a result of being handcuffed, shackled by his feet and unrestrained inside of the bpv wagon. >> reporter: charges including second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter a and second degree assault. baltimore's mayor says she's committed to changing the culture of the police department. >> to those of you who wish to engage in brutality misconduct racism, and corruption, let me be clear there is no place in the baltimore police department for you. >> reporter: moodies decidedly more upbeat in baltimore but police and national guard are out in force with protests, planned through the weekend. the charged officers turned themselves in. >> i think they got just what they deserved. >> they murdered him. she did the right thing. i totally agree with them. >> reporter: city officials are urging demonstrators to keep their protest peaceful and leave it to the legal sus advertise to get justice for freddie gray. craig boswell cbs-3

baltimore. one of the officers charged today did grow up in south jersey and we are hearing from people who worked from him. our team coverage continues with that, "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is in washington township gloucester county steve. >> reporter: officials say 29 year-old edward nero was on bike patrol at the time of the apprehension and arrest of freddie gray. officials have have since called that arrest unlawful and gray's death a homicide, but we spoke to nero's former boss, the the the washington township fire chief who says that not only was nero a model fire fighter but an upstanding citizen here in his community. it is moment that sparked protest, unrest, and a national conversation. now, it is being labeled criminal. the the six officers originally suspended for arresting freddie gray in baltimore are facing charges ranging from misconduct to murder. one of them 29 year-old edward nero is not only from south jersey but used to serve his

community here. >> ed nero was a member of our department for approximately ten years from 2002, to about 2012. >> reporter: that is washington township fire department chief john hoffman, confirming to cbs-3 "eyewitness news" nero's tenure in this community. sources tell us nero grew up and lived in sewell, his former chief says at the time he displayed outstanding character. >> during his tenure he was an outstanding, dedicated fire fighter. basically had a very clean record, squeaky clean they were in trouble he was just an all around good guy for us. >> we do business with the guys down at the fire station. >> reporter: pizza a shop worker andrew says fire fighters are his best customers. he said he didn't know nero but is stun to learn that the officers, was to be a fire fighter from right down the street. >> weird crazy, i didn't known until just a few minutes ago there was somebody from the the fire department indicted down there. i just hope they can convict these guys if there was

wrongdoing. >> reporter: to be clear each one of those officers faces their own individual sets of charges. nero is facing two counts of second degree assault, two counts of office misconduct and one count of false imprisonment. reporting live from washington township, department headquarters, i'm east steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right steve thanks very much. other big story this day as expected a former aid to new jersey governor chris christie pleads guilty for his role in the george washington bridge scandal. >> two other key figures were charge in the indictment unsealed today. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live at the u.s. courthouse in newark with the latest, cleve. >> reporter: david wildstein has been cooperating for some time with federal investigators. he signed a plea agreement in january. today was his first court appearance. for his cooperation he faces zero charges and less recommended jail time than other two people being blamed for creating this traffic jam, at the george washington

bridge. in owning up to his own crimes friday david wildstein implicated two others. he confirmed under oath he was part of the three person plot to create a traffic jam in fort lee, new jersey to punish the the mayor for not endorsing governor chris christie's reelection campaign. at alleged conspirator are bridget kelly former deputy chief of staff to christie and bill barone a christie a appointe to the port authority of the new york and new jersey. >> that calculated scheme created havoc for his constituent is a and violated various criminal laws. >> reporter: wildstein and barone used the guides of the traffic study to do port authority staff in closing toll lanes at the famously busy george washington bridge. >> they deliberately waited until monday, september 9th which they knew was the first day of school in fort lee to further ratchet up the injury, to fort lee's resident. >> reporter: authorities say that the three deliberately ignored pleas from help and

