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hall ways and see people passing their phones around, group texts. >> reporter: these students among fewer than half does hone answered a call for 11:15 a.m. walk out to protest the school's handling of the section continuing investigation. >> they see we are standing out for what we believe in inn assaying thinks wrong. >> reporter: most decided to attend a meeting with the school principal who invited them into the auditorium where the the posted you tube message. >> investigations, such as these take time, to be completed, and then it won't be any instant answers to questions, that we may have. >> i can only imagine, how violated the girls involved feel. >> reporter: district attorney risa furhman who is leading the sexing criminal investigation explained, that those found to be involved, could face very serious charges. >> the consequences to them are potentially very severe. these are fell will any offences. >> reporter: the school, in the the statement issued just
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a few minutes ago by e-mail says that the meeting is today among the 200 students teachers and administrators were in their word very valuable. many topics advertise cussed including at the top of the list on line safety. more on the developing investigation when we join you here at 6:00 live from lansdale i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". walt, thanks very much. new information tonight as federal investigators try to figure out why a small plane went down in chester county killing two people. it happened just after that plane took off from brandywine airport. here is a map of where the crash occurred. plane went down right in this area. you can see how close it was to the parking lot of the senior center which is right there. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live with new details on this deadly crash, alexandria? >> reporter: well, chris autopsies are taking place as we speak but i'm told that due to the severity of this crash the victims will not be able to be properly ided until late tomorrow or early wednesday.
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family members held each other close, beside a small plane turn ruble. >> we have debris outer lying debris within 20 yards but it is glass fragment pieces, fiberglass pieces, maps, charts. >> reporter: piper cherokee crashed behind a home on the 1,000 block of saunders lane then caught fire just after 1:30 sunday afternoon. >> upon arrival it was a active fire scene, so, our officers could not get close enough to it owe they secured the scene. >> reporter: according to investigators with the faa and ntsb trouble began less than 2 miles away during take off from the brandywine airport. >> witness heard sputtering again, and airplane banked to the left and then lost sight of the airplane. >> reporter: investigators say flight was in the hand of two pilots passenger likely being an faa certified instructor conducting a flight review,
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both died on the scene. >> power lines adjacent tall fence nearby, so we don't have have any evidence of a shallow type approach. >> reporter: manville says without being in the cockpit he cannot term if a avoiding nearby homes and busy route 2020 was by chance or by choice of the two seasoned pilots a aboard. >> reporter: preliminary report from the ntsb is expected sometime next week but a full factual report could take a year. reporting live from chester county alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fbi is leading investigation in the security breach that led to a deadly shooting outside of the nsa headquarters. >> investigators say a nsa officer opened fire after a driver tried to ram the gates of the security checkpoint. cbs news correspondent craig boswell has more from maryland. >> reporter: one person is dead, and another critically injured, after officers opened fire on a vehicle that crashed inside a gate at the nsa
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headquarters. cbs news has learned that the suspects had been on a all night binder involving drugs and alcohol when they took a wrong turn in the security gade at fort meed in maryland. the driver then ran their ford escape into a police vehicle after guard tried to stop them. 1nsa police officer with a bandage arm was seen being loaded into an ambulance. cbs news has confirmed that the two suspects were men dressed as woman, a small amount of cocaine was also found in the was found in the suv. >> sources identify one of the suspects as 20 year-old kevin fleming from baltimore. fleming has a criminal record including assault charges. officials still don't know why these two men were dressed as with man or why they tried to ram the gates. however, they say that there is no evidence, of terrorism. the the fbi has taken the lead in the investigation and is working with military and civilian law enforcement agencies. in maryland, craig boswell will for cbs-3 "eyewitness
