from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". shock and sadness in a new jersey community this noon. the superintendent of robinsville schools struck and killed while jogging with his dog in his own neighborhood. many learned about the tragedy from a posting on the school district's website this morning. good afternoon everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. all classes at robinsville schools are canceled today and

thomas the community mourns the death of school superintendent, doctor steven mayor. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter, cleve bryan, live at the robinsville township police station, where a news conference just wrapped up. cleve? >> reporter: good afternoon, jim, brooke. there were just dozens of people that filed into the robinsville municipal courtroom right, there the biggest room they had, because so many people wanted to come out and show their affection for doctor steven mayor, who passed away this morning, now, robinsville police say the accident is still under investigation, but, what they know right now, is that doctor steven mayor was jogging near his home, near the high school, on robinsville he had inch berg road around 6:10, 6:15 this morning, when a car struck him, that car was driven by a 17 year old student at the high school. now, it was doctor mayor's routine every morning to get up and go for a jog with his dog, unfortunately there is

time, did he not make it home. some of the school district officials talked about his dedication to the student here, he was very close with the students, he was a coach, he served in the district for about six, seven years. and the assistant superintendent now, cathy foster, is taking over, she shared her thoughts with us this morning. >> i'm sure the students are grieving like all of us. a perfect example is, you know, you hear about open door policy. his door was always open in his office. i could come back from traveling from another school and see four different student in his office, and they're just chatting or talking or seeking advice. he always had time for each person, and i think, you know, that is steve. >> this is small school district. metate is a superintendent or was a superintendent of a small district. they just have their hands in everything, knotts just the head but the heart of the school district.

that's how everybody described doctor steven may err, today, and they're going to have a public vigil, a prayer vigil, tonight at 7:00 at fox moore community park, people are going to gather at the gazebo there. if you want to come earlier, bring flowers, people will be gathering there throughout the day. robinsville school districts closed today and tomorrow because of this tragic accident. reporting live in robinsville, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". thanks a lot, cleve. making sports headlines this noon. the flyers face a must-win game four in the opening rounds of the stanley cup playoffs tomorrow night in south philly. >> and unfortunately flyers fans are in the national spotlight today after some bad behavior during last night's game three. our justin finch shows us the fans let the team have it during a disappointing lost. >> the last calls coming in to 94wip's angelo cataldi morning show were all about the flyers and these wrist bands. >> never a good night. >> thousands lit up the wells fargo center monday night for

tribute to flyers founder ed snider, recently died of cancer. some foul words were also overheard, but by the third period, the words worse ends, and the wrist bands went flying. >> i was shocked that i kind of caught on, they started throwing things, that's that surprised me more than little bit. that's not like that crowd. it was a poor performance in that period, but you can't stoop to that level. >> fans launched bracelets on to the ice, which would result to 56 to one lost to the capitols. few of the caps players were caught in the cross hairs before they swooped in to clear away the bands. announcer predicted the fan fury would trigger penalties. >> those of you throwing them -- >> reference for the rest of time now, that ed snider night in the playoffs right after his passing. >> again, at the wells fargo center on wednesday night, and

in old city, justin finch, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a woman is fighting for her life this noon as philadelphia police struggle, they say a motorist found the woman strung bling frankford avenue in kensington about 3:00 this morning, her throat slashed, and she had several stab wounds. she couldn't talk, she had no id. the woman is now in critical condition and police are hoping the attack was caught on neighborhood security cameras. >> in other news, arraignments are pending for two suspect accused in the shooting after philadelphia police officer. police identified the alleged gunman as scott griffin, also behind bars; griffin's alleged accomplice, samir. they say griffin shot officer james mccullough sunday night. the officer was trying to stop two men, from stealing a car near 19th and market. the two year veteran of the force left penn presbyterian hospital one day after shot in his left leg. >> turning now to weather, this warm and beautiful day is enjoyable, but it is posing a

risk to the area. >> for the reason why, let's head right over to meteorologist, katie fehlinger, live on the cbs-3 skydeck, katie, what's going on? >> red flag warning just was issued, brooke, for the entire region, if you're not exactly sure a red flag warning is, all it means is our fire risk is elevated. now the weather clearly isn't going to cause any fires, but our risk is enhanced and we'll explain y quickly take a look at storm scan3, once again devoid of any storms, we will continue to stay dry, clear, really, through the rest of the day, and what's interesting is we just had cold front cross through, that's why the breeze has started to pick up for us here, but came through dry. so as a result, you have got not just the breeze to contends with, but entire checklist, that elevates the fire risk. in the way of low humidity, when, in other words, less than 30%, gusts, 25 to 30 miles per hour, and some dry, fine fuels, like branches, and anything like that, that could easily catch fire. so, with the continued dry wet their we have had, all of these weather features do

