one person is dead, after fire tears through a plumstead township home we will tell you what we necessity about the victim as crews tried to find out what spark that blaze. good morning i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. also two homes on the edge of a massive sink hole in florence township, new jersey. what is cause ago this erosion and what crews are doing to try to fix that problem. katie. erika, yet another coal front slate add cross the delaware valley today and it does appear like it will have a clash to work w thunderstorms fire up today and they could solve gust, i'll explain all of the impact that will lie within that, timing break it town and everything you need to know all coming up.

ukee, back to you. new information from overnight fire officials now confirming one person was killed when fire swept through this bucks county home. now the fire marshall is on the scene investigating what spark the flames in plumstead township. "eyewitness news" reporter j a an carabao is live at the the scene with the latest information, good morning. >> reporter: we spoke with fire officials not too long ago, again they do confirm that one person has died in, this big fire, a 58 year-old man. now, the scene has cleared but the the investigation continues. take a look at the the video we shot not too long ago chopper three was over the scene last night as this fire burned out of control. flames broke out here in the 6600 block of point pleasant pike in plumstead around 7:45 last night. it took dozens of fire fighters two hours to get this big fire under control jab one man, 58 years old didn't make it out fire officials say the the house was

cluttered which made fighting the fire morety. we are told he was only person at home at the time. fire officials say it is much too early to determine a cause, this investigation is ongoing. we will continue to write you updates just as soon as we have more. no id of the person who was killed. we are still following this story. much more later on in the show. live jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning philadelphia fire fighters quickly put out a house fire in olney. that fire started just after 11:30 at a house on the 4800 block of north 13th street. it was under control in about 15 minutes. the flames, damaged the second floor but no one was hurt. coming up on 4:33. lets check with katie. rain free? >> i wouldn't say that, erika. i would say eventually we have to deal with heavier downpours and any thunderstorms that fire up but for now things are quiet overall. we will have to track another cold front passage. the it feels like it is one

after another a front each and every day almost. but for now on sky scan three everything is quiet and smooth. the it will in the stay that way looking to especially the lunch hour and beyond. but what will happen with this front is the knock on the temperatures here. we will get you into some seasonal temperatures before that front crosses but then get knocked back into below average territory for handful of days and in the upcoming weekend we will struggle to break in the 60's on a handfull of days coming up here. looking at storm scan three for the moment we are having a hard time hitting the ground but could see a sprinkle, out there in some spots across north and western suburbs out of the city but down through new jersey and delaware all is clear. it is obvious. already seeing steadier showers, progressing through central pennsylvania. that will eventually with the heating of the day and light of the day will turn into some more gusty thunderstorms. temperatures in the mid 40's. milder out the at philly international the but around

most of the region mid 40's is the story for you. the as the day progresses we will start off with sunshine but as early as lunchtime we have that cold front on the move move in from west to east but because we're going to have just the right timing, i can see these storms turning awfully gusty. make sure your trash can patio furniture is secure. we could end up with gust that is peak as high as 40 or 50 miles an hour and can't even rule out small sizedded hail. more on that later in the the show vittoria. good morning everyone. if you are traveling right now or plan to travel on the vine street expressway, we have a few things to talk b1 here's a look at vine street around the parkway not too far approaching broad and westbound direction. westbound we have all lanes ago, however tonight at 10:00 p.m. the the the westbound lanes will be closed between the schuylkill, between broad street and the schuylkill. just note that. currently on the eastbound side at the moment we have two left lanes being blocked as a result of the construction so they have been going back and

forth. so since this is eastbound today, tomorrow will be westbound. just note that if that is where you plan to travel or are traveling right now or plan to later this evening. as we continue we will take you elsewhere now to i-95, right around cottman it is very quiet no delays in either direction. southbound taillights, north bound headlights means you are moving well. if you are traveling on i-95 northbound the off ramp to cottman avenue is closed until 5:00 a.m. it is about the same time as construction that will clear out of the way on the the vine street expressway as well. since we're on the map and not too far from the northeast we have word of a very serious accident on the northbound side at ryan avenue in the inner drive. we will keep you updated on that accident in a writ will bit, ukee. and engineers will be out in a south jersey neighborhood today to figure out what is causing this land erosion leaving two homes, teetering on the edge. thinks happening on east front street from florence township. a couple said they watched the

