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kevin hart sends a video to ukee and it ends i with a $10,000 donation first, this monkey. bizarre that landed three men behind bars. >> authorities say they're behind a sophisticated marijuana growing operation >> "eyewitness news" alexandria hoff is live with more on how they were busted. >> reporter: hunters tipped off police to the strong smell of raw marijuana coming from a home. inside police found enough plants to produce about 200 pounds of marijuana. along with a half-ton monkey. they didn't speak smudge

english. the men were quick to wave a warm hello according to one neighbor. warm maybe but not welcoming, says chester county tom >> it was a shock as the warrant, along with men have been charged with felony drug trafficking. they've been tied to mexico >> all these hard core drug guys came out after the investigation. not to tell us there was over 100 plants, but to say there's a cute monkey in there. >> there was and confused and lonely. where he was taken before being reunited with fellow at an unnamed sanctuary.

>> when you hit drug house, you're not what you're going to find, we found snakes, alligators. you'll find gun, drugs. in this case, we found a monkey. a tiny monkey. >> reporter: by the way there were a couple other animals found inside the home, pitch jens and turtles. owning a monkey is illegal but the suspects -- police believe this growing operation was part of something much larger. reporting live in check chester county. alexandria hoff brave responders rescued several in wildwood crest on the 5500 block of park drive. the entire second floor was engulfed in flames when police officers arrived around 6:00 monday, they helped rescue two children and their kentucky.

our greg argos how he and the mayor caught one of the children >> the only way out was jumping. i did the best drop her now. and she dropped. and ernie caught her like this. i jumped right into ernie and officer web was underneath us. there's no way anything was going to happen to that little girl. >> officers also rescued an elderly woman, meanwhile firefighters rescue todd parents and their child from the father-in-law. no one was seriously hurt and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. search continues for a shooter who opened fire in philadelphia northern liberties yesterinvestigate in the area a the 500 block of north front street. construction workers heard the gun fire and the bullets hit a pickup truck. a woman may have been the target of the gunfire, investigators are shying away this was a sniper situation. >> one of the wind sill of the

window that was facing the scene >> the shooting and the search led to the shut down of reinstate 95. a woman described as the caretaker of a 2-year-old was facing charges in his death. she's charged with multiple counts including end endangering the welfare of a child, concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse. 2-year-old was found unresponsive at a home in the 7100 block of north 15th last week. no word on the toddler's cause of death. indicted until friday. he has sought to leave the case over concern that is williams could not pay him. this is audio contained. >> you signed on to do the case,

i don't have any basis as i see it right now to recommend to judge diamond that you should be allowed to withdrawal >> there's no funds for his attorney or investigation. if the court doesn't think that's enough. so be it >> prosecutors say they have no objection to diamond stein leaving the case. outside, williams was confronted by black lives matter. >> after more than 100 grave stones were found toppled and vandalized. more than 2 to $20,000 was donated to support the clean-up and repairs at mount caramel cemetery. some of the stones are composed marble and granite making the process much more difficult. a $74,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest in that vandalism >> they fought for our freedom. an organization is getting

renewed attention for paying tribute to our veterans. natasha brown introduces you to a local hero who benefitted you from a very special service >> i never expected to be in the service. >> reporter: henry was only 22 when draft i do not the army in 1943. the 95-year-old world war ii recollection of those days are still vivid >> i spent three years of my life there. i was 22 when i went in and 25 when i came back. >> reporter: june of 2014, henry and his younger brother took part in a flight trip to washington, dc to visit memorial >> it gave us shirts which is what this is. >> on a flight featured on tuesday night ncis is a nonproperty helped to transport more than 80,000 veterans to the world war ii memorial and other

veteran memorial in dc since. >> i can't tell you how great it is. i never expected to go, a lot went on their own, drive themselves but this is special. i wouldn't have been the same thing if i went up by myself >> it's a good feeling that somebody cares. somebody showed, you know, that they really appreciated what these fellows went through >> henry and his wife have been married 63 years. three kids, eight grandkids and a lifetime of memories together. they've added another lasting memory thanks to a hero's salute. natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news." president trump is taking action to change how the u.s. deals with climate change. he visited epa headquarters where he signed an executive