elevate your risk. so again, a red flag warning now in effect until 8:00 tonight. here is a look at the current winds speeds, generally out of the north or northwest. you notice that breeze, but, it is a warm breeze, even thaw it is coming out of the north it feels very comfortable out here. now, we've already started to exceed the mid 70s, so we did actually bump up our expectations for the daytime high here flirting with 08 for yet another day here. seventy-eight what we are shooting for, again, you will notice a breeze as the day goes on, so keep it in mine. if you have got maybe fans later today that you want to light up the grill or light up the fire pit, be really careful about it, or maybe just hold off until that winds tapers off. guys, we send it back into you. >> thanks so much, katie. appreciate that. devestation down south. rescue crews are working frantically to save people from rising waters in texas. >> the flooding has already killed at least five people, and more rain is on the way. correspondent omar villafranca in houston where he spoke with victims. >> overnight, first responders

rescued more stranded residents in houston. following monday's historic rainfall. some carried pets as they made it to dry land. >> we panicked. i mean, we have a two week old, the water keens rising, and it was unsafe for him. and it is terrifying specially if you can't swim. >> on monday, rescue crews worked around the clock in boats and even jet skis, saving children and seniors. people escaped to safety anyway they could, on air mattresses, in empty container bins, even inside refrigerators. >> ever seen anything like this before? >> last time it got like this, in this area, the water line came up to right here, as small as it came in. >> this is the largest flood event to hit the houston area since tropical storm allison in 2001, where 23 were killed in texas alone. engineers, anita drowned, as flood waters over took her while inside her car. her husband, ragi, said his heart is broken.

>> oh, cancer, heart problem, all of that, i understand. but this, high water in the middle of the city and there is nothing that could be done? just a terrible lost. >> and more rain is in the forecast. texas and nearby states face possible flashflooding through thursday. omar villafranca for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news": voters in new york cast their ballots in the state's presidential primaries. >> what some of the candidates are planning for pennsylvania today. and in ecuador, searches are racing against the clock to find survivors from this this week's devastating earthquake as the death toll rises. stay with us,

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>> the search continues for survivors in the rubble of ecuador. told 400 people, and it is expected to rise, and an american is among the dead, more than 2600 people are hurt up to 100,000 may need aid. one airport reopened with limited service in southern japan today. as new after shocks continue to rattle that area. at least 45 people were killed in two back-to-back quakes, last week. aid is slowly starting to pour into the heart he is hit areas. meanwhile, campaign 2016 is in morning morning today, and frontrunners donald trump and hillary clinton are looking for big wins in their home state. >> jamie yuccas shows us it has been a battle for candidates on both sides. >> reporter: hillary clinton

and former president bill clinton arrived at their polling station to vote. clinton hoping her home state of new york gives her a big win in today's primary. >> and i just urge everybody, please come out and vote before 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> clinton has filled a frontrunner in the democratic race, but has seen bernie sanders win eight of the last nine primaries and caucuses. >> this is a movement being the establishment very nervous. >> voted at this manhattan synogogue few blocks from trump towers. >> who are you voting for? >> easy decision. >> trump is up over the 50% mark, in all of the polls. and if those numbers hold, he could end up winning nearly all of the 95 delegates available in the gop primary. trump is sitting at 755 delegates right now. and he needs 1,237 to wrap up

the nomination, without a for fight at the convention. >> we're going to do it in the first ballot. we're going to get to that 1237. >> ted cruz and john kasich have already turned their attention to next week's contest. jamie yucca for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> four candidates are already looking ahead to next week's pennsylvania primaries. ted cruz will attends a watch party in philadelphia tonight. john kasich will stop in pittsburgh, thursday he hits the town hall in media and the chester county republican dinner king of prussia. >> today bernie sanders holds rallies in erie and state college, and hillary clinton will visit philadelphia tomorrow night. now, if you are looking for a job, you stand good chance of finding one today, right here in philadelphia. more than 30 businesses and government agencies with operations at philadelphia international airport are holding a job fair today it, runs until 3:00 this afternoon, at temple university liacouras center, looking to fill hundreds of

job openings and offering job hunting tips, so grab your resume, andres to impress. well, still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> they are called the northern lights. the science behind this heavenly glow is just ahead. hey, katie? >> oh, i just love it, so, so beautiful, what mother nature is capable of, right? and certainly the weather has been just as beautiful. how long does this actually last? eventually, you will have to dust off the umbrella i'll tell when you coming up. do you think when you are president you'll be paid as... much as if it were a man- male this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesnt happen.

