now. to be holding him in my arms after what happened yesterday is a blessing. >> reporter: malika hunter said she's paranoid about losing her son again a day after cherie amoore kidnaped him from king of prussia mall. hunter insists she never let amoore held her son and she took the infant from the stall era and ran away. she called 911. amoore said her infant son recently died and holding little ahsir helped ease the pain. >> you suffered a loss or whatever. but what you did to me it wasn't called for. >> reporter: police arrested amoore in tredyffrin township late last night, authorities say she voluntarily gave ahsir back to his family. >> i lost my sense of security out here right now. i don't feel safe out here. i don't feel my children are safe out here. i don't want to be out here. >> reporter: ahsir has no injuries, his mom told me i asked her point blank if she would consider forgiving this woman cherie amoore and she said absolutely not. she was firm on that statement. reporting live from port

richmond david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you so much. we will go to "eyewitness news" reporter trang do in king of prussia where the suspect was in court this afternoon. >> reporter: cherie amoore appeared with her parents and other family members and they all declined to comment. court documents reveal pretty sad details in this case. >> is there any comment you want to make on behalf of your daughter no comment right now from the family. >> reporter: no comment from cherie amoore family or amoore herself as she appeared in court on her arraignment on kidnapping charges. >> she has told our investigators that she did not go to the mall with the intention to steel the baby. >> reporter: but tom noland said amoore is shown on surveillance video leaving the king of prussia mall with seven year-old ahsir simmons in her arms. noland said she made off with the baby after striking up a conversation with the mother. the mother was distracted while tend to go another child and amoore asked to pick up the baby. >> she did say no. at a later point mom was doing the best that she could and this person offered to help

her out, and pick up the baby and this happened. >> reporter: detectives found ahsir at amoore's wayne apartment late thursday night. amoore told investigators that she had an out of body experience, and was overwhelmed by the feeling of holding than infant again. >> she told investigators that she gave birth to a baby boy february 11th which died a few hours later. we have not been able to confirm any of that story. >> reporter: amoore's public defender had no comment when asked if his client was ever pregnant and lost a child but did offer a glimpse into her state of mind. >> you could see in the court that she was upset, and, as i said that this was a very difficult time for everyone involved and i think that her presence in the courtroom showed that. >> reporter: amoore is being held on half million-dollar cash bond her next court appearance is scheduled for april 15th. in king of prussia i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". at more family has since released this brand new statement just coming into us just a little bit ago. it says quote at more family appreciates all who have reached out with prayers a and

positive messages in this difficult time. our focus is on our daughter's health and willness. we would ask thaw respect our privacy and we have no further comments at this time. king of prussia mall is also releasing a statement, they a say that they used they're mergecy procedures, and that the results of these efforts in partnership with our law enforcement officials resulted in the happy outcome to returning baby safely to his family and we are incredibly thankful of their support. stay with cbs-3 as we follow this still developing story, when we are not here on tv you can always get latest at any time on cbs philly.com. strong storms moving through earlier a and now we have a possibility of more storms. we will go over to meteorologist kate bilo with your first lot the forecast, kate. >> jessica, with two rounds of storms, one this morning especially south and east of philadelphia, another round is in progress as we speak. storm scan three shows this line of pretty gusty thunderstorms moving through portions of bucks, montgomery

and chester counties, trailing down into portions of northern maryland and a few storms approaching new york city metropolitan area as well. these storms are moving at 45 miles an hour to the north and east. you can see over portions of chester county these storms headed for delaware county. there is one warning over portions of northern bucks county, pretty nasty conditions traveling here on the northeast extension through you that particular cell. lets zoom in on this entire line here and again you can see some rain, some lightening, over northern montgomery county, possibly some hail with this particular cell as we look up into bucks county the at the moment. that is where our warning is in effect until 6:15 tonight and it includes perkasie, tinicum, dublin and into cynwyd mercer county, new jersey. we expect these storms to continue possibly moving through philadelphia area by 6:30 to 6:45. then weakening a little bit, not as much instability in new jersey but we could see he gusty wind and heavy rain through 8:00 p.m. and then those storms will move out of here. once we get rid of the strong

