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a popular community swim dmrub hatboro trashed and
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police are looking for the vandals that stripped place of equipment and flooded rooms before taking off. >> and good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown, thank you for joining us. swim club in bucks country vowing to on in time for memorial day weekend even after vandals ransacked the facility leaving tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. here is the extensive damage and what's being done to help the swim club bounce back. >> for 35 years ron zeigler has been volunteering at the upper moreland swim club in hatboro donate time to keep it going. >> i was disheart entered when i saw the room. >> he experienced a frustrating first here. >> the damage you see is extensive. >> on thursday the swim club was ransacked. >> they desfroyd first aid room with medical supplies and amplifier and ipt come system we haven't checked out yet they went on rampage an knocked things off. >> vandals ripped through the swim club office and food stand gator grill and the place zeigler spends most of
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his time during the summer. >> i was upset because the time we put in as volunteers. >> the swim club is not sure if the insurance company will cover the cost to repair all this damage. the cost for this room alone is estimated to be at least $10,000. the cost for the gator grill, another $30,000. >> that's by is tself 5,000 worm of equipment on top that we purchased and that's shattered. completely. >> all of the cooking equipment in the gator grill seems to be a total loss and the vandals ripped all the equipment from the walls and flooded the place. >> i'm a very on mistake person i know we'll get throughty don't understand why it happened. >> best guess is vapdlees were chiefs that tried to break into a safe that had only $50 in it. when they realized they were not leaving with money they tore up the place. >> silver lining a lot of kids that worked here e mailed me already and said hey this is our club this should not happen. can't believe from our community and from the news and from the ditch sources so
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many people volunteering now to help us get cleaned up. >> with the help of volunteers the swim club should be able to on in time for memorial day weekend and food stand won't be fully functional by them more than likely but they'll try to serve drinks and light snacks. upper moreland, alicia nieves, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> viewer dave silver captured this frightening scene on 676 eastbound to center city. 100 young folks on bicycles were on the vine street expressway. fortunately no one was hit bypassing car and no injuries. a large group of people on dirt bikes were also seen nearby along columbus blvrd. at this time there's no word ft. two rides are in any way connect sdmrd people in millersville may have felt some movement under their feet this evening. 2.3 magnitude earthquake was reported in the area before 5 . the usgs says they got 200
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calls from people who felt it in the conestoga area as well. there are no reports of damage at this time. >> and nearly 2 dozen people were arrested after authorit authorities raided a pot party in the city frankford section. the philly smoke session was organized saturday night at a warehouse in the 4500 block of worth street on social media. authorities found about 50 pounds of marijuana, 50,000 dollars and four happened gun guns, eyewitness news spoke to one of the party guest. he said the party was important to the city of philadelphia. >> i'm a medical marijuana patient. i was at that thing last night to meet people who have cannabis that i know helps me. the cannabis at that event is tested by the people who grow it. >> 19 men and three women were arrested and 175 other people were not charged. and police say the party was a fire hazard and size of the crowd and also use of butane tovrps. >> as more states begin to
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legal lies the drug a new poll suggestions americans are becoming more accepting of marijuana. recent poll from yahoo news says 80% of americans support the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes and two-thirds believe it is safe than on yats. researchers quizzed more than 1100 adults about cannabis and their attitudes towards it. >> firefighters continue to battle brush fires in florida. 700,000 homes were evacuated since the blaze began on thursday afternoon. fire officials say even though the plays is 20% continued that point it is possible for conditions to change quickly. >> strong wind out of west pushing fire in a different direction should it break out or should we get a new fire from the possible thunderstorms out there. we do have active cues out there working with heavy equipment in the area. we'll continue to monitor the situation and take active effort out there and keep working forward to control this fire.
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>> residents have been allowed to return to homes and officials say there are still areas of very limited visibility. >> and for the very first time in decades, voters have rejected france's main political parties in the first round of presidential elections. demonstrators clashed as results of election were announced. early projections indicated that emmanuel macron and far right leader maureen liten will face off on the 7th. >> president trump will sill operate 100th day in office next saturday. they're hoping to have a new healthcare plan before the 100 days are up. they tell cnn a new healthcare deal with in the works and leaders from conservative house freedom caucus and moderate tuesday group reached a close break through in negotiations and however the new plan still faces obstacles similar to the last one. a core group of republicans will not vote for anything but
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a full repeal of obamacare. >> and nfl draft is days away now. while excitement builds for those headed to the ben franklin parkway to celebrate some locals say it's turning philadelphia to a parking lot right now. eyewitness news reporter anita oh caught one residents to say the traffic detours are disruptsing their lives [ bee beeping ]. >> it's utter chaos here. >> for weeks ahead of nfl draft ben franklin parkway in philadelphia is more like a parking lot according to some drivers. >> i could sit in traffic for 40 minutes just to get to 676. >> road closures and traffic detours have been in effect as crews custom built a 3,000 seat on air theater by the art museum. >> but especially for some neighbors and fairmont and art museum area having a close-up seat to the action has down sides. >> it seems to me that there's more security here than there is for the pope.
