ane about a week ago they began moving in, and this morning, that suspect keonna thomas was arrested at mid-morning in her north philadelphia home. in the end, the woman who allegedly vowed that she would fight back a and die for isis as a mortar, looked like any other suspect let out of her house in the 800 block of north tenth street handcuffed by members of the fbi a's joint terrorism task force whose identities we are concealing. the first steps on her journey to face justice captured on this exclusive video by an eyewitness, wearing a berk a and veil during a four minute court arraignment she's identified as keonna thomas 30 years old, and also known as fatayat al khalifah and young lioness. can you tell us anything at all about what she was plaque. >> i cannot make a statement at this time. >> reporter: the prosecutor wasn't commenting but an fbi arrest warrant claims thomas planned to board a flight from spain to turkey to syria where she wanted to give her life

for isis. when you are a jihad fighter your death becomes a wedding she allegedly tweeted and warrant states that she posted if we truly knew the realities, we would all be rushing to join our brothers in the front lines, pray allah accept us as shuhada. >> we have no further comment but we will be prepared neck week to proceed on her behalf. >> reporter: thomas, who spoke only yes and no during a judge's questions during her initial a appearance was out spoken on twit's cord to go the arrest warrant discussing death for those who betrayed isis. companies conspirator number two but if my wife comes and it turns out she was a spice after all these years i will, personally bee head her. keonna thomas cutting head is more personal. based on the magistrate's decision thomas won't be returning to her home, anytime soon. she was ordered held for pretrial detention hearing wednesday and prosecutors

prevail, she will remain behind bars, until her trial. one final potentially disturbing note in this warrant, on april 15th thomas had purchased a ticket to return to philadelphia, after meeting with isis, and there is nothing in the warrant and nothing being said by anybody about what her plans might have been had she come back. live from the u.s. courthouse i'm walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we reported on the arrest yesterday walt of two terror suspects in new york. is there any connection between that event and this event today in philadelphia. >> reporter: not at this point, chris but we are expect to learn more at that preliminary detention hearing set for wednesday afternoon here. >> reporter: walt hunt inner center city philadelphia, thanks very much. keonna thomas lives on north tenth street in the city. neighbors are stunned to learn that an alleged terrorist might be in their neighborhood. live team three coverage continues with steve pather sun live in the neighborhood with that reaction steve.

>> reporter: chris, we have been showing our viewers tonight exclusive video of thomas's arrest, the scene is right behind me. take a look. if you don't know what house it is it is the one dotted with american flags. tonight we spoke to the woman who witnessed the entire thing unravel. >> it is really just sick, sad. >> reporter: neighbor ronnie paterson characterized the woman across the street as quiet, maybe even reclusive but respectful, nothing indicating extremist. >> she came and took her children to and from school, they were very personal people. >> reporter: federal investigators say keonna thomas was trying to support the international terrorist organization isis and then planned on traveling overseas to join jihad fighters. paterson says she lived at this home in the 800 block of north tenth street with her mother and two daughters. she knew the woman in passing for nearly a a decade. >> she didn't bother nobody.

she came and went. she was always in her religious a tire. >> reporter: that all change last friday when paterson says she saw federal agents raiding the home for evidence. >> and then after that surveillance 24/7 for a week straight. >> reporter: she didn't know why until now, exclusive video obtain by cbs-3 "eyewitness news" shows thomas being arrested at her home friday morning. paterson watch her neighbor being taken away woman she thought wouldn't bother a soul now labeled a terrorist. >> it is depression, manipulation, you know you never know who you live next door to. i'm at a lost for word. it is very shocking. >> reporter: we asked neighbors if thomas may have said anything while she was being arrested, i'm told she was silent, stoic and that those federal agents swooped in and took her out in a matter of minutes. that is latees from north

