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>> we can't seem to catch a break. we saw really nice weather yesterday already we're seeing that forecast go doll downhill here. let's walk you through what's going on. basically what's happening there's two separate frontal boundaries one is crossing today. the second is crossing tomorrow. we do clear out then by the second last weekend but beyond that point more chances for wet weather. so let me just get you through, you know the rest of today. we'll sort of back it up and take look what's going on. let's start it off by takin takt to camera shot if we can. show you skycam3 shot around the moravanian college campus in both will he hem in northampton county beautiful for you but obviously somewhat gloomy here it look a little damp out there, too. and right on queue as we go next to storm scan3 the showers have moved in. at the moment we don't see any sign of doppler indications of any kind of lightning which is great. it's mainly just showers here. i won't be shocked in there's a rumble of thunder but it looks like that will be few and far between. mid 60s at the all right pore. it's mild it's actually pretty muggy out too, fair of fives up at mount pocono right now.

so the rest of the day you're talking again some showers it likes like things start to clear out by this afternoon but then tomorrow even though we start off innocently enough with sun more showers, more thunderstorms schedule to cross through the area. and by sunday, you'll notice a big chill that settles in here in the delaware valley. so coming up a bit later in the show we're going to time thing out give you the windows of opportunity we promised if you do outdoor plans. you can schedule around these storms you can just got to know what the times are i'll let you know. guys back to you. >> thanks katie. developing now a black bear is on the loose in fairmount park. friends of the wissahickon shared these photos of the bear with "eyewitness news". the bear was last seen in the banks of wissahickon creek in the area of around valley green road and forbidden drive. chopper three over fairmount park as police search for the bear. officials are asking people in the park with dogs to keep their animals on leash. >> um-hmm. the largest collegiate rogue competition in the united states is going on right now on the schuylkill river.

walt hunter is live along kelly drive where hundreds of athletes are going with the flow. wall, are you having fun? >> reporter: hey, row, row, row your boat it's the dad vail, it's philadelphia the 78th dad vail. hundreds of schools, thousands athletes take look here. it is a busy scene along the kelly drive along the schuylkill river right now. early this morning they were out on the river take look at video we shot just a little bit earlier. they were out rowing. they were out racing. it's nice weather so far. and of course, in addition to the rowing the racing and the cheering there's also a lot of eating going on and socializing as families and crews from all over the country gather here for what is really the largest collegiate regatta in the entire country. and as much fun as this is today the mayor was here. he had even better news that in the future the dad vails will be even more fun. >> happy to celebrate this event happy to commit to keeping it in philadelphia forever and from

congressman brady we're working dill jenn toll find some way to dredge the areas around the boat house so people can push off safely and quic quickly so i tao him last night. he may not be here today. he's work wig the army corp. we have couple ideas and we'll get to it right away and not let it languish. >> reporter: and back live at the dad vails, of course, this regatta is known around the country. it does bring in a huge amount of money it's an economic incentive. great for the image of the city and the dredging that you her the mayor talk about we did a story on it on cbs3 earlier on this week. the river is beginning to silt that make it difficult in some places along boat house row to actually get shells on to the river it's two shallow dredging about $3 million but once that happens, it will open the door not just for this regatta but for others in the future. for now having great time on the kelly drive at the dad vails i'm walt hunter cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> very busy scene out there. thanks, walt. in a couple of hours we'll

meet new jersey's newest millionaires. millionaires. s lucky powerball jackpot winners coming for. news conference set for 3:00 this afternoon at new jersey lottery headquarters in lawrence little. eight people will split the $429.6 million jackpot. it's the largest single winning ticket ever sold in the garden state. police are searching for the armed men who terrorized a family northeast philadelphia earlier this morning. all right j.jan carrabeo shows us what happened when the intruders parched in and it wasn't the home they were a frightening night for a family of three. tied up and robbed inside the their own home in the somerton section of northeast philadelphia and now that family says the ordeal was a terrifying case of mistaken identity. from what the neighbors told me three people who broke into the house said we think we have the wrong house. >> police say the chaos erupted here on the 14,000 block of faraday street after 1:00 a.m. on friday.

