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one woman forced to jump to safety. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining you. tonight we're hearing from neighbors in that community who watched this drama unfold. fire crews rushed to the home on the 5700 block of gray's avenue in kingsessing at about 11:00 this morning. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is live at the scene tonight with the story. steve. >> reporter: natasha, crews say that fire likely started in the front of the row homes behind me but for a few harrowing moments it forced one of the occupants to the back. want to show you. take a look at the awning you see behind me right there. flames forcing a woman on top of that and then an eyewitness says she tumble, fell onto the car and then the ground. we spoke to that eyewitness but the first thing i want to do is show you just how intense those flames were. seconds to react. >> i opened my door. i seen fire shooting out the window. >> reporter: exclusive video from eyewitness sean barber shows the harrowing seconds
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after flames rage out of this home in the 5700 block of grays a not the mother's day morning surprise next door neighbor yvonne outlaw expected. >> police say yvonne's neighbors were inside when the fire broke out shortly before 11:00. the man able to escape by running out the woman names neighbors name as juanita trapped on this alley way awning with black smoke behind her. >> she was covered in soot and she was very scared. she was disoriented so it was very scary. >> reporter: eyewitness tyra who didn't want to appear on camera says she watched her neighbor fall plummeting onto the car parked below. >> she hit her face on the car. >> reporter: that's when tyra who has only been in the neighborhood two weeks decided to take action checking for injuries and comforting the woman with water and cool blankets until help arrived. >> what made you run out and help them. >> reporter: i'm a human
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being. i would want somebody to help me in that situation. police says saying that woman suffering just minor burns and bruises. the good news natasha, nobody seriously injured and this of course the cause is under investigation. reporting live in southwest philadelphia, i'm steveson, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right, thankfully no one got hurt. fire crews battle flames at a bensalem home today. firefighters responded to the 3700 block of meridian drive at about 5:20 this morning. three people and two pets got out of this house safely. no injuries were reported and the cause is still under investigation. also tonight philadelphia police are investigating a pair of separate shootings that happened just blocks away from each o the first happened on the 800 block of south street about 1:20 this morning. two men were shot in the legs and rushed to the hospital. they're listed in stable condition. and less than two hours later police responded to another shooting on the corner of ninth and bainbridge. officers found a 19-year-old
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man lying on the road about a block away with a gunshot wound to the leg. he was rushed to the hospital and is expected to recover. the gunmen in both shoot rags still on the loose. now after a warm weekend it's all about to really heat up for the start of the work week. meteorologist justin drabick is live the cbs3 sky deck with the first look at forecast. not a bad place to be tonight justin. >> not at all. it really feels like summer outside now. it's warm, it is humid and that's going to be the trend for the next few days and temperatures are going to make a run at 90 degrees as we head into the first half of the upcoming work week. after the morning fog on this mother's day we did break out to sunshine surging into the mid 80's. our average high should be 72. way above n we topped that. 84 degrees for the high in philadelphia. look at mount pocono even saw 80 degrees this afternoon. here's where we are right now. coming down just a little bit. still very warm upper 70's for philadelphia, 84 in allentown 82 in reading, 77 in wilmington and millville. there were a few showers that
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rolled through that region so that cooled them down just a little bit but areas that haven't seen the rain this evening still looking at low 80's and many suburbs in willow grove and quakertown. spotty showers out of new castle county delaware into salem county new jersey as well as cumberland county. this evening you may dodge a stray shower in spots, a brief downpour that will quickly south winds continue. with the humid air mass in place we'll see more dense fog along the coast. eastern new jersey southern delaware looking at a dense fog advisory developing overnight t visibilities around a quarter mile or less. we'll talk about how long the fog will last and when temperatures could reach 90 degrees. that's in the full forecast in a few minutes. natasha. >> justin thank you. cbs3 as partner ted with susan g. komen for the race for the cure. this year the men and women of "eyewitness news" very proud to paying part in this event every year. our jessica dean was there.
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>> reporter: 25 years a silver anniversary but on this day, pink was the color. >> and i run for the women that can't. i spread my message for the women so they understand. awareness is the key. >> reporter: more than 6,000 cancer survivors walked down the art museum steps this mother's day but it's the first race in 1991 it was a much smaller crowd. the stigma of the disease still strong. now they march an army of women and men no longer couldn't tent simply whisper their diagnosis. they converge on the parkway with a single goal, beat cancer. >> i'm here standing today and i didn't think i would be and they just happened to continue to fight. we are a band of brothers and sisters we're going to stick together. and carry each other through. >> reporter: the crowd here at the 25th annual race for the cure included young and old, women and men. we saw children there to honor their mom.
