d time in eight years broken glass, litters the street in front of the suburban armory gun shop. >> the the officer got here on the ground right here there was a large payne of glass. >> reporter: nineteen guns stolen all together including glocks revolvers and semiautomatic weapons. surveillance videos shows two vehicles working together signaling to each other through headlights according to police, large glass payne is removed and investigators a three men entered the store smashing display cases and leaving with the guns. >> at 4:11:45 i have it on police station video driving past the police station at clifton and macdade. they are in the store two and a half minutes. >> reporter: kind of incident that has people talking in the barber shop next store. >> it is a growing problem in this area. in every area rich poor, all of it. >> it saddens me that something happened in our community, more guns on the streets. more lives to be lost. >> reporter: to prevent that

police hope someone can recognize these two vehicles white old mobile cutlass sedan and dark colored pontiac montana seen moments after the break in. >> i don't know, tomorrow one of my family members will be shot yours will be shot one of yours will be shot. you just don't know. eighteen more guns on the street. >> reporter: sadly as you you no he that number is now 19, police say those reek also were last seen heading toward darby, anyone with any information should contact the police. reporting live, delaware county tonight alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a school bus full of student crashes in the the barrier on the schuylkill expressway. it happened in the eastbound lanes, near girard avenue. around 10:00 o'clock this morning. kid on board the bus were from the hope church school in philadelphia, and they were on their way to the zoo for a field trip. all of the kid were transported to children's hospital just as a precaution but there were no serious injuries. we are tracking rain today, it has been a damp,

dreary all across the region. question is will it stick around throughout the holiday weekend? meteorologist kathy orr is outside on the sky deck and not down for orr at the shore today as a result of the weather but she has that first forecast, hi kathy. >> we are looking at rain on the sky deck, chris. we have it along i-95 corridor to the north and west, drying out and we will slowly see that trend throughout the evening, across the delaware valley. look at storm scan three you can see it is a soggy storm scan this afternoon, from philadelphia, south and east, green on the doppler radar screen especially through south jersey and delaware not a shore day to day. we will hit the cher stomach in wildwood for orr at the shore when we will dry it out. pockets of yellow heavier rain, back edge though is right at our doorsteps through parts of the south jersey, delaware county drying out even new castle county delaware drying out and we will see an end to the precipitation in the next couple of hours in philadelphia. right now it is only 51 in the

city milder to the north will a even town where it is dry, reading 58. 52 degrees in wilmington with rain and down the shore look at the winds it is a i out of the north east with milder temperatures in the 60's, again date light is cool with the temperature of 54. rain will be ending between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. along i-95 corridor through central new jersey and central delaware and between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. down the shore. coming up we will talk about when the sun will return, when it turns cool again over the holiday weekend and then our first 90-degree day. we will have that memorial day holiday weekend forecast coming up when i join you inside. >> kathy, thank you. federal railroad administration is taking more emergency action to control train speeds along northeast corridor. in the wake of the deadly amtrak derailment. today fra ordered amtrak to survey the correspondence for to identify curves, where there is a reduction of more than 20 miles per hour, from

the maximum authorized approach speed. amtrak must provide a list of each location to this organization, and install additional speed limits on for engineers. meantime railroad add row castcy group says brandon bostian had a a shorter rest break because of equipment remitted delays. the today senate democrats urged congress to provide more money for amtrak repair project. >> amtrak is not getting dollars that it needs to invest in that future and invest from the growth that comes from that system and invest basic safety measures. >> i rode amtrak back down here to work and on both trips i crossed over 200 year-old bridges, and traveled through 140 year-old tunnel, as my collogues have made clear we recognize that the 21 billion-dollar backlog of the so-called state of good repair for the northeast corridor of amtrak is a deficit. >> reporter: republicans have in the commented on the democratic funding request

coming up at 6:00iteam reporter charlotte hoffman digs deeper why a lift change in the engineer's scheduled is under investigation. police are probing a shooting death in west philadelphia officers say a man was gun down in girard avenue just were midnight. and then as the victim laid on girard avenue a us peck drunk driver ran over him. there were two bystanders there who were narrowly missed by stray bullets. police were looking for a pair of armed rob hers who stormed a philadelphia bar this robbery happened early tuesday morning, at the the play maker baron north 28th street in fairmount. you can see one of of the suspects using a chrome revolver demanding money from customers and a bartender there. the suspects took off with some cash and cell phones. if you recognize them you are asked to call the police. more surveillance video police are searching for two suspects in this video who robbed roy's lounge, and sea food in hunting park.

