police say that the operator of the septa 101 trolley like this one a approaching the springfield mall station had no idea, that a passenger get off would punch him in the face as exiting, it was unprovoke this driver just doing his job and this just shouldn't happen. >> reporter: the attacker police say seen on surveillance video apparently upset after realizing he had slept, past his station. >> he wanted the driver to stop after he slept through his stop he wanted to get off in the middle of the road, the driver wouldn't do so, and told him he could get off at the next approved stop. >> reporter: video shows the operate the or, who fortunately was not seriously hurt, getting punched, and then putting his hand on his face where he was hit. >> the average person would just simply say okay, i slept through my stop i cross the street but instead they get outraged and then they a salt our operators. >> reporter: video shows a

after throwing the punch the attack runs off and disappears but police say he was caught, on camera, and they warn, with nearly 100 percent video surveillance on its vehicles now, anyone assaulting an employee, will be seen and eventually apprehended. >> we have been on the initiative to make sure if our operators are a salted whether verbally or physically we do a very thorough investigation. we take operator assaults very seriously. >> reporter: springfield police say the suspect last seen exiting the route 101 trolley running up a ramp from the trolley station not far from the springfield mall. if you have any information on this a tack, police want to hear from you. live from springfield delaware county walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, walt, thanks very much. pennsylvania hosts hillary clinton and bernie sanders, three weeks before the april 25th primary. both candidates made campaign appearances in philadelphia today and we have team three coverage for you.

our david spunt the is in south philadelphia out identify one of the two sanders stops tonight. but first, we will go to alexandria hoff in center city where clinton delivered an address to the afl-cio convention, alex. >> reporter: former secretary clinton did speak about some of the things she and senator sanders have in common but perhaps less so in weeks past mowing that this may be the time to differentiate and this being pennsylvania the place to do it. >> thank you. >> reporter: coming off a 13-point loss to senator bernie sanders in wisconsin, democratic front runner hillary clinton began her visit to philadelphia a with an owed to a win. >> every time i think politics has a lot have drama, something happens like that villanova game a at the end. >> reporter: clinton spoke before union members and labor leaders a at pennsylvania afl-cio regional conference, hoping to secure their support before the april 26th primary. >> i will stand with you, i

will have your back and i will stop dead in its tracks any trade deal that hurts america. >> very active citizens involved, in the political arena. >> reporter: with union members making up over 14 percent of the state work force a collective endorsement from either former secretary clinton or senator sanders would be huge but national group has yet to formally back either. sanders will take the same stage tomorrow. >> i am concerned that some of his ideas just won't work because the numbers don't add up. others won't even pass congress. >> reporter: after posing and even taking a few selfies of her own clinton moved on to a round table discussion with local civic leaders and mayor jim kenney. clinton did not make major mention of any of the republicans vying for the nomination but back to villanova she adds she was watching the game with her husband and he was so shock that he almost forgot villanova a was a team that

beat out his georgetown back in 1985. reporting live from center city, i'm alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is in south philadelphia with more on what senator sanders is doing in our area today, david? >> reporter: good afternoon, ukee. senator sanders will be here at 6:00 o'clock tonight. we are in south philadelphia on south broad street at t inly temple united methodist church. 500 sanders supporters just let in within the last half an hour or so. senator sanders coming off that big win in wisconsin last night. that is his sixth straight win out of the last seven contests that have been going on nationally, and he is still chipping away at that nomination. he has 1025 votes out of the 2383 needed for that nomination, of course, you know, the big event here, the convention, that will be happening at the end of july, just about a mile or so from where i am in philadelphia a senator sanders again taking this stage tonight to just

after 6:00. after that he will go to temple where he will be in front of the thousands office people. we will cover him there later tonight. reporting live from south philadelphia, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you for. that. lets look at some numbers. new quinnipiac poll find neither clinton or sanders is strong enough to beat john case nick a potential november election. pennsylvania voters would chose the republican over clinton 51 to 35 percent. matches up between kasich and sanders is a bit closer, 46 percent to 40 percent but kasich on stop by six points. ted cruz described his victory in wisconsin last night as a turning point in the race for the white house. he beat donald trump by double digits. although trump still leads in the number of delegates won overall, his loss last night makes it all the more challenging for him to win the nomination out right. cruz has cast himself as the most electable conservative. >> donald trump promised a big victory in wisconsin and not only did he not get a big

