♪ from the crabs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". right now at 11:00 o'clock heavy flames and thick smoke pour from a camden county home. the fire so intense it caused

the house to collapse. good evening everyone. i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us of the firefighters spent hours battling this blaze in pennsauken. but they could not save the home home. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson spoke with a family member about the loss. >> my god. >> reporter: they were the only words corner store owner could muster peering down from this second floor porch to suffocateing smoke carrying by intent wind. firefighters called to the corner of union and stow in camden county shortly before 3:30 saturday afternoon. arriving to find the house consumed by flames. take look. you can see the progression from shot surveillance video. flames that started in the home's yard quickly over took the structure with winds gusting at 30 miles per hour overwhelming firefighters. >> westing few minutes yes. >> one thing after the other for the last three years. >> reporter: family carol wood says this is the latest hardship in a series facing homeowner mary.

two years ago her husband died of cancer. a month later her father died the same way. in september of this year, mars see's son volunteer firefighter kevin was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. carol's daughter is kevin's fiance'. >> we're going to beat this, too. my daughter also had cancer. she's four years cancer free and we just keep on beating everything that comes up. we'll beat this, too. >> reporter: well no people inside the home at the time of the fire and collapse but marcy's dog sophie was inside unfortunately. the dog died in the fire. it was the very same dog that bought to cope with the loss of her husband. the family is planning on doing some online fundraising when that happens we'll let you know when and how to contribute. for now though, reporting from pennsauken i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news". developing right now in the jewelers row section of philadelphia, police say a woman was abducted after leaving a store where she works.

investigators say the 53-year-old was taken around 4:00 this afternoon from a parking garage near national watch and diamond or south eighth street. they say her abductors demanded codes to the store's alarm system and then dropped her off at the corner of 84th street and lindburgh boulevard in southwest philly. police say the woman is now at penn presbyterian medical center. investigators are looking for the kidnappers. turning to our weather tonight a cool and breezy night around the area. "eyewitness news" outside the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul as folks left tonight's easter vigil. so will our easter sunday stay dry? we can only hope so. for the answer let's get to meteorologist justin drabick. >> hey justin. >> natasha, i think you'll be happy with the forecast. we're talking sunshine calmer winds and mild temperatures up in the mid 60s for the warmer spots and we winds gusting to near 40 miles per hour today. now the wind gusts are gone. these are sustain winds under 10 miles per hour. so it is comfortable overnight

but still a little bit chilly with the clear skies and lighter winds. 46 now we're down to the airport in philadelphia. 41 millville. 33 in mount pocono. 43 in doylestown. 47 still in northeast philadelphia. storm scan3 a little disturbance coming through upstate new york where we have snow showers for us, though, just clear skies calmer winds high pressure is in control across the region that blocks any storms developing easter sunday looks good. here's your morning forecast. break it down for you. lots of sunshine at 7am. so the morning services a little bit chilly with temperatures in the low 40s even 30s in the suburbs by mid morning sunshine around 9:00 o'clock upper 40s wine the end of the morning sun to clouds little bit breezy but already in the mid 50's a nice looking afternoon shaping up across the delaware valley. high of 64 degrees. 4 degrees above average little bit windy during the afternoon. if you're at the shore still breezy temperatures close to

60 degrees unshine up in the mountains partly sunny skies could be a stray shower late in the afternoon up in the poconos. coming up in the full forecast talk about the sunshine for easter sunday how long that lasts there's more rain chances in the seven day. i'll show that you coming up in just a few minutes. natasha? >> thank you justin. see you soon. stay one step ahead of the forecast this holiday weekend with the cbs philly weather app. it's free, it's available now on i tunes and google play. strong winds meantime fueled a brush fire that injured two philadelphia firefighters tonight in wissahickon park. wind whipped flames in a wooded area near the intersection of ridge and northwestern avenues. a fire department source tells "eyewitness news" that one firefighter was treated for leg pain. another for back pain are listed in stable condition knowledge word on what caused that fire. a 15-year-old is fighting for his life tonight after an at atv accident in the cobbs creek neighborhood of philadelphia. police say the boy was riding an atv at the corner of 58th street and cobbs creek parkway

