threatened one of the deputies, went up, started stabbing one of the deputies. that deputy was taken out on a stretcher. we are told that deputy is going to be okay, but, before that all happened, another deputy returned fire, and curtis smith was shot. he was taken to paoli hospital where he was later pronounced dead. we had a chance to speak to many witnesses in the building just going about their daily business. here's what a few of them had to say. >> he went right through security, and i remember, i'm looking, i'm going to jeff a. next thing he hear pop, pop and i was looking at him. he was looking at something. because of incident like this across the nation we have learned how to deal with an attack, in a courthouse. nobody else was injured. the sheriffs did their jobs. the lock down went perfectly. >> reporter: a lot of people have asked about this white house connection. well, we have mentioned it before. he was arrested in march of this year for jumping the the white house fence. we're not exactly sure when his next court appearance was

scheduled for that but detectives here want to find out his motive exactly what he was doing at the courthouse and what his motive was for taking out a knife and stabbing a sheriff's deputy. we're reporting live from west chester. i will have new details at 6:00. david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. now to a gruesome discovery a foul odor lead authorities to several decomposing bodies inside a philadelphia garage. there is a connection, to a nearby funeral home. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live at central detective with this story, alex. >> reporter: jessica, i did just check with police and no arrest are has been made just yet. we do know that this funeral home has been closed for quite a while. exactly why it shut down is still unclear. i have confirmed that this business had a lengthy quote disciplinary history. discarded grave stones, beside the now closed powell funeral home, seemed to indicate that something had gone wrong. just across the street, corry,

made an upsetting discovery. >> i smelled it. is there dead bodies in there. >> reporter: three decomposed bod ace cord to go police, curetan described where they were kept. >> in the box and one in the crawl space. >> reporter: neighbors and state record identified janet powell-daily as a third generation owner of the family business. police say that she also owned the garage in the 2600 block of hager street where bodies were found. >> nobody should be stored like that. >> no where, laying around. >> reporter: neighbors say the powell familiar rally with home was a corner stone in the community. everybody we spoke with buried or cremated family members through them. >> my grandmother, beautifully, and a couple of other people, she did a good job. >> community just wants some answers. >> reporter: no answer from his janet as questions now continue to grow. as for the identities of those three people, police have not yet confirmed them.

these questions do continue to grow, one of them including exactly how long they have been there. reporting live from central detectives, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in other news tonight, repairs are underway to fix a sinkhole that stretched across eye city block in kensington. water department ace 12-inch main ruptured yesterday triggering the collapse at corner of east huntington and toll up street. at least ten homes were temporarily without water. you can say we have hit weather jackpot with a sunny stretch of days as august starts to wind down. the meteorologist kate bilo is live on the cbs-3 sky deck. the kate, we could all get used to this. >> jessica, we will have sometime get used to this. next several days look like it does right now. blue skies, sunshine, nice cool breeze and low humidity. temperatures by end of the week making it a few degrees below average. lets look at storm scan three. we are seeing some circulation around the great lakes with some showers and cloud and upper level low pressure situation tell there. cold front that came through

our area last night and today down the shore is off the the coast. the skies are clearing for us and cool, dry air, is weeping in around the back edge of the upper low. we are experience something pretty nice conditions here in philadelphia, clear skies across the region, not even a cloud in the sky right now. you can see showers moving down the shore earlier today. those have since cleared out. as they do humidity levels are dropping. we are at 87 degrees in philadelphia. seventy-nine in land cats ter. just 80 in reading. 80 degrees in allentown. you can see dew point dropping as well. to point in the lower 50's to the west. still hanging on to the 60's throughout the shore points. due points are progressively dropping throughout the the day. today is a transition day as that front clears the companies but through this evening 81 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00 p.m. we are down to 77. seventy-four by 11:00. coming up we will talk about the stellar stretch how long does it last before the heat and humidity return and i'll have latest on tropical storm erika and latest track released a few minutes ago from the national hurricane center coming up when i join you inside.