victory but men and women of wisconsin resoundingly rejected his campaign and the reason is simple, donald has no solutions to the problems we're facing. >> cleveland will host the republican national convention beginning july 18th, the city held a meeting today to discuss security plans for that big event. well, this time last week the villanova wildcats were game planing for oklahoma in the semi finals and now they are game planning for friday's parade. >> yes, they are. the national champions will head down market street on friday, the parade route starts at 20th street, goes down to dilworth park at city hall. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live there with more on the parade preparations, trang? >> reporter: city is expecting between 50 to 75,000 fans from outside of the city here at dilworth plaza a on friday. city officials and the university are working very closely together to ensure that the festivity the run smoothly. class or in class villanova's campus is sure to be empty on

friday. nova nation already making plans to be in philadelphia to show their love to the ncaa national champs. >> i think in 85 it was in philly a and we have to continue the tradition in philadelphia. >> as long as everybody is there and people will be rooting for us it will be a great time. >> reporter: officials to honor the wildcats kicks off at 1:00 p.m. and will travel along market street at 15th ending at dilworth park. >> they want to have the parade here. i am grateful that they wanted to be here. >> reporter: it will cost an estimated $22,000. villanova will foot most have the bill to cover police and e ms and clean up. city throwing in about 6500 to pay for barricade and sound system. mayor kenney says it is a sound investment. >> we will way recover that in the amount of people coming here, spending money, amount of national profile city will get as a result. >> reporter: septa is increasing service on the norristown, market frankford and broad street lines which is how many people are planning together. >> take the train in on

friday, hopefully we won't have classes. if not, oh, well, i guess we're all going. i'm real excited. >> reporter: if you are planning to come down here for the the parade, septa is your best bet, and they are asking people to buy their tokens and pass's head of times. what is likely to be long lines on friday. for those of how work in the area, they are saying that the festivities should wrap up around 3:00 p.m. live from dilworth park i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> kate will have the forecast in a bit. thanks very much. if you cannot make it down to the city friday you can see that parade of champions live on cbs-3 and our web site at cbs philly.com. don't worry, you can still see your regular afternoon programming, the young and the restless, the bold and beautiful and the talk, will air live on our sister station the cw philly, on over the air on channel 57, comcast channel 811 and verizon fios channel 516. coming up at 6:00 from the hardwood to the classroom they

may be national champions but they are still college students. how these basketball superstars are holding up now that they are back to hitting the books. philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that injured a man and sent stray bullets flying in the house full of people. the it happened on the 1,000 block of wagner street in logan last night. investigators say a 24 year-old man was shot twice in his arm, as he walk out of that home. he ran, three blocks by einstein medical center. in one inside the home was hurt, two bullets did go through the front door and window. a south jersey teacher, school bus driver and a high school student ara among 16 people, who were facing child pornography charges. new jersey state attorney jena announced their arrest in hamilton township, mercer county. it is all part of the operation, safe guard, authorities targeted suspects using on line file sharing networks to distribute child porn. suspect thomas guzzi is from pitman and taught at winslow elementary school in vineland.

>> we have no evidence that these defendants assaulted or inappropriately touched any children. if there are any witnesses, or victims out there who have any evidence concerning these defendants please let us know. >> he has been suspended from his job. still to come on "eyewitness news" comedian amy schumer slams a magazine over its new addition. why it is outraged over the cover story. also an alarming surge in diabetes worldwide, it is now most common in developing countries. health reporter stephanie stahl has a warning from researchers and what they say is the key to stopping that decease. it is a race against time for a five-year old little will girl to see the world, coming up, genetic condition that she doesn't even know about and how the pope is helping her with the so-called, visual bucket list. kate? the wind are picking up this evening, but it is tomorrow that rain will return to the area behind those showers, another blast of

