natasha brown joins us from the police station with what we now know, natasha? >> reporter: well, we can tell you right now that the suspect got away with the victim's car and lap top and we can also tell you that this was certainly a traumatizing ordeal, a four day ordeal, for this elderly woman, who is still trying to recover but both physically and mentally. >> it is horrible. deplorable. >> reporter: reaction has been swift and calls for justice immediate as residents of east brandywine township hear news of the home invasion robbery involving a seven two-year old woman. incident happened in the 1,000 block of creek road, a desolate area where acres of land often separate houses. on tuesday police returned to the scene with the member of the victim's family. police say that the elderly victim was getting out of her car heading in to her home at 7:30 p.m. wednesday when she was grabbed from behind and hit in the head by a man wearing all black. it wasn't until four days later on sunday morning that

the severely beaten and bound woman was found locked inside of a closet inside her home. her daughter in law made the frightening discovery when she went to check on her. >> it is very scary when you live out in the country you don't expect to it happen as much as do you in the cities. but it can happen where ever you are. >> reporter: this is first home invasion robbery in east brandywine township but there have been several home invasions in chester county within the last few months, including in uwchlan and upper uwchlan township. police don't believe this latest crime is linked but nerves are rattled until these suspects are caught. >> making sure that the door's locked and being observe ant when you go out. >> it is just dread full. we have to remember that statistically this area is a very safe, low crime area, to live in, but statistics aren't much comfort when something like this happens. >> reporter: as he we did mention suspect did steel victim's car a 2013 silver fi at 500 with pennsylvania registration jtj-0600.

elderly woman does remain in the hospital. she was just released from the intensive care unit but she has more recovering to do, we understand, meantime police are still searching for her attacker that the hour. live from east brandywine township police department, natasha brown, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". an army of volunteers comes together to right a wrong at a local jewish cemetery as bart of the two day effort to fixed damage done by vandals. they overturned hundreds of grave stones. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is in philadelphia's wissonoming neighborhood right now with the very latest on this story, joe. >> reporter: ukee, good evening. this cemetery was busy all day police tell us they have increased patrols, to keep an eye on this place, after this weekend's shocking crime. the chiseling began around 10, in the quiet of mount carmel cemetery, bob from the northeast was doing his part. >> yeah, got them heavy mount.

i hope i don't take my finger off in the process. >> reporter: before long this old jewish cemetery will come to life, many working to heel deep wound left by vandals. >> utterly disgusting that somebody, this is not one person but a group of people. people could do this. this is outrageous. >> reporter: outrage of more than 100 graves toppled struck a nerve. >> when walking around we want to have a sense of holiness. >> reporter: by noon people showed up by it does even, local students. >> i was close to crying but when i came here it was even worse. i thought i was just here to help but support the jewish community. >> reporter: aside from the busy work families were also trickling in. >> it was impossible not to come. >> reporter: they wand third their loved ones graves had been desecrated. >> their headstones are okay. >> reporter: police increased patrols and rewards have speed ed $30,000. >> with that we have no leads at this point. we're working on any tips that come in.

>> reporter: workings on. every role seemingly important to rebuild, restore dignity to this hallow ground, asked why they came. >> because it seems like the right thing to do at the time. >> reporter: work is not finished here at mount carmel cemetery. they will be back at noon time tomorrow to continue, to spruce up this place, in the meantime, a professional company will be brought into fix some of the headstones, and to upright all that remain , lying down. that is very latest live from wissonoming section of philadelphia, i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fbi is now investigating a new wave of threats against jewish institutions around the country. at least 29 jewish community centers and schools in 17 states received bomb threats, yesterday. a u.s. official tells cbs news that the calls appear to be coordinated and some may come from overseas. five jewish centers received threats in pennsylvania, delaware and in new jersey.