back to you. a ship that ran a ground got help from the coastguard and mother nature. 328-foot long ship lost power late last night in the delaware river near salem, new jersey. coastguard says that the vessel was successfully refloated during high tied, around 9:00 this morning. ship is being mored so inspectors can take a look at it no one was hurt. family of the new jersey man fatally shot by police held a press conference with civil rights leaders. two bridgeton police officers shot and killed jerome reid at a traffic stop last december. last week a grand jury decided those officers will not face charges. today in newark the family delivered a letter to the new jersey u.s. attorney asking for a federal investigation into that shooting. police need your help identifying several suspects wanted for a brazen home burglary in west oak lane. two men are seen on surveillance video using a lad tore get in the home in the 7900 block of pickering avenue. once they get inside police say suspect stole jewelry and

safe that contained a handgun. they fled in the light colored minivan waiting for them outside. if you recognize these suspects call police. new poll shows nearly half of the pennsylvania voters want attorney general kathleen cain to step down. cain is facing criminal charge that he is she leaked secret grand jury information and then lied bit under oath. a quinnipiac university poll find 49 percent of those surveyed think kane should resign. more voters disapprove of the way kane is handling her job as the state's top prosecutor. 54 percent disprove her a performance, 20 percent approve. another day on wall street, do you you jones was up for most of the take but reversed itself by the close. stocks surged from the opening bell after after word that china cut interest rates to try to boost its economy. investors also got some encouraging news on u.s. consumer confidence but it wasn't enough to prevent another sell off.

here are closing numbers, dow jones ended down almost 205 points at the 15666. the nasdaq was down nearly 20. s and p 500 dropped 25-point to close at 1,867. philadelphia archbishop charles chaput is urging local catholics to brave crowds and come see the pope. chaput distributed a letter to the catholic community today and he says based on the number of registered participant philadelphia a is already the the largest world meeting of families in history. chaput cautioned the community not to give into the anxieties and war that i go along with any major effort like this. archbishop writes quote there is always a temptation to focus on possible problems and security logistics and transportation and when that happens people begin to wonder if the effort of coming to center city is worth the time and energy. i promise you that it is. we are 32 days away from the pope's arrival in philadelphia stay with "eyewitness news" on tv and always on our web site at cbs

philly.com. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" today, fuzzy comfort our stephanie stahl will take us to chop where dogs are providing love and affection to sick children. ready for some baby pictures? this is one of the the twin pandas born over weekend at national zoo. we will check on the cubs after a short break, we will be right back.

unexpect disturb a answer for drivers in cincinnati, a carjacker jumped in and when police tried to get him out he runs across several lanes of the the highway dodging cars and even tries to stop another vehicle. the officer eventually caught up to him and stopped him with a taser. officials at the national zoo in washington d.c. released a photo of the three day old panda, this is one of two cubs born, recently, weighs less than half a pound. little bit i tiny. it is being bottled and tube federal because mother panda has moth been paying much attention to it. the it is trying to keep it healthy. tonight is a great night to be outside. >> how about that, dining outside, that is what our vittoria woodill is doing. >> she's live in northern liberties, vittoria.

>> reporter: thanks very much. it is perfect night to be dining outside, and, tonight i will be crossing the border, if you will. we are going to be doing chef tastings, firstly at el cameo real right across from the piazza at schmidt and then head up, our spanish topping. now here's the thing for dine out restaurant week. thirty-five bucks, three courses, and chef, the cuisine, this is chef john, hi john. >> how are you doing. >> good. chef john, you have prepared for us a little selection which doesn't look like a little selection from el camino. can you you explain. >> we have taco salad and bean salad or dip. then we have the stake tacos, pulled pork, and then we have bread pudding or the cookie sunday. >> amazing. >> me and you, john, we were talking earlier. you put a lot of love in the food. sometimes when you go to