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in the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent over $40 million dollars on lobbying in pennsylvania. so it's no surprise that even though they've had over 4,000 violations, all they've ever gotten is just a slap on the wrist it's time for that change. i'm josh shapiro, and i'll hold the oil and gas companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water. i'll be an attorney general who always works for you. democrat josh shapiro. he'll stand up for us.

country music giant merrill haggard passed at 78 on his birthday. >> ♪ >> his manager says haggard died in california, he had been battling pneumonia, for months. a masterful guitar player, song writer and singer, haggard recorded for more than 40 years releasing dozens of albums and number one hits. he was induct in the country music hall of fame in 1994. haggard is survived by his wife and six children. on the cbs-3 healthwatch a new report released to day by the world health organization shows diabetes is sky rocketing around the world. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with the numbers that people are calling alarming. >> reporter: yes, they are shocking, actually. there has been a nearly four fold increase in diabetes cases over the the last quarter of the century driven

by excessive weight, weight, aging a and population growth. the number of people now with diabetes is over 420 million. five two-year old steven hail has been working hard to get healthy. his wake up call came nine years ago when he was diagnosed with type two diabetes, despite a family history, he was shock. >> i just didn't feel any different. i felt normal. i was going through my every day life. >> reporter: new research shows that steven is among a sky rocketing number of people living with the disease. study in the lancet find 422 million adults have diabetes, worldwide. >> it tells me that we have an epidemic, those are the big numbers. >> reporter: researchers looked at 700 studies involving more than 4 million adult and they found low and middle income countries experienced the biggest jumps in diabetes, and that it is more common among men. here in the united states, rates increased 80 percent for men and 50 percent for women,

obesity is a main risk factor. >> for men, exercise, monitoring carbohydrate in take, less processed food, eliminating sugar drinks is the key. >> reporter: steven is doing all he can to keep his diabetes under control. >> it was exercise and also watching my diet, which were probably the biggest lifestyle changes. >> reporter: in addition to diet a and lifestyle changes, doctors say medications can help control blood sugar related to diabetes. you know, doctors also say that the numbers are probably higher because so many people are -- don't have -- aren't diagnosed with diabetes. >> those numbers are stagger 420 million. >> yes. >> stephanie, thanks. some of the rich and famous and world leaders are scrambling tonight after allegations they are hiding billions in secret off shore bank accounts. iceland's foreign minister announced he is not resigning after uproar over panama paper scandal. leaked documents revealed he

owned an off shore company with millions of dollars in a caribbean tax haven from iceland's failing banks. president obama is urging congress to stop u.s. companies from taking advantage of the loop holes that allow them to avoid paying u.s. taxes. actually people want to know who else is on the list. >> it brings up a good question: what is off shore banking and is it legal? this question was submitted by matt, from south jersey, most people put the their money in american banks where they invest in stocks or bond? we asked people if they knew about off shore banking and if they think it is legal? >> it probably is but probably shouldn't be. they are exploiting loop holes. >> what people want to does put monday a way to hide from the government or whatever, or just don't want people to know, that know them know they have money and they just want to keep it all to themselves i guess. >> nicole brewer has the answer, to tonight's good question, for you at the 11:00. do you have a good question? log on to cbs philly.com/good

question or tweet us, use #cbs-3 good question. kate bilo joins us with your forecast and at the top of the broadcast did you say something about snow flakes. >> difficult say something about snow flakes. you caught that. >> yeah, i d i thought you did. >> we saw a few yesterday morning and now it looks like we have a good shot of seeing a few more saturday. it looks like a cold start to the weekend and know showers but the good news is it that is time of the year. we will not be seeing much of anything in the way of accumulation but don't expect to see snow flying in on april what, ninth. >> right. >> not the a great day out there but we do have warmer weather on the way in the the near term that is tonight and tomorrow. in more freeze warnings to tell but for tonight and tomorrow we're back to the 50's, but you will need umbrella and glush west those temperatures. let look outside. it is hard to believe we're talking rain in the forecast but you that is exactly what we are talking heading through the day thomas system pushes toward us from the the west. what a beautiful afternoon though here in the city, looking great, nothing but blue skies as far as the eye