maintained traffic study live as long as they could. grand jury indicted kelly and barone of nine count of abusing their positions. bridget kelly had this poncz in the last hour. >> i am not stupid. i'm not weep i insecure, unqualified, or overwhelmed. i believe i was and still am, a very qualified, hard working woman, who took pride each and every day in being a loyal public employee. >> reporter: governor chris christie is not being charged authorities say the case remains opened and wildstein still maintains he told the governor. >> mr. christie knew of the the lane closures, while they were occurring, and evidence exists, to establish that. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney would not comment on any connections with governor christie and the governor's office. this afternoon, put out statements saying that basically this indictment, confirms that he is cleared of any wrongdoing. live from newark, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". >> cleve, more to come there thanks very much. there was a definite chill in the air this morning but things are warming up for the weekend. meteorologist kathy orr is live on the cbs-3 sky deck with just how warm it will get, kathy. >> cloudy and breezy for now jessica but not for long. that storm system churning off the coast will move away, and really, give way to a stellar weekend. take a look at storm scan as we watch that area of low pressure coastal low drifting toward north and east as it does our skies will be clearing tomorrow and temperatures will be warming really quickly. right now in the city, it is 61. same in wilmington. sixty in trenton. sixty-three in allentown. sixty in millville. you can see to the west some warming. the pittsburgh checking in at 68 degrees. hour by hour this evening, temperatures in the 50's and falling. by 9:00 p.m. 56. 10:00 o'clock 55. if you are going out you will need a sweater or light jacket. 11:00 o'clock temperature 53 degrees. coming up we will swing right into um iser.

not just 70's but even chasing 80's, we will talk more about that with the seven day when kate and i join you in the broadcast. >> like the sound of that kathy, thanks very much. a car crashes in to a building in bristol township bucks county leading to street closures and evacuations. chopper three over that scene at mill and wood streets today when a car hit a gas line and then the building. mill street had to be closed this afternoon and area around the building was evacuated the got news there is no one was injured. bucks county, high school, students are dismissed after two bomb threats are made, harry struman high school in levittown shortly after 11:00 this morning. the students had to be evacuated from the building and waited in the stadium area while police invest faithed. they found that the building and ground were safe. a mayday rally is underway in west philadelphia calling for a raise in the minimum wage.

>> well, low wage workers and supporters started at mcdonald's on 40th and walnut and then marched to clark park. they are calling for a statewide boost in the minimum wage to $15 an hour as well as a philadelphia specific amendment on the ballot in november. >> the problem with the wage is thaw worked full-time hard, back breaking work and live in poverty. that is not what the minimum wage was designed to do and in a time, the greatest, income equality in hundred years, it is not an appropriate way to be. >> reporter: workers have held commemorations commemorating mayday also known as international workers day dating back to 1886. still to come on "eyewitness news" at the 5c he was not expected to survive cancer but not only has he beaten the odd but he is running in this weekend's broad street run. the doctor who saved his life. our health reporter stephanie stahl has their incredible story, coming up. plus. >> property crime in northeast philadelphia, all of which was caught on cameras i'm's matt

rivers in bustleton and coming up you won't believe what the thieves took. i'm beasley reese at novacare complex nelson agholor, the the new eagles introduced to the media today i could not... (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle.

the philadelphia eagles introducing their first round pick nelson agholor today the at the novacare complex in south philadelphia. he is a wide receiver, from the university of southern california, he was pick last night, 20th overall, and he

spoke to the media just a short time ago about his desire to be an eagle. >> honestly, it is something i wanted for myself. they will do what they have to do in terms of evaluating everybody but when i got here i kind of evaluated the way they did things and i knew if i ended up in the organization i want to it resemble the way they do things. >> pretty impressive young man. so what does everybody think about this new eagle joining the the nest? >> sports director beasley reese was at the introductory press conference and has reaction to the pick, hi there, beasley. >> reporter: hi jessica i expect everybody to be talking about the eagles number one draft pick but because of the mariota daze we were all in it is hard to get talk to people about nelson. >> philadelphia eagles select nelson agholor. >> reporter: nelson agholor is bird topic but he still is in a hot topic in philadelphia.

>> i'm looking for something spectacular happening, i don't know if you are at the party it let the wind out of my sail, people there with hawaii skirts and grass skirts on ready to welcome marcus mariota here. when they made the pick, it seemed like everybody just sitting on them say he has been traded to the eagles but it didn't happen. >> reporter: what about nelson, he is fast, talented, more punt returns in college he is a a great pick. >> that pick of nelson's, all comparison to jeremy maclin why not just keep jeremy maclin and get a pick that you need. >> reporter: but what about nelson. >> when you try to get a quarterback, you try your best you have to go to the next best and that is wide receiver, that we received. i think he can to damage. >> i think people are trying to rational ice the fact that the offer that chip kelly made to tennessee to move up to get mariota was a valid good offer, and tennessee is too dumb to take it what are we

