tans team up to save several people from this burning home, down the shore, in a dramatic rescue. good after noon everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. that house caught on fire not once but twice. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is in wildwood crest with the details on the fiery rescue, greg? >> reporter: well, thanks, ukee. this fire was incredible but what was more incredible was rescue of the seven people inside basically 6:00 o'clock yesterday evening the entire second floor of this beach house, consumed by flames, and if you walk with me there were seven people inside but right here three people, trapped on that balcony, no where to go, until neighbors came to their rescue. >> seeing the flames, realiz ing what little is left of this five unit wildwood crest beach home and it is amazing seven people inside, got out with barely a scratch. >> the entire front of the second floor, apartment was engulfed in flames. >> reporter: corporal chris, and officer neil cullens already on the scene around

6:00 monday night. >> we made entry in the house. >> reporter: john lynch driving home from work and mayor even i, saw what happened, stopped and made this rescue of community effort. >> we had fire, smoke blowing every where. >> you can see a this is a very small opening, you and i, arrived here, and it was right there. >> reporter: they were on the second floor, only way out was , jumping essentially. >> yes, only way out was jumping. >> i did the best, like drop her, right now. and she dropped, and, ernie caught her, like this, you know, i jumped right into ernie and officer redd was right underneath us. >> there was no way anything was happening to that little girl. >> reporter: that young girl her brother and her uncle all saved from this balcony. fire fighters had removed two parents and child from the first floor and on the other side was officer cullens, no mask kicking down a door. >> we pulled out a elderly woman.

>> reporter: no one who their lives and 11 of these heroes taking a sliver of credit for what they did. >> we're just doing our jobs. >> reporter: back here live a second fire spark around 1:00 o'clock in the morning, no official word on what start either of of those fires but officials say they are not considered suspicious. all of the while you can see just is what left, really of this home, a complete loss for all of those living, inside, and basically members of the community, here creating a go fund me page, if you'd like more information on that and how to help out the seven individual, we have posted that information on our web site at cbs philly.com. live from wildwood crest, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thanks very much. we have a new look at another fiery rescue, this is helmet cam video from fire fighters in aston, delaware county. and they battled a house fire fire morning. you can see those flames too intense for fire fighters to go in the home. police officers eventually pulled a woman out of the back of the house and fire fighters , raced to break down a fence, and helped them

escape. one fire fighter suffered a burn to the shoulder but is recovering. umbrella is a must have accessory today, it has been gray, glummy for most of the day. we found people dodging rain drops at 16th and walnut earlier today, getting a break from the rain right now but we are not in the clear just yet. meteorologist kate bilo is here with a look at what to expect the rest of the evening , kate. >> reporter: ukee to day has been rough, on and off we have had gusty thunderstorms rolling through, very heavy pockets of rain with any of these storms during the morning commute, another one around midday and then till, this system impacting our area you can see that classic comma shape of the storm lifting out to new england. we are on the back edge but just not seeing a ton of clearing. further south they have had more sunshine today, that is a double edged sword with the sun around d.c. and maryland and virginia, now we have got some storms firing up, but the fact that we have kept things cloudy, drizzly and cooler should inhibit any further storm development as we go through tonight. there could be an isolated one to the south budd mainly we

are looking at cloud, drizzle and scattered showers and that is your picture right now on storm scan three. you can sea the green in the north and west, few pockets to the south this storm getting underway right around dover right now slowing things down for those traveling south on i-95 or north and that could cross in south jersey here within the next hour or so. everything is a little bit scattered tonight, there could be a isolated storm off to the south, a slow commute, outside but we will clear it out overnight and i've got better news with the full forecast, finally some sunshine but how long does it last? i'll tell you, jessica. >> big question, thanks very much. search continues tonight for shooter who opened fire in philadelphia's northern liberties neighborhood. gunfire and the exhaustive police search, following it led to last night's shut down of the northbound lanes of the interstate i-95. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live with more on where the investigation stand right now, alycia. >> reporter: jessica, there were investigators here earlier today at the scene and for most of the day authorities still trying to

