ride home for the kids i wouldn't call it short and flip flops weather just yet. but it is more seasonable. up to 52 degrees with sunny skies all day long, so, still needing the winner coat certainly meisha, but it is better than last week for sure. >> much better. all right, katie, thank you. and keith beat it first day of spring. morning, everybody, happy monday. looking outside right now, disabling vehicle, 95 south, girard point bridge. heads up. starting to slow down as we travel by a lot of brakes lights going off travel by there, little gaper delay, levels now starting to build as we go to the 6:00 hour. pretty typical. we start to things changes ever so slightly. one of the areas starting to see a change is 42 freeway northbound creek road. approach 295, in new jersey, take a look at how many vehicles are out there. far cry from what we were seeing 20, 30 minutes ago. also, i want to pull your attention to the construction project, wide friending two lanes to four, great news. how much, it does mean construction going to slow us down. 322 between route one, 452, starting the initial work this week between 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 . but his is going to be along with a construction project out there for years, not just a month, but years, laurel. talk more about this, a lot more to talk about in a few minute. >> breaking news from northeast philadelphia. police officer is in the hospital after an assault. >> we do know suspect is in custody. right out to "eyewitness news" reporter tran dough, what can you tell us? >> well, rahel, jim there is officer in stable condition at aria-torresdale hospital with an injury to his head. i'm toll he works in the eighth district, 20 year veteran. meanwhile the person arrested is just 17 years old. but take a look at the scene here. inside this park wood shopping plaza, very busy, lots of shops here. and you can see that police remain on the scene with part of the parking lot taped off. all started just after 4:00 a.m. police received call about a man with a gun in the parking lot of this shopping center, on the 12,000 block of academy road in the city park wood section. an officer shot the young man and attempted to frisk him, but struggle ensued. slammed the officer to the ground which caused him to hit his head. police say the teen also fits description every man who robbed nearby 7-eleven at gunpoint early sunday morning. here chief inspector scott small. >> not only is this individual now going to be charged with assault on police, but northeast is looking into the possibility that he may have committed this robbery point of gun. >> now fortunately, officer did arrive on the scene hiding behind one of the businesses here, they've in the bound that gun that they are looking for. the k9's police offers remembers combing the parking lot looking for that weapon. for now live in park wood, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you. >> trang, thank you. >> meanwhile additional breaking news, police investigating two separate fatal shootings in philadelphia's log and section. the most recent happened here at old york road and ruscomb street. medics found the victim on the sidewalk earlier this morning with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. police have not yet identified the victim or a motive. detectives did find surveillance cameras in the area. they hope that those cameras will provide more answers in this crime. >> just 1 mile from there, another deadly shooting eight hours earlier. police say man shot twice around 7:30 last night on the 1900 block of roberts avenue. police returned the victim to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. so far no arrest haves been made. if you have any information please contact philadelphia police. >> and more breaking news this morning, fatal car accident in wynnefield height after a driver loses control and strikes an ooh at this at this pole. rushed to the 4400 block of overbrook avenue around 3:00 a.m. authorities are still trying to figure out what caused the deadly crash. >> and, septa police this morning following several leads after a brawl at a septa subway station. that will was caught on camera. >> this happened thursday, at the subway race station, police say it all started over a snowball fight. mother took this video but declined to be interviewed. she said her daughter was kick in the head. there are photos of people believed to be involved in the brawl, but police say it is too early to say they're suspect. >> happening today, jury selection for the trial of former penn state president graham spanier. spanier faces child endangerment and other charges. prosecutors say his response to the jerry sandusky child abuse scandal puts children at risk two. other former penn state officials pleaded guilty in the case. they're expected to testify during spanier's trial. spanier maintains his innocence. also happening today, the house intelligence committee begins hearings on russia's role in cyber breaches, target g democratic national committee. fbi director james comey scheduled to testify. intelligence officials say left behind the theft of dnc emails last sum near effort to interfere in the presidential election. the panel may also question cuomo about president