nine americans are among the injured. two blasts were the at airport and another at a met the tro station. the manhunt is underway for those responsible, police have issued a photo of three suspects seen by surveillance cameras at the a airport. cbs news correspondent jonathan vigliotti is in brussels with the very latest, jonathan. >> reporter: jim and jessica we are standing a few blocks away from the met the tro station that came under attack earlier this morning. the evening it remains closed. as for mood here as you can imagine people remain tense. hundreds of police and military troops are here, on the streets, keeping in mind at least one a tacker remains at large. one survivors, clutching a baby pick himself off the floor as a two powerful blast at brussels airport that blew out windows and caused a ceiling to cave-in, travelers, ran for safety. >> everyone was panicking. >> two people, had like really

covered in blood. >> reporter: airport security camera captured this image of three men, that belgium prosecutors say are behind the attacks. authorize believe that the two men in black, blew themselves up, they have issued a wanted notice for third suspect. another deadly explosion, rock a busy subway station an hour later, some passengers evacuated through dark tunnels. belgium authorities say there is still a strong possibility of another terrorist attack but people here in brussels, have allowed to return to the streets, and the subway system is slowly reopening. speak nothing cuba president obama condemned the attacks. >> we must be together, regardless of nationality, or race or faith, in fight ago begins the scourge of terrorism. >> reporter: the attacks comes days after authorities in brussels arrested salah abdeslam a key suspect in the paris deadly a tax. >> one thing shack go to me in

the wake of the paris attacks yet another sophisticated coordinated attack, right under the nose of european authorities. >> reporter: it is unclear if today's attacks were in the wake of the abdeslam's arrest. police have been conducting raid throughout the day and one of those raid officials say they found an isis flag, chemicals and bombs nearly identical to the ones used in today's attacks n brussels, jonathan vigliotti for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile is there lots of activity in philadelphia because of the deadly attacks in brussels. heavy security presence is felt all across the city especially around major transportation hubs. we have a team of reporters covering this story, lets begin with "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos who joins us from philadelphia international airport operating on a height even a leather, greg. >> reporter: that is right, jim. an american airlines authority say they have canceled their only direct flights, from brussels here, to philadelphia international airport. meanwhile airport officials are telling passengers that

expect to see extra security. extra police and patrols as philadelphia international airport. the security a direct result to the terror attacks that rocked belgium's capitol city. >> for me i'm an international student. i fly more often. it is hard to be scared, for flying. >> reporter: even so some passengers say they are on edge, paying extra close attention to their surroundings, and glad airport officials have increased law enforcement presence. >> i think that a lot of airports try to make sure you all feel safe and secure and i know they are cautious when you get to the big cities. but i don't know, i feel pretty safe, coming to the airport but i know it is kind of scary with everything internationally. >> i travel two or 300 days a year. >> reporter: businessman john we willly just landed on a direct flight from paris and heard news minutes before he got on that international flight. >> reports first started coming through was just a little bit of smoke, but by

the time i boarded plane we got news that people died. >> reporter: he says he is often extra vigilant while away from home. >> generally i always try to pay attention, i travel by myself. >> reporter: this latest deadly terror attack will only increase that awareness. >> living in center city philadelphia, having grown up from new york, you learn to pay attention, so not everyone walks around with blinders on. i was flying on 9/11, you know, not been the same ever since. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 6:00 o'clock here at cbs-3 "eyewitness news" hear from an international flight attendant and what she's doing differently because of the terror attacks in brussels. live from philadelphia international airport i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. officers carrying assault weapons and bomb sniffing dogs were on duty all day at philadelphia's 30th street station. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is there with more on the tragedy. law enforcement officials are using to keep travelers safe,

walt. >> reporter: jessica, shortly after violence began, heavy security, clearly visible here at 30th street station, along amtrak routes, also along septa a routes throughout the city. that being said all have of the riders we have spoke with today, expressing real confidence, that everything possible was being done to protect them. heavily armed amtrak officers were clearly visible in the hours after the belgium attacks. along with k-9 units, as riders, waited for trains, with ticket in their hands, and concerns on their mind. >> the thought never stopped of what if, you know he but hey it is business as usual and it is what it is, actually. >> our country is doing the best job possible, and i think that there is always a risk, but i don't think that should stop us from, you know, doing what we want to do.