this happened just after 1:00 a.m. on tuesday. two armed suspects, walked through the front door there they took a cell phone and couple hundred dollars in cash. victim's cell phone was later found nearby, by police. a new jersey judge dismissed domestic rice today, the former ravens running back had completed the terms of his pretrial intervention. the rice who came out of rutgers university hasn't played in the nfl since being suspended for hitting his now wife janet rice in an atlantic city elevator into this. he was charge with third degree ago evacuated a a sought salt but those charges have been dropped but will remain on his record. two days after philadelphia mayoral primary mayor nutter meets with the candidate who wants to succeed him. democratic nominee jim kenney. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us nutter and kenney didn't always see eye to eye at city hall. >> reporter: mayor and the man he hopes to replace him stepped to the mike on thursday, to show of unity between michael nutter and jim

kenney. >> i look forward to strongly supporting hiscandidacy for the fall. >> reporter: in a heavily democratic city like philadelphia, mayor nutter's support for former councilman felt more like passing the torch then a mere up corresponds. kenney promised to continue some of the items that he calls legacy issues like his push for environmental sustain ability and anti corruption campaign inside city hall. today's press conference was extremely friendly, some of jim kenney's time spent here in the caucus room, was as a vocal quitter and that would make any possible transition process come next year, that much harder, both men said no, they have any difficulties agreement was just politics. no mayor gets anything done without, city council support. council president darryl clark has known kenney for decade. >> unless he has a dramatic swing from the person that i necessity him to be, i don't anticipate any challenges.

>> reporter: is there still a general election to be held, however, right now, it the is between kenney and republican melissa murray bailey, at city hall matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in other news national president of the boy scouts of america is calling for that organization, to lift its ban on the participation of openly gay a adults. robert gate says that the ban is no longer sustainable and is calling for change. he made those comments addressing the scout's national meet to go day. in 2013 the scouts decided to allow openly gay youth as scouts. now gates says that the organization must work with the world as it is, not as they might wish it to be. important news if you are heading down the shore this weekend, the townsend inlet bridge that connect is a avalon and sea isle city is still closed, renovations are running behind schedule so bridge won't be opened for another two possibly three weeks. it is being kept in an upright position so both can pass by.

bridge and earned ising areas suffered significant damage during hurricane sandy. aloft people looking forward to getting that wrapped up there for sure. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 new horrifying details in a mansion murder and arson just outside of the nation's capitol. we will tell what you police say may have happened inside that home, plus how a pizza crust has led to a break in the case. and dramatic rescue when a doggies swept away in the flooded river all this captured on camera. also, there is confusion over the largest and most complex auto recall in history, more drivers don't know if their vehicles even affect. tonight three on your side jim donovan will have more on this air bag warning he is up next.

back on "eyewitness news" video of a dramatic rescue of a dog from raging flood waters in columbia. as you can see here the dog was being swept away from the river, and it was spotted by two police officers when one of them courageously jumped in the what the tore bring the dog to safety. dog suffered injuries from the roxanne debris along the river but it is expected to make a full recovery. well biggest recall in automotive history involves exploding air bags, and right now it is causing confusion for consumers. >> nearly 34 millionaire bags needed to be replaced, three on your side consu donovan find that most drivers don't even know if

their vehicle is affected and we won't for some time. >> reporter: nearly 34 millionaire bags have been recalled, yet replacement parts just are in the available. at the rate they are being manufactured, it could be two and a half years before all cars get fix. >> the number is absolutely staggering. >> reporter: jake fischer is director of auto testing at consume are reports. >> it is confusing for consumers to have these vehicles because you cannot always get them fixed right away. >> reporter: it expected that repairs will focus on air bags and state with humid weather. takata, the the makers on have the air bags, have not named a cause of the air bag problem but national highway traffic safety administration believes moisture and high humidity regions, leaks in the air bag's inflater changing the properties of the chemical used to inflate the bags. when this happens the explosive force can rupture the metal casing sending shrapnel into the vehicle. one reason recall is so confusing is it is first time

