"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live from campus with the details, jan, it will be a big one. >> reporter: that is right, good morning. nova nation is looking forward to the next big event and that is the big parade in center city philadelphia on friday starting at 1:00 p.m. more information in just one minute but first this team and its fans, they are finally getting much needed rest this morning after a whirlwind 24 hours. take a look at this video. fantastic home coming parade that happened yesterday. national champions landed at philadelphia international airport rolling under a inverted v for victory, they deplaned and hopped on to buses heading for the main line. how about this their police escorted motorcade to campus that shut down i-95 and blue route at the height of rush hour n1 seemed to mine. those motorist stopping to wave and pedestrian seen clapping on the overpasses. finally you see the champs arrived to the crowded villanova stadium where coach jay wright thanked his team, their parents and students and fans that make up nova nation. they are still pu

that is where we will fine "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao with what the two candidates are saying about our area, and about each other. jan, good morning? what are they saying? >> reporter: brook and jim, good morning. campaign trail is heating up here in philadelphia as you mentioned happening today senator sanders taking stage behind me at the sheraton. the it is same stage hillary clinton took yesterday speaking to labor leaders and union members. the in the meantime president bill clinton will be across town in mt. airy speaking there stumping for his wife. lets look the at the video both clinton and sanders are hoping to gain support of the organized labor. the clinton yesterday promising a seat at the table should she secure the democratic nomination for president. she spoke at afl-cio convention in philadelphia a before rounding out her trip here with the round table discussion including mayor jim kenney, civic leaders and students. meantime sanders made stop at temple united methodist church in south philadelphia and temple university yesterday. sanders is fresh off of his

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live on campus to tell us about plans for a parade in the city. jan, what are they going to do. >> reporter: brook and jim, good morning. nova nation is ready for the next big party and that is scheduled for friday at 1:00 p.m. in the city of brotherly love right in the the heart of the center city philadelphia. it is a championship parade, the parade for champions, more information on that in just a minute but first, this team has fans, and they are getting much needed rest and relaxation this morning after a whirlwind 24 hours. take a look at this video. this is the fantastic home coming yesterday. the national champions landed at philadelphia international airport rolling under an inverted v for victory created for the fire department. how will cool is that? their police escorts, motorcade to campus shut down i-95 and blue route at the height of the rush hour. motorist were seen stopped along the road waving and applauding. finally the champs arrived to a crowdedville know of stadium where coach jay wright thanks his team and his parents and s

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in center city where bernie sanders is set to speak at the afl-cio convention later today, jan, good morning. >> reporter: brook and jim, good morning. the democratic presidential candidates are not taking this region lightly. they are spending time in pennsylvania, and philadelphia is in particular, and as you mentioned happening today senator bernie sanders will be taking the stage behind me here at the sheraton. he is taking same stage hillary clinton took yesterday speaking to labor leaders and union members. in the meantime, president bill clinton will be a cross town in mt. airy stumping for his wife. now take a look at the video. both clinton and sanders they are campaigning hard hoping to gain support of the organized labor. clinton yesterday promising a team at the table should she secure the democratic national nomination for president. she spoke at afl-cio convention in philadelphia yesterday before rounding out her trip here with the round table discussion including mayor jim kenney, civic leaders and students. meantime sander

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in center city where picket lines are expect to be up real soon, jan? >> reporter: brook and jim, good morning, that is right. verizon says it is prepared for a possible strike, more on the company's strike readiness plan in just a minute but union says it has been negotiating in good faith for months now and now they are ready to take to the picket line in order to secure a fair contract. workers here at the verizon on ninth and race streets along with 39,000 others from massachusetts to virginia are prepared to go on strike wednesday morning a rally like this one during the last strike in the summer of 2011 is planned for 8:00 this morning here in center city. >> what the company is trying to do take work and call center environments and move it the out of state and even out of the country to have it done by someone else and not return investment to the local community. >> reporter: edward moon i is international vice-president of the communication workers of the america, district two-13, union for verizon technicians and customer servi