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>> happy mother's day. >> reporter: and survivors honored by the support. >> for me it's just to see all the survivors and all their families come out and just support and just come together with one another and just so love. >> reporter: the women and men of "eyewitness news" were there in full force. snapping selfies, running in the race and cheering on the crowd. >> we are here with team k diva. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: every person there had a story of hope, love or remembrance. alex lost her mother to breast cancer when she was seven. this year she flew all the way from florida to surprise her father who was walking in the race. >> i was just shocked. i started to cry. i was surprised. like i said we've been doing this ever since her mom passed away and this would have been the first year she wasn't here. >> reporter: year after year, step by step this community hassle braitd the survivors and remembered the ones we've lost. all of this as we push to finish the fight. >> five year survivor three time breast cancer survivor.
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>> wow. >> and all i can say is faith and hope and one day we're going to have a cure. >> reporter: and we won't stop until we do. along the parkway in philadelphia jessica dean, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> and if you missed something from today's race for the cure or you just want to relive the memories you can get complete coverage on our quarterback site cbsphilly.com/cure or you can watch it on x-finity on demand in the get local section headed race for the cure. mothers in camden were treated to a cool snack today. "eyewitness news" in camden as camden county police officers helped hand out free mister softee ice cream. officers say kids have been asking them to help do something special for mother's day and this certainly did the trick. stay with us. stale head on "eyewitness news" mother nature is not giving the central u.s. much of a break at all this mother's day. severe weather leaves behind a path of destruction and a
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threat isn't over just yet. justin. >> and we have another round of dense fog developing overnight. i'll let you know who will see the worst of the fog and even warmer temperatures in the seven day. those details coming up. >> a rare meeting at the vatican. what cuban president raul castro told the pontiff behind closed doors. the phillies trying to win their series with the mets this afternoon but a play in the stands overshadowed the action on the field. lesley van arsdale has those highlights and more. stay with us
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students in philadelphia.ms are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them.
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>> four people are in custody in mississippi in connection with the shooting death two police officers. 34-year-old benjamin dean and 25 year la corey tate were killed during a traffic stop in hat tease burg. the suspects were caught after a manhunt. the support for the department and the officers' families have been amazing. >> well, i've got many, many calls this morning from community leaders and people just regular citizens and they want to know how they can help. we've asked them to pray. we've asked if you have a flag at your house just as i've done at my house to lower it at half-staff. >> the suspects 29-year-old marvin banks and 22-year-old joni calaway each face two counts of capitol murder and 26-year-old curtis banks is facing two counts of accessory to capitol murder. a fourth person cornelius clark with charged with obstruction of justice.
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cuban president rule astro visited pope francis today at the vatican. he met with the holy father for about an hour or so. afterwards he told reporters that he hopes the senate will remove his country from the list of terrorist nations. now severe weather, it is pounding the midsection of our nation again today. right now rescues are under way in texas after heavy rains triggered flooding and trapped people inside their homes. and it's not just flooding and tornadoes also left behind a path of destruction. cbs news correspondent don champion reports. >> reporter: if it weren't for part of the brick exterior that's left you would not even know a home stood here. saturday a tornado with winds of up to 165 miles per hour plowed through the land just outside of the ranching community of cisco texas. one person was killed, at least three were injured. >> you can't beat mother nature. >> reporter: he owns a farm
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here. one of his barns was destroyed when the tornado cut right through his property. here you can almost make out the path it took. >> it just came through here and tore all the fences down and a couple houses and it's a big mess. >> yes, if people get a warning man they need to heed it. >> reporter: much of mother's day was spent cleaning up. at least a dozen buildings were damaged or destroyed here. to the east a tornado touchdown sunday in denton just outside of dallas. >> you need to take your tornado cautions at this time. >> reporter: lightning damaged a home. saturday this tornado was spotted on the ground in western kansas. tornado watches are now posted in parts of more than a half dozen states including oklahoma and texas. don champion, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> justin some serious weather
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in other parts of the country but turns out pretty here today. >> turned out nice if you look summer weather. it was pretty humid outside. >> it was. >> temperatures in the 80's. we'll do it again tonight. once again fog and tomorrow afternoon we'll see the sunshine again, temperatures in the 80's and you may run into a shower even a thunderstorm. let's take you down to the shore this hour. a lot of people hanging out on the boardwalk in ocean city. a couple of weeks jam packed into memorial day weekend, people already taking advantage of some summer like weather. let's go to storm scan3. a lot of activity showing up and it's not really over us. we have what's left of ana. moved inland this morning into north carolina. right now it is a tropical depression so it's continuing to lose its tropical characteristics. decent amount of rain for coastal caroline alternate. then we have a frontal boundary to our north and west. well to the north and west. that's where we find more showers but we're kind of in between with just a few clouds around.
