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good evening i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. >> and the victim is alyssa elseman. 22 people were injured and four critically. police say the suspect richard rohas has a history of driving under the influence. >> some students from philadelphia and new york city today witnessed the crash. and our alexandria hof has the story. alex. >> uk eerks jessica, the two buses returned to the school 9:30 tonight met by many relieved parents. >> a shocking scene that has shaken students from st. st. cecilia school in northeast philadelphia to the core. >> i started running and was crying making sure my friends were okay. >> the group of 8th graders were on a field trip to see a broadway play in new york time square when before noon a speeding car came barreling the wrong way down 7th avenue to the busy intersection of 42 street. >> he ak celebrated he was

not stopping. ran on the favorment and hit quite a few people. i saw people flying in the air like dolls. >> at that point. it ameka spalding rushed at man'sy children as she could into the nearby saphora store. 18-year-old woman was killed and 22 others injured. all students and staff in the st. cecilia group of merely 100 was unharmed. >> it was a mess and we saw a car smoking. >> police identified the driver as 26-year-old bronx resident richard rohas who had a history of dui arrests. new york city officials called the accident distantal and do not believe it was terrorism. the buses returned to philadelphia and the one word used to describe the trip, policed. >> blessed all of us, right? >> yes. >> tamika wanted to extend a

thank to you those working in the sephora store the group sheltered and the employees there gave the students water and hugs and helped them feel safe. reporting live in northeast philadelphia, hof hof, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> alex, thank you. he's a free man. amtrak engineer brandon bass tan spent the day behind bars and is now free. this comes as we hear from one of the victims. >> live at central detectives with the latest developments tonight, david. >> reporter: jessica, he walked out the door an hour and a half ago. a judge released him on 1,000 bail. he has to show up on court june 7. if he doesn't he will be arrested and will have to pay the full amount. this is video of him leaving central detectives with his attorney about an hour and a half ago. he didn't look up or say anything to the cameras as this happened. tonight as you mentioned i spoke with amtrak victim who says this day could not come soop enough.

>> as amtrak engineer brand dan bastian walked into a philadelphia police station in handcuffs lenny knobs takes a deep breath. >> it hurts to see people owe go to jail but le ruined my life. >> he was on his way for business when 188 derailed may 12, 2015. authorities say bostian was traveling more than twice the posted 50 mile app hour speed limit he suffered facial, back, head and leg injuries. we visited him in the hospital soon after the crash. >> i had a career. now i have no career. hi perfect life and now everything just wept down the tubes. so now i'm starting over from scratch. >> two years later and knobs seize a physical therapist twice a week and also seize a psychologist. he says he saw someone die in the crash. and image he cannot erase. eight people were killed on the train and now knobs has a service dog undergoing training for post traumatic

stress disorder. >> there's days i spent in bed and don't get out of bed. >> bostian turned himself in thursday morning. seth williams decided against prosecuting him. a judge last week ordered him to do so. williams turned the case over to pennsylvania general josh shapiro. we spoke to shapiro after bostian was arrested. >> we are attempting to seek justice for the victims of the amtrak case. >> lenny knobs says it's worth the wait. >> i'm taking this as closur closure. i hope other people take is as well. lenny nobodies is suing amtrak again brand dan bos ty an has to return to court june 7 or will be rested and pay $81,000. he's free to go home to massachusetts until the court date. reporting live, david spunt, cbs3, eyewitness news.