supposed to do. >> i think chip is smarter than any of us, so all of the idiots calling in sports talk radio shut up and follow somebody that knows what they are doing. >> i think i will follow that young man's advice and just follow chip. so nelson agholor this is an impressive young man and welcome to town. i'm beasley reese from the the novacare complex now back to the studioy like that advice. >> solute to that last guy he nailed it right on the head. >> all right beasley thanks very much. well, two rental trucks have been reported stolen since sunday and philadelphia police are hoping you can help track them down. the vehicles and a man they believe is responsible for one of those trucks are out there somewhere. >> our todd quinones, has the latest now on that investigation. >> reporter: philadelphia will be packed this weekend, tens of thousands of runners and spectators will take part in the broad street run. >> on sunday we have broad street run. we don't like the idea of two

vehicles of this nature being unaccounted for. >> reporter: chief inn expect or joe sullivan head up the philadelphia a police department home land security division. he is hoping that the public can help track down two stolen rental trucks. on sunday police say this van was one of three who stole a ford cargo van similar to this from this u-haul at 101 west hunting park avenue. they conned a homeless man into opening up a bank being, they gave him just enough money to get a debit card so he could rent the u-haul. >> he was directed to return, and they said that they would meet up with him later to return the van and at which time he would be paid. needless to say he was never contacted again. >> reporter: two days later a large yellow pepsi cargo truck was stolen from this location at 12th and washington avenue you in south philadelphia. a worst case scenario would be vehicles would be used in some kind of a terrorism plot but more likely case is less sinister according to police.

>> individuals, they don't want to pay, they want to keep the ran for an extended period of time this way there is no record of who rented the van. >> reporter: u-haul van had an air zone license plate number of ag 30928 and the the penske has an indiana license plate number of 224-5222. and at this point police right now don'tf these two cases are connected or just a coincidence. report ago long broad street in south philadelphia, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight new details about jon stewart's post daily show plans. first day of may has people talking about summer and their summer plans. our consumer reporter jim donovan will look at summer travel trend and tell us how to score very best fares. and if you got a phone call from the pope you might be a bit skeptical too. one man hung up on the pontiff twice.

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south philadelphia's italian market celebrated a big birthday today. it has been around for 100 years and the year long festivity got underway today. kick off event focused on the history and future of this philadelphia landmark. the 300 shops in the italian market employ more than 2500 people and attract more than a million visitors, each year and there is no better place

to go, on this beautiful day. >> i know, right. >> man manga manga. >> it would be a good time to go down. >> it will be a great weekend. have a little lemon chello, yes. >> there you go. >> it will be hot. we are looking at temperatures that will go from almost fall-like just like that. take a a look outside where we have some cool temperatures you will see those temperatures around the region courtesy of our eyewitness weather watchers at bottom of the screen. boat house row looking very pretty you can see not much win. look at the schuylkill looking like grass, looking very pretty. we do have some cloud and we can see flow coming down from the north and few sprinkles through reading lancaster but mostly dying out. we will slowly see those skies, give way to clearing, during the late night and overnight hours. in philadelphia 61. sixty-three allentown. poconos 58. fifty-nine in reading. millville, 59. down the shore fairly cool

with that north/northeasterly flow. ocean water temperature 51 having a big influence today. some 10 degrees cooler from philadelphia to avalon. avalon at 51. cape may 52. rehoboth beach at 51 degrees. watching our storm system moving farther away losing its grip and that means warmer temperatures. saturday going from 63 degrees with increasing sunshine, sunday looks terrific, going for 80 degrees. it will feel hot. we are not used to this. take it easy. try not to exert yourself too much. mostly sunny beautiful damon with highs in the lower 80's a. keeping an eye on the front moving through tuesday and it could stall around our region bringing some showers and a few storms. the as far as the pollen report is concern we're talking about predominant pollen of oak, burch, mapel be high over next couple days when we have sun breezy conditions, you tend to see higher readings. medium to high tomorrow, sunday pretty high and same

goes for monday so make sure you pack those allergy medicine because over next couple days we will need them. we're painly cloudy and cool. low of 47. up creasing sun tomorrow. high 37 degrees. the wind will be light. real comfortable day and remember we have some strong march sunshine. our live neighborhood network takes us down the cher to the beach patrol in margate you can see a pretty site here over the course of the weekend the cher will be pleasant. sixty-five for saturday. seventy-two for sunday. really nice weekend to be in the city or shore. three day forecast shows temperatures in the 07's tomorrow. eighty on sunday. eighty-three on monday. beautiful weather hat trick. we w

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big weekend in the city of philadelphia about 40,000 runners, expect for broad street run on sunday. >> in the crowd will be a cancer survivor and his doctor who has a special one.