"eyewitness news" report jan carabao shows us a unique new view. >> this is typically a view reserved for biologist, then adventure aquarium. 400-pound sharks, whimming just beneath the water surface but this view is on full display at all that is if you dare to cross this. >> throughout the aquarium you you see them from the sides, underneath and now from the top which is a neat element. >> reporter: aquarium's new attraction call the shark bridge and the v shape rope suspension bridge comes with a mighty title. >> largest bridge of its kind in the world. >> reporter: this shark bridge was quite the under taking for adventure aquarium, at 81 feet long it took about 4 tons of steel and enough rope here to span 63 football field. below, the 550,000-gallon tank, home to close to 3,000 sand bank, sand tiger and nurse sharks. >> it is a very special experience, something much bigger then you and you are always thinking what are they thinking. it will be cool to see the reactions to be literally on top of these giant cars. >> reporter: not only does the bridge provide a behind the scenes l

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live from wilmington with the details on bogus donation pages popping up on than line, jan. >> reporter: brooke, you cannot get much lower then this, can you? as investigators continue to investigate what happened here last week at this wilmington high school and as this memorial continues to grow on the front steps here officials now say there are people trying to capitalize on this student's death. this child's family is sickened by it and now they are speaking out. take a look at this video. it has been one week since 16 year-old amy joyner francis was killed during a bathroom fight at wilmington's howard high school of technology and the memorial continue to grow. that student's family wants to warn a grieving community. they say some people are trying to use this tragedy to make money setting up fake fundraisers attempting to scam mourners out of cash. on wednesday the teenager's family issued a statement through police. we want everyone truly concerned for us not to fall victim to the scams going around on the internet writes anthony joyne

our jan carabao will have a live update the at 6:00. >>> we have seen it all the time, people texting and talking when they should be concentrating on the roads. >> drives me nuts. >> if you don't put that smart phone down it the will cost you. "eyewitness news" reporter greg a argos has more on a big crackdown on distract driving. >> reporter: you may have seen them, in fact, you may have been one. we're talking about distracted drivers and those being ticketed for it, increasing throughout our state. according to the administrative office for pennsylvania courts, tickets up 43 percent, from 1998 in 2014 to 2857 last year, and more than two out of three citations, 67 percent in fact, given to meal drivers. >> it is a habit. it really is a habit. pull it out anytime, anywhere, everybody pull is it out. >> even while driving. >> when i drive i pull it out sometimes. >> i stay safe, i put the my phone in airplane mode. so you are not distract by snap chats, instagram, facebook. >> do you do that. >> coy that, it is all about safety and battery life. peeve to preserve that. >> they almos

we are live, from center city philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. >>> imagine watching burglars break in your home even though you are in the the there. it happened to a man in salem county and his quick thinking scared them away. look at this video from the home in up are pittsgrove. burglars were greeted at the door yesterday morning by home owner's dogs who didn't seem to be too bothered, but then burglars were shock by the voice of the home owner. he was alerted and then when he saw them on the surveillance video he talk to them and told them to get out of his house. burglars did get the away with jewelry and police are looking for them. >>> meanwhile some other successful video, and unsuccessful burglary surveillance video. this is from hatfield, montgomery county where you can see a man breaking in the scrap metal recycling business by crawling through a hole in the block wall. once inside the burglars reportedly tried to get the at some metal inside a machine by using an electric welding tool which did not work. if you know anyth

. >> nova nation is still flying high after winning the national championship, our jan carabao is live with what is next for the wildcats. >>> today is wednesday, april the sixth, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >>> happy hump day i'm's brook tomorrow to as. katie and meisha are here. we are making it to the mid of the week. >> we are making it over the hump, and things are looking good on the roadway. i will say we have a couple accidents. those started early. roadways are dry but i will have updates in a little bit. >> and you you guys mentioned the weather, it is cold outside. that is the big head line. it is freezing cold. it will get better with time here today. it is not as harsh as yesterday, thankfully but that is something to look ahead to here, but we still have rain, ebb and flow, we have lots to discuss. let me get you out here. >> you have a lot to get to. >> yes. >> nice clear spot that beautiful sunrise underway, beginning with the light of the day popping up over the horizon, lovely but here on storm scan looking just as lovely when it is empty like this. with that said