can see at the moment and that will continue as we head through tonight. we will stay clear for the most part but the clouds are rolling in, and as we speak. take a a look at the our live neighborhood network camera we will start out in pleasant valley broadheadsvillain blue skies and clouds moving in. nothing but sunshine in cape may courthouse. it is 44 degrees there. so a beautiful afternoon but change is on the way, a and it is all thanks to the system we see pushing from the west. it is producing snow right now across vermont and hampshire but the southeasterly breeze, feel wind picking up this afternoon and this evening as well out ahead of this advancing front. it does have a good deal of moisture witt, scattered showers and perhaps, even a thunderstorm, as we head into the day tomorrow and then behind it, much colder air, begins to dive south from canada and that is what we will feel as we head in the weekend. the with the wind picking up this afternoon we are in the elevated fire risk, especially across interior, new jersey, dry air, low humidity, breezy

conditions and any fires could spread quickly. so you should never throw a cigarette butt out car window be careful grilling especially on days like today. temperatures right the new 53 in philadelphia a in the as bad as yesterday we to stayed in the 40's all day yesterday. we will take it. sixty in millville. forty-eight the atlantic city airport. fifty-one in allentown. you can see that cold air returning to the great lakes region and upper midwest. that is behind this front coming in tomorrow afternoon and bringing scattered showers all day long. so 5:00 a.m. still quiet. the showers move in by end of the morning commute. heaviest rain looks to be midday but another round of showers tomorrow evening. expect again scattered showers and storms, half inch to an inch. wind gusts to 30 miles an hour and we are in the marginal risk for severe weather. damaging wind with these threats and heavy rain. overnight mostly cloud which showers arriving. cloudy, breezy with showers and perhaps a thunderstorm but it is milder at 62. friday, not too bad for the parade, at 53, and the coldest

air holds off for weekend and sat the day is 47 degrees, with scattered rain and perhaps wet snow showers, definitely going to feel like a return to winter this weekend but i do have better news in the seven day next half an hour we could ab approaching 701 day. >> talk to me. >> we will take it. >> thanks, kate. wedding spending reaches an all time high, coming up what couples are paying and what is costing the most. also ahead talk about a big catch, a monster cattle eating, alligator is caught in florida. how hunters tracked down is what being called the biggest gator in florida history, don. north carolina basketball royalty showering villanova with praise, don't miss what former sixer larry brown had to say about the wildcats

well, if you are a villanova student we have good news for you, classes are officially canceled on friday.

>> still do your work though. >> but they are canceled. >> yes. >> so that is good news for them. don, they will have a place to go because there will be a big parade. >> student in longer paying attention to this broadcast, school is out, that is all we need to know. whole lot to talk about with this team. keep your resume on one page. keep it limited to one page. how many times have you heard that? well, if you are hall of fame coach larry brown that is impossible. man has had 14 coaching jobs in his career including one here with the sixers and currently in college with smu. no one is more qualified to talk about villanova's historic win and what it means to the city then lb. >> long drought and, you know, the innings isers are struggling right now, hopefully they will get better. the eagles have been up and down. the flyers hopefully will have a chance but philly needed something like that. the way the kids won, you know, it was one of the

greatest basketball games you could ever want to see. the way that team played, i think item bodies everything philadelphia is about. >> well said. speaking of know of last night wild cat alumni by the name of matt caesar smashed a home run and drove there four runs for the cubs. here's the story. he have is a backup. chicago manager joe madden put him in against the angels why? madden said he wanted to take advantage of some of that villanova magic. a genius. before last night this kid had one home run in 47 career games. >> are you serious. >> and then that happens. >> madden say game winner, i got some villanova on my squad let's see how that works for us. >> that is amazing. >> well done. >> thanks, buddy. coming up next half an hour on "eyewitness news" cracking down on students who skip school. one local school district is taking a very different approach. how they hope to curve truancy rates. big day for a five-year old girl who has a rare

genetic disorder but not yet a wear of her condition. well to day she met the pope and that is just the beginning. what her parents are doing to make sure that she has a lifetime of memories. new at 6:00 a future sobriety you've got to wear shade. a future made possible by first of the kind procedure in our area our stephanie stahl has that story coming up.