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> reporter: er stephanie stahl has more on the power of hope and determination. >> reporter: fifty-six year-old carlos riveria is getting ready for the broad street run something he always did, until three years ago, when he was diagnosed with a rare cancer. >> it gave me a different outlook in life how fragilities. a lot of rocky roads along the the way it was scary we really did not know if he would be here. >> the tumor was on the left side of my neck. >> reporter: cancerous tumor was removed in the eight hour surgery that included reconstruction using tissue from his back. then there were grueling round of radiation and chemotherapy. >> he had a very tough dancer. >> reporter: doctor jeffery lou says from the beginning carlos was optimistic and determined, to get back to the broad street run. >> when hope is alive you are good. your body can be compromised but not your spirit. >> really an inspiration to everyone. >> reporter: temple has a

banner up saying power through. carlos will pass it running with doctor lou at his side, the man he credits with saving his life. >> i said listen, we will get you back on to broad street, i will run with you, and it will be a real milestone. >> it will be super emotional. no doubt there will be plenty of fears but it will be all happy tears. we didn't necessity if this day would come to be honest. >> reporter: now carlos, his two daughters and grandson are finally celebrating happy days. >> life is about running. you are on the run a all the time. it is allegedly north good keep on running. >> carlos says it might take him couple hours to cross finish line at navy yard but he will be there with doctor lou. broad street run has raised almost one and a half million-dollar for the american cancer society that money going directly to research and patient care. i know people might be interested we have more information on the run cbs philly.com and click on health. more on carlos and his family

on facebook and twitter. they were something else what a spirit and what a great doctor to say we will do this together. >> his daughter, rachel who you saw in the piece she sent me a note and said i got to tell you about my dad. he is running. this is a story what a team they make. >> thank very much. how about this a sick man in italy is apologizing to pope francis for hanging up on him not once but twice. the pontiff contacted franco, on monday to comfort him but he hung up the even if because he thought he was being pranked. it was only when pope rang back a third time that he took him seriously. pope francis thought the whole thing was funny. in fairness, you know, how many phone calls. >> would i think it is a prank too. >> yes. >> still to come in the next half an hour, a landscaping looting,. >> and check out this close

call for a man on the sidewalk, see what happens when a truck accident send bottles flying right at him. new at 6:00 o'clock see how a local cheese stake landmark is helping the families of two philadelphia first responders, who died in the line of duty.

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announced criminal charges against six police officers in the deaths of freddie gray. his death in custody was ruled a homicide and that prosecutor says that the arrest was illegal. two rental trucks have been reported stole up since sunday and philadelphia police are looking for those trucks and a man whom they believe is responsible. and, three former alleys of new jersey governor chris christie were indict today in connection with the george washington bridge scandal david wildstein pled guilty to those charges bridget kelly and bill bar ron will be in court on monday, facing the charges. kate? and chris, we have a decent day to day little bit on the cool side for this time of the year but we have gorgeous wet's head. i have brushed off my powers of alliteration. splendid spring a saturday leads to a stunner on sunday and then it is a stellar stretch, ahead right flaw next week. we're talking 80's in the start of next week. we will have the full seven day forecast, jessica.

>> thanks very much. a brazen band it caught on tape stealing a bush, from a northeast philadelphia yard in broad daylight. home owner up loaded this surveillance video on line hoping to catch the thief. our matt rivers has more from bustleton. >> reporter: thief pulls up ape strolls toward the front door. convinced he ace loan and no one is home, he makes for the shrubbery. >> he was having a good hard time. you see him back and forth. he breaks the route and off he goes. >> reporter: that is michelle, giving us play by play. she says thief stopped by her bustleton home on thursday and she cannot figure out why he looted the landscaping. >> it is a bush. he cannot even replant it because he broke routes. the it will die. i am saying i have no word to explain this. >> reporter: while just a bush, it did cost several hundred dollars and more so than the cost, you just feel violated because it is a nice neighborhood and you're afraid they will come back and try to break in your house or steel your animals.