a nurse charged with secretly taking pictures and videos of patients was in court this morning in bucks county to face additional charges. the suspect nurse james close remains behind bars on $150,000 bail. police say close secretly took photos and recorded videos of seven additional woman at a penn medicine dermatology office in yardley. close was arraigned february 13th for secretly recording a nude teenage girl. penn medicine spokeswoman gave this statement to "eyewitness news". quote we are appalled by the action of this former employee and we are cooperating full which this investigation. vehicle slammed into several people during a mardi gras parade in gulf shore alabama today. authorities say an elderly man crashed the vehicle in the crowd injuring 11 members of the local high school marching band. eyewitness says that the parade had already started when the crash happened. >> i see a vehicle, just spilling in the crowd and i could not believe me eyes, and

then i saw it in the air and wheels were still spinning and i just stopped and ran. i just found somebody, held him and didn't let go. >> three people are listed in critical condition. authorities believe no alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash. the top of a float collapsed during a rio di janeiro carnivale parade this morning injuring at least, 12 people. parade was stopped for 25 minutes so that the injured could be taken to the hospital on sunday also in rio a float crashed in the fence injuring at least 20 people. president trump is just hours away from his first address to a joint session of congress. republican lawmakers are eager to hear concrete plans on health care and taxes while democrats are not expecting to like much about what the president has to say. president trump is keeping a busy schedule ahead of his prime time address before a joint session of congress signing bills, promoting women entrepreneur ship and careers in space exploration.

he also signed two executive orders, one mandates review of an obama administration rule written to protect small bodies of water from pollution other order moves the initiative for historically black colleges and universit ies to the white house from the education department n an interview with "fox news" channel fox and friends president trump acknowledged there is room for improving his message. >> i think i get an a in terms of what i have done but in terms of messaging i give myself a c or c plus. >> reporter: his speech will be optimistic according to senior white house officials. he will focus on the economy and national security. g.o.p. lawmakers are eager to hear policy specifics especially through concrete direction for repealing and replacing obama care. >> we have an obligation to step in front of the collapse and replace it with a better system and that is what we are about doing. >> reporter: to date democrats see forty-fifth president's actions as divisive but little outreach could go a wrong way. >> we could work together.

it is we could work together to rebuild our roads and bridges, but we're waiting. >> reporter: president trump's budget priorities are facing congressional resistance, he is pitching a 10 percent increase in military spending and $54 billion in cuts to most governmental agencies and foreign aid. president trump invited guest to his speech that reflect widows of two california police officer killed by un documented immigrants. cbs news coverage of the president trump's address to congress starts at 9:00 tonight. that will be followed by the response from democrats, and you can see it all live right here on cbs-3 and streaming live on cbs philly.com. social media is buzzing about a photo showing white house advisor kelly ann conway kneeling on the couch. it was taken yesterday while president trump met with leaders of the historically black colleges and universities. conway has her feet tucked behind her on the couch. some twitter users say the photo shows a lack of respect, others say it is comparable to

photos showing former president obama with his feet up on the desk, also in the oval office. you can join the debate as well, what do you think of kelly ann conway's feet on the couch in the oval office? head to facebook and twitter pages to take part in our un scientific poll. our wild week of weather continues as we say good bye to february and hello to march we're tracking warm temperatures and threat of more severe storms. meteorologist kate bilo is sorting it all out live on the cbs-3 sky deck, kate. >> new numbers for today have rolled in. this looks like it will be warmest february ever here in philadelphia we have just gotten numbers for today, and a new record, a tied record, in philadelphia, today. even though clouds rolled in, temperatures have been well above average, once again, par for course here this month. lets take a look our temperature today high temperature in philadelphia hit 68 degrees. and that ties the previous record from 1976, and that is even further above average then we were going into this

