♪ >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> they had a plan. they were watching this place for not just one day. >> now at noon an elderly homeowner accounts his encounter with armed robbers. police say the thieves forced him in the victims to northeast philly home in the knight mill of the night. those suspects remain on the loose. good afternoon everyone i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon.

jan carrabeo spoke to the homeowner. he told reporter he's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: pete knows how fortunate he is today. having escaped a home invasion and robbery at his home with only a couple of scratches. >> i thought they were going to kill me. >> reporter: philadelphia police are looking for the people responsible. suspects who possibly preyed on the 88-year-old's kindsness. >> i was set up by some young people that i sent to the store, gave them a few dollars. they knew where the safe was. carry it in my car. >> reporter: the frightening ordeal started around 2:30 this morning on the 9600 block of chap well croft street. someone rang the doorbell and when he answered, oh two men forced him back inside of his home at gun point. the 88-year-old had a gun himself but was no match. >> they tied him to kitchen chair using tape as well as a phone cord. report roar police say the suspects ransacked the house eventually finding a safe inside was up to $30,000 in cash.

as well as jewelry. police say the suspects then went to the garage and stole the victim's car too. now this car belonged to his late wife. the one that was stolen from him is similar only his is a 1985 baby blue cadillac deville in min condition. police are searching for that car with pennsylvania plate ly lyl335 sick. looking for two males possible al woman too. >> young female may have been going in and out of the house before be friended this individual and that's one of the angles we are looking into. >> meantime neighbors are shocked this could happen to the man they called their unofficial block captain. >> nice guy. he's been around here for years. good neighbor. dependable. >> he's a survivor. >> first the korean war, and now this. in bustleton, john an carrabeo cbs3 "eyewitness news". another home invasion over night temple university students. three intruders walked into the unlocked off campus apartment and took cash, cell phones and

keys this happened at 1800 block of north bouvier street. the students were not injured. turning to the forecast. after yesterday's taste of the summer we are in for a cool down. meteorologist katie fehlinger life on the sky deck with a look at the changing temperatures. i don't feel how i feel about this i was liking the warm weather. >> it's still warm. i'm sleeve less out on the sky deck in april not too bad. temperatures beginning to drop off across the region here. simply because we actual dollar have for one thing lot more cloud cover overhead. those clouds are actually coming courtesy of a cold front also going to usher in cooler air mass. are we blow average any time soon? actually not. because we were coming from such a warm place yesterday todays' high still in the mid cities and going to continue to drop off on the thermometer but stay into the 60s at least from here on out through the neck cub of da days. now we have been tracking a couple of showers for the most part they've bypassed delaware. they bypassed southern half of new jersey even here in philadelphia. just a lot of clouds at the

moment. lookinlooking at the temperaturs still very mild. currently at 71 degrees at the airport. even despite full cloud cover overhead. very warm air remains in place as the clouds break with sun with time later on this afternoon you'll notice the breeze for sure it gets up to 7e the normal high on april 12th is 63. so a solid 13 above what's average. not bad although again it's cooler by comparison to yesterday's 82 degrees for sure. guys, back in to you. >> nothing to complain about katie. thank you. in other news this noon hearing is set this afternoon for camden county man charged in the 2015 death of his toddler son. >> dj cree yacht tow accused of killing his three-year-old son brendon because his girlfriend apparently didn't like children. prosecutors were argue juro jurs should be loud to go to the site where the boy' body was found. the trial of eric frein continues today. he's accused the 2015 ambush

shooting death of pennsylvania state police corporal brian dixon trooper alec douglas was also injured in some shooting. jurors watched frein video taped confession yesterday. he told investigators that he used google maps to plot the ambush and his get away. authorities tracked him down after a 48 day manhunt in the poconos. new developments in bill cosby's sexual assault case. the 79-year-old entertainer scheduled to be in pittsburgh courtroom for jury selection on may 22n 22nd the selection is expected to take week much the jury roars will be brought to montgomery county for the trial which is expected to begin jun june 5th. a judge in delaware says he will rule tomorrow morning on whether thee teenagers are at fault in the death of a classmate in high school bathroom. three, 17-year-old bees tried as juveniles in the death of 16 year amy joyner francis. francis died in april 2016 after a fight that was caught on camera at howard high school of technology in wilmington. defense attorneys claim that joyner francis had a rare heart condition and that's what caused her death after the fight.

