not only carjacked that vehicle but also ran it through a crowd of people, in the tioga section of philadelphia. we earlier though we spoke to residents who saw the whole thing happen, and listen to this. in search of suspects, police deploy the drag net. >> bottom line is we have a tragedy here, and we will use all of the resources we have at our disposal to find the people responsible. >> reporter: police hunting for two men accused of mowing down a crowd killing children injuring more, all after a carjacking gone wrong. >> i know them kids. for somebody to hit them kid like that and keep going doesn't make sense. >> reporter: shortly after 11:00 police say two suspects carjack a woman at gunpoint at sixth and huntington. from there they drove to germantown and allegheny through a crowd of women and children carjacking victim still in the suv. >> coming back here, and learned that that was them that got hit, i don't believe

it. >> reporter: germantown resident irsalea jackson shied she just spoke to the child victims moments before they were struck. she came back to find the crime scene. now, these kids were hurt, it is so sad. i hope that they catch the person that did this. report report we are outside fill police headquarters. the the news conference scheduled to start any moment. i want to go back over the numbers as we have them, right now. so far two children are dead. one killed at the scene. other pronounced at the hospital. a third child is in seriously, in serious critical condition, on life support, we are now hearing at st. christopher's. there was a woman at that fruit stand as we understand it, she is in critical condition, as well as would the man who was carjack, in the only carjack at gunpoint but thrown into her own car and driven at the point of impact, remain in the car, she remained in critical condition, as well.

again, we do expect that press conference, to start any moment, so this information is, subject to change. so far it is latees from philadelphia police headquarters i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> back to you. >> please get back to you when that gets underway. is there new information in the fighting in the delaware county medical center. our team coverage begins with matt rivers at the scene in darby with the very latest on the investigation, matt? >> on you key, suspect in this case 49 year-old richard plots is expect to be charged with first degree murder, attempted murder and slew of other charges. officials told reporters earl ter day, we will send it back to the studio right now for a press conference set to begin. >> matt, thanks very much. as we mentioned a group of people were run down in the carjacking in north philadelphia the news conference is set begin. >> lets get to that right now. >> in the 600 block of cumberland street when two males, forced their way in to her vehicle, and pointed a gun and drove off with her in the vehicle. while driving at a high rate

of speed, the vehicle lost control at germantown and allegheny and drove up on the sidewalk striking a 34 year-old female, who is listed in extremely critical condition at temple hospital, her 15 year-old daughter, who was pronounced at temple hospital, and her ten year-old son, who was pronounced at the scene, her seven year-old son, who was pronounced at st. christopher's hospital, also, a six five-year old female, who was struck is in stable condition at hahnemann hospital and the 45 year-old carjacking victim is critical but stable at temple hospital. fifty-nine victims were out front at germantown and allegheny, selling fruit from a cart to raise money for their church. the two suspects are described as, one black male, and one hispanic male. both in their 20's, both

wearing white t-shirts. they both fled on foot from the scene. we're asking for public's help in providing us any information, about these suspects, the reward is currently at $60,000 we're asking again for the public's help with anyone who saw anything or heard of anything, in reference to these suspects. i'll hope it up to any questions that you have. >> unaudible. >> there is three children, they are all pronounced. a 15 year-old, ten year-old and seven year-old and they are all children of the 34 year-old female. >> reporter: unaudible. >> we have not been able to make family notifications so we cannot make and release their names. >> unaudible. >> the ten year-old was a male, seven year-old son and a 15 year-old daughter. >> did you say there was a five five-year old female? >> yes, she is a neighbor of the family. she was out there as well helping to sell fruit and water. she happened to be there during the time of this

incident. >> unaudible. >> what happened that led the car to drive up the median. >> we know it was driving at a extremely high rate of speed. at some point the tire blew out. they were trying to make that turn from germantown on to allegheny, lost control of the vehicle and then ultimately ran up on the sidewalk, striking and injuring those other individuals. >> one at a time, i cannot hear. >> unaudible. >> we have been able to talk to her. she's critical but stable. secretary are now talking to her. we have some information, sketchy information, about the the doers, as i describe one ace black male one is a hispanic male but we are still speaking with her. >> unaudible. >> in the beginning, when we gotten and forced their way in the vehicle they had the female, carjacking victim driving, at some point they forced her in the back seat where the black male was the driver and hispanic male was

