developing right now, a crash, reportedly causes a fuel spill in philadelphia's northern liberties neighborhood, and we're live at the scene. and investigators head to the scene of the fire that ripped through this montgomery county home. and, north korea's leader keeps the world on edge what he might do this weekend as country celebrates its founding father. today is saturday april 15th, good morning everyone i'm jan carabao, just how warm will it get this weekend? lets get over to meteorologist justin drabick with the eye eyewitness weather information cast what are we looking at. >> we will crank up the heat for easter sunday, true, making ape run at mid 80's. >> incredible. >> transition day, like yesterday we will stay in the

60's, near average. >> so nice. >> yes, nice and calm no big rain chance these week end. just a couple passing showers both at night tonight and then again for easter sunday night but during the day we are looking good. big travel weekend, people are hitting the road yesterday, no problems weather-wise there today. this morning we're waking up on the cool side. if you don't like warmth, just yet enjoy now because that 48 degrees is comfortable, calm, wind, very dry, dew point at 39 degrees. there are the numbers, lower 40's in the poconos, allentown : 38 degrees in interior south jersey, millville, 47 in wilmington. so jacket wet they are morning wye afternoon, real comfortable, shut that light jacket. wind calm today. they will shift more out of the south so that is what will push that warmer air, in. you will start to feel the difference later on tonight. certainly by tomorrow morning. today those storm scan three nice and quiet, clearing skies , notice some cloud will thicken up throughout the day. that is a sign of the warmer

air moving in the middle of the after atmosphere and pushes it down at the surface. today temperatures holding out in the mid to upper 60's, shower chance at 9:00, high of mid 60's at the shore. better chance to see showers earlier or later this afternoon in the poconos with a high of 59 but most areas we will see passing shower during the night time hours. we will talk about that easter sunday forecast and how long this heat will last in the seven day in a few minutes, back to you. >> thanks, justin. now that developing story, overturned tractor trailer causes a large fuel spill, "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in northern liberties at the scene of that spill, how is it looking, anita? >> reporter: good morning, jan , crew are are still working to clean up this fuel spill as you can see behind me officials say this large tractor trailer, collided with a black bmw, causing this large fuel spill thaw can actually still smell here, and crews were working to sweep away some of the debris, and a

tow truck is working right now on dragging that flat cara way which as you can see in the video it does have extensive damage to the front, and driver's side but luckily there are no injuries, to report, and that it is all happening around 2:20 this morning on third and spring garden streets. it does look like the driver of this tractor trailer was trying to turnout of a parking lot when it collided with this car, and it is still early at this hour so not many cars out but they have, blocked off, second and third streets here, on spring garden, so if you are heading out this way this morning you will want to keep that in mind. live from northern liberties, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will check back with you , thank you. within person is in serious condition, in morning, following a house fire in montgomery county. fire fighters, found smoke, flames, coming from this home when they first arrived just before 7:00 last night. this is at allentown road and woodland drive, police say the house was occupied at the time

so far we know one person was hospitalized and is in serious condition. new this morning, police are investigating an accident in philadelphia's fishtown section. officers responded to this scene on the 1400 block of beach street, just before 2:30 a red sedan was completely flipped over, pieces of that car could be seen there on the sidewalk. a three three-year old man was brought to the hospital and he is expected to be okay. philadelphia police are investigating what cause aid crash that killed two people on roosevelt boulevard. the women were passengers in a suv that police say slammed in the back of the tractor trailer on friday. it was parked legally on the boulevard, near b street, and the deadly crash comes just days after injury attorneys released a study on the 150 most dangerous intersections in philadelphia, about a dozen intersections on that list are on roosevelt boulevard, that worries neighbors in feltonville. >> i'm always concerned about accidents here and it is

always because of that because they allow cars to park there and why? >> now concerns include why the sit a laos that parking and as drivers, speeding on the 40 miles an hour road, the driver of the suv is listed in stable condition with the broken hip. well, as north korea biggest holiday comes to a close eyes remains fixed on that country this morning. government could launch missiles and nuclear test this is weekend mid rising tensions in the region. cbs news correspondent craig b oswell has latest from the white house. >> reporter: nor korea's vice minister of foreign affairs isn't mixing word, he told cbs news his country is ready to strike first if provoke, including possibly using nuclear weapons. >> if the u.s. comes up with a dangerous military option then the first card is in our hand. we will deal witt with our preemptive strike this means war. >> reporter: tensions in the korean peninsula has escalated since north korea started testing nuclear and ballistics missiles, u.s. navy strike group is making its way to the

