euthanized after breaking a bone in her leg. the horse was joined by roy and gretchen from chester county. their other horse barbaro shattered bones in his right hind leg after the start of the preakness in 2006. he survived surgery but was euthanized months later an developing a painful hoof disease. at the time his plight gained worldwide attention. immediately after this week's preakness, peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals, demanded answers. on twitter the group wrote calling on owners to release veterinary records and complete list of medications that horses were administered before preakness races. studies and our investigation show most breakdowns and deaths occur because horses have pre-existing injuries masked by excessive use of medications. again, that's from peta. in a news release, the humane society's president has said, quote, deaths of horses at the track have been routine and they are a grim reminder that this is a very poorly regulated industry with widespread doping of horses, end quote. this morning i'm joined by three people with close ties to horse racing. dr. scott palmer, a vet

barbaro's owner watched a horse die on the same track. two horses died at pimlico today. the 4-year-old filly threw her jockey to the ground. he was euthanized on the track. the horse was bred and owned by gretchen and roy jackson. barbaro shattered bones in his hind leg after the preakness. he was euthanized months later. >>> new at 11:00, a bethlehem postal carrier is arrested for groping three women as he delivered their mail. he is charged with indecent assault. it happened at two state police facilities. the victim say he touched their breasts as he was giving them mail. >>> a show of support for falling police officers and their families. nbc 10 at the philadelphia police survivor's benefit in northeast philadelphia. it's a fundraiser that benefits the families of police officers killed or injured in the line of duty. >>> two firefighters are in the hospital tonight after one of them fell through the roof of a burning bucks county home. crews were called to tennis avenue in bensalem this morning. one of the firefighters fell from a third story roof and the other had tightness in his chest. both are in stable condition. >>> a grand reop

years after chester county horse barbaro broke his leg at the preakness his owners lose another on the very track. practice practice brakes his left front leg and euthanizeding the fourth race. >>> like barbaro, he comes in undefeated. knight quiz, post game for 100 forty-first running is 30 minutes away. nyquist better hospital the slop, it has been raining in baltimore all day. >> ideal trip would be we break great, we grab the lead, and we just go easy all the way around. that would be ideal but nyquist has so much natural speed from the gate ideally he gets good position where ever that is and he runs a big race. >> finally how would you like this guy's job, on turtle patrol. third round in the byron nelson classic, jordan spieth's hometown of texas. the spieth trying to hold on to the lead, he hits the long birdie putt on 14th, got it. fourteen under par but he trails the leader right the now, by two shots. >> all right. >> he is in contention. >> sound good. >>> much more to come on "action news", meteorologist melissa a magee has exclusive a accu weather seven day forecast but first a look at the is what coming up on world news saturday. >> hi walt

three races later more heart break for owners of the legendary local horse barbaro, their horse, premedia had ton euthanized on the track due to a catastrophic leg injury e he was bread in chester county. autopsy will be done at new bolton center in kenneth square. kentucky derby winner barbaro broke his leg at the start of the preakness ten years ago. barbaro had to be euthanized a few months later. >>> meantime is there new hope for lancaster county horse whose story of abuse made national headlines. lily was shot with dozens of paint balls and abandoned at a stable in march. now, comedian jon stewart is adopting lily. he and his wife will bring lily and another neglected mare to their farm sanctuary for abused animals in monmouth county, new jersey. >>> now to the latest on the east wind air crash. search crews are finding more wreckage from flight 804 and as jonathan vigliotti reports they have recovered a critical clue that could help officials figure out what caused the catastrophic crash. >> reporter: shredded clothing, shoes and damaged plane parts are just some of the items search teams recovered f

barbaro had to be euthanized a few months later. >>> comedian jon stewart is adopting a lancaster county horse whose story of abuse made national headlines. lily was shot with dozens of paint balls and abandoned at a stable in march. she was later treated at new bolton center in kenneth square. stewart and his wife will bring lily and another neglect mare to their farm sang way for abused animals in monmouth county, new jersey. >>> crews continue to search for wreckage of egyptair flight 804. they are especially interested in finding the flight data and cockpit data recorders which might give experts clues as to what caused the crash. jonathan vigliotti brings us up to date on the investigation. >> reporter: shredded clothing, shoes, and heavily damaged plane parts are just some of the items search teams have recovered from egyptair flight 804. investigators found a doomed flight's black boxes. 180 miles north of the egyptian port city of alexandria. the data a could help determine what caused the plane to plumet, wildly into the mediterranean sea thursday morning. killing all 66 people

