And high society reputation. But why is it called the mainline . Good question. Nicole brewer has the history behind the name. All of that is ahead but first tonight some breaking news. American airlines jet that departed philadelphia makes an unscheduled landing at Logan Airport in boston tonight. Flight 722 was headed from philadelphia to dublin. Our sister station in boston wbz is reporting that landing was caused by an unruly passenger. The plane is still on the ground in boston. Its schedule to depart there at 11 30 and continue on to irela ireland. Also tonight, history in havana. Good evening everyone im jessica dean. Ukee washington has the night off. President obama continues his trip to cuba meeting with the countrys president raul castro. Together they addressed reporters and said the road toward normalized relations will not be easy but it is possible if both countries work together. For castro that means an end to the us straight embargo. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live in the cbs3 sat center with more on this historic trip and the reaction of some cubanamericans right here in our area. David . Reporter jessica the president and mrs. Obama just wrapped up a state dinner in havana. Many cubanamericans are still taking in all the images of an american president on cuban soil. Tonight one of those cubanamericans says hes ready to bring both countries together. Reporter members of the cuban government welcomed president obama with full honors playing the American National anthem after the cuban. Today i can report we continue to move forward on many fronts when it comes to normalizing relations. Were moving ahead with more opportunities for americans to travel to cuba and interact with the cuban people report roar president obama and castro took questions after a news conference. Irritated castro answered a question from an american reporter about Political Prisoners in cuba. If we have those Political Prisoners they will be released before the night ends. Rich 93 front is a cuban american attorney in philadelphia and talking about his father who was killed in 1979 by a radical cubanamerican group called omega seven. Heres a picture of rich and dad just weeks before the murder. I always kind of look at everything through the prism of what he would think. How he would feel about the changes and the opening of relations and often its positive. Reporter negron supports normalizing relation relations h cuba a stance not popular with everyone in his familiarly. If you ask me 90yearold grandmother how she feels about today, shes not happy about it. Theres a general difference between folks the old guard and the new guard. Hes never been to cuba that will change. He plans to take his family. He just doesnt want to rush it. I dont want to go and just spend american dollars and restaurants and hotels that are only for tourists i want to go in a way that shows the real island. Reporter absent from president s schedule a meeting with fidel castro. White house officials said that meet diagnose not happen because fidel castro is no longer the president of cuba his younger raul is. David spunt cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right, david, thanks so much. And be sure to stay with Eyewitness News as president obama continues his trip to cu cuba. Youll find updates on tv and also at cbsphilly. Com. Campaign 2016 voters in both parties will go to the polls tomorrow in arizona and utah. Democrats will caucus in idaho. In the meantime, a new cbs News New York times poll shows most americans believe Hillary Clinton and donald trump will face each other in the general election. Today clinton and trump gave foreign policies speeches at apec a pro israel action group. Ted cruz and john kasich gave speech at the event. Bernie sander doctors not atte attend, and instead campaign out west. The Atlantic City mayor says there will be a week long shut down of nonsearch services next month if the city does not get state aid. Mayor don guardian says the shut down will begin april 8th and last until at least may second when quarterly tax payments are said to arrive. Police, fire and sanitation workers would continued to their jobs but without pay. They will they would be paid when the tax money came in. Bill cosby suffers a legal set back in a defamation lawsuit brought by seven accusors. Federal judge in philadelphia ruled attorneys for the women can see the case file from andrea constands lawyer. Constand reached a civil settlement with cosby in 2,005. Hes now facing criminal charges stemming from allegations in that case. The judge says she will not rule whether a jury in the Defamation Case can see the case file. Hulk hogan has another 25 million headed his way. Jurors awarded the money to the former Pro Wrestling star as punitive damages in the invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against the website gawker. Hogan was awarded 115 until i dont know in damages last week when jurors found gawker libel for the 2012 posting of a sex tape featuring hogan. Gawker does intend to appeal that verdict. Upper darby parents face charges for their alleged involvement in a wild house party. Police were called out to the scene sunday night. Hundreds of teenagers filled the home noon the streets Drinking Alcohol and smoking marijuana. Officers estimated 300 people were on the front including the parents who did not cooperate. Hes obviously drunk and he starts fighting with the cops and telling police they have no right in his house, and its his party,. I feel bad for the family. Theyre a good family. I just think it got blown out of proportion on social media. The parents were arraigned on charges of corruption of minors and for providing alcohol to the underaged party