our team coverage continues with pat ciarrocchi live from norristown pat. >> reporter: well, jessica this is a challenging night for penndot. they have 315 salt trucks on the road. take a look at this intersection. you can see that icy mix that justin was just talking about out in west chester. this is really the story of the winter of 2015. we are living through the 20th weather event of 2015, the 20th, since january 3rd. >> with the very short time frame, and not giving us a a lot of preuptation but enough that it makes driving and traveling very difficult. >> reporter: driving conditions are all monitored here, at penndot's king of prussia control room. 350 monitors. we're tackling snow isn't as tough a as an icy mix. >> freezing rain is most difficult type of winter precipitation to deal with. we have to apply salt. that is the story of this winter. >> reporter: gene blum of penndot. >> we also our eye on at the same time what will happen thursday morning when we may get more measurable snowfall. >> reporter: but it has not deterred rich rodgers, a runner getting in his 3 miles t

. >> that is where pat ciarrocchi is live continuing our breaking coverage, pat. >> reporter: well, chris and jessica, had has to be one of the sadest kind of scenes. it is a police officer inside fighting for his life critically wounded after a shooting that happened at 4:30 as diana has reported. we should take a look behind me police officer's cars, lights flashing, just the very edge of an emergency room where that police officer was brought less than two hours ago. again, a sad scene here, police officers earlier had been lined up, kind of standing vigil just waiting for word as to what happened to their collogue. from what we understand family members are inside. what we are waiting for in scenes like this is the the mayor to come forward and also police commissioner charles ramsey. they would be updating us as to the actual condition of the police officer. so again a police officer here at temple university hospital fighting for his life at this point. he is critically wounded in an instant accident that happened at quarter of 5:00 this afternoon. reporting live at temple universit

pat ciarrocchi has latest information on the four year long inn restgation. >> reporter: delaware county d.a. jack whalen with the warning. >> you could be victim of a fraud if you bring your vehicle in to transformers. >> reporter: auto insurance fraud, documented in $85,000 allegedly at hand of the darby auto body shop operator, frank wilson. wilson was arraigned with ten coconspirators on felony charges for staging schemes, here at transformers collision specialist in darby. the d.a. says wilson and others would ultimately pocket thousands in insurance claims while doing only supervision repairs to damaged vehicles. >> you take your vehicle to frank wilson and he will get3 you more money. this is word on the street. our position position is they knew what they were going to get into. >> reporter: the the d.a. detailed cases where cars would pull up, without visible damage and pull out in very different conditions. >> this is no damage whatsoever on this mercedes however, the next day when it rolls out of 850 summit avenue as you can see on the chart there is a extensive damage to the

cbs-3's pat ciarrocchi joins us live from the bustleton section of philadelphia with the very latest on this, pat. >> reporter: morning at the nail salon is not supposed to end like this one female customer is killed as an elderly drive mistakes the gas of her car for the the brakes and plus right through the front of the salon charred of glass broken manicure care evidence of the terrible accident at cindy's nail in the 9800 block of bustleton avenue in the the north east. >> chaotic disaster. a couple of people, was on the floor. >> reporter: police say an eight two-year old driver attempting to park just outside salon's front door hit the accelerate the or by mistake. >> there are signs of accelerate inside the store which would be consistent with continually hitting the brake harder to stop the vehicle. >> reporter: tragically a customer said to be waiting for her daughter to pick her up was struck and then killed. police confirmed that the victim who died at the scene was wedged underneath that car. >> it is horrible. we are very friendly place for everyone here and i believe thi

pat ciarrocchi is live in norristown with more on penndot's big operation pat. >> reporter: chris, i have to tell you this is a night that is not meant foreman nor beast. i'm at the the intersection of johnson highway and swede road a busy intersection. road surface is wet the in some places but today as you can see there is accumulating slush and icy stuff that is starting to build. this is the 20th storm since january. this penndot front end loader has been busiest in norristown. tons and tons of salt have been moved and loaded and it becomes a dividing line between safety and difficult aster. >> there is no sign that winter is over yet. >> reporter: penndot spokesmen gene blum took us to the epi center of district six. >> there is something northbound coming off of 30. >> reporter: he has been hoping for snow. >> we want it to start as snow, apply the salt traffic will grind the salt in the pavement and spread it so we get that salt solution established so when change over occurs to freezing rain or sleet, that will be hitting the salt solution and dissolving. >> reporter: but sno