region. north korean government official told cbs news that the trump administration is deliberate lid insighting a military conflict by sending the aircraft carrier group and continuing u.s. military exercises in south korea. saturday is most important day of the year in north cover re, dictator kim jong unpresided over military parade to mark the 105th anniversary of his grandfather's birth the country's founder. he may order another round of missle test or nuclear test which would be, six since 2006 >> nuclear test will take place at a time, at a place that the supreme leadership deems necessary. >> reporter: earlier this week the u.s. military readied almost two dozen fighter planes in japan. >> we have reconfigured everyone of those f15 with live ordinance inside of 24 hours and put them back on status and ready to fight. >> reporter: military official says that the u.s. does not intend to use force against north korea unless the country

targets another. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meantime we're getting our first look at the moment that 11-ton bomb his isis fire in eastern afghanistan this video from the defense department shows the bomb hitting a mountain that send a mushroom shaped cloud of smoke and debris in the sky. the bomb killed 36 isis fighters, isis has built tunnels and caves in the mountains for protection. he so-called mother of all bombs was largest non-nuclear weapon. carnival increased security after a huge fire. philadelphia police are continuing to look for the attackers. "eyewitness news" report's natasha brown talked tie young man victimized at that carnival. >> reporter: the playful sound of the carnival here at hunting park, enjoying the ride, food and the games rewind back to a few days ago on tuesday and innocence of the night out at the carnival

turned violent. a teenage girl in the pink being viciously punched accounts kicked and attacked outside the north philadelphia carnival. >> everybody, started going in and swinging at us, back and forth abe it escalated quickly >> reporter: girl has been identified by her boyfriend as miguel fernandes, as jayl.a. san tan. the flash mob, you know, they totally picked us out at random. some girl came up behind me girlfriend and hit her. >> reporter: friday afternoon miguel says the same group tried to attack his father outside of his store. >> i was really upset, because it could have been one of my kid. >> reporter: security has been stepped up after the incident as many as nine officers have been added to the carnival ground. parents say it saddens them that it has to come to this. >> we're here to have a good time. there is no need for all this stuff like that. >> it is very disturbing to see that. i have a teenage daughter. i just think about that being my daughter. >> reporter: carnival wrapped

up at 10:00 p.m., no reports of any incidents. police are still in search of suspects licked to this vicious brawl n hunting park, natasha brown for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police in bucks county continue their search for vandals who struck in newtown, township, take a look at this surveillance video. police say suspects vandalized storefronts on sycamore street overnight thursday into friday , and at one point they drew a bench into a railing there, and more video shows the suspect eating together and walk ago long the street, and if you have any information, give the police a call. bucks county spca is offering a $1,000 reward for any information, in the deadly shooting of a cat, the feline, named scooby was shot monday afternoon, near the creek side apartments, on knights road, and the cat's owner found him injured and rushed him to a animal hospital. if you have any information about this call the bucks county spca. well, it is a unique charge in the crackdown on heroin in montgomery county, prosecutors have charged angel leon, with drug delivery

resulting in death, it is in connection with the overdose death, of roger, in upper merion in february. >> drug dealers should will be fearful of delivering drugs, heroin, fentanyl pills in montgomery county because we are investigating these as homicide. >> prosecutors showed off the drug, paraphernalia, weapons and money they said were seized from leon's philadelphia home. a judge has set bail at one million-dollar. today is holy saturday, a day when christians prayed, reflect, on the jesus death on the cross, and his resurrection on easter sunday g friday was observed at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in philadelphia good friday is most solemn day on the christian calendar and marks crucifiction of jesus christ. in rome, pope francis presided over a way of the cross services at rome's coliseum, an estimated 20,000 people were there, at the end of the service holy father

asked god for forgiveness for scandals in the catholic church. in the prepare, the pope expressed shame for humanity's failings. he expressed hope that heart of heart will be become forgiving and loving. still ahead on "eyewitness news", arkansas plans to use its death penalty, on more than a half dozen convicted murderers, appears to be unraveling. coming up why a judge us putting a stop to the executions and how actor johnny dep is taking a stan. she who her father in the september 11th attack, now she's taking the same trip he did. the woman behind the back when "eyewitness n

