>> and i told bradford, i said"" let's hear it." >> dennis earl bradford told us that, shortly after his attack on jennifer, he had attempted suicide. he was using a shotgun and just as he pulled the trigger, he made the decision not to take his own life. >> from there, he was transported down to the hospital for an evaluation. >> and was put into the hospital, in the psychiatric ward, which happened to be the same hospital that jennifer was still in.

and that was something we did not know beforehand. >> we got a confession, and then he filled in a lot of the blanks. and to confirm a lot of what she remembered happened made her feel better about always wanting to remember. >> i'm not a victim, but, instead, victorious. i was so overwhelmed at the press conference. and then detective cromie and agent rennison came into the room and hugged me and whispered in my ear, "we told you we'd get him." at the time, that was the single most amazing moment of my life. >> well, dennis earl bradford was in... in the county jail awaiting trial. i get a phone call in the middle of the night. "tim, i need to talk to you. you need to wake up. i've got some news to give you."

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>> i'm headed to the field where i was left back in 1990. i don't really visit there too often anymore. i used to like to go there a lot just to see if it would bring back any more memories. i just really wanted to be able to remember all the details of the attack so that one day i could go to court and tell my story the way i remembered it. after the arrest, i was preparing for trial. everyone felt like we had a solid case, and we would go for a life sentence. his attorney said, "he's going to plead guilty, doesn't want to prolong this anymore. we don't want a jury trial and all that. pick a day."

so we were like, wow, how great would it be to pick august 10, 20 years to the day of the attack, and kind of just come full circle and close it out? i remember staying up late endless nights trying to perfect my victim impact statement, writing and erasing and writing again and erasing again, just trying to perfect what i wanted to say. i had 19 years' worth of things to say to this person. >> i still to this day don't understand myself. >> dennis earl bradford was in the county jail awaiting trial. i get a phone call in the middle of the night that woke me up and said dennis earl bradford had committed suicide and hung himself in his jail cell.

>> all the work that we'd put together to give jennifer her day in court was just gone, so we had to decide what would be the best way to tell jennifer. >> not knowing if this information was going to be in the news in the morning, richard and i decided probably need to call her as soon as possible on the phone and let her know what had happened. it was not a good phone call. >> when he was arrested, the first thing that i said after they told me they arrested him was, "please don't let him kill himself." >> there was just crying and screaming on the other end of the phone. she didn't want to believe it. i... most i could do was just tell her i was sorry. >> and the only thing that i can describe is devastation. i felt like everything that i had worked so hard for was just ripped away from me in an instant.

i sat at dennis bradford's grave on august 10, 2010, 20 years to the day that i was attacked. "dennis bradford, i waited 19 years, two months and three days to find out your last name and for you to be caught. i knew your first name..." i sat there, reading my victim impact statement. i was crying. "you chose the wrong little 45- pound, eight-year-old girl to try and murder because for 19 years i've thought of you every single day and helped in searching for you. in my heart, i knew you were out there, alive, either in prison or living a lie.

and now i know listening to my heart all of these years and never giving up on finding you, i was right." i turned to my husband, and i said, "i wonder if he's hearing me?" and just then, a single fire ant bit me on my leg. and i took that as a sign from god that he heard me loud and clear. i'm a very sentimental person, and i hang on to bonds that i've formed very tightly. so having people like sharon and detective cromie and agent rennison as a part of my personal life means a lot to me, to know that they're still there, they're still supporting me. they're not leaving me anytime soon, just like i'm not leaving them anytime soon.

when jonathan and i found out that we were expecting, we were in complete shock. we just couldn't wait to see what parenthood had in store for us. my daughter jenna was born at the end of 2012. ah! who's the lucky duck! i actually don't even really remember what life was like without her. >> i want to get out right now. >> come on, because i've got to go. we wanted to give jenna a sibling, and i now have a son, as well. jonah. what you got in your chair? he smiles constantly and laughs, and is just such a happy baby. jenna, your brother's safe, okay? it's like, pinch me. who would've thought that i'd have not one but two beautiful, healthy children at the end of all of this? they're really my happy ending. ( giggles )