in the rear passenger seat where carjacking victim was. >> unaudible. >> we don't know, we are doing that though. we have alerts out at all area hospitals. if anyone shows up with any type of injuries to contact the homicide unit and we will dispatch detectives out to that hospital. >> unaudible. >> at sixth and cumberland, 600 block of cumberland. >> unaudible. >> no, carjacking victim is a real estate agent. she was out there to show a property. person she was go to show the property to did show up and as she was leaving to get back into her vehicle that is when she was approached and then force back in the vehicle vehicle. we don't believe it was a set up at all. >> unaudible. >> she has never seen them before. >> unaudible. >> we have detectives out there running the whole route that we believe that the car went down, and we're checking area video as we speak. we are pulling video.

we will bring it upstairs and take a look but right new we have in the seen anything as of yet. >> unaudible. >> i don't know where she was a realtor at. they had loved ones out there they don't necessity. i don't want to put that out except for ages right now. >> unaudible. >> like i was just saying, we are pulling a lot of area video on which way the vehicle went. we will bring it into homicide and take a look at it. we have not looked at it yet. we are in the process of pulling vehicle where we think the vehicle is at. >> unaudible. >> i'm sorry up audible. >> no. >> unaudible. >> i mean obviously we will take it as they are armed and dangerous but, you know. >> unaudible. >> i don't have an exact time

of death. >> unaudible. >> say it again. >> unaudible. >> i still have detectives and crime scene unit out there as we speak. i believe the car was towed. we will take a look the at car thoroughly. hopefully we will fine something but right now we have not. >> unaudible. >> i mean, i have been in the homicide unit for six years. this is one of the most sadest cases that i have come across. you have three innocent children, the rest of their lives in front of them, that were taken in this fashion it is very sad and very tragic. we will find the individuals that are responsible. >> unaudible. >> i'm sorry. >> unaudible. >> i don't know right now she's listed in extremely critical condition. we will see. okay. thank you. >> everette gilson, mayor's chief of staff, deputy of

public safety. i just want to echo and i have kept the mayor fully informed of everything that is going on much like i said earlier, today, this is a tragedy for our city. we asked for the prayers for the family within a reasonable period of time, i'm sure we will all necessity who they are and we will start to get their stories as well but from what you already know the marries heart broken, that this has happened, but really we would like the public to stand up and speak up, if you know anything, we believe that these two individuals are out there, they are not going to operate in the vacuum and somebody knows something, there is now 60,000 doll arson the table waiting for somebody to actually come provide evidence so that we can actually put these people behind bars. that is what the mayor wanted me to convey and i just want to ask that the prayers of the city go out, to this family,

and so that we can get these people behind bars. the city of philadelphia puts up funding in order to solve homicides, and we put up 20,000 for each homicide, and the marries actually considering whether or in the we will put additional funding in, at this time. we're going over some facts and figures right now but we need this to be least solved and we want these individuals as quickly as we can to get them off of the street. >> unaudible. >> i would say just imagine if this is your family and imagine that these individuals today, got up, to do something as far as we can tell right now, that they went out, to get money and raise money for either a church or maybe their block but they were doing it unselfishly, it was a mother and her children and now it

looks like and we necessity the children are gone and the mother is fighting for her life. all i can say if you know the the person that did this you have to be able to look yourself in the mirror and say dot right thing and turn these folks in. that is all i can ask and that is all all of us can ask as citizens of this great city. >> commissioner? >> any further questions. >> unaudible. >> it is just that, there are no words really to describe how i feel right now but we do need to find these people. that is our focus. finding the people responsible for this crime. get them in custody as soon as possible before they harm anyone else. >> unaudible. >> we really don't know the answer to that, they were traveling at a high rate of