restaurant week we get concerned about portions. >> this is what we will get. >> and it is the most popular. >> well, lets look at this. you grab your fork i'll grab mine. thinks a cheese, and on top of it is a fried egg. >> absolutely. >> holy molly. >> let's dig into this thing. look at this. is this one of your favorite. >> absolutely, this is probably what i eat once a week. >> once a week. >> how do you stay so thin. >> working in the kitchen. >> holy molly, you could have just eaten that right off the knife there, john. this was excellent. i will wet whistle, maybe we both should. oh, man, fried eggs on top of things just make everything. um, um. >> jessica and ukee, what i can tell you right now is that i'm going to stick my face in

this. and then, in that. and then i'm going to make my way back and then go backup again. me and john, we will send it back to you guys. >> you are a woman with a plan. >> very good, vittoria. >> two word, holy molly. >> holy molly. >> holy quacamole. >> you have a chance, you have to take it. >> bingo. >> that looked good. >> yes. >> great night to dine outside. >> making me hungry. >> what is that. >> i feel like she has the best job in the world. >> yes. >> every week. >> volunteering for that next time. >> yes. >> great night to be out there too. >> great night transitioning in the dryer air mass. it felt earlier today. not so much anymore. we are feeling fantastic outside right now. we have got temperatures dropping and dew point dropping as well through tonight and right into tomorrow. lets look at what is going on outside, outside down the shore you can see great the day down the shore. we have been saying wish i would have pick this week for my shore house vacation. it is perfect.

if you picked this week you are loving life right now. ocean city looks fantastic. we sea gulls flying overhead and hear the sea gulls and feel that salt hair, people out enjoying the nice day on the boardwalk. great day north and west of the city as well. live neighborhood network sites. cut town area middle school looking buy column wick that blue sky, 77 degrees. that is pretty comfortable. storm scan we are not seeing any problems. we have a few showers, drifting down shore points. that front was slow to clear. we know it was coming through last night, with us through overnight hours. finally it is off shore and not much behind it, on storm scan three. you can see that large low pressure system, a lot of cloud cover and cool conditions over the great lakes but we are not getting cloud, we are reeping benefit of the cooler, dryer air. temperatures right now cold to the north and west. eighty's in reading and allentown. eighty-seven at the airport. eighty-four wilmington. eighty-eight in atlantic city. we have 50's in northern michigan. sixty-six and comfortable right now in cleveland. due points have dropped ten to

15 degrees from this time yesterday, 16-degree dew point drop in reading as that dryer air work its way in. we have sunny skies once again testimony and by even of the week with that high still off to the west, temperatures may even be below average for a couple of days here. it will feel fantastic as humidity continues to drop, rest of the week, we are in the pleasant if not awesome range and may start to creep up that humidity value by the weekend. the just a bit by saturday. closer look we will zoom in on the enhanced satellite. the this is tropical storm erika coming up, justin drabick will have more on that storm and what to expect for rest of the tropical season. for us mainly clear, comfortable at 65 degrees. for your wednesday mostly sunny, nice and warm at 85. down the shore a beautiful beach day, mostly sunny and nice, 81 degrees. uv index eight. your three day forecast doesn't get much better then this. i think not. eighty-five tomorrow. eighty-three both thursday and friday. sunshine and low humidity. over the weekend it may start to steam up a bit.

we will talk about thunderstorms creeping back in the seven kay forecast in just a few minutes but for now lets send it out to meteorologist justin drabick with the latest on the active tropics, hi there justin. >> good afternoon kate. this is time of the year when we start paying closer attention to the tropics as we near the peak of the hurricane season which is september 10th, just two and a half weeks away. over past few weeks things are firing up in the atlantic. lets talk about typically what we see up through this point. our average tropical activity, through this date, typically we have four name storms with one hurricane and no major hurricanes. but so far this year pretty much on average, we have five named storms. we had one hurricane which was danny and that did became a major hurricane for a short time but we are where we should be. forecast will be for strengthening el nino which is warmer pacific ocean water temperatures. that impact the atlantic hurricane season. it brings a less active