back on eyewitness news an arkansas judge blocked state from using a lethal injection drug for several executions, johnny dep was among those who rally with aid begins the death penalty, in little rock, yesterday. circuit court judge there has temporarily prevented arkansas from using, the drug. the medical company that makes the drug claims it sold product to prisons for medical purposes, not executions, the state is seeking to execute seven convicted murderers by the end of april. well, daughter takes the oath to serve and protect, like her father who died during the september 11th attack. >> i do here by solemnly swear ... >> 22-year old brittany roy was among more than 400

recruiting sworn in as new members of the new york city police department. >> it is just always been a dream to be one of them and especially what my dad had done for the nation, the country, it was a true aspiration to be able to try to follow in his footsteps. >> brittany was the only, was only seven when her dad was killed during the terror attack but still she always knew she wanted to be a police officer. in other news, after several days of deliberations, jury has found former nfl player aaron hernandez not guilty in the 2012 murders of the two men on a boston street hernandez was convicted of a gun possession charge, a judge sentenced him to four or five more years in prison, former new england patriots tightened is already serving a life sentence for 2013 killing of the mandating his fiance's sister. sixteen people are being treated for injuries, after a stampede at new york's penn station. nypd says this happened after

an amtrak police officer used a stun gun to subdue a man there. the station was already overcrowded because of new jersey transit train got stuck in the hudson river tunnel for nearly three hours. amtrak says that power problems, stopped that train's movement, and none of the injuries are believed to be serious. well, investigators are looking at the electrical and lighting system that possible causes of the fire at one of the most popular hotels on the vegas strip, the fire broke out on the roof of the bellag gio hotel and casino late thursday night. fire crews put it out in 20 minutes but the flames may have caused it up to a half million-dollar in damage, no one was injured, the bellagio is opened. april 15th is normally the tax deadline but not this year , you have a couple more days. taxes are not due yet because it is saturday and then on monday, april 17th, that is emancipation day a holiday inn washington d.c. it honors president abraham lincoln's legislation that freed 3,000 saves in 1862. that means the tax deadline is

tuesday, april the 18th. well, at one time credit card were something that people only used for large purchases, but now not anymore three on your side's jim donovan explains how plastic is becoming increasingly popular even for inexpensive purchase goes. >> reporter: megan, opt todd use credit to pay for her cafe order. >> i got a coffee and doughnut >> reporter: more americans are choosing credit over credit or debit over cash. new survey found that 17 percent of card holders used plastic for purchases under five dollars. that is up from just 11 percent last year. >> and that is a significant increase, people tend to use their credit card when they feel a little bit more confident about their financial situation. >> reporter: one credit perk. >> it helps me keep track of what i'm buying. >> reporter: others like the travel reward. >> you get points, to travel, and it add up. i would rather get a tiny bit then nothing.

>> reporter: credit card are really safe way to go. ben schultz from doctor card .com said some people are motivate by safety. since most credit card companies will reimburse fraudulent charges. >> where as with a debit card if a bad guy gets a hold of it , that can be real money coming out of the real account >> reporter: survey found young people are more likely to choose credit over cash, many of their card hooked up to their phones with features like apple pay or google wallet. reporting for three on your side i'm jim donovan. turning now to weather. glorious weekend on tap. >> perfect timing, easter weekend to get outside and do those easter egg hunts. it will get warm though in the afternoon. >> that is okay. >> easter is one of those times where it is either real cold or hot, yes. so, the entire month for march or april. >> let's enjoy it. good travel weather as well. this morning no problems outside. lets go to northampton county, live look at bethlehem right now main street from the hotel bethlehem, all quiet, cool