piece together exactly what happened here right now focus of the investigation, seems to be an earlier reports of the shooting, reports that the gunfire may have come from the fifth floor of the nearby vacant building. it was a shooting in northern liberties, that shut down part of the city yesterday, as this busy rush hour. >> i heard someone was shooting cars from the roof. >> reporter: with some concern about a possible snipper situation, police closed i-95, and north front street for hours, several blocks along spring garden were blocked and this building under construction was barricaded. >> three individual that were working on a renovated building, they were inside the building when they heard three gunshots and they believed that the gunshots came from inside of the building. >> reporter: a swat team swept building before, floor by floor finding no one but authorities did find a chevy silverado that was at least a football field away struck twice by bullets. bullets hitting driver's side as woman associated with

delilah's gentlemen's club was getting in the truck. >> she was really lucky she was not struck by gunfire because she was inches away. >> reporter: investigators unsure if the woman was targeted and saying away from saying this is a snipper situation until they can prove it. >> i can confirm there are marks on the window sill of the window, that was facing the scene. >> reporter: crime scene unit outside gentlemen's club today , detectives inside the vacant building, focusing on the fifth floor window, trying to determine if the stripe marks were from bullets or construction, going on inside of the building. and, in addition to, in addition to still processing the scene here authorities are looking for surveillance video nearby businesses inside of the plaza they are asking anyone who was in this area around 6:00 last night to give them a call if they notice or spot anything suspicious. reporting live, from northern liberties, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police charged 22-year old , in connection with the

death of the two-year old boy in the west oak lane section. nesmith has been charged when danger the welfare of the child. two-year old asim jones was found unresponsive in the 7100 block of north 15th street later in the week. cause of the death was still under investigation. fire works inside an outside of the courtroom as indicted philadelphia district attorney seth williams appears for his hearing, on his representation. this afternoon court heard arguments from williams attorney michael diamondstein who said he could no longer represent williams due to other client conflicts and fears he won't get paid. judge told williams he must decide by from whether he will obtain new counsel or his bail could be revoke. our joe holden was inside the courtroom and coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 he will have a live report on the hearing and what happened outside federal court when protesters showed up. president trump visited the epa headquarters where he signed an executive order that

cancels many obama era climate policies. trump shared the stage with coal miners and said order rolls back job killing regulations with the review of the clean power plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal fired power plants. >> my administration is putting an end to the war on c ole, we will have clean coal. >> order also lifts a 14 month ban on new coal leases on federal land. supporters say changes will boost domestic energy production, critics say move from clean energy back to fossil fools will hurt the economy and environment. president trump says it is start of the new era in innovation as others say it is a step backward. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we will show you impact some say the president 's new environmental policy will have our our region. despite rain this morning crews were able to restore up to 25 grave stones in the cities wissonoming section, after more than 100 were found

toppled and vandalized, accord together jewish federation more than $220,000 was donated to support clean up and repairs on the mount carmel cemetery. conservation expert joe furini say they are composed of heavier stones like granite making restoration process much more difficult. >> it was done in a matter of probably only an hour or so by a few vandals will take hundreds of hours of skilled labor to redue. it is just so needless. >> restoration efforts are led by grave stone matters preservation and national park service. a $74,000 reward is being offered, for any information, leading to an arrest. police in chester county say they have broken up a marijuana growing operation, they have arrested william delgado, martinez and roberto quinones, these are just some of the 100 mature marijuana plants that police say they grew at a home in north coventry township. police found monkey in the

house. animal is being taken care of by a local rescue group. take a good look at this surveillance video of the man walking with away with the stolen 60-inch flat screen tv. police say he broke in the home on the 6800 block of north 19th street in west oak lane last tuesday. he got away with that tv and several credit card. well to day is a big day here at cbs three, it is our eighth annual ronald mcdonald house charities tell-a-thon and your chance to make a difference in the lives of some children and their families, and the volunteers are there, waiting to take your calls and up next we will tell but some of the great incentives for donating. also this. >> we were treated with utter disrespect, we were treated as criminals. >> pat down problem, why that mother is so upset about her son's security check at the airport and what the tsa says about the growing controversy. also, melania on the move, the new push to get first laid toy move to the white

ahh, sound of applause and also the sound of phones, ringing. we need to hear them now.