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an isolated shower not out of the question over the next few hours because of all the humidity we're dealing with. you see a heavier shower that came through new castle county delaware across the bay into the delaware river into salem county new jersey so againhower over the next hour or two and then those should dissipate and then we see the fog roll in from the coastline and that tracks westward through the overnight hours. so again we're looking at ana that will move off shore not really affect us, just a few more clouds during the day monday. average high 72. way above that for monday and tuesday. tuesday is going to be the warmest day could get near 90 degrees. don't like that type of weather, wait until wednesday and thursday, temperatures drop to near average. so very pleasant conditions coming up for the second half of the work week. it's warm and humid right now. upper 70's around philadelphia, little bitly carry to the south. we have a couple of showers in southern new jersey but look at that, still mid 80's in allentown this hour and there's really no signs of cool air across the northeast and the northern midatlantic. we're all in the 70's and 80's. how is it going to feel over
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the next few days? again today it felt very steamy, same deal on monday and tuesday, humid and then very nice and pleasant for wednesday and thursday once we get a cold front through here, we'll drop the humidity and there go the temperatures. again, this is ana tropical depression doesn't look that impressive on satellite. decent amount of rain coming in dangerous rip currents for carolina. if you have a trip planned be aware of that for the first half of the upcoming work week. tomorrow morning fog giving way to afternoon sun. there's what's left of ana. maybe brushing south jersey or delaware with a shower or two on monday. tuesday here comes the front. not a lost moisture. could get a shower or thunderstorm very isolated tuesday afternoon and then once that front passes, breeze for wednesday we drop the heat and humidity. fog rolls in from the south and easton night and then tomorrow morning we'll break out with some sunshine, could be a stray shower in some spots, not everybody sees it. maybe have the umbrella handy just in case. tuesday not showing much in the form of precipitation as the front moves through.
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moisture is going to be limited. temperature-wise it's going to be mild tonight, 60 to around 70 for the low temperature. tomorrow rebounding again in the low and mid 80's. warmer on tuesday. some spots reaching the upper 80's maybe 90 depending on how much sunshine we see. areas of fog developing late. maybe a shower or two early this evening. 66 for the low temperature. tomorrow morning fog, then afternoon shower is possible, 84 for the afternoon high. here we go the extended forecast tuesday that's the hottest day 88 degrees, a stray shower possible in the afternoon. very comfortable wednesday thursday, friday, low and mid 70's with sunshine. next saturday we could be dealing with some showers the temperatures holding in the 70's so getting back to normal for the second half of the week. >> not bad. thank you justin. let's check in with lesley see what's happening in sports. >> phillies struggle continues as they wrap up their series with the mets at citizens bank park. the phillies will take the offense any way they can get it. pitcher chad billingsly puts a good swing on the ball. that is a home. that gives them the lead.
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bench seat about that one. to the fourth inning game tied at one grady sizemore going the other way. chase utley hit his first double since september 27th scores and it's two-one phils. and then the wheels fall off the wagon. fifth inning curtis granderson crushes this pitch deep to right. that is an estimated 425 feet and then the mets take a three-two lead. in the sixth phils getting a little sloppy. darin ruf throws into left field, runner easily scores. last chance for the phillies in the ninth freddie galvez trying to extend the inning hits this one in the left field corner looks like it's going foul. he grabs it. phillies loss seven-four. after the game chase utley talks about the struggles he's having and and the team is having. >> i think overall as a team we've been playing hard.
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one big hit here or there outcome of the game changes so i like how we're going about our business on that end as far. areas personally i've seen better days but there's nothing -- i can't really change the past, just try to move forward make some adjustments. >> nothing topped this catch a fan with a baby strapped to his chest makes that one handed grab. unbelievable. and you know dad has to flex the muscles a little bit. mike schmidt offered to sign the ball along with matt stairs. it will be an unforgettable mother's day for that family. great performance in the bronx today. michael pineda dominated the orioles. the that's pretty impressive. seven innings six hits run one, struck out 16 batters. did he not walk anyone. yankees win six to two. final day of the eagles rookie camp as the team prepares awful its first year
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players for pro football. all the players excited but local product rasheed bailey hit the shot to make the team after a record setting career at delaware valley university. >> a new feeling. it's better than i thought it was. it's everything i, you know, everything i dreamed of. to be here in this situation to be here under chip kelly and theest feeling in the world and going from eagles fan growing up to now being a part of the eagles is just like wow it's a great feeling and i'm proud to call myself an eagle. >> coming up tonight in the buick sports zone sports radio 94 wip's brian hadad will join us. we'll cover shady mccoy's comments he made about chip kelly, chase utley's struggles and account flyers land mike babcock? that's coming up tonight in the
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>> well, that's going to do it for us for the moment. i'm natasha brown for lesley, justin all of us here. thanks for joining us. we're always on for you cbsphilly.com. 60 minutes is up next. we're back at 10:00 on the cw philly, back here at 11:00 on channel three. have a great night everyone. take care. >> ♪
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