i'm a fire work. >> well, all around, katie perry's lyrics set to the a soap opera. >> remind you of the time meisha and i taped that fake soap opera, when young and restless was on town. maybe we will repowe it. >> we will tell but james corden taking his show on a road to a familiar place. lets check out, lauren in for katie for a look at the forecast. >> i want to be in a soap opera too. can i be veronica. >> this is a soap opera. >> every day. >> okay, that is your name for rest of the day. temperatures are mild, feeling good only need a light jacket. feeling good in my pleather. 60 degrees in philadelphia 56 in allentown. chillier down the shore. temperatures 45 degrees in ac but we are at 54 in wildwood. also along the coast and inland as well but to the east of i-95 we are seeing some fog lingering, visability greatly reduced in the atlantic city area burlington county, mercer county as well, center city philadelphia in problems with the visibility and in problems heading throughout the day-to-day, a bunch of sunshine in store up to six degrees, beautiful to get out, walk around 68 degrees by end of the day to day but for tomorrow, we are going to keep an eye on potential for heavy rain and strong thunderstorms, flood watch for a large portion of the area, thursday morning until early friday afternoon, and we do have potential to see some strong, potentially even severe weather, philadelphia, and parts of the i-95 corridor south jersey marginal risk tomorrow and across portions of delaware, southern interior new jersey the shore are in a slight risk of severe weather, we will talk more about that storm threat coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> all right, thank you so much for that. good morning, everyone. happy wednesday, to you. we are looking outside right now at blue route taillights moving in the southbound direction at ridge pike. do you see what we're looking at southbound and northbound at blue result we are looking okay. we had fog moved in, mostly moving out of the way right now. boulevard southbound it is starting to heat up on the boulevard, once you jump on the schuylkill we are dealing with the same flow of congestion levels starting to build. we have within talking about how you have rainy days on monday and tuesday it lead to a residual congestion mark on the rest of the week. that is what we are seeing. head up give yourself a couple extra minutes. it will be busy, even though it is shaping up to be quite a nice morning. we are dealing with construction out there northeast extension southbound between quakertown and lance tail that right lane blocked there we have been talking about construction on the pennsylvania turnpike. it was in three different stretches on have the pennsylvania turnpike moving in the westbound direction and now down to one that is left parks turnpike westbound between fort washington and norristown one lane blocked there might slow you down there. and we are also dealing with the an accident this morning, first one, only one of the morning that is still out there in willow grove. fair way drive at edge hill road. also, talking about that fog, so there is one area still that you are talking about a speed restriction and that is new jersey turnpike, between burlington, mount holly and 195, down to 45 miles an hour and slow you down a little bit but hey we can all slow down anyway. we have got construction here as well, 95 southbound between route one and woodhaven road this construction will not start until 10:00 a.m. after the bulk of our morning rush. it will linger until 2:00 p.m. this is before evening rush starts. that being said i will say this is a busier stretch so might vote you down at 10:00 a.m. >> good to know, thank you. nfl draft in philadelphia is three weeks away but it could start to effect your daily commute. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the art museum where restrictions are already in place, good morning , jan. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. those parking restrictions went into effect overnight at midnight. you can in loaning park in the 2400 block of pennsylvania avenue, only south side parking spots are impacted. in the meantime throughout the city you can see signs of this impending nfl draft popping up all over place. they are new working at what will be the main stage is underway. the nfl draft is still weeks away but transform transformation at eakins oval and philadelphia museum of artist taking shape. for three days at end of the month this is venue for 2017, nfl draft experience. the star studded end is expected to attract, hundreds of thousands of people to the city, as well as 10s of millions of dollars of revenue in the meantime, set up has brought about a bit of frustration for tourist. >> only thing that we came here for. >> reporter: those famous rock rocky steps are off limits. ronald is visiting from holland. you just want to climb those steps. >> yes. >> they told you it is not happening. >> it is not happening because of the american tradition of the draft. >> reporter: new parking restrictions are in effect at art museum, you can in longer park on the 2400 block of pennsylvania avenue. >> take over the whole parkway that is how it looks. >> reporter: in fact starting april 19th inner lanes of the parkway will close, and by april 25th, all lanes of the parkway will be restricted. twenty-first through 24th streets in this area will be shut down, eakins oval will