takata has issued one a all previous recalls involving the the company's air bags have been issued by individual auto makers. in fact 11 car companies involved say they are waiting on information from takata on which vehicles need to be repaired. now, as a result, it could be months before many drivers get any notification from dealers meanwhile, car owners are asked to regularly check safer car dot gov web site to see if your car is impacted by the recall but if the manufacturers don't even know yet, this will go on for a long time. >> supposed to be months before you can find out. >> very frustrating. >> we will keep following it for you. >> thanks very much. welsh space x dragon capsule has return to earth tonight. it left the international space station this morning with about 3,000-pound of experiments and equipment on board. capsule splashed in the pacific ocean just off the southern california coast about six hours, after its the departure. it had been at the station since last month bringing supplies initially to the six

station residents. welshing stay with us, here on "eyewitness news" a special treat for local grads. >> ♪ >> rocker john bon jovi doesn't just give commencement dress for rutgers camden class of 2015, he gives them their very own song. >> wow. >> and if you just could not believe it before, this should convince you david letterman's set is coming down, we will have all of the highlights from last night's big finally

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mayor nutter paid tribute today. there are 500 people in philadelphia who are 100 years old or older. many of them gathered for the the reception today on columbus boulevard. there was a special 100 cake for everyone to enjoy the oldest person, at today's event was 108 years old. >> wow amazing. >> something in the water here in philadelphia, let's all have some. world famous devon horse show opens up to day. catch the the country's best show horses on the main line. that tradition dates back to 1896 where it started as a one day country fare and now it is largest, oldest outdoor multi breed horse competition in the country. the the event has raised about 47 million-dollar for bryn mawr hospital over the years and it runs through may 31st. it will be fun.

>> yes. >> great time to do that this weekend. >> we love seeing kathy orr unfortunately we are seeing you in the studio although we planned for you to be someplace else. >> count down clock and everything. >> we wanted to, we had something special planned for today and our equipment could not get wet. one stipulation for orr at the shore. that is why i'm in house. we will push orr at the shore to premiere tomorrow when everybody is down there it should be a very busy day down the shore. we will be live from wildwood. more on. that first lets look outside where we are looking at a damp dreary day from philadelphia, basically south and east. our suburbs seeing some scattered sprinkles but rain is going to end during this evening. in philadelphia, i think within the next couple of hours it will be drying out. here's a view from campbell's feel looking across the bridge, still pretty cloudy out there temperatures only in the 50's. the lets go down to the beach boardwalk plaza and rehoboth beach, delaware where board are empty. temperature only 52 with the

northeasterly win. our live neighborhood network shows how much rain we have gotten and these are our higher amounts. magnolia, new jersey .4 of an inch, estelle manair .3 nearly .3 in medford lakes moorestown new jersey nearly a quarter inch. less in philadelphia we will continue to see rain, in south jersey throughout the evening period . on storm scan three you can see philadelphia slowly drying out that back edge really bending down through new castle will county delaware and salem county, new jersey. we will be seeing this rain ending from the north toward the the south and east over the course of the next couple of hours. i think rain finally clears the shore after midnight. you can see some spotty showers even through philadelphia right now it will turn more misty over the next couple of hours. so merion few sprinkles. cheltenham the same thing. marple dry conditions and cloudy skies for rest of the evening there right now in philadelphia 51. same in millville. poconos 56.

allentown where it is dry the temperature warmer at 60. state college on the cool side and you can see 50's spread out through most of the region, even cleveland and pittsburgh only in the 50's today. by tomorrow it will be a different story. we will see areas of low pressure moving off the coast high pressure builds in and conditions will be quite pleasant for friday, saturday, and sunday, and then we will see things really begin to heat up by monday. overnight tonight the cloud will break temperatures falling back in the 40's, so another cool night. tomorrow breezy but sunny high of 75 to kick start the holiday weekend. if you are heading down the shore tomorrow 71 and breezy. saturday, 67 cooler, sunday 72. monday 77. and then in the poconos looking good, saturday, sunday, monday a big warm up through the 70's. on the exclusive eyewitness weather three day forecast, 75 for friday, 70 saturday and the temperature 80 degrees. tomorrow is the first orr at