a crem blinn spokesman confirming secretary the of state rex tillerson met with vladimir putin in moscow. hours after secretary tillerson meant with counterpart foreign minister. the two clashing over the situation in syria. there had been questions on putin would meet with tillerson in the wake of the u.s. military strike in syria last week. just today president putin said that u.s. russia relations have wore send since president trump took office. white house press secretary sean spicer is apologizing for comments he made about holocau holocaust. he told media forum in washington dc this morning he let president trump down. correspondent jang as the latest from the white house. >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer was in the hot seat wednesday at media forum in washington. he was invited to talk about the trump administration's relationship with the press. sean, let's start with yesterd yesterday. >> but spicer himself quickly

became the focus. >> i made a mistake. there's no other way to say it. got into a topic i shouldn't have. >> reporter: less than 24 hours earlier, spicer compared syrian dictator bashar al-assad chemical weapons attack on his own citizen to adolph hitler's actions. >> you had someone despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the -- to the -- to using chemical weapons. >> spicer stumbled when trying to clarify. apparently forgetting the millions of jewish people who died in gas chambers during the holocaust. >> there was not in the he brought them into the, um, to the holocaust center i understand that. >> spicer comments came on the first day of passover drawing swift and stinging reaction from members of the jewish community. many of whom called on president trump to fire him. >> it really is painful to myself to know that i did something like that. because that obviously was not my up tension. and to know when you screw up that you possibly offend add lot

of people, um, i just, you know, so i would ask obviously for folks forgiveness. >> reporter: spicer said it's disappointing because he thinks he let the president down. mr. trump has yet to comment. cbs3, "eyewitness news". well starting today cash or credit coming up oh and cbs3 "eyewitness news" this noon -- >> those are the only two choices now to pay for philly parking now that oh and line app called meter up goes belly up. >> she became an instant hit on son david lettermans nate late show. fans are memberr

back now on "eyewitness news". how cool is this. known as the pink moon because the appears to give you a a pink glow. it can be seen april 10t tenth o april 12th reach its peak early yesterday morning it comes from native american tradition as a nod to pink spring flour in bloom. beautiful indeed. the phillies will be playing under the light of the moon tonight hoping to avoid sweep in their series against the mets. they wrap up the season home stand in south philly. last night's game over in hurry. the mets hit three homeruns and seven altogether. phils starter clay buchholz left the game with a forearm strain. phils lose 14-four. >> the philadelphia parking authority's popular parking app is officially gone. officials hope to have replace many in place by the summer. meter up administered by pan go which the parking authority says was having financial trouble. the company is not respond to do our quest for comment. the parking authority is now working to find another app provider.

some sad news this noon gave david letterman's mother pass add way at her home in indiana. >> dorothy became unlikely celebrity she began baking mystery pies on cbs late night show. david's mom covered three different olympic games for letterman's talk show. dorothy was 95 years old. david letterman by the way turns 70 today. sad news for his family there. the late late show host james dorkin taking his hit segment carpool karaoke could prime time all new special including favorite celebrity singing moments and another popular not to mention adorable segment katie fillinger liked this earlier called toddler gravy will air may 22nd at 10:00 p.m. right here on cbs3. you looking for some family fun this saturday? still ahead on "eyewitness news" -- >> tell you about a spring family festival that combines alex lemonade stand foundation with american history. special guests here to explain it next. but first katie. >> guys, as we look ahead to coming weekend the weather

overall looks like it will cooperate if you have outdoor plans during the day. two fronts moving through. a warm front on saturday. cold front on sunday. temperatures go uphill climb as a result of this system passage. p.m. showers either day but overall the daylight hours are looking good.

time now 12:15. katie tracking the forecast. possible showers. i haven't seen any so far. >> thankfully not in the city. we've had a couple across the northwest suburbs. even if you did have or curren currently finding a few. quick little batch of showers and out of here because a frontal boundary moving through that frankly didn't have a lot of al much to it when it comes to moisture content. so many of you southern new jersey, delaware, very likely to

stay dry out of this. in fact as i start things off to show i was couple of different cameras in our live neighborhood network you'll see very fast difference outside here at boardwalk plaza in rehoboth they're on spring break or something. this has been very packed beach for april any way. it looks awesome right now. a lot of people out on the boardwalk enjoying the early afternoon. and basically bright blue sky and sunshine. now by comparison, you've got a lot more cloud cover building in in places like northwest suburbs we just mentioned frontal boundary moving through as we speak. bulk of the moisture lack luster is off to the north here. so pennsylvania northern new jersey are really going to end up being the main player playern it comes to spots that will see showers. meanwhile high pressure builds in briefly behind this we'll end up with pretty pleasant weather looking forward but we do have this front moving through. that's going to knock our temperatures back. so even though today is still technically mild mid 70s expected you'll notice the breeze skies clear out for sunshine before the day is said and done. tomorrow high pressure is back

in place. we're talking mid to upper 60s. slightly above average here but starting to get closer to what's realistic for the standards of this time of year. we keep it even cooler on frid friday. still very pleasant though again with sunshine with high pressure in place. now the downside to this do you lost times have health issues that come into play with beautiful weather in the springtime most notably the spring allergies really start to get at you so high levels of pollen continuing air quality is quite good day. uv index moderate. and certainly that means the heat index just isn't applicable. looking at the temperatures you're flirting with 80 right now in atlantic city. not shabby. 71 at the airport but notice the wind turning northwesterly but also noticeable breeze. it is going to feel little cool outside but later ton night another phils lease game it looks like great evening as they take on the mets yet again. 7:05 first pitch temperature at 70 degrees. not bad. now, looking forward again, it starts to cool off a little bit here. starting tomorrow.