trump's unsubstantiated claim president obama threatened to wiretap at trump tower. senate begins confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee gorsuch. thirteen months after the death of justice antonin scalia. today gorsuch and the judiciary committee's 20 members will give opening statements who will answer questions tomorrow and wednesday, outside witnesses will testify on thursday. >> secret service investigating security instances, near the white house, sister station wusa in washington, picks p up the store. >> i it was the check point last night, where dc police say 29 year old sean keying and pulled up in a stolen car. he claimed to have a bomb in the trunk, while passing? his hand. he told officers this is a test. >> the incident happened at 11:00 saturday night. that driver is now in custody. >> i mean, i think that there probably should be more security. >> completely concerned. any time that your citizens are trying to roll on the person they elected in, that's scar. >> i the third security breach in eight days. just hours before someone else - >> that person has been identified as 58 year old william rollinson, he didn't get any further than this first so-called bike rack fencing unlike jonathan tran. >> just wanted attention. >> he was in court to speak after getting past multiple sentences, with two cans every mace in his back pack. this weekend president trump was inside the white house when it happened. >> reek set service did a fantastic job. it was a trouble person. >> tran was on the ground for more than 15 minutes before he was caught. >> the idea that somebody could jump the fence of the white house, be on the ground of upward 15 plus minutes, be right up against the building, hide behind a pillar, and then jig he will the door? that can never, ever happen in yet it happened again. >> i'm concerned. i wonder how that could be possible when obama and every other president that i've known hasn't really had that many. >> in fact it, did happen several times under president obama. he added and made the fences stronger and these spikes, meeting with homeland security and secret service officials to tighten up security even mormon day. >> also reports president trump was not home this weekend. he was his florida estate. >> still ahead, stolen hoodie revenge, striking back after their girlfriends steel their hoodies. >> pretty big chance that i could have died. >> she survived, but ex troll case of strep throat and permanent side effect are horrifying. pat? >> more bracket madness sunday, including the favorite to win it all going down d your brackets survive the mayhem? we'll give you update just ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> the first day of spring, jim donovan. i thought this day would never come. >> i know, me either. >> long winter. but you know what that means? rita's water ice! >> free stuff. >> more on that when we come back. >> ♪ so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. >> tennessee woman alive after losing limbs in a battle against strep throat, we should warn you some of the pictures you're about to see are very graphic. >> she thought she had common case of strep throat, until she started convulse g and her lips turned blue. her throat also started closing up, her organs started failing, medically induced coma for a week. woke to up find she had lost circulation in most of her fingers and also lost an index finger on her left hand. >> pretty big chance that i could have died, little did i know, i was going into septic shock. >> these cases are very rare. few hundred cases a year. this is one of the most life threatening illnesses that we see as far as bacterial infection. >> in the end it was the medicine actually redirecting blood flow to organs, killing circulation in her hands and toast. >> oh. >> well, also on the hell watch, new numbers show calls to poison centers about children exposed to opioid happens every 45 minutes. in most cases involve children younger than five. child overall, there has been increase involving a medication that treats addict. dip in some icy water doesn't sound like fun, but group of seniors in beijing do it because they say it is health. >> i all right. take a look. these seniors are swimming in 22 degrees weather, 22 degrees, people. they get together each winter day to take a dip in the frigid water, call it gym that is innings for your blood develops, increases circulation. there are other things you can do, though, to increase circulation that doesn't require jumping. >> you agree? >> my gosh. >> to each his own. >> they look comfortable. they must be used to it, coy never. >> doesn't sound like you're all aboard? >> katie, you know i complain about polar plunges. >> as do i. jim, have you done a polar plunge? >> are you crazy? are you nuts? >> katie, you knew the answer to that. >> , will guys, as we've been talking about it is officially the first day every spring, minutes are waning away to the point we see the ' quick on takes effect. the term is actually latin terms that means equal parts, essentially, essentially, have equal parts to the day and night. we'll have this over 12 hours of daylight. got the question earlier, does this actually qualify as the longest day we've seen? absolutely not. we're