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last night. a historic night of television, no doubt bit as dave said good bye a after 33 years in late night. >> so many laughs, and huge stars, as well. memorable good bye for the tv icon. cbs news don champion was in new york for the final show. >> my fellow americans our long national nightmare is over. >> reporter: dave's final show started with the montage of presidents jokingly celebrating the night. >> our long national nightmare is over. letterman is retiring. >> letterman then took the stage and got more than two minutes standing ovation. the laughs tipped from there with the star studded final top ten list, things i always wanted to say to dave. >> i'm just glad your show is being given to another white guy. >> dave, you are to comedy, what i am to comedy. >> reporter: much of the show features memorable moments

from letterman's 33 years on the air. >> can i ask to you get me something to eat. >> no. >> letterman, seemed to love the trip down memory lane as he took time to thank his staff his family. >> really nothing else matter, does it. >> reporter: he also thanked his fans. >> the people who watch this show, there is nothing i can do to ever repay you, thank you you for everything. you've given me ended with a simple farewell and the foo fighters playing the song everlong. >> for the last time on a television program thank you ape good night. >> reporter: a humble farewell for a man who all but changed late night tv. thanks dave. done ton champion, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> he will certainly be missed. you can see more of dave's last late show on our web site the at cbs philly.com/entertainment. >> they got it right last night, the tone was just perfect, it was joyous, it was just a great hour plus of

television. >> yes. >> great send off. coming up in the next half an hour a possible break in the mysterious murders of four people found dead inside a mansion in washington d.c., where police now believe the chief suspect is hiding out. also some historic temples and other ruins could be under attack probably destroyed, we will tell you where isis militants are now taking control. and then new at 6:00 the the long holiday weekend business to get underway, we will tell them why the mayor of atlantic city got on the skateboard to kick off summer season, be careful. >> that is coming up at 6:0

i'm chris may and here are the day's top stories for you a gun store in delaware county is rob, thief made off with nearly 20 firearms. it happened this morning as the suburban armory gun store in the 1,000 block of macdade boulevard in collindale, police are searching for suspects tonight. a school bus filled with students crashes into a barrier on the schuylkill expressway, this happened near girard avenue, around 10:00 o'clock this morning. the kid were from the hope church school, in philadelphia, they were on their way to the zoo. there were no serious

injuries. federal railroad administration is taking emergency action in the wake of the deadly amtrak derailment in port richmond, amtrak must survey corridor to identify curves where there is a reduction of more than 20 miles per hour, from the maximum authorized a approach speed. kate? chris, it has been a damp, chilly dreary day what to expect, showers are now taper from north to south but some spots could see a quarter inch of rain. high amounts stays south and east, temperatures holding in the 50's and rain starting to push on out. we will have have more on what this means for your memorial day weekend coming up, chris, back to you. there is breaking news just into "eyewitness news" grand jury has indicted six baltimore police officers in the death of freddie gray. gray died in police custody last month sparking both peaceful and violent protests in baltimore. the charges announce today are similar to those announce $3 weeks ago by maryland's states

attorney she said that gray's neck was broken, and due to the weight and way he was handled and happened cuffed and while riding in the back of the police van. well police have a lead in the murders of four people who were found dead in a washington d.c. mansion just last week. they issued an arrest warrant for a maryland man. cbs correspondent craig boswell has are latest from washington d.c. >> reporter: police are hunting for 34 year-old daron dillon wint, wint, with help from others, held a family and housekeeper captive in their d.c. home, tortured them and then set the the house on fire. a ten year-old boy ace monk victims, police say wint, may have fled d.c. on a bus. >> we believe mr. wint is currently in the brooklyn, new york area. >> reporter: investigators found left over pizza in the multi million-dollar home of savvas and amy savopoulos and dna on the crest connects wint to the crime scene. victims half been targeted in

a extortion plot, personal assistant to businessman savvas savopoulos was inn trucked to bring $40,000 to the home and leave it outside. investigators say that may have been a pay off to stop the physical abuse of the victim's inside. police say the the suspect now savvas savopoulos but did not say how wint got in the house not far from vice-president joe biden's official residence. >> right now it does not appear that this was a random crime but there is a connection through the business of the suspect and the savopoulos family business. >> reporter: police say wint is believe to be the man in the grain i footage released several days ago. they caution that the public to assume the public is armed and dangerous. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the couple does have two surviving daughters who attend boarding schools out of state. well, florida man who used a daring flight, trying to make a statement about campaign finance reform appeared in federal court today. postal worker douglass hughes pleaded not guilty at his