hi everybody tell-a-thon rolls rolls on 18th annual tell -a-thon raising fund for children and their families for the four ronald mcdonald houses in our area these people really they need to hear from you. they have come a long way to help answer the phones and help our calls, they need to hear, from you, we're here until 8:00 p.m. raising money for four houses. they provide a loving place to stay, for families with children, in the hospital, please call, please call and make a donation, the number is 844-977, you see it there, cbs-3. 844-977-2273. now there are three case to donate, again, you can call us or get a ten dollars donation by texting the word family, to you know how i love the word family, to 20222, data and message rates may play or donate by going to cbs philly .com. just click on the banner at the top of the home page. while there at cbs philly.com check out the amazing auction

at toms raise money for today 's tell-a-thon. it is called, bidding for good , and the word is good, because good, i hear some phones ringing. let's do this bid on tickets to see, rod stewart, cindy lauper, or, a first pitch opportunity at an upcoming phillies game, and that, my friend, it is just the beginning. look for the lincoln our home page. lets get those phones, ringing kate, over to you. >> thanks, so much ukee. i'm joined by another family who calls ronald mcdonald house their home away from home. this is two-year old westin, he is here with his parents, amy and steve. you have been at chestnut street house for two months now with westin. can you talk about what he is going through and how ronald mcdonald house has helped you. >> he has as far as -- >> he is going through chemo, radiation at the same time. naturally we had radiation and

chemo back to back. it was pretty rough. he hung in there pretty good. >> he is a tough guy. >> he is a very tough guy. >> he looks like a tough guy. >> so nice not to worry about what you will have to sleep and paying rent for an apartment and things like that >> absolutely, it is so nice to have a place that we don't have to think about what we will cook for dinner that night or we have ingredient toss make whatever it is for din are that night. the activities that they do in the evening, with the kid, they are just so cute for him because it gives him, his time , something special for him to do, and each night. >> separate from the hospital. >> yes, just separate. >> yes, it will not hurt him, and it is just fun time for him. >> that is what he need, that is what you need to take worry off your plate and just be a family and have fun. >> yes. >> how hard is it having a two month-old, going through this whole process. >> it has its challenges. >> yes. >> westin, thanks for being

here. do you like the ronald mc donald house. >> yes. >> say yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> thanks for being here, for sharing his story and this is why we do this families like, this for kid like westin to be able to have a fun place to go after a long, stay of treatment at the hospital. ukee, back over to you. >> kate, thanks very much. 844-977-cbs 36789 we have great, fantastic incentives as well. look at these check these out for $150 you can get two tickets to see cab receipt at the kimmel center or how about , two tickets to see, i dina menzel in concert july 16th. great show. you can get four tickets to see philadelphia soul game or, four tickets to the national constitution center. just ask your phone volunteer for a complete list of our incentives. now, i mentioned the phillies. i will tell you what, follow me, chris, follow me right over here. we have special guest is here

in our station, swoop showed up too. my goodness. we will get to you. call swoop as well, but we have phoebe with us and this is the mom of the greatest mascot, in sports. you want to know how, he got that way? pheobe, hold on, i got to talk tour friend. we have courtney, skylar a couple of fantastic phillies ball girls and you too, ladies have a special incentive for anyone who calls. what is it all about. >> we do as phillies were so proud to be part of this, and this wonderful foundation, so we have brought with us a signed aaron nola baseball. so please call in, donate and you'll have opportunity to get this ball. >> skylar put the ball up to that camera and there you go, not that close and picture of aaron nola, he is back, i understand he is throwing the ball very well, down at spring training. >> are you excited about the season. >> i'm so excited. i just want april 7th to be

