You have gone through it recently. I will tell you how i dealt with it . I made my husband do it. That is one way for sure. Break down in tears. Well, good morning to all of you, it is tuesday march 7th, 2017. As many of you know mikes been off for several weeks off dealing with a personal family issue. I want to let you know we spoke to mike yesterday and asked me to read this letter to you our good day family. This is what he wrote. Hi everybody, i wanted to let you know where i have been and what you have been up to pennsylvania few weeks. First of all, i really appreciate your concern about my wellbeing and wellbeing of my family. I really do. For last 13 plus years i have been fighting a low grade depression that has increased in strength over that time. It deals with the loss of loved won, losses i have not addressed with the help of Mental Health professionals. I am finally tackling the issue now. Im at a wellness retreat in the carolinas, i call it rehab for mind, body and soul. For pennsylvania year and a half medication and alcohol have not done it for me and a combination of the two certainly has not been helpful so my goal, to get to the root of this down mood. Thankfully this process is working beautifully. Dont get twisted it is not easy but it was time to finally confront the negative feelings. These are things we have all bun through and we are dealing with right now. Im no different then you. That is why i feel so fortunate and blessed to have the luxury offing ago way for help. Not everyone is fortunate to have this opportunity, a i will not take it for granted. Im full of gratitude for my ability to do this work because of the generosity and understanding of my stations general manager, news director , in fact all of my coworkers and you the viewers , my tv family. So far this exercise has been amazing. I am rested, renewed, re energized and eager to get back to you have morning, again, i am so thankful you have allowed me this time to heel. I love you all, and i will be back with you soon, i promise, mike. So again, mike asked me to read that to you and he has our full support and we miss him dearly and we know you miss him too but we support whatever time he need. Thank again for all of the calls, emails and comments about him asking about him. We know you miss him. We miss him too. So, were just holding down the fort for him so it will be ready when he gets back. We are waiting for you and we will look forward tour return. We all wish him well. We love you mike. We sure do. We talk about this being a family and it is a family. People joke, it is a tv family but when one person is affect it does affect us all. You have to remember were human being. We try to get through process just like you do we respect mike and his personal time, so it has been difficult. It is difficult for mike and he ruse great in the photo, we cannot wait to have him back because he does it like no one else does. We miss you hope you are listening. He sent me a beautiful note yesterday. He thinks of others. He is going through a difficult time. I love you for that. He certainly does. We are trying to hold on until he comes back and thank you all guys. You have lots of questions. We have been trying to respond to everybody. He wanted to hear you that message in his own word and we respected that. He has that for sure. We know he likes a skinny vanilla latte and we will have one waiting for him when he comes back. Appreciate that he shares that much, with us. Yes. He didnt have to do that. It sure wasnt easy. Lets take away to the weather because that will be so easy right now. We have got some rain, out there, and it will increase in intensity, steady rain moving from west toe, we will give you six out of 10. You should have your umbrella with you, looking out the door as we just did and we dont see any rain. Temperatures are in the 40s. All were talking about is rain. Not as cold as it was yesterday, not nearly as cold and it is not raining here in olde city but will be soon. 46 degrees. Sunrise time was official at 6 25. So 40s just about every where , we have 39 in allentown and reading. We have 50 degrees in dover, delaware. We 51 in lieu is as well. That is where we are at the moment. We will get in the 60s today. Your trade off, bob kelly is a few rain drops here and there. We dont have to shovel rain, that is only good thing, live look at schuylkill expressway, eastbound dealing with this accident off to the shoulder. But look what is doing to the speedometers, knocking speed down as we go by. We are stacked and packed approaching conshohocken. Accident itself is juste of the conshohocken curve as we head in toward downtown philadelphia this morning. Another accident,e on 422, right as awe approach king of prussia interchange and boulevard southbound, accident right here near seventh street a lot of u turns this morning. Live look at route 70 where the accident on the overnight pulled down Traffic Signals and at west gate drive. There is no left turns permitted here in an area that sees a lot all morning, all day long. Folks flipping that u turn laverne. Lots of u turns in haddonfield and some delays out of the gaeton both airport and trenton Regional Rail lines. Thomas, back over to you. Time is 7 06. Developing story we have been following, unlicensed cabdriver is in the hospital this morning after being piss top whipped and shot during an attempted robbery. It all happened while he was trying to get two men a ride. We will have that coming up in a moment. Steve keeley is on that story but first lets go to this one. New Castle Police are searching for a man who attempted to kidnap and rob a woman at her apartment complex last month there were two similar incidents in the area investigators believe same suspect is behind all three attempts. Steve keeley is on this one this morning, steve. Reporter well, it was just 12 hours ago, 6 30 to 7 00 when cops were swarming this apartment complex that we can see in the day light. These buildings are all individual. There must be 20. They all have eight apartments one on the hill here. Look at where this was, the corner building where this attack attempt occurred. Eight apartments in here. You can see imagine