this morning, heading out for morning jog, bike ride, walking the dog, heavier coat or light jacket. temperatures holding out in the 40's but nice and dry and no breezy conditions to deal with this morning. wind chills, not too bad, we will go out check out the temperatures right now across the region and start off in the south. we are in the lower 50's in the coast, 50 in wildwood, ocean walter temperature slowly warming up, lower 50's on average this time of the year but as a surfer you need 5-millimeter wet suit with temperatures like that and air temperatures in the 60's. thirty-nine in pemberton. forty-one in swede bureau, new jersey. around the city upper 40's in the airport. still some cold spots, surrounding suburbs there, around 40 degrees, in parts of the interior south jersey. same deal just to the north and west, into pennsylvania we will go to quakertown, 39 degrees, 49 though in reading. so all depend where you are this morning, but we will start off with some sunshine during the morning hours, we will see clear skies for the most part right now, but some cloud do thicken up to the south and west. it is a warm front. it will bring that big time

look for easter sunday. also with that front maybe a scattered shower, coming in at later, on tonight through overnight hours, not a big deal, most people probably won't see any showers at all, high pressure, protects us. tomorrow the warm front pushes through. we will have a decent amount of sunshine for at lee first half of the day to allow temperatures to sky rocket in the mid 80's away from the water for your easter sunday. then the front closes in, later on sunday night, so it looks likening hours in the overnight a couple of scattered showers and a thunderstorm, tomorrow night and then as this cold front passes we will clear things out again for monday, back to some sunshine, with comfortable temperatures, into the 70's but still above average. lets check out your easter sunday forecast, morning temperatures holding out in the lower 60's g for church services, sunrise services, in problem, by the afternoon just a warm day. we are in the mid 80 ease for afternoon temperatures, little bit on the breezy side and then again after sunset tomorrow night, we will run that risk for a shower or thunderstorm. high today, few degrees above

average in the upper 60's. cooler because of the southe wind but in land we are pushing 70, berks county even up in the lehigh valley. we could be warmer to the north and west then we are here in philadelphia, i agree with this, just because of the wind direction, it is all about wind direction this time of the year. that ocean is still cold and then tomorrow morgue, through go, 50's and 60's for your easter sunday look at those highs surging in the low to mid 80's all the way up to the lehigh valley and berks county , even cracking the 70's in the poconos, so, record highs, on sunday, and 90 degrees from 2002, but forecast high 846789 pretty close. forecast today, 68, pleasant, partly sunny skies. tonight, mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered shower in, some spots, low around 59 degrees. tomorrow we will go with 84 on the breezy side, and cooler on monday, but when i say cooler we're still talking mid 70's, jan, how about that and mid of the week maybe some more showers in here on wednesday and temperatures holding out in the 60's and 70's.

great holiday forecast. >> looking great, thanks, justin. running in the footsteps of forest gump and movie inspired, treks through philadelphia rod pope is running across america to raise money for environmental conservation. emergency veterinarian from liverpool is recreating the run done by forest gump in the 1994 hit film starring tom hanks and as it turns out nobody has actually completed the the even entire thing. >> i when i was planning, basically thinking how i could raise as much awareness's money for my charities. >> pope wanted to tackle the famous art museum rocky steps but as you know construction for the nfl draft got in the way. he he does want to return to philadelphia to do it. still ahead we are taking you behind the scenes of what is new in theaters this weekend. i'm kevin frazier, coming up vin diesel and fast and

furious family are back, traveling the world with epic new car chases in the fate of the

welcome back, star wars fans are getting their first official glimpse in the new film in the franchise.: >> disney released a teaser trailer for the last jedi, the eighth film in the main star wars story line, and it follows, 2015's the force awakens. the last jedi hits theaters on december 15th, mark hamill appears as like skywalker and light carrie fisher plays princess leah in her final

film role. meantime latest in the fast and furious series is in the big screen this weekend. kevin frasier from entertainment tonight tells us more about the fate of the furious. >> reporter: this week vin diesel in the fast and furious family are back at it with insane new car chases all around the world, along with the brand new villain, in the fate of the furious. >> he just turned on us. >> reporter: fate of the furious, dominic terrell betrays his family and joins up with the most dangerous cyber terrorist in the world. she's first ever female villain and it calls for a distinctive hair due. >> my assistant actually came up with the hair. she kind of of no where said you should do dread locks like her hair could be weapons or her hair could hurt you but at the same time really beautiful that was really fun. >> reporter: but it is the stunts that are blowing everyone's mind this time around from the historic car chase in cuba. >> we are in cuba, the first

global hollywood movie to be a loud. >> reporter: to cars flying out of build initial new york city. >> new york is such a great canvas for car chases. the action that ensues in the new york city is just so hard to beat. >> reporter: to a 95-mile an hour car chase on ice, against a nuclear submarine. >> we are at it again, sending love from ice land, let's go. >> break a wheel. >> what? >> this is crazy. >> for entertainment tonight i'm kevin frazier any back to you in the studio. >> sure to be a hit. in the next half an hour here on cbs-3 "eyewitness