>> reporter: septa says its riders will notice more officers, as they travel, according to chief tom nestel who spoke shortly after completing a nationwide conference call about the belgium attacks with other departments, and the fbi. >> there is no information of the threat for the united states. >> we are taking the appropriate measures. there are in threats to the philadelphia region that we are aware of, according to the fbi and home land security. >> reporter: philadelphia police commissioner richard ross and septa's chief both emphasizing how crucial it is to report anything suspicious. >> i know that you think that you're bothering us by calling 911, bother us. >> reporter: now, a big part of the protective net is provided by septa's explosive detection dogs, the k-9 unit, coming up at 6:00 we will go out with them, with a dog and a handler to show you just how that works, to ensure that you

are safe when we join you at 6:00. live from 30th street station, i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> see you then, thank you. eyewitness to terror at the 5:30 we will talk with the local family in the middle of the chaos in brussels right the now. we will have their message, for the terrorist. keep it right here on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage. >> you can get latest anytime on cbs philly.com. president obama honored victims of the brussels a attacks as he wrapped up his historic trip to cuba. president observed a moment of silence before taking in the exhibition game before the tampa bay rays and cuba's national team. earlier he addressed the cuban people and then met privately with political opponent and dissidents at u.s. embassy. >> it requires times of great courage to be active, and instead of being fearful. as i indicated in my speech this is an area where we continue to have deep differences with the cuban

government. >> next stop for the president is south america, heading to buenos aires to meet with argentina's new president. three people are injured in the crash in montgomery county, that sent easter candy spilling on to the road, "eyewitness news" on the scene near route 100 near route 37 in gilbertsville. that accident involved a minivan and a box truck full of easter items. >> on the roadway we have approximately three to 5 tons of debris from the box truck, all different sorts of easter candy, check late, easter bunnies, baskets of all sorts. >> most of the candy was contaminated with diesel fuel. it took several hours to clear the road. the cause of the crash is now under investigation. atlantic city's mayor says resort town dismal's finances will force weeks long shut down of non-essential governmental sources last night. as "eyewitness news" report are cleve bryan tells us city employees including first responders are now looking at the prospect of working

without pay. >> reporter: atlantic city first responders put their lives on the line every day but come april 8th, they won't see a dime for their efforts. the declining casino business, has zapped property tax revenues and put atlantic city in such a severe financial crisis mayor announced plans to shut down city government april 8th. it will be remaining closed until may second when the next wave of quarterly tax payment coming in. police, fire and other tax personnel will work but not get paid until city gets money. >> they will up hold oath they swore and they will come in, protect and serve the citizens, visitors and businesses of the the city. >> reporter: captain frank brennan, tj moy hand lead the two police unions. missing several paychecks won't stop officers from doing their duties but it will make tough on their life and families. >> stressful job we have to begin with and this on top of it to come to work, and, you know, having in the back of your mind if you will be able

to make your car payment or mortgage payment. >> reporter: state officials won't commit money to help atlantic city until they reach an agreement on the powers of the state take over. the sticking point is whether the state should be a able to difficulties will solve or change union contracts. >> i'm's hopeful that some logic or some rational people can come to the table and realize that this need to be resolved. >> reporter: members of the the fire fighters union had planned to speak with us but then after a meeting in city hall, canceled, saying they had more questions than answers. the fire chief and police chief also announced news conferences and then canceled them today. to say the least, the situation is fluid, in atlantic city, city hall. in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a new type of easter egg hunt that has children using their ears instead of their eyes. kate? and if you have easter egg hunts planned this weekend you may want to see latest weather forecast, will you need heavy coat? i will have your full update and i'll tell you about the

warm up that starts tomorrow. i'm's pat gallen with the wildcats on the villanova campus where they started their trek to louisville, we will see what jay wright has to say about the team coming up. today you can change the luck of the child, it is our annual ronald mcdonald house charities and the phone lines are opened, call 1.844.977.cbs3 and when we come back you'll meet a special boy with big dreams, to help give you a great reason to donate to this wonder