one local school district is trying a new a approach to to keep students in school. "eyewitness news" continues 59:30. i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. this school year camden schools rolled out a more personal approach to the reasons why kid miss class. reporter cherri gregg of our sister station kyw news radio explains how this new program works. >> camden high school

attendance officer. >> reporter: steven sloan-el spent years walking the streets of camden. his job to go door to door alerting parent when their kid misses more than five days at camden high. >> my job now is to really to support them. >> reporter: today sloanel made a half dozen stops at homes where kid missed nine days or more this school year. >> is he getting up late? any type of problems. >> no. >> reporter: he alerted this man about his grandson a senior, if he misses ten days, the courts get involved, and if he misses 16, he cannot graduate. >> you are not worried about this one. >> i'm not worried but he has a kid, sometime when they are seniors like this, you know, they get distracted. >> reporter: last year 38 percent of the 10,000 students in the camden public schools missed 18 days or more. >> rather than us just looking at a ticking time bomb and saying once you hit ten you are automatically in court and being punished we are asking a lot of pro active questions.

>> reporter: maggie soreby runs the attendance office and says this new hand on a approach figures out why kids are absent and then links them to services. >> teenager now so it is hard to control her. >> reporter: jose cabrera got a knock today and was grateful. >> i didn't even know about this. >> reporter: for sloan -el he says his work is personal. won't get until his mission is complete. >> would i like to see camden high's attendance rate 100 percent. >> reporter: in camden, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 eye witt the necessary news. chris christie was town the shore today to push for a state take over of the financially failing atlantic city. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan has more on what christie had to say, plus the mayor's response. >> it is ugly smelly politics. >> reporter: for his third news conference in less than a week regarding atlantic city governor chris christie travel to the cher town arguing again that a state take over is the

only way to fix the cities financial crisis. he was offering fresh insults for mayor don guardian. >> now he is asking for prayer and all of the rest of the. wonderful thing. great guy. he a has no idea what he is talking about. >> reporter: christie came to atlantic city to show support he had has from dennis levinson but meeting with the mayor of the gambling town isn't in the card. >> there is no purpose with meeting with a liar. >> reporter: guardian did a 180 on supporting take over that allows the state to void union contracts, and at his own news conference guardian says that is not true. >> i'm sorry, he has to use name calling he should use facts and information. he should be trying to move the city forward. >> reporter: real person in control of the moment ace semmably speaker vincent preto who can let the members vote as soon as thursday or offer an alternative, otherwise, end result could be bankruptcy. >> if we do a bankruptcy it is not in atlantic city bankruptcy it is a chris christie bankruptcy. he is forcing us into it. he is starving us into bankruptcy.

>> reporter: while this conversation can be considered political posturing one city employee says she's wand fairing she will qualify for food stamps because she's not sure she has a job in a few months. >> certainly i'm inn nerving when you hear burr livelihood. you think you have a job. you have benefits. and then you just don't know. >> reporter: time is ticking and city could be completely broke by summer. in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". construction is underway on a memorial to the victims of the deadly building collapse at 22nd and market street the in philadelphia a6 people were killed, and 14 were injured when a building being torn down collapsed on to a salvation army thrift store. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch a has more on the beginnings of is what being called, memorial park. >> reporter: at 22nd and market streets tribute will soon stand where tragedy fell. >> people will be able to spend a moment or two, maybe an hour or two, in order to reflect, reflect on that. >> reporter: reflect on that june 5th morning 203 when salvation army store here

collapsed killing six and injuring 14. margaret frank was a witness. >> i heard this huge crash. when i saw what had happened, i was devastating. >> reporter: the june 5th memorial parka aims to assure that devastation is never forgotten. it will feature a sitting bench and wall bearing names of the six dead with colored lights. candy canti sister roselee, died in the store. >> we have something to look to, you know. >> reporter: the salvation army donated $700,000 parse sell of land and private fund are kick starting construction. once finished the victim's families say it will be a reminder of their great losses and what went wrong that day. >> safety and preservation of the human life were secondary to deals, development, and profit. >> reporter: contractors behind the demolition that triggered the collapse are now behind bars but it was mayor kenney who a pol guyed.