be off limits as well as martin luther king drive. >> they are blocking off road, setting up bleachers, if we necessity bit ahead of time we will be like let's take fairmount avenue. >> thinks your warning. >> new we know. >> reporter: in the coming weeks pedestrians will have a harder time getting around too but many we spoke with say it is small price to pay, philly, once again gearing up for the national spotlight. >> it is progress, right. a little bit of inconvenience for the big event that i'm sure will draw a nice crowd and plenty of publicity for the city. >> the draft comes april 27th through 29th so do expect travel on the ben franklin reporting live from the live outside the art museum, jan carabao, rahel and jim, back to you. head to cbs philly.com for latest news on the draft in addition up to dates own road closures, you'll find talk who the eagles might pick up and profiles on the draft picks from our region. time is 5:37. in business news amazon strikes a streaming deal for football. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us life from the insuring stock exchange with the detail. plus word of the popular footwear chain closing stores, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. right now, futures pointing to a lower open, yesterday dow jones rose 39 points, nasdaq was up four. discounts foot wall chair pay less filed for bankruptcy and will close 400 stores. pay less employs about 22,000 workers in more than 30 countries and it is just latest retailer to struggle as more people shop on line. amazon meanwhile is getting ready for some football. amazon reached 50 million-dollar deal with the nfl to stream, 10, thursday night football games next fall , cbs and nbc each broadcast five games, amazon will stream that coverage, only amazon prime users will be able to watch. and very rare diamond, just broke a new record, the pink star die machine sold at auction for more than 71 million-dollar, which is most ever for any gem stone at auction. this is nearly 60 carat stone, it sold in just five minutes of bidding, and the local jeweler had that winning bid, jim and rahel. >> rahel wanted me to bid, i said, let's just say no. >> you just don't love me that much. you love me but not that much. >> wouldn't pass the budget. >> a cup of coffee goes a long way too. >> it does, thanks, jill. we will check with you tomorrow. >> a lot less expensive. >> exactly. >> that is true. >> it is sparkly though. >> you'll get over it. by end of today we should know more about hard rock plans for shuttered taj mahal in the atlantic city. they will meet to discuss the details. hard rock will invest more than 300 million-dollar to buy , renovate and reopen the casino. philadelphia's controversial sugary drinks tax head to court today, pelt court in pittsburgh will hear arguments over legality of the tax. this tax ads1 and a half cents per ounce to sugary drinks sold in philadelphia beverage industry claims drinks are already subject to a state sales tax and as a result consumers are hit with the double tax but city has argued it is in the a sales tax because it is, leveed on distributors and in the retailers. $70,000 reward is up for grabs for information leading to an arrest in the quadruple shooting in north philadelphia three men were killed in the violence at 11th and styles, across the street from a catholic school. at last check one man remains hospitalized. police say victims were well men to authorities and they each, they say each victim had a lengthy criminal record. police are searching for two suspects. a sign controversy prompted one south jersey town to consider changing its law, controversy is over this sign which read hate has in home here. danielle has it outside her haddon heights home. boro says it is antis. and not allowed in residential yard. when she received a warning to take it down or face a summons >> he said well, it is antis. , i said it is not antis. at all but just stating the fact that i have love in my home, there is no hate. >> haddon heights council members met to discuss change to the law in formal decision was made but plans are underway to hold public meetings about the ordinance. one of the philadelphia's most beloved figures passed on family of ralph archibald tells "eyewitness news" that the long time ben franklin impersonator died last week. archibald spent 45 years as philadelphia's official ben franklin. he died march 25th and services were private. he died from congestive heart failure. ralph archibald was 75 years old. >> that is really sad, stapel around towny watched him get married in front of the independent mall. >> you saw him in center city. >> nice man. we will tell you why some of your favorite tv shows air in danger offing ago way soon. >> we will tell you how an inmate was able to escape police through a hole in the ceiling. we will tell what you he was doing when officers finally caught up with him. these so-called toys are all of the craze right new but did you know they can have a hidden health benefit. we will tell you bit when we come well, i will tell you your favorite tv shows could be at risk because writers guild of america may go on strike. talks between the deal and alliance of motion picture and television producers are expected to continue next week , deal says it need pay raises for writers and better assistance for health care. writers strike back in 2007 race ted 100 days and some say california's economy, lost billions of dollars