well, a couple of showers are expect this morning but we're not done with the rain for the week just yet we will get a check of the forecast and when we will have some sun again finally. we have a responsibility to keep our neighbors safe that is our function. three fires in five days on the same block in chester. we're having more on this latest incident and what the city is doing to pennsylvania make sure residents feel safe in their home. good morning everyone i'm's ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer in for erika this morning. we hear more rain headed our way, katie, we have gotten so much. >> we have had a fair share of rain. we have busted what we saw was an entire months worth of rain in just one day on monday here. we will end up here thankfully

with some quieter weather today, it does appear that the same system is close enough to keep us in the cloud today and we will still find some showers. we will not be looking at quite as dreary of a day. not quite. sky scam three is rereflect ago this cloud cover here over ben franklin bridge. you can tell it is out there. it is definitely a dreary beginning. storm scan 3a wider zoom to start off. we have some showers around, most of them have started to creep south out of the lehigh rally, out of the poconos and that will continue to be the case. everything drops off to the south with time but not completely, out of our region. so because we do still have this very pesky very stalled out front willal boundary nearby we have a lot of the showers. brunt of the rain is off to the south. carolina is getting slammed here throughout the next few taste but because we have a system nearby it has been messing with the temperatures. i a saw this and i had to

think about it. it looks so bizarre. we went from the 90's on sunday first 90 plus degree day to 16 on monday which wasn't terrible. then we could not break 50's yesterday. we think we will crack in the 60's for wednesday and thursday but chillies in the air and it will be here today too. cooler by comparison to what we would normally fine and what we have been used to as ovulate but we should see a slow climb on the thermometer reading throughout the day and slow drop off to the south throughout the morning without any of that wet weather. that is what you have to get to look ahead to here today. i wouldn't say this is a day i that requires an umbrella, we have needed it last couple of days. meanwhile another day that kind of a buzz kill for beach goers here still some showers around cool, breezy with at best temperatures in the mid 60's. vittoria, good morning. >> good morning katie good morning everyone. road are still moving well considering folks are still sleeping but if you are traveling out and about you will notice that the vine

street expressway eastbound we have cop trucks and that activity is closing eastbound side between area of the schuylkill and broad street. now, if you are traveling from 76 trying to get on to the the vine street expressway it does look like they may have opened up that ramp coming from the westbound side of the schuylkill but we will switch ran stage point here and give you another perspective. this is as if you are traveling in the eastbound direction of 76 and this is entry way to the vine street expressway eastbound. police are still closing this off because of construction, they to plan to open this up at 5:00 maybe they are opening it up early but a as we saw in that last camera shot it toss seem to be traveling westbound on the schuylkill you can access eastbound side of the vine street expressway but would i suggest maybe you wait it out jump off at spring garden and do maneuvering because right now they are still working on it. speaking of the construction zone as well roosevelt boulevard affecting both side between rhawn and strahl, all lanes are blocked in the inner

lanes so stick to the outside if you can. generally speaking all majors in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware moving well but construction zones as well as a down tree that we have that are nuisances that are dealing will w kelly drive fountain green watch out reservoir drive or martin luther king drive is your best bet n delays on mass transit. things at the the airport are still fine. frustration and concern in the city of chester after a string of house fires the past few days, all all on the same block. latest just last night. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the scene with more, jan what is going on there. >> reporter: nicole and ukee as if this neighborhood wasn't fed up already and suspicious already here we are talking about yet another house fire, as you mentioned on the very same block. three house fires, in fact, since friday, this one as you can see started on the corner row home and it only suffered smoke damage inside during

monday's fire. now you can see it is burned out. fire crew where is called to the 400 block of backly place again around 10:30. it is a similar scenario. fire crew is a arrived to find heavy smoke fire here and dozens of the fire fighters work to extinguish the flames. thinks third fire on bickley in recent days. monday's fire started in a ray can't house and damaged five homes displacing 19 people. fire officials say most of those people were back in their homes before this most recent fire. there was also a vacant rehome fire friday night n all three there have been in injuries but neighbors are worried that might change if these fires keep happening. they strongly believe something suspicious is happening here and they want it to stop. >> we want to get to the bottom of it. they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. people lose their lives man. we have been lucky that everybody got out of their house. >> reporter: is there now a joint investigation between

