut to her neck, she also had some bruising to her face. >> police say parts of the basement level kitchen were blood soaked, that items were overturned, and the victim was found with a piece of equipment atop her body, when third district officers arrived, just after 9:00 thursday night. medics pronounced her dead minutes later. >> homicides det

also, meisha watching our tuesday morning commute.l let you know about the trouble spot as you get ready to head out the door. good morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's my decision to make beauty last. fix. roc retinol started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it the better it works. retinol correxion from roc. methods, not miracles. >> we start the half hour with breaking news in the middle east. says loan hijack is her responsible for commandeering an egypt airplane. the airbus was on it way from alexandria to cairo when the hijacker claimed he had a bomb belt and forced the pilot to fly the plane to cyprus. once the plane landed, he let everyone off except for the crew, and four foreigners. the president of cyprus says the hijacking has nothing to do with terrorism. sigh up from government official says the man seems to be in love. "eyewitness news" will follow the story as the morning goes on. >> back here at home, oh, the winds seem to be the story for both the commute and looking out the door this morn

meisha over to you.appy monday, good to be back with all of you, roadways, where we had disable vehicle, 95 south past girard, blogging part of the right lane. since cleared. a lot of vehicles now start too long hit the roadways, still early yet about it is monday morning, we know monday mornings will be busy so give yourself couple of extra minutes, new jersey, creek road, looking good as you approach 295, what you are looking at, looking busy everyone still traveling at posted speeds, a lot every vehicles starting to hit the roadways, accident here route 55 at vineland blocked after car rearended a salt truck only the shoulder getting by, so give yourself couple of extra minute, again, all lanes are block, only the shoulder getting by, we do have construction here 59 southbound between route one and business route one, one lane closed l eight p.m. to 5:00 a.m. through friday, and another place we will be seeing the same thing 95 southbound between route 413 and street road. >> make no make note, also c

rahel, back to you. >> thank, meisha. a south philadelphia restaurant is now a crime scene after a female cook is murdered in the kitchen. >> who did this and why? these are all questions detectives are asking this morning as they ramp up their homicide investigation. let's take to you video from overnight. a killing in the kitchen, calls to 911 came in about 9:00 thursday night, when third district police arrived, they found a woman, age 54, with her neck slashed watch body bruised, pronounced dead in the kitchen of lee's cafe 500 block of washington avenue, near randolph street, in south philly. now, what's worth noting here is the restaurant's layout. the kitchen, where the cook died; in the basement. the take-out level is on the first floor, and the dining room is on the second level. so, there is a chance, suspect here, could have made their way in and out with relatively few eyes, even noticing. police point out the cook did not go down easily, items strewn about, sure signs they say of struggle. the victim was foun

. >> meisha, thanks. well, lot of shouting, insult, name calling, when the top republican presidential candidates debate for the first time since super tuesday, as weijia jiang report, it was lively to say the least. >> done well in east elections. >> senator ted cruz and marco rubio paid little attention to each other. while insults at donald trump during thursday's fox news channel debate. >> donald has a tenuous relationship with the truth. >> anyone who ever deserved to be attacked that way it has been donald trump. >> trump fired back. >> the real con artist is senator marco rubio. the people of florida can't stands him. he couldn't get elected dog catcher. >> you are the lying guy up here. >> i have given my answer, lying. >> things went personal to vulgar. >> he referred to my hands, something else must be small. i guarantee you there is no problem. >> ohio governor john kasich stayed out of the brawl. >> people say everywhere i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. >> kasich by all traditiona

we are in for another record setting weather day, love this one, we will check with lauren and meisha, good morning. >> yes, good morning. it the is gate what the to the weekend. roadways are looking g nice and dry. we have some accidents and morning construction but lets get to the good story. >> gateway to the weekend. we're so close. temperatures will be soaring once again to day, after a record high temperature yesterday, we're very mild to start, definitely don't need that winter coat just a light jacket this morning. temperatures in the the upper 50's right now in philadelphia. southeasterly wind giving us that warmth that will stick around throughout the day-to-day and temperatures mild all across the delaware valley starting out near 60 degrees in mount pocono. in the 60's in wildwood. 58 degrees in millville. yesterday we have climbed to 82 degrees, we just killed that previous record of 73, setback in 2,000. we're heading up into the eight's today again. in the daily planner for 9:00 o'clock hour temperatures mild in the 60's. more cloud around today calling it a mix of sun