landslide develop overtime but the the erosion really pick up steam over the past few months. >> the water was pouring through there and it was just a city stream of water down to the river. >> reporter: after the most recent round of storms municipal workers found an abandoned storm drain leaking accelerating the erosion problems. we will have much more in a live report in our next hour. a school bus with children on board, crashes in to the side of the house chopper three over lenape court in mount laurel yesterday near the springville school. twelve children were on that bus. police tell us none of them were hurt. the bus driver suffer minor injuries and was taken to the area hospital. authority say the the driver may have had an emergency of some sort while behind the wheel, erika. ukee, thank you. updating a story we first haddon three philadelphia police special victims unit is investigating how what is believed to be heroin wound up in the hand of the child. it was around lunchtime at william cramp elementary

school in west kensington when a first grader pulled 14 baggies from his backpack and showed to it classmates. two student notified police and the lunchtime aid. >> my son goes there and he is in first grade. something worse would have happened. >> the school sent a letter home to parents saying in part that this letter is a reminder to please check your child's school bag every dane a remove anything that does not belong at a school. mother accused of abandoning her disable son in the west philadelphia park should be returning home soon. she waved extradition at a hearing yesterday in montgomery county, maryland. police say she left the her quadriplegic son alone in cobbs creek park so she could visit her boyfriend who lives in maryland. once she's back in philadelphia parlor faces several charges including attempted murder. four people, including three children are in the hospital after being struck by a truck. chopper three over the scene in woodbury heights gloucester county last night.

those three kid were taken to cooper hospital. the fourth victim was taken to inspirea medical center. no word on their conditions. police also tell us that two officers are expected to be okay after an accident in philadelphia's ogontz neighborhood. chopper three right here over the scene tuesday night at north 21st and le veer streets. while on patrol those officers were hit by a chevrolet impala that ran a stop sign. the driver did stay on the scene. a city worker is out of the hospital this morning after getting shocked while picking up the trash. metal can came in contact with a electrified light pole on appletree street in center city. that worker suffered non-life threatening injuries. the since then peco has shut off power to that pole. a woman chases down a robbery suspect who ran off with her bag in west philadelphia and here's what it looked like. she jumped in the passenger window and then sped off with her clinging to the side. this all happened last friday

at 52nd and cedar and police are still trying to identify the suspect. >> you see how fast they ever and jumping in the window. outrage in baltimore a thousand person protest after the death of a man died of the spinal cord injury while in police custody. now the justice department is getting involved. there is a chance for showers and some thunderstorms today, katie is looking at your forecast when we come right back, we wil

good morning everyone. justice department opens up a federal investigation in the death of freddie gray, the the 25 year-old died have of spinal injuries, while in the custody of baltimore police. gray's arrest was captured on video last week. at least a thousand protesters gathered at the site of his arrest and then marched to a police station chanting and holding signs that read black lives matter and no justice no peace. governor chris christie says u.s. should require cuba to return convicted killer on

have the state trooper to new jersey before restoring diplomatic relations. governor christie a potential 2016 republican presidential candidate criticized cuba during an international the business conference at the state department. in 1979 joe and chessmar broke out of the prison and fled to cuba where she was granted asylum. >> i have no problem with cuba being welcomed back in the family of civilized nations and you have to be civilized. 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. governor tomorrow wolf is evening a rule that prevent sod people with minimal personal assets from collecting food stamps. cash stocks, personal property and other items began under former governor tom corbett. the ad perfection says this change will change 3.5 million-dollar in costs and errors. vice-president, joe biden

says it is time up to date the general grid to help improve the national security. he discussed his new four year energy infrastructure plan while touring peco headquarters in philadelphia yesterday. he says that the plan is designed to fight climate change modernized power plants and find new ways to ensure a steady supply of safe energy. the vice-president says that his plan will also create jobs. well, it is earth the day, the the day where events are held across the globe to show support for environmental protection. this is earth's day forty-fifth year and, are you doing anything to celebrate earth day? connect with us? leave us a comment on facebook or tweet us with the hash tag cbs-3, earth day 2015. >> it should be earth the day every day of the year. >> exactly. >> yes. there are a lot of different events outside for earth day to day but i want you to if you are taking part there is a great clean up i believe going on at the banks of the schuylkill that kind of thing. the just eyes to the sky today. it does look like those