>> thank you, david. >> the search is on for a man accused of fireing a shot gun into another driver's car. rich land township police are looking for brandon grasso involved in three confrontations including one in quakertown where he's accused of shooting a car's rear windshield. police don't know what led to the incident. they think he was driving a mercedes benz sedan. he should be considered armed and dangerous. >> president trump is defiant in his news conversation since firing fbi i director james comey this as he prepares to return on the first foreign trip tomorrow. president trump faced questions about the appointment of a special council to investigate possible ties between the trump campaign and russia. he offered a one-word answer to whether he urged comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn. >> no. no. >> wheel i respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there's no collusion between myself and

campaign. >> president trump continues point view cap dates for a new fbi director. he's close to making a decision and confirmed joe leashman is unone of the top candidates. >> pennsylvania auditor general says a review of 10 million state grant for the dem caingtic national convention could be complete by end of july. governor tom wolf asked for review after revealed some of the $4 million of surplus from the dnc in philadelphia last summer was used to pay bonuses to staff members. the auditor again val trying to determine if any of the state grant money was used to pay for the bonuses. dnc host committee chairman ed rendell says the answer is no. >> we raised that all ourself. i raised most of it. chase o'maley one of the development directors he was responsible for raise tion that money. he came out of what we raised. >> governor wolf argues sure mraws money should have been returned to pennsylvania

taxpayers. >> pennsylvania father is facing child endangerment charges after police say they found his three young children home alone. one of them was locked inside a cage. police made the disturbing discovery yesterday in pottsville, schuylkill county, 100 miles norm west of philadelphia. 38-year-old cecil kutz is behind bars on $250,000 cash bail. police found his 22-month-old son in a make-shift wooden cage. a 1-year-old boy endplay pen and day-old newborn in a baby seat on the floor. the children are now in the care of social services. police say their mother was in the hospital from complications after childbirt childbirth. >> the man who built the fox news channel into a ratings power house died. roger ails died in florida today following complication from a fall at his home. he got a break at kyw producing mike douglass show he met richard nixon and he later hired him as media advice are or.

in july, ails resigned from fox news after numerous women accused him of sexual harassment. roger ails was 77. >> chris cornell lead singer of the band's sound garden and audio slave also passedment cornell killed himself by hanging following a concert with sound garden in detroit last night. he helped redefine the sound of lock and roll in the late 80s and early 90s emerging from seattle gunth scene he was known for smashing vocal range and released four solo albums. he was 52. >> one special graduate is proofing it's never too late to achieve your dreams. 93-year-old erwin medway will receive humanitys degree from villanova tomorrow. the world war ii veteran has been taking courses for 22 years as part of theen itc itchment prm. he says he loves to learn and

shares with us how he klooss classes. >> i choose them based on number one as add develop tour us to me and will i certain something fromty didn't know before. and i have -- that's true with every class. you can never walk out of a classroom and say i didn't learn anything today. >> medway received a purple heart and bronze star medal for military service. >> today was graduation day for 3 special dogs. they are now members of three area police departments jerry 16-month-old german shepherd and graduate of penn school of veterinary medicine and newest member of the norristown police department. the two other dogs who graduated are joining the lower merion police department and the septa police. straight ahead tonight the jersey shore destination just named number one vacation spot in the country. >> and speaking of vacation americans are not taking enough of them. why many choose to skip the

time off. >> you create something and you see people enjoy it. and that's -- that do the me. >> her down home southern cooking has people waiting in line just to get a seat. visit i have alicia vitareli tells you how cooking was her calling, lauren. >> it was a second day in a row with high temperatures in record territory well up into the 90s. what our summerlike stretch is about to come to an end. how much cooler we get for the upcoming weekend. that's c

>> a jersey shore town to getting national recognition. >> wildwood crest was named best summer sdiingt destination in united states. >> it had affordable hotels. >> vacation always sounds g believe it or not many working americans do not use all of the days their companies give them. >> up stayed, they're choos choosing to spend more time at the office. our greg argos is here with a

look at why. >> why? >> more time at the office. >> experts say we all need to take time off of work. but last year, 34% of americans more than 1 in 3 did not take any vacation. we learned it's partially due to cost and commitment to the jobs. >> buy those tickets and pack your bags and don't forget the suncreen. we're headed to summer and that means it's time for vacation. >> when is your next vacation. >> or does it? >> i'm not sure. >> i don't think i'm taking vacation any time soon. >> you have nothing planned. >> i have a bachelorette party in mexico. >> there you go. >> you forgot that. >> sorry maggie. >> 34%, more than 1 in 3 americans did not take a vacation at all last year. more than half took fewer than five days off. >> i'm surprised by that. that's a lot. >> vacations or breaks or time off is extremely important. >> dr. george james therapist for council for relationships