meisha? >> wind certainly makes difference. thanks, good morning, everyone, happy tuesday to you, if you are just waking up with us, grabbing first cup of coffee, welcome. construction this morning, 422 westbound between oaks and route 23, until around 5:00 a.m., so right around now, it should be kind of clearing out of your way, left lane compromised. it was both east and westbound, now down to the westbound side. so work to go get that cleared out of your way, make note of that. a look at king of prussia, schuylkill eastbound 202, looking good, nice and quiet, just what we want to see as we tip into the 5:00 hour. ninety-five at girard looking good, as well, but plenty of early risers out there. jim, over you. >> if your honor headed out the door get katie's forecast on the go, on our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060. plus the simple test that scientists are developing to help diagnosis concussions. >> how the great recession is impacting how much millennials are saving. and a preview of jazz appreciation month for this a

we can handle a little snow, right, meisha. >> we can take anything. if you throw 70 at us, we will go with anything. the katie, that is best news i have heard all year, all year. looking at the vine, when you go westbound you're looking okay. this is westbound direction taillights moving in the westbound direction. the eastbound is what i'm keeping my eye on right now, heating up ever so slightly east and westbound on the vine holding steady looking g no accident to report there by any stretch, looking good, blue route southbound at mid county, we are looking good here as well traveling southbound, we are building ever so slightly but again we're talking 5:00 o'clock, when i say build up, i mean. that it is ever so slightly looking good on this thursday morning. in new jersey 42 freeway north bound at creek road, as you approach 295 you can see, this is fairly typical of new jersey, on 42 freeway, and an accident street road eastbound all lanes block between reading avenue and old lincoln highway. use an alternate bristol road is your best bet, erika,

first lets check with katie and meisha. it is calm for now. >> indeed. >> i have have to be honest in the traffic center already only 4:30 in the morning and we have a few accidents. i know it is cold. let talk about the weather and then we will get over to track and let you know what is going on. >> we have that proverbial calm before any snow comes into play here. i don't think that will impact the morning drive here, say for maybe some sun glare once the sun does come up. how about that wind. we will start off by getting out there and showing you what we saw with the peak wind gustness newtown square as well as dear lake, 50 miles an hour gust where is reported, cochranville 49. the list goes on here. the blustery day to say the least. storm scan is calm and collect. the nice and tranquil. wind has subsided and it will, stay that way throughout the daylight hours. we will put things into motion and see even with satellite thrown on top it is basically a completely clear sky. that in part with the story is that we start t

it is the spring fashion issue, and who is more fashionable than our meisha?s featured in the magazine, looking very stunning, may i add. >> all right. >> meisha, a we learned a few new things about you. >> well, yes. >> so we learned that you like to box? >> i grew up around the ring. definitely lover boxes, and i lived in europe, i speak swedish, i lived in sweden for years and years and years. that's where i developed my love and now addiction to coffee, yep, it is cents a bonified addiction. one of the things that i want to say real quickly is i am so honored and i think i was so honored because to have a platform to just introduce yourself to all of our viewers and to everyone, just such an honor number one, but i thought it was so cool they used a word that i was kind of shocked, rahel, maybe kind of talking a little bit about this earlier, that they used the word intrepid,. >> yes. >> interesting word to choose because they didn't know the back story of how i got to philadelphia, which took a little bit of, you know, nail biting, it needed a little bit

lets check with katie, meisha and for once sky deck is not a punishment, good morning, guys. >> good morning. no, we know when it is feeling nice out even though it is feeling good out there. isn't it, katie. >> it does feel like springtime, for sure. not terribly breezy. that helps. thermometer is a situation where what you see is what you get to day, or it will not feel too much chillier because there isn't too much breeze. that will change with time. lets start off by looking at storm scan three which, the at the moment, has just a few clouds, no wet weather to speak of, that will change by this time tomorrow for sure and at this point not bad, 49 is current temperature in the airport, pair of four's in trenton and wilmington and in the 40's generally every where else for a couple milder or colder spots like poconos or mid to lower delaware there. that said as day goes on we will see temperatures, climb very quickly, and readily, even by the time where it is wrapping up morning show and getting closer toward lunch hour we are well in the 60's. we will hit 73 today. under sunshine.

