is a graduating senior in parkland high school, in allentown. >> how i feel about jared graduating, my heart is about to explode. the journey to get here is different for all of these students, walking across the stage to get their diploma, is natural for all of these graduates. except jared, the 17-year-old was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was a baby and has been in a wheelchair since he was 14 and has not walked in three years, he wowed everyone and took his first steps. jared's big goal was to be like everybody else and walk the stage to receive his own diploma. >> there are no prouder parents in the world than janet and i. >> afterwards he was greeted with a hug and kiss from his mom and dad. >> that was awesome. >> nobody expected it. >> maybe no one else expected it but this 17-year-old knew all along he could do it. >> wow. >> an inspiration for all of us. never give up hope, gradlations to jared for getting his diploma and walking, is he off to lehigh carbon community college. >> good for him. sweet story. >>> time for the "action news" traffic report, lets go live

their senior year will have a chance to walk at graduation but not everybody gets a standing ovation for it. this is new video of the emotional moment that jaredeceived his diploma. these were first steps that the park land high graduate has taken in three years. brown was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was just two years old and thanks to a lot of hard work and determination brown now knows that nothing can stands in his way. >> don't ever give up. >> he goes like this. >> i mean, that finished it for me. >> jared plans to become a sign language interpreter and it's a skill that actually he taught himself. >> great accomplishment there. 6:27. accuweather is tracking the chance for pop-up storms. meteorologist, david murphy has your day planner next. >> a fire ball outside of philadelphia international airport. see more of this fire at the af [ michael strahan ] i'm michael strahan, and i love new york. there's no place like it in the world. my favorite thing is the excitement of the outdoors. like rock climbing in the catskills, rafting in the adirondacks, surfing on long island, or getting your heart racing at watkins glen internation

. >> going on now, graduation will go on as planned for an oregon high school even as it tries to come to grips with a deadly shooting. jaredagdett. 14-year-old emilio hoffman walked in on him and he shot him to death. >>> a state department spokeswoman said the u.s. is likely to send aid to iraq to help insurgents from takeovers. islamic militants are battling government forces as they seize more territory noter. an estimated half are a million people are fleeing the karen negligence and scores of iraqi soldiers and police are said to be defecting. the militants want to create an islamic state spanning the iraqi, syrian border. >>> eric cantor will serve ot his term in congress, but plans to step down from the republican leadership at the end of july. david brat beat cantor despite being outspent. >>> just when you throughout you had enough of montreal's mayor rob ford. he admitted to smoking crack cocaine. the musical plans to lampoon everyone. >>> jennifer lopez has been tied to the pro dancers on "dancing with the stars." the two performed together at the marriage music awards. she recently split u >> top stories on 6:5

graduation day, and that trip was something to celebrate indeed. rick williams is live with the details. >> hi, quite an inspiring story, jared brown suffers from cerebral palsy and has been in a wheelchair since he was 14 years old and took his first steps in three years in front of his gladiatoring class, coming up at 5:00 we'll show you the amazing moment and the reaction from his classmates. >> and quite a story from these two brothers, they were born weeks apart. >> ali gorman will explain this one. those stories and more at 5:00. >> thank you rick. >>> the barnes in center city is giving visitor a rare opportunity to view the work of cezanne. it's the exhibition the world is an apple. the still life of paul -- >> one grown space has the students happy. ♪ clap along -- >> the action cam was at the william dick elementary school in north philadelphia for the greened up school yard. >>> all right now to the latest on those clouds outside, we seem to be stuck with this this week, lets go to adam joseph with the latest from accuweather. we have to get used to it, they will be our so-called best friend and stick to our side for the remaineder of the wee

. >>> graduation at reynolds high school in oregon will go on as planned tonight, on tuesday, police say 15 year-old student jared paget opened fire killinge meal use hoffman and wounding a teach year taking his own life. police are work to determine if paget targeted hoffman. >>> recent string of deadly shootings in the country has reignited debate over gun control. some states have taken action since the the sandy hook tragedy but pennsylvania has been slow to embrace new gun laws. we will get more from "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers. >>> week ago it was a shooting in seattle pacific university, over the weekend it was a shooting of two vegas police officers and civilian. tuesday a student was killed at a high school in oregon, as shootings continue, the debate on gun control goes on. >> our levels of gun violence are off the charts. >> reporter: in pennsylvania though there is not much debate at least at the legislative level. it is one of the few states that has not passed any gun reform measures since 20th december 2012 shootings at sandy hook elementary school. state committee produced this 300 page