here right now. >> that is right. here are numbers, right there, tell everyone to call. >> call in, to 844-977-cbs-3. >> very good. >> very good. >> text the word family to 20222. you have got the information, we will come back to you throughout the evening. jessica and kate, back to you in the studio. >> studio, studio. >> we may see you, later. >> yes. >> kate, today, my gosh, that rain, really came down and lightening, thunder and the whole thing. >> we had a little bit of everything. it was intense. it came right as i was taking kid to school and a lot of people outside on the road and pond ago cross the area. lightening, thunder, it has eased but still not out of the wood just yet but we are seeing temperatures staying in the 50's. that is keeping us cool. that should mitigate threat for widespread thunderstorm activity this evening but we

do have scattered showers outside, ponding on the road from the earlier rain and that will lead to a slow go across the area here's a look outside starting off with our roof cam which looks brighter then it did earlier, little bit of the lull in the city at lee but we have showers, pretty much even circling the entire region right now, depending where you are as part and parcel of the larger storm system, you can see on storm scan three pushing in new england. that is where we saw earlier this line of intense showers, storms that pushed through in the morning and through midday they have shifted off to the north ande but still see scattered showers, area that did see more sun and warning off to the south and they were in that severe threat from yesterday, that is where thunderstorm activity is. it is a good thing we have kept it, cooler and more cloudy, we have stabilized the atmosphere. so not as much being able to pop. we have one storm traversing the delaware bay here moving from kent county, delaware into south jersey, scattered showers, drizzle, mist, fog

all across the area and good snap chat what today has looked like. this is in broadheadville, foggy, glummy, cloudy, damp and really will not get any better through remainder of this evening. right now 54 degrees in philadelphia, 51 allentown, 51 in reading. we are seeing wind switch a bit and as we go through tonight wyndmoor northerly flow bringing cooler, dryer air in the region and finally clear us out as we head through overnight hours and tomorrow. just a stray shower, through about 8:00 mainly cloudy at 10:00 and by midnight patchy fog develops but cloud gradual ly start to break. we are on the down swing with this storm through this evening, and few scattered showers here and there, cloud breaking up overnight and we may have lingering cloud cover tomorrow morning but depending where you are you'll wake up tomorrow morning from the sit on south east and wake up to cloud cover north and west more sunshine to start the day and then by lunchtime we will clear out completely and

beautiful afternoon mostly sunny and pleasant. been a while since we have had that. scattered showers, possibly a stray thunderstorm to the south 536789 we will drop to 47 overnight. gradual clearing, patchy fog, outside on the road but tomorrow looks like a better day we're back to the lower 60 's. a lot of sunshine. it has been a while since we have had full day of sun, tomorrow afternoon looking g thursday, 57 lots of sun again but true to form march will end how it has been most of the month, cool, cloudy and damp gannon friday. we will talk more about that storm and first weekend of april to see what that has in store. >> i see you, all right. >> thanks, kate. president trump is known for pretty expensive real estate deals but we will tell you how much someone just made selling the childhood home. singer prepared, new plan to prevent new jersey music college from shutting down, don. game of life, learned through the game of basketball

how sixers are passing out pearls of wisdom to students, we will be

there are nine games left in the sixers season. team is in brooklyn tonight but their presence still felt locally. today 75 students got a treat in pitman, new jersey. dancing, passing drills, and a chance to learn about the pro game and life lessons from sixers jermaine jones. day of fun from the camden forward school and it was a day to learn about proper nutrition, and staying active. >> what you put in comes out, you know, if you put junk in you will not have energy to do the things you need to do to