goers. Delaware wildlife officials are investigating the deaths of five bald eagles. Those birds appeared to be sick and were found near tags worry in sussex county. Authorities say one of the birds was found dead. Three others died after resuscitation efforts failed. Another group of eagles flew from the scene before they could be captured and evaluated. Back in february a group of eagles was found dead in maryland and officials determined they did not die from natural causes. Drones could soon be banned from Pennsylvania State game lands due to wildlife interference and in one case a drone flew too close to this eagles nest in york county. State Officials Say robots can spook the birds and alter nair migration patterns. Lancaster online reports the ban could receive preliminary pap approval in early april. New questions about water safety are bubbling up in the wake of the flint water crisis. Philadelphia City Council Hearing today philadelphias water commissioner defend the citys Water Quality and practices. An estimated 50 to 60,000 properties in the city have led Service Lines that can cause contamination. The commissioner admitted many homeowners are unaware. Need to improve our Public Education and, you know, were opening to suggestions on how we can do and how we can get the word out, that if you have led in your plumbing, theres certain precautions you should take. Lead is far from just a philadelphia problem. A 2015 new Jersey Department of Environmental Protection report showed 37 wild systems in that state with elevated lead and copper violations. Some say it is one of most desirable suburban locations in the country. Were talking about the mainline but how did it get its name . Thats a good question. Nicole brewer joins us now to break down the origin of the mainline. Nicole. The mainline. Yes. This sounds fan tee doesnt it, jess. Part of the western suburbs and runs along route 30 but viewer totter frick wants to know like so many of us why do we call it the mainline . Its a good question, todd. With an answer thats rich in american history. Why do we call it the mainline. The mainline. It has all the restaurants, shopping. Something special you wouldnt get in your neighbor. A lot going on. Yeah, the main spot. Why do we call it the mainline . Its called the mainline because there was a railroad. Ted goldberg the past president of the lower merion historical society. He says the Pennsylvania Legislature issued a charter for the state pots First Railroad system in march of 1823 as part of the mainline of public works of state of pennsylvania. Thats pretty cool. Its a little history lesson. Developed and funded by the state then later purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad one of the earliest in the country allowing philadelphia to stay competitive to nearby cities. If new york has erie canal, baltimore as the chesapeake, what about philadelphia . But once the railroad was built people were say, i live along the mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Now it refers not so much to the railroad but its the town. I guess it starts on city avenue. Goes out to berwyn, paoli. I honestly have no idea. From merion to malvern and all the towns in between the mainline still receivers to towns along the Regional Rail line carrying with it a certain connotation. Affluence and nice places. Money. Old money. I think its left over from the well that was here. Because the people who could afford to live out of the city did. So that they can have more space and moreland. Why live in the city with typhoid fever, lack of sanitation when we can live out here in the country. A century and a half later the sea still considered one of the wealthiest in the country. Rich in history and high socie society. Regardless of where you are in america, if you say youre from philadelphia mainline its like whoa and from billionaire businessmen to famous athletes fashion designers mainline has certainly become home to many notable people. One of the most impressive on the list, though, a man named Alexander Johnson cassette the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and credited with the planning and the construction of the tunnels be 19 the hudson river and of course the brand grand person station in new york city. You werent kidding about the history behind all of that. Isnt that interesting you think sort of the mainline its very hoyt tee it to tee a lot of rich history in that area. Nicole now we know it. Thanks so much. Exactly. Youre wl come. Whats your good question. Log on to cbsphilly. Com to commission a question. Tweet us using the hash tag cbs3 good question and nicole will be here every night with the answer for you on cbs3 Eyewitness News at 11 00. Cant wait to hear 41 they are good question. A local woman is using her story of determination and hard work in hopes of inspiring oth others. Our Vittoria Woodill introduces to you tracy. How body building transformed not only her physique but also her life. Justin. Winter certainly pretty strong much its trying hold an. We had cold days over the past weekend but now were seeing the change. Jet stream on the move start feeling like may. Highs running 10, 15 degrees above average. Well break it down for when you we return. A dream come true. A young boy takes the oath to become a police officer. Why this sevenyearold is helping fight crime with some of south jerseys finest. This is cbs3 Eyewitness News with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo and don bell. New tonight a Court Hearing between the federal government and apple is canceled. The fbi says it may have found a way to unlock the i phone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack. Federal prosecutors say an outside party has come