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this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." tonight at 11:00 we are watching and waiting a cold and calm night before a big winter storm watch is coming this week. as you spring forward tonight, mother nature has some other ideas in mind. plus near tragedy at a nicetown chinese restaurant. a 13 year old boy is fighting for his live tonight following horrific shooting caught on crystal clear video. we'll show how police are looking for at this hour. >> good evening, i'm natasha brown, thank you so much for joining us it, may be a calm and cold saturday night out there. but the frigid feeling is something that we are watching very slowly in the cbs-3 weather center. this may be the calm before the storm as we mentioned already. let's check in with justin drabick joining us with a look what we can spec from this approaching nor'easter, right, justin? >> good evening, something we haven't had all winter long, persistent cold air,in,ing it it is moving in and sticking around, until then leading up to it, quiet, 27 in

philadelphia at this hour. we will be dropping to 21, similar to what we were dealing with this morning. two's, doylestown, quakertown, battling nasty wind wheels, feeling like teens for most locations, minus three mount pocono, factor in the wind. there you go, storm scan3, not much happening. mainly clear skies right now, clouds passing through the overnight hours into your sunday, overall not bad finish to the weekends. we move into monday night, winter storm watch goes into effect the majority of the region, extreme coastline here, cape may county new jersey, potential for some significant snowfall for parts of the area. all going to be dependent on the track, coastal low monday night, tracks up the coast, near the coast, that would push heavy snow further inland, if it stays off the coats, bringing heavier snow bit further to the south. the question still stands, where does it go? probably another 24 hours, we can pinpoint, talk more about these tracks and timing of the

storm coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> justin, thanks, see you soon. manhunt is on for two suspect wanted in the execution style shooting of 13 year old in philadelphia's nicetown neighborhood. right now that teenage boy is fighting for his life. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff live in the cbs-3 sat center with new information in the search for these gunmen. >> reporter: police are hoping the high quality surveillance video they were able to obtain will help lead them to the shooter and his accomplice, due to the extremely graphic nature of this crime, we've been supplied with photos. friday and 10:30 p.m., 13 year old boy grabbing food with friends inside the newly opened goldfish take out restaurant from the 2,000 block of west hunting pork avenue in the nicetown section of the city. as the teen took the seat two, malls walked in. photos taken from high quality footage, investigators say

immediately after taking part in a quick conversation with the boy, one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the young teen in the head at point blank range. the gunmen and accomplice ran off, the boy found unresponsive by first responders and returned to temple hospital. no bun else was injured. now open again for business owners of the business declined to comment on the horrifying experience. >> again, police are still searching for the two men seen in those surveillance videos. if i one who might recognize them, please contact philadelphia police. reporting live in the sat center, alexandria hoff, cbs-3, eyewitness news. >> alex, thank you so much. also tonight philadelphia police detectives are investigating a suspicious death in hunting park. someone discovered the body of an unidentified person along railroad tracks, "eyewitness news" which is his a hick on and ruffner. police responded to the scene about 4:00 this afternoon, and right now there is no word on how the person died or the circumstances surrounding the

death. >> also tonight we do continue to follow developments out of old city philadelphia where 20 more bodies were recovered at construction site near the betsy ross house. "eyewitness news" first told you about this discovery on thursday. dozens of coffins were unearthed on arch street between second and third street. now researchers from rutgers university are analyzing the remains including the bodies discovered today. at least three dozen wooden coffins have already been found at the site from the first baptist church burial grounds. >> and folks in one neighborhood in west philadelphia had their weekend interrupted by fire and smoke as a warehouse went up in flames at 62nd and arch. at least eight homes were evacuated as philadelphia firefighters battled this blaze. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan caught up with some folks who were displaced. >> thick smoke filled the streets at 62nd and arch, philadelphia firefighters battled fire instead of burning warehouse saturday morning. first crew arrived around quarter after 9:00. within an hour, became a three

alarm fire. >> my daughter called me, she said the house was on fire. >> the house had to be evacuated. crews try to prevent the fire from spreading from the warehouse across the al toy a block of row homes. >> yes, the explosion cents, back, and then the fire, flames starting coming out after that. >> dusty william's house appeared to have the most damage. >> they had to go on the first, to get the fire out. >> at least 20 people were evaculated. some watched as firefighters sprayed water from many angles. the mist turned to ice. >> i'm so -- >> below freezing temperatures were hazardous to victims and firefighters, warming station was provided. >> we brought in septa buses, to have a place where we could go and do all of our work and have a place for people to go right now. >> fire officials declared the fire under control by noon. they say home saving efforts were mostly successful and in

one was injured. still residents were cold and worried. >> everybody is very supportive on the block. we all stick together. it is like a family block anyway. so i mean we will get through it. >> officials with the red cross says it will take time to determine who can go home tonight. but they say they do have plans in place to provide shelter. in west philadelphia, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." sad news in the world of music. joni sledge, founding member of the popular group sister sledge, died on friday night. family confirmed the sad news on sister sledge facebook page, quote, we miss her and hurt for her presence, her raid yens, the sincerity which she loved and embraced life. that's what they said in their post. joni sledge was zero six years old. >> and student actors at cherry hill high school east have launched controversial performances of the musical rag time t includes scenes where they utter racial slurs.