a couple in their 60s and their 37-year-old son were all asleep in second floor bedrooms when suddenly three masked men broke in through a back door and started making demands. >> where is the money? family was saying they don't have any money in the house. >> reporter: police say at least one of the suspects was holding a gun. they sipe tied the couple and roo strained the 37-year-old manses behinds back his way shirt. the man ransack the house but only got away with cash in the son's wallet. >> we don't know why this particular house was targeted. this is normally a really quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbors spent time checking on the family this morning. victims were too shaken up to speak on camera. but tell "eyewitness news" they've lived on far a day for nearly 40 years and have never had a problem until now. they hadn't even felt the need to turn on their alarm last night especially since at least half dozen of their neighbors are cops. fortunately, no one was injured but the entire neighborhood is now on edge. makes you nervous for the

kids. we have a lot of young kids. they come home from school. >> make sure when you get home you lock your doors. to not leave them open. >> reporter: northeast detectives is now investigating. they found a church nearby that has several surveillance camer cameras. a number of these homes have surveillance cameras, too. detectives are hoping to find some valuable video. in somerton, jan carrabeo, cbs3 "eyewitness news". thanks a lot, jan no injuries but plenty of damage after a fire in former mattress fact four to bridesburg. the fire swept through the building on the 2200 block of fraley street around 8:30 this morning. firefighters had the situation under control quickly. the cause is under investigati investigation. in other news today memorial service is set for next friday for former temple president peter liacouras. he served as the university president from 1982 to 2000 sa 2000 sand. he was also dean of the law school for 10 years and law professor. the university's famous liacouras center is named that his honor. he died yesterday after a long illness.

he was 85 years old. well, coming up on cbs3 "eyewitness news" the obama administration laying down the law. the warning shots sent by the administration in the so-called bathroom law battle. it affects all public school children. all i can say is what a mess. thousands of bags missed their flights in tsa melt down. we'll show you what happened and when these poor travelers might get the

welcome back. here's something you don't want to see before your flight out of town. rows and rows of luggage just sitting outside in a parking lot and not on the plane. this happened thousands of passengers at phoenix sky harbor airport yesterday. a computer problem kept tsa workers from being able to screen checked luggage. >> those bags are being held. they will be transported by ground to other nearby airports and screened and then they'll be flown to their destinations so they will eventually arrive at the destinations but not with the passengers. >> so what's the point? it's unclear what cough the glitch. but the tsa says the problem has been fixed. public schools nationwide are being pulled into the controversy over transgender rights. the white house is telling those schools they must allow students to use whichever bathroom is consistent with their yesterday identity. and as correspondence reports schools must comply or risk losing federal funding. >> reporter: every public school in the country received this letter this morning from the department of education and

justice. it offers guidance for how transgender students should be treated especially with regard to bathroom and locker room access and housing. the guidelines dictate that transgender students are not to be discriminated against and should be treated consistent with their gender identity even if it differs from school records. the director directive comes days after the obama administration ordered north carolina to repeal its law requiring people to use bathro bathrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificates. >> this action is about a great deal more than bathrooms. >> reporter: lieutenant governor of tech text says he will not enforce the guidelines. >> the president does not know the lines he crossed this time. when you take on mom and dad in their homes, the president threatens their children, he's made huge mistake. >> reporter: the obama administration letter cites title nine and warns non non-compliance could cost schools billions. the guidelines say as a

condition of receiving federal funds, a school must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity. while some districts are welcoming the new guidance, many say school administrators are facing much larger problems. cbs3 "eyewitness news". well, still ahead this noon i'm getting my irish on. >> thousands will gather to celebrate their irish heritage this weekend. we'll have preview. hopefully the weather holds out katie. >> it looks as they we'll be dodging at least some wet weather here into the upcoming weekend but i will tell you coming up the best times to get those outdoor plans in and also about a cool down. that's on the way. about a cool down. that's on the way. full details in the at giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread."

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welcome back. if you need an excuse to have a cocktail or two on a friday today is national cocktail day which marks the end of world

cocktail week. it's also friday the 13th and national apple pie day which could go great way cocktail. >> hello. >> yeah. >> i'm not afraid -- >> count me in for everything. >> i'm not afraid of apple pie. that sounds like a plan to me. all right. guys, this is one of those days, i know, movie and popcorn. >> hard life. >> i know. it's so tough. but you brought your umbrella. >> i did. >> basically every day because i know we needed it every single day. let's talk about why. we've got two fronts now, one is actually starting to cross through right on queue actually the rain is out in some spots. not everyone getting hit. most of are going to see at least shower before this is all said and done. let's take look what's happening outside first at a live neighborhood network camera shot this is the one we've got up broad hillville pleasant valley middle and high schools. you can barely make out at least the schools here in the for ground but off in the distance, the mountain it's basically invisible of the low lying cloud cover in some spots that could trip you up otherwise here's a