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today, it is saturday april 15th, good morning i'm january scan carabao a lot of outdoor plans for this holiday weekend, will the weather cooperate? lets get out to meteorologist justin drabick on the cbs-3 sky deck about this morning with eyewitness weather. what do you say. >> we're in good shape without door plans both today and easter sunday if you like it warm you'll love tomorrow's forecast. it will feel more like middle of summer without the real high humidity. it will get muggy out there we will talk about a chance for showers, and some storms coming in sunday night but during the day we will be okay check it out, it is on the cool side, we have a breeze off ocean, ocean water in the lower 50's, that will keep temperatures in check, highs today a few degrees above average. we are low to upper 40's depending where you are, even some 30's in the suburbs, checking in at 39 degrees, one of the colder spots in quakertown, mount holly, new jersey dipping down in the 30 's. part of the reason is wind is calm and depending where you

are we have some clear skies, i'm seeing some high cloud, starting to build in here in center city, we have calm wind , dropping those temperatures off in the 30's. there you go not much happening on storm scan three right now, more cloud filtering in through the afternoon we will call it filtered sunshine but that is enough to warm us up to still above average. we will go get temperatures once again back in the mid up toker 60's, like yesterday just with less sun and then later tonight there could be a passing shower in spots but easter weekend forecast looks great, pleasant today at 68 degrees, on the warm side tomorrow and breeze which a high of 84, and then sunday night we will talk bay cold front bringing in a chance for showers and storms and let you know what to expect next week with the seven day forecast in just a few more minutes, jan, back to you. >> crews were cleaning up a fuel spill this morning after a collision involving a tractor trailer. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in northern liberties this morning at the scene of the film, anita?

>> reporter: well, jan crews just cleared away that tractor trailer and black bmw involved in the collision, it happened around 2:20 this morning, you can see officials put up caution tape and you can see debris that crews have swept away but check out this video from just a short time ago, the black car does have extensive damage to the front and driver's side but no injuries to report, this all happened here at third and spring garden streets this morning, and it looks like the driver of the tractor trailer was trying to turnout of the parking lot when it collided with that car, now it is still early so not many cars out this morning but officials have blocked off spring garden street between second and third streets. we have seen some cars, trying to maneuver their way around this accident so if you are heading out this morning you will want to keep that in mind live from northern liberties i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". anita, thank you. a deadly crash is raising new concerns about safety on one of the region's most

heavily traveled roadways, roosevelt boulevard, investigators say an suv slammed into a parked tractor trailer on the boulevard near d street in feltonville. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves picks up the story. >> reporter: little before 9:00 in the morning a deadly crash on roosevelt boulevard. >> we're seeking out witnesses , and trying to do everything that we can to get to the route of this. >> reporter: police say this tan suv driving northbound near d street somehow swerved, slammed in the parked tractor trailer. one man was taken to the hospital, and two women died. >> i'm always concerned about accidents here, and it is always because of that because they allowed cars to park on the boulevard and why. >> reporter: people are upset with park ago long the busy boulevard, and speeding. >> they don't see the speed limit. you know, you see cars flying here especially at night, 50, 60 miles an hour. they just don't know, that something need to be done. >> reporter: police say tractor trailer was legally

parked here, operator was asleep at a hotel nearby. victims of the crash are identified as marshay flowers heart and 25 year-old asia who will instant, both died on the scene, as for the man in the suv, he was taken to the hospital with a broken hip but he is in stable condition. in feltonville, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". pennsylvania governor tom wolf is now calling on philadelphia district attorney seth williams to resign, following thursday's suspension of williams law license. wolf says that philadelphia need a district attorney fully focusing on and legally capable of executing the d.a. 's important duties. williams is facing federal corruption charges and has entered a not guilty plea, and the d.a. will now continue to handle his offices administrative duties while assistants take over legal matters. ride sharing services could soon be, again in the cross hairs, of the philadelphia parking authority tempers are flaring over short