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a place for children to feel normal will when recuperating and spending a day in the hospital. our in a cash brown introduces to us one special boy who has some big dreams. >> is there no stopping 11 year-old lou while we took elevator he chose to take the stairs in the first sit down interview at the ronald mcdonald house in camden. >> speaking spanish. >> reporter: he spend his day at ronald mcdonald house has always been very good. louise and his parents joanne and angel are from puerto rico and speak very little english but with the help of the translator, grace, we're learning more about his inspirational story. he was born without a femur in his left leg, and at two years old he had to have his foot amputate todd make way for a prosthetic leg. he has been receiving surgeries and numerous treatment at shrine era's hospital for children, his

face lights up the moment we ask him about his favorite sport: basketball. he loves it so much his prosthetic leg ace adorned with the iconic um age of his favorite player, michael jordan. do you like basketball? are you pretty good? every year as he grows he returns to shriner's hospital to have his prosthesis change and adjusted. his family find a home away from home at ronald mcdonald house while he under goes his treatment. >> it has been kind of difficult, but they came here because of him, and they think that this house is like his second house, or his second house for all of them. >> everything is good. after he had his prosthesis, he is doing, he is living like a normal kid. >> reporter: normal kid who dreams of one day becoming a basketball player in the nba. >> louise's basketball skills are quite impressive but what

stand out even more is energetic and independent spirit. >> he does president ask for help. he is a great kid. >> nice job. >> what a great story from in a cash a we need to keep phones ringing, phone number on your screen 1.844.977.cbs3. and this is casey, this is joan, this is rita. they are my new friend. they would like to speak to you. they are very nice. place give them a call. please make a phone call and make a donation. we would appreciate it. back to you jessica and kate in the studio. >> thanks very much for sharing those stories. we will get phones ringing again. this is our seventh annual tell-a-thon for ronald mcdonald house charities. last year i was in long sleeves because it was very chilly. >> very cold outside. >> this year weather is gorgeous, just in time for tell a thon. we have sun, temperatures on their way up. it will get better from here. donations keep going on. we're all moving in the right

direction. lets look at what is going on outside right now, beautiful day, evening outside, we will take you out to bethlehem northampton county. maybe a stray cloud up there in the corner, otherwise, it has been a gorgeous day. started out on the chilly side but temperatures warming up nicely this afternoon. the slightly above average across the region on this second full day of spring. we've got a lot nicer weather where that is coming from take a peak at our shore towns, at delaware beach, boardwalk plaza, rehoboth beach, shadows lengthening there but people out taking a walk on the beach this afternoon. i see a few people at the shoreline, few people walking here. almost like a summer a afternoon. we are in the quite there yet but we are getting closer. we can feel ourselves close to that warm wet are and it will feel summer -like over next couple days. here's the overall pattern. the it shows clear skies in our area lets show you a system off to the west generating issues all across the eastern part of the country because we have a warm front moving through the great

lakes. it is producing snow and some rain. that lifts to the north and subsequent cold front moves from the west we will get in on what is a warm sector of this storm. remember when we had that warm spell a few weeks ago in the 80's that was same except more prolong pattern. this will be a two day pattern as we await arrival of the storm. very sharp differential between cold air to the north and warm air to the south all across the northeast as i will show you. highs today, 57 what we got to in philadelphia we have 58 in reading. fifty-eight in dover. comfortable outside near 60 degrees. you can see where that dividing line is. cool air to the north. much warmer air to the south. we have 58 in philadelphia. meanwhile 69 in nashville. as we head through the week jet stream lifts back to the north and that warm air begins to surge in. we are really going to feel it here in philadelphia a and points south. you can see for your wednesday, showers off to the north, cloud in the morning, sun breaks out in the a afternoon, new england is chill which snow wednesday