order. it halts efforts to reduce the carbon pollution of cole minors plus oil and gas. the president said the obama era regulations were bad for the economy. >> we're going to have safety, clean water and air. but so many are unnecessary and so many are job killing. we're getting rid of the bad ones. >> environmentalists argue risk of climate change. intelligence chairman devon nunez will stay the course. democrats say he can be marshal because he appears to be coordinating with the white house. he cancelled a hearing from sally yates. yates revealed michael flynn misled the vice president about

his communication with russia. first lady milania trump was in washington with the president bit still lives in new york city >> there's a petition to change that. some are calling for the first lady to move to the white house immediately. >> outrage over a pat-down at airport security. why one mother says tsa went too far >> it's been a stretch of gray gloomy days, we're talking return of sunshine. when it gets here and how long it sticks around. meaningful day here at cbs3. ronald mcdonald house telethon was a huge success. and more on the big time movie star

president trump's childhood home is off the mark. an unnamed bird paid $2.1 million for the home in queens. house was built by the president's father. the family lived there until donald trump was about four. the president now calls the white house home but first lady milania trump is living full-time in manhattan >> there's a petition urging the

first lady to move to washington, dc or pay for security herself >> the petition which will be delivered to vermont senator and elizabeth warren urges milania to move to washington, dc as a way to alleviate the national debt. when it comes to protecting the president and first family, most agree we should do whatever it takes. >> some taxpayers take issue with the added cost with keeping milania and barren trump >> i fully support her making the choice as a mother first and a first lady second >> ultimately i don't agree >> more than 150,000 people

signed a petition or change.org urging the first lady to move to washington or pay the price. how much does it cost per day to protect them at trump tower? >> probably 10 grand >> hundreds of thousands. >> reporter: the nypd estimated between 127 and 1 $46,000 >> per day? i'm a finance how can it be 1 $27,000 in one day. >> some say the first lady belongs in the white house >> the first lady has her responsibilities and technically a job. >> we're talking about impressions and how it looks >> it's an honor to be in the white house. >> others say it's a good short term decision for long-term well-being of her child. >> not like it's going to be eight years. it's a short amount of time. four, five months. it's the right decision as a mother. >> milania trump is the first

lady since anna harrison to live somewhere other than the white house, in harrison case, it was illness that kept her from washington. >> i remember that. thanks so much. a texas mother is taking on the tsa and airport security. she says the agency performed an excessive pat-down of her 13-year-old son. the video of the screening at dallas international has gone viral. jennifer williams posted on facebook and claims she and her son were treated like dogs. she's filed a complaint with the agency. >> i believe he was anticipated down excessively. they went over his sensitive areas. >> agents performed the extra check after a laptop was found in the teen's bag. the tsa says the procedures performed are part of new standards that went into effect earlier this month. an exciting day at cbs3 and

the cbsphilly it was our eighth annual telethon. many of you generously donated. our sponsors and community stepped up to the plate. the ronald mcdonald house does bright work in providing care >> all of the families that folks met, all the donations are directly strutting flames. they have an opportunity to share their stories and then the community responds and supports them. and so i'm grateful and so many people care and are kind and want to support the families. and there it is. a grand total. thanks to our sponsors we raised $1.2 million.

we got a surprise from kevin >> you're doing an amazing thing. i can't be there in person, i'm donating $10,000 to the cause. >> everybody gave out a roar. he truly has a huge heart. what a great gesture. thank you, kevin for your support from the bottom of all of our hearts, the children's and family. great day all the way around. >> great day to be inside. because it was warm and cozen happy. looked it was going tore a scattered showers. we had big badges of steady rain and that kept temperatures on the cooler side. we didn't really break out of the 50's. that's the good news because it kept thing stable. we didn't have a ton of thunderstorms. but we did have a lot of rain and just not a good day to be out and about. getting better. let's take a look at what's going on. we'll take you oh out to spring

