kensington with exclusive details. >> reporter: a letter was sent out to the parents of the other first graders writing in part, this letter is a reminder to please check your child's school bag every day and remove anything, that does not belong the at a school. today, one of your child's classmates a first grader brought an item to school that we believe is illegal it was during lunch that school officials say a first grader showed off drugs to his classmates. some of them noticed what was happening and then spoke up. >> we have two other first graders that actually acted quickly and net filed adults, one notified, a noon time aid that works in the lunchroom and other one notified a dare program school philadelphia police officer that was here for the dare program. >> reporter: police were notified in the special victims unit responding to the scene. they did take the first grader into their custody and will be handling the investigation moving forward. although the drugs appeared to be heroin further testing is needed to confirm that suspicion. parents were understandably

concerned tuesday afternoon saying what happened here could have been a lot worse. >> if it does, because it makes sure that with other kid, it could happen to them, they will think it is candy maybe overdose. >> reporter: the investigation will continue into figuring out exactly how this first grader was able to get his hand on this apparent heroin in the the first place. we're in west kensington, matt rivers for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now to burlington county where a school bus where 12 children on board crashed in the side of the house today. chopper three over lenape court in mount laurel, in of those children was hurt but neighbors do tell us that the bus driver suffered a medical emergency of some kind. he was taken to the hospital to get check out. breaking news right now chopper three is over a backyard that is falling away from the delaware river. take a look at this scene from east not street, in florence burlington county. you can see the ground has

given way here and it is dangerously close to a pair of homes. apparently a drainage pipe under ground has been leaking and then yesterday's heavy rains led to even more of that yard to fall away. we will keep an eye on that. a cbs-3 iteam exclusive tonight a worker is recovering have after getting shock while picking up trash. metal trash can came in contact with the electrified light pole in front of the home on appletree street in center city. "eyewitness news" investigative reporter walt hunter is live as i theteam asked the street department for some answers walt. >> reporter: jessica, most of us would never think twice about touching or lean against a light pole here in center city but a trash worker on the 2,000 block of apple tree street right behind me this morning came in contact with the light pole, wound up getting shocked and winding up in the hospital because that light pole was electrically charged. only cbs-3 "eyewitness news"

cameras were on the scene as peco crews tested this light pole for a electrical current disconnecting wires, shortly after a streets department worker collecting with the crew like this one was jolted when his metal can contacted the electrified light pole. >> this morning he got a jolt that went through his whole body. >> reporter: local 427 union president, charles car on thein was with the injured worker as he was taken to hahnemann hospital by medics suffering non-life threatening injuries. >> he felt jolts going through his body. that is when we got asked to come on the scene. >> i think it is very dangerous. i know that a lot of kid even mine, climb up on that pole, so it is a little scary to hear that. >> reporter: when we asked peco officials about how it happened they referred us to city officials explaining maintenance of light poles was their responsibility. a spokesperson for the streets department, responding with an e-mail that reads in part, we suspect that this was

a defect in the aging high pressure sodium, hp thes light fixture, these are typically 240 volts, the spokesperson adding that in the past decade, they have replaced more than 5700 aluminum poles with non-conductive fiberglass poles, but more than 6,000 metal poles remain. meanwhile, just down the the street directly across from the school and playground we found this light pole. one cover totally missing partially sealed with plastic which a child could easily reach through touching live wires, inside. >> the covering on it is so short, it could affect children as well. it is awful. >> reporter: the injured worker has been released from the hospital, streets department officials tell us that they will be out here bright and early tomorrow replacing the pole to the lights to this street, including the damaged one uncovered by the iteam. by the the the way they say if you have a suspicious light

pole that may be dangerous on your street or you see one call 311. live from center city, i'm walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". an under ground explosion shatters windows and rattles nerves in wayne delaware county. eyewitness cam video shows flames from north wayne avenue. peco says an underground cable caught fire last night causing fumes to build up and then ignite an explosion. one restaurant owner describe the blast. first instinct i thought a bomb went off. our buildings started to shake that is how loud it was. i a saw a big spark of fire coming from below the street and everyone started running. >> peco is working to restore dozens of businesses left without power from the blast. new at 6:00 o'clock tonight governor of new jersey chris christie says that the you had should require cuba to return the convicted killer of a state trooper to new jersey, before restoring diplomatic

relations. governor. powe potential presidential candidate blasted cuba during an international business conference at the state department today. back in 1979, joann chessmark broke out and fled there where she was grant add sigh lum. >> i have no problem with cuba being welcomed back to the family of civilized nations but you have to be civilized and harboring a cop killer is not civilized conduct. >> last week, president obama proposed removing cuba from the list of countries identified as state expensors of terrorism. well, a mother is heading back to philadelphia to face charges that she abandoned her disable son in the woods. nia parlor waved her extradition today in montgomery county maryland. police alleged that she left her quadriplegic son in cobbs creek park early this month and then took off to visit her boyfriend in maryland. parlor faces several charges including attempted murder. well, police need your