term parking spots at 30th street station, some spots are designated for uber and lyft drivers but some commuters tell "eyewitness news" that the drivers are taking up spots meant for paying customers. we have found some drivers breaking the rules. >> i didn't know that. now i know it. thank you for the information. >> somebody should be out here policing that the uber drivers and lyft drivers just don't sit in those spots. that is my beef with it. >> reporter: now one driver did suggest that the creation of a cell phone parking waiting lot rather, the ride sharing for ride sharing drivers. well some hold out as begins a plan to build protected sand dunes at new jersey shore are giving up their fight. homeowners dropped their lawsuit begins new jersey's department of environmental protection and others, they hope to block, they hope to block construction of the dunes in margate which currently, relies on wooden bulkhead to protect begins storm surges. margate sustained serious damage during her dawn sandy.

the seventh annual philadelphia science festival at franklin institute is one week away and some lucky youngsters got a sneak peak. >> wow. >> experts did a test run of the 100 soda bod will rocket launch as one of the big events during the nine day festival. there will be a city wide star party, featuring institute's chief astronomer derek pits. science festival runs from april 21st through the 29th and many of the events are free. iconic ben franklin will be overseeing another important philadelphia event, at lee in spirit, the nfl draft selection square will be set up in front of the franklin national memorial, at the franklin institute, during the draft. representatives from all 32 nfl teams will smith their selections from desks in front of the statue, the main portion of the draft will take place at the art museum between april 27th and the 29th.

recognizing the importance of woman and their contributions, to the greater good. fun times magazine held a reception at barnes foundation for its women of the influence , to women's history month magazine asked 14 influential women to their stories and how they relate to the struggle for equality among those honored social media editor at kyw news radio melony roy. good for her. we have so much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this saturday morning, a runaway horse, and only "eyewitness news" is there as philadelphia police are in hot pursuit. find out how long and how far the horse got until police caught up with her. driven to succeed, one of the america's big three car makers accelerating the pace on self driving cars, who is hiring and where the job will take you. and weekend begins with the sunny start, and wait until you find out just how warm it will get on easter sunday, justin drabick's eyewitness weather forecast is just minutes away.

unusual sight on the streets of philadelphia a horse on the run with philadelphia police hot on her trail. the wild scene unfold add cross several philadelphia neighborhood, friday morning, only "eyewitness news" was there when the horse named big momma gallupped down spring garden street and she continued on until police could box her in near richmond and girard in fishtown. >> we ran all the way down kelly drive and spring garden. she was moving pretty good too i didn't jump in until broad

street. >> i was just glad she didn't get hurt or hurt anybody in the process. i love my horses. it would have killed me to see something go bad but aim glad she's back. i got her here, cooled her off , made sure everything is fine and she's in there eating and relaxing. >> big momma escaped from her stables in north philadelphia, she covered just about 5 miles , before she was eventually, caught. certainly a sight to see. another animal there on the loose in chester county an ostrich was spotted on swede forward road after it escaped from the barn fire in malvern. large bird was eventually captured and returned to its owner. animal rescuers in chester county of their handful with the arrival of the dozens of new animals. the dogs, cats made a trek to get there, justin udo from our sister station kyw news radio tells bus their licensing journey to get almost home. >> we're in operation breathing room more than 200 cats and dogs were rescued from puerto rico, 56 were

brought to the brandywine spca in west chester county. >> over population problem in puerto rico is at a crisis level. only 8 percent come out of the shelters alive. there is a massive stray problem with over 300,000 stray dogs on the streets. >> reporter: rescue mission went into action last week when animals were flown from san juan, puerto rico to fort lauderdale, florida. in florida they were met by a groove of volunteers who made sure every animal made it to the shelter safe ape sound. >> it was a very, very long trip from our team drove up thee coast. >> reporter: linda with the brandywine spca said they are more than happy to open up their doors for cats and dogs who made the long trek. >> when we have extra space we want to help where ever we can these animal would have never had a chance for family without us. this is why we do this work. >> reporter: journey for these cats and dogs still has a way to go, brandywine spca is now looking for forever homes for these fury friend. >> these animals are really friend i, they are ready to go in the home. what we will do here is medically assess them today