speed, and, and, at some point in time, and, we just don't know. >> thank you, commissioner. >> just some heart breaking, new details coming out, at that news conference. we now know that three children were killed in this deadly hit and run whiz originated as a carjacking. they were 15 years old, ten years old, seven years old, all set to be siblings. their mother is new listed in critical condition, they were apparently selling fruit, there at that intersection when this car lost control, with the two carjacker and would the man carjacked, where we now know that woman is also very serious condition and a third adult is fight fog are their life right now. a very serious situation and again at the end of the day three children dead. >> as you heard, a $60,000

reward is on the table for an arrest, and leading, information leading to the arrest of the suspect. captain james squad said this is one of the sadest events he has ever seen and that they will find those responsible. we will take a short break and we will be ri

we have new information in the deadly shooting in the delaware valley medical center. our team coverage with matt rivers with the very latest in the investigation, matt. >> reporter: as we mentioned suspect 49 year-old richard plots is expect to be charged with first degree murder, attempted murder and slew of other charges and officials told reporters earlier today that they believed that plots wanted to kill more people here thursday afternoon at the

mercy wellness center then he was actually able to. there is new information today about the violence and chaos that erupted inside mercy wellness center around 2:30 thursday afternoon. richard plots was at psychiatric appointment with his doctor lee silverman and his caseworker teresa hunt. argument erupted and plots pulled a gun. >> he intended to kill doctor silver man when he showed up for that appointment and that is yes brought the gun. >> reporter: only first he pointed weapon at his caseworker and fired. >> he fired into her head and left side of her head which we believe immediately killed her >> reporter: he wheeled around and began firing at his doctor but he had a concealed carry permit and semiautomatic handgun so he fired back. >> mr. plots was shooting at the doctor at this point in time. doctorate returned fire. the doctor emptied his gun at that point. >> reporter: he hit plots three times sustaining a grazed wound himself but

suspect didn't stop and went to reload. that is when two other employees at the center barge in the office. >> they were able to, subdue him on the ground and take the revolver away from mr. plots. >> reporter: officials called them heroes but they didn't know at the time was that plots had nearly 40 more round of ammunition in his pocket. >> we believe he was there and going to reload, back that revolver and continue, to fire and continue to kill. >> reporter: as to the motive behind this shooting officials tell us they believe plots was unhappy with a hospital policy that did not allow him to bring guns on to their property. as a convicted felon he is not allowed to have gu&s in the first place. as for the doctor he too was also not allowed to have guns at the time of this shooting. the hospital did release a statement earlier today, saying that their thoughts and prayers are with the family of teresa hunt and that they are looking forward to doctor silverman returning to work. we are live from darby, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". the 59 two-year old psychiatrist doctor lee silverman was released from the hospital last night after being treated for grace wound. doctor silverman was seen walking around his house with bandages on his head and hand. he didn't want to talk with us but his wife spoke briefly to our charlotte huffman. >> what are you doing. >> he is okay. he is okay. >> her brother tells "eyewitness news" his brother is recovering and his thoughts and prayers are with his collogue and her family, yes, sir contact? >> we'relso learning more about the suspect in this conducting a search of the suspect's richard plots apartment. our team coverage continues with "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter, walt. >> reporter: that search is still underway, been underway for last hour. you can see one of the detectives coming out there they are looking for clues involving this deadly violence, but long were the violence there was evidence, a a lot of evidence, that this accused killer was a deeply trouble man with mental health problems and a criminal

history, many feared at some point he was explode into violence. long before bullets flew, wednesday afternoon, there were fears richard plots, with a history of mental health problems and weapons arrests would explode into violence. >> everybody knew who he was, everybody knew that he was a violent predator and he had potential to hurt other people. >> reporter: according to superintendent chitwooden the county's home less shelter had long banned plots from add midding because of his history. partial records of his contact with police in philadelphia, delaware county and delaware, including four illegal weapons arrests, convictions for assault, drug possession and bank robbery and at least three prison sentences. >> this guy shouldn't have been on the street, period. >> reporter: record also show that two involuntary commitments for emergency mental health issues, including >> i'm surprised he just hasn't been put away a long