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news". it is time now for a first look at today's forecast, meteorologist kathy orr joins us from the cbs-3 sky deck where she is still wearing her winter coat, even though it is march 30th kathy, what is going on. >> it is just embarrassing, isn't it? everyone is tired of it as well but you need it. it is comfortable this after afternoon but cold wind is blowing and temperatures will be falling back in the 30's overnight tonight, and we're talking about wet snow, for some of us come tomorrow. did you see it this morning? we will take a look at storm scan three it is on the radar at four or 5:00 a.m. we saw snow moving across the delaware valley very light, witt snow and then another round, around 7:00 a.m. and then on twitter it was lighting up saying what gives? well, here are totals. mount pocono .4 of an inch. martin's creek in the lehigh valley the same. florence new jersey .3. .2 in pennsauken but measurable snow even in philadelphia right now we're in the 50's cold front passed
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by. we have a stiff westerly breeze that will give way to light wind overnight tonight and we will be cooling down. come tomorrow morning if you are up early yes, you'll see the sun but late in the morning those cloud will be rolling in and then rain by about the the noon time hour, just spotty a at first and then during the afternoon rain pretty consistent and into the evening, some of that rain change to go wet snow especially to the north and west. coming up we will talk more about the snow in spots come tomorrow gradually warming as april begins and a look at the easter who will take weekend. april is looking up. we will talk more about that with the forecast when i join you inside. >> kathy, thank you. questions linger surrounding the shooting death of the off-duty delaware county police officer killed in his own home this weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson joins lose i have from darby boro police department where he just spoke with the police chief steve. >> reporter: difficult. i have been speaking to sources on this as well. they have confirmed to me that
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at this interest the girlfriend of officer mark hudson is in custody on charges stemming from an incident in august. now i want to tell you more about that incident, those sources are telling me it was then that august incident that 27 year-old tiana finch threatened hudson with the weapon. then stemming from that incident and following that in january, hudson took out a restraining order against finch, the 26 year-old off-duty darby officer, was shot once in the chest as we know at about 4:30 on saturday. the only other person in the home according to police was finch. she was taken in for questioning that day and then later we have learned that she was hospitalized on sunday, under the care of police for a medical incident, and for the the august incident we are told that finch had been charged with terroristic threats, simple assault and possession of a weapon. we recently as you mentioned smoke with the chief just moments ago we spoke with the delaware county district
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attorney i believe we have that sound for you right the now. >> she has been arrested for that complaint, she has been put on $250,000 bail and i'm in the sure whether she's still in the hospital and transported to the prison. >> we are hoping by tomorrow to be able to hold a press conference, and release details of this particular case good the district attorney saying that the details of those cases are fluid at this point. they are still working with detectives, and police including the chief on details, stemming from both incidents but they hope to have an announcement at some point tomorrow. much more to follow on this for now we are live from the the darby boro i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thank you. burlington county community is mourning loss of the teenager killed in the tragic accident last night. eighteen year-old lyric smith was hit and killed by a tractor trailer on i295 in mount laurel. the officers say that she just
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lost control of her car and hit a guardrail and truck hit her as he was inspecting the the damage. coming up at 6:00 "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan will have reaction from her school about this tragic loss. one driver was air lifted to a local hospital after an accident in hatfield pa this morning. chopper three over intersection of bethlehem pike and spilling drive. police say two cars were colliding around 8:30, one of them caught fire police say air lifted driver was seriously injured. welshing opening statements got underway in the trial of six former philadelphia police officer accused of corruption. the suspects all narcotics officers are accused of beating drug suspects. they are also accused of stealing more than half million-dollar in cash and drugs from suspects. their trial is expect to last about ten weeks. still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 new details about the the co pilot suspected of crashing a germanwings planes in the french alps find out the
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evidence that prosecutors say they have about the the pilots mental state the just before that doomed flight. and the prosecution rests in the boston marathon bombing trial we have got latest on today's testimony. and the nuclear talks with iran are going down to the wire we will tell what you lawmakers say about the chances of getting a deal done we will be right back. so i was video chatting with my girlfriend. we haven't been together long but... she just says it. i love you. my heart is racing. so i say it right back. i love you too. and she freezes.