garden. this is the intersection of broad and spring garden in philadelphia as we look from our studios. the roads are still glistening. everything wet in the wake of the earlier rain and we had another batch of showers about an hour ago. can't rule out a stray one. you can see on stormscan 3 most of it is moving out. so we are seeing the steadiest rain over portions of coastal new england. few scattered showers. for the most part, for all intents and purposes the rain is pretty much over. starting to see the clouds break up. we had showers pushing through ocean county. now we're seeing winds coming out of the north. you can see the within switch denoting that the wind is pulling out. we'll bottom out in the low to mid 40's. north and west upper 40's in the

city. 50 in wilmington, 52 in dover, stuck in the low 50's most of the day. high fell about three degrees above average, but hopefully we can add another plus five on the 29th of march as temperatures finally head upward. talking about pleasant pair of days tomorrow and thursday, sunny skies both days. seasonal highs both days, on this matter 50's. we'll be within five degrees of those highs over the next two days, tomorrow thursday brings lighter winds and low humid both days, great weather to get outside. it's been awhile since he we've been able to pair sunshine with mild temperatures, we've had sunny cold days and mild cloudy days but really haven't been able to get the two meet up. looks like we finally will. by 11:00 looking at full sunshine. that will be the case for the whole day. here's 6:00 p.m. not a cloud in the sky. thursday could start off with more sunshine and by late afternoon high clouds starts to

drift in. this is going to go come in by late morning friday. here's 11:00 a.m., the first batch of steady rain, very slow moving storm has a lot of moisture, you can see friday at 5:00 p.m., heavy rain rain around the back edge, early saturday as well. overnight, stray shower, gradual clearing. breezy and pleasant tomorrow at 62. thursday looks nice at 57. friday, periods of rain, will be heavy especially through the afternoon and evening. another deluge of a day to end the month of march. good riddance to march, saturday clouds maybe a shower in the morning, optimistic then in the 60's with sun sunday and monday, not bad start to april >> thank you. >> is up next with sports. >> carson talks free agents we'll hear from him and the flyers try to do something they

haven't done in nearly f

highlights he admits that there are more than one player away. he wants to see them use kelly green as an alternate uniform. don't we all >> as for the to team itself, it has been a busy day, they signed chris and lauren to a two-year contract. he had four sacks and won a super bowl with the patriots. how with long played for villanova and his wife went to high school in moorestown. they signed patrick robinson. played for the colt, saints and chargers. the former first round pick

joined the team lost both starting corner from last season, nolan carl gone. here's howie roseman on the moves >> there are opportunities to get value in free agency and we're looking in any way to approve the football team. we're trying to build this. the competition level we're going to take the opportunities >> carson wentz visiting ymca on broad street. he teamed up with jcpenny. talked about kids about looking and feeling their best. eagles ordered wide receivers to the followed >> this has been exciting for the whole team, a lot of the eagles fans and everything. there's a lot of excitement. i think we started off last year and obviously we ended up not where we wanted to be. we're picking up more pieces and

have the draft coming up which is super awesome. that will be a whole other level. definitely excitement for the season >> better late than never, flyers looking for consecutive win, shaken gostisbehere hosting the senators picking it up. fly guys down by one craig anderson sloppy turning it over. jordan wheel making him pay, six of the season and we're tied. we fast forward, game in a shoot-out. need the beat steve mason access denied flyers win six points of the playoffs with six games left. dario saric and the sixers wrapping up a five-game road trip. dario had a miserable game and bounced back. a lot of sixers fans made the trip to new york, saric heard m v p. he finished with 23 points and

six boards. robert covington had 21 points, sixers win being five. it's their 28th win. he had 28 total in the previous two seasons. >> improvement. >> get ready. i've bentyl

coming up next, the late show with steven colbert. followed by the late late show. morning crew back from 4:30 to 7:00. >> thanks so much for watching, have a great night and sleep well.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> golf, golf, golf, golf. more, more, morning more. i like golf, but, you know, you've got to get down to business, folks. 'cause i'm gonna to be working for you, i'm not going to have time to go play golf. >> this weekend, president trump visited the trump national golf club in virginia. it was his 13th visit to one of his courses since he took office in january. >> yeah, i've caddied for mr. trump. he's a pretty good. but when he misses a putt, he blames it on obama wiretapping his clubs. he tipped me once and signed his book. the autograph was free. >> he kept asking me if i was a magical ghost. >> if hes