time ago. i'm surprised they don't check people going in and out of places where people with some sort of psychiatric disability, drug problem, don't check them going in and out of these places. it is scary. >> reporter: despite a two decade record of crimes at major mental health problems, prosecutors say plots was never the the less, able to get a gun, and shortly after he arrived, wednesday afternoon, the violence, so many had feared for so long, began. >> this is a tragic thing but there is more and more people on the streets of our communities, all of our communities that we have no idea that they are out there that have this kind of potential. >> reporter: now prosecutors revealed that the suspect had dozens of extra bullets in his pocket, he was planning to reload, right now inside that apartment, detectives are trying to find out if he had additional bullets and weapons, maybe writings or diary anything indicating he planned a wider path of violence. they are also looking for evidence that would work in

the murder charges when they come to court. much more when we join you at 6:00 live from clifton heights as the search continues i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. coming up 59:30 our stephanie stahl takes a closer look at security at medical facilities, what is being done to keep employees and patients safe? we will find out at 5:30. we will be right back.

well, talking about weather now what a beautifulfully it has been in the city of philadelphia, down the shore, poconos no matter where you were it was gorgeous unless were you stuck inside at work in which hopefully you get outside this evening. folks making the mess of this day. down the the shore live camera on the neighborhood network at beach patrol headquarters in margate looking out to the ocean, lot of folks still on the beach this afternoon at 71 degrees there breeze from the north at 11 miles an hour. storm scan three shows a completely clear sky all over northeast and tri-state area heading out to the west you can see the first seeds being zone so to speak of the next system approaching during the weekend bringing a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms, they will be isolated tomorrow but better chance comes in on sunday. temperatures right new feeling fantastic, 83 degrees, extremely low humidity. we don't get days like this in july. i hope you are enjoying it. eighty-one in trenton. eighty in wilmington. comfortable 79 in wildwood. we do have some more comfort as we get through tonight the but does start to steam up

through weekend. overnight in problems but a few clouds come in early saturday morning, we will see sunshine on saturday but just the chance for some scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm saturday afternoon, figure it out saturday evening but another chance for storms even another shower early sunday but in the afternoon storms could come through and last into the overnight hours sunday night and into monday morning. this is 3:00 a.m. monday morning with the storms moving through the area and they will last through much of the day on monday as coal front brings in big changes. we are in slight writ being object sunday, downpours, strong wind and hail possible with any storms on sunday. after a fabulous friday, steamy saturday and then stormy sunday. as we head towards overnight hours mainly clear and comfortable. sixty-six is our overnight low. saturday partly sunny, nice and warm, isolated sure or storm, high up to 88 degrees. you're witness weather three day forecast and cher cast you can see it gets warmer and stormy each day 88 degrees on saturday. we are up to 90 on sunday.

steam which strong storms, tell last sunday into monday. transition day machine but wait until you see what comes beyond these three days coming up in a little while with the seven day. get that updated forecast anytime with the new cbs philly weather app, check live radar and share your storm pictures with us instantly, down load that app on itunes and coming soon to android, ukee. thanks, katie. we have breaking news from the king of prussia area at the height of the evening rush a bee truck has overturn on i-76. chopper three is overhead at the scene, accident scene. i-76 and mall boulevard, approaching the turnpike, not far from the turnpike, there are no reports of any injuries at the moment, we will bring you more updates as they become available to us and torey will have any details on any detours, around that area truck overturn on i-76. we will take a short break we will be

i'm jessica dean with the day's top stories, three children killed, their mother is in extremely critical condition after a carjacked suv slams into them on a sidewalk in north philadelphia two other adults were hurt and those suspects, fled, making it a hit and run. >> the two suspects are

described as, one black male and one hispanic male, both in their 20's, both wearing white t-shirt. they both fled on foot, from the scene. >> a $60,000 reward is now being offered for information in that case. new video of police searching clifton heights delaware county apartment of allege medical center gunman richard plots. he is accused of killing his caseworker at mercy wellness center yesterday. we learned today he had nearly 40 more round of ammunition when he was reportedly shot by his armed doctor who was also wounded. speculation is growing, pope francis will come to philadelphia for the world meeting of families next year. even archbishop chaput sounds convinced. comments from the vatican have been so encouraging, we might call it and unofficial confirmation. a man is under arrest in connection with a suspect firebombing in south philadelphia. a family trapped inside was saved. thanks to an off-duty police officer who has had his share of controversy.