live a healthy lifestyle. >> reporter: as for the kid, they had a great time and learned an important lesson, even if they are not a fan of certain food. >> i'm not much of a vegetable person but it plays a big part , in training, and, you know, developing your body. >> very important. good stuff by sixers there. hey, it that is time of the year once again you the fan can help select the john want make's ward winner that goes to the athlete or team that best represents philly, some nominees are carli lloyd, wayne simmonds, malcolm jenkins and dario saric. pick you will a ballot or log on to cbs philly.com and vote. >> get on it. >> good to see jermaine jones getting involved. love it. >> thanks, don. coming up next on "eyewitness news", star athletes share a dark side of their lives. >> former members of the u.s. women's gymnastics team testified here on capitol hill sharing their stories of sexual abuse. i'm weijia jiang with how

lawmakers hope to protect other athletes, coming up. and move to the white house or pay up, big bill some taxpayers want the first lady to

more than 100 women have come forward, and shared stories shockingly similar to mine. >> former members of the u.s. gymnastics team testify on capitol hill today, some say they were sexually abused by one of their coaches. senate committee is looking into how to better protect young athletes from predators. news continues at 5:30. hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm ukee washington. legislation is considered to require governing bodies overseeing olympic sports to immediately report abuse allegations to authorities. cbs correspondent weijia jiang has more from capitol hill. >> did you realize you were being abused at the time. >> i didn't. >> reporter: maddie larson is among former members of the u.s. woman's gymnastics team who spoke on capitol hill tuesday sharing their stories of sexual abuse, at the hand of someone they trusted, team doctor lawrence naser. >> 's boosted me at national training center in texas. he abused me in california, at

meets, and all over the world. >> reporter: last month cbs news chief medical correspondent, john lepuke reported on 60 minutes at least 60 gymnast claimed he abused them. their lawyer say that number today is more than 100. at no time was there ever another adult in the room. >> reporter: victims testified that u.s.a. gymnastic officials and coaches are also to blame, for creating a culture of high pressure and fear that made them scared to come forward. the culture was money and medals. the culture wasn't about the girls. >> reporter: senators are working to pass legislation that would require amateur athletic groups to immediately report sex abuse allegations to police, strengthen oversight of gyms and coaches and ensure victims can safely and easily report abuse. >> no one ever asked us what happened in there. it was much easier. >> reporter: u.s.a. gymnastics did not attend the hearing but

issued a statement saying in part we are dealing with a serious problem and we re commit ourselves to promoting a safe environment for our athletes. larson says for the first time that she feels hopeful, future gymnast won't have to go through what she just d weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". there are new developments tonight in the upcoming re trial of the former monday or william lynn. judge in philadelphia said that sheila how one other church abuse victim to testify , and that she will decide on three others before the trial. lynn is being retried after serving nearly three years of the three to six year sentence in a child endangerment case. pennsylvania supreme court, threw out conviction over weeks of testimony from priest abuse victims not directly tied to his case. lynn, is accused of endangering a alter boy who was assaulted by a priest in 1999. texas mother has filed a complaint with the tsa saying agency performed an excessive pat down of her 13 year-old son. the video of the screening in

dallas fort worth international airport seen here, went viral after mom jennifer williams posted it on facebook. williams said she and her son were quote treated like dogsed and forced to miss a flight because of the extensive security check. >> i believe he he was padded down excessively. they went over his sensitive area a little more necessary giving that he was not wearing bulky clothing or anything like that. >> agents performed extra check after lap top was found in the teen's bag. williams says her son was traumatize by pat down, tsa says procedures were part of the new standard that went in effect, instead of variations there is just one full body pat down. today white house denied interfering in the investigation into russian interference in the presidential election. former deputy attorney general sally yates was scheduled to testify at a house intelligence hearing today, and cbs has learned that yates was prepared to contradict

previous white house statements about the firing of the national security advisor michael flynn. yates attorney asked white house for permission to testify, but white house lawyers never responded before the hearing was cancelled. >> on the 24th, mrs. yates attorney sent letter requesting that consent, specifically state ago this if they did not receive a response by march 27th at 10:00 a.m. they would quote conclude that the white house does not assert executive privilege over these matters. the white house did not respond and took no action, that prevented miss yates from testifying. >> house intelligence committee chairman devon nunez says he cancelled the hearing because he need more information, from fbi director james comey to day nunez blew off democratic calls to recues himself from the investigation president trump welcomed the national fraternal order of police union today to the white house. philadelphia fop lodge five president john mcnesby met with the president. president trump pledged to work with them to make the country safer.