>> reporter: police are looking for the thief and so are many of neighbors. since michelle caught it on camera she thought why not help find this guy by sharing video with others health. son helped her post the video to facebook. in 24 hours or so at this point there has been tens of thousands of views and hundreds of shares. >> if everybody can stick together and just keep an eye out we can keep these neighborhood safe. i just think is what next. >> reporter: despite the crime she's keeping her spirit up willing to lend a helping hand. >> i hope you don't come back but if he does i will give him the shovel that he should have used. >> reporter: how nice. matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> don't think anyone can argue with that. charges are pend ago against the driver involved in the hit and run that critically injured in the temple student. police say that the 18 year-old confessed to being behind the wheel of the car that hit rachel hall on wednesday. rachel, who is 22, was riding her bike home when she was hit

by a silver mitsubishi galante near park and diamond. police say that the young driver had a learners permit. his name has not been released. fire tears through a row home in north philadelphia a chopper three over that scene it happened in the 500 block of west cambria street in the fair hill section and 7:00 o'clock this morning. fire fighters were able to vent the roof of that home and that help bring it under control. we're told no one was injured. police need your help to try to identify a man that tried to steel from the cvs in the somerton section of the city. that young man entered the store and grab several electric raisers and attempted to walk out. he was stopped by a security officer, a struggle ensued and then he eventually ran out of the door. man drove away in the brown mazda, if you recognize him you are asked to call police. in nepal the death toll has now topped 6200 people. rescuers searched for more victim today was announced

seven americans have been pulled from the ruble. one american doctor in london flew to the quake zone to help treat survivors. and cb is s news reporter holy williams has this store friday katmandu. >> back of her head. >> reporter: doctor christopher bailey normally treats wealthy at the his park avenue practice but when the earthquake hit he dropped everything and then flew to nepal. >> it will take a little bit of anti-inflammatory, that we have some. >> reporter: doctor bailey knows the country well, he built a hospital in the remote nepal village 12 years ago. >> it is actually quite heart breaking for me to walk around and see this. for some reason some of the most poor places are often hit the hardest. >> reporter: in the small town here he checked this woman for fractures. she was hit by falling bricks when her house collapsed. >> she has been very lucky.

>> reporter: but with clean water in short supply what doctor bailey really is worried about now is infection, and disease. >> just about anything you can get in the tropics they will be that can sometime, the number of people that may die could be bigger than the actual original problem of the building falling down. >> reporter: over the last few days we have witnessed thousands of people, leaving katmandu. they are worried that the tent cities that have have sprung up here since the quake could be a breeding ground for infectious disease. holy williams for cbs news, katmandu. nepal's government announced it will give $1,400 to the families of those kill in the earthquake. three stories collapsed at water gate complex in washington d.c. today. authorities say it was under construction, one person suffered a minor injury. employees who work inside the watergate have been complaining for months about structural rumbling. well, check out this close call in brazil, watch a man on

the sidewalk on the left side of the screen. you see what happens there truck lost control sending hundreds of so the a bottles a at him and he was thrown against a wall but after a couple seconds they is again he walks away as if nothing happened. nearly two years after he came on the job doctor donald generals was inaugurated as the the president of the community college of philadelphia a today. "eyewitness news" was at the event at congregation shall om as mayor nutter delivered opening remarks. generals officially becomes the sixth president of the college since its opening back in 1965. last month he changed policy at the school to allow high school students to attend tuition free as long as they met certain criteria. still to come on "eyewitness news" three on your side with summer travel trend and how to get the best deals. then jon stewart announced some of his plans for life after the daily show and those plans will bring him to new jersey. and the great kate weight continues, gamblers having

second thoughts about the likely name for the next royal baby kate? and we have got a beautiful weekend on the way, temperatures on their way up and we're talking 80's in the forecast with your seven day outlook including a beautiful weekend run down if you have

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the retiring host of the daily show jon stewart is heading for greener pastures, a stewart just bought a farm in new jersey. he and his wife tracie have been long time supporters of farm sanctuary which is a national advocacy group for farm animals. the couple recently bought the new jersey farm to provide a home to farm animals rescued from abuse. britain's new royal baby, still is not here, where is this baby. >> where is this baby duchess of cambridge is way past her due date for a second child. now that it has gone on so long people placing bets on the new baby a's name are starting to have second thoughts. >> it is all been about alice is the name, that is 14 days ago, it was hot favorite and

in the last 48 hours everybody is saying that the name is more likely to be charlotte than alice. we cannot fine a particular good reason. money talks. when we see money like this it ace as a result of people knowing what they are told. >> knowing what they are told. they have a direct line, to kensington palace or they are just bored. when baby finally arrives kensington palace will announce birth on twitter and instagram. we will noah parentally at some point. >> i'm spending my whole weekend to wait for this baby. >> searching over and over again. >> it has got to be here sooner or later. >> we will you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh!