the musical started on friday night, as "eyewitness news" has been reporting, cherry hill school district originally deleted the lines from the script, but reversed its decision after getting input from parent and community leaders. strict lesson plans to help student add l -- handle the racial issues in rag time. >> police say apple juice search to couple of children at lancaster county restaurant is not what burned their mouths and their throats. we first told but this story on monday. police in east lancer township say the juice was not contaminated by the manufacturer, they believe now that the unidentified substance that made the kids sick was either introduced into the apple juice after it was poured from the container or ingested separately from the beverage. >> switching gears a bit, tonight the villanova wildcats, lesley van arsdall joins us. >> exactly where they want to

be he had into march madness, for the second time in three years, villanova won the biggies tournament. today convincing 74-zero six win over creighton. josh heart led the team with 29 points, biggies tournament mvp for the second time in three yearsment basically caring the team on his back during the tournament. we have more from madison square garden and pat gal inch. >> after last year's lost in this very game in this very building the villanova wildcats would not let up from start to finish taking home their second biggies tournament championship in the last three years. beating crate ton 74 to 60. how are you feeling? >> feeling good, man. hey, playing here in the garden, in championship game, is a thrill in itself. right? and then to win it is just off the charts to watch these kids enjoy, you love, you love that as a coach. i feel so good for them. >> not many players will accomplish what you accomplished in four years, did you let that sing in a little bit?

>> i'll think about that in a month when my college career is over. until then that doesn't matter right now. if i get complacent and this team gets complacent, we still got more games to play. and if we do that, then it will not how we want it. >> how strong do you guys feel going into the tournament? >> very, very. we have so much better to get, but we're turning in the right direction. >> they'll be likely be off to buffalo for round one and two, could find themselves right back to madison square guards never two weeks with two victories, i'm pat gal inch. >> just amazing how calm everybody is. they just won the tournament. ya, we're good. >> taking it in stride. that's what champions do. thank you so much, leslie, we appreciate that. and still to come, security breach at the white house to tell you about today a new white house fence jumper will face federal charges, what the intruder said to secret service when they took him down on the white house lawn.

plus: >> windmills, gu it. a cheese tulips and more, i'm anita oh, at the philadelphia fl

>> this is what it was like to walk through parts of new hampshire. peak gusts 119 miles per hour. during this video winds still gusting into the 110-mile an hour range. the flag was used by the staff at the mount washington observatory to help you verbalize the strength of the wind. very dangerous. advice press pence meantime in ken tunnel i rallying support for the republican plan to replace the affordable care act. here at home two dozen people outside the pat meehan's spring fields officer. called on the republican congressman to vote against the plan. the protesters are concerned that they could lose their own health insurance.

>> seniors will be really actually have a double whammie. they're going to have to pay more, get less. so this is really an appauling plan that the republicans are supporting and proposing right now. >> the protesters say they will demonstrate until the plan is ultimately defeated. >> and a man arrested after he jumped over the white house fence will face federal charges now, investigators say he was caring two cans of mace at the time. president trump talked about the incident, at a working lunch with advisors today. >> president trump and his team talked about homeland security, immigration, healthcare, at his golf club in virginia. >> we're having part of a cabinet meeting, and we're just doing it here. >> the president was asked about a friday night intruder on the white house grounds. >> secret service did a fantastic job. it was a trouble person. >> twenty-six year old jonathan tran appeared in court saturday. the secret service arrested him at 11:38 p.m. fright night

near the south entrance of the white house after he scaled a fence, when an agent asked a suspect if he had a white house pass he said no, i am a friend of the president. i have an appointment. president trump was in the white house at the time. vice president mike pence went on the road saturday to sell the gop healthcare plan. >> to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. we need every republican in congress and counting on ken tuck. >> i he talked to small business leaders in lewis ville, alongside the the republc governor concerned about the proposal. republicans trying to smile out their differences democrats used their weekly address to argue it is a bad deal. >> it means less coverage and higher costs for working families, for seniors, the disabled and for children. >> the house is expected to vote on the bill in the next few weeks. >> well, you know if you're tired of the weather outside, then head inside to the convention center. that's where the philadelphia flower show is blooming for thousands of visitors. today was opening day for the

