hello everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in west philadelphia where that vigil is about to get underway tonight, greg? >> reporter: ukee and jessica, good evening. you can see some family and friend they have just begun to gather here in west philadelphia on the very stoop where 18 year-old nijay seedily was just minding her own business but she was shot, and killed, saturday night, by a stray bullet. police tape still marks three bullet holes from a gunfight, 18 year-old nijay was not a part of but one which killed her. >> we were all with each other that same day. we were laughing and having fun. >> reporter: ni jay's says they were relaxing down the street when bullets down knee salford and callowhill started flying. the 18 year-old who lives here in west philadelphia was shot in her chest around 11:30 saturday night. she died 35 minutes later. >> thinks our hang out spot. we always dance, listen to music, we have fun.

we do fun things here. thinks where everybody be it. to necessity somebody happened like this she wasn't even near where everybody was, she was on perfect porch then that happened. the it is just sad. >> reporter: back here live, you can see just this community, really coming together for this senseless killing a lot of folks very upset over, what happened here, saturday night. police have not made any arrestness this case, friend, of course, wanted whoever is responsible behind bars, as quickly as possible. we're live here in west philadelphia a i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you for that. we are following breaking news in the shooting death of a maryland police officer. the authorities say two of the alleged gunman's brothers recorded the exchange of the gunfire that killed boothwyn native j ac ai colson. investigators revealed that officer colson may have been killed by friendly fire. >> we believe that the fired round that led to the detective colson's death was fired by one of his fellow

prince georges county police officers reacting to this. >> police called yesterday's deadly shooting an unprovoke attack. the gun man was wounded and expected to survive. we now know identity of the 24 year-old man stabbed to death near rittenhouse square. colin mcgovern of the churchville, bucks county had just gotten out of the cab early sunday morning, and was with friend, some would be in his group said something, about a hat, worn by 40 year-old steven simminger, as their paths crossed. an altercation erupted. >> he turns around, abruptly, he walks back to the four have of them, the suspect, and two males are in each other faces. the fists start swinging. they go to the ground. at that point suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed him several times. >> simminger was taken in custody after showing up hours after the stabbing at veterans administration hospital with a cut to his hand. we're also told he requested a mental evaluation.

police are looking for this man in connection with the frightening home invasion robbery on the main line. tredyffrin township police say that this man broke in the home on crest line road on saturday and bound the home owner with duct tape then threaten the victim with a stun gun demanding the pin to her bank card. surveillance cameras captured this image of the mask man using the card at atm. home own are called police after breaking free. if you have any information, please contact the police. caught on camera a stole men west philadelphia with a baby boy strapped in the back seat. the four month-old was later found unharmed in germantown but the suspect is still on the run tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter spoke with the child's father about the quick action that is helped lead to the baby's rescue, walt. >> reporter: well, it wasn't just police here in southwest division that were scrambling at 7:30 to find that van with the baby in it, it was the baby's father who work very

hard in those terrifying moments as he told me, to help find and ultimately, safely have his little boy returned to him. >> i come out of the store and i'm like my life is just stopped, everything just stopped and just dropped at bottom of my feet. >> reporter: kareem ward described the terrible moment he learned that a thief had just stolen his minivan from outside a west philadelphia corner store where he was buying a bottle of water for his baby. inside of the minivan, is four month-old, son, cameron. >> calmy walk up to the door, opens up, gets in and off the car goes. >> reporter: as police instantly launched a huge search for the thief, seen here, moments before the abduction, cameron's dad remembered that he left his phone in the van, and soon he was texting with the abductor. >> when i texted his phone, from the store owner's phone he told me where my son was at.