last day of month. temperatures outside still on the mild side at 64 in the city. we will see south east wind 62 in reading. sixty-four in trenton. we have some showers heading our way. storm scan three shows that first batch of the warm front begins to approach the area they are starting to creep into the western suburbs i can tell you it keeps getting more and more ominous on the skies deck. steady showers over chester county. but we have threat for strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow. coming up i'll time out those storms, which of those commute s could be impacted and tell but a big drop in the mercury that follows that front. for now back inside to you. more details have been released about this years nfl draft which will take place in philadelphia at the end of april. >> "eyewitness news" was at the art museum today. actual draft pick will take place in the convenient eye built on the art museum steps between franklin institute and art museum will be nfl draft experience a festival for fans , and mayor kenney says draft is a big win for the city. >> 8 million people tuning

into philadelphia and all of it's a meant, and its culture and tradition and history. you cannot buy that kind of advertising. >> and here's an interesting fact if you didn't know the first ever draft took place in philadelphia in 1936. >> um-hmm. >> nice, great week, great week. coming up on "eyewitness news" crazies confiscations at the airport. >> lock and a very heavy chain someone tried to bring this aboard an aircraft a week or so ago. >> why tsa decided to show us frightening objects some people have tried to take on planes at 5:30. while many cancers are on the decline one cancer is dramatically on the rise among millennials and generation x ers, health reporter stephanie stahl shows us which one and what you can do to lower your risk. more finger pointing and explanations in the wake of the oscar best picture mix up? who is taking the fall. live look from our parkway central library camera checking out franklin institute, temperatures are on the rise but so is chance forstrom i weather, kate's

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cancer hitting young adults, on healthwatch doctors say it is alarming new trend, colon rectal cancer rates that had been declining for years

are increase ago monk people in their 20's and 30's. health reporter stephanie stahl has details on new research. >> reporter: each pregnant i for this woman seemed to get harder and more painful but it took years for doctors to figure out why. >> i never even really considered colon cancer as a thing. >> reporter: three three-year old mother of three is one of the growing number of young people diagnosed with colon rectal cancer, according to a new study from the american cancer society. it says compared to people born around 1950, those born in 1990 have doubled the risk of colon cancer and quadruple risk of rectal cancer. researchers say it is not linked to family history so environmental factors are likely to blame. >> some may be due to the fact that there have been changes in young people in the millennial generation in terms of more sedentary lifestyle, diet changes obesity may play a role. >> reporter: current

guidelines recommend screening for age 50 for people at average risk making it harder to catch in younger patients. >> although data does not completely support early screening we might want to consider it. >> reporter: she had surgery and chemotherapy to treat her stage four symptoms. >> if you are having symptoms, stomach hurting, something is not right or you do not feel 100 percent just don't go to one doctor and take their word for it. >> reporter: she hopes her story will bring awareness to a group that may think this cannot happen to them. doctors say high fiber, low fat diet can reduce risk of developing colon cancer. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and suv is swallowed by a massive sinkhole. it happened in hoboken earlier this morning. now sinkhole was caused by water main break just before 5:00 a.m. water was so deep suv could even be seen, crews drained water and used a crane to hoist vehicle out of the hole. it had water rushing in the street and left some in the

area without water service. kate bilo joins us now. we saw too from the parkway camera, gray skies out there. >> yes, started out nicely, we have had some sun, blue skies to start the day but now clouds are coming in. >> here we go. >> here comes some rain. this is just part one of the storm that will impact us almost in three or four parts here over the next 24 hours, so, lots to break down with this system but suffice to it say extreme warmth we have been feeling will feel like a thing of the past once this storm moves in and then moves out. it will take warmth with it. in the meantime we have tied record today. we may break one tomorrow in a few spots. lets start off with a look outside and see the poconos where snow is looking slush which temperatures well above average, for the past few days the good news as we head in the weekend we will see temperatures fall, well enough below freezing mark that they should be able to get snow machines going perhaps and make more snow up at jack frost big boulder just in time for the weekend. big swing on the way. mother nature may provide some