barbaro had to be euthanized three months later.on stewart is adopting a lancaster county horse whose story abuse made headlines. lilly was shot with paintballs and abandoned in march. she was treated at the new bolton center in can't net square. stuart and his wife will bring lilly and another horse home to their farm for abused animals in monmouth new jersey. >>> we're hoping for a better finish to the weekend. meteorologist lauren casey is in our weather center with a look at our forecast. lots of green out there. >> i don't think it could get much worse at this point. rainfall totals continue to go up dramatically at philadelphia international airport. now al onow approaching to inch. we're now nearing 5-inches of rainfall for the month of may. hard to believe. wilmington we're picking up about an inch and a half of rainfall, wildwood over a half inch, closing on a half inch in plymouth meeting. national weather service issued a flood advisory for the next if yo couple hours alog the i-95 corridor where we could see small stream

barbaro had to be euthanized a few months later. >>> meantime, there is new hope for a lancaster county horse whose story of abuse made national headlines. lily was shot with dozens of paint balls and abandon at a stapel in march. comedian jon stewart is adopting lily, he and his wife will bring lily and another neglect horse to their farm sanctuary for abused animals in monmouth county, new jersey. >>> a pilot exclusively speaks to "eyewitness news" about the moment he realized while flying over philadelphia that his engine had failed. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff shows us what the pilot did next. >> reporter: rubber neckers experienced in extra strain during their friday commute as a blimp was dragged and then biloed just off of i-95. >> i knew i could land but just a matter of finding a spot to land. >> reporter: this is trever thompson's third run in philadelphia in two days and planned to return at the camden field in camden. but around 6:30 p.m. it was clear that wasn't happening. >> we were flying about 1 mile north of ben franklin bridge when we had our first engin

euthanized right there on the track. you may remember back in 2006, their horse barbaro shattered bones in his right hind leg. he survived surgery, but was yut niced mon -- youth nicput down months la developing a painful disease. >>> and we're going out to the campaign trail after the break. g stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting to allow banks to continue making the risky investments that wrecked our economy. afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad. intromercedes-benz c-coupe, redesigned with its athletic prowess and sleek new body. it doesn't just raise the bar... ...it completely crushes it. the all-new c-class coupe. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> it is 55 degrees outside right now. new from overnight, a seni senior taliban leader is confirming the death of the leader of the taliban from a u.s. drone strike. secretary of state john kerry says that the strike sends a clear message about the u.s. commitment to afghanistan. >>>

. >>> after barbaro broke his leg during a race and later died, the same owners watched another horse die. she broke her leg and had to be euthanizedht there on the track. roy and gretchen jackson from chester county owned and bred her. it was just after the start of the preakness when barbaro broke a leg and developed a painful hoof disease. >>> 7:37 right now on this sunday. trouble in the cockpit. what we're learning from egyptair flight 804. connections. you're not just in the classroom; you're part of the community. you meet these tiny kids every year, and you help them learn and grow. but you also get to know their families, and over the years they become a part of your life, and you become a part of theirs. when you build those connections, you can accomplish some pretty amazing things. i'm jackie kruzik and i'm proud to be a new jersey educator. . >>> right now parts of china are cleaning up from deadly flooding and more rain is expected today. eight people died and four others are missing. one city received more than 18 inches in just 10 hours. and people have been forced to evacuate. >> the world's highest mountain has cl

three races later a horse broke down and had to be euthanized on the track due to a catastrophic leg injury. the horse was bred by the owners of barbaro>>> comedian jon stewart adopting a lancaster county horse whose story of abuse made national headlines. you might remember little who was shot with dozens of paintballs and abandoned at a stable back in march. she was recently treated at the bolton center in kennett square. stuart and his wife will bring little ill and another 93ed mayor to his sanctuary in monmouth county new jersey. a firefighter is injured battling a house fire in bensalem. crews did respond to the 1100 block of tennis avenue about 9 o'clock this morning. they area tried a heavy flame on the second floor. investigators tell "eyewitness news" a firefighter was injured when he fell off the roof of the house. one person inside the home was also injured. >> one occupant was located outside with burns and smoke inhalation. that firefighter along with others were up on the roof venting the roof trying to get the smoke and super heated gases out of the dwelling. it's a common function on a house fire and somehow lost foot

euthanized on the track. it was a familiar tragedy for her owners who owned barbaro who shattered his leg and had to be put down 8 months later. >>> one firefighter from the nottingham fire company fell 30 feet when the roof collapses on tennis avenue. another firefighter suffered tightness in his chest. they were taken to the hospital for treatment. the person escaped with minor burns. >>> donald trump is expected to vet running mates this week. chris christie is reported to be on the list of possible vps. trump campaigns in new mexico and california both primaries are on june 7 the same as new jersey. the next primary is tuesday in washington state. >>> hillary clinton is taking her campaign to california later this week. before that she stumped in michigan. she lost that state to bernie sanders. >>> clinton calls trump's gun rights policy dangerous. the national rifle association has endorsed donald trump. >>> this weekend bernie sanders also made a stop in california. he is well behind clinton in the delegate count and banking of course on california to cut a sizable chunk out of her lead. during his rally