season. that is good news. causes stronger wind sheer over the atlantic so faster wind help rip apart the storms. these tropical systems have a hard time developing. we have erika out there right now. it is a tropical storm, wind currently at the 40 miles an hour right now, and again, it is moving rapidly to the west, at 20 miles an hour. here's the official track over the northern and lesser anilles, puerto rico and dominican republic by even of the week. with the storm strengthening to category one hurricane status by week even, sat the day and sunday this storm will be threatening bohamas and possibly even south florida. this track is still uncertain. it is early in the game. we have vacation plans to the south florida, bohamas, island over next few days, just watch out for rough weather. keep in mind peak hurricane season is september 10th. season runs all the way to november 30th. live from the sky deck i'm meteorologist justin drabick. now back to you in the studio. >> j.d., thanks very much. a local haunt add tracks is looking for some scary

actors. terror behind the walls is hosting a casting call tonight at eastern state penitentiary. they are seeking 200 actors to play zombies for the upcoming season of terror behind the walls. the auditions begin soon at 6:00 o'clock tonight. scary. >> so scary. still a ahead, brightening up on baseball 101, syma. >> phillies fans are getting a lesson in baseball 101, i'm syma chowdhry and our story is in the bull pen coming up. maybe phillies can learn a thing or two from those ladies after last night's disaster as phillies and mets again tonight. plus michael kendricks is now a rich man we will give you details on the new you contract and hear from him coming up.

according to many reports the eagles were attempting to

unload michael kendricks to the highest bidder prior to the draft in april. fast forward to august, and chip kelly says the linebacker will be staying put. it looks like chip was telling the truth. yesterday the 24 year-old signed a deal worth a reported 29 million-dollar with over 16 million-dollar guarantied. kendricks says today he has a goal, in mind, after signing the extension. >> i feel like, my goal, it is to become the best inside pass rushing linebacker in the league. >> phillies take on the met in game two of their series tonight at 7:05. last night phillies allowed eight home runs in a 16-seven loss. today "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry joined female phillies fans at citizens bank park for their baseball 101 clinic. >> catch a ground ball. >> reporter: citizens bank park was a field of dreams. >> i came here to get experience of the lifetime, on a field just to be here is a dream come true for me. >> reporter: more than 100 phillies fans got a lesson in

baseball 101. they are all women and they all love the sport. >> little bit more into it. >> reporter: and it is a program that offers fans a real life experience, while a portion of the proceedings to charity. >> it is my first time here, baseball 101. tickets are hard to come by. i bought them early. my dream has been to touch this field. >> reporter: day long event includes a behind the scenes tour, and then the ladies got a chance to shag some fly balls. >> nice going. >> reporter: batter up. run the the bases. and then, pitch. >> yes, very good. under the hot sun, they got to play like the pros. >> all my friend and family are very jealous. >> many wait aid lifetime for this opportunity and called it a dream come true. >> best day of my life. >> reporter: there is in crying in baseball. >> no. >> reporter: they got lessons from former phillies player

like juan samuel and larry bowa. i got in on the action too. easy on me. i got it. i got it. i don't have it. >> pay you eight million-dollar a year and they are missing balls so don't worry about missing a ball here good after a long day of practicing, the drill, the ladies get to stay and watch the real deal. that is because they all have tickets to watch the phillies play the mets tonight. at the citizens bank park i'm syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that is a dream come true. >> i love how bowa pulls no punches either. >> we pay guys eight million-dollar. >> good stuff. >> thanks, buddy, take care. coming up next on "eyewitness news" man's best friend offers love to sick children. >> our stephanie stahl shares story of dogs who not only comfort sick children but distract them from their illnesses. see how fortunate children may benefit. plus... a young actress is bullied at school but her mom says it is message from the school