flakes of her own. storm scan three does show a line of showers and storms, first piece of the system, that will impulse warm front lifts through portions of the north east here this evening. got rain witt. there were some more reports of the thunder and lightening over mountains in west virginia it looks like when this comes through for us it will be scattered showers. it is intensifying over chester, lancaster counties from lancaster, providence through portions of central chester county and now creeping into delaware, new castle counties as well. expect some showers or light rain or drizzle toll make it in the city here within the next hour or so and that could slow down tail end of the commute outside this evening. as we reported earlier temperatures today another record high, 68 degrees, that puts us 21 above average and eight and a half degrees above normal for month of february, overall a very, very warm month and we are going to start march with a near record day as well. all these records were set on one day in 1972, tomorrow's

records to beat in the 70's in atlantic city, 70's in philadelphia. we will get close to. that mount pocono 67. allentown easily beatable record at 67 degrees. tomorrow is very unsettled day tonight we have rain and showers moving through. those clear the area any storms that survive overnight could come through in a line tomorrow morning, so part of the morning commute could be impacted by showers and thunderstorms but it thinks line that comes through later tomorrow afternoon and evening that does have risk to be strong or even severe with damaging winds, down powers and threat for hail. those are biggest storm threats. moderate threat for lightening and hail but low but not zero risk for tornadoes as there is rotation as this system moves through, front will finally clear area late tomorrow night and then we will talk about big change in the air for end of the week but tomorrow near a record, 76 is the record. we will get to 75. watch for those strong storms. can't rule out shower or thunderstorm anytime tomorrow but biggest threat is late in

the day, into the evening and then look at difference. we will go from 75 to 50 to 43 , with chance for some snow friday morning. >> no she didn't. did she say that. >> i heard s word. >> four letter s word. >> thanks kate. still ahead on "eyewitness news" he got up close and personal with denzel. >> and, gary from chicago and his fiance but now we are learning more about gary and story is making headlines, don playing with heart has villanova playing second in the country, up next how josh hart became leader of the

it is nice to have something personal to held on to and say thinks his. >> window in the past, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 priceless memories return to a chester county man how this wallet wound up in the hands more than 60 years, after it was lost.

the personal value that goes way beyond dollars and cents. be sure to tune in at 6:00. don bell joining us now and about this time last year, we all were learning how to say one name in sports, i think that tripped everybody else when they had concern to say it. >> remember barack had to say it after winning champion name , archie. >> yeah, that guy. >> exactly. ryan arcidiacono, you may not know how to spell his name or say it but for villanova wildcats his leadership was never any doubt. however, with arch in the d league it is time for senior guard josh hart to step up leslie van arsdal has more. >> not too much vocal leader that is something that helped this team and younger guys. >> josh is most care free fun loving guy, but at the same time, if you sit down and talk with him, if you explain something to him, he is really

intelligent and insightful and he gets it. so, this summer i probably talked to him about the fact that you got to get serious about your life and about your career. >> i remember last year you were kind of like the fun guy, you know, funny guy. >> i was fun loving guy, cracking jokes, playing around but now i have really just mature and grow up as a player and as a man, you know, conduct myself and in a mature way and hopefully that rubs off with the younger guys. >> he never did anything bad but fun loving, just a kid, now you are a senior, leader, much closer to being a man then you are to being a kid. you are going in the opposite direction. childhood thinks way, man hood thinks way. >> biggest thing that jay has taught you. >> individually with me just to be a man and that way you know do everything to the best of your built.

don't make excuses. i have to handle myself mature ly. be a man of character. that is on the basketball court but definitely off the basketball court. >> i'm amazed in terms of where he came from because he was alms kind of goof ball, with ryan and daniel had to keep in line. never did anything bad but just fun loving. now he is guy that is serious every day and leading these young guys. >> reporter: leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >> childhood here, man hood here. >> yes. >> go this way young man. >> yes, they help him. >> that effects you on and off the court too. >> that is right. >> they are all tight on and off. >> yep. >> thanks, buddy, appreciate it. coming up, travel season almost here and tsa has a few least minders, there are certain things you cannot bring on a plane. like a giant kitchen knife or tree pruner. we will show you some other items officers confiscated this year, also this.