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cbs news correspondent chris van cleve has new details from germany. >> reporter: this video have a teenage aer andreas lubitz stand in contrast to the 27 year-old co pilot whom investigating believe intentionally crashed germanwings flight 9525 on monday, prosecutors said that prior to receiving his pilots license lubitz was treated for suicidal thoughts. >> his thoughts were documented him to be unable to work and to fly but these documents don't show any hint of being suicidal or being aggressive against other people. >> reporter: prosecutors here in germany discounted reports that lubitz was having vision issues. they say they have not found a suicide net or any evidence of a motive. a german newspaper public what it says is a transcript of the
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cockpit voice recorder. while going over landing procedure for dusseldorf, lubitz say hopefully and we will see. when the captain reenters after taking a bathroom break he find the door locked. he knocks on the door shouting for god's sake open the door. the passengers are heard screaming. later, an automatic warning goes off, terrain pull up. more screams, and then nothing. in the french alps, and, crews are building a road so debris, and investigators have recovered, and victims. in dusseldorf germany, chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back at home penndot has begun a 9.3 million-dollar construction project that will repair and resurface 14 miles of state highway in philadelphia work began on richmond street in the port richmond neighborhood today. crews are expect to work there until mid to late april. penndot says that drivers should be advice that had only
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one lane will be opened there and, of course, allow extra time traveling through that area. good evening everyone, definitely will want to give yourself extra time in general this evening because we are in the full swing rush hour at 5:15 on this monday. we will look at an accident we are dealing with on the northbound side of 309, as you will notice right about here. this is making your way beyond north wales road in the process of being cleared out of the way but causing stop and go traffic in and around that area. a place to avoid if you can. moving to the 42 freeway traveling in either direction it looks pretty nice i would say right now but you're getting that rush hour snag on the southbound side of the 42 making your commute from the walt whitman bridge and moving beyond 295. as we look at our speed sensors they are slow taking a look at schuylkill you are stuck in the middle of red in front of the conshohocken. will all he find westbound delays around city avenue,
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commuting up toward area of 476 and also the the schuylkill around vine street expressway. going to and from the schuylkill on the vine you'll fine delays. fourteen is your average on i-95 heavy delays north and southbound through construction zones, 21 is your average on 476. we have an accident involving a trolley blocking the rails at 40th and lancaster avenue. westbound route ten trolley will be divert todd 40th and filbert so plan accordingly. other than that mass transit the is moving fairly well, chris and jessica. still to come an honor for the the late ted kennedy. >> see what was dedicated his name and what the president had to say about the late senator from massachusetts. >> popular eagles defender signs a contract extension but like the new quarterback and linebacker, he has injuries. it is a basketball night in philadelphia can nerlens noel post another beauty? those stor
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this place, that he left for a new generation of americans. a monument not to himself but to what we the people have the power to to together. >> the center opened to the public tomorrow. all right. kathy joins us and we are talking about, of course the the weather today and next couple days but we are also looking a little bit ahead to maybe a week from today. >> yes. >> and a big event. >> a lot of things will be going on. we have phils home opener. >> yes. >> we also have the the final four. >> that is right. >> a lot of sporting event. >> here on cbs. >> right new we are looking at colder weather coming our way tomorrow. we will take you to the poconos first where we are looking at cold conditions. cold enough for snow in the higher elevations at jack frost big boulder. eyewitness weather watchers are hard at work for observations and we will see them at bottom of the screen. we will try to extend that ski
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season as long as we can with more snow as we end the month of march tomorrow. chris mentioned it tomorrow we are looking at a day closer to getting to the phils home opener. it is only going to be a week from today that is it and as you can see the park looking g tarp is off. more rain tomorrow but we will be ready for the main event. here it is count down to the home opener looking good. only seven days away, phillies verse the red sox, a week from today april 6th. hopefully weather will be perfect. right now we are looking at a lot of wind. these are sustained wind in philadelphia out of the west at 24 miles an hour. millville 22-mile an hour sustained wind. reading 24 out of the west. wind will be subsiding in the wake of the front and we will be seeing cold temperatures overnight tonight. so far the high for today made it to 57. average high is 58 this time of the year. last day of march tomorrow and then april begins and temperatures will slowly be on the upswing so right now april