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so can't go by the they thermomr today, meisha. >> certainly a lot cold they are morning, thanks so much, katie. good to look out for those wet kind of damp roadways like katie said not so much the black ice, little too warm for, that but it will be slick out there, we know mondays are busy so good morning, everyone, kicking off brand new week together. the vine headlight moving in the eastbound direction, this is at eighth street looking good both in the eastbound and westbound direction, you can see, westbound direction, certainly, little built more busy this morning. but, overall, the vine actually right now looking pretty good considering the fact we are pushing toward that 6:00 hour. the blue route northbound approaching the schuylkill, what you are looking at everyone still traveling at posted speeds. we're looking good there. now this is where we still have that accident. route 55 southbound at vineland, only the shoulder getting by. all lanes still blocked this morning. all lanes still blocked, we push toward the 6:00 hour, will slow you down, make sure to give yourself couple of

katie and meisha keeping ion things this morning, good morning, ladies? good morning, happy tuesday. roads are looking good, looking nice and quiet. no accidents to report, which is always great news. just some construction, overall, katie, i think the buzz is the heating up we're starting to feel. what's going snob. >> definitely warming one time here. today actually the beginning of nice little warming trends, so we should actually evening out overall pretty seasonable day, probably even little milder than average, by few degrees, but really the good stuff, if you are a fan of that spring-like warmth, comes tomorrow and the day beyond that point. march so far, we sort of take a look at tallies for the month so far. temperatures p .3 degrees above their average, we have still at this point even despite some snow that came through over the weekend have only 1 inch of snow to report at philadelphia international airport, that is, but our highest temperature hit 82 degrees, lowest temperature dipped well below freezing into the two's. so you can have a lot

meisha will have more. live look from palmyra cove nature park not so much shaking with this particular camera because it is anchored down but win is out there. but hey, visibility is in the terrible you can still make out center city sky line. looking at future win speed it doesn't real hi taper off even though systems will have cleared us, wind is turning more northwesterly and staying consistent around 20 miles per hour, right into the early afternoon. until we hit overnight, we are going to have to tiehl with the wind anytime, expect that it could still have gusts as high as 35 miles an hour, absolutely enough to send your trash cans down the road. keep that in mind. we will at best stay in the 40's here through better part of the day but we have long since hit our daytime high of 56 degrees. that happened early this morning but now that the cold front is crossing, meisha, cold air is taking over. >> it sound that way. we will just to have deal with the cards that we are dealt with. good morning everyon

. >> meisha, thank you. and a california family is vowing to get their foster daughter back. monday after a four year long custody battle, state authorities took away their six year old. cbs news correspondent don champion has more on this little known law at the center of the custody dispute. >> a heart wrenching scene played out monday as a six year old girl named lexi was taken away from the family she has been with since she was two years old. >> the tram a and the terror that our daughter has been put through is un forgive job as hard as it was, rusty page and his family new this day could come. because lexi part native american, a court order she should live with her relatives in utah. >> our family is so incredibly devestated. our heart are broken. and we are trying to make sense of everything that has happened. >> lexi case centers around the indian child welfare act aims at keeping native american children with their tribal relatives. she was removed from her birth parent custody at 17 months olds. court records show her biological father has extensive criminal recor