philadelphia i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right steve thanks very much. stay with cbs philly as this story develops, we will have the latest here on the air and our when site at cbs philly.com. in a show of solidarity on one of the most holy days philadelphia religious leaders gathered to denounce anti muslim ads a appearing on septa buses. the ads appearing on 48 buses include a 1941 photograph of hit the letter and palestinian arab national list supporter abe read islamic eye hatred is in the quran. religious leaders say maybe these ads will present an opportunity to inform some about the muslim religion. >> if god had wanted to make humanity, one religion he would have done so but god made us different so we might meet in doing good. >> septa was forced to run those ads after losing a court battle to a non-profit group

who paid to have them on the side of buses. turning new to our weather, we are tracking rain tonight, plenty of umbrellas were out earlier today in center city. here's sixth and market street as folks were bustling around maybe a little faster to get out of the rain. meteorologist kate bilo is in the weather center. that was me earlier. i could not get out of there fast enough. hopefully we can put umbrella away soon. >> keep it out and with you until tomorrow morning, and you won't need it for remainder of the who will take weekend which is great news. but we still have scatter showers and all that green dotting storm scan three picture this evening. we have showers off to the north and west a break in the city and across south jersey but i want to focus on southern delaware, and into extreme southern new jersey because these are areas thaw want to watch for potentially strong storms. while none is severe you can see with warmth as temperatures got in the 70's down in southern delaware these storms are feeding off that and becoming more intense

with heavier rainfall and chance for strong gusty wind. that is worst of it so far. showers will be scattered, we will mainly just be dealing with these light bursts of rain on and off throughout the rest of tonight the but cannot rule out isolated strong then are storms in spots. 3:00 a.m. still dealing with a few showers. after 3:00 a.m. when cold front comes through. by 8:00 tomorrow morning we will clear out and get some sunshine f we get a isolated storm best chance south of philadelphia with lightening, heavy rain and gusty wind but much better news for rest of the easter weekend. we will have more on that in the seven day in a few minutes. now back over to you. >> thank you. a pennsylvania high school teacher found out today that she will go to prison for having sex with one have of her students. she's just one of the teachers profiled in the special iteam report earlier this year that looked at rising number of teachers turn sex offenders. tonight charlotte huffman has this exclusive update. >> do you regret it?

what about to the parents who trusted you anything to say to them. >> reporter: erika a jeanit thei was tight lip as she entered montgomery county court n february iteam exposed lower moreland high school teachers inappropriate behavior. why did you do it? why throw your whole teaching career away. >> are you serious right new. >> reporter: police record show two years, sexually explicit text messages photos and, to one of her students. the three three-year old who was married with children later had sex with the 17 year-old boy in her car. >> we as a society we put great trust in our teachers and our schools. she betrayed that trust. >> reporter: according to state record over past ten years number of educators who lost their teaching certificates for having sex with students has increased 81 percent n2014 a third of them were women. she pled guilty to institutional sexual assault and a disseminating sexual explicit materials to the minor. our cameras were not allowed in court where she faced up to seven years behind bars.

but the judge only gave her, 30 taste in prison and three years probation, saying jeaniti has suffered enough. she lost her job will never aloud to teach again and will to have register as a sex offender. inside the courtroom jeanit i apology guyed saying i should have exercised better judgment and i'm sorry for abusing my position of authority. in montgomery county charlotte huffman for cbs-3 eye witt pest news. philadelphia police say 60 drug dealers and buyers were arrested in the kensington section of the city sweep. police seized 24 vehicle unless that sweep. the operation which took place thursday, was in response to residents complaints about outsiders constant liz coming into their neighborhood to buy crack, heroin and marijuana. >> communities besieged by large number of drug addicts buying and using drugs openly. we have young children and parents, walking through these markets just to get to school.