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i'm ukee washington. here's is what happening. a man who jumped the white house fence in march was fatally shot by police at chester county justice center. authorities say curtis smith attacked one deputy with the knife and then another deputy shot and killed him. philadelphia police are investigating discovery of three decomposing bodies in a garage in strawberry mansion. authorities say that the garage is owned by the owner of the now closed powell funeral home. no arrests have been made. and another losing day on wall street, the dow jones climbed 441 points, before reversing course, closing down at 204, kate. what a beautiful afternoon

has turnout to be, nice, warm but not as humid as it was yesterday and humidity continues to drop tonight. we have more sunshine ahead this week. again, comfortable humidity levels through friday but we have to keep an eye on tropical storm erika. we will have latest track on that storm and tell you if anything else is going on in the tropics coming up in the seven day forecast in just a few minutes, ukee. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow in the death of indy car driver justin wilson. the 37 year-old was struck in the head by debris at pocono race way sunday and died a day later. as jeff glure reports the the auto racing world is mourning loss of one of the most popular drivers. this was the crash that led to the death of justin wilson. he wasn't in the car that wrecked. a piece of flying debris from the crash racer struck him in the head knocking him unconscious. wilson was air lifted to the hospital but he never recovered. >> justin wilson died this evening as a result of the head injury that he sustained yesterday at the pocono speed

way. >> reporter: the 37 year-old, a seven time indy car winner, was one of the most well like and most well respected drivers on the circuit. >> days like they're extremely hard, it is challenging as today is and yesterday was, you know, he is doing what he loved to do and what we all loved to do. >> reporter: and ed carpenter knows firsthand racing cars for a living can be deadly dangerous. that is his car exploding in the wall at 200 miles an hour during a practice run earlier this year. up like nascar where drivers are fully enclosed, indy car racers sit in a open cockpit. there hasn't been a death in the nascar race in 14 years not since dale earnhardt was killed in daytona in 2001. safety concerns for drivers in open cars isn't a new issue. last year james was hospitalized and diagnosed with the concussion after being struck in the hit with debris, from a car driven by

wilson. in 2011 dann weldon was instantly kill after his head struck a fence post after a crash. >> that was jeff glure reporting. at pocono race way mourners left flowers and candles in remembrance of the justin wilson. funeral arrangements for british indy car driver are pending. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. french authorities have formally opened up a terrorism investigation after the attempt add tack on the high speed train. the fourth american hero has emerged. mark, from virginia is in intensive care in a french hospital. he first wrestled the ak-47 from suspect, from his hand. spencer stone another american involved in the take down is now in an air base in germany, and he talked about how he helped save the other. >> he was squirting blood, from the left or right side of his neck. i just stuck two of my fingers in the the hole and what i thought to be the artery, push

down and bleeding stopped. >> officials say decision to open up an investigation in the suspect was based on his travels and his apparent links to radical islam. new 59:30 a real life drama for a local child actress who has worked alongside hollywood's biggest stars. girl's mother claims she got a death threat at school and that officials are not doing enough to keep her safe. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has this story. >> reporter: it may sound like a screen play, a narrative device, a plot twist, but this story is real. >> it said i will kill shane coleman. underneath threat said murder. >> reporter: samantha coleman said those six word on the wall of her doubt are's elementary school bathroom in june, have up ended her family's life. >> i didn't know that anybody would want to kill me, or hurt me or anything because everybody was really my friend. >> reporter: you may not realize it but this probably isn't the first time you have heard from eight year-old shane coleman.