storms okay, probably some showers but there is now a little will more gust toe here. >> good to know. >> exactly. i want to you listen up if you hear that thunder, seek shelter. it it does appear when thunderstorms role through they will not be stuck with you but it could put a damper on your outdoor plans this afternoon and wind that kicks up with this will mean some business. lets take you out there storm scan three bringing in signs of life back over ohio, northwestern pennsylvania just very beginnings of moisture creeping in the far western suburbs, so, yeah, you might see sprinkles out there as you maybe travel through say a chester county, montgomery or a bucks but really it is until the afternoon that we will see things getting underway here with this larger system. it is still the same storm that earlier in the week brought us heavy rain with the warm front and then heavy thunderstorms with the cold front, now it is dragging through a secondary cold front, this storm had a lot of punch with it, and, you know, it will wrap things up here with this latest front in an

important way. so here's what you need to know, would i say window for thunderstorms is probably lunchtime to 5:00 p.m. everything from west to east. it depend what time it gets to you, western most suburbs it is early out toward shore points a little later but with the wind gusts embedded in those thunderstorms we are talking about 50 miles an hour gusts sending trash cans flying. make sure you secure loose objects before you go to school and work today. small hail, you cannot rule that out and localized downpours a concern with this. so starting things off on a relatively quiet note but win will pick up with time. gusts generally 35 miles an hour but within embedded thunderstorms they could be stronger. forty-one is our expect low and skies clear. temperatures take a tumble. we are about 10 degrees below average, thursday and friday, and sunnies back and it does appear that we will see a modest easing up here on the thermometer on the weekend still generally with tame weather overall back to you.

well, ink is barely dry on tim tebow's within year deal with the eagle but its jersey is a hot seller on the bird web site. tebow will wear number 11 on his midnight green jersey. it will be a few weeks were jersey as live in stores. owe also has to make the final roster. to get all of your eagles and tim tebow news, stay with us, find it on our web site at cbs philly.com: ukee. we have got some eagles news right now bird are national favorite, 2015 schedule puts birds in prime time five times plus a thanksgiving day game. first up, monday match up with the falcons and demarco murray gets his old team the the cowboys at lincoln financial field. then a road game against jets and road game in washington. the saints march into lincoln financial field in week five. week six monday night against the giants in south philadelphia and then sunday night game against panthers on the road. bye is in week seven. eagles play their third straight prime time game in dallas week eight next up

dolphins at the link and right here on cbs-3 as well. then bucks at home and four days later thanksgiving day in detroit. the bird get nine days rest before the the super bowl champion patriots in foxboro and then shady mccoy and bills right here on cbs-3. then the card and the the redskins saturday night december 26th on cbs-3 as well, the regular season finally is january 3rd against the the giants, in north jersey. are you ready for some football. how about some baseball? cole hamels goes for his first win of the season later tonight in south philly taking on former phillies farm hand jared cosart and the marlins. the last night phillies offense finally got on track. look at that laser, freddie galvis hit his second home run of the season and phillies got the big piece in action in the sixth. finally ryan howard's first bomb of the year gave the phillies another lead and they beat the the floundering marlins if you will seven-three in favor of the home team. that was good to see.

need that had one. erika, back to you. still ahead on "eyewitness news", amazon might not be the the only one delivering by drone. who else is considering this high tech change. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3

when we take these tests we don't actually do anything. we use the tutorials. one of the tutorials showed things like how to change the background color in an online test environment and it takes time away from learning math and science and english and all the things that

i really enjoy learning. they can't do as much because they have to administer this test on the computer. and that's really one of the worst parts of the test. this fire in rural bucks county has claimed the life of the 58 year-old man. flames broke out early last night on point pleasant pike in plumstead township. fire fighters battled those flames, plus a a lot of debris inside that home. the the cause of that fire is under investigation. and engineers are expected today the at the the scene of this hughes sink hole in the backyard on chestnut avenue in florence township burlington county. ground gave way just yard from two homes, it is in the clear how much longer they can stay in those homes. our time 4:50. comcast and time warner executives are scheduled to meet with justice department