in the month going to end 115 hour day, as we continue to see more and more daylight with every passing day? but at 6:29, we will be able to officially time stamp it, it is spring, folks, for now, still nice and calm, collected, we have disturbance off to the northwest will come through later tonight specially offer to the south, bring withing it scattered showers, anyone is fair game, doesn't come until late tonight. for the moment all is calm and clear. wind is light. the temperatures, oh, granted, it is still march, after all. but do keep in mind, that warmth a lot closer to where we should. last week coal week, all things considered. we are actually looking ahead it roller coaster here. today, tomorrow, generally seasonable. come wednesday it is colder. at best in the 40's here for two straight days. rebounds quickly, thankfully do so ahead of the next storm system. so at this point only thinking we will see little rain down the road. meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much. and good morning, everyone, happy monday to you. the main story of your travel day today, going to be construction. do have this disable vehicle, nine at north at cottman. but let's get right into talking about some of the construction project. 202 between route 30, and boot road, right lane block between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this is going to be a long standing construct thon project. also saying around 2019. so again this is something we will be talking a lot about. specially in the heart of rush hour when it really starts to get busy around the areas. also widening project here down from two lanes to four lanes. route 322, between route one and route 452. now starting initial work this week between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. it will be out there initial work until friday. but this whole entire project, the wide two to four lanes will be out there for many years, 2020 and beyond, another one to be talking about during the lays 6:00, 7:00 hour, and pa turnpike, mid-county toll plaza, e-zpass express lanes are closed it, will get very busy here today until april 10. rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. and plenty of sports this weekend and pat gallen here to tell us all about it. >> flyers and sixers march madness, all at the hands of patrick. >> i appreciate that, thank you. >> did you write that pat? >> did i not write that. who ever did, i owe you money. with just 11 games left, flyers are five points out after playoff spot. but they have three teams to passalong the way. games like last night against the hurricanes, must-win, less than minute left. travis, throws it near the net. gets deflection to go in. we are going to over time. in ot, braydon schenn storms the net. and deposit home the rebound for the win. flyers get two huge points. winning four-three, they open up four game road trip tomorrow night in winnipeg. sixers had to play the second half of their game against the celtics without okafor. he had some knee soreness, no worries because rookie of the year candidate dario had 23 points, six rebounds, to help the sixers erase 13-point third quarter deficit. the sixers break a 11 game losing streak against boston with a 105 to 99 win, sixers in orlando tonight. march madness rolls on and more brackets are busted. after another high seed dropped. >> this time say good-bye to duke blue devils. the south carolina game, they came to play yesterday. darius, grabs the offensive board. goes up strong. thorn well finished 24-point, he helped the game score six a second half points. the odds on-on favorite is out. south carolina destroys brackets. beats duke 88 to 81. uca freshman ' long so could be top pick in the draft. sure attracted more attention against cincinnati. had 19-point, 95 cysts, seven boards against the bear cat. ucla wishes 79-67. bruin headed to the sweet 16. play ken tuck think friday night. phillies start season on april . yesterday made it official. who will be on the mound? for the second year in a row, jeremy hellickson will be their opening day starter. the rest of the staff jarrod, clay, vince, aaron. ncaa wrestling, this is iowa's clark with the win. he wins the national at 133 pous a senior. and since it is his last ever, down goes the coach. brown goes >> okay? >> now that's how you celebrate a national title. heg y,hyt on top. you're coming with me, coach. got to love that. >> everybody cel >> yes. >> why? >> what a weekends. >> oh, villanova. you're upset >> what a heart breaker. >> i've got 54 points on my eno. >> thank you, patrick. appreciate it. well, humerous moment getting a lot of things on twitter. >> all about men giving up comfortable clothing for their girlfriends. yes, men are striking back for the theft of their favorite hoodies by taking their ladies friends. mcneal started all, that one, saying, and now other men are doing the same for the record, though, apparently getting rave reviews for his skills. >> okay? >> be able to do that. >> well the philadelphia flower show has wrapped up, we will look how many people checked it out this year. >> plus high tech memory mirror that's transforming the experience, see how it is changing everything from the way we apply make up to how we shop nor clothes. coming