>> reporter: the thief apparently not realizing the infant was in the minivan, text that had he was leaving the baby on a germantown street where 15 minutes later, in the rain, police found cameron, wet, but unhurt. >> there is a god out there. there is a god up there and we are praying as a family. >> reporter: short time later a reunion between cameron, his mom, and his dad. >> good thing i got my son back. he is smiling, right now and i will go play with him too. >> reporter: now detectives here at southwest want your help, if you recognize that thief or if you see the chrysler minivan, it is a white town and country, license tag pennsylvania jmx-6013. meanwhile police say that there is a lesson for all of us here, don't ever leave your car anywhere with the engine running. live from southwest detectives

division, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you for that. we're talking rainy days and mondays, we have been tracking showers. meteorologist kate bilo is in the weather center to tell you more. >> you know what they say about rainy days and monday. it doesn't have to. we necessity there are good things on the horizon once we get through this rainy monday. lets look at storm scan three. you can see where heaviest rain is shifting out of here. worst of it the is over but we are dealing with that mist of the drizzle, included in place and warmer air is starting to move in. warm front real lifting through the ohio valley producing showers and thunderstorms here. that will come through for us overnight into tomorrow morning. it does than the have as much energy a as it heads over ohio. a lot of cold air in place along the eastern he seaboard but we will expect a round of showers overnight and tomorrow morning and then warmer air can settle in for a couple days. 1.38 in woodstown. atlantic city a inch and a quarter. over an inch has fallen in philadelphia the mostly this

morning. what is ahead? light rain and drizzle continues through tonight, and tomorrow ugly start to the day, a lot like today but nicer in the have afternoon and evening. warmer on wednesday, more sunshine. how warm does it get? we have a system we have to watch this weekend, first day of spring, cold rain and maybe a few snow flakes? i will explain what we are looking at with main weather. for now, back over to you. thanks, very much. madness is nearly here, the ncaa tournament begins tomorrow with play in games with local hoop fans, who are eyeing up friday this bracket is empty but three local universities are hoping to advance all the way to the title game. "eyewitness news" report's neat a oh is at the palestra with more on how each school is gearing up for the big dance, a anita. >> reporter: it is that time of the year to fill out those brackets and i can tell you that the excitement is definitely building. it seems like the excitement is really just so heavy here with those brackets, and we spoke to so many students who

say that they are so ready for this road to the final four. >> go out. >> go hawks. >> and go hawks. >> we have a good chance to win. >> reporter: school pride is in full force across three philadelphia campuses, now in the race to the final four. >> i think i have faith in my school and team. we will put through. >> tough bracket. it is hard but it will be good. >> reporter: of the three teamsville know of ace highest ranked earning number two seed in the south region. >> villanova came on the screen, everyone cheered. >> reporter: amid excitement is there a hint of disappointment, none of the philadelphia teams made it in the east regional bracket which means they went get a chance to play on home turf. >> it was questionable. we should have been placed in the east as a number two seed. >> ville know of got number two seed. people are excite that had the game was closer and that has everyone's moral up. >> reporter: as students hype up, university book stores are gearing up for march madness. >> we have two shirts that we have created for march madness, and we put it out there on the web, within 15 or

20 minutes after the announcement, so it has spiked our business. >> reporter: all three of those university book stores say they expect to have those shirts in stomach tomorrow ahead of the game one which kicks off friday. live from the palestra, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i can't wait. thanks very much. i hope you are off or at least have a a screen nearby to catch the local teams in march madness. villanova a tips off against unc/ashville bulldogs at 12:40. then temple takes on iowa hawk eyes at the 3:10. then st. joes plays the late game with the cincinnati bear cats just before 10:00 o'clock friday night, all three of the games are on tru tv. you can also pin your knowledge against the rest of the bracket experts out there sign up new for bracket challenge on cbs philly.com, the grand prize winner gets a $5,000 american express gift card and there are also prizes for winners of the individual

round. make your pick now on the home page of cbs philly.com. now here's don bell with a check what is coming up in sports. >> we are talking about the madness, tar heels state has been a massive pain for villanova while wildcats better mind their p's and q's against unc ashville we are talking the big dance later in sports. also still to come on "eyewitness news" a rock star in more ways then one, roger daultry is in concert and his actions off the stage are having a big impact for a local children's hospital, we will tell you what he is doing coming up. and philly's most famous spots, jose garses puts on the cheese stake gang in a bit. blank