cooler on the back side overnight tonight and meisha, that is still 15 degrees above our average. >> eighty's, 60's who can complain with sunny will take any amount of rain to keep these temperatures. happy thursday, to you. if you are just waking up, grabbing your first cup of coffee let me be first to say i'm so happy you are with us. 422, taillights moving in the the eastbound direction at the turnpike. looking good. early risers out there we have been seeing steady flow, since about 4:30. delaware county look at how dark, quiet, 95 north at 452, takes us up to the airport. you're looking good in both directions. have one still traveling at posted speed, malvern, 202, headlights moving in the north bound direction moving in route 29 looking good plenty of vehicles looking good. everything is looking great this morning. norristown high speed line, that was delayed for a little while, back to normal, west trenton line is also back to normal after it was experiencing 20 minute delays. food forethought, check your scheduled on line, would i if i were you. first accident of the morning

meisha checking on the roads. good morning. >> happy thursday, overall things are looking g we are heating up on the roadways. they are nice and dry. construction moving out. we have a disable vehicle on the commodore barry bridge. we will get to that in a moment. how are things feeling outside. >> not terrible. we have a hint of the breeze, i am will's very victoria secret runway right now, i don't know, but it is breezy out here on the sky deck right now. although mild, that said because we have seen the thermometer readings take a nice uphill climb in the last 24 hours. lets get start off with the quick check on storm which is locally no signs of storminess. nice and clear outside. one zoom out and then you start to see things starting to get more active further west you travel. most noteably locally back through northwestern pennsylvania and back in the great lakes off the map here is where we see things go downhill when it comes to the wet weather but check this out. this is your temperature difference. a sol

christie may in the like his morning papers today but first a rainy commute, lets check with katie and meisha. it affect us all coming in this morning. >> indeed absolutely looking at any camera shot it is looking soaking wet. katie, how long will this last. >> it is a quick hitter, guys. the it does look like we will be done with the falling precipitation by the time we hit the second half of the morning drive here but you will still be stuck with damp roads and wind. that is other critical factor this morning and rest of the the day. lets go and start off by taking a look outside at sky cam three from our very own rooftop here at our station headquarters here. we are finding rain drops on the camera lens and also still quite a bit of cloud coverage in the the distance reflect from the sky scape. it vice damp outside. the if the rain has stopped for you and you are still finding rain as we go next to storm scan three. lets go there next and look at is what happening. you will find rain pushing through from this frontal boundary. the lets take a closer zoom though and look at where the rain i

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let's check in with katie and meisha back from vacation. you brought some snow with you, not very thoughtful, meisha. >> i brought some snow and hot dish, i had my fair share. today roll me in here. great to be back with you, the roads are look good, although we did have two accidents since cleared. i'll touch because in just a moment. katie, what is up with this snow. >> i know, it tends to happen the month of march you can get some crazy stuff to go on. >> this week will be one of though bizarre weeks where we have snow obviously still out there, but talking 70s eventually, only in a matter of couple of days, so bear with me through this if you are not a fan of the snow it really hasn't amounted to much. outside we start things off with few of the spring garden and broad street intersection camera. actually being taken from the station headquarters at cbs-3 studios, not too much traffic out there at the moment, obviously sheen on the roadway, generally, wet roads, all you found out there. but we do have snowfall list. going to that next,

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katie and meisha has your plan when you head out of the of the door this morning. >> happy wednesday, good thing is volume levels are still obviously light but it is looking very wet out there, katie, and i know when everyone hits the roadways at 6:00 o'clock it the is something we will be dealing with. >> this is a situation where i have to it is six of one half a dozen another, if that is the line. the that is what i meant. you knew what i meant. the here's the thing if you leave later in the morning you have more likelihood to have no rain falling at that time. but if you leave earlier you don't run into the traffic issues. it is like pick your poison on this one. you will get sled down regardless but if you are not craze bye driving in the driving rain, then you might want to try to wait this out. we will start off by going into that wider zoom on storm scan three you can tell there is heavy rain coming down, and coming through in pockets where it is heaviest though especially accredits naturally southeastern montgomery and bucks county and also, right into the delaware bay but po