more than 100,000 people signed a petition urging first lady melania trum top move to the white house or pay for security costs at trump tower herself. change.org petition was started after senior white house aid indicated that the president's wife and son, baron, will remain in new york until the school year end. new york city police estimate it cost up to $146,000 a day to protect the first lady and her son at trump tower. the president's childhood home is now off the market, an unnamed bidder paid 2.1 million-dollar for five bedroom, four and a half home in queens. selling price is 54 percent profit for real estate investor who flip the house after purchasing it in december. the house was built by trump's father and family lived there until mr. trump was about four years old. also up for sale rider university is moving ahead with plans to sell its princeton campus and 90 year-old choir college located there. rider's president announce today it will sell west

minister choir college and its 23-acre campus. options include selling the land, and college separately even if that means the choir college will be relocated. sale is opposed by west minister supporters but move helped the school avoid 13.1 million-dollar deficit by 2019 keys of the inspiration pea an he lobbies opened at southwork school in south philadelphia. students and staff marked this afternoon's ribbon cutting with performances and mayor from mayor jim kenney. piano lab and music program was funded by lang, international music foundation southwork school is community school funded by cities beverage tax. well, still to come here on "eyewitness news" making a difference in the lives of some children and their family >> we certainly hope you will pick up your phone and donate to our ronald mcdonald house charities tell-a-thon, meet, some of the families who will benefit from your generosity. and from philadelphia to hollywood i'm joining ladies of the talk and i'd love for

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hi, everyone i have moved into our great hall where we are, celebrating our eighth annual, ronald mcdonald house charities, tell-a-thon, here, we are so excited to be doing this yet again. look swoop's here, it is fun and community coming together, to help the four ronald mc

donald house charities in our area. the four houses in our area. but it is also a time for us to introduce you to some of the children and families, who get the great benefit of your donations. so call right now, put these kind people to work, 1-844-977-cbs3. as you are picking up the phone keep an eye out for this story as well. this is about a little boy named nicholas and his mom. they have been at a ronald mc donald house in our area not just for a few weeks but for five months. lets take a look. >> nicholas is always, on the go. big wheels, and a bigger personality. nicholas does not let his limitations get in the way. he has things to do. >> he dreams big, thanks in part to the ronald mcdonald house. >> he suffers from a tumor inside his spinal cord.

he had his third surgery on halloween and we have been here ever since. so, the surgery put him in the wheelchair, that is new since halloween. we are here for rehab learning how to walk all over and do all of the things he could do before. >> reporter: his mother watched nicholas endure three round of the chemotherapy and credits ronald mcdonald howls for her letting her stay by his side for every moment, donations help make it possible. >> we wouldn't have a place for my son to be able to make happy memories, it is really tough times. >> reporter: between treatments and therapy nicholas just gets to be a kid >> the friend that he has made here, the feeling like you have people who get what you are going through, all of it has been a huge help for nick lays annie. >> reporter: donations are helping her son heel, and nicholas still has plenty of time to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. >> i want to be a fire men,

and drive a police car. >> that is what we want to do, all about helping kid who need it, helping them, have a home, a home in the ronald mcdonald house. i'm vittoria woodill. here we are in front of the money wall, my favorite place to be, and i'm joined by a few representatives from kennedy health. they are lisa marina, jill oz storm and doctor carmen sier vo, and we have more important things to share. we have a big check. can you tell us what we have. >> we have a check for $10,000 for the ronald mcdonald house. we are delighted to present this. >> there is nothing liken joy of doing something good. can you feel it in the room, jill. >> we can. this has been a fun afternoon. delighted to be here. so happy to support project and ronald mcdonald house. >> we are so happy to have you here to do it. bill, what is going through you right now. >> kennedy has been with us since the beginning.