big event. complete with windmills, lots of beautiful blossoms. our anita oh, took in the sites and smells. >> if you've never been to holland well holland is coming to you, innovation, inch jen ooh i, creativity here at this year's philadelphia flower show, come check it out. >> from bike fountains, to windmills, to entire hanging canopy of 600 colored flowers. >> i found the way they had done it, this particular exhibit here. >> this year's theme is hole and, flowering the world. >> my heritage. >> the excitement of the show drew in three generations of the wait family from watertown new york. >> i really like it. >> we were here for paris, i think six years ago, which was beautiful. just beautiful. this is wonderful. >> between all of the sites and sounds, spring is in bloom at the pennsylvania convention center the smell is beautiful,

all of the tulips, lovely. >> more to the show than the tulips, this echo dome. >> very interested in living ecologically, environmentally friendly, and they've done a lot with sustainable landscapes. >> if that doesn't put a spring in yourself. >> can visit the garden spot. new attraction. >> saturday night there are flowers after hours. >> we'll have dance party here on the snow floor. something we haven't done in the past. it will have a 90s theme. >> proceeds benefit the pennsylvania horticultural society year around effort to educate, plant trees, and beautify public spaces. more than 250,000 people are expected to attend the flower show this year. the show closes on march 19. reporting at the pennsylvania convention center, anita oh,. >> oh, looks so beautiful and spring like. >> yes. >> if we can stay in that moment before you tell us what the reality is? >> it has been like spring the past couple of days, couple of days in the 70s.

but going backward. cold air, so march, april, too. >> march is a weird month, right? >> a lot of ups and downs. that's what we will be dealing with, potential for significant snow possibly early next week. not much happening for the rest of the weekends. pretty quiet. cold, live here at center city, 27 degrees, northwest breeze at 15. so it does feel like 15 degrees when you factor in the wind. this morning we had windchill values to the single digits, same deal tomorrow headed out early you need the full on winter weather gear. the numbers from 12 up in the poconos to near 30 along the coast this hour. northwest wind still bringing in the cold air. there is a lot of told air in place across new england. thirteen in albany, 18 in buffalo. and this will stick around really for several days, stays in place, in time to meet up with the next storm system. quiet storm scan3. high pressure dominating the northern half of the country, clouds will roll through the overnight hours, for your

sunday, one storm passes by to the south. not really the system that will impact us early next week. now, remember, turning the clocks ahead one hour, daylight saving time begins tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. so sunset tomorrow night coming in at 7:04. it will be dark in the morning, too, when you get up, sunrise coming up after 7:00. something we haven't seen all winter long, favorable pattern for snowstorm, snow lovers, what you want to see. high pressure over canada, locking in cold air. system moves in sunday. tracks midwest. nice little drop in the jet stream. that storm system tracks up the east coast runs into the cold air, so we do have potential to see heavy snow for parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast, someone will probably get over a foot of snow from the system. where that sets up still the question. so we're in the favorable pattern, jet stream, late season snow, cold air is in place, certainly plenty of available atlantic moisture. trying to time it out for you

looks like precipitation arrives monday night, by midnight, tuesday probably the heaviest, tuesday morning, overall potential for over 6 inches every snow, through the delaware valley, hyatt set up, depends exact track. still, sleet and rain for part of the area, especially south of the city. that will would cut down accumulations, winds will kick up along the coast, coastal flooding tuesday. like i said, exact track, who sees the heaviest snow. certainly still in question right now. let's look at couple of models, see what we're talking about. heavy snow over philadelphia, areas to the north, maybe to up 12 inches, not saying that's going to happen. that will mid he will will likely change. if you don't like snow, european model you will favor, shows the store further off shore, less snowfall amount, three to 6 inches over the region. see how it sets up a lot of changes in the forecast. twenty for the low tonight. very cold. tomorrow 36 for the high

temperature. we should be in the low 50's, this time of year. and it is not warming up any time soon. we will be stuck in the three's, that snow and wind tuesday, still snow showers wednesday. maybe by next friday and saturday, we are talking about 40 agree temperatures returning. >> that's run ten, 15 degrees below average. it will be a while until we warm up again. >> oh, boy. i can't get past the nor'easter. justin i need more updated info tomorrow, immediately. got to get my mind right for this. >> highlight for us? >> selection sunday is tomorrow, and villanova is convincing biggies tournament win, number one side in the ncaa bracket. josh heart putting up enough heats for a very

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