when he hit another atv rider. he was air lived to children's hospital of philadelphia currently in critical condition. no word yet on the other rider's condition. and police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian and then drove away. it happened late last night in the northern liberties section of philadelphia. police say a 24-year-old man was crossing the street on the 900 block of delaware avenue when he was struck. he was pronounceed dead at that scene. investigators say the vehicle is black or dark colored anyone with information is asked to contact philadelphia police right away. a community meantime says goodbye to a dash bow police officer gunned down inside his own home. today fellow officers, firefighter -- friends and tally held a very emotional service to honor officer mark hudson. "eyewitness news" reporter alex degree ya hoff was there. >> reporter: it may have tried but the heavy winds could not shake the heavy hearts lining

the entrance of st. joseph's church in collingdale. friends, family fire and law enforcement from across the region joined for a final farewell to 26-year-old darby borough police officer mark hudson. >> other 26-year-old need to stipulate up. he's accomplish a lot. >> officer hudson was off duty when he was fatally shot inside of his glenn olden home one week ago. investigators say hudson was trying to break up with his live-in girlfriend 27-year-old teyona finch when she pulled the trigger. she faces first and third degree murder charges. as a young man officer hudson participated in the boy scouts and managed to dodge trouble as a teen by volunteering at the yeadon fire department. chief michael was one of his mentors. >> how you guys going to get through. >> together. we'll talk about it and we'll cry together and we'll grieve together. the biggest way and the best way we'll get through this is

telling stories about mark. reliving all the memories that we have and remembering that great smile they had. >> reporter: everyone were you spoke with said the same thing. that the true story of officer mark hudson is not how he died but how he lived. >> a good story to tell. in the tragedy a good story to tell. we hear so many bad things but he is leaving such a good story for our african-american community. especially our men. he was just -- he's our hero. >> reporter: reporting in delaware county alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news". well a home grown terror suspect from north philadelphia is sitting in a cell at the city's federal courthouse tonight awaiting her next court appearance. this is exclusive video which shows police arresting 30-year-old keonna thomas at her home yesterday on north tenth street. prosecutors say she conspired with isis i fighters to join the terror group and told them she wanted to be a quote martyr for

the cause. thomas' next court date is set for wednesday. and we are now beginning to hear the shocking stories of survival from victims in thursdays terror attack that killed 148 people a kenyan university. wendy gillette has more from the victims who refused to die. >> reporter: the islamic extreme group al-shabab there will be more attacks like the one the garissa university student of college that killed 148 people. the group said kenyan cities will run red with blood. kenya's president said in a nationally televised address that his administration will respond in the severe way possible. >> we will do everything to defend our way of life. >> reporter: police rescued a 19-year-old woman saturday morning who survived the attack by hiding in a wardrobe and covering herself with clothes. >> i was scared.

>> reporter: she initially refused to come out even when rescuers arrived. another student played dead. >> i pre 10ed to be dead. they turned me around and kicked me. >> reporter: nairobi stadium anxious relatives waited for news about their missing loved ones. >> we don't know whether he's alive. we don't know weather he's dead. we don't know whether he's hiding somewhere. >> reporter: police paraded the bodies of four gunmen killed on thursday before a crowd of a couple thousand. five people are under arrest and there's a $220,000 bounty for the man believed to be the mastermind of the attacks. wendy gillette for cbs3 "eyewitness news". poverty and economic injustice was the theme for hundreds of protesters marching up broad street today in philly. this was the scene as clergy leaders and others made their way along broad street.

their aim is to fight for just wages and the right to organized unions. today marking the 47th anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr. assassination marchers say this day was a way to carry on king's legacy. >> we're continuing the legacy of the poor people's campaign wanting to lift up the need for $15 an hour right to unionize and full employment here in the city of philadelphia. >> march organizers saying today today' mars was a precursor to a possible nationwide strike by fast food workers set for april april 15th. stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight a huge brawl inside a crowded casino. was this all over dac reece? what eyewitnesses say happened right before the chaos ensued. plus a royal stunt man possibly prince harry like you've never seen him before. justin? >> nothing but sunshine on the way for easter sunday. i'll have the full holiday forecast coming up when we return. ♪ >> coming up in sports, today was the final tune up for the

phillies before the big opening day on monday. beasley reece has the highlights from today's act with the