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academy took part in the hospital's goes to cooper program. kids rotate through five different stations cents, where doctors teach them how to make teddy feel better. and hopefully, alleve ate any of their possible fears of hospital visits. >> great idea. >> i love that. >> i need that. i don't like doctors, no. >> poor thing. >> you know me, i'm hypo condrey ac. >> some accupuncture. >> yes. >> but all i need is sunshine today. this makes me in a good mood. not worried about anything. >> so nice outside, granted, breezy, you'll notice there is a breeze out there, do have cold front crossing through, but so often when you hear the phrase cold front, it typically means there is cold weather, nothing going here today. >> yes, one of those fronts coming through dry, so, that means that we keep the sunshine, few additional clouds granted, but overall, this is real a very nice spring day that's unfolding. but with even the nicest weather, there can be side effect, and we've got couple of them. we talked about the red flag warning a moment ago. also talking about pollen

levels, for all of you allergy sufferers, this continues to be an issue, let me take you outside, what's going on here, with beautiful view outside pleasant valley middle and high school and the kids are out for recess, why not? beautiful out now at lunchtime, really lunch alfresco isn't the worse idea, just expect your napkin might blow off the table. little breezy, that said, still beautiful, even folks headed out taught beach, see handful of them, relaxing out here on the shore outside beach patrol headquarters. so gives awe sense what we are being look at. looking at three hour loop here on storm scan. actually i step to the side so you can see. any wet weather that we had with this first recalled off the area radar, at this point, nothing more than few additional clouds throughout the rest of the day, even despite the front passage. now, the things are going to start to eventually go downhill in the wet weather department. not too much to see out across the southern planes at this point, but his is at least the combination of storm that's going to drag a front through our area, on friday, specifically, so that's where we do finally see the wet weather return to the forecast. but up until that point, it is just staying dry. you'll see the sunshine,

little bit of evan flow on the thermometer by tomorrow into the upper 60s, frankly where we should be, still with sunshine. we head into thursday, and we actually should keep that sun for the better part of the day. it is that nice that we start to see the clouds rebuild, and then eventually the storm does come in, again, this is just the colds front crossing through. and it will bring with it some showers, probably, thunderstorm as well. but, it doesn't look like it will be a deluge. i don't think you are looking at wash out out of this, but it is going to help knock back the pollen levels, because it will help wash some of that away. which is lovely to hear, because we've really been dealing with high pollen levels a look at the red flag warning, what did i tell you? entire tri-state area and beyond that point included here. once more, please, just be careful with open flame. if you have got a cigarette butt, put it in the proper recepticle. don't light the fire pit unless you are tending to it, again the breeze definately noticeable, and we've got the wind gust right now even as high as the 30's. pollen levels, oh, they're rough, for any of the seasonal allergy sufferers talking nearing the upper limit here

tree pollen, maple, juniper, popular, the predominant once. exceeding expectations here, already flirting with 08 here in millville, in dover, 76, 78 atlantic city, a loot cooler by comparison mount pocono, cooler air has nudged in, but i think you got decent shot here to hit 78 in philadelphia. >> first pitch, out for the phillies taking on the mets, 69 degrees or so, little breezy, won't be as perfect as yesterday was, but it is still pretty decent baseball weather here. it does look to me like tomorrow morning that breeze will have tapered off nicely so looks like great day all things considered granted cooler by comparison, but still where it should be. and we rebounds nicely mid 70s for both thursday, friday. friday at this point though of the next seven days, even though should generally be light showers, probably thunderstorm, that is the wettest day of the forecast

here guys, no major storms on the way for us, but, that is the day that i would suggest having the wet weather gear ready to go. then it yields for pretty decent weekends at this point. looks like skies will clear, back to the mid and upper 60s, and sunshine to go with it. not bad pattern lately. >> and pollen wiped out by saturday. >> exactly. >> how i am looking at this. >> that's key, that's key. >> changes, all of that good news. >> hey, ya. oh, oh. >> wawa. >> thanks so much, katie. well, now to site that's truly out of this world. nasa has just released this stunning video of the aurora australia. commonly referred to as the northern lights. this beautiful sito curse when electrically charged sub atomic particles in earth's magnet i fields collide with neutral atoms in the upper atmosphere. i feel like i just won a science contest. >> yes. >> the video taken from the international space station, it is really beautiful. >> isn't that gorgeous? it is so fascinating.

>> i don't understanded that, but yes, i like looking at it. that's all that matters. we will be right back. stay with

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>> adam: no, actually, i-i can't say that i do understand, to tell you the truth. thanks for the call. >> chelsea: you're never gonna believe this. newman is dropping the pass key suit and -- and sharing the project with jabot. oh, and not to mention billy's been fired. >> adam: well, then billy and i have one more thing in common, because i just got fired, too. >> nick: newman enterprises and pass key is trending on the chronicle site. billy getting terminated by jabot is followed closely behind it. >> victoria: you're welcome. >> nick: for what? >> victoria: everybody wanted me to drop this lawsuit with jabot, and i dropped it. everybody wanted me to accept jack's offer over pass key, and i accepted it. >> nick: yeah. um, i'm stoked. the billy news kind of threw me, though. i mean, pass key was his deal. >> victoria: no, it was his obsession, and ne