they are always there for us. they have always been a good financial supporter, and we know where this money is going >> you know it is nice when you watch the ronald mcdonald house tell-a-thon on cbs-3 you see people coming back, it is a family that continues to build. my man here logan i remember you from last year. look at him, how awesome is he , don, can we talk about how cute he is, please. >> he is the man. >> logan is the man. you talked about family and how people come back year after year. philadelphia eagles big supporters of the ronald mc donald house. we are joined by i think you know who this guy is, sweep's in the house, ready to take up your tv time right there coming through your living room. we are joined by best cheer leaders in all nfl eagles cheerleaders joining us right now, cat, allie and alex. ladies, thanks for joining us. i understand you have incentives for the people. >> yes, we do philadelphia eagles have a long standing relationship with the ronald mcdonald house charities. we wanted to stop by cbs-3 tell a then today and show off

this little piece right here an autograph football by wide receiver jordan matthew. i know, very excitement so make sure you call right new so we can make this addition a part of your home and help out a family of need. >> jordan matthews top pass catcher over the last three years. good guy. you want to get in on this action right now. once again number 1-844-977-cbs3. so, swoop, demand it. jessica, back to you. >> if swoop demand it, it must be, don that is how it goes. we want to say thank to you the volunteers making things go. take a look at these fine people answering your phone calls right now. these are sponsors, volunteers , anthony sylvan pools, man music center, philadelphia eagles, philadelphia phillies, and south jersey industries, and seen it insurance. we appreciate all of their support. we wouldn't be able to do it without them. we cannot do what we are doing without you. 1-844-977-cbs3. you're meeting all these

families and kid and every dollars is going right to them to help them, ukee. >> wonderful thing, thanks very much. i was saying earlier in the broadcast we had storms, rain, but we are bringing sunshine to a lot of lives, no doubt bit. >> it is chilly but in here it is warm, cozy, and family atmosphere. >> how about it. >> such a great day. so heart warming to do these things for kid. thank you, everyone. >> any sun warmth in our future outside. >> i wouldn't call it warmth as much as seasonal spring. right around 60's, after the march we had 62 degrees, we will take it, that what we are aiming for. but first we have to clear skies and cloud and showers showers out of area more sunshine is returning. we saw some sun last week but it was coal. we have in the been able to pair mild temperatures and sunshine together in quite sometime. but that is all changing. lets look outside, and go out to the library cam, parkway central library showing what today has looked like across the area gray, glummy, and

damp, and this rain has, lasted, it was a little bit more intense then expected. it looked like more scattered showers and storms but we had rain on and off, not a lot of the break in the action and that has kept temperatures, stuck only in the 50's. now there is good news in that i'll explain why in just a moment. see storm scan three shows this large system, actual center is right over our region. over portions of delaware to the south of that low we are seeing thunderstorm activity, down around hampton road area of virginia, norfolk, washington d.c., more rainfall falling across portions of new england. area that did get warmer and see sun break out down across maryland, southern delaware and virginia. those are spots seeing threat for thunderstorms this evening because is there more instability in the atmosphere thanks to that sun. we have had more cloud, more of that light rain, drizzle so we are seeing scattered showers here this evening. one little cell pushing toward maurice river could impact cape may count which a brief