>> i'm so sorry, so sorry. >> reporter: yes. >> it is hard to explain that the faults of government and the faults of greedy people caused the death of their relatives and their children. >> reporter: mayor kine says collapse here had led to key reforms in the offices of the licenses and inspections and city wide demolitions. fund are still being raised for the park which is set for completion in the early fall. in center city i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". parts of the western oklahoma look more like a raging inferno, as a series of wild fires are prompting evacuation orders in that area authorities say high wind and dry conditions are fueling the fires. at least 27,000 a acres have burned so far, fortunately though no serious injuries have been reported. straight ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight big news from janet jackson about starting a family. comedian amy shooter isn't laughing about her latest

mention in the popular magazine, the plus side controversy that is going viral. ♪ >> there it is, you have a dance part which this young cancer patient, find out why, it is this weeks story of brotherly love guarantied to put a smile on your face and tug at your heart strings as well, kate. tracking showers and thunderstorms into your thursday but behind that another blast of cold and this time you may even see a few more snow flakes, i'll tell you you when and how cold it will get coming up.

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pfizer backs out of the 160 billion-dollar plan to take overral again. the move comes after the treasury department announced new tax rules that would make a merger less have profitable. pfizer would have paid dramatically lower taxes by moving the company's company to ireland where allergen is based. a new study found couples spent a record $32,641 in weddings in 2015. even though they are inviting fewer people. another trend, fewer couples are having destination weddings. >> wonder how those little chapels in vegas are doing. >> that is not $32,000, right? yeah. exactly. coming up, janet jackson delays her tour and reveals a big announcement about her family, st

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issue that included her, along with the group of full figured stars. >> i'm probably 150-pound right now. somebody on the red carpet was do you feel out of place? i'm like no, of course, not. >> reporter: but now amy believes her passion mission of self acceptance at any size without label is being undermined by the special addition of glamour featuring plus side model ashley graham. taking issue and being called an inspirational long side melissa mccarthey, adele and ashley for issue focusond plus sided fashion. amy instagramed quote plus size is considered size 16 in america. i go between size six and eight. young girls see my body type thinking that is plus size? not cool, glamour. empowering philosophy, now amy had opened magazine's 2015 women of the year awards and she was last august cover girl. glamour which partnered with lane bryant, for the special issue tells et get we believe her message of body positivity is inspiring.

the addition did not describe her as plus sized. we are sorry we offended her in anyway. there is no doubt that she unapologetically embraces herself as is. leave to aim toy get in the last word by posting this video running the beach in the bic keen which a simple message, quote these labels are unnecessary. and, of course, we will have much more tonight from other stars speaking out against being labeled on et, ukee and jessica, back to you good you can watch entertainment the tonight every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. janet jackson is delaying her unbreakable tour again and fans are wondering what is going on. >> the 49 year-old singer announced on twitter that that she and her husband are planning their family and she's under doctor's orders to rest. she didn't say that she was pregnant, just that she needs rest. she postponed the tour earlier, to spring and now it is delayed indefinitely. jackson was scheduled to play august 24th. there is no word what fans should do the at the moment

with those tickets. all right. well, kate, it was press toy day. >> it was. >> if you were moving outside, and it wasn't all that cold, compared to what we have had. >> not too bad. >> yes, it is not warm. this morning atlantic city set a new record 22 degrees it was in atlantic city. breaks record of 24. we had a very cold start to the day, new records falling. afternoon, it got better. the wind now is picking up a bit and gusty wind making it feel chilly outside. i was outside on the sky deck and got blown away out there the wind will stay strong tonight but tonight not as cold as what we have been dealing w no more freeze warnings at least for now but i kept those garbage bags close at hand because you will need them again this weekend. lets take a look out first and foremost to bethlehem where things are looking pretty this evening. we have blue skies out there you can see the green, green grass, trees, getting a lot of their leaves by now and everything starting to pop into bloom. it looks like flowers and bird