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looking a little bit better than march. march we will end the month well below average in temperature. right the now 56 in the city. allentown not bad at 54. poconos 43. fifty-four lancaster. fifty-eight in wilmington. tomorrow we will be seeing some clouds rolling in. morning starts off sunny but then we will see our next weather maker a clipper moving in with rain showers by noon mixing with wet snow or where it is cold enough especially in the higher elevations in the poconos and that cold air works its way in the lehigh valley possibly northern and western suburbs before the precipitation end around 8:00 p.m. we are looking at timing between noon and 8:00 p.m. mainly rain for most of us mixing with wet snow to the north and west coat to go 2 inches in the poconos in those higher elevations. overnight low 37 degrees during the day tomorrow look for a high of 52 with the rain moving in in the afternoon and extending through afternoon and evening commute. on the three day forecast looking a head to sunshine wednesday, thursday even better the temperatures 64 degrees and then by friday we have pass over beginning at
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sunset. we will have period of rain but it will be mild with the temperature of 56. that is your forecast, we will be back with more af
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it is a basketball night in south philadelphia. the sixers host lakers a battle for lottery ping-pong balls. sixers with the third word team in the league. last night sixers had a chance to steel a win from the cavilers. they trailed cleveland by a point with a little less than four minutes left but they failed to score the rest of the way. cavilers won 87-86. the flyers have the night off back in action wednesday against their cross town rivals pittsburgh. the the the flyers were
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officially eliminated from the playoffs last night after boston beat carolina. this is the second time in three years, the orange and black have failed to make a post season. we let some games slip away inconsistent play i think we have talk about that a lot and that was probably the biggest thing. we have had sometimes that we have been a really good hockey team but we take step backs and that is what hurt us. a lot of eagles talk centered around the signing of injured players. everyone is injured and i'm still hurt. demeco ryans signed a contract extension coming off his second achilles rupture. his two year deal could net him over ten. 6.25 million of that is guarantied. good guy great leader and his rehab is right on schedule. >> well, that is good. >> it never just goes away. >> i'm still hurting. >> yes. >> but worth every second. >> i wouldn't give up anything for it. you will help me get off this chair. >> yes. >> we got you.
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>> thanks, lot. >> still to come, in the next of/"eyewitness news" a car slams in the traffic stop injuring a police officer. find out how that officer is doing today and the charges that the driver could face. and a fire claimed the life of the rape victim just before her suspect rapist is set to go to trial. those stories and much more when "eyewitness news"
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i'm chris may with the day's top stories for you outraged students at north penn high school threat tone walk out of class after nude photos and videos of some female classmates surfaced on line. walk out was eventually called off, police are investigating what happened there. investigators are looking into a plane crash in chester count that i killed two people, a single engine plane went down shortly after take off yesterday from the brandywine airport. no one on the ground was injured. and, one man is shot and killed, another is wounded when their car rams a gate at national security agency in for the meed maryland. fbi does not believe this was terrorism related. kate? thank you, chris. good evening. well, we have a nice evening outside you may have noticed a difference since between how the day started and how the day ended. our headlines bringing more rain and snow for some of us tomorrow. your nicest day of the week is thursday so plan accordingly if you head out, take a half
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day, that is your day to do it. we have pass over and easter this weekend. we will have latest details on what to expect for upcoming holiday, yes, sir contact, back over to you. a falls township police officer and five others are injured in the chain reaction crash, this happened on route one northbound near the the route 13 exit. investigators believe the driver of the striking vehicle may have been under the influence. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has the latest information. >> reporter: twisted metal and shattered glass as a result of the traffic stop turned crash in bucks county. the the accident sent six people to the hospital including a police officer who had just gotten out of his now mangled cruiser. >> this is our worst nightmare. you have to keep your head on the swivel when pulling cars over. >> reporter: accident happened just before 11:00 sunday night on the northbound lanes of route one near route 13 in morrisville. falls township officer tom lung quiz pulled over a drive going 90 miles per hour. as the officer next to the