night the in to thursday but we are sitting pretty we're in the warmth until that front comes through and that would be late thursday night. overnight tonight partly cloudy, not as cold, 46 degrees. you're witness weather three day forecast, tomorrow 07 degrees. you can almost forget we started week off on a winter-like note. thursday 72, nice warm day. showers night and friday morning. it is not all that cold. 64 degrees. but we have easter weekend coming up and i know growing up around here, easter egg hunts with the parka on. we will let you know if this year you will need it or not next half an hour. >> yes. >> getting ready for my claritan. >> as we dream about these gorgeous springtime temperatures have you ever wondered why we dream? well, sometimes we will remember them and i do not. >> i don't. >> something everyone does though, all have of us dream, it is as natural as breathing and it brings us to tonight's good question, why do we dream when we sleep? it is a question that has

puzzled scientists at researchers for decade, lot of theories out there, nicole brewer will take a closer look at tonight's good question why do we dream when we sleep tonight at 11:00. do you have a good question. log on to cbs philly.com/good question or tweet us using #cbs-3's good question. now, still ahead on "eyewitness news" we will continue to machine for developments in bell gem, islamic state terrorist are claiming responsibility for the attacks that left 36 people dead and nearly 200 injured. and coming up at 5:30 a local family visiting brussels, or talks to cbs-3 about their experience, where they were during those explosions and where they took shelter. >> don. getaway day for the wildcats after a brief trip home, villanova off to the wheat 16, pat gallen has the very latest, next up in

don bellies here with a look at sports. >> we're talking college

hoops. what a surprise. good stuff. it is season, march madness, the land of bourbon, home of the kentucky derby, first place, and mohammed ali and louisville may be launching pad for villanova history. wildcats taking off for sweet 16. pat gallen has more. nova nation gave the wildcats a proper send off to the sweet 16 today. outside the davis center as villanova team boarded the bus, fans rallied with the hopes that the tournament journey will continue. >> i'm very optimistic, tough game, miami had has a good team, a lot of depth, guard play, good guard, tough game but we can win. >> i think this team is special, lot of senior leaders and i think this team can go far. >> reporter: thursday night third seeded miami hurricanes are opponent and hopefully a stepping stone to something big. >> this is our second weekend tournament, two game tournament, we won last tournament and we want to win this two game tournament.

>> head coaches in how special these moments are. >> we can feel this energy, and the city of philadelphia behind us, it is the great is experience. we should enjoy it. >> jay wright said this is another mini tournament in louisville. if they can win, they will end up in houston two weekends from now in the final four. but it must begin with a win on thursday against miami. from the villanova campus, pat gallen "eyewitness sports". wildcats, are in flight, and so is leslie van arsdal. catch her live reports, with the cats, starting tomorrow, at 5:00. pat gallen, thanks for that report. see jay wright with the oakly shade. more aviator shade type guy. >> yes. >> yes, yes. >> interesting. >> maybe we should talk to him about that. >> yes. >> always gq though. >> don, thanks. coming up next, we will continue to follow new developments in the ter on attacks in belgium, you'll hear from the montgomery county family visiting their doubt the inner brussels. you'll share their experience

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bell gem raises its terror threat level to the highest level in the wake of the terror attacks in brussels, and tonight, we're hearing from the local family in the middle of the chaos, "eyewitness news" continues now at 5:30. hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm jim donovan. ukee washington is off tonight. isis claim to have carries out series of terror attacks in us before tolls day. right now manhunt is on for three suspects captured on surveillance video at the airport in brussels. that is where two explosions went off during rush hour, a third blast rocked a metro station. authorities say that at least 36 people were killed, and more than 200 were injured. nine americans are among those hurt, president other bam a is following the latest

developments from cuba. the thoughts and prayers of the american people are with the people of belgium, and as we stand in solidarity with them, in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people. we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend, alley belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible. >> among the american victims are three missionaries from utah who were seriously injured and a air force officer and his family. montgomery county family is in brussels right now visiting a daughter studding a broad. they are all safe, they are also telling us why they will in the live in fear over the attack. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in the sat center with their story, trang. >> reporter: family staying in the center of the city ten minutes from the subway station attack, 20 minute drive to the airport but they say you could get to see the entire city on heightened alert. >> you walk around, people are very sad, people are very shaken.