and then we will make decisions on adoption availability, we are hoping they are ready to go in the next couple of days. >> reporter: officials say rescue mission is part of the larger initiative to help shelfers in puerto rico or driving for change around the way the animals are treated. justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, general motors is hitting gas on development of itself driving cars, auto maker says it is hiring 1100 people to work at a new research facility in california. gm is currently testing more than 50 chevy bolts in three u.s. cities. it joins other auto makers and tech giants like google and intel all working on driver less technology. switching now to the cbs-3 weather forecast, hi there, justin. it will be a great weekend, right. >> good weekend for a drive, a lot of people visiting friend and family for easter holiday. in problem there we have one rain chance that is coming easter night, and there will be a chance for a shower or thunderstorm but during the day-to-day, and tomorrow looks

great. we have a pleasant day. transition day tomorrow, check it out lower 40's. it is still cool this morning. forty-eight at the airport in philadelphia still surrounding suburbs, are down into the 30 's, this morning. now the key thing here today is the wind direction. notice arrows pointing right in off the ocean, current ocean water temperature 52 degrees. we will have cooler temperatures near inland spots we should make it in the lower 60's but sunshine along the coast but further inland today we will warm it up even more, and then tomorrow, big changes in the temperatures. new here's the reason. forecast high today, generally in the 60's, around the mid-atlantic and northeast. fifty-four in new york, and maryland forecast high 68. that is the warm front hanging off just to our south and west , and that passes through tonight. and maybe isolated shower, you will feel difference tomorrow morning. looking at these temperatures as warm front passes we will see southwest wind cranking up the heat. 84 degrees for philadelphia mid 80's in d.c. eighty's up to boston, pretty

crazy for this time of the year. not record highs just yet for philadelphia we have 90 tomorrow. i don't think we will get that but still feeling more like the middle of summer with a little bit of the increase in humidity but still not thatted about without door plans for that easter egg hunt. we have cluster of some showers, a few thunderstorms, upper great lakes that will pass by to the north. warm front will move on through. we have some cloud witt as front passes overnight, like i said, maybe an isolated shower but best chance to see some rain this weekend will be tomorrow night. so, really maybe a 20 percent chance of the shower in some spots, tomorrow night, really after sunset we will see scattered showers to the north and west of philadelphia, we have a few thunderstorms in there as well. a cold front passes on by and then we're dry for monday, tuesday, wednesday, just a head up here a few more showers here mainly during the day, not a big deal, these are big storm systems that are rolling on through. this afternoon we will notice cloud start thickening up, that is warmer air aloft in the atmosphere that pushes down at the surface and it arrives here overnight. lows tonight and struggling to

get back down in the mid 50's. a mild start tour easter sunday. wake me up, we have sunshine around, sun will go to work, rapidly with these temperatures surging in the afternoon. by 3:00 we are still dry every where but watch what happens, moving after sunset eight or 9:00 we will see scattered showers to the north and west, maybe a few thunderstorms in here with that cold front. pleasant temperatures today, 60's, cooler along the coast, warmer well to the north and west tomorrow morning, we're waking up 50's and 60's and afternoon high surging well in the 80's. exception will be right along new jersey shore and delaware coast. temperatures holding in the 70 's just because of the wind off the water. sixty-eight for the high today , partly sunny skies, tonight, still pretty comfortable. fifty-nine for the low, maybe a stray shower in spots and then tomorrow noticeably warmer on the breezy side though, 84 for the high. back down to the 74 on monday, pleasant with some sun, 60's return tuesday and wednesday with a chance of some showers around, wednesday during the

day, jan, back over to you. >> thanks, justin. well earrings timer has come early for hurricanes math you'd and otto, two of the most destructive systems of the 2016 atlantic hurricane system. and in today's einstein health care network science center report meteorologist lauren casey explains the history of naming hurricanes and why storms force could force it off the list. >> reporter: tracking matthew a category four monster hurricane wind at 145 miles an hour. >> last september, hurricane matthew became deadliest atlantic hurricane since 2005. monster category five storm brought devastation in haiti killing more than 500 people. last weeks name matthew and otto which caused major damage in nicaragua and costa rica were strict friend a list of names used to identify and track tropical systems. >> when is there a storm, incredible amount of damage,