up. we'll be right back. >> temperatures should top off in the 60s for little taste of april. there is storm system comes as a trade offerment likely to bring mainly rain, and specially sunday, guys, back into you. >> from the cover of the trentonian, 27 year old man shot nine times in his chest, around, legs, on cyber son avenue. the shooting happened about 5:45 outside every grocery store, the victim remains hospitalized, in stable condition. >> from the intelligence err, fitzpatrick said in a statement sunday he will not support the gop american healthcare act. the bill designed to repeal and replace the affordable care act, republican, who represent the eighth district, says the main reason he can't vote for the bill is that it doesn't adequately address opioid abuse. >> burlington county times winter weather is throwing a wrench in school calendars, burlington county administrators adjusting days originally scheduled off, as snow day, for example, in burlington township five day long memorial day weekends has now been scaled down to four days. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper heads lines from around the delaware valley. >> did affect attendance, more than 245,000 people visited the 2017 flower show, this year's theme was holland, flowering the world, celebration of dutch flowers and designs. plans have already started for next year's show titled the wonders every water which will be a tribute to. >> and moving from the sweet smell of flowerings to the sweet taste of wine. city's fourth annual wine week is underway. >> hello. >> hello. organizers stay kate tears both sees orthopedics wine lovers and novices alike, week every events features tasting as well as more than 70 local restaurants involved. find more information at philly wine week.org. >> i like wine coolers. those wine look at me like i'm crazy. >> 1980s, two as good decade. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," an update on our breaking news at philadelphia police officer assaulted on the job, the description that could link him to another crime. >> plus, nationwide manhunt underway as concerns grow for tennessee teenage here disappeared possibly with her school teacher a week ago. >> fb i am director james comey could publicly address president trump's accusation that former president obama wiretapped trump tower. i'm hena daniels with today's long awaited intelligence hearings coming up. >> looking outside, first day every spring, bridges sunshine, dry roadways, still couple of accidents out there, whole lot of construction as well, updates coming up. first a quick break, stay right where you are. >> live in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, it is 6:30, what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> it was violent struggle. police officer is in the hospital after assault. >> the person arrested is just 17 years old. >> with a begins as a snowball fight ends in a subway scuffle. investigators want to speak to the people in these photos believed to be involved in the brawl. >> did the right thing. you turned yourself into the police. >> armed and dangerous, the nationwide manhunt underway right now, for a teacher who allegedly abducted his is a year old student one week ago. >> headed to the hills. fbi director james comey testifies before congress today. >> as far as wiretapping, i guess, you know, this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. >> as president trump stands by his claims that he was wiretapped by president obama. >> and surprise proposal during adel's concert in mel born, australia. >> well, add hell no identify thee was going to happen. >> are you going to say yes? >> proposal ... >> did bring the fans on stage to make up for the fact she hadn't a chance to write letters to audience members, as see lushly does, no surprise here, just as happy today is the first day every spring, yes, katie, take it away. >> and understandably see where we're coming from with that, because even though overall guys it was a very warm winter, you know, march so far is trending below average by about 2.6 degrees, to be exact here, so it has been a chilly couple of days, last week, especially, was very cold. we didn't break out of the 30's forehands full of the days. storm scan hey at least quiet right now, nice clear sky, virtually no wind. still cold folks. what it actually feels like. current temperatures for the most part into the lower mid 30's, there is very light winds. but it is knocking back temperature here in terms every thousand will feel, more like into the two's for many of you. so go bees these values getting yourself ready to walk out the door in short. do you still need that winter coat. we have sunshine across the board here today. both in philly, at the shore, low 50's, normal high, 54 in the city. not terrible. but coming up, we are going to see roller coaster ride here, there is arctic blast every cold coming our way specifically by wednesday. so that's going to send us on another drop on the thermometer, that nose dive will sends us anywhere from ten to 15 degrees below our seasonable average. so, nice little taste of january by mid week. thankfully, i don't anticipate that it will last for very long. that's at least good news. coming up we will talk about how