look at that first front first of two that's moving through as we speak. again the timing is right on schedule. this likely lingers for the next conduct of hours i would say about five maybe as late as 6:00 o'clock at the absolute latest. this is pushing out to sea. we catch break in between then front number two comes along. this one got some legs on it it's moving pretty quickly it was actually pinned up own the dakotas actually sips we were on the hour this morning and now it's moving our way. so that will arrive tomorrow afternoon and bring a fresh round of showers and storms. so when do you want to get outside? i would say after 6:00 o'clock tonight you'll see things dry out. it will still be a little damp no rain will be falling from the sky at that point. tomorrow morning right through the early afternoon looks pretty good. in fact you're likely to start off with more sun than anything tomorrow. but it's deceptive because eventual this next front comes along. i'd say between the hours of maybe three, 7:00 o'clock that window is when we're likely to see the worst of any storms and they could be loblely strong storms by the way any time sunday is good but dress warmly because we will see temperatures

take a pretty solid hit. here's where we stan right now. upper mid 60s in most locations a little cooler by comparison in the mountains we've had lot of clouds. tomorrow for the dad vail regatta start off with some sun. climb all the way to the mid 70's but then again three to 7:00 o'clock or so is about the window we'll see some shares showers and storms rumble in again. they will be scattered. but they could be locally strong since we'll likely have a lot more sun to work with to get some of that instability going. look at the hit we take behind this. 61 degrees on sunday. a windy day as well and going to at least see the sun return just have your sweatshirt ready if you've on the to get in after plans. monday all be a little little cool still looks pretty good with high of 64 and sunshine. jim, send it over to you. i was rush music, dancing food and fun. thousands will pack the cherokee festival grounds in bensalem for what has become an irish tradition. the philadelphia fla irish festival. joining me to tell us all about organizers cj mills and frank daily. you may know them from their

hugely popular band jamison keltic rock. cj this really has grown over the past two years. when did it start? >> it started four years ago, and it's exciting. i mean this year we have a lot more activities for the children. it's very family friendly. we have dancing, we have vendors, we have 15 bands, fun time. >> it's really embracing all about our irish heritage, isn't it? >> every part of it. um-hmm. >> frank, what can people specifically expect? what are we talking about as far as mus music. >> sure 15 bands will be spread out on three different stages throughout the festival. so they'll be a non-stop music element depending oh and where you are in the festival. we also have seven irish dance schools for the first time who will be showcasing in between those group groups on the stage. we sanked hoarier dance competition this is actually the fourth year we're doing that as well part of the fla. and we've expanded our vendors this year as well kid zone. 30 vendors and both irish and american fare. >> okay. how many people showed up last year? >> about 3,000. little bit under. >> hopefully we beat that am

this year. the weather supposedly is really good. so we'll keep our finger crossed. >> thank god. >> thankfully. but good look tomorrow before we get a taste of what you'll hear tomorrow, let me give you some information. the philadelphia fla irish festival this saturday at the cherokee festival grounds in bensalem starts at 11:00 o'clock, more information on the festival including how to get tickets. go to our website cbsphilly.com click on the links at the bottom of the home page and now a little flavor of the festival here's cj and frank from one of my favorite bands, jamison keltic rock. gentlemen, take it away. ♪ ♪

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welcoming up later today on i it witness news at 5:00 little girl and her furry best friend who just happens to be a hero. a brave german shepherd risk his life to save seven-year-old from a rattle snake attack. we'll share this heart warming and heroic story today at 5:00. >> and there's not much better than peanut butter and chocola chocolate. >> quite possibly the most indulging peanut and chocolate pairing ever reece's cup with reece's pieces inside. social media is going crazy now that reece's has introduced cup fusion. the company is confirming this real and new snacks will be available in stores nationwide this july. >> that might be my favorite candy reece's pieces. >> really. >> i totally behind this. >> i'll buy i was case. >> eye that's "eyewitness news" at noon. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas for katie and all of us thanks for watching much "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we're always line for you reece's pieces and all at cbsphilly.com. >> tgi fleadh! the young and the restless is nex

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