. >> reporter: the buckingham township isn't only one police say they are also looking into oil being removed in quakertown, and allentown, all of the victims so far have been school advertise tricks. police suspect heating oil purchased a at $2.50 a gallon by the school district is a hot commodity for retail. >> you are still looking at a theft have $2,500 which, of course, translates into taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: while investigators hope someone will recognize the truck, they do grudgingly give this one of a kind, school fuel thief an a for criminal creativity. >> you know, we talk about it, we try to stay a away from the word that was in-genius but frankly, it is creative for sure. >> reporter: in buckingham township bucks county, walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> the discovery of a man's body touches a off a police pursuit from new castle county delaware to chester county, pennsylvania. this all started around 8:30 this morning when a woman called police after finding her 69 year-old father dead, and his car missing. police tracked the gray old mobile to the drum

and buckingham township, bucks county, we are watching a crash near ash mill road. and north hampton township. fire crews are on the scene near stoney ford road and crossing over to new jersey in jackson township, a forest fire close to 528, you know what that means the blowing smoke across the roadways and so speeds are down as well. keep that in mind if you travel 195 through ocean county. and watching a crash along the white horse pike near jackson road. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this friday, coming off the schuylkill on gulph mills on trinity lane, watch out a minor accident reported but lucky you can squeeze by it. >> all right matt thank you. still ahead, presidential candidates in both parties attack donald trump for his latest controversial comments and one candidate is coming to philadelphia tonight. >>> plus, people camp out overnight to put a deposit down on a new car but here is the catch they have never seen that car before. >> and they have been rigging atm's to steal people's money up and down the east coast. the lucky break that

the man was running around the yard in buckingham township. he raced inside the home when he saw them. he tried to break the gas line and set the heater on fire. he was pulled from the home covered with severe burns. he is facing several charges this morning. >>> a make-shift memory is growing outside -- memorial is growing outside the reagan library honoring former first lady nancy reagan. she was famous for her devoted love affair with the dent. in her later years reagan bank an advocate for alzheimers research going against the party to call for stem cell research during the president's ten year battle with the disease. she died from heart failure, 94 years old. a full report on the first lady's life and legacy is coming up in the next half-hour. >>> jimmy carter is making huge strides against cancer. he told a sunday school class he does not need to have anymore treatment. it was just last august when mr. carter was diagnosed with four small melanoma lesions on his brain. >>> septa will host the first of three public meetings on suburban r

happened around 4:00 o'clock in the home in the 37 hundred block of west brandon way here in buckingham township. police were called and found the man running around the property. he then lock himself in the house and tried to break the gas lines and set heater on fire. officers pulled him out suffered in soot. he was flown to temple university hospital with burns. he is facing several charges. >>> three fire fighters were remembered today, 25 years, after they were killed, when a fire swept through one meridian plaza in center city. memorial was presented to the members of the engine 11 in south philadelphia. the fire broke out in the sent second floor of the high rise across from city hall on february 23rd, 1991. fire fighters david holcomb, philip mccallister and james chapel were kill. >>> moving on to the accu weather forecast, if you happened to plan a stay vacation this week, you nailed it. we are expecting a taste of spring over next couple of days. meteorologist melissa a magee has the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> certainly something to look forward to for the w

around the property when officers got to the scene on the 3700 block of west brandon way in buckingham townshipe suspect raced inside and locked himself in the home when he saw them. he tried to break the gas lines and set the heater on fire. he was pulled from the home covered in soot and severe burns. he is facing several charges. >>> a makeshift memorial is growing outside the reagan library in california where nancy reagan will be laid to rest. she was famous for devoted love affair with the president, married 52 years she was by his side as he made his way from hollywood actor to california govern and into the us white house. the her later years she became an advocate of alzheimers research even going against her party calling for stem cell research during her battle of the disease. she died of heart failure at 94 years old. >>> jimmy carter is making strides against cancer. he told his sunday school class he does not have to have anymore treatment. it was last august when he was diagnosed with four small mel nome lesions on his brain. -- melanoma lesions on his brain. >>> septa hopes to e