it is 6:00 o'clock look is giving back, legendary rock band the who makes a

charitable donation in support of the children's hospital of philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter stephanie stahl is live at the wells fargo sent's head of the band's bigging show tonight with more on this generous donation, stephanie? >> reporter: that is right, jessica, we have a sound checking on heap at wells fargo center right now. before we bring you that exclusive interview with roger daultry i want to tell but his, commitment to children with cancer. >> lets take a look. >> ♪ >> reporter: on their 50th anniversary world tour the who, roger daultry and pete towns end are making music histories and raising money and awareness for a charity called who cares, teen cancer america. >> these are your teenagers and they need your support, for your community and they are your future. you deserve to have it the better. >> reporter: it create friendly environments inowe children being treated for cancer have a refuge. the it is a mission that started in the uk that has moved across the upon. >> that is why the roomies so

here. >> reporter: howard jaf i helped create team cancer america. >> a lot of letters, phone calls, and beg to go meet roger. >> reporter: he made the connection and new the who fan is a partner with daultry and towns end, in teen cancer america which has facilities in a dozen hospitals across the country. >> it is unbelievable because you see rock stars and they are these iconic figures but at the end of the the day they are just good guys, good people, they were philanthropic files with a real purpose to help others. >> reporter: thinks a new space at children's hospital of philadelphia created by the charity. >> this space isn't ready yet the but we plan on having more flat screens, more gaming systems, we will repaint everything. >> reporter: thinks where teenage chop patients will be able to come for some distractions and some fun. >> they need a space of their own to address their needs. >> reporter: who cares legend will live not with just their music but with the young cancer patients being helped by the rockers.

>> roger just got off of his sound check, he came down, to talk to us about why he cares so much about helping kids with cancer. here's roger. >> you got a terrific children's hospital and nursery. it will have, you know, not clowns on the wall and toys to play with and teddy bears, you name it, they will have everything that is good for a child. you ask them what they got for a teenager, adolescent, young adult, nothing. i just sort of sense that this made because i realized that whatever we do, with fighting cancer, it will be very expensive. i just saw a thing here where we could maybe improve those outcomes in a much cheaper way. >> reporter: with that new center at chop, roger says it is a special gift he is leaving as he plays his final concert here in philadelphia tonight. live from the wells fargo

center i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rock on, so many levels. >> indeed. >> thanks, stephanie. >> very thoughtful to think about those kid, adolescence, some like it hot, some like it cold and that can lead to battles over thermostat. >> that brings up a good question, why are women always cold. it is tonight's good question. our nicole brewer went looking for the answer and she will have it tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. kate is here new with a look at the forecast. >> it is not too bad over the next couple days to take was ugly but the first really ugly day we have had for a while. yesterday wasn't great. today was worse but things will get better, in the next couple of days. we have shower chances in the forecast, on and off this week, it will not end up like last week where we have a string of sunny beautiful days. we will have showers and cloud here and there throughout the week but temperatures averaging well above normal for early to mid-march. the lets look at is what going on outside right now, still very bright, as we no, we set these clocks forward yesterday and daylight savings time now

is in fully affect and that means it still looks like daylight as we show you live look at center city low clouds and fog leading to a bit of the messy commute, not a lot of extra daylight to enjoy because it is cloudy, gray, glummy but it looks brighter then it did this morning at least. storm scan three shows heavy rain from earlier today has started to move out. we're in a dry slot, dry segment here in between systems. so one storm moving away, where chilly air is embedded with all this rain and cloud cover. it is raining heavily over southeastern, new england, into long island animals chew sets. not a lot of rain in this area but mist and drizzle heading through evening hours. then we have a warm front drifting through portions of ohio and west virginia bringing nasty thunderstorms right now. a lot warmer then it is here. we could see these showers early tomorrow morning. then we will get high pressure to wedge in ever so briefly bringing us the chance to see some sun late tomorrow and into wednesday. we will take a closer look at timing in just a minute. the first let show you current