reporting live from wilmington, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and brooke, back to you. >> thanks, jan. >>> police are investigating a shooting near 24th and lehigh. they say a 39 year-old man told them he was shot in the stomach while pumping gas. bullet was actually found in the victim's shirt. investigators think it ricocheted before it struck him. officers found shell casings a short distance a way. man was taken to temple hospital in stable condition. police say their investigation is not yet over. >>> a shooting in the frankford section of the philadelphia leaves a man in critical condition this morning. police say the 27 year-old victim was shot multiple times around 9:30 last night on the 4700 block of oxford avenue. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> a philadelphia police source tells eyewitness news, officers stormed the wrong house, taking an innocent family into custody. it happened early yesterday morning on the 6300 block of elmwood avenue in southwest philadelphia. officers were investigating reports of the home invasion the

that is where we will find jan carabao in center city with what the two candidates are saying about this region and what they are saying about each other. jan, what are they saying about this. >> reporter: well, brook and jim, good morning a a lot is happening on the campaign trails here in philadelphia, today as you mentioned, senator bernie sanders will be taking a stage behind me here at the sheraton a little bit later on this morning. he will speak to the same crowd hillary clinton spoke to yesterday and later on a visit the by president bill clinton across town in mt. airy stumping for his wife. at yesterday's comments were any indication it certainly looks like this race is new heating up. >> you know, every time i say politics has a lot of drama, something happens, like that villanova game at the end. >> reporter: hillary clinton hoping for a pennsylvania win for herself, campaigning in philadelphia, wednesday and find for support of the organized labor. >> i will stand with you, i will have your back and i will stop dead in its tracks, any trade deal that hurts america. >> speaki

at franklin square, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> how beautiful is that. >> yes. >> get one of those shakes that they have over there. >> wow. >> i love those shakes. >> you got to go with the shakes. >> yes. >> they are good. >> that is good. >> weather has been perfect to go over there. >> today was a great day, this morning first half of the day, lot of sunshine, temperatures rose in the upper 70's this morning which felt pretty nice but now some showers and storms are coming through, the good news, this is not a major rain event for us. everything is very scattered and will continue to be overnight and tomorrow. storm has weakened as it moved toward us but we will be dodging rain drops overnight and early tomorrow morning before we clear it out through rest of the weekend. we will take you out to one of our suburbs, of course, far northwest in bethlehem in bethlehem county. we are seeing some sunshine, the road were wet about an hour ago when i glimpsed this camera and now everything has cleared out. they have shower and sprinkle go through. now we are seeing sun. a

our jan carabao takes you inside mitchnor art museum in doylestown where a new exhibit showcases last hundred years of philly fashion. >> reporter: from chanel to armani, to who will exton and oscar delaurenta thinks a century in fashion. >> it is an incredible experience of stories about philadelphia a's role, in american and international fashion. >> the new exhibit at mitchnor exhibit in doylestown comes from drexel university robert depend i fox historic collection. pieces include shoes, hats to full length gowns spanning from the 1890's to the 1990's. >> it is a a philadelphia socialite. >> this dress is so dell wait but this is probably only time it will ever be seen on a manikin. >> reporter: there are 34 ensembleness this exhibit and each one was either bought, sold or designed in philadelphia this gown design by philadelphia james gallonos. >> you cane in the 60's. we have this interest in beading, and decorations, we have this heavy rine stone, design on the front of the gown and it just makes for what is otherwise a simple streamline gown into this stunning, show stopper. >

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao gives us a tour >> reporter: franklin square, like you have never seen it before. adorned in thousands of lights and dozens of lanterns, this is a glimpse into the far east, brought to the north east for the very first time. >> the company out of china selected philadelphia as only north east city to have this incredible festival. >> so beautiful. >> reporter: rose marie shanely works in the park and watched the philadelphia chinese lantern festival take shape, 20 chinese artisans worked none in stop over the last month and a half. >> wow, there is no words to describe the beauty, and the hard work. >> reporter: the four story spin pagoda reached great heights and brought to light the grand chinese dragon lantern. >> we have a 200-foot dragon, 21 feet high and 18,000 pounds. >> reporter: for the next several weeks, they can enjoy the silk and steel lantern and chinese culture. >> there is 25 displays, artisans, every evening, performances on a stage, it is a beer garden here. >> reporter: it is also beautiful way to celebrate franklin square's tenth

