threats of injuries, to students, threats to the buildings, threats to students in general. >> brendan lee has a couple more days to tiehl with this but the philadelphia archdiocese has to deal with it immediately because they, unlike philadelphia public schools, that are going to be shut down today and tomorrow for jewish rash hashanah holy days archdiocese schools are opened today, some catholic schools in philadelphia, who have specifically mentioned in these threats and that is why they will get specific attention from philadelphia police all day to day, so parents and kid at those schools kill feel secure. >> thanks, steve very much. >>> now to a developing story out of chester where multiple people were stabbed this happened around 8:00 o'clock last night the on the 900 black of barclay street. we are working to figure out number of stabbing victims and we do know those injuries are not life threatening. >>> police in harrison township new jersey trying to figure out why a man got out of his car early yesterday morning and walk right in the road. a driver ended up hitting him and par

. >> brendan lee is executive director for school safety of the school district of philadelphia. he says philadelphia police are thoroughly investigating the posts and those behind him. >> we handle a lot of these types of threats and a lot of these instances on a daily basis. somewhere, somehow in our schools. so you know, unfortunately this is something affecting all of our schools now. we'll just be ready for it. >> some students say they're not particularly concerned. >> you've seen the threats on social media. >> i've seen the threats. >> and you don't think they're a big deal? >> no, they're trying to scare people. >> the public schools will be closed through wednesday for rosh hashana but the catholic schools will be open monday, those schools will be named will have police officers on hand, knew man goretti, hallahan and roman catholic. from school district headquarters i'm trang do cbs3 "eyewitness news." >>> these clown threats are spooking residents all across the country. in long island new york, threats have forced some school administrators to keep students inside d

. >> reporter: public schools director of safety brendan lee says the district first caught wind of specific threats against city schools on saturday. this is one of the accounts, one can go so far as to name specific schools, the swelled clowns plan to target. he says the district is actively working with the police and homeland security to track down the people behind the posts. >> we are on top of all the postings. we will be ready and we will be acting with the heightened sense of awareness for that morning and the days to follow. >> reporter: there has been a surge of swelled scary clown sightings and viral social media posts in recent weeks across the country. crimes reportedly associated with people wearing clown costumes. >> i saw literally walking down the street yesterday. >> reporter: few days ago radnor police said someone spread the threats. it happened in thomas river new jersey. two and both cases police cautioned that posts were actually a hoax. in upper darby, police tweeted they would be preparing court orders to obtain the identity of somebody posting under the handle at u

brendan lee is philadelphia school district's executive director of school safety. he was out in front of this and on top of it all weekend thanks to people out there who let him know about it. >> we're receiving tips from several on line social media sites from people that contacted us and that prompted us to go into action and meet with philadelphia police and call them, contact them and then we will start collaborating on strategies that we will do. >> is it typical on line posting on threats of, you know, injuries to students, threats to build goes, threats to students in general. >> mr. lee has a couple more case to prepare, for his students coming back not until wednesday as philadelphia public schools are off for two more days, celebrating the rosh hashanah jewish holy days but philadelphia catholic schools are in session within the hour and that is likely why police commissioner ross's car already here in the dark, already on duty, already on the job and likely already dealing with this and don't be surprised if you see commissioner in the school yard himsel

. >>> that is brendan lee, director of security for public schools and he has a couple more days, to help trace the sources of these things. he has help from philadelphia police and across the street from the federal building home land security with the power to trace those internet ip addresses and fit is just bunch of kid sitting in their bedroom thinking it the is fun. gone are days mike, when we had soap on our windows and eggs on the the side of the barn. this stuff is major league stuff. >> yes, and word is spread to go do it, imitate it on twitter, social media, that is for sure. >>> keep us posted on that. >>> lets get back to the other top story, how is the commuting? septa says we're almost back to normal. let's check that out. >> okay. dave kinchen joins us from the ardmore station with more on how things are rolling, hi there, dave. >> reporter: they have been rolling good along the track is here, the town of ardmore. we will step out of the way and see ardmore station. folks are waiting for another train, we believe 7:12 train in center city. we can tell you happy region