>> reporter: philadelphia police say to expect more operations like this one in the near future. 300 arrests have been made in the east division as part of the ongoing drug operations. well, florida developer who is buying the now closed revel casino also wants to buy the former show boat casino. glenn straub has put up 26 million-dollar for the show boat property hoping to purchase it from stockton university. straub says that the movies the the start of a 500 million-dollar effort to redevelop atlantic city. two people are shot outside a house party near the temple youth campus it happened on north park avenue. police rush to the scene of a party full of college students after after a report of shots fire. a 19 year-old man shot three times is in critical condition, a 23 year-old man shot once in the armies in stable condition and two men were taken into custody. also philadelphia police new looking for three dirt bike thieves tonight, this is new youly released

surveillance video of the incident which happened late last month in franklinville. you can see suspects cutting the locks to a fence on the 700 block of west ontario street and they wheeled the dirt bikes in the light color minivan and drive away. anyone with information should contact philadelphia police. federal civil jury awarded a penn student $80,000 as compensation for his unjust arrest, during the 2011 occupy protests in philadelphia. the 29 year-old man was among more than 50 people arrested as police were evicting the protesters. the man faced felony charges of assaulting an officer. the those charges were eventually dropped. still to come here on the broadcast pennsylvania governor tom wolf making a push for equal rights in the commonwealth. plus... >> clear video is emerging of the arrest of the vineland man who died in police custody i'm todd quinones with that story just a ahead. we have been dealing with

showers all day long and note is a lot more yet to come a tornado watch off a to the south and west will the severe storm get here? i'll have latest details in weather, beasley. phillies are back home tonight, they have a couple exhibition games against pirates and you can see behind me that the kids are here and ready for baseball everybody is all excited, we will talk about that plus hear from cole hamels coming up i

"eyewitness news" has obtained new video of the arrest of the a vineland new jersey man who died in police custody. family and friend of philip white shows it shows police using excessive force to place white under arrest. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has been digging on this story the past few days and has this new video. >> new clear are video you can see police k-9 latched on to philip white's left arm, three two-year old died while in the cuss todd of the vineland police department tuesday. his friend argue this video indicates officers went over game in the use of force. >> what they did to him was uncalled for, totally uncalled for. >> reporter: white's friend says he struggles with the use of pc thep but he was a good

man and father of three. the 1:15 video began with white already on the ground with the k-9 a apparently biting his arm. officers instruct white to roll roll over and when he does he is handcuffs. video end with an officer threatening to take the cell phone. >> i need your information or i will take your phone. >> i was never thinking that is what i will see once i seen video. >> reporter: tuesday morning just were 11:00 on the one hundred block of grape street white was being questioned in response to the disorderly conduct call. >> unaudible. >> reporter: recorded scanner traffic indicates officer indicates white was trying to grab his service weapon during a altercation with police. an eyewitness told me before this video was recorded, white in his word went crazy and officer asked if he needed medical assistance and white the eyewitness contends started incoming on the patrol car and would not listen to officers. >> he tried to put cuffs on

him, did he a round house kick missed the officer but officer tackled him. >> reporter: the the cumberland county prosecutor's office is handling the the investigation, white was taken by emergency vehicle to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. white family has maintained a philadelphia based law firm to represent represent them. autopsy result and toxicology test may in the come back for days if not weeks to determine an exact cause of death. reporting from vineland, new jersey, todd quinones, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, new at 6:00 o'clock tonight the pennsylvania governor tom wolf is asking the legislature to adopt a non-discrimination law you in the commonwealth. that follows the the controversies over religious freedom laws passed in both indiana and arkansas. governor wolf has started an on line petition to generate support for this. pennsylvania is the the only state in the northeast without a law on the books for the lgbt community.

today is good friday and one of the holiest days on the christian calendar. many are mashing the occasion. "eyewitness news" was at cathedral basilica of the saints peter and paul in center city for a mass. tonight is also the start of pass over, the jewish holiday marks israelis escape from slavery in egypt. people around the area will celebrate with the special meade known as seder, and the holiday runs through next saturday. well a little rain lingering on and off throughout the day but weekend is here, we are hoping for sunny skies ahead. >> we can always hope. lets check with the authority, meteorologist kate bilo has the latest. >> chris and natasha i think you'll like the rest of the week ebb forecast. we will have wind tomorrow but that is worse of it through the rest of this big holiday weekend. couple showers out there tonight, few and far between. we will look at storm scan three, heading out the tour seder dinner for start of pass over this evening and we will look at eyewitness weather watcher reports. we are seeing temperatures in