hearing. he is facing six charges including two felonies. hughes landed a gyro copper on the lawn of the u.s. capitol last month carrying letters for lawmakers. >> i have accepted the the consequences of what i was doing because i was believing it is critical that we return our democracy to the people. >> reporter: the charges facing hughes carry up to nine and a half years up to prison. an anxious syrian city has fall tone isis, second city in the week to fall to the militant. pressure is mounting from iraqi and syrian government to beat back isis, as cbs correspondent jonathan bigloti shows us, the u.s. is offering some assistance. >> reporter: the 2,000 year-old ruins of palmyra are now a battle field. this on line video claims to show isis fighters firing machine guns, and rockets into the historic city, which they called one of the most important cultural centers of

the anxious world. the the terrorist group overpowered syrian troops who reportedly pulled out overnight. the fall of palmyra is a strategic, cultural loss for syrian regime, gas fields surround the city which is home to the country's most valued artifacts. hundreds of rel friction pie any use's museum were moved out before isis moved in. in neighboring iraq thousands of people are still trying to escape ramadi days after isis fighters captured that city. this refugee cursed isis militant as he helpedded toward baghdad with his family. jonathan bigloti cbs news. state of the patriot act is in limbo after senator rand paul protested plans to renew it. >> i want to thank the the senate, staff for coming in and staying, i don't think you had much choice but thank you for staying and in the throwing things.

>> reporter: the kentucky republican commandeered the senate floor for ten and a half hours yesterday his filibuster ended just before midnight, paul criticized the patriot act as unpatriotic and national security agency's collection of phone data without warrant. paul was not alone in his efforts to bring attention to this issue yesterday lawmakers from both side of the aisle joined the senator on the floor at various times. historic talks continue between the u.s. and cuba today, officials are going over next step in trying to normal ice relations between the two countries. meanwhile in havana, american flags, once banned are the the hot new trend. stars and stripes popped up all over the island since the announcement that diplomatic relations were being restored. in california, authorities say that only a fraction on of the crude oil that spilled along the coast of santa barbara has been cleaned up. crews have have raked skimmed, vacuumed some 7,000 gallons of oil from a spill that stretches 9 miles

have of beach and water. officials believe that more than 100,000 gallons of oil escape from the broken pipeline this week. >> oil continues to dissipate spread out, as you would expect on water and it has not really gone much further south and it is going off shore and it is spreading out which will make it more difficult to collect. >> so far this oil killed a undisclosed number of lobsters kill seven bass and marine vertebrae the cause of the spill is under investigation. back home in montgomery county officials held a drill to make sure our area would be ready in the event of the oil spill, epa conduct a containment training session for first responders in upper providence township. those crews work with booms that would direct and contain oil, in the event of the spill. philadelphia fire department is honoring fire fighters who are going above and beyond to serve this city.

today the department hosted its 30th annual award day ceremony, "eyewitness news" at fire academy in the north east. fire commissioner sawyer says award recipients have displayed acts of courage pride and selfless sacrifice for the city. four members of the department and one civilian received who are owism award that is the philadelphia fire department's highest honor. congratulations. >> yes indeed. still to come on "eyewitness news" graduation advice comes in the form of the song. >> ♪ >> and look who the singer is, that is john bon jovi, he gave keynote address to graduates at rutgers camden and then gave them a special performance, we will have more coming up. oh the bad old days on a exact replica of christopher columbus mena, that story coming up. you saw how dreary it was it has been dreary all across

the area, we are still tracking showers this evening and how well does it the clear out for your holiday weekend? we will have the full forecast coming up when we come

it the is now time to check the philadelphia jobs market report. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with more.