flooding in kentucky has turned deadly a woman whose car was swept into a swollen creek on friday was found dead today. initially authorities thought a child was also in the car. but they now believe the woman was alone. severe thunderstorms earlier this week swamped the state triggering flash floods in several locations. and caught on camera huge brawl erupts inside a casino in queens. video shows people hurling chairs across the food court and throwing punches as innocent bystanders tried to get out of the way to avoid injury. eyewitness reportedly says someone cutting in line to buy a daycare actually started this chaos. so far three people have been arrested. and tens of thousands of basketball fans have flocked to indianapolis for the final four this weekend. gay rights advocates are using the tournament to spotlight and

raise awareness about lgbt rights. today protesters marched in front of lucas oil stadium pushing for state legislation to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. the move comes after indiana passed now revised law that had briefly allowed businesses to refuse service to customers on religious grounds. prince harry meantime takes to the skies in a world war ii era fighter plan for some stunts. footage of the prince and the passenger seat of a spit fire was released today. it was filmed last year over the isle of white were one harry met two wounded servicemen. those men won a scholarship to learn how to fly the plane. the spit fire became a symbol of britain's resistance during world war ii as the royal air force battle the the nazis. in vatican city easterville jill mass was celebrated by pope francis.

the pope entered saint's basilica in near darkness to silence and urged catholics around the world to shun indifference and boldly live their faith tom night's vigil precedes easter sunshine which commemorates christ's resurrection after his crucifixion. >> here's a cool shot of the moon this video was shot in pennsauken, camden county. it's a full moon tonight. clear skies allowing to us get a good look at it. if you say the just coming over the horizon earlier this evening you may have look more red or even orange. pretty good shot out there and check it out. still out there right now high in the sky. full moon tonight on this easter eve. temperatures though cooling down. we're in the 40s and even 30s now showing up from our weather watchers the reason is the winds are starting to go calm. we had the clear skies. the heat we had today easily escapes back to the atmosphere let's check out our numbers right now.

burlington township bob walker has 48 degrees one of the warmer spots this hour. egg harbor township, barbara duncan coming at 40 degrees. 43 in reading. 40 in lawrenceville. and gets a little bit cooler in middletown delaware jason checks in at 42. there's a streak of 30s show up from our weather watchers newark delaware. walter 39 degrees. 38 in levittown this hour and perkasie cool spot construction has 33 degrees and one more shot of the moon. this is our weather watcher fill in philadelphia beautiful looking shot there coming in from the city. so no problems viewing that tonight with clear skies. let's take you outside live look at the ben franklin bridge. looking good across the region. maybe a traveling through the overnight hours. no problems as we are protected by an area of high pressure. so no threat of any precipitation. now temperatures little bit of a different story compassion tired 24 hours ago. we're from about 11 to 20 degrees colder so all the wind gusts we had today coming out of the northwest so that

ushered in cooler and drier air mass but now our winds speeds are calming down under 10 miles an hour early tomorrow morning really won't have to deal with harsh winds. they'll be sustained about 10 miles per hour but late morning into the afternoon the wind does start to pick up. up to around 20 miles an hour with higher gusts but notice the direction of those arrows pointing to the northeast. southwest wind that starts to bring in some milder air. here we go storm scan3 clear skies over us right now maybe a few clouds try to come into the poconos as a weak disturbance moves through otherwise looking dry. here's your easter sunday forecast. temperatures into the 60s. cold front to our north long as it stays to our north we'll be dealing with the mild numbers. same deal on monday open warmer some spots to hit 70 degrees, that's great news if you have tickets to head to the ballpark for opening day. great looking baseball weather in the sunshine. now the front starts to move south on tuesday so this brings back the clouds and we start to see some shower chances as the

forecast becomes unsettleed for the second half of next week. cold pocket of air over us right now. that's going to be gone over the next 24 hours. nice little ridge in the jet stream starts to bring in milder air. monday into tuesday. even wednesday so we're moving into a typical early april spring weather pattern. so if you like milder temperatures you'll like the seven day. all right. nothing happening tomorrow morning. 7am looks good for the morning services. sunrise into the afternoon maybe a few clouds. could be a couple of showers into the mountains. otherwise mixture of sun and clouds. here we go for monday afternoon starting off with some sunshine. some clouds start to move in during afternoon this is 3:00 o'clock that will be opening day for first pitch. we'll keep it dry in the sun. all right. tuesday here come those showers especially during the afternoon not all day wash out but you'll need the um before umbrella. 30 and 40s at 7am nice rebound in the 60s for your either afternoon and warmer on monday as we get close to near 70 degrees still breezy overnight in spots.