>> reporter: spring break trip to visit their daughter, turned scary for free family. >> they are asking people to remain inside and stay put, to allow police and security forces to do what they do to keep road clear, and they have asked the social network to just stay at work. >> reporter: isis has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombings an hour a port. first hitting brussels airport, second a metro station in the the city. throughout this city, family described a very visible police presence. >> having all of these military people lining the streets, you just wonder if it is so safe why with they be here. >> reporter: she expects what makes brussels so great also made it a target. >> it is in the just, the capitol of belgium but capitol of europe and they have a burden to carry because you of that, and to stay strong, multi cultural and, to pray for peace. >> reporter: even hours after the terror a tax, jay freed said he feels safe and urge

others to continue to travel there. >> i think we have to be tough and we have to support people, and don't let terrorist win by dividing us. >> the older daughter ana is a junior at american university, staying with the host family outside city. all of the american university students studding a broad in belgium are safe and accounted for. meanwhile they are in the changing their travel plans and stay in belgium through saturday morning. live from the sat center trang dough for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have have much more otter or attacks in brussels, that is coming up at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. in other news rob ford, infamous former mayor of toronto has died at the age of 46, after an eight month long battle with cancer, ford's tenure as mayor of canada's largest city was complicated by revelation about his drinking problems and illegal drug use. but not even scandal could keep him out of office. ford what's electric by a landslide to city council, a position that he held until

his death. meanwhile a custody battle in callus making national headlines, six year-old girl is being removed from the only home she has ever end because of her heritage. social workers arrived in santa clara california to take lex i from her foster parents so she could live with her extended family in utah. lexi has 1.5 percent indian ethnicity and her tribe used the indian child welfare act to gain custody. >> our hearts are broken and we are going to try to make sense of everything that has happened, with our three other children witnessed their sister, forcefully ripped from her family by strangers. >> lexi has been with the page family for about four years, the tribe issued a statement saying it desires the best for the child. the city of philadelphia use of stop and frisk has been under scrout the any for years and aclu released its analysis from has year showing police made tens of thousands of

unlawful stops. kyw news radio community affairs reporter cherri gregg has more on the numbers and cities response. >> reporter: candidly speaking judge had concerns. >> reporter: philadelphia a police commissioner richard ross spoke to reporting following a meet to go day in federal court. the aclu's latest analysis shows that african americans and latinos made up 80 percent of the cities 200,000 pedestrian stops in 2015. with 33 percent of the stops and 42 percent of the frisk, lacking reasonable suspicion required by law. >> we have to do a better job of what we are doing. >> reporter: there is a silver lining, according to the report marijuana a rests are down 80 percent since 2014, thanks to the the new city ordinance that decriminalizes small amounts of the drug. that bill was introduced by now mayor jim kenney signaling that more change could becoming. >> stopping people, frisking them random willly is over. >> reporter: mayor kenney says his administration has implemented new measures to

ensure stops are not the random but based honorariesnable suspicion. he said that the department will audit stops daily and hold commanders whose officers are not compliant accountable. >> it is court's requirement that we showed that the numbers are different. >> we're cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: civil rights attorney, said they are hopeful for change but their suit against city is five years old and time is running out. >> if we don't see substantial improvements over the next six months, then we would ask the court to formally intervene with the request of some kind of sanctions. >> reporter: next meeting with the court is scheduled for september. cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". welshing still to come on "eyewitness news" an easter egg hunt for visually impaired children, how a police officers's job helped come up with the idea. keep those phones ringing make a donation to the ronald mcdonald house charities by