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in cbs-3 election central with reaction from the winners and losers, good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim and brook, good morning. like you said a donald trump key sweep and key victories for hillary clinton but despite these big wins for the front runners the other candidates don't seem to be backing down. they seem to be hitting the campaign trail yet again today. former secretary of state hillary clinton celebrating her primary wins in philadelphia tuesday night, inside the pennsylvania convention center. >> our campaign is about restoring peoples confidence, in our ability to solve problems to go. >> reporter: she rallied the crowd with the issues most important in her campaign, including health care, education, raising wages and protecting civil rights. now political analyst say sanders campaign may be in trouble with the vermont senator only winning rhode island but sanders maintains he is in the race to win. >> what we are seeing on national polls which have have us 15, 20 points ahead of donald trump, far more than secretary c

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the franklin institute with the preview of thepecial exhibits. jan, it looks like you are having fun. >> reporter: jim and brook, good morning. how often do you get to stand in a giant bubble. it is just one example of the dozens of experiments that will be happening across philadelphia a over the next nine days. we're talking about the philadelphia science festival, and here to take us for a little bit of the funnies doctor fredrick burtly here, senior vp of science and education, kicking it off tonight, a big award ceremony. what are we talking about here. one of the longest science awards in the entire country. >> we are celebrating 192 years have recognizing the greatest men and women, albert einstein, et cetera, contributions to the science to our society in a major way. tonight we will be celebrating, will ruth y, one of the biggest questions are we on the moon in this great universe. what he has discovered over 5,000 earth-line planets that revolve around suns. >> that means we have partners in the universe. we discovered t

our jan carabao is working on the story and her live reports coming up at 5:00. >>> philadelphians got a chance to comment on the soda tax proposal. many turned out at the a public hearing on mayor jim kenney's budget. mayor want a 3 cents per ounce tax increase on suing ary beverages. some would fund universal prek. many held signs condemning the proposed tax. >>> meanwhile pennsylvania governor tom wolf says he will sign a medical marijuana legislation if it gets to his desk. pennsylvania senate passed an amended bill for the second time, in 11 months, yesterday in a 42-seven vote. it now head back the two house. the bill a allows patient toss take the drug in pill, oil or liquid form but cannot smoke or grow their own. >>> president obama will sign a house approved bill giving financial companies to develop treatments for z ika virus. news comes days after top u.s. health officials warned the administration that the virus is scarier then first thought. >>> now the president want $2 billion to fight zika but says that is still just a small step forward. >>> new details on former nfl

our jan carabao has reaction from the parent in the district, coming up in our next half an hour. >>> residence of philadelphia are on a leather, after a recent string of attacks. "eyewitness news" was at city hall where many gathered for a meet to go discuss incidents a long the schuylkill river trail, including an assault. runners, walkers, bikers learned how to protect themselves on the recreational path in case they become a victim. one martial arts instructor tells us that everyone can benefit from self-defense training to be prepared to fight back. >> put your hand up is so important to keep the distance because it shows it is not a threat. the hand are not bald up. the it is a basic movement how can i getaway from you so they can grab you or sucker punch you. >> he a says three key continuation to do is to keep your space, then block yourself, and then fight and get out of sight. >> update to a story we first told but yesterday morning. we are hearing from the authority, who charged a bucks county mother after her daughter died. detective say 24 year-old kayla moore of morrisvi

. >> nova nation is still flying high after winning the national championship, our jan carabao is live the wildcats. >>> today is wednesday, april the sixth, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >>> happy hump day i'm's brook tomorrow to as. katie and meisha are here. we are making it to the mid of the week. >> we are making it over the hump, and things are looking good on the roadway. i will say we have a couple accidents. those started early. roadways are dry but i will have updates in a little bit. >> and you you guys mentioned the weather, it is cold outside. that is the big head line. it is freezing cold. it will get better with time here today. it is not as harsh as yesterday, thankfully but that is something to look ahead to here, but we still have rain, ebb and flow, we have lots to discuss. let me get you out here. >> you have a lot to get to. >> yes. >> nice clear spot that beautiful sunrise underway, beginning with the light of