forward and shown the fbi a possible method for unlocking that phone. Authorities say they still need time to determine if the method will work without compromising data on the device. South jersey boy is the areas newest kim fighter. Today sevenyearold liam lindsay was sworn in as an honorary Gloucester Township Police officer. In addition to fighting crime, liam is fighting cancer. He was diagnosed with a form of leukemia at age four and has been treated with chemotherapy ever since. Just like really like police officers. He just wants to help people. Hes got a really great heart. Kids really look up to like us like were theyre hero its a good feeling for us and we just want to make him happy. Liam had the chance to work with swat gear, even command a k9. His family hopes hell finish the chemotherapy by december. One of the toughest things for a lot of new moms is losing the baby weight and one local woman determined to lose the weight she gained during her pregnancy set a goal. Have you doria woo ill has mor more list tracy hess 50 teeyearold fitness champion. Her motto it aint over its only the beginning. Its never too late. I think women dont understand that. They think im too old. Im just too tired. I dont have it. You get with the right coach somebody knees what theyre doing and anything is possible. Reporter tracy started Fitness Training after gaining 60 pounds when she was pregnant with her daughter. Then 80 pounds with her twin boys. Her post pregnancy goal to get her weight down in six months. And that led to a new goal, new trainer and new lifestyle. I ended up dropping way over 80 pounds. He says you look really good. Why dont we enter in you a competition. So it just came from just trying to drop weight and to here i am today. Since 19 tracy has been in body building and physique competitions but this year she received invitation to the Arnold Schwarzenegger of all physique competitions. Literally the arnold classic in columbus, ohio. And stop. Its a prestige contest where this is as high as you can go. You can get any higher. One, tighten up your lower body g being the oldest woman on the stage she placed 15 out of 48 women. With the help of her trainers beyonce, steve and raffle gilmore. 13. Good control. What do you think the key has been for tracys success . Hard work. Dedication. And good people around her. Reporter and tracy is one of those good girlfriends at the body dynamics jim in huntington val toll count if youre a woman looking to feel strong and accomplished. I was really, you know, not in a great place emotionally and physically. Just felt a little bit lost. And i guess easiest to put it i find myself when i started working with tracy. Anyone can do it. Shes more woman than me. Are you squeezing vittoria. Yes. You dont have to be compet competing just want to get in shape or have issues you want to get yourself better, its a lifestyle and it works in everything do you. Well, i learn add few things from tracy. laughter . Not enough. I was way too weak, you guys. Jessica, justin, i cant hang with her. She is for real. She is the real deal. Those muscles i asked her are you wearing a suit . They are legit. Hard work, dedication, diet and amazing passion. I mean, tracy just really shes an inspiration. And if you want to check out tracy shes actually doing some guest posing at a couple of shows coming up. For more details on that ill make to shot post a link on cbsphilly. Com. Talk about intense. This is basically as much as i can do. Is that 2 pounds . I was just going to say. Not even five. Its about two. Okay. Fair enough. Vittoria keep going. Determination works. All right. Thank you. Want to hit the gym now. Tracy is quite a motivation. Good stuff there. How are things looking, justin. Nice looking forecast if youre waiting for warmer temperatures fort next few days. Cold start to spring. Had the snow last night. And tomorrow morning. But now thats gone. Were just going to warm things up. Who are we government lets take you outside right now. Not much happening life look at center city from our roof camera all is good across the region just cold, though, is one more cold night to go. Were starting to feel that change especially tomorrow afternoon. Check this out. This is a cool time lapse shot from cape may courthouse. Snow on the ground. Clouds moving offshore the sun came out snow is gone. In a master hours thats what happens this time of year that. Sun is pretty strong. Current temperature in south jersey right now 40 degrees. Warming trend has already begun. Up to 50 for the high today still below average 54 where we should be. Tomorrow going to be above average and look at that 70 degrees on wednesday into the low 70s on thursday. Thats going to feel more like early may. Chilly across the northwest suburbs at the berks county Lehigh Valley mid and upper 30s hanging to 40s around philadelphia but look at the mild area, dismiss, st. Louis into the 50s this hour much thats heading eastward and were quiet on storm scan3. Heres whats left of the storm that brought the snow last nig night. Up across southern canada right now. Thats gone. Were left with clear skies for the neck several days. Compliments of High Pressure and where this is located key to our forecast. It will be moving offshore. We get that southwest flow behind the High Pressure system that bring in the warmer air theres going to be a front hanging around but stays to our north. Were on the warm side of this system. And with sunshine this time of year easily into the 60s and 7 70s. Eventually that cold front comes through our region later on thursday night into friday morning. Chilly tomorrow morning 8 00 oclock were going to be at or below freezing in a lot of suburb. Youll need that heavier coat you can shed