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>> right, exactly. >> yes, i mean, bunnies, yes, chocolate bunny. >> the peeps. >> do you like the peeps. >> you do. >> you can keep them in the closet, for years. >> they will never go bad. >> yes. >> always looking out for the right deal, there. >> budget. >> coming up, talk about nailing the interview a heroic act that helps a

we made it outside, we have there dock this again and we are glad to hear from you, just call 1.844.977.cbs3, and look the at these kind, wonderful volunteers, out here, ready to take your phone calls. give them a call, they are giving us time to take your donations. you can also text the word family to 20222, a 10-dollar donation. get on line to cbs philly.com and make a donation there we try to make it easy and give you many options but you we do love to hear from you in person. i'm's here with two people who

are very, very special without the two of you, jimmy murray and doctor audrey evans. there would be no ronald mcdonald house. were you there at the very beginning. take us through, what got this all started. >> well, it always starts with the boot pull woman, a a little girl, kim hill got sick and her dad was a philadelphia eagles, and, the community, the neighborhood. a guy name stan lamb and bunch of guys in new jersey started eagles fly for leukemia i got sent down to try to find out what they needed. it was an unsung hero over here, doctor laurie naamans and i said what do you need at saint chris's. she said we need everything. but there is someone with a greater need. her name is doctor audrey evans. she changed my life. it was like meeting an angel. i said doctor evans, jim murray, philadelphia eagles. what are they. >> we're the football team. >> and i see we're on tv. >> i don't have a tv.

here's some money. >> just a little bit. >> yes, you do know about that. >> doctor evans, what was the specific need you you have, why did you need their help. >> the children's hospital was on bainbridge street and was moving, and we had a good oncology program, with some people from out of town, and we had it and we said the mothers, to the ywc and and the man could go to, forces, and we had no where to send mothers and fathers together. so i thought it would be a good idea if when we moved to the new hospital, we could have, a nearby house, where they could, we could run it as a hotel or a b and b and where they could stay. >> wonderful idea. from that came the ronald mcdonald house as we know it today, you two are the true heroes of all this.

thank from you all of us out here and for myself. >> father and mother of ronald mcdonald house. >> yes. >> thank you for both of you. always wonderful to see you both. again, you can keep the phones ringing, 1.844.977.cbs3. we would love to hear from you and take your donations, jim. >> thanks, jessica. great to hear phones ringing and a great day to have this tell-a-thon. weather is beautiful. >> people are milling around great hall, sunnies spilling through windows. it is beautiful outside. i love seeing sunshine. temperatures are on their way up and they are going higher over next couple days. you mentioned allergies before, a lot of people say starting early. we have had warmth in march. everything is blooming. allergy season is getting into full swing. the lets look outside and see if we can see anything blooming on the roof camp, you can see green there around on ramp to 676, no problems in center city, skies are clear, blue sky, and a feeling of pretty comfortable outside.

temperatures seasonal we are in the upper 50's for temperatures today right about where we should be, certainly better than it was yesterday and it will keep getting warmer over next few days. look at the that beautiful blue sky as we look live in center city. lets look the at eyewitness weather watchers keeping tabs on the weather and we are seeing a spread to mid to upper 50's, 58 with sunshine. allen says beautiful blue, cloudless skies, chilly waiting for tomorrow's warm up. here's that beautiful blue sky, in delran, new jersey. looking fantastic. lets check in delaware where it is 63 degrees near middletown. this is in middletown, jason is at 63, lots of sunshine, jason says coldest morning but it turned into a fairly nice day. i went outside this morning and was like it felt chilly. you need coat in the morning but layers through the afternoon. you don't need heavy coat right the now with the the sunshine and less win then we have today as well. fifty-six in atglenn at ed

heaton's house, nice in the sun but it is breezy. speaking of everything blooming lets look at these pictures. phil sent thus one. all these trees in bloom around chestnut hill. it looks like springtime outside, and now it is officially springtime. it will start feeling even more like that as we head to the 70's over next couple days. let's recap what we have seen so far this march. we will look at our graphic telling us where we have been in march so far, temperatures, already 7.3 degrees above average. we have had 1 inch of snow so far, high temperature this month we will remember that well 82 degrees. two days, low temperature was 27. now watch as these temperatures averages start to sky rocket over the next couple months. average high for today's date 55. by april between the second our average high is 66. by may between the second the average high is 76 degrees, and that will feel fantastic. if this advancing storm system bringing warmth our way over next few days, cold front that will drape back across