mid 60s continuing as we look ahead to saturday. but that's also as we mention before the break the next system will come in that will trigger possibly a shower into saturday night. and then a better chance sunday night so you've warm front saturday. cold front sunday. but in terms of timing it could be a lot worse. i think if you're going to be outside during the daylight hours for egg hunt or if you kind of mass services for brunch for the easter holiday overall it's looking pretty good. jim -- back over to you. >> sounds to me, thanks katie n2000 sand little girl named alex scott started a movement. holding let me made stands to raise money to find a queue for childhood cancer. though she lost her battle her legacy lives on alex lemonade stand foundation very special event is happening this saturday here in philadelphia. national constitution center is teaming up with alex' alex's lee stand foundation for the spring family festival. here to tell us more about it is alex's mom liz scott and alex lemonade stand foundation and also vince stan go chief operating officer at national constitution center.

we're also joined by some very end rural children as well. they'll be out there selling lemonade. liz, tell us about this event. there's going to be lots of stuff going on inside and outside of the constitution center. >> we're really excited this is the first time we've done anything like this, and it's going to be family fun day it will be beautiful day. lots of activities outside. a lot of regular programming inside the national constitution sent but really special progra programming about having your own stand, learning about what the money does that you donate to alex let me nabbed stayed and the best part it's a fundraiser for alecs as well. >> this is great. vince i go to the constitution center all the time. i only live a few blocks away very frequent visitor. >> great. >> how important in this partnership. >> any time we can open our doors to the community and invite them in it's a great win for us, and we were approached by the folks at northwestern huge with this idea and we thought, you know, we jumped right in. couldn't be a better idea to partner with alex lemonade stand foundation. we're thrill.

this will be events inside, the lawn area will be colored and streets will be closed. >> we'll have food trucks, music, games, crafts all kinds of activities you'll get to meet some of the wonderful hero families from alex's and some of the doctors who are doing the research that's helping to fight peter trick cancer,. >> katie assure us of good weather on saturday. >> good. thank you. >> liz i understand a special recognition of childhood cancer hero families during the day. what's that all about. >> some of the programming includes childhood cancer heroes speakers we're going to have a special presentation talk bout foundation but recognized the hero families who have been a part of making alex's successf successful. and some stand hosts. families who don't have personal connection but every year go out there and raise money to help these kids. so it will be really special all around for everybody. >> speaking of money, the money that is raised i understand that kids get into this for free. but adults pay full price. 50% obviously goes to alex lemonade foundation. kids can go into national constitution center for free.

>> okay. >> as part of the partnership, and half of the adult admission is coming to alex lemonade stand. >> that's wonderful. what is that money used for? >> we fund research projects all over the country including right here in philadelphia. and really it's used to find new cures. it's used to help kids have the chance to be cured and that was alex vision. that every child would have the opportunity for a cure. that she knew sean going to have and we're just pleased that we've been able to make that happen. >> this sounds like amazing family event again the spring family festival is this saturday from 9:30am to 5:00 p.m. at the national constitution center. in the heart of old city. my neighborhood. for more information on all things you can do, cbsphilly.c cbsphilly.com. we're so happy you're part of our family. look at this. we've got beverages. >> all right. >> beverages on the noon show. i love this. thank you guys. you going to be out there selling lemonade this weakened. >> yes. >> um-hmm. >> all right. >> i'll be swinging by your stand. >> good. >> and as we continue, still ahead at noon a blast from the past. get out your parachute pants.

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coming later today micro chipping for adults. it's sounds like sci-fi movie there are some people who are already using micro chips implanted under their skin to do every day things. what they're doing and why it could put your privacy at risk that's coming apartment 5:00. >> very interesting. college football coach in

california gave his players a little blast from the past. >> take look. ♪ i cannot stop dancing to this. mc hammer impression was spot on. he used to be mc hammer lead background dancer during that era. he toured with hammer and appeared in some of his music videos. something missing from this impromptu performance he didn't have the hammer parachute pants. >> one article of clothing i never had. i don't really regret it. >> did you have bell bottoms. >> i did. like a bell bottoms in the '70 '70's. >> boy, i love to see that. >> we need to get picture every that. >> immediately. burned in the fire. >> what fire? >> the weather again rain. >> again today definitely cloudy outside but still quite mild. you can definitely go outside without a jacket right now we should hit the mid 70s were it with no problem. live neighbor network you can

see the gray skies out kutztown area middle school we had showers role that was this area a little damp but definitely still mild. here's one more quick view of storm scan as these very light and scattered showers work their way out of here. we're pretty much done with it. bye-bye. >> see you later. you can see the clearing sky behind it. very quickly giving i was very festive easter weekend preview like we had mentioned i think the daylight hours are looking good both saturday and sunday right now. perhaps additional clouds granted but you should be good for outdoor plans and then any shot for wet weather would come saturday night especially north of the city. and then again sunday night as we see the cold front with that system move that was. >> if you're going to pair the parachute get them in now. >> thank you cattie. >> that's "eyewitness news" afternoon. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. for katie and all of us thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we're always online at cbs3.com. >> get out and enjoy the day. meanwhile the young and the restless is next. have a good one.

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