states. >> a lot of people have been saying that on twitter. >> and stephen colbert had lots to say on last night's broadcast of the late show. >> he and i went to the same school, yeah, we went to northwestern. they make them good out there, katie. we are expecting some severe weather today. >> we are. we will see two separate round moving in, throughout the course of the day, one comes late this morning and most volatile comes along later this afternoon, late afternoon into the early evening. so timing is pretty much perfect for us to end up with maybe the strongest of the thunderstorms that we might muster up just because we will have a lot of heating of the day getting underway, nice instability to create, the moment though storm scan is pretty quiet. we have visibility problems, minor fog issues out there closer to the riverbeds, closer to, again, you know, those valley area you run into some fog because we are in the warm sector with time winds will be picking up. that will scatter fog out but then we have another set of problems. that first batch thaw see sort of removed from the main squall line across ohio and indiana that moves in our northwestern counties. i think between 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., lancaster, berks, lehigh, northampton and poconos where we will see heavy rain and likely thunderstorms coming in first and waiting until the afternoon for rest of us. here's where we stand. fifty-six at the airport. very mild start. fifty-eight in trenton. fifty-eight already in allentown. if you get that first round of rain coming in it will cool air a little bit buzz you have got a shot of the new record in a handful of spots including allentown. record is 67. seventy-five is our expected high though here in the city. that is awfully warm for the, standards, but b, it also again helps set stage for potential anyway of pretty nasty storms. just a little later on we will talk about impact and what kind of impact will they bring and more on the timing too. >> good to know, thank you, good morning, happy wednesday to you. ninety-five south at cottman this is what we are looking at pushing in the southbound direction, looking good, but we know that rain coming in later, you can head out earlier this morning, you probably will want to do so. another thing we have been seeing in our camera shots is that fog out there, plus we have had some speed restrictionness place. we will talk about that in a second. schuylkill at boulevard for those pushing in the eastbound direction. would i say eastbound side is heating up, westbound side we are looking okay, coming off of the boulevard, but right here, moving in the eastbound direction you will heat up. now we were talking about speed restrictions. good news we have them down to 25 miles an hour on the commodore barry bridge and those have been lifted. hopefully a sign of things to come. fog moving out of the way. then in the world of patco running modified eastbound schedule between 10:0 will and 1:08 p.m. and sewer repairs between walter rand transportation center and waterfront entertainment center. rahel, back to you. destruction and disbelief as deadly tornadoes leave two people dead and dozens injured in the midwest. >> this severe weather system is moving across the country. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live from the cbs-3 stat center with more on the incredible survival. >> reporter: good morning. is there a whole lot of clean up to be done in the many communities out in the midwest this morning. baseball sized hail fell in parts of the area, high wind took down trees, power lines and tore off roofs and some areas funnel clouds left paths of destruction. >> oh, my god look at this. >> reporter: severe weather including more than 20 tornado sightings, devastated communities throughout the midwest on tuesday. this massive funnel cloud was caught on camera by storm chasers in central illinois, at least four tornadoes were reported near the town of the was, one person was killed after a tree uprooted and at least 50 homes were damaged. this woman says that she escaped the storm with her life. >> had to do the best i can to survive. my whole street is wrecked. trees are down. >> are you okay. >> reporter: in missouri strong wind tossed cars off interstate 55, one driver was killed, at least two twisters hit the town. neighbors helped each other escape the ruble left behind. this woman rescued after her home was destroyed. >> i just wanted to do what i had to do to survive. >> we have seen stuff flying through the air, signs, bunch of roofs down. >> reporter: severe weather system is moving into indiana and ohio while tornado watches are posted from oklahoma to kentucky, through the morning. meantime, elsewhere in the plains, strong winds in texas spread wild fires there, officials say that the flames forced evacuation of 1200 homes. a lot of disruption out to the west this morning. jim and rahel, back inside to you. >> our heart goes out to them, thank you. turning to business news, 5:36. how president trump's speech will effect markets today. >> also how hershey's is planning to cut costs. money watch's jill wagner is live from the insuring stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. futures are pointing to a higher open, yesterday dow jones snapped longest winning streak since 1987, falling 25 points. nasdaq dropped 36. we will see how wall street reacts to president trump's speech last night he called for corporate tax cuts saying u.s. businesses have highest tax rates in the world. president says his economic team is working on plan to make sure u.s. companies can compete on a level playing field with other countries, he did offer few details. hershey's planning to layoff 2700 workers, about 15 percent of his work force, most of the cuts come from overseas. it is part of the restructuring plan designed to boost profit. uber is facing even more problems, ceo travis kaln is apologizing and admitting he needs to grow up after dash cam video shows him in heated argument with an uber driver over the company's pay structure. it follows accusations of widespread sexism at the company. jim and rahel. >> i'm telling you there are cameras every where. >> i saw that clip, i didn't realize that