we get to that point, the threat for rain that comes in our forecast as well, meisha? >> katie, thank you for. that will and good morning. waking up on the first day every spring, yes, ma'am, we'll have some sunshine, like katie said, nice dry roadways, we aren't accident free. one on the vine near the ben franklin parkway, right around eastbound ramp from 23rd street. heads up on this, flashing lights out there. doesn't look like it has been completely cleared out of the way yet. i will confirm as soon as it does so. yes, just heads up if you travel on by. might get little gaper delay starting now. we are starting basically build basically anywhere we like right now, but not just the congestion levels starting to build around 6:30, which is a time frame they typically do. also talking about some construction project now that we are getting warping warmer all of the crews come out l we start talking about it. tis the season. 202 between route three and booth road. right lane block between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and this is scheduled to be out there until 2019. one that we start to get used to. also widening project, two lanes before route 322 between route one and route 452, now there is start the initial work this week, between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and it lingers out there through friday, just the initial part of it, this is also along, this will be out there until 2020 or so, more on that coming up in the next ten minute, rahel, jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. update now on breaking news, suspect in custody after violent assault on philadelphia police offerser. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live near the scene in parkway. trang, good morning. >> well, good morning, rahel, jim. that office nerve stable condition at aria-torresdale hospital. i'm told he works in the eighth district, is 20 year veteran, but take a look at the scene here which remains cased off, where the assault happened. police tell me the person arrested just 17 years old. police say he also fit the description every man who robbed 7-eleven at gunpoint early sunday morning, that is just steps away from the parking lot here, now, this assault happened just after 4:00 a.m. police received call about a man with a gun in the parking lot after shopping center, on the 1200 block, or 12,000 block every academy road in the park wood section. the officer stopped the young man, attempt topped frisk him, struggle ensuedment the teen slammed the officer to the ground. officer hit his head, briefly lost consciousness, the teen ran off, responding officers then found him about 20 minute later. behind one of the businesses here. >> the individual we do have in custody has pretty unique description due to the fact he's a teenager, he has braces on his teeth.ual we have in custody today. and that's also the descriptof robbery point of gun at the 7-eleven yesterda k9's are combing this parking lot for that gun. meanwhile some of the businesses here that were open very early haveclose while polie here. for now liver in park wood, tr cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back toyou. meanwhile septa police on camera brawl. videoh thursday at the subway race vine station, reportedly street then escalated underground. no one w hurt. septa police released photos of people believe investigators say still early to label any t >> police in southwest, a toddler was sent to the hospital. >> this happened just before 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday. in the six a hundred block of guyer avenue. two year old victim was brought to the hospital. is said to be in stable condition. police have not yet released the description of the vehicle. well, president trump holds another campaign style rally today. >> this time it is in louisville, ken tuck. >> i event comes as house intelligence committee holds hearings about russia's involvement in the 2016 election. and hena daniels live in new york to break it all down. good morning, hena. >> good morning, guys. busy day on capitol hill today. james combly testify before the house intelligence committee, and is expected to be to address president trump's unsubstantiated allegations that the obama administration wiretapped trump towers. senate confirmation hearings begin for president trump supreme court nominee, gorsuch. >> fbi director james comey takes the hot seat later this morning, as house lawmakers pull first open hearing in to return a's influence in the 2016us presidential election. >> i think there are few things that i'm hoping to hear, first, whether any americans are being investigated for cooperating or conspiring with the russians who interfered with our elections, second, the scope of the investigation, and third, a time line for resolving it. >> also shed light on mr. trump's unproven claims that former president obama wiretapped trump tower during the campaign. >> that's a terrible accusation to make. of course it is not true. so let's just grow up. >> number of lawmakers from both parties say they've yet to uncover any proof of the president's claims. others are holding out for more information. >> i would like to first get to the bottom of this before saying -- i don't know the basis