fire and police looking into all three of these fires those investigators here well in the night collecting evidence. coming up in our next half an hour we will speak to the mayor about what is being done to better protect this neighborhood as these investigations continue. we are reporting live from chester county, yan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning people in 50 homes in southwest philadelphia are waking up without any water this morning. this is the scene along 4500 block of regent street, a 6-inch water main in the middle of the street ruptured after 1:00 a.m. water department crews are working to repair that break. quick police killer rafael generals is supposed to learn his fate awaiting sentencing for murder of the philadelphia police officer moses walker. august 182,012th, 2 member tried to rob officer walker walking to the bus just after he left his shift. prosecutors say it happened so fast he didn't have have time to pull his gun. other man pleaded guilty.

an apology and a pledge from amtrak ceo joseph boardman testified before the house transportation committee, it is investigating last months derailment in port richmond that killed eight people and injured 200 others. investigators say speed played a role in the crash. amtrak plans to install cameras and have safety systems the line by the end of this year. >> i still believe that the single will greatest contributions that my generation of railroaders can make, to this industry is to implement ptc as rapidly as possible. >> national transportation safety board has 15 days to determine if the engineer was on his cell phone before that crash took place. if it can't, there will be another hearing. we now know that a philadelphia bound flight was one of the five targeted with phony bomb threats on tuesday. new one of those threats claimed multiple explosive devices were planted on a u.s. airways flight from san diego to philadelphia international

airport. federal authorities have not identified the other flights involved. president obama wasted no time signing legislation that revives recently expired surveillance law. the president signed the bill late tuesday evening hours after the senate gave final approval. new hall will eliminate ns is a controversial bulk phone record collection program. if agents want those records they will need to obtain a warrant. nicole? funeral arrangements are set for beau biden. president obama will give the eulogy of the former delaware attorney general and son of the vice-president on saturday. members of the public will be able to pay their respects. on thursday beau biden will lie in honor at legislative hall in dover between 1:00 and 5:00. haley announced the creation of the beau biden foundation for the protection of children. biden died last saturday at 46 after a battle with brain cancer. entertainer bill cosby is seeking to protect material

link to the controversial court settlement of the philadelphia sex assault lawsuit. cosby's lawyers were in federal court yesterday and block a subpoena sent to a lawyer for the philadelphia a accuser by three with men suing cosby in massachusetts. cosby's lawyers argued that it is protect from the confidentiality a agreement and in one should have access to the documents. iconic image is at the center of the crime, if the graph afghan girl is a among dozens of items stolen from aniston art the georgiary. bri destafano was a a rain yesterday, charged with stealing the the items and selling them. steve mccurry is the photographer who took the of after again girl photo. destafano works as a sales manager in his studio. >> we have known about these things quite sometime. we have been cooperating with the district attorney's office ever since they approach us. we will see where it goes from there. >> the defendant saw these great photographs saw these wonderful photographs that mr. mccurry had spent his life

making and he saw a way to make a quick buck. >> reporter: investigators accused destafano to use alias toes sell dozens of books on line. philadelphia police have released new video of scooter thieves caught in the act. you can see two male suspects taking the scooter from in front of the home on carpenter street on the sixth of may. police say they believe these suspects are responsible for multiple scooter thefts in philadelphia. if you have any information you're urged to contact the police. well, a bucks county high school student with special needs fights back when his school tells him he cannot be part of the student field day. he posted on social media that prompted change and also an apology. get ready for more rain in the forecast, and when will we see the sunshine again? katie is up when we

in this morning's healthwatch there may be a strong link between bullying and depression, later in life. new study at oxford university analyzed data on