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driver's window a third car smashed into his cruz your causing a chain reaction. speaking to day on the phone as he rest at home today the the officer said the car caught him by surprise. he was hit and is extremely lucky he escaped with just a sprained wrist. he is also fortunate his k-9 partner was not with him at all, because he would have been likely killed in the crash. four people pulled over for speeding suffered only minor injuries too. police are looking into the driver of the striking vehicle. >> he did appear to be impaired. we are investigating this as a dui accident. speed was also a factor in this accident. >> reporter: the driver of the striking vehicle is in serious condition in the hospital today. police say he was taken from the scene with serious head injuries charges are pending the outcome of the investigation. reporting from falls township njan carabao for "eyewitness news". an alleged peeping tom is and rest for recording a female customer inside a target dressing room in montgomery county. this man of warminster used a
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ballpoint pen with the built in video camera to record a woman at abington target. he faces a list of charges including invasion of private thecy. authorities are now check to go see if any other women might have been recorded. the prosecution has rested its case against the suspected boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> today jurors viewed autopsy photos and heard testimony about injuries of three people who died in the 2013 terror attack. tsarnaev's lawyer maintains he participated in the marathon bombings but that his older barometer tam lynn was the driving force behind that attack. the the defense case is expected to be relatively short, tsarnaev could face the death penalty if convicted. fiance of former new england patriots player aaron hernandez returned to the witness stand for second day in his murder trial. she testified that she removed a box in their basement at hernandez request the day after he a allegedly killed odin lloyd. lloyd's girlfriend who was also jenkins younger sister
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wiped away tears as she listened to today's testimony. at least eight people were killed and ten others injured when a church van crossed four lanes of the florida highway just after midnight and then crashed in the canal. that happened in southwest florida. the driver ace monk the the dead and one of the injured is a four year-old. the highway patrol officer weather conditions were not a factor but their investigation is not the over. fresno city fire fighters is in critical condition after falling through the roof of the burning garage. he suffered burning to 70 percent of his bod and is in critical condition. he was climbing the roof to ventilate that house. an investigation is underway to determine what started the fire. negotiators are in the final hours of talks and to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. >> stumbling blocks may be creeping up. iran has apparently gone back on a prior agreement now saying it does not want to send its uranium to russia. iranian negotiators are
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demanding that economic sanctions also be lifted immediately. >> we should have kept sanctionness place so we could have gotten to a real agreement. the sanctions will come and they will come quick. >> supporters of the framework of this deal say fit is reached iran would not be able to manufacture a nuclear weapon for some 15 years. >> be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" as nuclear deal talks go down to the wire. as soon as there are any developments we will have have them for you here on television and also at cbs philly.com. good evening everyone. quite a busy day traffic wise, generally speaking, if you are watching us at work or waiting for someone to come home, make sure you give yourself more time and have them put your platter to the side to be heated up once you get there. i-95 continues to heat up more northbound you are delayed out of the center city throughout into northeast philadelphia unfortunately now we are dealing with the disabled vehicle situation compromising the right-hand
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lane around cottman avenue. of course, right within the the construction zone. this will add insult to injure in regard tour northbound delay on i-95. southbound we are experiencing high volume as well commuting out of the northeast down through the vine and again through construction zones at girard and cottman and i-95 delays around 476 and even commodore barry bridge. taking a look at ben franklin bridge it is not awful heading in to new jersey and pennsylvania, no major problems. all bridges are moving really well. let's talk travel times for a second. the eastbound on the schuylkill we are seeing slow counts between blue route and vine. thirty minute commute i would say. westbound is basically the same. pennsylvania turnpike eastbound so far looking pretty good between valley forge and bensalem. unfortunately westbound we are seeing delays on 422 between 202 and oaks and in regards to mass transit nothing major in regard to regional rails, chris and jessica. >> vittoria, thanks very much. still to come on the broadcast a brief spike in gas prices may be at an end, we will tell what you experts say about what will soon be paying