we are getting your day started with the check of weather and traffic with katie and meisha. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. yes, gateway to our weekend. roads are looking good. the nice and dry. a lot of construction but that seems like the entire past couple weeks it feels like, katie. >> don't you feel lake a broken record when it comes to construction. >> that is not the kind of broken record i want to be. >> they will be picking up cones in a couple hours, things will clear out n terms of the weather i don't think you have to worry about wet weather here. next warm front lifting in. we are sitting technically in the warm sector of the storm system. the very same storm that brought all that damaging weather back across oklahoma. that is where we will turn our focus, start off with a wide zoom on storm scan three this storm system in the last day and a half didn't look that menacing. now it is starting to blossom. heavy pounding rain right now back through western tennessee and kentucky as well as down toward mississippi and this is the cold front that crosses our a

for a roller coaster ride with the weather, katie outside on the skies deck and meisha is watching the morning commute, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, happy thursday you guys. roads are looking g construction is getting cleared out, we still have some out there but no accidents to report. i guess the main, main topic of conversation is we have got tornadoes. >> thankfully we don't to have worry about there. never said t word unless we say it is on the way. i don't think that is a concern the at all, but what we are going to say is some wet weather that crosses in the area all courtesy of the same storm that, did bring tornadic activity across the central plains. that is where we will start our focus where we have got very heavy rain, very nasty thunderstorms currently erupting a cross mississippi, western tennessee, kentucky. that will be the hot bed of severe weather activity here today. but this storm isn't here just yet, at the moment, totally dry at the local level. we don't to have worry about wet weather throughout daylight hours, meanwhile by tonight, things do starting

. >> meisha, thank you. they are saying it was a miracle, no one was killed. california officials are saying that after commuter train jumped the tracks then plunge intoed creek last night. jan carabeo monitoring these developments for us in the satellite center so glad no one was killed in this, jan, good morning. >> good morning, 14 people are recovering today injured when their tape derailed just about 45 miles east of san francisco. now, that crash sent first car of the train into swollen creek, that forced emergency responders to rescue passengers from fast moving current. the ace number ten computer train traveling from san jose to stockton monday night when fallen tree reportedly derailed the first two cars. passengers relieved to walk away from the crash, family recalled confusion at the moment of the impact. >> that part, it can get little rock i anyway. at first it felt kind of like that. then after split second you realize, no, this was something a lot more serious. >> rich howell in a second car derailed but remained upright. he and other made thei

that record, meisha will get crushed today but a beautiful day in store. >> oh, lauren that makes me so happy. seventy's, in march. we will take it. any day, every day, good morning every within. happy hump day. weaver pushing through this week. we are getting over that hump slowly but surely to our gateway. this is the schuylkill first look, headlights months in the eastbound direction at the boulevard looking good. nice and quiet. we have in accidents right now to report. ninety-five south at girard, you can take a peak and see what it looks like right now. the plenty of early risers getting on to interstate i-95 the in the southbound direction but on a wednesday we can maybe expect that at this time. looking at the vine in the the westbound direction looking quiet, more vehicles moving in the eastbound direction, so make note. for those jumping on we have construction, past downingtown route 30 westbound before route 82 that left lane is block. make note of that. for those just waking up with us. construction on 495 southbound between edgemore road and i-95 that let lane is blocke

degree reading, in your seven day forecast and i will let you know when to break out those shorts, meisha, in just a couple minutes. >> all right, sound good, thanks very much, lauren for that great news, good morning everyone if you are just waking up with us we are so glad you are here. grabbing your first cup of coffee and we will bring this to you. we have police activity pulled off to the right shoulder, schuylkill eastbound approaching city avenue, not causing too many slow downs yet but i am watching this as we crack in the the 5:00 o'clock hour, because this will slow us down as we will get more gaper delay and volume issues out there just make note that is where you it is, but it is pulled off to the shoulder. boulevard moving in the the southbound direction approaching schuylkill, looking good, nice and quiet, beautiful shot. showing you that it is still dark outside, but in terms of the volume levels, we are looking good here at the boulevard. ben franklin bridge same story for this those coming from new jersey in the westbound direction, looking nice and quiet. one of my favor