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so it's realtyly disrupting traffic and everybody's lives. >> when you have made in america and when you have something like nfl draft which shuts down a public space for a good number of people for a good number ever time don't think it's eye good idea. >> i think it's really put the neighborhood through a turmoi turmoil. and it's okay for a weekend. but for a four weeks or six weeks it's going to be it's really quite an inconvenience. >> larry targon lived in fairmont ten years and while avid eagles fan. >> die hard i bleed green and go to every game. >> location of the draft would not have been his first around pick. >> i think it should have been around the sports complex which would have been less intrueive and plenty of parking. >> others are happy the draft is returning to roots. >> i think the draft is good for the city. it's good to you know philadelphia is a football town and to have the draft here and i'm pretty sure this is the first place where the first draft was i think it's fitting for the draft to be in philadelphia.
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>> as far as securefy for the draft, trucks and barricades will surround the event. philadelphia police plan to patrol tourist hot spots. reporting on ben franklin parkway, anita oh, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> traffic jam around center city and fairmont area will get worse beginning tomorrow 7 a.m. phase three of road closures kicks in and that means it includes the parkway between 20 street and art museum and kelly drive at fairmont avenue. the final phase of closure starts on tuesday 5 a.m. >> in a statement the philadelphia mayor's office said in part, every effort had been made to condense the timeline into the shortest build possible and dim inmize disruption. objection, we will be there for every moment of the draft. keep it here on eyewitness news and when we're not on the air we can get the latest cbsphilly.com online. >> stay with us everyone still ahead on eyewitness news tonight dazzling display in china and we'll show you more of this incredible meteor
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shower that showed off over clear skies and showing off their skills. these are no ordinary dogs. how this canine competition is sharpening skills for when human handlers need them most. >> chilly and soggy weather returns as we kick offer the workweek. how long you'll need that umbrella before you
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>> welcome back, everyone,
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annual meteor shower lit up the night sky over the moup tanz in china this weekend. meteor showers caused when bust and other particles dust off from astronomical body. it occurs every year in late april when it passes through the dusty tail of the comet stat tour. >> k-9 teams competed for the police k-9 competition in haverford township. k-9s and handlers eded dogs agility and apprehension abilities. chief hagen says this is great opportunity for the k-9 to showcase all their skills. >> they train with dogs twice a month every month and they put a lot of work into it. this say good way to show it off and give back to the community to show what they're doing with the police dogs. >> the teams traveled from philadelphia, delaware, and montgomery county as well. couldn't chichi do that.
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>> yes, totally. >> what about an hending we don't know. >> i don't think chichi will apprehend 234eu7b. arnold palmer hend anyone. >> she's a little chihuahua. >> had you the dogs walking today. >> yes out in the park today a beautiful day after the soggy cooler start yesterday. we'll reverse things as we head into tomorrow. yeah, the rain returns. >> got the umbrella. >> got to drag out the umbrella again. >> it's going to be a soggy go especially as we head late day monday into tuesday and right now, just dealing with filtered sunshine as we get a live look at cementer city philadelphia. looking green now that the trees are blooming with that foliage. 62 right now. winds out of the south around 16 miles an hour. our high temperature today topping off at 66 degrees. so, got out of the 50s. high temperature yesterday only 58 degrees. cooler start to the average of 67. temperatures are going to take a tumble once again as we head into the day tomorrow.
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already tumbling down the shore with sormly whipped off the ocean. 53 in atlantic city. beautiful conditions in mount pocono. 60 dpe degrees and overnight tonight we'll drop back to 49. cloud deck will continue to increase and maybe see a shower passing through south ever city light in intensity and as we head through the day tomorrow areas of rain defing especially after lunchtime. cool and damp with easterly component to the wind flow and high temperatures not making it out of the 50s once again and that will be the trend again on tuesday dealing with rounds of rain. heaviest rain will come later in the day tuesday and into tuesday evening and the winds will be increasing through this event and it will be quite gusty especially down the shore late day on tuesday. we'll deal with the cool easterly wind flow off the ocean that will keep our temperatures down nor these two days. not lacking bad right now. we check 234 the neighborhood network. filtering out the sunshine and cloud deck thickens up as we head over the next couple hours.