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at the pump. pop star taylor swift honored yet again see what she pick up last night kate? we have cleared out this evening but still a couple sprinkles showing up on storm scan three. i will have more on that and another chilly day tomorrow some spots even see some snow flakes. it does it ever warm up? i'll have the seven d
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when it comes to saving money ate appears that we are saving next to nothing. a new bank rate survey says roughly half of all americans put away 5 percent or less of their incomes. 18 percent of people surveyed say they are not saving anything at all. experts say you should be setting aside 15 percent of your income for retirement savings, emergency fund and other factors. gas prices have now stabilized in the u.s. we did experience a pretty brief but significant spike over the past couple weeks. >> triple a says national average is 2.4 $2 a gallon today. tensions in the middle eat and fighting in yemen has been to blame for increase. new government data released say u.s. oil production growth in 2014 was the largest in more than 100 years. take a look now at gas prices, right here in our area
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in pennsylvania the average is $2.52 a gallon. $2.25 in delaware. $2.16 in new jersey. a tiehl was reached today between new york state's attorney general and the vitamin retail giant gnc this comes after the attorney jena alleged that the company, and other retailers, sold fraudulent supplements, that did not contain even a trace of the herbs on their labels. the company arms that they are in full compliance with the government manufacturing guidelines and their supplements will undergo rigorous testing. all right. bad news for you music festival have officially banned the selfie stick. >> selfie sticks are of course, those long hand held poles that can a attach to i camera or iphone but most british musish festival out loud them via safety concerns. they can block view of concert goers who are wrapped behind you. >> that is true but you can get great pictures with them.
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well, the state has ended a whole lath differently then how it the began for om have us. for om us it began with snow in south jersey and portions of the lehigh valley. now that the sun has come outlook the at our observation from his our weather watchers. we have mid to upper 50's just about every where. carolyn in the city a at 54 degrees right now and she says cloud come and go just like morning dusting of snow. almost a poet there thank you for that. 61 degrees in new jersey. we will check with david dutch nice and warm there. sixty-one with sun peeking out. we will head down in delaware get the the tri-state a area and check with sandor in newark recording 59 degrees. he said great start to the workweek. we are looking forward to a mid week warm up. we have one of those to talk b the lets look at photos here. i want to show you one some flowers from phil. i'm not a master gardener and misidentified tulips last week and heard from you on facebook and twitter. if any of you heard what these are let me know on facebook or
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twitter. maybe some have on you are master gardeners, i am the not. lets look at is what happening outside. we will take to you sky scan three showing you ben franklin bridge. the beautiful evening. puffy cumulus cloud, blue skies, sun poking out between the cloud. when the sun comes out and sun hits you this time of the year it feels nice and warm. if you can time it right and be in the area more shelter from the win. wind are quite strong this evening. i want to show you time lapse from our live neighborhood network at the nazareth area middle school starting early this morning before the sun came out. you can see snow falling. watch what happens. we will see the the sun up. snow on the ground. light dusting out there but by 10:00 o'clock in the morning where we stop this the snow is pretty much already melted and gone as temperatures rose to 50 degrees. brief shot of snow for some but i want to show you on storm scan three these spotty showers moving through. what that is is cold air aloft creating instability. sun comes out warming up the ground. that pocket rises and then
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creates cloud and a few showers. you often see showers in the wake of the cold front this time of the year. don't be shock to swipe them once or twice if you are out and about this evening. otherwise we're dealing with the wind. wind strong with gusts to 25 to 30 miles an hour. slowly dying down overnight and tomorrow morning only to pick backup with gusts over 20 miles an hour later tomorrow have afternoon or evening. that is as we welcome an alberta clipper in the region. we have talk about clippers in the wintertime. this is a i am lar storm. good news it is coming from the mid afternoon which means it should stay rain for philadelphia and mess of the the area. but watch the snow mix nothing from the poconos and lehigh valley. we can have rain by 6:00 p.m. messy evening commute and then that system is on out of here. made a snow map not much a coat to go 2 inches a coating on grass surface necessary berks county and lehigh valley. rest of us dealing with the cold rain for our tuesday. overnight tonight mainly clear and chilly.