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao has that story. >> reporter: fire marshall detectives and special k-9 unit searched through these charred remains in south philadelphia friday morning, only hours before, this row home in the 1700 block of segal street was on fire trapping three people inside. >> i hope that this woman, hollering help us, help us. >> reporter: gale skinner woke her daughter who called 911. >> i'm hollering where are you, where are you? i told them the firemen is on the way. >> reporter: help was already on the scene. police say a tenant in plainclothes in an unrelated matter spotted flames and rushed to help. >> kicked in the the front door, started the occupants to get out, alerted them to the fire and they made their escape from the rear of the property. >> reporter: they jumped from the second floor a 58 year-old man, 47 year-old woman and three-year old girl were all taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. now police say hero copies lieutenant jonathan josey.

>> outstanding, man saved three lives. >> reporter: josey is same cop fired by philadelphia police in september 2012 after seen on video apparently striking a woman during a puerto rican day parade. josey was late's quitted of assault charges and fop appealed his dismissal. he has been since reinstated. today this neighborhood is relieved he was there. >> it is very, very dangerous. >> reporter: a lot of clean up ahead here, in the meantime red cross is helping a family of four that lived next door that is now displaced by this fire. reporting from south philadelphia, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police new say woman found dead on the side of the road in winslow township was stabbed to death. forty-one year-old victim was discovered just after 1:00 the new brooklyn aerial road and wilkins landing road. her name is withheld until her family is notified. medical center shooting in darby has raised new concerns about security at health care facilities. it is an issue our health reporter stephanie stahl has

been covering and she's in the sat center with more. >> reporter: we investigated this in april with hospital staff being injured on the job and raising serious questions about safety. labor department says that health carries the leading industry for work place violence. and many feel that there isn't enough security. there is no gun policy, but nothing else to stop people from bringing guns in the mercy wellness center, no, medal detectors. the shooter simply walk in the doctor's office where the doctor, also had a gun. >> all of our facilities do have have, some form of security. >> reporter: but mark ross, director of emergency preparedness for hospital and health system association of pennsylvania, admits, that the security at medical facilities is not stringent, or uniform. >> there is no distinct standards. there are recommendations through accreditation agencies, that say that you need a security staff. >> reporter: it is generally limited for doctors, offices but even in hospitals, security varies. some have have metal detectors

like here in the emergency department at cooper university hospital. others have cameras surveillance and security guards, but some say that hospital violence is a growing problem. a report in the annals of emergency medicine found from 2,000 through 2011, there were 154 hospital-related shootings with 235 injured, or killed. >> i cannot tell you how many times i was assaulted. >> reporter: shawna is a local nurse who we interviewed in april. she said medical facilities need more security. >> you don't know what will happen, you don't know when somebody will come with a gun. >> reporter: ross says it is an issue every where not just in medical facilities. >> it is a tragic circumstance, stephanie. it is saying more about today's society, more so then the industry. >> reporter: ross says that his association, and the mercy hospital system are reevaluating security plans, now and there could be new directive following this shooting. from the sat center i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

>> stephanie, thank you. happening right now a pro palestinian rally in center city philadelphia this is happening outside the israeli consul on jfk boulevard. so far traffic has in the been affected. there are new developments out of the middle east tonight an attempt to broker a truce between israel and hamas has failed and violence continues. cbs news reporter alfonso van marsh has more from the israeli/gaza border. >> reporter: after intense talks in cairo secretary of state john kerry says he was unable to hammer out a temporary cease-fire deal between israel and hamas but he is still holding out hope. >> unaudible >> reporter: israeli media report that israel's security cabinet reject current plan because it involved scaling back the destruction of hamas tunnels, into israel. israeli air strikes hit 80 targets in gaza while hamas militants fired 50 rockets at israel. thirty homes were hit in gaza, hamas leader and # of his sons