nearly 4,000 young adults, researchers found a third of those who suffer with the depression said that they were bullied as a teenager. well, local high school student with special need take a stand when his school tells him he cannot take part in the school activity. >> yeah, 14 year-old jake wesley suffered from muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that degrade muscles overtime. jake says his school bucks county technical high school sent him and 60 others a letter. it said students labeled medically exempt can't participate in student's field day. jake took action calling for justice on twitter and connecting with a special need group. school officials saw what jake wrote and retract a letter and then issued a full apology. >> i'm happy that he brought it to our attention because again, we were wrong. >> i don't think people in wheelchairs or with any disease should be exploited from activities. >> look at jake. >> that is great. school officials now say they

want to do more for special needs students. field day by the way is this friday. you are not going to stop jake. >> nicely done. >> i want to get out there and get it done. >> nicely done. 4:44. more rain. >> more on the way. >> yes. >> today will be a little bit of the break for a rot of people. we will keep cloud around. you might see some sunshine further north you go. >> really. >> no kidding, what is that. >> what is sunshine you speak of. >> apparently. >> it has been a dreary couple days. it looks like the very same system will be responsible for keeping us in some cloud and these shower chances but then it will brighten up and that will happen in time for the weekend. timing is good. so you got to bear with me a couple days of maybe some cloud, some showers but eventually it will pay off in the long run. we have had a beautiful may. when it comes to the rain we have had in recent days we have some catching up to do, let's be honest. the fact that we had over

2 inches throughout the entire in of may and just within the last two days we have pick up over four, that is a storm system that is bringing in some benefit along with the dreary weather. we have to look at the pros and conns. allentown had a deficit under an inch and new we have just over 2 inches. that was one spot that was sitting in the maryland rate drought and i have a feeling that drought status when it comes out with tomorrow's update from the u.s. drought machine for will be dramatically reduced. we will see how we do. that update comes out at 7:00 a.m. on thursday and we will bring it to you. storm scan three it is still active. it isn't as active as it has been off to the south however, we have pockets of steady rain. that ace cross rehoboth beach for example cutting board are between sussex and kent county. still fining steady rain but we will see this moisture drop south, briefly then it lifts back in, tomorrow because there are more showers on the way. just can't get rid of the

front. it finally retreats come friday and at this point weekend is looking upright now. that is some good news. in the meantime expect a stray sure primarily south of philadelphia although you might find a hour in the next her or two it is all dropping south. later tonight we are all left with clouds and moving forward temperatures have a chance to rebound because the sunnies going to come on out and pay us a visit here. weekend looks good. probably a shower or storm but i think that is just an off chance at this point. ukee back to you. checking sports now phillies taking on the red later tonight a at citizens bank park weather permitting. their seven game losing streak is over. phillies played come back baseball last night down four-one chase utley still the man in this case with the licensing ball to right. his fourth home run of the season. to the eighth miguel franco had a two run shot of his own and then boom, darren ruf inning is also scores a run in the bottom of the ninth.

that is a walk off win for fightin phillies, five -four the fightin phillies. bird organized team activities are giving coach chip kelly a chance to check out his weapons for the the ease on. sam bradford participated in seven on seven drills big step in his recovery from his second knee surgery. one of his main targets will be first round draft pick nelson agholor who said jordan matthews has been a big help. >> very quickly he is like a brother already. great guy. he has been really good about embracing me and my new team. >> his work ethic speaks for itself. i think we're real compatible. but also outside of football. great personality. it is i will love him. i just can't wait to continue to work with him to see what he can do on the field. >> loving it, can't wait for some football. american pharoah is a at bell machines for final preps of the belmount steaks.

he could become the 12th triple crown history with a victory, saturday afternoon it is a challenge mile and a half forecast is calling for partly sunny skies. we could see history. nicole, back to you. the the baseball team that captured attention of the entire region accepts a special honor. taney dragons will receive 2015 john wanamaker a war. last summer taney made a run powered by the arm of pitcher mo'ne davis. the award will be presented to taney june 12th tat a lunch at the crystal tea room. great kid there. 4:48. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning changes at chipotle new item burrito chain will start offering. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

well, we are following a developing story this morning a third fire in the last week on the same block in chester.