most the clear 40 for the low temperature. tomorrow looking good 64 degrees, winds do kick up during the afternoon and of course opening day on monday. it's warm. temperatures above average. mid 60s at game time at 3:00 o'clock by the end of the game we're still holding in the mid 60s and we'll keep it dry with some sun. here's the extended forecast. a lot of 60s coming up for the next several days. showers move back in for tuesday a little bit cooler wednesday and thursday with some showers in the 50s by the end of the week back to the mid and upper 60s but still shower chances friday and saturday. april showers returning but we're mild. monday it's dry for the game. >> that's what everybody wants to know. >> everybody wants to know about this big upset tonight. >> it was a big game ncaa we now know who will play for the championship right here on cbs3. a final tune up for the phillies for monday's opening day. those stories ahead in sports.

♪ it's been settled on the court. we now know the two teams that will meet for the national championship right here on cbs3 on monday night. in game one the duke blue devils made it look easy. they blew past michigan state 81-61. it was great run for the seventh seated spartans game two it was not a blow out. wisconsin pull off as massive upset. chester's bo ryan with fantastic coaching job. wisconsin ended kentucky's request for perfect season by winning 71-64. to the pros we go the sixers took a sting from the hornets. nerlins noel with a short night. left in the second quarter with a cut to his eye lid did not return. then local kid with time winding down in the fourth gerald henderson drives and hits a lay in. that put the hornets up by one.

last chance for the sixers. smith with the drive took a shot and didn't fall. sixers lost 92-91. phillies manager ryne sandberg asked his team for a solid effort ahead of monday's season opener. ben revere with a walk off homerun yesterday. today revere was back at it before the game fans needing a lift from the parking lot to the stadium had a special driver. that would be ben revere. making sure everyone got to the game on time. got there in time to see chase utley with a single up the middle. ben revere and herrara came around to score. phillies take a quick two to nothing lead. chase with a great spring. then it was ryan howard ripping one to first. the pirates botched the play. ben revere who was done driving fans in from the lot scored to make it five to nothing. still in the second inning carlos ruiz with a single through the left side her hear rah scores and the phillies won their final exhibition game, six to four. the flyers playing out the string on the road today against carolina just four more games

left to play in the season. second period is where we will pick it up. flyers down two to nothing but then they come back began. michael raffle with a power play goal his 21st of the season. two-one flyers. to the third ad third the flyers running out of time to tie it. just under two minutes left sean with the goal. that would send it to overtime. neither team could score in ot so that send it to a shootout the flyers have been terrible. chris perry gets the game winner on ray emery. the flyers lose three-two in the shootout. the flyers finish the season with a 10-20-11 record on the road. charlie adam catches the goalie out of position. let's it rip from 65-yards out and it goes in. take look at this one again. chelsea would end up winning the game two to one. fga tour final tournament before the masters. reid started on the back nine on

the 168 par thee 16th and this is a perfect swing. that puts him at minus seven and his brother-in-law/caddy turn night a foot race to the green. jordan seat is your leader in houston at 14 under par. we'll be right back.

welcome back everyone much students at philadelphia youth are a kess tra hard at work this saturday. ♪

>> the orchestra row herred for upcoming concert with the indigo girls. this is the first time that the grammy winning folk rock what happened will perform with a youth group and the kids say they can't wait for the show. >> i'm excited. i think it's going to go really well. we've been working on the music for while. it will be great. i've never done anything before with grammy winning artist or in the realm of pop orchestra so it will be really interesting to see how it turns out. >> the orchestra performs with the indigo girls on sunday, april 12th at the kimmel sent. we'll be right back.

that is "eyewitness news". i'm natasha brown. for beasley justin all of us here thank you for being with us. if you're up early join our morning team at 6:00 a.m. we're always on for you at cbsphilly.com. blue bloods is up next everyone. have a great night an happy easter! >> ♪