hope you can stay up late tonight for late show with david letterman steve martin is oath show tonight, and then, on monday, cbs is celebrating dave's legendary career, in late night with a 90 minute special in prime time. david letterman has been making us laugh for three decade, join me as we solute life on television with wild interviews. >> yeah, i love it. >> music. >> top ten list, stupid pet tricks and much more, monday

9:30 p.m. right here on cbs-3. my old home. >> that, of course is ray romano, good to see him as well, he is hosting david letterman a life on television again monday may fourth at 9:30 right here on cbs-3. always fun to look back on those old clips of dave that are still so brilliant after all these years. >> great thing to look forward to wonderful week toned look forward to, kate. >> making this forecast was best seven day forecast, i think we have had since last september. >> that is great. >> we're lower 70's, lower 80's. >> good a alliteration opportunity as well. >> i do love the alliteration. >> spectacular sundays. >> i will try to think of some more. today didn't turnout all that bad for a spring day but that mark twain quote he said coldest winter he ever passed was a sum inner san francisco. because they have weather lick this every day in the summer

with the prevailing west wind and marine layer. they get included and fog like you see on the roof cam shot. we don't get it often because prevailing west wind is not off water from frustrates. when we get east wind it brings that marine layer in, cloud take hold and temperatures just go in where. today was an east wind kind of day, you can see cloud lurking off shore on storm scan three. we will look at storm scan three, first we will check with our friend the the eyewitness weather watchers who are just as excited about this being friday and prelude to a beautiful spring weekend as i am. temperatures in the low 60's right now. not that bad about 5 degrees 5 degrees below average lynn springer in cherry hill is at 63. lynn says relatively, nice day need sunglasses at lunch anytime you need sunglasses on a east wind kind of a day we are sitting pretty. as we head up to steve swart house, just a few cloud but how much colder it is, down the shore 49 degrees as we check with bill goodrow in

pleasantville, 49 in the so great. the breezy on the boardwalk today, sunny at times. that east wind keeping shore points even cooler. let look at storm scan three. most of the showers have missed us to the west again today. it is a amazing. we have a large scale storm lurking just off to the south but it hasn't impact us all that much. you cane how showers have rotated south and east and then this head out to sea high pressure will build in and get rid of the threat for showers and eventually push out that marine layer as well. we will be cooler down the shore then it will be in the city but it will be a really nice weekend just about every where. you can see our wind are falling off and becoming variable in direction. that is good news once we get rid of the east wind. temperatures will be allowed to ride more. a couple of the future weather radar with the temperatures contour to show you what is happening heading in the weekend. that storm pull as way. by saturday afternoon a few pop up showers. we are in the the light orange

shading, comfortable seasonal day, not a hot day what happens on sun take watch as we head into sunday afternoon and colors deepen a little bit and that darker red on sunday, showers start to pop up and mainly miss us off to the west and then we await the arrival of the cold front. this kicks up a southeasterly flow and we will get warmer. you can see red orange on monday indication of temperatures climbing in the lower 80's. so for tonight overnight mainly cloudy, cool night down to 47 degrees. your saturday is beautiful partly sunny milder, highs in the lower 70's. the just so much to do in philadelphia. kind of broken it down, event by event franklin institute science carnival on the parkway at 10:00 a.m. temperatures 58. goes until 4:00. south street spring festival starts until 11:00 and goes until 8:00. sixty-three at 11:00 a.m. at rittenhouse row they have a spring festival there down walnut street, food truck anything you can ask for at 66 degrees. if you are running broad

street, i feel like everybody is running broad street except for myself, 8:00 a.m. 62 degrees with sunshine. we have chestnut hill garden festival on sunday. that starts at 11:00 a.m. it will be 74 degrees. not only that but we have great things that are not festival go on it for a run jog, bike ride down the river. it is a perfect weekend for anything you do in philadelphia monday looks great as well tuesday a chance for afternoon thunderstorm but look the at the end of next week we are back in the 70's and lower 80's with sunshine, chris and jessica, back over to you. kate, thanks very much. as we turn calendar to may but it is just a few weeks before the start of the summer travel season. >> on your side consumer reporter looks at where summer trend are pointing and how to score the best fares. >> reporter: americans are searching for more adventurous summer trips but also on a deal, according to an analysis of more than 1 billion searches for travel web site kyack, thanks to the stronger