>> the roots of memorial day go back to the aftermath of the civil war. it has since been expand todd honor these who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. it is also an opportunity to consider those veterans who are trying to transition, into a civilian life. about one out of two post 9/11 veterans will face a period of unemployment as they seek new jobs outside the military. gi jobs.com identify the hottest jobs this year for veterans. they surveyed nearly 200 military friendly employers who invest time, money personnel to build recruiting and retention programs. among these companies the hottest jobs for veterans are it specialist, operations managers and log expert. they require distributed allocated and delivered. in the philadelphia area they earn a median wage of $80,000. military experience is prize

in the field of local sticks because as gi jobs say who has more experience moving stuff then the military. i'm jill schlesinger for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

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are now on display. >> our carol erickson has a closer look, she's live with the mobile weather lab carol. >> well, christopher columbus saw a lot of world she never saw this spot on long beach island but if he had he would have sailed here on the ship exactly like the one behind me he also never rode in the mobil weather lab but if he had he would have founded temperature in the rain. 50 degrees, we are dock side outside, a unique floating museum. there in the distance giving clearer now two ships there is the nina and pinta columbus ship docked in barnegat light inlet but where are these big sales we learn about as second graders. >> we could sail in barnegat here. >> reporter: ship's captain modern day christopher columbus had some planing to do to a few waiting tourist also disappoint by ship's quick arrival. >> wouldn't you know old anxious ships come in early.

>> wouldn't you know. >> reporter: also know ships are exactly like columbus early vessels, every inch hand made like it was still 1492. >> construct by eighth generation shipwright and techniques were passed down through generations. >> reporter: it was and is a in frills ship, old columbus crew had zero perks out in the elements. >> they all work and slept on the main deck. >> me personally i wouldn't make it a week even. >> reporter: especially considering live stock lived below deck for months with columbus taking over the only private quarters, from the steering to all of the ropes and rigging the ships are as accurate as columbus record. he the old ship log just a search for replica of columbus, a apparently no two are alike. >> that is a pointy nose. >> reporter: his appearance lost in time but not his famous vessels or voyages once sailing the ocean blue, now dock in the inlet gray. through the weekend.

and, you too can tour the replica ships here at viking village barnegat light inlet $8 for adults, six for students and right through monday, it is fun to think about the travel an the ship like this and what those people went through but only just to think bit, to do it would be impossible. so that is my take on the ocean voyage that they made on the nina. >> yes. >> i can imagine that would not have been for you or for any of us. >> exactly. >> yes, very cool thing to see out there. >> thanks very much, carol. >> what dreary conditions. >> carol has her hood up, still raining out there. >> 50 degrees. >> 50 degrees. >> we started out in the 80's, steamy, everybody talking about summer. >> yes, well now it is gone. i posted we need olaf to bring back summer. >> he loves the winter. >> yes. >> young kid at home we necessity olaf. lets look at how miserable looking it is.

little better in center city. rain push out of philadelphia. it is down the shore where poor carol is standing but we see things brightening up a bit. with that said we have been talk in the 50's all day and does in the look like we have time in the day light to get out of the 50's. it is a very, very chilly day in center city philadelphia a and all across the region. the lets go back to the touch screen and start things off with the seven day spoilers. what are we looking forward to the in the seven day? looking forward to sunday. that gets my gold star for the week ahead but look out for 90-degree heat. we are in the 50's today. ninety's within five days. we will have more on that with the actual seven day. lets check with our eyewitness weather watchers, just a day or two ago these numbers were in the 80's and lower 50's at. that frank, 53 in richboro. frank has a comment, he has a dreary and cool thursday afternoon better weather on the way. certainly is better weather on the way. lets head down to delaware 51 degrees, checking in with walter in newark.

he sent us a a photo of rain, falling on the pond here lets see if we can pull that up from walter and there it is, you can see the upon,al will gee and rain drops, we did need the rain, what we don't need are temperatures 5 degrees below average here ate may. lets go out to our storm scan three which is showing where the rain is right now. storm scan is coming up here in just a second. we have rain moving into portions of out jersey and delaware. heavier off to the south all day long but you can see north and west suburbs escaped unharmed even though we do need rain. if you have 50-degree cloudy day might as well get much needed rain to go witt. we didn't get much in the lehigh valley but a few showers this morning. now rain is moving toward shore and it the is starting to move out. you can see back edge is moving away, there are showers trying to form over central pennsylvania. it does not look like those will get here. you can see how miserable it is, boardwalk plaza a in rehoboth delaware, 52 degrees with the rain coming down. we are at 52 in the city, 51