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seeing that friend on storm scan 3. dry conditions off to the south and shower activity slowly starting to work its way northbound. we can see showers sneak in i think to parts of delaware as we lead throughout the late overnight period.. big, strong storm system and center well off south and wes west. and notice that counter clockwise circulation and that is allowing all this moisture to pull in from the gulf of mexico and push into our backyard. commute tomorrow morning not going to be dealing with problems. maybe a few stray showers. into the afternoon a swaj of precipitation over spread the area commutes tomorrow afternoon. not great dealing with areas of rain. lane fall up tensety picking up monday night and tuesday, dealing with patchy areas of rain for the first half of the day. and we'll really start to see moisture increase late day on tuesday. instability as well. so dealing with pockets of heavy rainfall tuesday evening commute looks rough dealing with that heavy rain widespread in nature and maybe few imbedded thunderstorms as
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we head to tuesday evening. rain continues to tuesday night and we finally turn off that faucet as we head to wednesday. maybe a few lingering showers in the morning and improving conditions into the afternoon. you'll notice this northeasterly component to wind flow holding temperatures down especially along the coast. only in the 50s over the next several days and we will see gusty conditions picking up headed through the day on tuesday. notice gusts of 40, 45, potentially even 50 miles an hour at some of our shore point with this system that will be passing on through. tomorrow, tution, yuck, not great at all and improvement into wednesday grat gradual late day clearing 70 degrees and thursday the draft kicking off maybe a popup stray thunderstorm in the afternoon with all that heat. and 4 degrees. and we keep it on the warm side as we head into the extended. >> at least it will be warm. >> yes. >> thank you so much lauren. >> philly he's afternoon action. >> it was a great day.
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phillies accepted sdpak effron to the pound. phillies won three in a row going for first sweep of season and fanatics birthday. scared of heights there. bottom of the 7th. phillies down by a run. sing toll right. daniel to third and game is tied. to the eighth we go and phillies bats explode. one for hernandez goes over the ball to the right and he's on to hit 40 home therz season and the phillies take the lead. next alper solo homer center field. he wept 5 for 12 in the serie series. braves decide to make pitching changement didn't matter. herrera goes the opposite way. back-to-back for the first time since 2008. that was a goodyear. 5-2 victory. >> what can you say about the back-to-back to back home run runs. i told csar when you go up to
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the plate hit the ball up the middleman on second or to right side. try to get a base hit. and at the same time move the runner. and he d he moved the runner. >> we have a lot of talent on this team and we could surprise people: hopefully we can keep the roll going. >> nba playoffs cleveland at indiana game four lebron james won 20 straight games and looking for 21 and sweep of pacers, late in the fourth cleveland down by 2. lebron with the ball. three pointer good and cavs take a lead. final seconds. paul george with the ball. three pointer missed the mark. cleveland completes the sweep with 106 to 102 victory and more nba action game four between rockets and thunder late in first half russell westbrook hits the jumper. he had third straight triple double, 35 points, 14 rebounds and assists and under a minute left. harden nails the step back
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jumper. 16 points for the rockets and they 113-109 victor dwri and leads the sear iy s 3-1. >> during baylor fight ball game tony nickal son turns a backward pass and hands to to clip ton lewis. he has down syndrome and he scores the most memorable touchdown of the day along with huge enterage of baylor players who escort him into the end zone. very cool. >> coming up tonight in the zone, four days for the nfl draft and who will the eagles select in the first round. from philadelphia daily news stopping by to discuss and mlb.com todd scleki will talk about it tonight on cbs3. >> and it will be nice to see who the eagles pick. >> so much speculation. >> thank you, lesley. >> stay with us surprise diagnosis nearly silenced a portland toddler for g now his
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mom is helping him drive. >> he's like i feel like i need to do this. i'm doing this. >> toddler unable to speak and communicate finds outlet through art. how this little boy's mom is through art. how this little boy's mom is supporting her son with
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>> a toddler from portland oregon is diagnosed with type ii diabetes and find it difficult tothy speak but not paint. this helps ocean scott communicate with his mom. one day instead of talking he grabbed a brush and started to paint. also using toy trains as a tool. each panel he made had a different message.
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>> his style is very unique. and each piece is really different. >> well ocean's mom is selling his incredible avrts work online some of which selling for thousands of tlarz. part of proceeds are going to buy debtic alert dog for her son.
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>> well please touch museum was filled with smiling children today for annual story book ball. families and children dressed in costumes while seeing favorite story book character come to life as well. beauty and the beast. they were all. there children heard story from mother goose and visit with peter rabbit as well. organizers say when you make a story come to life people enjoy it more. please touch museum holds this event every year in the spring. it's awesome. >> yeah. >> velveteen rabbit was my favorite. >> that was a good one. >> i'm glad i was not the only one that loved that one. >> for natasha brown, lesley, lauren [ laughter ] we'll see you
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