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the transportation security administration shows off confiscated items at philadelphia international airport with spring break just around the corner and summer travel season not far behind it is an important reminder of what not to bring to the airport. tsa says it wants you to keep is what yours, and keep that security line, moving. news continues at 5:30 i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. as john mcdevitt shows us the tsa says travelers play a big

role in helping things go smoothly at the security checkpoint. >> reporter: traveling by air remember whether you are carrying on you and in your bags when going through security checkpoints at airport, tsa agency prohibited items like knives, tools, and uncommon items too, as we hear from tsa spokesmen mike england. >> for example, this car battery, right here, produces electricity, and not only in the aircraft but this is tree pruner. somebody went to get to work as soon as they got off the plane. pool coup anything used as a weapon. not allowed on the plane. so, can't bring your pool coup unless you want to check it, of course. >> reporter: once you surrender items you will not see them again. >> when you get caught you are not presenting a problem for yourself you are presenting a problem for everybody, standing in line behind you. >> reporter: airport wants to remind you of the 311 rule, 3-point-ounce container or let , one bag, one per person. there are exceptions, to the

carry on liquid rules including prescription medications, and breast milk. it is a busy time in the lost and found office with coats, hats, shoes among belongings left behind. they will be held for 30 days if not claimed they are donated to charity. >> clothing items are now donated to veterans organizations. the this is veteran multi service center rorrer. >> reporter: for more information tips and rules at cbs philly.com. john mcdevitt for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a small plane crashes in the roof of a massachusetts apartment complex, killing the pilot and forcing dozens of residents to evacuate. that crash happened just before 1:30 this afternoon in the city, and faa tells our sister station in boston pilot was attempting to land the plane in the nearby airport when it went down. fortunately no one inside the apartment building was hurt. cause of the crash will be investigated by ntsb. yesterday's deadly plane crash in riverside, callus now a recovery effort. authorities say that two of

the three victims who died are still trapped inside that wreckage. both survivors remain hospitalized in critical condition. and that crash destroyed two homes and nearly all of the 40 neighbors evacuated have been allowed back inside. >> one person, inside this first house behind me, at the time of the crash, he was able to get out unharmed. but very remarkable nobody else was injured. there are parts of the airplane that kind of spread out along the whole street. >> reporter: police say victims were returning home from the cheer leading event at disney land. new jersey governor chris christie delivered his final budget address to lawmakers in trenton today. it includes spending increases to address two of the state's biggest problems. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us live from clinton with more on what the governor is proposing, cleve, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ukee. farring fromming quietly in the night governor christie making it clear he is willing to do budget battle over state school funding formula. he hopes to do this in the

next year before he leaves but he wants something done much sooner. >> governor of the state of new jersey honorable chris christie. >> reporter: giving his final budget address governor chris christie says he will leave the state in better financial shape then he found it. >> because of the hard decisions made over seven years and targeted investments we made to grow economy and not grow the government, i'm proud of the fiscal year 2018 budget that i'm presenting to you today. >> reporter: he presented a budge wet 35 and a half billion in spending, two and a half percent more than last year, monk increase, 647 million more to the pension fund then last year and 523 million more towards school funding. addressing the school funding formula will be the budget battle of christie's final year. districts grogan role. complaining that the state is ripping them off. >> it only took you 10 days to pass the failed formula we have been stuck with, lets pass 100 days fair for all new jersey students and all new jersey families in 2017, and

if we don't do it in a hundred days, shame on us. >> reporter: christie's 100 day challenge to act on school funding came with a stern warning. >> i want to act with you but if forced i will act alone. >> reporter: democrats hoff blasted christie's ideas giving all students the same school aid regardless of economic status, say a lot of ground will have to be covered to reach a compromise. >> i don't think he has heard what i said. i never said that the funding formula we have, sfra is unfair, or is broken. it has been under funded. does it have things that need to be tweaked? absolutely. >> reporter: another idea that kind of caught democrats off guard today is christie's introduced idea of possibly taking some money from the lottery and putting that towards the pension fund? reporting live from trenton, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". cleave, thank you. olympic gold medalist michael phelps was on capitol hill talking about the problems of doping in sports.