all day long, she's put exceptional services on the menu for 50 years, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at ponczio's diner in cherry hill. >> it is a very special day for one very special lady, a waitress who has been working here for half century. new we are celebrating, joan browning. new take a look around this diner does in the open to customers for an hour and joan is already hard at work. she has pick up morning papers here for her customers. she does it every single will day. her service here goes well john what she brings to the table. >> with laughter on hurleys, and coffee forever at her fingertips joan browning serves not customers but friend here at ponczo's. >> joan knows their order by heart even if they have in the shown up in years. more than that, she knows their story. >> i come here because you laugh at my jokes. >> reporter: it is what happens when someone works in the single spot for 50 years but joan isn't counting. >> i love the people. >> reporter: joan started working here in 1966. >> she watched her now boss john, grow up and grow into the second genera

. >> jan carabao ifs live at ponzio's diner with more on how the restaurant is celebrating, jan?> reporter: jim and brook good morning. i cannot stop laughing, smiling because her energy is just contagious. the it is joan browning. she has been working here at ponzio's diner in cherry hill for 50 years. can you imagine working in one place half century. special lady who deserves a special honor. we have the down there at the end, to present a treat, something you didn't know. this is a surprise. what do you have, mr. mayor. >> we are so excited to be here to celebrate joan and her 50 years here in cherry hill. we are here. she has been a waitress here for 50 years. the queen of the counter. forming a warm bond with your customers arriving early each day and taking special care to ensure that everyone is just right and while some things have changed, over the last 50 years, joan's commitment to serving the community and your customers in a warm atmosphere has remained the same and we hope to see you for many, many years to come. i'm happy to declare today joan browning day in cher

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao gives us a tour. >> ♪ >> reporter: franklin square like you haveever seen it before adorned in thousands of lights and dozens of lanterns. this is a glimpse in the the far east, brought to the northeast for the very first time. >> company from china select philadelphia as the only northeast city to have this incredible festival. >> so, so beautiful. >> reporter: rose marie shanely works in the park and watched the philadelphia chinese lantern festival take shape, 20 artisans work none in stop over last month and a half. >> wow, there is no word to describe the beauty, and the hard work. >> reporter: the four story spinning pagoda has reached great height and brought to life the grand chinese dragon land tern. >> you sit at the hood of this two hub foot dragon, 21 feet high and 18,000 pounds. >> reporter: for the next seven weeks, they can inn joy the steel lantern and chinese culture. >> there are 25 loom nateed displays, there are artisans every evening, performances on the stage, there is a beer garden here. >> reporter: it is also a beautiful wa

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at cbs-3 essential central with more candidate reaction from super tuesday. >> reporter: brook and jim, good morning. despite those big wins, other candidates say they are not dropping out of this race, but still, donald trump has 77 percent of the delegates needed to secure the republican nomination, and hillary clinton is doing even better now with 90 percent of the necessary delegates. >> ♪ >> former second have of state hillary clinton celebrated her primary wins in philadelphia a on tuesday night inside the pennsylvania convention center. >> our campaign is about restoring peoples confidence in our ability to solve problems together. >> reporter: she rallied the crowd with the issues most important in her campaign, including health care, education, raising wages and protecting civil rights. now political analyst say sanders campaign may be in trouble with the vermont senator only winning rhode island but sanders maintains he is in the race to win what we are seeing on national polls which have us 15, 20 points ahead of donald trump, f

off tonight at the franklin institute and that is where we will find "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabaowish i was there with you. you look like you you are having a blast. >> brook, good morning. we are having so much fun. this is kind of like the super bowl for the franklin institute because over the next nine days they will have 90 plus experiments all across the city of philadelphia a and as you mentioned it starts tonight, a big call for at ward ceremony. the this is senior vice-president of science and education here at franklin institute doctor fredrick berkley to run through what we can expect tonight and rest of the week. >> tonight the celebrates 192 years of recognizing at macing scientists that have change the very world we live. in 12 hours up this red carpet that will be here later we will have an incredible gala, with eight different individual hoff done everything from discovering planet, actually are like our earth that revolve around sun like ours that may harbor life and 5,000 of those to medicines that are solving all kind of critical ailment and people no and love go