temperatures. 46 degrees in philadelphia a it is chilly outside especially in comparison with what we have been feeling. forty-three in trenton. forty-six in wilmington. 46 degrees in lancaster. look at how much warmer? this is a pocket of warm air. the it is bringing warm air witt. sixty's and few 70's over portions of west virginia, 62 degrees in cleveland. zero seven in st. louis. this that warmer air starting to lift toward us through the next couple days. overnight just cloud cover, maybe a shower early tomorrow morning and then by late afternoon we will see a few breaks in the cloud cover. we will see sunshine. that is the wednesday story as well. partly sunny. just a chance of the sprinkle. 40 percent chance of rain tomorrow. 10 percent on wednesday. 40 percent on thursday. cooler air is lurking to the north and west. that will try to swing in later this week and into the weekend. overnight we're down to the mid 40's, light rain, drizzle, chilly, tomorrow we're at 46 with morning showers with sun and wednesday, some sunshine as well, starts to get cooler toward weekend. friday and saturday look good.

sunday first day of spring, rei told you in more winter through end of winter. sunday is first day of spring. the is there a storm that looks like it will be cold rain for most of us but there is a chance snow could mix in the north and western suburbs. still far away but something we are watching. >> interesting all right, kate, thank you. >> well, three philadelphia schools, get in the chance for nc double a a title will. coming up coaches speak about the march to the college basketball championship. since the great recession - a good start. katie: the u.s. has added 14 million new jobs but too many families see the special interests gaining the upper hand in washington, while paychecks don't go far enough.

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this is pearle vision. don joining us now, the madness in full swing. >> yes, the tar heel state is just, the the guys on the main line. >> yes. >> and, since 2009 they have lost to nc state won and lost to unc twice. if you are villanova cannot

stand the state of north carolina in steps number 15 seed unc/ashville, the next ncaa tournament, for the wildcats. bulldogs come into the big dance as champions of the big south, their third in the nation, in steel rates. jay wright gives us a scouting report. >> they've got a a little bit undersized big men but they have guys that can work away from the basket, describe will, pass, and score around the basket. >> meanwhile temple is a tenth seed in the the south and they will take on the seventh seeded iowa hawk eyes. after losing six out of eight games, iowa, is surging but their 6-foot nine senior jared is true center. he averages 18-point and six board a game. >> he is a complete player. we were talking about him today, mentioning, you know, dirk nowitzki in the same breath. that is the style of game that he plays, he steps outside and

makes shots. he knows how to make plays. and he can take it the to the rim. >> did he say dirk? oh, boy. st. joes is eighth seed in the west and they will take on number nine cincinnati. bear cats are tough on defense. they allowed opponents to shoot 40 percent inside the arc. the that is best rate in the country. phil martelli joined me and leslie van arsdal on the sports zone last night. >> i know that they are a hard playing group. they really predicate everything that they do, on fierceness of play. >> before nova, temple and st. joes tip off on friday. we will get you ready for the a action with the preview show march to houston presented by toy yet, and that is wednesday night at 7:30. spring training yeah, talking baseball phillies a and orioles. miguel franco is a a man possessed, two more home runs today. he has six this spring. that is the most in the bigs. the phillies lose eight-seven.

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you tonight. >> pelley: on the eve of the high-stakes primaries, getting out the vote and tossing out the protestors. >> get 'em out of here. get 'em out of here. >> the rhetoric he uses is irresponsible. >> that's a toxic environment. it's not healthy. >> pelley: also tonight, what has isis done with two million people? holly williams speaks to survivors of a city cut off from the world. a tornado carves through a midwest community. and mr. hamilton goes to washington. broadway makes history at the white house. ♪ alexander hamilton captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: we're coming up on the most critical primaries yet, five big states tomorrow. and for the first time the republican winner