thunderstorms we will have showers redeveloping overnight and tomorrow morning could start with rain and that will kick off a wild weekend. i will tell you about a high wind watch, freeze watch and temperatures feeling like the 20's, that is coming up in a few minutes, jessica. >> kate, that sound like good inside weather which is a coincidence because we are 24 hours away from tomorrow's final four match up featuring villanova. the team will face off against oklahoma. sports director don bellies here with more on the wildcats. >> yes, can't wait, the count down continues. >> it looks like ryan arcidiacono was born to play forville know of, it is because he kind of was. big weekend coming up for the senior. leslie van arsdal joining us live from houston with the very latest, leslie. >> reporter: hi there don. we are here at the team hotel we sat down with ryan arcidiacono's parents. their story is really great. they both went toville know of, life long villanova basketball fans and now you they have a son playing in the final four, so yes, life is

very good right now for the arcidiacono family. >> it is pretty surreal. it is incredible. >> reporter: arcidiaconos met in college. now to have a son playing in the final four it is amazing. >> i think they have sent us papers all the time, ryan has been a villanova fan since he was little because we were and it is just a dream come true. i cannot even explain it. >> reporter: ryan grew up around villanova, watching villanova but something that jay wright said to him when he was in seventh grade that planted the seed. yes. some day he would play at villanova. >> and jay goes ryan, ryan come over here. we both walk over. said ry, he goes your parents and you both bled blue and white. he said and so will you you some day. >> reporter: ryan is known for tough, gritty play but growing up he was good at everything. >> he was very competitive.

anything that he was into he was good at. he was good at football. he was good at baseball, and good at basketball. >> reporter: i should say he is definitely a leader. their son led this team to the final four and who knows, possibly beyond that, not many people, can say that. don, back to you. >> all right, leslie, thank you what a great story that is. wild cat fans arriving, four bus loads of students left campus today for philadelphia international where they board aid direct charter flight, to the university, which received 700 students ticket for the final four and they disappeared quickly as would you expect. the tickets were distributed through a lottery and those, who attended the most regular season games, had the best chance to win. >> pretty hard to get. i got student tickets and they ran out in the first ten minutes. then same with the plane tickets they ran out in the first ten minutes. ill was lucky to get both student tickets and the plane tickets.

>> lucky indeed. that charter flight comes back on tuesday, giving fans a chance to go to monday's championship game if the wildcats make it that far. >> i want to travel like students on the direct charter flight. >> exactly. >> that sound very fansy that sound great. >> i like it. >> you have to get in that lottery. >> i know. >> that kid was very lucky. >> don, thanks. philly's baseball is right around the corner if you can believe it. delays final weekend tune up before monday's season opener. alexandria hoff is live at citizens bank park tonight, alex. >> reporter: hi there, well, we are getting questionable weather right now as tonight's exhibition game against baltimore business to begin but not all that different from florida. for these fans that were able to make it down to clearwater for this spring season they saw a lot of things. they a saw really strong starting pitching and a couple of new faces. now some questions do remain before the start of the season, on monday, and that is how well will the team be able to hit and how many wins will they be able to bring home.

the home team is back on home turf. >> go phillies. >> reporter: bus rolled in wednesday evening after a final winning training season in clearwater. fans are hopeful as phillies face off against baltimore in the last citizens bank park game before the official start of the season. >> i mow some people think we may not do good but we have a lot of young players i'm excited about, franco, nola. >> reporter: last year fans were dealt 99 losses, and just 63 wins. so what is the magic winning number this year. >> it would be nice to be in the 70's. maybe 82. but 70's would be a good place to be. >> reporter: perhaps even more impress i have number, 40, that is about how many years this super fan has been coming out to cheer on this team and she's bringing faith. >> i think they will surprise everyone. i'm for them. i'm going to root for them because i think they will surprise everyone. >> reporter: this is kind of game where these young guys

will really want to come in the clutch, and secure their spot on that final 25 man roster. that is, set to be determined before the start of the season on monday. reporting live from citizens bank park, i'm alexandria hoff, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> sure fire sign spring is on the way, thanks very much. seeing how kate is keeping her eye on storm scan three we will have her updated forecast, next. plus why all of these shining pin wheels are popping up on a montgomery county lawn. what they represent is good news for these special children, cleve. one on patrol, other man in dispatch father/son duo has been working to keep salem safe for years. i'm cleve bryan coming up with the touching sign off on dad's last patrol.