devastation, such as hurricane matthew last year the world meteorological organization which is the weather organization, of the u.n. will decide to retire the name. >> reporter: these names are eighty-first and eighty-second to be retired since the practice began in 1953. prior to that the system was a bit lessee physician. >> if the storm did damage it was called a great hurricane or great florida hurricane, you know, or something along those lines. but in 1960 just to help clear up confusion with the media and general public the air force started using the fun net i can alphabet and in 1953 , we got into using female names. >> reporter: use of mens names was introduced in 1979. modern day list of hurricane names is recycled every six years except when a storm is so deadly and destructive that future use would be insensitive if there were another hurricane katrina people would freak out just given the fact that the last hurricane katrina did a huge amount of damage. next storm could be innocuous

but the devastation already associated with it. >> i'm meteorologist lauren casey. so, matthew, otto will be replaced with martin and owen, when the 2016 list is used again, in 2022. so, the 2017 atlantic hurricane season begins, on june 1. still ahead right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this saturday morning who compared sixers ben simmons to johnson, and why did he say it? find out next in "eyewitness sports".

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jeremy hellickson gets the ball this afternoon when phillies take on the nationals the struggles for jeanmar gomez continues in game one of the series. to the seventh inning, ramos on the hill for phillies facing anthony rendone, fly ball off the scoreboard in right field. he would score from second, the game is tied. jeanmar gomez pitched a scoreless ninth inning but in the tenth again are daniel murphy, play goes opposite way , ball in the left field corner, bryce harper score and the phillies lose their fourth straight, three-two the final. nba playoffs will start this afternoon, hopefully next season sixers may see some post season action for first time in five years. last year topic ben simmons, as you know, missed the season with the broken foot. he is recovered. he may play in the summer league many team plans to move him to the point guard. ben will be a problem to guard defensively and gm brian colangelo compared his skills to one of the best point guard in the league history.

>> we've got someone with his unique skill set, his size, his strength, his power, he is , a transformational type of player, potentially at that spot. knott dissimilar to what magic brought to the point guard spot years ago. that is not to say he will be magic but there is really no combination of what he has got , since that time. >> when sixers open up training cam in october wilson and jahlil okafor be teammates number three pick. he played 50 games. >> ing 12 points a game, he was held out while team tried to trade him and then missed final 11 games with knee sore ness. with the development of ra shawn holmes has jahlil played his final game with the sixers >> he find himself mountain situation where there is a pretty big rock block ahead. again, openly we have discussed scenarios with his agent that we can find something beneficial bye it is not, we're happy to have jahlil as part of the

organization. he is a great kid. >> to the union, looking for their first win at home begins new york city fc. extra time union down one to nothing. new york david via, chases the ball, and chips it pennsylvania mid field and ball goes over andre blake and into the net, wow, new york with the two to nothing victory. the union win less since august, that is 13 games if you are counting. that is all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdal have a great day. many students have been on spring break this week and philadelphia school of circus arts has launched a brand new camp. "eyewitness news" photo journalist joe connor takes us behind the scenes for a look at all of the clowning around. >> we are at philadelphia school of circus arts. >> we're in germantown. >> right new we're working on balance. >> spring break camp for age seven to 14. >> it is in the like anything you would do anywhere else. >> reach back across. >> we will get to learn all of the different kind of

exercises. >> swings, juggles, high wire, balancing. >> you don't get yelled at for hanging on things. >> you get a lot of team building. >> you learn to pay attention. >> there is no competition, if you get to sports camp you are playing a game against somebody, where as in circus we are merely compete ago begins yourself. >> when you first get to do it , then it is hard but once you really necessity it, it gets easier. >> if you are interested in the athletic challenge, i was very not strong so now i'm kind of strong. >> we have students just interested in the theater challenge, of seeing myself a little differently, trying something new. >> you can go upside down. >> our biggest fish is that they have tried something and they have been opened about something, help the kid, feel successful, accomplished, in whatever they are working on, in whatever spectrum that is.

>> i find it does wonders for self-confidence. and that is it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00 here's what we have coming up at 6:00, panic at penn station what set commuters in the big apple running for cover during the evening rush. calendar says april 15th, right? but no need to worry about meet ago this deadline to file that income taxes, find out why you have a couple more days to finish the paperwork. and sunny day is on the horizon, plus a really warm one is on the agenda for tomorrow, justin drabick's eyewitness weather forecast is coming up this saturday morning, we will be right back

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