says he's not surprised by how few americans take a break from work. >> there's a way if we think if we stop working we're not going to make money and we'll lose out on something and taking a break feels counter productive. >> mountain of work to come back is not worth the time you have to take off. >> vacay is worthle time. >> in the fall i'm doing 6 weeks in europep. >> since the time away from kush call drink margaritas can actually improve health. >> it helps in many areas. work, family, relationships. >> i see people are sharper or more in tune to their relationship and partner. >> work life ball awns need time to destress, relax, have time for themselves. >> as for cost that's a concern. >> money thing. vacation is not tree. >> you can relax at home. >> so get that time off request in and catch up on much-needed rest. >> i'm counting down to the next within i need a vacation from my vacation. >> vacation from vacation. most businesses don't let you rollover your unused vacation

and in 2016 that meant $70 billion in lost vacation pay or about $525 per worker signing a check over to the company sently. >> oh, man. >> staycatirons are cheap. >> we're taking a trip to haddon township where comfort food reigns sum preem alicia vitareli shows you stepping inside this restaurant makes you feel right at home. i hear you got to wait in line here. >> at the kitchen the wait is on for seriously delicious soul food. mac and cheese, sides, chi chitland. >> what is that. >> pig intestines. >> get her a bowl. >> they got it all. >> nice flavor. >> you want to try the wings. >> for sure.

>> don't forget the pigs feet. >> how about a little bit okay. >> you seem scared for me [ [ laughter ]. >> i actually like this you. >> like it? >> i do this is more mild that the trip sgle it's called chi chitland. >> anything you want is hot and fresh and alberta says food was her calling. >> i wanted to open a restaurant. the opportunity happened and i walked throughout door. >> that is not the only thing berta says she was told in prayer. she hires staff formerly incarcerated. >> i want something not forgotten that i love them and i want them to know i love them. >> berta somebody could hear what you said and say, how? how does he tell you that? >> i just relationship. witness. as i do it, it has not been easy, as do i it, it's been successful. that's what we know.

i'm on the right track. >> she sure is with seasoned turkey wings. >> oh, my gosh look at that it's fall ago part. >> it's heavenly. >> ribs. >> when i wish i was alone to eat this. >> it's all those sweetness and tank. >> tripe. fish, sides galore. you'll be praying for it to never end. >> aunt berta will awe don't me. >> yes, i will. >> when she told me that she has that inward witness i was like wow when things speak to you and you follow t. success. there you go. >> how did chitland speak to you. >> that was acquired taste. james my photographer said when i grew up and my mom was making them he always had to go for a bike ride at that time. he was running out the door. >> really? >> not a fan of the chitland. >> it is chiterland.

>> yes but chitland is short. >> i love it. >> do you like it. >> i -- i -- >> aunt berta. >> they were good. ment everything was amazing. >> pigs feet. >> pigs feet i liked. >> porky. >> i have to get over there. >> tory, thanks. >> and i'll take you behind the scenes of madame secretary as cast and crew shoot on location in d.c. since first time since pilot episode you'll hear from daily what it's like onset and what to expect from season three finale hip the scenes of madame secretary tonight at 1 11. >> lauren joins us now with the forecast. i could have gone outside and had a rib just one rib. >> feeling like summer and puts you in the mood for ribs ribs,burg ers, turkeyburgers, potato salad. temperatures will cool off considerably but nice weather. today it was all heat, all the time. we still have warm