in millville, 53 in trenton all across the the north east it is cold, late the may 48 degrees in state college 59 in scranton, it feels like march out there in some spots but good news as we move in the weekend this storm moves away and surface thunder that will come through tomorrow. yesterday we may pick up a stray shower friday afternoon. the that is looking less likely. that is good news. friday is dry saturday high pressure builds in, on the eastern side of the high sat the day means it will be chilly outside but still nice with a high near 70. full day of sunshine if you like it warmer here's my gold star day sunday on the western edge of the the high. we will get return flow with that clockwise circulation and temperatures, really do start to climb. sunday into monday. so, as we move into memorial day weekend only four days left until memorial day two weeks until our average high is 80 and 31 days until summer begins. we will throw that count down in the day light. forty-nine with cloud breaking. tomorrow mostly sunny breezy,

milder up to 75 degrees and all across the region look the at how warm it will be, warm, steamy 85 in the city, near 80 in both shore communities and poconos. here's you're witness weather seven day forecast looks great through weekend. fifty-seven friday. dip in the mercury sat the day. sunday back up to 80. my favorite day of the week. eighty-five on monday. is there that 90-degree heat that comes in tuesday stays on wednesday and rest of next week looks hot as well, natasha and chris back over to you. thank you. commitment ceremony this morning. >> it was pretty impressive because rock star, john bon jovi wases there delivering the commencement address and playing a tune for the graduates. >> ♪ >> new track there apparently, jon received an honorary doctor of letters and was honored in the only for his musical success but for his

philanthropic efforts he put the graduates difficult problem a in perspective. >> what we have here is a lot of mile markers. here people say what exit are you from. your diplomate is a mile marker, it is a measurement of how far you can go. measurement of how far you have come but it doesn't say a thing about how far the the future can take you. >> well said. >> also speaking at the graduation and being honored was brian stevenson a public interest lawyer, who was argued several cases before the supreme court. >> quite a treat to have bon jovi. >> yes. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" rebuilding nearly ten years after hurricane katrina. >> we will take you to new orleans where hundreds of role tears plan to build ten homes in ten days, next.

it had has been zero years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans in the gulf coast and now some residents are just beginning to rebuild with some help.

>> omar villafranca shows us how volunteers are working to make a change, a decade after this disaster. >> reporter: traditional jazz bands let the way for this construction team, members of the habitat humanity and american core are rebuilding this forgotten neighborhood. >> ten years ago we could not even imagine they were still rebuilding the city at hall. >> reporter: katrina ter through here ten years ago this summer, destroying hundreds of homes and flooding many more. now, with the help of volunteers like dan calhoun 58 families will finally have a new place to call home. >> all of the windows are in. we will be the fastest house out here. >> reporter: more than 500 volunteers from across the country spill spend ten days building ten new homes in this neighborhood but they have to work fast but new homeowners move in the at end of the

movement brian johnson is one of those new owners. he is working with the crew to itn this brand new home for him and his son. >> just watching him grow up, wonderful. >> sierra moved into her new house, two years ago and is looking forward to having new neighbors. >> they have come along so much, very grateful for habitat. >> reporter: thanks to the efforts of all these volunteers, the community is being restored, one home at a time. in new orleans omar villafranca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 a soggy cool day, meteorologist kathy orr is tracking how long that rain will last, kathy. >> we are watching rain the storm scan three. we will show you when it is moves out and what to expect this holiday weekend looking forward to it. brazen crime in delaware county. police are searching for burglars who broke in the gun store and stole more than a dozen weapons.

and brand new safety measures are being taken in the wake of the deadly amtrak derailment, this is the i team digs diaper in the hearst work by the engineer involved in last weeks crash. we will tell you why a shift change in his schedule is now under investigation. plus atlantic city's mayor shows off his skateboarding skills, we will tell you why new on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. now, at 6:00 o'clock it has been a wet dreary day across the region, visitors to the steps of the art museum made sure to bring their umbrellas today but others, well, they were caught off guard. live storm scan three shows heavier rain is south of the city and holiday weekend. it is in the feeling like, kick off to summer just yet.

let's get to meteorologist kathy orr in the weather center tracking time of the rain and what we can expect tomorrow. kathy. we are looking at temperatures, that are pretty cool out there only in the the 50's and looking at storm scan three, still a lot of green but we are seeing rain end from the north, heading toward the south and east. storm scan three you can see heavier rain with those darker greens and yellows, they are becoming more few and far between as the afternoon wears on a long i-95 corridor that rain beginning to come to an end, and will be drying out. a a few scattered showers in the philadelphia area but much lighter then it has been. we have pick up a couple tens of an inch o