help tonight as they try to identify and locate two men seen in this surveillance video. detectives say that they followed a man home from a club and then robbed him with what appeared to be an ak-47. this happened in the 300 block of fifth street, in society hill. and, they took that man's wallet, and iphone and then drove off into this suv. if you know who those men are you are asked to call philadelphia police. well, the public help is also needed to find this strangling suspect. he is 38 year-old omar lewis of darby, lewis faces homicide charges in the easter sunday death of 36 year-old andre a roberts. police found her dead inside of southwest philadelphia home some one stopped by the 12th district and told police they received a voice mail telling him that roberts was dead in her apartment. well we all know what they say april showers bring may showers, but everything is, kind of already in bloom on independent mall. it is a gorgeous tuesday

after the rains moved through last night but it might not stay dry are long. meteorologist kathy orr is on the sky deck with the first forecast. >> jessica, wind has pick up. we are talking about wind gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour and late this afternoon it seems to be swirling on the sky deck. those wind will continue. right now temperatures are around the region and steady in the 60's with the exception of the poconos. a lot of mixing in the atmosphere with these windy conditions and that is why we have had steady temperatures. our wind are more southeasterly right now. philadelphia is sustained at 21 miles an hour. that is the high of the the day as far as sustained wind or sustained at 15 in the poconos, 16 in atlantic city which much higher gusts. storm scan three you can see clear skies right now some showers to the west, they will die after sunset, and we are looking at an area of low pressure over the great lakes and that continues to spin bringing in the threat of showers, and during the day tomorrow, even some thunder showers. the these are going to be diurnal in nature and what

that means is morning cloud increase, by noon, we will be seeing some warming going on and then these storms and showers will be forming in the heat of the day. that is what diurnal means and once sunsets they will fade away. we are expecting a tenth to about .3 of an inch of rain. we will time rain and thunder showers. we will talk more about additional gusty wind and when it will turn much cooler, supposed to get warmer, we will go backwards. we will talk about that in the seven day forecast. >> supposed to get warmer, all right, kathy thanks very much. vice-president joe biden paid a visit to philadelphia discussing a new four year energy infrastructure plan. the vice-president toured the energy transmission control room at peco headquarters in center city philadelphia. the administration wants to modernize the nation's energy grid. the vice-president argues that will create jobs and make the system more resilient to things like climate change and outages like we saw during super storm sandy. the the system is

extremely complicated as i have come to learn over the last five or six years. it involves complex networks, pipelines, transmission lines, above and below ground and so much more. it is increasingly outdated. >> the the vice-president praised recent updates to peco's system which tracks up to the minute energy usage and will soon provide information to customers in real time, on line. new at 6:00 a discussion about working families and flexible work place policies. "eyewitness news" at city hall where mayor nutter was joined by valerie jared a white house senior advisor and chris blue deputy labor secretary. panel says, flexible policies for workers not only benefit families but also their employers and the the economy. >> we will have all these people running around the country talking about family values. if you talk about family rally with yous, well, then you have to value families good it was part of the lead on leave empowering work place families across america tour.

well, red carpet event in philadelphia that is in the reserved for movie stars still to come here on the broadcast we will tell you how three teenagers stood out in a nationwide contest, all about learning from selma. and some chess champs looking to retain their title we will catch up with the delaware teen, hopin

honoring the national winners of the 2015 selma speech and essay contest. "eyewitness news" at the liberty museum in olde city for a contest inspired by the film selma. it asked students their thoughts on individual freedom, and self determination. evan layman from st. louis, missouri and this one man from rockaway, new jersey shared the top prize each getting $5,000. kyw news radio community affairs reporter cherrie greg mced that event. well delaware's only national chess champions are looking for a repeat. >> the tournament gets underway this weekend in kentucky. one group of inner city students want to make sure that their school, and community is proud. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has their store

friday wilmington. >> reporter: at 12 years old what could be more important than the the 30 minute, of freedom. >> when you are one of the 20 kid in this room the answer comes easy, defend a national championship. >> i want to win bad. >> reporter: students on the the the team at thomas edison charter are the first national chess champions in delaware, this week, they aim to be the first to win back to back. >> chess teaches kid a critical think problem solve great equalizer. >> reporter: the principal thomas el has been sculpting hundreds of young mind with one game since the mid 90's most minorities from poor single family homes in the town that often feels forgotten. el says on checkered black and white board that means nothing. >> ninety plus percent of our students, live at or below poverty level but we truly believe that where you are from does not determine where you are going. >> reporter: kid practice four to six hours, four days a

week, it is discipline and structure. not only using to win major tournaments but to incorporate that in their daily lives. twelve year-old chess champion mark tony says the game gives him charity. >> chess teaches you the the need to see beyond, you need to see all opportunities, to think, a couple of moves ahead. >> reporter: these children inside of them have something that, they know that they can be successful. i just think that as an adult we have to believe in them, until they begin to believe in themselves. >> reporter: the team leaves thursday night for the the tournament in louisville, kentucky, they plan to remain, kings and queens. in wilmington, delaware steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". next time you're at independent mall you can take a load off on a scientific seat, a new bench at independent national historic park moon lights as a weather station. monitors air quality wind speed, temperatures, bench was