from the time that she was two years old this child actress, has starred in dozens of commercials, tv shows and movies alongside hollywood's elite like sarah silverman, kevin bacon and richard dry fuss. >> i'm just scared to go back to school. >> reporter: samantha got the call june 12th just days before the end of the school year. administrators at john hancock elementary in northeast philadelphia telling her a girl in her daughter's second grade class wrote a threatening message as a way to bully shane. >> she has stolen her markers, her crayons, she will kick the back of her chair, she has pushed her in the bathroom stall. i thought it was kids stuff up until the death threat. >> reporter: coleman tried to have her daughter transferred but they cited policy saying there needed to be a direct assault. we asked what the district says is being done they sent us a statement saying we are in ongoing conversation was miss coleman to demonstrate our commitment to provide shane with a safe, caring

environment, at the hancock school. coleman says she has removed shane from the school district and looking for a way to home school her daughter. shane says that he didn't want to leave. >> if it is to do the right thing to get away from her, then i'm going to do it. >> reporter: decision samantha says no child should have to make. in northeast philadelphia, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". workers at taj mahal casino in atlantic city are preparing for a possible strike. members of the local 54 union loaded a storage pod with strike essentials including cots, tents and much more. the casino workers union says it will give billion air karl icon one last chance by reinstating employee health and pension benefits. new jersey has struck out again in its efforts to legally offer sports bet to go help the state's struggling casinos and race tracks. today a federal appeals court panel in philadelphia upheld the federal ban on sports bet nothing all but delaware and three other states. but two-one ruling left the

door opened for new jersey to further's peel the matter to the full third circuit appeals court. state senator ray lesniak predict that will happen shortly. still to come on "eyewitness news". >> a museum mishap, a 350 year-old pricey piece of art damaged when young visitor trips and falls. and meet pat the wambat, he is turning 30 and getting flirty and now his owners are trying to find him a mate. they really are, kate. what a great stretch of weather we have in store for the rest of the week, temperatures in the low to mid 80's, lots of sun, low humidity doesn't get much better for august. we will tell you if that stretch last through the entire seven day forecast when we come right back.

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the magic of the movies took center stage at last spring's philadelphia flower show, and organizers say it is now time for an adventure in the great outdoors. >> 2016 flower show theme is explore america. the big event will be partnership between the philadelphia horticultural society and national park service. >> 2016 flower show will take an inspiration from some of the most unforgettable places

in america. the from independence to schenn dough a, from cape cod to yellow stone to yesemite and many of the other 408 national park sites from around the country. >> the national park service will also be celebrating its 100th birthday next year. 2016 flower show takes place at the pennsylvania convention center march 5th through the 13th. always a great time. >> that would be fun. >> beautiful. >> i love seeing what they come up with. >> but that always basically is when it is still wintry outside. >> yes. >> it is always awful weather during the flower show. >> that is great, it is a greatest scape. >> yes, exactly. >> nothing awful about the the forecast just yet, this week, it looks stellar. i don't have to talk about. >> that is your night, take care. >> but we have tropics heating up and changes by the weekend. let's take a look outside and you can see how evening is shaping up. it is beautiful. nothing but blue skies here as we look from campbell's field

toward ben franklin bridge with the clouds and sun today. it has been a perfect summer day. started off steamy, pretty hot out there, don't be confused, in the upper 80's. today humidity is progressively dropping. definitely feels like summertime. by end of the week cooler dryer air will progress across the the region. lets look at our eyewitness weather watchers and what they have for to us day. we are looking at nice temperatures all across the region. the 87 degrees as we check with ron rust until riverside, new jersey. he has full sunshine in his house. eighty-nine further to the north as we check with michael irwin in levittown. nothing but sun there the lets see if our weather watchers have photos for us. they always do. phil send us this beautiful shot. it looks like a pond there looking good. phil is in chestnut hill. looking at one more photo ray mccoy send thus beautiful shot of the zebra butterfly feeding on a sunny day. thanks, as always to our weather watchers for their observations a and these great photos. the lets look at storm scan three. nothing is going on in our area right now but we are