swimmer voiced his frustration about compete ago begins athletes he knew were using performance enhancing drugs. >> i don't believe i stood up on international, at an international competition and the rest of the field has been clean. i don't believe that. i don't think i have ever felt that. >> phelps testified before a congressional committee working to improve international anti doping system. phelps said drug testing can take a toll on athletes but it does keep sports fair and clean. phelps is the most decorated olympian of all time with 28 olympic medals, 23 of which are gold. still to come on "eyewitness news" more oscar fall out, one of the funniest parts of the show tourist come in and met celebrities and one who stole the show, gary, from chicago, is making headlines but not about the oscars but about where he was just days before the show. and big rig and, pioneering company right here in our area, that is still come on "eyewitness news",

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the accounting firm overseeing voting for at contacted my awards is explaining what happened leading up to sunday night's big mix up over best picture. >> pricewaterhousecoopers you is taking full responsibility and said the problem happened when the accountant presented warren bait a backup envelope instead of that best picture envelope. the firm says that the

protocol for correcting the error were not followed quickly enough. also tonight there are new details about the tourist who became a viral sensation at oscars. >> entertainment tonight kevin frazier joins us tonight from los angeles with what has been uncovered about gary from chicago. >> this is nicole kidman. >> hi nicole. >> reporter: while 33 million people thought they were watching a wye eyed tourist from chicago snapping pictures of the stars. >> gary is your name. >> gary from chicago. >> reporter: just three days prior to this man in sweats gary, was released from this california prison after serving 20 years for serving felonies. he is listed on the megan's law web site. he have is a registered sex offender convicted in his teens of attempted rape. it blue up after gary revealed his status just 24 hours after he had become a celebrated #. gary spoke to chicago's abc seven. gary, his fiance vicky and other tourist were set to

appear on jimmy kimmel live but representative for show, told et we cancelled the appearance after producers made creative decision to focus on other topics. sources close to the production team tell et producers selected tourist at random on hollywood boulevard, one source adding they picked whom ever they felt looked interesting. one source claims there was no additional vetting and while tourist did sign what they thought was a standard release , it turned out to be release to appear on television. we will have much more on entertainment tonight, ukee, jessica, back to you. >> all right, and for all of your entertainment news on entertainment tonight check it out 7:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. we live in a diverse community of people, people changing the game for others. >> up next woman hoist helping kids discover their dreams

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well, learn of the history , all year long to day is the last day of black history movement throughout february, we have honored game changers making a positive impact on communities of color >> our final honor goes to a woman hoist changing the game by bringing books to young people. cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio shares her story. >> very passionate. >> reporter: she discovered her philosophy on life, through reading. >> books, for me, have always been a sense of comfort. >> reporter: it was in the pages of books that skimbody explored paris, rome, london, and cities in africa, vision that is led to her fairy tail life whiz included living in it liz and meeting a pope. >> i was bella deball in rome. >> reporter: as well as traveling across the world. >> i rode a cam he will in egypt. >> reporter: but former temple grad never forget her roots, tv producer turned public list founded african-american children's book project, 25

years ago, to give kids a bridge, to their dreams. >> it was like a cold, frosty day, like the beginning of a novel. >> reporter: three hour event started with 250, in 1992, today it draws ab estimated 4,000, and includes appearances from authors, illustrators and scores and scores of books, featuring people of color. >> when you see yourself in a book. you see possibility of which you can do. >> reporter: children who attend get free books and giveaways and participate in activities. >> children come, they are so excited to be able to walk up and down the aisles and select books themselves. >> reporter: but she goes beyond this fair, she brings book cafe toss schools and fearlessly pushes publishers and book sellers to diversify. >> making sure that we continue to have books that reflect our image. >> reporter: work earned her honors from philadelphia's city council. >> finish this sentence for me >> i believe i'm changing the game by. >> by opening up the pages of books to our children.