got the memo that spring has arrived but mother nature doesn't seem to have gotten that memo. we are going to be cold through the weekend and it looks like we may have a few snow showers to contend work on saturday. let's check our eyewitness weather watchers a and see how they are liking this pretty but chilly april day. temperatures in the 50's across our map here. it is 54 degrees as we check with allen in delran, new jersey. nothing but sunshine there beautiful sunny spring day, cats are kings, i like it, it was cats. lets look the at the weather station, weather station is jumping as wind pick up but blue skies outside, cats are king, wildcats, of course, they certainly are. thank you for that, allen. fifty-four in northern delaware. this is new castle county. walter. he is looking g newark delaware lots of sunshine there drove to work with the heater on and home with the window down what a day. cold morning and nice pleasant afternoon. he sent thus photo of the wind blowing in the water, on this water fountain in the middle of the lake here at, let's see, boyds corner in delaware.

thank you for that. walter had a cool picture if i can pull it up, here, who through nova nation we had allen talking about the wildcats, nova nation in that blue sky. i love, i love the hype, we're getting excite forward this parade and it the looks like mother nature will cooperate for the most part. lets look at storm scan three. we will see what we're looking at the for tomorrow timing wise. it will in the get in until mid-morning. it could impact morning commute with a few showers. you can see showers off to the west at the moment creeping through portions of indiana, into ohio, and here comes the rain for us, in the meantime temperatures have, actually listen nicely this afternoon. still below average. we should be around 60 this time of the year. we are at 53 right now. fifty-one in allentown. given how cold it started out this morning, press i impressive warm up throughout the afternoon hours. you can see cold air in the wings. here's that spike of warmth as that front approaches we will get in the warm sector. temperatures surge near 60. behind it another blast of cold air, for friday and the

weekend. showers and storms tomorrow. we are in the 60's. that front clears the area friday is a transition day, and it is breezy, it is cooler with highs in the 50's, and then saturday and sunday is when the cold air really starts to settle in and on saturday we will have scattered showers, possibly even a few snow showers. lets talk about the rain tomorrow. again, at the anytime starting mid-morning, finishing by late have afternoon but scattered showers on and off, so even if you think it is over another shower could still pop up. not a ton of rain, generally around half inch depending where you where higher amounts to the north and west. heading in the weekend when that big bubble of cold air descend southward and will sit over us saturday into sunday. got news, little moderation early this week in time for home opener on monday. the as far as tonight is concern mostly cloudy, showers around late, 49 degrees. tomorrow, cloudy, breezy maybe a few breaks of sub bye showers at anytime especially midday. your parade forecast on friday could be worse, it could be better but it could be worse. 50 degrees at the start of the parade 567892 at 3:00 o'clock.

sun but cool, you will need the jacket. cold weekend, sunny on sunday and then back to the 60's monday. showers tuesday but look at that, after snow showers this weekend we are approaching 70 tuesday. guys, back to you. >> thank you you. hunting group was looking for hogs in florida when they captured something much bigger and much more deadly. take a look at this huge alligator. it is 15 feet long and nearly i'm's told 800 pounds. a nine year-old took a picture next to it and you can see the height difference. gator was attacking live stock as they drank at a nearby lake. they captured it this week and had to use a tractor to move it. >> he could catch a bull. you you know, as far as ice, we knew he was there we weren't going to get the in the water. >> i'm told alligators that size are hundreds of years old, and they are few and far between. >> wow. >> a young girl with a rare genetic disorder has the experience of a lifetime,

five-year old list i myers is from ohio and she suffers from a syndrome which will gradually rob her of her sight and hearing. her parents have created a visual bucket list to show her wonders of the world before her senses fade and today as you can see she met pope francis at the vatican. the pontiff greeted her and her family, and kissed her on the cheek. >> he blessed elizabeth eyes and asked that we pray for him and he said he would be praying for us. she gave him a gift a meteor which started this whole process. >> that meteor came from an ohio observatory which was one of the first places the myers family visited when they decided to show their daughter the world. still ahead on "eyewitness news", idea makes a dream come true for a little boy leukemia. >> i will show how this boy's positive outlook is inspiring a lot of people. we will have our brotherly love story when we come right