were killed. in israel a hamas rocket hit a residential home. here on israeli's boarder with gaza families are spending the day with military service members on active duty, usually on friday soldiers can getting to home but because of the conflict, they cannot. as troops prepare for the war around them, families are having picnics, bringing snacks from home. this woman says she's not concern about the danger. >> she says my hearties with them. i love them. i feel like they are all my children. this former service member agreed. >> all this nation is one family and be in cab break us. >> reporter: if a week long cease-fire is reached, would it allow more time to work on a lasting truce that would send these soldiers, home. alfonso van marsh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". tonight we are also getting a look at the place where an air algiers plane crashed in northern mali. you can see debris field here. plane crashed yesterday with 116 people on board, no one is

believed to have survived. officials say the plane disappeared from radar less than an hour into the flight after changing its flight path because of bad weather. so far crews have found one of the flight recorders, the cause of that crash is still under investigation. in eastern ukraine a small group of dutch, as you veil yan investigators walk through crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17. investigators found what they believe are machine gun holes in the piece of the plane's fuel age. it is in the the clear how the holes got there plane went down last week killing all 298 people on board, most of the victims were dutch citizens. well, president obama is delivering a message to three central american presidents about influence of unaccompanied minors to the u.s. borders. the president met with the president of the honduras, el salvador and guatemala saying they must do more to stop flow of kids making it to the u.s. meantime texas law enforcement officers have stepped up patrols along rio grand where most of the immigrants are crossing in, to the country. >> we have a raft coming

across that is designed for three people and it might have 15 people on board. >> the president asked congress for nearly $4 billion to help with the crisis on the border but republicans are not sold, saying that the cash will in the go towards stopping the flow of illegals. good evening, everyone, it is really a traffic frenzy on this friday. lets start first with the area of the skew can kill expressway. this is live chopper 3hd over the scene of the overturn meat truck on the schuylkill westbound approaching the area have of mall boulevard. these are local lanes, trying to get to the turnpike. the as you will notice only one lane of traffic gets by this is westbound side of 76 approaching mall boulevard. this thing has all hand on deck, and has been out there for over an hour, we will continue to keep you updated on than for sure as we continue though lets talk first as we were looking at our cameras, you are not seeing a back up in that area because a lot of folks are jumping on the blue route to get to the turnpike and that

is your best alternate so keep that in mine. we are experiencing the usual rush hour delays on the schuylkill and an accident on i-95. ninety-five traveling southbound approaching 420 right lane is block associated with the accident there and you are jammed all the waste, almost to the girard point bridge. a very busy day and on walt whitman bridge eastbound is there an accident as well so give yourself more time. jessica and ukee. >> still to come on "eyewitness news". >> little boy from massachusetts with one wish to get lots of birthday cards, his wish, came true big time, we will tell you about the the overwhelming response to make his day extra special. one cat's curiosity could have gotten him in trouble what the feline did that had cops on the case, kate. it has been a stunner of a friday but it starts to heat up and steam up throughout weekend with better chance for storms each day especially sunday into monday, coming up we will have your eyewitness weather seven day fore

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identity theft protection from the credit bureau speaker yan but sometime before the target hack they had their own data leak through a subsidiary. both companies say that the two incident are unrelated. well, facebook found are mark zuckerberg is $1.6 billion richer thanks to a surge in his company's stock price. social media web site stocks closed at $75 a share yesterday. facebook stock has balloon 183 percent over the last year. zuckerberg's net worth is about, oh, $33.3 billion. what is another 1 billion. >> chump change. >> goodness gracious. >> weird al's latest album tops music charts and now on its way to pie racecy platinum. >> his album mandatory fun has been down loaded illegally more than 40,000 times since its release. last year beyonce's self titled album was pirated 240,000 times, in just the first two weeks. >> have you heard his stuff. >> yes, it is every where.