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37 degrees. tomorrow maybe a little bit of morning sunshine but grab the umbrella leaving house and rain jacket. they will need it by the time they leave school or you leave work tomorrow afternoon. fifty-two is our high. jump forward to preview to easter sunday in the bad mostly sunny cool dau but could be a whole lot worse as we saw this past weekend. 54 degrees. we will take it. your seven day forecast we have a lot going on. the passover begins friday evening. if you want to take a half day that is your day. sixty-four breezy and mild. friday brings rain in and cooler but generally dry for the easter holiday weekend. the chris back over to you. kate thank you. ten year-old girl is kill in the house fire in ohio hours before the man suspected of raping her was set to stand trial. two others died in that fire. neighbors tell authorities they heard and explosion and then the home went up in flames. bob allen from our sister station kdka in pittsburgh has more on the investigation in youngstown. >> reporter: neighbors in the
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3600 block of powers way in youngstown said they heard a loud explosion around 3:30 a.m. moments later they saw flames rip through a two story home. >> i looked out the window and the the fire broke out from a bottom of the basement and just was totally on fire. >> reporter: dozens of fire fighters were needed to control the blaze when it was out fire fighters found bodies of two adults and their ten year-old granddaughter, the adults are identified as billy and judy smith smith both in the 60's and connie is the the sister. >> everybody who knew billy loved him. he had friend all over the the united states. he could go anywhere in the country and run in some somebody that they knew. >> reporter: smith's were raising their granddaughter. neighbor pamela jones said she played with her grand kid. >> i cannot believe that something like this would happen. >> i have been crying all day. >> reporter: adding to the tragedy, 109 year-old girl was an alleged victim of the
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sexual assault. man accused of raping her 45 year-old robert semen appeared in court this morning for a trial. >> literally on the eve of trial, hours before this trial was supposed to begin this victim dies in a fire, under suspicious circumstances at the very least. >> reporter: he has not the been charged with starting the fire but his bond was revoked and he was taken to jail. if convicted on the rape charges he could face a maximum sentence on have life in prison. the assistant d.a. says they are investigating allegation that is semen tried to bribe a witness. >> this defendant had contacted another individual asking that individual to come into court and testify that the the victim in this case said that she was lying, that she admitted that she made it all up and witness says that did not happen. >> reporter: arson investigators have been on the scene all day. there are no signs of any foul play. meanwhile, the d.a.'s office plans to go forward with the trial, even though the the star witness a ten year-old
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girl is now deceased. in youngstown, ohio bob allen for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". on the healthwatch a new report on breast cancer could help doctors better identify the risks and treatments for patients. cbs news reporter terry okita has details from los angeles. >> reporter: ricky fairly's annual checkup in 2012 doctors found a tiny lump. she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. >> more rare more aggressive and in the a lot of treatment options for it. >> reporter: now new nationwide data may help doctors identify which patients are most at risk and which treatments are at best. for the first time researchers examine four major types of breast cancer including triple negative. then determine how often ethnicity and race, povertity levels, age and other factors played a role. >> this is just such a complex disease and i mean we used to sort of think of breast cancer
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as you were before, after menopause. >> it is really more about the biology of the cancer. >> reporter: research found non-hispanic blacks had higher rate of triple negative breast cancer and late stage disease then other racial group. >> look at how treatments are involved. >> usually chemotherapy is a major component of it. >> reporter: study looked at other cancers and found lung colon rectal and prostate cancers are down but incident of thyroid kidney and liver cancers are up for both men and women. >> i'm a survivor. i will beat this. >> reporter: fairly, now 58, says she's doing great after having aggressive chemo and radiation. she eliminated stress and moved to the beach. terry okita for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". some entertainment news taylor swift won big at last night's iheart radio muse ache ward in l.a. there she is, berks county native she won