the low to mid 60's. that is where we topped off today mainly thanks to the clouds and rain cooled air. 63 degrees john reports, drizzling again, on and off that light rain and drizzle we have been seeing all day long. heading down into northern delaware. we will check with greg mccoy near wilmington. sixty-four there. he says overcast skies, light rain, throughout the day, mild temperatures, and a calm wind. much cool's long the coast, we have had cloud, we have had fog down the the shore that has kept air mass stable which is good news as far as thunderstorm development or, michael connty in little egg harbor township reporting 54 degrees outside right now. lets take a look outside our window and see what we are seeing as we look live from campbell's field out toward ben franklin bridge. you can see fog over the river, fog and low cloud over the buildings as well. if you are out and about tonight it is not a total wash out but if you get trapped out there in one of the heavier showers or thunderstorms there can somebody very, very heavy rain awaiting you. so definitely have rain gear with you this evening. the scattered showers

sporadic on and off rain here tonight. best threat for strong storms is off to the south. you can see these storms these cells across southern delaware. they tried to ramp up but they just don't have the strength and stability, a lot of cool, moist air, over the the shore points thanks to that marine influence and they cannot survive, they are moving out to sea. steady rain in southern delaware. that is only spot war seeing severe weather. scattered showers and isolated strong thunder storm still possible through this evening. biggest threat through thesis strong wind. temperatures have drop in the roar 60's. sixty-two in trenton. you can see how warm it is off to the south. eighty in raleigh-durham but as that cold front comes through, during overnight hours, temperatures will drop. that storm moves out to sea. high pressure builds in. that creates a pressure gradient. we have a strong gusty win making it feel cooler then it will be but much nicer for easter sunday. for overnight hours cloudy skies, showers, thunder, 51 is our overnight low.

for your saturday cloud in the morning giving way to sun windy and will cooler at 56 degrees. your easter unday mostly sun i, breezy and nice. chilly for sunrise services up early temperatures in the the 30's but in the afternoon nice and warm with that sunshine at 62. for your monday phillies home opener looking great at 67 degrees tuesday, showers return to the area and it looks like we have showers, wednesday, thursday, friday as well, stay there we will be

welcome back to citizens bank park. it has been a long time. boys are back in town. they have a couple exhibition games with the pirates as you can see the the fans are in their red, and lined up getting ready for baseball arc long the row here hoping to meet some players. so everybody is excited, cole hamels gets the ball on monday, for the opening day against the red sox, and now

he gets the ball, he is still here but there has been a lot of trade talk so how is cole handling it. >> last year it is just kind of the first time that the the door was actually opened that way. it is what it is. i don't get to control it as much as i think people think. it is in the my decision it is ultimately an organizational decision. so, i am fortunate enough to play baseball and do it for as long as i can and that is all i can hope for. so whoever really wants me to pitch and go out and help a team win that is all i can go out and do. >> good luck to the team and news out of the nfl baltimore sunnies reporting that the nfl is set to hire its first full-time female official, former conference u.s.a. official sarah thomas is said to be one of the eight new officials for 2015. she was first woman to officiate an ncaa game in

2007. technically shanon ease top is the first, she officiated the game during a lock out in 2012 but thomas will be the first full-time hire. so that is big news from the nfl. so monies opening day cole gets the the ball. it is exciting. from the ballpark

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thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we will return at ten on our sister station the the cw philly and back at 11:00 on cbs-3. >> stay tuned for the "cbs evening news" charlie rose in for scott pelley, he reports from new york.

>> rose: millions are hit by spring storms. also tonight a sharp decline in hiring could be winter's parting shot. chrysler's ordered to pay $150 million after a four-year-old is killed by an exploding gas tanks. steve hartman's "on the road with two boys whose lives just changed forever. >> my mind was just blown. it blew! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> rose: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm charlie rose. the holiday weekend is beginning with severe weather bearing down on some nine million americans. tornado watches are up in at least six states in the south and midwest, this as ken tuck eoklahoma and arkansas clean up from the last round of