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i'll be an attorney general who always works for you. democrat josh shapiro. he'll stand up for us. now a follow-up to a great moment of brotherly love. in december a boy with leukemia made a big impression on us during our joy of sharing toy fest. >> he stopped by to donate some of his toys to needy children. he also had a wish but i had a chance to make come true. >> we also have this little gentlemen over here. >> kate bilo was the first one to meet ronnie coffee. >> ronnie, you have leukemia? all you wanted for christmas was to meet ukee washington, right. >> yes. >> yes. >> he donated two of his own toys, and, the money he was saving, i was off that day, so we wanted to catch up with the young man with the big heart. ronnie broke his leg and wrist in july, that is how doctors discovered he had leukemia. he had been in and out of st.

christopher's hospital. >> we're under going chemo now, we have a couple more months added on because he needed aggressive chemo. >> reporter: with help from his mom felicia we were able to make ronnie's wish come true. >> merry christmas. i'm a little late. i'm here, somewhere between here and north pole santa claus took a wrong turn. give me hug, boy. >> he thought he was coming to take pictures but not knowing that ukee would walk the door. >> i donated toys. >> that is so nice. thank you for that. what do you want to be when you get older. >> a fire fighter. >> a fire fighter. >> yeah. >> come on, man. ronnie's leg is still hurting him but that did not stop him from inviting me from having some fun. >> what will we play. >> just dance. >> are you kidding. we rocked on his wii game. >> a dream come true. >> reporter: ronnie and his sister had another surprise for me, it was their favorite song. >> ♪ this is my fight song

>> yeah. >> take back my life song, and i don't really care nobody else but me, i just a lot of fight left in me ♪ >> beautiful. >> what a beautiful moment, and yes, as you might imagine he has a ton of fight left in him, a battle, he will win. >> you can see story of brotherly love, share it at cbs philly.com/brotherly. i'll tell thaw little man and his sister tore me up from the floor up. >> what an experience. >> not a dry house in the even. he will stay in touch. they do great work over there at chop. i love his fight and spirit. my man. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 they are battling it out for democratic presidential nomination and today the two candidates were both in our area. how hillary clinton and bernie sanders are hoping to sway voters their way in

philadelphia. back to real willty, national champs to calculus students, wildcats may be big men on campus but they still have to study. how they are adjusting now that the season is over. nice day today after a coal start this morning but we are tracking showers heading into your thursday and another major drop in the mercury, i'll time out these showers and tell you how cold it will get at 6:00. to know that this will help other animals is just amazing. >> ground breaking procedures done right here in philadelphia a, how this happy dog could be defeated saving lives of animals around the world. and now at 6:00 o'clock the race for the white house swings through philadelphia, the two candidates fighting for democratic nomination push for votes in the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. hillary clinton and bernie

sanders are in town. good evening everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. we have team three coverage for you, as the candidates stump in philadelphia lets start with david spunt in south philadelphia where bernie sanders is set to speak at any moment now, david. >> senator sand are will be here any minute at temple united methodist church behind me. this is a popular church for political candidates to meet with members of the black, religious community. he is scheduled to speak her at 6:00. he will have a discussion on stage talking about different issues including the economy. last night was a huge night for him in wisconsin, when he won. he has 1025 delegates of the 2383 needed delegates, and big news today from the sanders campaign is that they plan to go to the convention, in philadelphia just a few miles from here at the end of july. i spoke to the sanders state director ryan hughes. >> we feel a lot of momentum here and like the senator himself a has said we