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woodill gets a lesson in boxing and life from a guy who has hard knocks. how this change a life at "eyewitness news" at 11:00. new police task force will bring hope and justice for young victims of the human traffic nothing philadelphia exclusive "eyewitness news" at 11:00 walt hunter reveals new information on the growing threat predators are pose to go children in philadelphia. the a average victim first lured in the sex trade by traffickers, is only 12 to 15 years old. >> here at 12 years old my gosh, it is just something that is absolutely astounding and most people just they are oblivious to it. >> how police plan to bring an ugly hidden crime out into the open, arresting predators and saving victims that is tonight at 11:00. a sign of hope is popping up across montgomery county. missing kid planted dozens of pin wheels outside their headquarters in east norriton to raise a wearness about child abuse prevention.

those pin wheels will be planted all across the county this month, and they represent the number of child abuse victims the ad ohio castcy group served last year. >> pin wheels are a national symbol of hope for victims of the child abuse and healing and that is what we do best. we help children on the road, healing fast who have been abused. >> april is national child abuse prevention month. a south jersey police sergeant retires after nearly three decades on the job and his son a dispatcher was honored to receive his dad's final farewell. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, has the story. >> reporter: for 28 years douglass hoagie has been patrolling the streets of the salem city. it hasn't been easy or dull. >> i remember one time there was a 13-inch television set thrown at me but missed me. >> reporter: after fighting a good fight he is retiring. >> i remember saying to myself i will never make 20 years.

then i looked up and i was at 20 years. just came to work every day, did the best i could. >> reporter: hogate did the best he could raising three children, oldest doug junior followed his dad's path in the field of public safety. for nine years he has been a county dispatcher including salem police. >> it is something i always wanted to do. now i'm helping him out. he is telling me what to do over radio. >> reporter: last week was doug senior last patrol and he came into receive dad's final sign off and reply with the special send off he deserves. >> final time. >> twenty-eight years of service my father, douglass h ogate badge number 612 is retiring and given his final code three. my honor salem county, douglass hogate to acknowledge this code three to the salem city i necessity douglass ho gate senior badge number 612 you are officially code three at 1800 hours. >> tears of joy from the usually reserved doug senior. family posted patrol side on

social media and it has already received almost 2 million views. with lots of congratulations, from people, all around the world. >> all done. >> just in itself, it is better than any gold watch or retirement plaque. >> great moment, i was happy to be the one to do it. >> reporter: now that he is done patrol salem i asked sergeant what is one thing wow like to do with his family. he never got a chance to take his kid trick or treating if you see four adults at your door, don't call dispatch, it is probably them n salem, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, everyone, remember that, in october. >> yes. >> great story. >> congratulations to him. >> great family. >> yes, they are. >> kate, a lot of activity, you have a lot of things going on in the weather department. >> i have a lot the to talk b i will try not the to talk fast. i tend to talk fast but we have had a lot going on here. starting tonight we are tracking storms and strong gusty storms now approaching, philadelphia. let start there. we will go outside to a live look over center city, and the

blue skies, from just an hour or two ago have been replace by ominous looking cloud cover. as these systems, these storms push from the west. they are moving pretty slowly that is because they are drifting, to the north and east, so it is a slow progression of these storms into your region. look at storm scan 36789 you can see what i mean. storms kind of moved from portions of eastern maryland into lancaster county. notice trajectory they are taking to the north and east. it is slow movement, due eastward but we are seeing those storms push into delaware county at the moment and just starting to make their way in to philadelphia right now moving through portions of the main line right along the northeast extension of the turnpike and from chester county in to delaware county and northern delaware you are seeing some storms. none of these are severe except for this one moving into mercer county, new jersey right here, the others, just strong and gusty. biggest threat heavy rain and that could lead to major slow downs on the roads as rain pound against windshield and gusty wind. is there your strongest storm that has pushed out of bucks county and moving through portions of new jersey.