officials to try to salvage their proposed merger. >> money watch's jill wagner joins with us more information on the meeting good morning jill. >> reporter: good morning comcast planned $45 billion purchase of time warner was announced 14 months ago. combined company would control about 57 percent of the high speed internet market. yesterday though, six senators including massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, urged the the fcc to block the deal. they say it would lead to higher prices, fewer choices and poor quality services for americans. ukee and erika. first, it was amazon and now we are hearing u.s. postal service could be delivering packages by drone, um. >> reporter: postal service has narrowed down companies bid to go build next generation of delivery trucks and one of the companies offers a truck that doubles as a drone launcher, the horse fly drone, weighs about 15-pound and can carry a a

10-pound package and postal service is expect to choose the winning bid in 2017. i don't know if i'm ready for a world where everything gets delivered by drones but i think we are headed in that direction. >> drone launcher. >> little spooky, little back to the future. >> thanks, jill. >> see you later. coming up after a short break traffic and weather together and we will do it on

let's get our traffic and weather together, good morning, vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. traveling right the now is a breeze, no delays, no problems, it is always pretty early for this time at rush hurry to pop on up. take a nice view of the schuylkill expressway at 76 right around city avenue, taillights who are westbound heading out toward western suburbs there are in delays in the eastbound side is just as nice. traveling 42 freeway north bound being your head light we are not seeing a huge push of

rush hour between 55 and 295 so still it is all good on the majors pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. unfortunately traveling in the north east on the roosevelt boulevard southbound an accident occurred in the inner lanes. a as a result of that at the ryan avenue both side are closed in the inner drive so take outer drive to maneuver around it. little bit of the mixed bag traffic wise and we will have the same weather-wise. >> perfect way to transition to what we have going on out there today for you yes, good morning everyone. starting to be quiet overall. we have just cloud starting to rebuild, another front yep, another one is already on the the way. it will cross through today likely with some gusty to it. fifty-one the current temperature at palmyra cove nature park. we are however again beginning to see signs of not just cloud but a hint of moisture out over those northern counties outside of philadelphia, much of which is probably having a tough time hitting the ground but you can see a quick spring until upper bucks county if

you are traveling right now. we will really to have wait until the afternoon before we deal with any kind of nastier thunderstorms. would i say window is noon to 5:00 for storms to cross west to east across the entire region. it just depend where you are what time you'll fine them. three or 4:00 p.m. in philadelphia but they could pack gusts peak as high as 40 or 50 miles an hour but possibly small sized hail. then it just cools down behind it. erika, back to you. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are following new development after fire fighters find a body following a fire in bucks county. also see how some commuters saved a man in the wheelchair after he felon subway tracks. it is hot new trend for teens trying to look like kylie jenner, now reality tv star respond to the dangerous stunt that could permanently damage your mouth. we're back at the top of the hour good morning.

and new developments from overnight after fire rips through this bucks county home. fire fighters make a deadly discovery in the ruble. we're on the scene with the obstacles that slowed down the fire fighters. also, some local homeowners are living on the edge as they watched their backyard, fall into that delaware river there, do you see that wow. what is being didn't to help protect those homes today. it is wednesday, 22nd good morning i'm ukee washington. i'm erika von tiehl. it is dry outside right the now but storm scan three is showing rain heading our way not catching a break here. katie is tracking a afternoon showers on the sky deck. should you grab the umbrella what do you think katie. >> i would say it is a good idea if you plan to be out

anytime after lunchtime in the early evening, stormy weather is heading our way and these storms could pack a gusto erika. at least for right now, the roads are clear and dry, taking a look at ben franklin bridge, no delays. all of the bridges are moving well. however, 5:00 o'clock, rush hour is not that far away. we will have a full report, ukee abe erika. names tear through a home in bucks county killing one person. >> this morning investigators are looking for what start that had fire. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us from plumstead township with the very latest information on this good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. fire officials have confirmed for "eyewitness news" this morning that the big house fire that happened here, overnight, has turned deadly, a 58 year-old man lives a at home a alone by himself in one else with him has died. now that scene has been since cleared but the investigation continues. if you take a look the