seeing a few clouds start to drift through portions of the great lakes and a few showers off to the north and west. not a big deal for us. upper low is rotating and keeping us generally quiet as we go through the the course of the tonight. skies are clear. with the clear skies, everything will cool down, quite nicely as we go through overnight hours. expect temperatures in the 50's, in many locations. so a big swing. the that is what we call the difference between daytime high and overnight low. some spots in the 80's during the day and in the 50's at night. the that is like california valley weather it feels fantastic. eighty-seven in philadelphia. eighty-four in millville. eighty-six in wildwood. here's that cool pocket. it is 59 in michigan. sixty-four in buffalo. we will not get that cold. notice a short lived cool spell. seventy-four in minneapolis. that cooler dryer air will progress in our area by the end of the week. as that front moves off shore here tonight, we will start to get into that cooler dryer air, cloud, showers stay away off to the north and west, we

will stay sunny. warmer then they do to the north and west no real hint of fall like there will be in michigan and upstate new york but sunshine throughout the day thursday, high pressure still in control during the day friday and that looks to hold on throughout weekend but storm you see creeping in the west should miss us off to the north. what you'll wake up to on wednesday, will feel great out there. fifty-seven, morning low, allentown. sixty-five in philadelphia, very comfortable start to your wednesday. millville at 61 tomorrow morning and 63 in the morning low in wilmington. let look at tropical stormer contact it doesn't look all that organized right now but getting its act together here. this forecast is moved very quickly but strengthen heading in the weekend. wind at 40 miles an hour sustain. gusts to 60. moving west and 20 miles an hour to the west. that will take it through lesser antilles and grace northern coast of hispanola and where it may strengthen to category one hurricane before potentially impacting south florida by later this weekend. we will keep an eye on that if

it turns up the coast it could impact our shore community later next week. we will keep you posted on. that still too early to tell. mainly clear, comfortable. 65 degrees. tomorrow beautiful, mostly sunny nice and warm at 85. all across the region than looking like a great day. mostly sunny down the shore. poconos looking well at 72. you're witness weather seven day forecast and shore cast look at this sunny stretch, low to mid 80's with sunshine through saturday. it does steam up on sunday and monday and we could hit 90 by next tuesday. jessica, back over to you. kate, thanks very much. men and women might use the april tind tore find love and now the world's oldest w a.m.bat will be finding his soul mate. patrick is celebrating his 30th birthday. mar soupal was in australia so, technically he still lives with his parents. but it is patrick's parents who are hoping he will find love at 30. >> he has been interested in

females in the past but never taken to any of them. the odds of developing a account so any girls, in town that might want to come to his party and introduce themselves to him, he is a bachelor. he is up for grabs. >> patrick's profile on the popular dating app describes him as a sensitive, new age, wambat. man of many layers, patrick. >> that he is. unsteady 12 years old causes damage in a museum in taiwan. the oops. officials say little boy fell over a rope barrier and extently punched a hole in the 350 year-old painting. this piece by the artist was from italy and restoration costs will be covered by insurance. they are lucky there. sometimes you just. >> no break it, you bought it. >> i don't think they had to buy that. >> not at all. >> got that right. on the cbs-3 healthwatch, the healing power of man's best friend. tomorrow is national dog day, and tonight we are putting

spotlight on a popular pet therapy program here in philadelphia. it is now expanding. >> love this. health reporter stephanie stahl is here to tell us bit. >> get ready, here we go for sick children therapy dogs can be very beneficial. program at children's hospital with dozens of volunteer dogs and their owner is so popular it is being expanded. >> he knows he is getting a treat. >> reporter: bright spot in the day usually filled were difficult advertise for judges lynn, noseto, 17 year-old patient at children's hospital of philadelphia looks forward to her daily visits with a specially trained therapy dog. >> playful. it is your best friend, forever. >> reporter: joslin has pancreatic cancer first diagnosed when she was two. she has had five relapses and can no longer eat solid food. >> it has been challenging and stuff but you have to go through it. >> reporter: dogs can make medical challenges easier to cope w studies show a couple minutes playing and petting