>> it is great. >> it is good. >> straight ahead on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a tour of the link, brand new features eagles fans will experience this fall. plus a royal photo bomb, queen elizabeth the second shows news a selfie and look all smiles. we will be right back.

he accidentally dialed 911 while reclining on the desk. workers say he is a handful and knew who caused the trouble when dispatcher called back to inquire about the possible problem. they say the cat, has used that phone before. to that is none other than the queen of england in the background of this semi taken at commonwealth games in glass co. australian hockey players admit they timed that shot knowing the queen was moving into view. that photo has now been retreated thousands of times encouraging copycat attempt. it also period on the front page of the british newspaper the times. >> how about that. >> yes. >> a worldwide effort is underway to help grant a birthday wish for a little boy with terminal cancer. >> today is danny nickerson's sixth birthday and take a look, he has received boxes and box of cards and letters. more mail then all of the resident in his hometown of

foxboro, massachusetts combine. little danny suffers from a rare inoperable brain tumor. his mom said danny had one item on his birthday wish list. >> he said i want mail. so, he got mail. >> that he d letters have been mailed from aruba, texas, even from a squad ron of marines in afghanistan. danny has received 50,000 card and letters so far, with many more, still on the way. you cannot put those stories before me i get all choke up every time. lets see how things are shaping up on this beautiful, beautiful friday what a great day to be outside. hopefully you got a chance. if not we have a nice long evening ahead of us. low humidity. puffy fair weather clouds as we look live on sky cam three from our camera at campbell's feel out over ben franklin bridge looking great right now. lets see what is going on, satellite and radar not much on storm scan three. in problems. we are clear all across north east and mid-atlantic region.

you can see our next wet are maker a system pushing threw upper midwest, approaching with the warm front tomorrow with the risk for shower or thunderstorm but better chance for storms coming in late sunday and monday. back to today's beauty. look at today's numbers we are in the lower 80's. seventy-seven in atlantic city. seventy-eight in lancaster. seventy-three in mount pocono. check out these dew point this is may be bigger story. dew point is 52. very comfortable dry air in place. fifty-one allentown. dew point of 56 in millville. heading in the take tomorrow we are right back to the dew point of 65 degrees for saturday. that puts us back in the steamy range. we are in the awesome range today. you will feel it stepping outside. sunday we will go up to 70, oppressive. enjoying the nice try comfortable weather today, well, enjoy it while you can because it will not last through the the weekend. just an isolated afternoon thunderstorm on saturday with the warm front across the northeast. as we head into sunday we will see our next system approach, gets very hot, humid with the approach of the front. showers and storms possible

especially later in the evening. they are trying to push this later in the, overnight sunday but shower or storm possible anytime. monday as well, showers and storms with that front overhead and highs in the 80's. we are in the slight risk for severe weather on sunday as well meaning any thunderstorm can produce win, downpours and possibility for hail. for your saturday mostly sunny warm and breezy, 84 degrees. nice beach day. water temperature in the 70's up to seven to two. partly sunny and humid with a chance for thunderstorms at time high down the shore of 85. poconos 75 degrees for tomorrow. isolated shower or storm late. better chance comes on sunday and then gannon monday with highs back in the mid 07's but it will be steamy. look at your overnight forecast here in the city of philadelphia, feeling nice. 66 degrees. mainly clear. few more clouds starting to creep in as we go in the early morning hours on saturday and then saturday's forecast partly sunny, warm, more humid with a isolated shower or storm. high of 88 degrees. here is your seven day forecast and shore cast and

you can see we will steam up through the weekend, best chance for storms sunday into monday but once we clear that front out take a look at what is beyond the three day, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, gorgeous low humidity, comfortable friday looking nice as well. back to you guys. >> that looks good, ready for some football. >> always. >> come on now training camp gets underway eagles fans are anticipate gooding things this season. >> many good things. when they helped to lincoln financial field that home game experience will be a little different when season starts in september. kyw news laid ohio steve, checks out upgrades. >> reporter: front office led the media on a tour of the link on the receiving end of some nice upgrades. eagles president don smolenski said they hope with season ticket holders over past few seasons and developed a plan of action based on their input which includes some pretty big, big screens. >> it will be like similar to what you can experience at home. you know, these are the highest resolution video board in the national football