was him. >> oh, boy. >> he is, this is the, he has been in the spotlight for negative stuff, for a very long time and it seems like it is all just coming to a head this week. >> it has been a rough couple weeks for uber. well to day volunteers will continue their clean up effort in mount carmel jewish cemetery. >> dozens of people will restore grounds in wissonoming yesterday. over the weekend vandals toppled more than 100 grave stones, reward is $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of those people responsible for damage. fraternal order of the police and mayor's office are among those rewarding, offering reward money. big reward may have led to the arrest of the philadelphia man wanted in the murder of his aunt, andrew cruttenden is now behind bars, the 26 year-old is accused of killing his an, again, virginia cruttenden. police found the victim shot in her head inside her home in the 3200 block of mercer street in port richmond on friday. cruttenden was arrested hours after the city offered a $20,000 reward in the case. walk on tours resume in the famous battleship new jersey on the camden river front. the battleship is opened from 9:30 to 3:00 through labor day to celebrate the battleship is offering a deal through friday if you buy a ticket for new jersey's fire powered tour featuring gun tours and 53- foot helicopter, you will get a tour of the entire battleship. entire thing, for free. >> yes. a bidding war underway for two big memoirs. >> we will tell you how much president obama and mrs. obama could be missing to write a book. join me next as i go one on one with one of the greatest athletes in the world delran's carli lloyd, she talked about the she believes cup and most crazy thing she has ever had to did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone 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>> 60 million. >> yes. >> fascinating lives. >> yes. we pick the wrong business >> yes. hey, guys. >> well, we are looking ahead to some pretty stormy weather, which we will track coming up here, but we do have something special here tonight at 11:00. never mind. it is still coming. >> stay tuned. >> secret's blown. >> kate will have your march outlook, here on cbs-3 at 11:00. check that out as we get together with meteorological spring we are off to a stormy start. march charging in like a lion. >> roar. >> here in the area. >> it will be coming in here to bring this stormy weather to us. heavy rain, thunderstorms all a concern throughout the course of the day and you can see leading edge of that already working its way in to western pennsylvania, with some heavy thunderstorms. we will check with the weather watchers very quickly if we can, there we are, lets take a look here 54 degrees this morning. lets go out to wayne hunter reporting fog, 54 the temperature though, off to a mild start, light wind to go with that, allowing that fog to form. we have a picture, here it is, i have seen pictures like this alan sent this one in, he has daffodils and tulips, not just shooting out of the ground, they are really, high out of the ground, already and i know many of you already watching, you have seen this as well. so it is a little bit too soon , for these buds to be popping out of the ground but there they are. you know we have got this warmth for such a stretch of time we will see this happen. so again one more look at storm scan here comes the storms, lets track this second half of the morning this is what will light up here. five, six, seven, eight, nine or 10 or so, we may just barely, get bypassed by this here in philadelphia. further south you don't have to worry about that first batch. later this afternoon squall line sets up. we will see this go through. we went from two to 4:00 p.m. and moving across the region. so it is fast moving, heavy downpours, gusty winds to go with that, those are primary concerns with these storms but then they are clearing the coast according to this model, by about six or 7:00 p.m. at latest. with that said there is a chance that this does slow down a little bit more. of course, we will have a report coming up but we have the she believes cup coming up , two separate big interesting matches. we will go from 71 degrees at 4:00 p.m. to 64 by 7:00. we will go for that match set up, you will end up with dramatically dropping temperatures and gusty thunderstorms around. need to keep an eye on that down in chester but there may be minor delays because of the storms. then it gets windy and cold. by friday we have reenforcing cold, couple of snow showers, actually move in by friday morning, meisha. >> the mood just went like this in the studio. all right, thank you for. that let's try to bring it backup by talking about hump day and getting over the hump together. looking outside view at i-95, i would say over past 20 minutes we are starting to heat up now. so for those just thinking about maybe staying in a little bit later and sipping that coffee slower, get out there, it will be busy today. we know rain is coming. 422 in the eastbound direction past oaks this is what you are looking at there still dark. 422 still maneuvering around just fine. vine at i-95 starting to heat up. city avenue north and southbound both directions between 63rd and king's grant avenue right lanes are block this starts at 9:00 a.m. and lingering through friday, just a reminder on that. another reminder we have route one both directions at oxford valley, a construction project that starts at 10:00 a.m., also lingering through until 3:00 p.m. and that is through friday. heads up on. that we are talking about reminders. another one we have covered yesterday. i will bring it to your attention today. patco is running special eastbound special 10:08 to 1:08. river line is shuttle busing for sewer repairs. this is shuttle busing between walter rand transportation center and waterfront entertainment center and i will tweet this out and another reminder just to make sure to check those schedules on line. with all of the changes you will want to do so. delaware river bridge, we are used to this, our friend, these alternates get busy. we will talk about that coming up in the next 15 minutes, rahel, back over to you. meisha, thank you. one of the world's greatest athletes