for president's trump's assertion. >> i have a lot of respect, but i have to differ with her on. >> this she said we need to get to the bottom of this. there is nothing at the bottom. >> also on capitol hill today the first of several date, airs begin for scott nominee kneel gorsuch. >> i'll tell this judge gorsuch will be confirmed. >> preparing for a fight. after republicans refuse to even consider president obama's nominee, garland. if confirmed, gorsuch would replace conservative justice antonin scalia, who passed away last year. >> and president trump will also meet with co-founder bill gate, as well as the iraqi prime minister at the white house today. jim, are rahel? >> hena, thank you. >> in other news, tennessee authority are on manhunt to for a teacher suspect dollars every kidnapping one every his students? tennessee bureau of version says it is extremely concerned about the well-being of 15 year old elizabeth thomas. elizabeth went missing last monday. police believe she is with her former school teacher cummings. the news has shocked the man's wife as well as his neighbors. >> no matter how far you've gone, god's grace is with you. >> all of this is a complete out of character of the chad collins i know. as far as i'm concerned he is a top notch guy. >> currently state-wide amber alert out for thomas, he was fired from his local school after the alert was issued. >> well the first day of spring which means free water ice at rita's coming up. we'll tell you about new flavors this year. >> so excited. plus this isn't your mother's mirror. see how this high tech memory mirror how we shop for make up and clothes. >> if you ever wondered what a volcano looks like from the inside? google takes us there next. >> ♪ >> i'm happy ♪ >> ♪ i'm happy ♪ >> this song still makes us so happy. did you know it is international day of happiness? find out what country is the wormed's happiest, and where the us falls in the list. next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> are you feeling the monday blues? it is international day of happiness. >> started the day of happiness back in 2013, us apparently not too happy though, one spot last year, 2014. top four happiest countries in reverse order, switzerland, iceland, denmark, and norway. norway replaced denmark for the top spot. >> i've been to all every this is place and those folks are indeed happy. sitting next to you every day, joy of my life. like i've won the lottery. >> don't be sarcastic. >> you may be familiar with google street view. allows us to scope anywhere in the worlds. >> what if you could check out a volcano. >> thanks to the google team and veterans explore he is, now you can. the two went all the way to more than 1,000 miles off the coast of australia, the islands nation has nine active volcanoes. >> we are standing just from one of the lava lakes in the world, really surges, angry >> craze. >> i back pack called the trek err, they rep he'd down 400 meet respect inside the crater, to collect 306 degrees street view imagery. our own nicole brewer walked around bucks county for a story on volcanoes. >> i give them credit. you won't see me doing that. >> me neither. >> katie would you dive into a volume cane flow. >> i mean i'm nerds when it comes to that stuff but i don't foe if i could go that far. i remember nicole doing that store and her thing vague this is heavy. so they're rep egg over a volcano, wearing i don't know how many pounds, but big fathers, major props to those guys. let's check in with eyewitness weather watchers, sending out props to those guys. they got up dark and early every morning with us, so loyal, so appreciate. that will we check in with hands full of the spots. 28 degrees comes in from eileen, seeing nice clear sky out in gilbertsville. she did sends what unfortunately little bit of sorry looking picture here, her little daphodyl that popped up little too early. did not make it through the snow. still starting to melt away. we do still have pretty decent snow pack actually, in a lot of locations. let's go to another. little further off to the north. we zoom? a bit here. 29 degrees comes in this morning from chuck. don't often see him in the morning either. good to see him up here. nice clear skies for him, at 29 degrees. we take you across the river going to cherry hill, have multiple observations, let's click on one every them. thirty comes in from lynn spring they are morning, and i know she is recently married. nice clear skies for us in cherry hill pretty much everywhere he will. high pressure on our side in short. what that means we do start to warm up at least relatively efficiently, for the first day of spring, full sunshine, nice light winds. looks like good day. what is this? well, it is a little disturbance certainly, looks like it will bypass us to the south for the most part, the bark worse than the bite. don't have to worry about much more than few scattered showers out of this, eyewitness weather health report, maybe walking out the door, air quality looking good. pollen levels are moderate, juniper, elm some of the trouble once, right now i ended up having to take allergy medication myself. so starting to become a bit of a problem. uv index moderate. sun level getting higher so be sure your sun block is