u.s. dollar many summer travelers are thinking about europe. >> a week euro means more spending power for traveler and we have seen 7 percent increase in searches for europe this summer compared to last summer. if you look at top destinations to europe they include paris rome dublin, parse loan a. >> here in the you had david salmoneto says one city stand out. >> looking at data, the one that pops for this coming summer is boston n fact, four out of the top five trending hotels, all were in the boston area. boston is also a great road trip origin city because you can get to lots of unique places within a short drive. >> reporter: lower gas prices mean more travelers are considering road trips but question most consumers have is when to book a flight. >> the kyack travel hacker, guide recommend four to six weeks as the ideal booking window for travel within north america, if you're looking at traveling within the caribbean you can getaway with the

shorter window. taking advantage of the buzz excitement around europe the sooner the better. >> reporter: but if you spot a flight deal it is best to just take it before another summer traveler fills that seat. >> that is the the truth. >> just not number of seats available. >> we get on and find a good fare because next time you go back, it might not have any room. >> is there just lack of availability on these things right now. >> you see a deal, go for it. >> thanks. >> you too thanks. bene king soul full singer known for song stand by me has died. >> king died thursday in hackensack, new jersey, he first saw success as early member of the dowop pioneers the drifters but achieved his greatest fame, in all he had 12 top ten songs and induct in the rock and role hall of fame. bene king was 76 years old.

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it is promises on but this year it is not just high school students getting ready for the the big day. >> families of the several children with cancer are preparing for a special night of their own our erika von tiehl has their story. butler is like a lot of four year-old boys he likes making silly noises, getting into everything, and, super heroes. >> reporter: that is not his not so secret super identity, his grand mom came up the captain to help a mad stay tough going up against a faux

many other boys don't have to face: cancer. >> he had a tumor. they told us, you know, he they had to do tests to make sure it wasn't cancerous. a week or two later we found out it was. >> reporter: brain tumor was removed in february and now going through chemotherapy. he is very silly very silly and laughs a lot. >> reporter: saturday that personality will get to shine talk will turn from chemo to cup cake. saint christopher's hospital for children is hosting their fourth annual oncology prom, all patients and families are invited. >> they get a chance to hang with other kid and just be kid, to see little girls, six year-old with no hair walking down hallway talking about her blue dress and wig that she will wear to look at the l is a at her prom. it is just magical. >> reporter: special outfits donned and then off to hair and make up so everyone is red carpet ready. eight year old bianca is

getting hot coat of nail polish finishing touch for a special day, one that she's a little apprehensive about. >> i don't know, maybe because i'm nervous. >> reporter: butterflies, the the one thing that doesn't change about prom, no matter where it is held. erika von tiehl cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a lot going on for them, i think that is the the party of the weekend no doubt. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00, six baltimore police officers are facing charges in the death of freddie gray and one of them spent years as a fire fighter in our area. plus a guilty plea today in the bridge scandal that brought new jersey scandal chris christie's administration kathy? it is cloudy and cool across the delaware valley but that is going to change. the we are chasing the 80's this weekend we are in the used to this type of weather. we will show you how long with the seven day forecast.

and new at 6:00 tonight a travel agent who admitted stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his clients runs from justice again. investigative reporter charlotte hoffman has new information in an iteam follow-up. now at 6:00 o'clock, have after days of unrest, in baltimore, six police officers are facing charges in the death of freddie gray the 25 year-old man, who died in police custody and one of those officers, has ties to our area good afternoon, good evening, i'm chris may. i'm yes, sir contact dean. baltimore city states attorney marilyn mosby announced those charges today including second degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and second degree assault. city residents celebrated in the streets after that announcement. she said officers never should have arrested freddie gray in

the first place. >> i heard your call for no justice, no peace and your peace is sincerely needed, as i work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. >> one of those officers, edward nero, spent about ten years as a fire fight inner south jersey. "eyewitness news" reporter steve pather on spoke with his former fire chief later today. >> reporter: bomb shell that change the mood in baltimore changed the national conversation and change the lives of six police officer. criminal charges in the arrest of freddie gray. states attorney marilyn mosby is calling gray's arrest unlawful, his death a homicide cbs-3 "eyewitness news" has learned that one of the officers is a native of south jersey, former washington township fire fighter 29 year-old edward nero. >> he was a member of our department, for ap