sure or thunderstorm. in the meantime doesn't look too bad. we have got some sun in cape may courthouse and temperatures have warmed up there just a little bit. don't think that temperature is exactly accurate right now but you can see cloud broken up here and there and definitely warmer off to the south. sixty-four in wildwood. head down in sussex county dent what i will delaware and see temperatures as well. see that swirl of cloud, right overhead center of the low just south of the philadelphia , temperatures to the north of that low center only in the 50's, to the south , that is where your 70's are. wind switch. north wind coming in behind the low, in areas off to the west where we're starting to clear things out. and, clear skies, will be the case for next two days. we are looking at sunny skies for wednesday, thursday, really a pleasant pair of mid weekday and better for weekend but weekend looks similar to this seasonal highs. on light wind on thursday. breezy tomorrow. low humidity both wednesday and thursday if only it could stay that way, right. heading in to tomorrow we will start the day with a few cloud , sun breaks out around lunchtime and as we head into

tomorrow night that is when we will start to see just a few cloud work their way back n thursday is sunny for most of the day but by 7:00 o'clock thursday evening, here come the cloud again and friday, morning, we will start to see period of rain work their way through and lot at size of that precipitation shield. it is a long duration, rain event, friday, all the way into saturday morning. stray shower tonight, tomorrow sunny pleasant and 62. then we have a nice thursday. friday, period of rain all day 9:00 a.m. right through early saturday morning we can see cloud, shower. then we will clear it out and first weekend of april looking beautiful with highs in the lower 60's and good deal of sun. another chance for rain next tuesday. ukee and jessica back over to you. thanks, kate. up next how you you can earn a free trip to california with me. >> can i come.

wednesday, april 26th i will sit down with ladies of the talk for one of their live broadcast and just a short time ago i spoke to host julie chen about what is in store for my visit. thanks so much for being with us. i can't wait to be with you guys in about a month now. >> i know, we're very excited to have you here. >> like all of fans here i love watching the show. we will be right in the middle of it with you guys i can't wait for. that i can bring some people with me? i think there is a sweepstakes >> gentlemen, you can bring two of your besties from your area we are doing our anchors away sweepstakes. first you have to tell us why you are our biggest fan, in the philadelphia area. >> for me i was watching you guys because it is so real,

you talk just like friend. >> you will experience that firsthand because what we have , every morning at 8:30 in the morning we have what we call the 8:00 a.m. meeting. you are thinking wait, what. >> why not 8:30 meeting. >> it is 8:00 a.m. meeting because it was supposed to start at 8:00 a.m. some of us come into late, sharon osborne so we have to keep sliding it and that meeting is so much fun. we have breakfast. no one is in make up no one has their hair done, everybody is in elastic waste way something. we laugh. what really happens in that room a cleaned up version, that won't get us in trouble with the fcc, gets on the air. >> i can't wait, i will bring my elastic waist pants and i love breakfast so i'm sold. i will there been at 8:30 for 8:00 a.m. meeting. sound perfect. >> it will be fun, guys. do i want to you come with me. event tore win the talk anchors away sweepstakes, you and a guest will win a trip to los angeles, hotel for three

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front of the federal judge, and the question, is why did seth williams, his attorney, just appear for a limited basis? williams, characterized that attorney's basis as a friend, repaying a favor, well, the

judge warned if this matter did not get cleared up quickly then williams and his attorney , presently are on treacherous ground. >> good morning. >> do you have any comment, do you want to say anything to the philadelphia taxpayers. >> good morning, i'm here to see the judge. >> district attorney seth williams and his lawyer headed upstairs for 3:00 o'clock here michael diamondstein wants off case arguing that williams can't afford him. this is audio obtained by cbs-3 from the hearing. >> you signed on to do the case. i don't have any basis as i see it right new to recommend a judge diamond you should aloud to withdraw. >> i'm telling the court there is no fund for his attorney, no fund for investigation. if the court does not think that is enough so be it. >> reporter: joined in the courtroom was tense, as judge timothy rice, asked seth williams if he could afford his own lawyer or if he wanted the court to appoint one. williams said he should have a new attorney by friday. >> you can wave your right to counsel, and you can have your baev