last night's fire damage another vacant house on the 400 block of bickley place we could learn more on this investigation when chester authority hold a news conference scheduled for later today. our time 4:51. lets check on business news and we are learning more about what the irs did or didn't do to protect taxpayer information. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us life from the insuring stock exchange, jill, what can you tell us. >> reporter: good morning ukee and nicole. inspector general of the irs says agency failed to implement dozens of security upgrades to the computer systems, improvement that would have made it tougher for had hackers to steel tax information, from 100,000 taxpayers. now later this week the irs plans to announce an agreement with tax prep companies to strengthen security. ukee and nicole. >> we are hearing chipotle is testing a new menu item, what is up. >> reporter: yes chipotle is cooking up something new the touriso burrito spicy sausage

made with chicken and pork. chipotle said they only add something new to the menu fit is really unique. the bad news the trial run is only in kansas city. ukee and nicole. >> all right for now thanks, jill, a appreciate it. >> reporter: it is never new york, it is never philly. >> we have to do something about that. thanks jill. coming up, traffic and weather together we will do it on the t

let's check with torey good morning. >> good morning everyone. right new we have an improvement on the vine street expressway. we had earlier construction closing, eastbound side of the vine between schuylkill and broad street. they have reopen the roadway so police have left. if you are traveling or planning to travel vine street expressway you are free to do

so. no delays. vine street expressway looks great. rest of the majors looking great. i-95 is wet damp and slick so take it extra careful out there but no volume to speak of. things are moving well in matter how you cut it. i try to avoid kelly drive on a rainy day slick day because of things like this. we have a down tree closing all lanes blocked at fountain green. reservoir and martin luther king drive is your best bet and try to avoid kelly drive on rainy days. >> absolutely would a agree with that. in matter how you you slice it, you do have have to at least use extra caution here today because even though wet weather that we have on storm scan three is retreating, sibking off to the soft, we will find damp road. you might find areas of fog especially toward poconos region. right new we are still expecting however to see a few showers firing up through the southerntier, only, of the delaware valley. further are north you might see some son here today and that would allow our temperatures to rebound in the

60's here. we could not break 50's yesterday, guys, back to you. welshing twitter's favorite great white shark mary lee is spending time down the shore. >> her last ping put her off the coast of avalon near towns end's inlet. she has become a internet sensation. the twitter handle at mary lee shark has more than 74,000 followers. that is not affiliated with osearch the company tracking her. he could be a making her way to wildwood to ride a roller coaster on morey's pier. >> you never know. >> i have on vacation coming up, i would like mary lee to move on out back away from the jersey shore. >> i'll call her peeps. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live as investigators search for clues after three fires on the same street in less than a week. inside mind of the murder suspect for the first time james holmes explains how a last second phone call could

a familiar, frightening scene for people living on this chester street for the first time in five days, fire breaks out on the same block we are live as investigators search for what is sparking all of those fires. also people in dozens of homes are waking up without water this morning after an overnight water main break. we will have the latest on efforts to fix that problem. damp dreary start and colder as normal as well, storm scan three shows more rain in the area, definitely does not feel like the first week of june. >> more like march. >> how about it. when will sun come back out and warm things up. >> we hope so soon. >> give me sometime, guys. we will eventually see more

sunshine, i promise you but won't necessarily be today for many of you because we have the same pesky front that brought in the soaking rain, that brought in the clouds, showers yesterday, and it continues to bring in those cloud right now. as we take you back outside and take you first and foremost here to the view of the sky cam three and comcast building slowedded in the top with cloud cover. we do still have some higher cloud out there. some of you especially north of philadelphia, far north you might find a little hint of fog with still plenty of moisture in the a atmosphere. we will go back to storm scan three. we will have have a expecteling of scattered showers. we are not dealing with widespread rain, as we saw but we do still have some moisture to work w what is happening is that brunt of moisture is dropping off to the south for now. that will leave us primarily with more included then anything. you can see there are steady showers, fearing up across kent sussex county border and southeastern sussex