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artist of the year and a song of the year for shake it off. he also won at ward for best lyrics for her song blank space, both of those track as peer on her latest album 1989. highlight of the night taylor played guitar for madonna during her performance. great version of ghost town. >> it was great. >> fun to check out. >> still ahead a new list ranks air travelers most common complaints. >> three on your side reporter jim donovan has just walk in and he had has that story when "eyewitness news" continues
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mentoring monday, in fairmount today. "eyewitness news" at moore college of art and design they are mentors offering advice and shared their tips for success and some of their hard earned lessons with the participants. networking event now in the second year took place in 43 additional cities. airlines have found plenty of creative ways to charge more fees over the the last few years and a lot of passengers out there are not happy bit. >> we know a few. >> yes. >> three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan found out another fee could be going up and one that all of us have to pay. >> reporter: with an improving economy u.s. airlines anticipate that their busiest and best spring in seven years. almost 135 million passengers will fly during march and april according to airlines for america the the industry group for u.s. carriers. but that means bigger airport crowds, and packed planes. a new survey from the u.s. travel association says that passengers already are annoyed
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with what comes with flying. the majority 62 percent said air travel leaves them somewhat frustrated or very frustrated. among the the most frustrating aspects of travel mentioned delays and cancellations, the security screen process, limited airlines to choose from and hidden fees. among the most frustrating of those fees a $200 fee for changes to an itinerary, $50 extra for ceta assignments paying $25 to check a bag and 50-dollar fee for priority boarding. meanwhile u.s. travel association and airport groups are pushing congress to boost the the existing passenger facilities charge added to each plane ticket by $4. we will find out if congress will consider the increase, at least one surveyed showed the majority of the americans are opposed to raising the fee. guess case ticked off at one of the these. >> these airlines have to have keep lights on, we know that. i was just doing this you have to pay 65 extra dollars to get any seat on the plane, it is a
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scam. what if i was taking children and i needed to be with them. then you are paying 200 extra dollars. >> leave the the kids at home. >> i agree. i agree. >> people work really hard to be able to do this and it just seems like they are scaming there. >> hot takes from the news desk tonight, very emotionally felt. >> well, that is "eyewitness news" at 6:00. now at 6:00 students sound off after a nude photo scandal rocks a montgomery county school we will have the the latest on that investigation. officials alleged this man was smashing up cars that he was supposed to fix in delaware county and that he did it for monday. the our pat ciarrocchi, will explain. kathy? windy afternoon but at least the sunnies out, coming up more rain and wet snow in the the forecast as we finally end the cold month of march. i'll have details on winning weather for april coming up. plus new details in the deadly plane crash in west goshen as ntsb investigators
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are right on the scene. ask anyone and you literally trade them like poke monday card. >> reporter: students say it happens all the time, naked photos of teenagers at the a montgomery county high school are shared on line. it is a photo scandal that is rocking north penn tonight and we have learn that charges could be forthcoming. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm yes, sir contact dean. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us live with the latest information, walt. >> reporter: some students here had been planning to walk out of mid-morning to show their concern about the sexing investigation engulfing this school. instead they stayed inside speaking with school officials. hoping to learn more about the investigation involving their classmates. >> ask

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