as a result. we are getting a glimpse of the documentary about heath ledger called i am heath ledger. he died nine years ago from an accidental drug overdose. film will feature personal home videos of the star, spike tv released a trailer on what would have been ledger's 38th birthday. it premiers in the tribeca film festival late they're month and of up may third before today buying on spike tv may 17th. he has hosted late, late show here on cbs and now he is packing his bags. he will be back. he is taking a trip home, late night hoe will be heading to london to shoot three episode of the show there in june. now corden's not saying much about the broadcast just that they will definitely have a british twist, cheer ohio, and reminder you can catch late, late show with james corden weeknights at 12:37. that airs after james -- steve colbert here on cbs-3. >> i wand fur they watched his show over there, like one of their channels. >> yeah. >> we watch british television here on pbs. >> yes. >> these are things i think of i. >> it is interesting. >> yes, it is. >> yes, hometown celebrity there. >> veronica storm is here. >> is that an actual soap opera star. >> no. >> she just made that name up. >> yes. >> if she were a soap opera star that is what verb contact 's name would be, veronica storm. >> that would be appropriate. >> but there is no storm today >> in storm today, just sunshine, in store, mild temperatures, not quite as warm as yesterday when we got up in the middle 70's but all quiet looking live at center city philadelphia clear sky conditions, we will give you some stars, this morning, and our cbs-3 eyewitness weather watchers are up at this early hour. we appreciate that on a wednesday morning with some of their current conditions and temperatures, not too shabby but conditions are going to be a little different when we wake up this time tomorrow morning because we will be dealing with rain starting to move in the area we will check in most of our weather watcher temperatures are in the 50's. 58 degrees at our weather watcher dave's house in essington, pennsylvania. he says calm wind, beautiful morning, spring's in the air, we all love that, yes, indeed, feeling like spring, finally after a pretty miserable march , current temperature right now will head, up into pennsylvania, 56 degrees at lou's house, a couple cloud in eagleville. he has just a couple cloud passing through, light wind, heading in to new jersey where it is 44 at mark's house in chatsworth, new jersey. has commentary fog is forming. we have been contending with this fog across portions of south jersey and along the coast. they will start to lift as we head in the next couple of hours and storm scan three is quiet at this hour but we have a storm system, potent one up wind and it will continue to move its way east and impact delaware valley heading in the day tomorrow. for today soak in some sunshine. mostly sunny, mild, 68 degrees for tonight drop down to 49, breezy wind, showers developing late and as we head in the day tomorrow contending with heavy rain, both in the morning and in the afternoon, locally strong thunderstorms, some of those storms could produce gusty wind and both of our commutes look like they will be impacted but something to look forward to on friday, it is phillies home opener, it will be a breezy day, cooler, 52 degrees with a stray shower possible but, who really cares about that because phillies are playing, spring's in full bloom and as we head in the upcoming weekend in the too bad, chilly start on saturday at 39 degrees but by sunday beautiful conditions, 65 and check that out next tuesday that is 75 degrees. >> yeah. >> i'm liking that, 75 means we are creeping on 80. we are just starting to get there. good morning everyone. we have not gotten relief on the road because we have been dealing with everything, rainy roadways, visibility issues like fog we are dealing with fog this morning as well. this shot from bucks county 95 at 413 taillights in the northbound direction you can barely see them there woodhaven road headlights moving in the eastbound direction with fog in that area as well. visibility will play an issue for our morning commute? you bet it is. i-95 south at cottman i do not think that is cottman is that cottman or is that just -- he is saying that is foggy. >> i'm thinking, that because we have got some dense fog here, i'm in the quite sure, 95 south at south, the fog must be increasing there because it didn't look like that a while ago. this is what we are looking at here in the westbound direction. hitting your breaks moving and jumping on the schuylkill. starting to slow down there. looking at eastbound side would i say you are building levels there as well. you have been for quite sometime. vine's heating up dealing with the fog. you know what to do leave those homes earlier. turf say that again, today. construction northeast extension southbound between quakertown and lansdale right lane blocked there we have construction on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between fort washington and are in is town, one lane blocked there, jim, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. a man is back in custody down in florida avenue making a run for it. officers say he escaped from a bathroom inside the police station. michael caruso was accused of stealing from a kohl's department store and now he is facing more charges. while in custody he smashed a hole in the bathroom