>> reporter: so when they look at these pages they will see themselves and create a life, that is more than just a dream cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you can make a big difference. >> that is a very special lady very special laidy kate bilo joins with us our forecast. all right. here we go. i'm still buckled up. >> you should be. i'll tell you what i could talk for eight minutes and wouldn't be quite enough time to get to the forecast. there is a lot to cover. we have 70's to 30's and 40's from snow to severe storms. we have a lot to get into. lets look outside this evening and we will take you up to the north and see what things are looking like in bethlehem. you can see light in the sky up that way. most of the showers will miss lehigh valley, to the south at least through first part of tonight could get clipped, and as of right now we are seeing shower activity mainly to the south pushing towards the city , delaware county, portions of northern delaware. we will show thaw in just a moment.

not a bad looking night. not a lot of wind in bethlehem after a calm, quiet, warm day across much of the delaware valley and lehigh valley. lets look at our weather watchers. they are reporting temperatures in the 60's pretty much all over the map. we are finishing february like mess of the month has been well above average, temperature wise, by about 20 degrees. william in levittown sitting at 65. mostly cloudy. temperatures will stay mild overnight thanks to the cloud cover and thanks to warm air pushing from the south and southwest. david dutch in clementon at 65 as well. we are at 61 up in jeff moore 's house in hatfield. nice warm up as well. sixty as we go north john jenkins in perkasie at 60, mostly cloudy conditions, real nice day before the clouds moved in, and then cooled it a bit. we did hit our highs earlier in the day when we tied record here in philadelphia now those highs have fallen back just a little bit. you can see it is a nice day across the region. i like sunset shot, sunrise shotty should say from phil.

sunset not quite as beautiful tonight thanks to the cloud that have rolled in. lets look at our palmyra cove camera looking west towards where the sunnies currently setting, but you cannot see much in the way of nice colors tonight. it is gray, glummy and that is way it will remain through the overnight hours. we will see some fog develop as well. so our large scale storm system impact impacting us overnights and into tomorrow. you can see first batch of rain moving through northern virginia and into maryland, intensifying off to our west. actual real action for tomorrow though with the cold front i'll show thaw off to the west right now producing nasty thunderstorms. rain is intensifying here right along the turnpike as you head into portions of chester county along route one , 202 south, traveling through that area, traveling maybe through frazier, exton, downingtown places like that we are seeing rain right now back towards west fallowfield township, providence, lancaster and thinks all moving east. aston delaware county and just

getting into center city philadelphia. back to the west where the cold front is producing nasty storms. you can see these super cell thunderstorms developing over portions of illinois where we have a tornado watch and now multiple tornado warnings just to the south and west, of chicago. our severe threat tomorrow you can see we are in the yellow that puts us in the slight risk all across the area, for severe thunderstorm tomorrow, timing wise could take a shower or storm anytime. shower tonight one line left overcoming through in the morning and then tomorrow afternoon especially through the evening commute, four or 5:00 when storms could start to get intense, and then starts to cool down as we head in the end of the week. you can see push of cold air thursday into friday. coming up at 6:00 i will show thaw clipper system that could bring snowflakes to the area to finish the week. overnight 55 degrees with fog developing near record tomorrow, and with those afternoon strong to severe thunderstorms and turn much colder morning snow showers friday, saturday is chilly but we will warm up sunday into

