friends and family of emily selke cared out a lifelong dream of putting on a music festival. st year emily and her mother dried when a pilot purposely crashed a passenger plane into a mountainside. >>> tonight philadelphia mayor jim kenney joined hundreds of local dignitaries to raise money for students. the celebration raises money for the local chapter of the united negro college fund. was among those honored for those work in the community. nbc 10 and comcast are sponsors. >>> and the sights of lat p, america, stole the city for the 10th annual congresso gala. >>> well, spring officially starts at about 12:30, but it's still feeling very winter-like out there. it's still very cold and on top of that we're tracking rain and snow as it heads into tomorrow. in particular, tomorrow night into early monday. now, as we head into the middle of next week, we are talking warmer temperatures so they're not too far off on the verizon. lancaster, 41 degrees right now. in reading, 31 degrees. midville toward wildwood and georgetown at 38 degrees. now, we've got cold air to our noekt and

although close with emily selke ashley and julie never met until emily died.ow through tragedy of her untimely death, they have become life long friends. >> emily would love that all of her friend are coming together for so many difference aspects of her life. >> it just all fell in place. the really beautiful thing. >> reporter: reporting from philadelphia, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> third planned festival at world cafe lives takes place at the 2:00 o'clock this afternoon. emily's friend hope to make this a annual event and send more college students overseas in the the years to come. for more fur just head to our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> and a event benefiting philadelphia's immigrant community is held in center city. "eyewitness news" at the lowes hotel for stay local, give local presented by garses foundation. chef garses hand pick chef for the event who whipped up free cuisine for guests to sample and also a silent auction. >>> and for a second year, young professionals across the delaware valley are joining the covenant house sle

emily selke and her mother were both killed. emily graduated from drexel univerci,e in 2013.mother went to springfield high school in delaware county. >>> this morning, millions are still under the threat of flooding across the south. the death toll is now at six from these record-breaking storms. the rain and flooding destroyed dozens of homes across multiple states. some people had to escape their houses uses boats. the floodwaters could be toxic, making matters worse. >> you can look at the trash and all that's floating through the houses. there's gasoline that's got into the water. that's flowing through these people's houses. >> we lost cars, traeshgts, two storage buildings. >> the threat of flooding continues for several more days. take a look at these heavy storms rolled through the midwest. this is video of storm clouds near little rock, ark park. you can see the thick line of dark gray and what appears to be a funnel cloud. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, a rainy start to your monday morning. here's a look now at r

. >> reporter: she says her close friend, 22-year old emily selke loved life, a life cut short when her plane crashed in the french alps last movement emily and her mother yvonne a philadelphia native died they were on their way from spain to germany. julie saw the inseparable mother and daughter just a few days before the crash. >> we were skipping down the streets of bars loan a how cool to travel a aboard with one of your closest friend and her mom, you know, yvonne, treated me like a second daughter during that week. >> reporter: investigators say the co pilot german citizens andreas loopes locked the pilot out of the cockpit and intentionally crash the plane. record show he had a history of severe depression and ignored a doctor's order to check in a psychiatric hospital. >> it is a shame. it is kind of an attack to how our nation looks at mental health and other nations do as well. >> reporter: ashley kuhn knew their time during their time at the drexel. they both bonded in music. >> i will hear band, all i would have to do is hear a modest mouth song and then you will i'll just s

. >> the music festival honoring emily selke is saturday at world cafe live. all proceed will go to pay for drexel music students to travel aboard. >>> we are looking learning more about the police shoot-out in maryland that killed an under cover officer with ties to our area authorities say the shot that killed jacai colson was deliberately aim at him by another officer who did not recognize him and saw he was a armed threat. three brothers have been charge. police say oldest brother planned a rampage and expected to die while his two brothers filmed the gun fight. police are not identifying the officer. >>> "fox news" is canceling a republican debate canceled for next monday in salt lake city, the reason, lack of interest. donald trump says he was out telling network i think we have had enough debates. john kasich also canceled saying that he won't take the stage, without trump. >>> 4:37 right now. day is finally here, march madness basketball tournament tips off across the country at noon today. three teams from our area are in place, st. joes, plays in spo

emily selke and her mother evonne were both killed. >>> now to decision 016 and the increasing violenceunding the donald trump campaign. >> get him out of here. go ahead, get him out! >> protesters are becoming more vocal at his campaign appearances like this one in bloomington, illinois. on saturday, a secret service agent, several of them surrounded trump when one protester rushed the stage. that was hours after a chicago rally was canceled amid violent clashes. last wednesday, a trump supporter punched a man. >> i don't condone the violence or what he did. you know what, not nice on the other side either. >> trump's competitors on both sides accuse him of creating an atmosphere that condones violence. trump blames protesters who support democratic senator bernie sanders. sanders calls that a blatant lie. >>> a connecticut police officer is in trouble for showing his support for trump with a bumper sticker on his cruiser. the hartford officer is now the subject of an internal investigation. his boss called his behavior irresponsible. the sticker is now gone. >>> college basketball fa

eyewitness news" at world cafe in university city for the third planet festival, it was held in honor of emily selkend her mother yvonne who also died in the crash. emily studied music at drexel will and all of the pro eat went to the event started after her death, which will provide financial assistant to drexel music students looking to study abroad. >>> germanwings flight 9525 crash in the french alps in march 2015. investigators say a co pilot with the history of meantal illness intentionally crash the plane. >>> well, for catholics around the world today marks beginning have of the holy week known as palm sunday day. lets look live at st. peters square, where it appears that pope francis may be giving a papal blessing. and thousands are gathered in the square to hear the pope's message. many there will take home a small olive or palm branch, that are seen as symbols of peace. palm sunday day marks sixth sunday of lent and last sunday before easter. >>> and, still to come this morning, 50 years of history comes down in ten seconds, the the implosion that brought down two buildings and why some a

it was held in honor of emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the crash. ily studied music at drexel. all of the proceed from the event went to a fun started after her death which provides financial assistance, to drexel music students looking to study abroad. >>> germanwings flight 95, crash in the french a alps in march 2015, and investigators say a co pilot with a history of mental illness intentionally crash the plane. >>> well, with the big boom and cloud of dust that took over part of the north philadelphia a on saturday. more than 200-pound of dynamite were used by philadelphia housing authority to implode two high rises. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh tells us why building were taken down and what will take their place. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: just like that, the are in man bloomberg apartment in north philadelphia a, which stood for nearly 50 years, turned to ruble saturday morning. many who watched the high rise crumble are part of the generation that is grew up there. >> i'm hoping, because it is hurting me here. >> families were he

emily selke and her mother yvonne were among 150 people aboard germanwings flight 9525. investigators say the co pilot had a history of depression and mental illness deliberately crash the jet liner in the french alps on march 24th of last year. there were no survivors. two of the emily's friend will hold a music festival in their friend's memory, one of them saw her just days before the crash. >> just genuine, happy, skipping down the streets of bars loan a i mean how cool is to it travel aboard with one of her closest friend and her mom, yvonne treated me like a second daughter during that week. >> the most nice genuine person i have ever met in my life, just very, very deeply cared about all of her friend and she always let you know. >> and the third planned festival takes place a at 2:00 d cafe live in philadelphia. emily's friend hope to make this an annual event and to send more college students overseas in the the years to come. for more information just head to our web site the at cbs philly.com. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" the tiger family at the philad