developed by epa and powered by wind and solar power. >> how about that. >> we know who will look for a seat over there our friend, kathy orr, nice set up. >> very good for the the environment, we like that as well. our temperatures are pretty uniform across the delaware valley because of that wind today. we are talking about the the wind out of the west southwest at 20 miles an hour at higher gusts. that tend to mix up the atmosphere and you can see from the northwest, all the way down to the shore not much of a range in temperature. let's start off in sanatoga where temperature is 61. michael is saying a beautiful day, a 10-mile an hour wind there, pressure steady, relative humidity bone dry today, and in comparison to yesterday. lets take you town the shore where those westerly wind are keeping us from having a sea breeze. michael reporting a temperature of 65, at little egg harbor township. he said a beautiful spring afternoon with the slight breeze. now it is down ride windy. take a look outside down the shore, picture perfect as sun

gets lower on the horizon in atlantic city. storm scan three, it is all dry and it will stay that way. look at the radar you say wow, those showers are getting really close. what will go on tonight? nothing. it will stay bone dry and these are diurnal showers they are popping up in the heat of the day and once the sunsets they will be fade ago way. we have a upper level low pressure system dominating our weather for next couple days. flow around it counterclockwise bringing cold air and snow showers. we will see bands of rain showers. this frontal boundary will move through tomorrow and we will see some showers moving through and behind it, much cooler air. for the afternoon some showers, some thunder showers, because of the upper levels of the atmosphere we have had some colder air and that means even the chance of some pea sized hail. here's the timing of the showers, in the heat of the day, lehigh valley will see some rain between noon and 1:00. northern and western suburbs between one and 2:00 along i-95 corridor, between two and

3:00 tomorrow have afternoon and south jersey and delaware heading toward the the shore and beach between three and 5:00 lingering there a little bit longer. as far as future rain amounts not a lot of rain but enough to be a nuisance and possibly cancel after school activities. .2 of an inch in millville philadelphia .3 of of an inch, allentown .3, and even down the shore we will expect a couple tenth of an inch of rain. now in the wake of this, this all moves out cold air, gets pulled well down into parts of the midwest and even heading toward the mid-atlantic. noticeably cooler. these temperatures running the at least 10 degrees below normal for thursday, and for friday and we will not really begin to rebound until saturday. so overnight it is clear low temperature is 48, during the day tomorrow high of 66 with the afternoon showers and embedded thunder showers. the as you plan your day tomorrow morning commute dry, lunch hour dry after school a little wet and by the evening any lingering showers are dying down. on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast,

look at the change, tomorrow we are in the mid 60's but then 10 degrees cooler wednesday with the wind, looking cool for friday and then slowly rising in the 60's for the weekend but that is in the that impressive because average highs this time of the year are in the mid 60's. the do you remember last saturday. >> yeah. >> it was 81. >> it might be a while. >> we will wait thanks, kathy. good evening everyone. speaking of waiting you will be waiting on the majors for quite a while if if you head down to south philadelphia to much contact phils tonight. if you are traveling on the eastbound side of the schuylkill take a look we have a disabled vehicle compromising the center lane and causing a wish bone shape here where folks are just swerving around and really traveling on the eastbound side of 76 is no picnic around center city or western suburbs. plan accordingly for that. traveling on the 42 freeway we have same story from above 55 up and over walt whitman bridge. you will be delayed heading to

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the phillies back in action tonight when they host the miami marlins jerome williams on the mound for phillies ryne sandberg continues to tweak the line up hoping to get a spark. carlos ruiz is batting clean up ryan howard has fallen to sixth, the phillies are coming off a one-six road trip where they hit just .210. it is challenging road trip with the pitching that we

faced. all and all i think we're maybe out of two games up to this point out of 13 games and we were in all of the rest. the the one thing this team in these closer games is just key hit with a couple guys on to drive-in a couple of runs to give us a chance to win. that is what we're looking for. >> earlier today at the bank phillies hosted 15th annual home runs for heart media day reporter mike dinardo of the sister station kyw news radio taking a few swings. proceed benefit the the american heart association. it is held in memory of phillies great richie ashburn. phillies fans will get their chance to hit the the ball out of the park may fourth and fifth. nfl will release eagles schedule tonight. they will play nfc east, they will host shady in mccoy and bills plus card, saints, bucks, dolphins. they will hit road for games against one of the tebow's old teams the the jets and visit the patriots, lions panthers and falcons.

tim tebow has been a eagle for less than 24 hours and his jersey is a hot seller on the web site. the quarterback will wear number 11, it will be a few weeks before tebow jersey is a live in the store. we will be right back.

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