next week. ukee and jessica, back to you. philadelphia city hall to daze mayor kenney announced details of the new plan to attract suburban companies to set up satellite offices in philadelphia. >> it is called gateway philly and being run by cities department of commerce. >> gate waste philly will allow companies to experience many benefits of the having a city location without having to make a traditional long term commitment, basically kind of to test-drive of our city. >> to get companies to give city a try gateway fill i program offers them $30,000 in rent reimbursement. well, we sent tori to school. >> not just any school, truck driving school, so tori, how did it go? >> reporter: would i say, well , i don't know, you be the judge, after the break you will see me behind the wheel of the big rig and see this not only manpower, it is girl power behind it as well, coming up, don't

not easily intimidated. >> she's always up for trying new things and today she's learning to drive a big rig. she's live, from delaware, are you ready for that opened road yet, tori. >> breaker 1/9. >> reporter: i traded in the monster truck difficult two years ago for big rig, why not we are in delaware. we are live outside of the american driver training academy and anyone can be a big rig driver, that is men and women, and here it is about 15 percent women, drivers, that come out of this academy. i figured why not give it a go let's do it. look out, delaware this is where anyone can become a big rig driver. the american driver training academy in new castle has you hitting opened road in four weeks. it is one of only three certified woman owned trucking schools in the nation. meet head driver jayden mcfin ly. >> welcome to american driver

training academy. >> so nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: jayden says number of the feast mail truck drivers has been growing. >> when they realize it is not as cliche i always saw it and they realize it is a real profession to be proud of and honorable profession, more women signed up, it is a safe place to be. >> reporter: sign me up. >> fill out this application. >> first registration. >> put a smiling face on here to show my personality. >> reporter: and truck briefing. >> remember every morning you have to do that. >> i don't know how to drive a truck. >> we will see. >> time to hit the course when edgar my driving instructor. >> if you want to give it a shot, we can go for it. >> i absolutely want to give it a shot. >> and driving students, shown here. >> my father was a truck driver. i always wanted to drive a truck. i used to drive with him. i always wanted to do it. >> what is it about that feeling you get when you are in a big rig like what is it that goes through you.

>> girl power. >> reporter: they each took their go around and then i was checking my mirrors and making my first maneuver. the straight line back. >> i'm driving a big rig. >> yes, did i pass. >> you have to enroll the school. >> but i will take it. >> horn honking. >> i don't want to honk my own horn but that was a 10 gear big rig, ukee and jessica, let me switch gears for a second. do you remember being in school on the school bus and see big rig and you go like this. tell me you remember, okay. >> oh, yeah. >> when you are inside doing it, it is much more fun. say thank you to the american driver training academy here. it was an awesome time. yeah, i will continue my course is. there may be a career change in my future. >> yeah, well, there was major hesitation on did i pass

question? major hesitation. >> ukee, can you just let me have this one please. >> okay. >> i got one gear right, okay. >> superstar. >> great job, as always, thanks, tori. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 a bridge battle brewing. reason some concerned over plans for pedestrian walkway on villanova's campus. coming together volunteers fight back against vandals the way they work to right a wrong , and philadelphia cemetery. >> we're just laying there, help us. just saying, you know, i have never been so sad in my life. >> reporter: that sadness would pass, but come before changing their lives forever. we will talk to two local families about a devastating condition and the waste that they are using it as a call for change. kate? and we are tracking showers moving through the area, right now but that will not be the worst of it. threat for severe weather thomas temperatures, move back into the 70's and then big changes for end of the week. lots to cover in the seven day

forecast. it is all right now at 6:00. here's is what happening, walking a fine line, a proposal for pedestrian walkway on villanova's campus is raise something eyebrows. not because of the bridge but because of what will be on the bridge. tonight we're getting both sides of the story. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica don't walkway is being built with both state and university funds. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live on the villanova campus with more on is what behind the bridge battle. >> greg. >> reporter: good evening. it all began in 2015 when officials from radnor township approached the university, asking them to build a pedestrian bridge. to give you an idea, starting at saint thomas church and end where i'm standing right here. it will get students across that busy street in a safe man ut