can reduce anxiety and stress. >> if they can help them get better, i really do. i don't know why but i think it does. >> reporter: good distraction. >> very good distraction. >> reporter: the chop's therapy program started with 20 dogs and expand todd 47 and there are plans to eventually have a total of 80 volunteer teams. >> a lot of times parents will say, their kid first time smiled in day. >> reporter: lease ace program coordinator who works with her dog rumor and say therapy dogs have to have the right temper. and be specially train to work with sick children. >> a doggies something that walks into their room that is not anything and they are just there to cheer them up and make them forget they are in the hospital. just look on their face when you walk in with the dog, they just brighten up. >> she was bright, for sure. special precautions are taken to make sure that the dogs don't spread germs, before and after each session antibacterial wipes are used and dogs are also used for physical and occupational

therapy. so, you know, these dogs will be getting a special thank you, tomorrow for national dog day. >> okay. >> hugging around everybody. >> yes. >> that was great. >> thank you, stephanie, appreciate it. donald trump unleashes a twitter tirade against megan kelly. >> but kelly isn't the first, folks from the insider look at some of his past insult when we come back.

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donald trump takes his fight back to social media. >> what prompted late's tack. insider joins us from loss angries with more on that, louie. >> ukee and jessica tonight we will go inside trump doubling down on megyn kelly. >> totally out of control, yesterday you started tweet ago begins megyn kelly totally unwarranted, professionally and personally. >> he just can't quit her. as "fox news" defensive strategy was to huddle around their star player once again after mr. trump dump yet another personal twit era tack on megyn kelly. >> how can you handle, vladamire putin. >> reporter: it appears to have been triggered at 6:29 p.m. yesterday when kelly file host tweeted this image bullet pointing his immigration plan which includes an end to birth right

citizenship. >> it took just 13 minutes for the republican front runner to express his signature style of attack, which some called sexist quote. megan kelly must have had a terrible vacation. she's really off her game. retweeted a a post that called her a quote, bimbo. >> i don't know what the, what has caused this whole thing, but certainly fox is very important. i like the people on fox. i like roger. >> reporter: in the wake of the fox peace treaty violation the network ceo roger ales says megan kelly represent is very best of american journalism and all of us at "fox news" channel reject crude, irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise. and, i don't see trump backing down anytime soon, do you? ukee and jessica, back to you. i'm sure you will have more on that tonight. catch insider weeknights at 7:30 right the here on cbs-3. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 a courthouse shooting in chester county, a

man shot dead after assaulting a deputy with the knife. tonight we're learning more about his criminal history. also, a disturbing discovery in strawberry mansion, the gruesome find and how police were tipped off, to what was inside of the garage. kate? and, what a beautiful tuesday evening it is out here on the sky denning. i feel like humidity has drop, even just in the past hour, nice cool breeze, lots of sunshine and we have sunny stretch in the seven day forecast, i will have more coming up. in case you have not heard the pope is coming to town. some people are worried about parking, others are making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. coming up how south jersey catholics are preparing themselves for pope's message about caring for the poor. it is 6:00 o'clock. the here's is what happening a man storms in the chester county courthouse slashing a

sheriff's deputy before being shot and killed by another officer. tonight we're learning that man had a criminal history. back in march the 35 year-old coatsville man was arrested for trying to july seven the fence at the white house. hello everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm's jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter david spun t joins us from west chester where officials are praising the efforts of the deputy tonight, david. >> reporter: they are praising the deputy's hard work here to make sure everybody was safe. that sheriff's deputy is recovering at a local hospital. he is expect to be okay but detective want to find out why this man walk into a courthouse with a knife saying i'm going to get you. chaos erupted behind these walls just before lunch on tuesday when police say curtis smith walk in the lobby, pulled out a knife and stabbed a sheriff's deputy. >> he was crazy. it happened within 202nd. >> reporter: riley aikman stood feet away from curtis smith. >> he went right through security. i remember i'm going to get a