that by the afternoon. Sunshine, mid to upper 50s through most of the locations the exception is up in the poconos where well be in the 40s. And then look at wednesday. Were up around 70 degrees for trenton and philadelphia wilmington, dover, delaware, even up into the Lehigh Valley getting close to 70. The exception will be right along the immediate shore and near the delaware bay because we have a southwest wind. What about the long Term Forecast here as we head towards late marcherly april . Well have an active jetter stream north and south. A few cool spells to deal with by the end of march into early april. But overall still going to have warm days from time to time. 34 for the low tonight. Its breezy and then tomorrow noticeably milder, 57 degrees with sunshine and clouds and here we go the extended forecast, nice, wednesday, thursday, low 70s. Showers in here friday morning. Cools us down a little bit to the low 60s. Good travel weather for the Holiday Weekend coming up. Saturday is good, 59. Easter sunday there could be rain late in the day most likely at night. Majority of sunday looks pretty good. Get those easter egg hunts in. Thats huge, yes. Very important. Thanks. Don bell is here now with sports next. Easter hunt old school. I dont remember the last time die that. Well its been awhile. Lets all get together on easter and go hunting for egg. Were talking about hoops much the eighty six sers have one goal. Well talk about it plus the flyers in brooklyn with a chance to knock down one of their chief competitors for play off spot. Flyers and islanders highlights competitors for play off spot. Flyers and islanders highlights coming your w ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer shady brook farms®. No growthpromoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. Uphill battle continues the flyers are three points out of the playoffs but no worries the team that leads the wild card race right in front of their face tonight. Fly guys visiting the new york islands. We go to the island now. Theyre actually brooklyn. No score in the second period. Jake vorachek with the pass to nick cousins. Whats up kids. Lights the lamp. The flyers strike force. Game tied at one. Brandon manning. Manning going top shelf. Manning making his name for himself in new york. Weve heard that before. Thats his first nnl goal. Flyers on top. Now in the third, sean, with the nice pass to sam for the tip in. The flyers beating the islanders fourone. Theyre now one point out of the playoffs. Their next Game Tomorrow Night at columbus. 12 games left, one goal in mind. Sixers need one more win to avoid tying the record for the worst record in the history of the nba. Back in the 70s franchise hit the mark at nine and 73. Sixers visiting the pacers tonight. Final play of the third ty law son at the buzzer. Okay. The head coach brett brown your thoughts right there. Sixers down by 12. Fourth quarter we go. Three ball for paul george he goes by pg13. The pacers up double digits. George with a modest 15 points on the night. Later on monte ellis spinning around for the buck. Five pacers starters in double figures. Sixers lose yet again, none75 your final score. Another loss for the sixers may mean that this year they may actually get the number one overall pick in the draft. Today lsu guard ben simmons made it official. Hell hire an agent and declare for the draft. He averaged 19 points and 11 boards for the tigers who did even make the inform caa tournament. Simmons wont be preparing for the sweet 16 this week like villanova. The wildcats will play third seeded miami the hurricanes are trying to reach the elite eight for the first time. Nova has Great Respect for the canes. They got lot of red shirt seniors that are tough, smart, and jim is a very good coach. When he gets guys in his program for four years like that, theyre real effective. Now, thursday at 7 00 p. M. Cbs3 is the place to be. Catch villanova and miami in the sweet 16 our Lesley Van Arsdall making the trip to allow we weeville. Live reports starting wednesday. During the North Carolina and providence game the fans from both schools had a dance off Whitney Houston i want to dance with somebody. Appropriately playing. I do know the song. If i dont know if i can dance like that. Can you dance like that. I like how he through his head back there. You know what, i think we could do better. We can. Im not going lie. Maybe after the break. Well see. Maybe when we come back . In the meantime well tell you how one group of survives was honored tonight. Well table that for minute. New tonight celebrating Breast Cancer survivors and those working to help find a cure. Eyewitness news at sugar house casino for the game changer event put on by susan g. Komen philadelphia. Many in attendance were survivors and volunteers. Tonight more than a Million Dollars was distributed from Komen Philadelphia Community grants program to area hospitals to fund mammogram and treatment. Our own Stephanie Stahl and Natasha Brown emceed the event. To twhat a good dealing looks like. No. Seriously . Well give it a 6 for composition. Scary. Wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle price on the window . Not zany enough . Sometimes the best deals are pretty plain to see. Our morning team is back tomorrow from 4 30 to 7 00 for. Justin, don, everyone here im jess a dean. Were always on at cbsphilly. C cbsphilly. Com. Up next the late show with Stephen Colbert with jesse handler. From our entire team thanks for watching and well see you tomorrow. Announcer the following is a paid presentation for cize, brought to you by beachbody. This is the end of exercise. Get ready to cize it up. [ beat drops ] [ people cheering ]
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