horsham road and blair mill road another incident to report to you and lastly in buckingham townshipoute 202 and swamp road. showing you some of our other live shots here's a look at the vine street expressway. you see not looking too badly in those westbound lanes if you're making your way up on the schuylkill you'll sit on the schuylkill expressway of course but the vine looking great right now. area bridges looking nice and clear. taking you over to mass transit, also they're on time right now with no reported delays as well. and sixers game tonight. if you are heading down there you can leave fern rock at 6:08 and 6:18. back to you brian and sharrie. >> all right, autumn thanks very much. >>> still ahead here on a friday afternoon one of the candidates for u.s. senate of pennsylvania picks up a key endorsement. >> an american is accused of fighting for isis and in a rare case we're hearing from him about his decision and how he ended up in iraq. >> and teachers in a local school district make a last minute decision not to go on strike but that does not mean this dispute is over.

. >> reporter: in buckingham township bucks county, walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a bed bug scare at a philadelphia high school has officials saying classes will continue. one bed bug was discover at murrul dobbins vocational high school in north philadelphia parents received a letter explaining what bed bugs are and the extermination treatment taking place at the school. a school districts spokesmen tells "eyewitness news" it is not infestation and they are safe guard ago begins the spread of bed bugs. >>> new jersey's largest school district is offering voluntary blood tests to check students for lead. elevated levels were found in the drinking water at 30 newark schools, and as many as 17,000 children will receive free testing. the officials say lead has not been found in the cities water supply but they believe it the likely leak in the school system through old pipes and fixtures. >>> happening today, friend plan to honor a drexel university graduate killed in the plane crash almost a year ago. emily selke and her mother yvonne were among 150 people aboard germanwin

police say todd was running around the buckingham township property on brandon way when officers arrivednoon. they say he raced inside and locked the officers out. police eventually made their way in through the garage and found the man in the basement reportedly trying to torch the house. they say he set the heater on fire and was trying to break the gas line at the time. no one inside that house was hurt. >>> flames shot through the roof of a barn being used as a garage in moorestown burlington county. there was a lot of smoke pouring from the building but no one was injured here. >> it is a medical first right here in the united states. today we heard from the teen behind the nation's very first successful uterus transplant. "action news" anchor rick williams live in the news room with more on this story. hi, rick. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. that's right that history making surgery happened less than two weeks ago actually and coming up tonight in health check we'll take you inside one woman's fight to have her own biological child despite doctors telling her it wasn't possible and the

heading towards buckingham, warminster, hatfield, gwinnett township, precip rates of maybe an inch and half in the heaviest spots. it's not sitting in one area. that's a precip rate per hour. that shows you how heavy the rain is. it's moving into bucks county quickly. it will be moving into new jersey. i think this batch of heavy rain won't be lasting too much longer. philadelphia and the major interstates, 59, 476, heading up to trenton, steady light to moderate rain. the yellow shows us more moderate rainfall. even around wilmington around 495, we had that steady rain. pretty much all the major interstates are seeing the rainfall. we're looking at ponding of water on the roadways. middletown to dover to milford, now seeing the heavier rain moving in from parts of maryland and cape may county. this heavier batch of rain moving in, this is what we're also watching. a lot of that will slide up the i-95 corridor. from wilmington to philadelphia, then up to trenton, we'll still be dealing with heavy rain as we go through the main part of the morning commute. temperatures mid to upper 40s.

buckingham, hatfield, gwynedd township. light rain heading towards the pa turnpike.xtends into chester county, east whiteland seeing that light rain, also coatesville. this is not going to be a big problem for the morning commute. this will quickly be moving out of the area in time for many people to be hitting the roadways. cold front moving through the area. we'll see those temperatures onlily in the 60s this afternoon. by 8:00 this morning, there you see it. temperatures in the 50s. mid-60s north and west. that weekend forecast is straight ahead. >>> 6:11. 61 degrees on this friday. typically we done the get this many updates on mass transit but today it was required. >> usually it's running smoothly but we had issues last night that carried into this morning and katy zachry has been watching all of it for us. >> the good news is septa's paoli-thorndale line, service resumed on that line within the last hour. still, we're seeing residual delays. an alternate is taking the norristown high-speed line. your pennsylvania turnpike drive time is 20 minutes in both direc