takes center stage in her own backyard. >> she's off to merry oldening land to continue her career but first our pat gallen sat down with her. >> carli lloyd is perhaps the greatest female soccer player in the world. two team fifa player of the year will team up for team u.s.a. in the she believes cup in chester. i sat down with lloyd ahead of tonight's game with germany and she talks first and foremost about the importance of those connecting with these who look up to her. >> it is important. every time i step out on the field or in my training environment being a good role model is something i pride myself in. if i can help by telling them to either that vegetables or go out and train harder hopefully they can all see that. >> vegetable thing, we will see. she believes cup is tomorrow in chester. so how cool is it to play in a game like this. >> philly is near and dear to my heart. anytime i get to come back and play in new jersey or play in philadelphia, it is special because i have a lot of friends and family coming out. great stadium, great atmosphere. we have a great crowd. it is sold out or nearly sold out. so yeah, it is great. >> heading to manchester city, quite a feat for a new jersey girl playing in england, are you looking forward to that. >> i wanted to play abroad but just matter of where, when. it started with an e-mail from my management team from the head coach. they are in the champion group quarter finals. >> have you played another sport besides soccer what would it be. >> basketball. >> what is weirdest thing i have ever been asked. >> probably to sign somebody's belly. >> did you do it. >> i did but i felt a little weird. >> coolest moment of your career. >> hard to not say 2015 world cup, nothing else really to say about that. >> yeah. she signed someone's belly. she mentioned the game being sold out, nearly sold out, less than a thousand tickets remain for u.s./germany match up. if you want to see carli lloyd , this is last time she will be playing in the area for quite a while. hope weather holds up. >> i interviewed her a few months ago. just a nice normal person. >> absolutely. >> you know who is nice and normal. jay wright is joining us in the studio one hour from right now, jay wright will be with us and we will talk about wildcats chances at repeat plus his new book called attitude, develop a winning mind set on and off the court. he will be on cbs-3 at 6:45. do not miss that. cheers at most college basketball games are reserved for tall guys who score but not so last night in boys i, idaho. this time ball bounced over basket and was lodged under the shot clock. despite efforts of the tall guy, seven footer, it didn't work, that is we had to grab a little guy, young fan. he goes and gets the ball. he has great climbing skills. he gets it. >> adventurer. >> yeah, good job. >> yes. >> thanks, pat. up next we will show you baby's ultrasound picture that you have to see it to believe it. >> um-hmm, we will be right so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. it is new food obsession a cookie dough parlor. >> they look just like ice cream, cookie dough confection s opened less than a month ago near greenwich village and it has a big following. more than dozen cookie dough flavors including, listen to this, browny batter and salt and sweet. shop owner says she work out recipe so dough is safe to eat >> i was going to say, that is first thing i can think of you are not supposed to eat raw cookie dough. i'm always into food safety. >> that is my one obsession. i have to tell you have friday i go to whole foods. you know that. i have to get a chocolate chip vegan oatmeal, it sounds so gross. it is a vegan chocolate chip oatmeal cookie from whole foods. try it. it is every friday. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> oh, good. >> all right, fine. baby in utah will be born into rock and roll. >> baby made his or her love for rock very clear in an ultrasound. now if you look very carefully at this video you can see baby showing, rock sign. >> my goodness. >> mom says first time baby kick when she was listening to spotify they plan to reveal sex to the family on friday. >> hopefully musical baby. >> that is so cute. >> if it is a girl they need to name her meisha. >> well, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this woman lost nearly 200 pounds, and in just one day, yes, one day, we will have her incredible story. i'm a little skeptical. >> video that will make your jaw drop. amazingly, he is okay but could face charges, we will have that story next 1/2 punch of storms kate i will be timing it out, rain, chance for severe weather. >> it is on the ground see damage kicking up. >> my god. >> same system heading our way wreak havoc in the midwest and 20 tornadoes have been reported and this morning we are hearing incredible stories of survival. the time for small thinking is over. the time for trivial fights is behind us. we just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. >> president trump delivers his first address to congress and there was a noticeable change in his tone, we are live from the nation's capitol with the big moments from his speech. today is wednesday, march 1st good morning i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. good morning, ladies. >> well, good morning. on the roadway we are seeing, dealing with fog a little bit earlier, that is moving out of our way but we have accidents out there, disabled vehicle, debris, all that. >> rain to deal with before morning drive is over but not every where. lets look at storm scan three which has heavy rain, thunderstorms through western pennsylvania that will get here over next couple of hours mainly northwestern county issue and then we will see second round of rain coming in looking at current visability they are not great, i-95 is better. below a mile in millville, ac airport will check in at 1 mile visibility. as wind picks up, that is all it will take, with that fog to get scoured away. that will be helpful when it comes to visibility but in the meantime, taking a look at temperatures we are off to a mild start. fifty-seven temperature both at philly international and atlantic city, flirting with 60. we are on pace to warm up efficiently here to daze a