meisha watching your morning commute. morning, good. >> happy tuesday.d morning, just string of 70s in march. >> love it. >> just loving. >> this and the roadways looking great. we have couple of accident out there, we will get to that in us judge a moment. justin, tell us how it is feeling outside. >> already feel the difference, unlike yesterday, not going to need the heavy coat this morning, just light jacket, and by the afternoon, you can break out the short sleeves if you want, maybe even the shorts with some sunshine, high temperature up around 70 degrees, the last time we hit the 70s, but check it out, already, everybody pretty much feeling the mild temperatures, 49 up in the mountains, 47 in philadelphia, 48 degrees at the airport, atlantic city we do have west philly wind there is morning, and that will continue into the afternoon, nice mild flow, so that's why our high temperatures will be running about good 20 degrees

meisha checking on the roads. good morning. >> happy thursday, overall things are looking g we are heating up on the roadways. they are nice and dry. construction moving out. we have a disable vehicle on the commodore barry bridge. we will get to that in a moment. how are things feeling outside. >> not terrible. we have a hint of the breeze, i am will's very victoria secret runway right now, i don't know, but it is breezy out here on the sky deck right now. although mild, that said because we have seen the thermometer readings take a nice uphill climb in the last 24 hours. lets get start off with the quick check on storm which is locally no signs of storminess. nice and clear outside. one zoom out and then you start to see things starting to g

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i want to check with katie and meisha a. what a beautiful day ahead of us. >> it does feel nice outside. roads looking good, nice and dry, just a lot of construction. we have dealt with it yesterday, seeing it today. they are all coming out now that it is so nice out. >> we all come out of the woodwork when weather turns. i heard kid playing outside playing late into the evening because it is so pleasant outside and will continue to be so throughout the day-to-day. yeah, get those shorts ready for second day in a row, may-like conditions on the way here yet again today. a as we go out to a wide zoom on storm scan three what you will notice is things are tranquil here, basically across the eastern united states unless you are up toward canadian border. obviously something awaiting in the wings a large storm system starting to take on more organization that candy kane or comma shape to it, that is next storm system heading our way bringing witt some wet weather to the area not here yet though. the take a look outside overlooki

meisha, over to you. >> no fun to have that rain on a friday, but i suppose.py tuesday, if you are just wacking up with us, roads looking pretty good. certainly seeing levels climb right now, as we can expect, as we try to push toward the 6:00 hour then move into it. this is a look at 95 south past cottman, basically what it look like yesterday too in the 5:00 hour. starting to heat up. still traveling at posted speeds interstate 995. moving in the southbound direction, give yourself couple of extra minutes, good news not dealing with any wet roadways this morning, all dry, just dealing with some wind. a look at the vine, taillights moving in the westbound direction, at broad street looking good, as you can see, not too many brake lights, maybe just couple of going out there, overall things looking pretty good on the vine, holding steady, what we want to see in the 5:00 hour pretty typical n malvern 202 headlight moving in the for the bound direction, approaching route 29. basically what you are looking at. so looking good, everything basically what we are bei

meisha is keeping an eye on the roads. >> you are rhyming and you didn't even know it, erika. >> good morning. >> normally i don't want to be on the sky deck but today lauren, it is looking nice out there and coolest thing i heard these bird chirping, so awesome. >> reporter: so spring like, seasons, they are a changing. the it feels great. i'm going soft coat feels great. temperatures so mild. we are 10 degrees above our average high temperature at this early hour, 60 degrees right now in philadelphia a, we're at 60 in mount pocono. same case in atlantic city, you know, no winter coats today. storm scan three showing us a different picture. we have more clouds in place, showers off to the north but those showers will be along for most of the delaware valley. for most of the day to day but as we head in the second half of the day and tonight we do want to have have a chance of seeing a few scattered showers before the 9:00 o'clock hour, mid 60's, more cloud around in the middle 70's for your lunch break. take it all in. mix of clouds and sunshine and then in the 5:00 o'clock hour we h