midwest, once this warm front over great lakes lifts to the north that is when warm air will surge in. it will be feeling like may instead of march over next few days, much warmer thomas we jump to 07 degrees. heading in to your thursday we are below to mid 70's, very tight differential, may even be cooler in the poconos and in new england we are talking 30's in boston, meanwhile 70's here in philadelphia a. this front will come through thursday night and friday morning sweeps through clears out quickly. it looks like by noon it is sunny again and not all that much cooler in the mid 60's. as far as overnight hours tonight not as cold, we're at 46 degrees, partly cloudy, wind southeasterly. we are fast forward to go easter sunday. if you have sunrise service plans, brunch with the family, it will be a nice easter sunday. partly sunny and mile. easter can be tough around here. either very chilly. we have had easter with snow on the ground, some in the 70's. 64 degrees with some sunshine feeling fantastic. here is eyewitness weather

seven day forecast, you can see temperatures in the 70's, we will see sunshine both wednesday and thursday, watch for showers, friday morning, that could impact your friday morning commute and clear it out in the afternoon in the mid 60's. weekend looks good sunny, nice saturday with mild with sun on sunday and we have more rain moving in the forecast by the start of next week. jim, now back to you. >> thanks, very much kate. great story. a teenager makes a big impression during a job interview. devon washington was sitting down with the job interview at popeyes in new orleans when chaos erupted. cashier started screaming saying she was just rob. well, washington also a defensive lineman on his high school football team held robber in behind arm lock until police arrived. >> our only means was getting him and putting his hand behind his back. i was than the scared. i just did it. >> talk about nailing the interview, washington got the job and the allege thief was charged with simple robbery. >> way to go. >> a waitress from iowa gets stiffed on a tip and it is

because of her looks because it is her reaction that is new drawing more attention. when they closed out one of the table at burger shop in december money we discovered customers wrote a note on the receipt that said quote tips are only for normal will looking people. the pink hair waitress says she was first upset and then decided to take the high road, she says she will not release names or confront the customers instead she wants to offer this advice. don't judge people, based on their looks. all right. >> i like her hair. >> very nice. >> yes. >> it is pretty collectors are paying big bucks for work of a dog. >> take a look for dagger also known as doing vinchi working on his next masterpiece and art studio in new york. thirty-nine year-old lab golden mix is a service dog drop out, and who is now taken up painting. >> do you want to paint? he looked at me and he his tailing wagged even more and i took a tabletop ease ill, put

it on the floor. >> the rest is art history. dagger's commissioned pieces, start at $200. dagger, making some money. all proceed get to a service dog organization. i love that he dropped out of school and then went on to do this. >> yes, he caught have of bought in before he bought this story but now doubled his prices. >> ronald mcdonald tell-a-thon continues here on cbs-3. one way you can make a difference in the life of the child is to adopt a blarney. we will explain. and phone lines are open the number to call is 1.844.977.cbs3. that is 1.844.977.cbs3.

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>> thanks very much, kate. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> and now a at 6:00, terror in brussels, more than two dozen people, are dead, dozens more injured after explosions, rock the belgium capitol airport and the subway station. new details about who carried out those attacks, are also hearing from survivors. how they escaped from the chaos. meanwhile here at home, security is tight, where we're at philly international and 30th street with how local officials are working to keep travelers safe. also ahead get ready for some big weather changes, kate bilo will tell us where the 70's will return. and march madness, gearing up again, villanova is off to play louisville, to play in the sweet 16, head coach jay wright's message to fans.

i didn't know where to go. >> and fear, and confusion when terrorist strike belgium's capitol. right now an intense search is underway for this man, authorities believe he played a role in the series of explosions, that rocked brussels, at the height of the morning rush hour. good evening i'm jim donovan, ukee washington is off tonight. i'm jessica dean. thirty-six people are dead more than 200 are injured, and among them, nine americans. and tonight the islamic state is taking credit for those attacks. >> a new photo shows men believed to be responsible for the attacks at the brussels airport. authorities are still searching for the man in white on the right, and the two men on the left are believed to have died in the attacks. early this morning two powerful blasts ripped through airport blowing out windows and causing a ceiling to cave-in. witnesses say it resembled a war scene. >> it feels like a