temperatures right now temperature still warm enough to support storm formation. we are near 80 degrees. seventy-eight in philadelphia. seventy-seven in wilmington. by sunday these temperatures will be almost 35 to 40 degrees colder, as we see temperatures really plumet as we head in the weekend. let's break it down. we have an arctic active pattern. here are highlights. snow shower saturday night, high wind, worst of it, early sunday morning wind gusting to 50 or 60 miles an hour. sunday wind chills in the 20's and 30's. another snow shower monday night and then another cold, windy day on tuesday. very active pattern, you can see showers develop overnight. we have rain, mainly south and east tomorrow morning and that will clear up by noon. we will get sun back and then here is your arctic front coming through overnight saturday night and sunday morning. couple snow showers. wind will be worst part of that. another chance of showers for monday into tuesday. your high wind watch is denoted by that brownish orange color there gusts 50 to 60 miles an hour early sunday morning. you can see them tomorrow morning, wind not so bad.

they will pick up tomorrow afternoon but worst of it the is sunday morning when winds could gust to over 50 miles an hour. we have a freeze watch for portions of the region chester and montgomery counties overnight saturday night if you put flowers and plants out expect to have to cover them saturday night and gannon monday night and tuesday night. showers, redeveloping overnight morning rain for your saturday, wind increase, we will see sun in the afternoon, sunday, we will start day with wind chills around 24 degrees in the afternoon not feeling better than 35 or so with those winds. watch for damage, power outage and tree branches down. the tuesday another frigid day and then start to warm up a little bit as we head into next thursday. stay there we will

all right, don, count down, as we seep saying it is really almost there now. >> by the way, you didn't watch much tv as a child. >> i know where you are going with this. >> i a am not going to be able to help you out with this next

reference. >> set me up. >> remember that old show married with children, remember budd bundy, that character had a huge influence on the best player in the nation. oklahoma's buddy hield pick up his nickname from his mom who was a fan of the show. buddy will star in a show we call the final four. villanova will to have contend with hields who is scoring 29 points a game during the tournament. he is drawing comparison to nba, mvp steph curry. he is lethal. he is a handful, for the cats saturday night. >> you cannot stop him but you have to keep him under control. you have to try to keep the other guys under control. you probably could stop him but the rest of the team is so good that they'd kill you. what would it take to stop him the rest of the team will kill you. you have to find a balance to play them as a team. that is easier said than done. >> that is the game plan. >> he is 24. he has only played four years and already he has most experience at the wide out

position on the eagles roster. today bird introduced ruben randall to the press, randall signed a one year deal with the eagles after starting his career with the giants as a second round pick in 2012. he was surprised he did not get a lot more love in the open market but he thinks he will be a starter come week number one. >> i'm kind of familiar with the team. i have been playing against them for the last four years. i know they are a great organization. the fans are very passionate about their team and it will be exciting for me to join this organization and hopefully bring some big play ability to it. >> so, no married with children with you. >> no. >> but full house. >> full house, i was a regular viewer, yeah back in the day. >> getting to k

it is april fools take and officers at the lansdale police department having a little fun with this. they have posted photos on facebook claiming to be sort of baseball cards for officers. they gave the officers, astros logical signs, some fun facts, like buying doughnuts in uniform, yeah. good to see law enforcement having a little fun there with april fools. that brings up tonight's good question, why do we celebrate april fools day? this was submitted to us by viewer elizabeth tom, robert and wendy. nicole brewer will have the answer tonight at 11:00. in the meantime thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10:00 o'clock on our sister station wpsg the cw philly and we're back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news" and tonight steve hartman meets a couple giving new meaning in sickness and in health. here now is scott pelley.

>> pelley: john dickerson asks donald trump to set the record straight on an issue that divides the country. >> reporter: do you think it's murder, abortion? >> pelley: also tonight, 13 million are in the path of relentless storms, including tornadoes tearing through south. nearly 200,000 people in one day plunked down cash for a car that doesn't exist yet. and steve hartman on one couple's fight for life. >> i think it's just still, like, the miracle of-- of my lifetime that we met. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: donald trump's presidential ride seems to defy gravity, but this week, republican opposition, a criminal charge against his campan