this at night, you dont see any because it is all dark, wooded here, ravine over there. This guy must have pick this for this hidden back reasons, few witnesses, so, he pulls a gun on this third woman, just like did he in the first two as he is out in this parking lot attempting to walk to her apartment. He walks her into that door and then on the other side of the door is there stairs. They go to where ever her apartment is, and as they open up her apartment door, where he attacked the previous woman and sexually assaulting and kidnapping them for over an hour, he hears a mans voice or sees a man because she lives with a man, a husband, boyfriend, roommate. Police did not get specific. Only thing they are specific about is they are almost sure this is same guy because he had a mask on, pulls a gun and he has what they call distinct accent. So he runs out the door, lets go to the video we shot when we first got here. Fingerprint dust is on the door and you can see there is a metal handle, one of the things you see in the Department Stores that is 4 inches wide, he either pushed on that to open up the door or push on the grass to open up the door, one or both hand. If you didnt have gloves on they have got some prints because he had just left there and in one else had come and gone because they got here within second of the 911 call and then she shut down the streets. Heres our area video police every where, yellow tape, every where. They are stopping everybody. Not letting anybody leave or come in here. They are hoping to pin opinion guy in and or also hoping that the witness saw a guy running if he didnt get back to his getaway car or speeding out of here with a better description of the car. We dont know whether they got any of this, fingerprints, descriptions, whatever. Again, who knows whether they have this guy. But what they have right new is another witness and good thing is this witness may be best because she was lee traumatized. He didnt get a chance to sexually assault her or force her back in the car at gunpoint and go to atm and withdraw money like did he in other cases. Similarities again that same hour right after sundown din are time 6 30 to 7 30. Two of the three on monday, middle one on a sunday. We will get a good update from police later this morning if not noon time when they have had their big News Conference last time. We will update you hopefully that witness holds the key. Steve keeley, thank you. Time right now 7 09. Day care worker fired after catching her pushing a child down the stairs. Woman claims that things are not what they seem. Parents as you can imagine they are concerned. Of course, that worker is facing criminal charges this morning. Surveillance video shows this worker her name is sarah gable , what appears to be pushing that four yearold down the stairs at child care of the future Day Care Center in upper darby. As soon as she pushes a child, still looking up at camera right there, staff says that the camera had been put in a half an hour, before this incident. Centers manager says the woman said she shouldnt be blamed for this little girls fall. She tried to blame it on her shoe. She picked up, and come to the stairs with her shoe. It is not her shoe. I just watched you do it. Dont lie and say it was her shoe. That was very troubling news and very, very disheartening because these kid, they are so gentle. There is the suspect, already been fired from the day care and charged with simple assault and child endangerment. Workers have added more cameras in that part of the stairs because children have to go up and down all the time and they are typically playing in that area with you they never thought it would catch Something Like this and so soon, guys . Camera doesnt lie. Amazing though. Worker. Supposed to be protecting the children. Just 30 minutes before. What are the odd. 7 11. Republicans released their replacement plan for obama care they could begin passing it through congress tomorrow. They are sure to run into resistance from democrats and fellow republicans who believe it either goes too far or not far enough. Doug luzader in washington this morning, cant win when it comes to this one. Reporter thomas and alex, good morning. This is replacement plan, that republicans just put out yesterday and real question for g. O. P. Is whether this thing really strikes the right balance to get enough republicans on board. President trump returning to the white house from florida avenue touching off a new controversy was trump tower bugged during the election . That was trumps a section on twitter and he blamed president obama. Now reports that behind the scenes, fbi director james comey is pushing the Justice Department to deny the allegation which led to this response from the white house. If mr. Comey has something he would like to say im sure we are all willing to hear it. Reporter president obamas spokesmen offered a carefully worded denial saying neither president on bam a or white house official ordered surveillance on any u. S. Citizen. Obamas former director of National Intelligence went a step further there was no such wiretap activity, mounted against the president , the president elect at the time or as a candidate or against his campaign. Reporter democrats on the sunday morning shows, secured trump. It shows this president does not know how to conduct himself. Reporter while it is in the clear what evidence trump may have republicans are promised to go look into the allegations as part of the investigation into russias role in the election. That inquiry is going to be thorough and we will follow the facts where ever they lead us. Reporter now back to obama care for a moment, this plan is going to be tough to get through congress, again, because some republicans are going to balk. Conservative republicans will say that this still maintains an entitlement for health care , some more moderate republicans will be upset about cuts to medicaid spending for instance. But it does get rid of unpopular things about obama care, chief among them would be that individual mandate, the requirement that everyone, just gets insurance. On the other hand it also may make it more difficult for insurance company. We