league. >> reporter: thinks next phase of the two year, $125 million upgrade at the the link when opened in 2003 among highlights for fans this upcoming season, two high definition video board with an upgraded sound system in each end zone plus 1600 seat, bringing capacity to nearly 70,000. those hd boards are more twice as sharp as the link's old ones, new tech touches also include led ribbon board displays along each side of the stadium giving fans 360-degree of video, animation, scores and stats. ever i can long who runs the control room for each home game says new replay system is state of the art. >> previously we were able to take four angles and new we have the ability to take up to 19 actually. >> reporter: eagles believe the project will enhance the game day experience for its fans. steve towa kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". game day not long from now. >> yeah. >> bring it. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this weekend, the

theaters will be action pack. scarlet johann as gets cyst ars powers and aka the rock becomes hercules. >> what does an actor eat to get in shape to play a greek god, find out on the other side,

do you think you have what it takes to be on survivor? cbs three is hosting a casting call tomorrow. join us from the trump taj mahal from noon to 3:00. log ton cbs philly.com/contests for complete details. in theaters this weeks end to action films hit the big screen. >> nancy odell gives you your preview this week the rock gets buff to play hercules, and scarlet johann son gains unexpected super powers in lucy. scarlet johannson plays lucy a young woman exposed to a mysterious drug by gangsters and gains access to her brain. >> she's putting extenuating circumstances, i would say, and that really lead her to be able to use a greater and greater capacity of her brain.

>> with all that brain power comes a good amount of brawn. >> when you see her, you know, how she stand, how she maneuvers, with kind of an inner strength. >> speaking of strength, check this guy out. >> i am hercules. >> reporter: that is dwayne johnson giving his all to play legendary hero hercules, a role he has been dreaming of his entire career. >> i had the best time but it was most challenging time, six to eight months of prep. >> 10-ounces of red meat, it was, and, 5 ounces of oatmeal,. >> and, and, eye popping 3-d. >> and, it was in the designed for 3-d, led to the authenticity of the, theme, script, play out.

>> and. ought 7:00 right here on cbs-3. >> that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 we are following breaking new details on the carjacking and crash that killed three children. new information coming up next. also the the new details about the new shoot-out inside the medical center in darby and what happened inside to avoid a mass casualty situation. kate? in weather, it has been a fabulous friday but does turn steamy with the weekend with the threat for thunderstorms. we will track it all at 6:00. and is the pope coming to philadelphia? latest from our sources at the vatican. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. the children have the the rest of their lives in front of them, they were taken in

this fashion and it is very sad ape tragic. >> breaking news now at 6:00 new details in one of the sadest cases, police say they have seen, a carjacking a crash, and three children killed. those children were selling fruit on the street corner trying to raise money for their church. good evening, everyone i'm yes, sir contact dean. i'm ukee washington in for chris may. carjackers forced their way in the suv at sixth and huntington. they took off with the woman still inside they crash in the group of people at germantown at west allegheny 36789 children killed were all siblings. their mother and the vehicle's owner were critically injured, third woman suffered less severe injuries. steve paterson joins us from police headquarters with late word from the police, steve? >> reporter: ukee and yes, sir cars, we have learn late this afternoon that not only did three children lose their lives in this fatal hit and run, but these were three siblings and their mother is clinging to life in critical condition. police say whoever these two

suspects are destroyed a family and now they are calling on the entire city of philadelphia, to help track them down. late this afternoon the announcement no one wanted to hear, three children, killed. >> i have been in the homicide unit six years and this is one of the most sadest cases i have ever come across. you have three innocent children, to has the rest of their lives in front of them that were taken in this fashion and it is very sad. >> reporter: family torn apart, victims a 15 year-old girl, a ten year-old boy and a seven year-old boy, all siblings, all killed. their 34 year-old mother clinging to life in critical condition. >> i know them kids. for somebody to hit them kids like that and just keep going doesn't make sense. >> reporter: shortly after 11