temperatures rights now at this late hour. we're still at 82 degrees. our normal high temperature for today's date is 74 so. we're still well beyond nat getting a live look at center city philadelphia all is quiet and little breeze out of southwest around 12 miles an hour and dew points elevated into middle 60s. we have humid muggy factor today temperatures soared once again. our second day in a row in the 90s and second day just one degree shy of the record high temperature. record 94 setback in 1962 and high temperatures were cruising up to 90s across the delaware val len and topped 2 reading and allentown and 91 ac and also in wilmington 91. and temperatures because we were so hot or so very warm. 80 allentown and 80 wilmington and calling in at 80 in accuweather and upwind much cooler temperatures on backside of a potent cold front. check this out 82 in st. loui louis. ahead of the boundary. behind the boundary. not far off, 57 des moines. we'll get a taste of frontal

boundary into tomorrow night. it will cool us off and bring down those humidity levels. and another steamy day tomorrow. but especially tomorrow night and then saturday and sunday much more comfortable. humidity values and that's going to be nice forgetting out the grill. great grilling weather on saturday. sunshine, 72 degrees. got thoseburgers and dogs and mostly sunny conditions and nice and dry and first dry weekend with no rainfall, rain free since early april. that will be nice. overnight tonight partly cloudy could see isolated thunderstorm west of city and for the day tomorrow, mostly sunny. better chance of late day thunderstorms and high tem sturz well above average at 8 88. storm scan three dealing with high level cloud cover across the delaware valley due to thunderstorms that kicked up in and around the d.c. area and stronger thunderstorms towards boston. we're quiet. we had this one lonely little cell trying to develop west of berks county trying to make it in and lost the seem and a little bits of sprinkle future

weather showing us your friday morning commute looking good for lunch hour grab the hot dog and sandwich. future weather in the afternoon hours and evening we will start to see some cells firing up. they will be very hit or miss and not widespread in nature. some of the cells that develop tomorrow evening could be a little on the stronger side and storm prediction center has some of the area in marginal rick of severe weather mainly center city philadelphia points south and east and shore forecast has been a hot one along the coast all week and big difference with east wind kek up this weekend. it's going to push temperatures back to 60s for highs a little chilly. especially on saturday. with breezy conditions along the coast and city and suburb us high temperatures closer to average dport upcoming weekend and pretty nice one. low humidity, 70s. sunshine. and we'll have to break up the umbrella as we head to monday with 80 and good shot at showers and t storms. >> thanks, lauren. >> don is up next with sport sports.

>> misery continues for the phillies. see how it came crashing down in texas and why did two time super bowl check le blunt choose philly.

>> former new ng land patriot was introduced today at the novacare complex. blunt led nfl last year with 18 touchdowns more than entire eagles roster. here's why he decided to land with the birds. >> eagles for a specific reason of me putting in real gli here and the khaption of making the team you know have a championship run and better season and you know they're a good team. they're a good team before i came. and they have a lot of really special players on their team

and that makes a lot of good players. i want to fit in in there somewhere. >> speaking of special players former eagles stud brian dawkins spends his day for habitat for humanity in delaware. he visited a home 30 years of helping families in newcastle county. >> on to baseball. murphys law anything that can go wrong will go wrong phillies following letter of the law. after today they lost 15 out of 18 games and trying to avoid a sweep at texas. michael franco going on sit field and gone. so the phils on top. 2-0. then bottom of the fifth what was that good murphy's law. yeah. about that bullpen. rbi single off julie rodriguez game tied at two. later in the frame. ryan ruhas is gone.

rodriguez gives us six hits and seven runs and phils lose 8-4 tomorrow start a three game series at pittsburgh. >> special day in south philadelphia the city, comcast specator and all taking place in dedication of ed snyder way at the sports complex and section of 11th street at the complex will be named in honor of snyder. of course he founded flyers and in 1967. >> and sixers owner job harrison family launched a new calf school all-star program at russel h conwell middle school in philly. 80 students had a chance to participate in dance and basketball clinics. nationwide program serves more than 70,000 boys and girls in 19 cities. >> leave it to the pros. >> leave it to the frees any friend. >> up next, find out who is hosting grammys when they run

>> joymz corben will return as host of the grammy's awards. >> the late, late show host did it last february and next year it will be held in madison square garden january 28 than will the first time it's i

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