just dont know how all of these numbers are going to shake out but it will be a real battle on capitol hill, back to you guys. Certainly will be, okay, thanks for that update doug we appreciate it. 7 13. An unlicensed cabdriver is in the hospital this morning after being pistol whipped and shot during an attempted robbery. It happened while giving two men a ride in West Philadelphia we will get out to Lauren Johnson live at Police Headquarters, lauren . Reporter good morning alex and thomas. We have an update from the Police Commissioner who says those two people were frustrate when they could not get money from that driver and that is what happened when they decided to attack him with the gun and then one of the back seats tried to shoot him but now here at Police Headquarters investigators hoping that businesses nearby will be the key to their investigation when they can get their hand on surveillance camera footage. Black cadillac with delaware license plates that became a crime scene around 11 40, over in West Philadelphia police secured that car for their investigation right near 52nd and chancellor, the five fiveyear old driver had been assaulted and shot after picking up two men one was in the front seat other in the back and then this happened. It looks like males get in the car to get a ride. They never announced where they were going or male pulls a gun out and announced a robbery and starts whacking him in the head with gun. And, he struck our victim obviously. And, transfer him over to penn presbyterian and he is currently stabilized. We dont have a good description. Just two black maleness their 20s. We are looking for video to help us through the course of the investigation and hopefully we will find some assistance and then just talk to the victim because he is still being treated medically. Reporter why did you allow two strangers in the car . He is not official car driver but well known for doing that kind of work. Police commissioner says that does not mean he deserves any of this. They dont have any good information as you heard on the suspects. They are hoping that this incident was caught on camera and that could help them with this investigation, thomas and alex. Scary moments once again, lauren, thank you. Hopefully someone knows something and gets something off the street. Time is 7 15. We have been looking outside. It is just dreary out there, yes. It does seem yellowish. Sue, we want an update on our st. Patricks day forecast for the parade. Are you sure you want it. You dont want it. You may not want it. We have time between now and then for the forecast to change. Also happening before the st. Patricks day parade is the time change. We will go back today light savings time. This time when we spring ahead , turn your clocks ahead one hour, it all happens between 2 00 he clock will be 3 00 oclock sunday morning and we will all be messed up after that but we are warning you now to make your plans so you are not late on sunday. This morning we are dealing with rain and starting to get more drippy here in philadelphia heavier rain moving from west toe through Lancaster County right now. Rains coming back. We had some overnight. We will get more this morning and then more of the heavier rain is up to our north, so yeah, that is about it for the heavy rain this morning but we will have drips throughout the rest of the day and then another round coming through tonight into tomorrow morning, and then were dry and then mild and for thursday and then friday here comes a cold front first of the couple of cold front that will turn things very chilly in time for the weekend. Right now at lee temperatures are in the 40s walking outdoor, 50 in dover and 39 in reading and allentown. Heading up to 63. That is good part about the forecast. It will be in the 60s tomorrow, thursday as well, and friday, is there a chance for that rain to mix in with snow and then yes, there is snow in the forecast, for sunday. It will be cold enough for it, overnight lows in the 20s on sunday morning. High temperature only in the mid 30s during the day. Im sending my leprechaun friend over to talk to you im in trouble with bob kelly right now. Good morning everybody. Eastbound schuylkill expressway, an accident here, juste of the conshohocken curve but you can see the glare on the road surface. That is a sign that everything is wet, not super wiper wet but just enough to make things slippery. We have had a lot of accidents , this morning, eastbound schuylkill heavy from 476 into juste of your conshohocken curve with that crash. Also, cherry hill new jersey i say cherry Hill Haddonfield here route 70 at west gate drive the left turning lanes both directions are blocked because of an Early Morning accident that took down the traffic this morning. It is National Cereals day. Do you remember the variety pack . Mom buy variety pack and first won down the steps got the best choice, all right. You get rice crispies, sugar pops. Eat them right out of the box. But if you were late to the game you were stuck with the special k. They had one good flavor. Ten years old you are stuck with special k or the special 19. Why i. That was always left. First one down the steps get the best pick of the cereals box. Raisin brand. Seriously. Back to you guys. I used to go down aisle. This looks like it has more frosted flakes and figure our out which one has best pack. Black and white box. Generic box. Yes. Or the won that came in the flag particular bags. That was our family growing up. You will eat what you we buy you. It was never fruity pebbles or fruity rocks. Always a little bit different. Financial aid phoneathon is now opened, if you are looking for nearly 20 minutes now. People are taking calls and im sure lines are busy. Been opened 19 minutes. Jen fred at city hall this morning where experts are standing by, this there, jen. Reporter one of the experts is our neighbor dana. Yes, i am good morning. What are the phone calls what are they calling about. Couple things, we have had a parent call in about retrieval tool. I walk parent through psa grant. What is that. Phea, we have our representative right here and basically a state grant that pennsylvania offers to its resident