ready to go. heat index values, don't worry about, that just little too cool, meantime, moving forward, little taste of january coming our way for wednesday and thursday, at least we have sunshine, but highs only in the 40's, then nice warming trend comes our way. as a new larger storm system approaches t but right now i don't think we have to worry about much more than rain. >> all right, well, we can take little bit of rain, good morning, everyone, happy first day every spring. so what is the story of today? lot of construction, first and for most, also this accident here 959 north onramp from route 320, pulled all the way off to the side. you might start to see little gaper delay travel on by here. what you are for sure going to get is a lot of brake lights, congestion levels now as we push toward the 7:00 hour really starting to build. then we look at 95 south, betsy ross bridge. push in the southbound direction on 59 you bet you will be slowing down right now. traveling at around i would say about 30 miles per hour. you will be slowing down even more as we push into the 7:00. heads up on that. also talking about construction, yes, my friends, the season. looking at concrete repairs, mid-county toll plaza, e-zpass express lanes, closed until april 10. heads up on that. plus we have an accident out there, you can see, moving a little slow, moving around here, trooper road northbound parkview drive. left lane block there. and we also have an accident that happened little earlier, actually still out there with downed traffic signal in willingboro, new jersey, route 130 cooper street. left lane blocked. north and southbound, alternate, 295, or new jersey turnpike, going to be your best bet. jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. parade of puppies at oakland international airport. they were there to work. >> a stress test for guide dogs to get used to airport surroundings. they brought together more than 25 puppies in training to step around and get comfortable with the place. >> we are socializing them to when they become a guide dog, that they're familiar with the surroundings. >> anal lascar lines gave them tour of ticket counseled err, boarding gates, bag claim area, even let them walk through one of the planes. >> the time now 6:49. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> charlie roads joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning, charlie. good morning, rahel and jim. fbi director james comey hits congress today, will face questions about russia's influence on the election, also, the wiretapping claim. we'll talk with the ranking democrat on the committee adapt shf. plus this, how some companies are forcing employees to get genetic testing or pay more for health insurance. and the new efforts to stop that. and we also have a rare interview with comedian dave shappell. he tells us how the success of his show left him feeling trapped and led him to walk away from it all. that will and more see you at 7:00. >> we will be watching. dave doesn't do a lot of interview, it will be interesting to watch. >> happening just got better, called the memory mirror. >> designed to have them see different outfits. more on how this 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and the new high particular misch ores aren't just showing up at the make up counter. look for these full lent mirrors coming soon. allowing shoppers to have side by side videos comparing two potential outfit. >> you want to see how you look from all perspectives. do you want the spin around experience. >> for news customers enjoying this new experience at the make up counter. >> what do you think? >> it is great experience, i like how you can actually see everything, every step. >> interesting technology. >> what will they think of next? >> i don't know. it is official, disney beauty and the beast is a block buster, the live action film did more than break domestic box office records in its opening weekend. >> yes, the retelling of the classic fairytale made estimated $180 million internationally. worlds wide debut of 350 million, best ever domestic and global opening for pg movie in the i max format. >> might be chilly outside. we know pretty sweet way to celebrate the first day of spring. rita's continuing its annual tradition of giving away a free italian ice today at more than 600 locations across the country. morning, we get a sneak peak at the newest flavors, so jim, rahel, get over here, from the store in mid town, good morning. >> good morning. >> you've been waiting a whole year. >> we've been waiting 356 days. >> so what do you guys have planned besides what we're about to taste right here? rahel is very excited about this. >> we've got our tremendous line up of flavors that are excited to taste. a lot of people think that this is actually the first day we're opening. but we've actually been open since march 1st, of course we all know how the weather has gone. >> rahel was there in the snowstorm. went four times that week. >> e is a loyal fan. we appreciate it. >> there is one. newest flavors, don't taste too much, though. >> do you want to guess what it is? >> because the red -- but can you guess what that flavor is? >> cotton cannedy? >> role hell, 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