ceiling, and then moved into the attic, removed a fan, and escaped. his run from the law was a short one, police caught up with him a few minutes later while trying to break into a nearby house. i don't know what the police were doing there that you can manage to take care of that. >> yes. >> oh, man. cell phone carrier is hiring horse toes do its latest work. >> u.s. cell network in central wisconsin is upgrading its towers but many are just too difficult to reach by truck. so company hired a farmer and his horses to bring parts the two remote site, jason julius says training a work for this kind of a work is not easy. >> is there a million things that can go wrong. nothing that anybody could not learn but there is a lot to learn. >> it is nice that we use, old technology to deliver new technology. >> julius is happy to take on extra work asiana digs to his daily routine. experts say a toy could be just a thing to help you focus >> now these toys are literally spinning off shelves and we're talking about the fidget spinner and counterpart the fidget cube. it is a creators raise 6.5 million-dollar on a kick starter campaign to begin production, and now stores in new york city says it is selling out. psychologist says it is an appeal that is obvious. >> it just centers you when you are fidgeting with something your hand are feeding back to your brain a signal thaw are involved in a repeat testify task, and that repetitive task frees up your mind. >> ahh. >> i have a tendency with a shaky leg. fidget toys are used by doctors while treating patient was autism, anxiety, o cd and adhd. >> i have noticed that. >> i shake when i'm writing a script, it is going a mile a minute. up next secret fundraiser nets thousands of dollars to send a fast food worker back to school. and then meet pennsylvania couple who played quite a prank on their mail carrier for april ...to those of us who stumble. celebrate the fearless who fumble. at clorox, we salute those who fight the good fight... ...just to stay upright. we take our hats off to the hoppers... the floppers... and the produce pile topplers. there's a little klutz in all of us. that's why we made clorox splash-less bleach... ...splashless. shine on, klutzes. shine on. ♪ central pennsylvania couple is responsible for latest viral video. >> they played the perfect april fools prank on their male man, billy and jackie kelly, put an envelope in their mail slot, right, nothing unusual there but when they started to pull it out, it turned out to be 10 feet long, they grabbed a picture before admitting their prank to the mail carrier. >> i just thought one day we had a letter sticking out of the mail slot and it would be funny if you pulled that and just kept going. >> it is nice that people think it is funny, pass ate long, a little laugh is good. >> kelly's are already thinking about next april fools prank. >> they do one every year. >> they got them good. >> um-hmm, can't imagine that. talk about a big tip a man in kansas city was moved by fast food employee's plan to go back to school. >> so moved he is paying for her to do it with help from friend. don carter presented popeyes worker mayes with the money on sunday. she told carter she was going to nursing school in the drive through within day. he started a go fund me and raised more than $14,000. >> unaudible. >> wow. >> i love stories like this carter saw a spark in her when he met her in the drive through and that conversation didn't even last, a minute. >> that is wonderful. >> great there. >> you touch peoples lives. coming up on "eyewitness news" a local school nurse is hailed a hero for saving this little boy's life, symptoms that she noticed that alerted her to a serious health problem. plus, looking for love, we will tell you about a new friend in dating websites making love connections by matching up credit scores. >> oh, boy. >> we will be right the dinosaurs' extinction... got you outnumbered. don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... why don't you sit over here. something for everyone is awesome. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. more to stream to every screen. some of us are wake up to thick fog but once that clears you will need sunglasses, gorgeous sunny day ahead. >> what kind of a day. >> gorgeous. >> a developing story look at surveillance of the man touching a baby in a stroller, why police want to talk to the child's parent or caregivers. and a new pepsi ad starring a member of the kardashian/jenner clan is sparking controversy for way it seems to instantly solve the problems of protesters. i'm hanna daniels and we will show you commercial and backlash it is now getting. today is wednesday, april 5th, good morning i'm rahel solomon. good morning, ladies. >> well, good morning. >> happy wednesday, lauren, great to have you with us this morning. veronica over here. >> and, veronica here. >> we have to stay tuned later on to social media pages we may be putting up something, something. >> looking outside right new we have fog out there that is now moving out, so we are dealing with visibility issues >> we are moving across the area starting to creep its way west ward so head up in the eastern, philadelphia suburbs. it is kind of moving its way from the, concentration, and now moving westbound so we could see locally reduced visability. visability have been down for several hours in atlantic city down to .3 of a mile. conditions will improve with that fog over next