in the sat center, pat ciarrocchi cbs-3, eye bitterness news. >>> for more on upcoming papal visit andld meadeing of families we have set up a special section at cbs philly.com/pope. >>> the philly pops is getting excited about its upcoming concert season. >> this season includes a celebration, of old blue eyes. >> ♪ >> frank sinatra style singer michael andrew helped the pops announce highlight of new season today. pops will commemorate sinatra's 100th birthday in october, they will also perform with the singer andre aboveel i at wells fargo center in december. >>> some great shows another great season with the philadelphia pops. >> um-hmm. >>> a beautiful spring-like day outside, i mean, a huge improvement over what we have seen. question is can we keep it going. >> i hepp so. but i'm just hoping. meteorologist kathy orr knows and she's tracking changes for us. >> i wish i could because as people left the building to day from cbs-3 somebody looked at me and said you nose everybody is happy. >> right exactly. >> little pep in our step. >> it is the weather. lets look at our eyewitness

. >> our pat ciarrocchi was in city council chambers when the mayor made his case for children coming first. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter took to the podium with education, driving the top of a $3.9 billion proposed spending plan. >> i'm's proposing an additional 105 million-dollar investment to in public education in fy16. to get there this budget proposed a 9.3 percent property tax increase. >> reporter: if approved that pushes rate to 1.46 percent median property values at $142,000 would see an annual tax bill jump nearly $200. 1910 to 2080. >> i don't want to raise your taxes. but i do want to educate our children. i don't want the next generation of philadelphians living under the burdens of poverty, violence without the opportunity to succeed. >> reporter: school superintendent doctor william hite believes new city money partnered with governor tomorrow wolf's plan to pump 160 million-dollar in philadelphia schools is a beginning. >> we have to get out of this an you'll fill in the hole. it has to be recurring sources of revenue that will allow to us plan. >> reporter: in t

pat ciarrocchi, cw.urse, we have the latest on the poach's upcoming trip to philadelphia in september just head to cbs philly.com and click on the papal visit tab. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" a new high tech way to make sure that your dietes simple. >> sound great. >>> we will show you how this necklace can keep from you eating too much. we will be right >>> right now we're just waiting for the rain. eyewitness weather watchers are saying yes, clouds are here, we know rain is coming tonight but if you are going out this evening as long as you get home by midnight you will be okay. after that rain will be coming in. you can see areas of south jersey temperatures mainly in the 40's and reporting a temperature of 48 degrees, with no wind. the wind is calm. the lets zoom into our suburbs here and we will go to the ridley park area where temperature is 49 degrees. jim reporting in relative humidity of 27 percent. barometric pressure is falling. an indication that a storm is on its the way. we will

reporting live from northeast philadelphia, pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> pat, thank you. >>> also breaking news tonight police in montgomery county investigating after discovering two people dead. this investigation takes place on the 1100 block of country lane in loer more land. neighbors say a well like married couple with three children live in the house and we have learn that a juvenile called police to say he found his parents unresponsive. police say one of the death has been ruled a homicide and neighbors say that couple had been married for 20 years and they are in their 40's. however, police have not released the victim's identity. >>> also breaking right now a 14 year-old boy shot at 13th ape christian street. that boy was rush to children's hospital of philadelphia. no word on the identity of the victim or his condition but we do know that an 19 year-old suspect is in custody. police are searching for two additional suspects. >>> developing right now a former fire fighter is now in custody, he is accused of holding other fire fighters at gunpoint this morning.

as pat per ciarrocchi records it is pivot at al to reform the catholic church. >> wearing the symbolicennsylvanians, pope francis begins the third year of his papacy calling for holy year of mercy. it is the call that fit the francis style. >> francis is a rhetoric on mercy and compassion and all of that, i think it resonates because of who he is, that is, people look at him they see merciful and compassionate man. >> john ellen veteran journalist covering the vatican has watched closely the dynamic of this papacy. >> rock star pope takes the world by storm. a mean, he is out letterly revitalized the fortunes of the catholic church. and i think in many ways that's his signature accomplishment over these two years. >> yet year three may test him. peeling back layers on vatican reform in areas of governance and finances, and holding bishops accountable for clergy sex abuse and on families that aren't traditional especially, did divorced and re marble i had couples, be able to receive communion, gay marriage and contraception. a bishop senate is expected to be contentious as doctrine al h

reporting live from the campus of lasalle university, pat ciarrocchi cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> pat, thank you. >>> two philadelphia fire fighters were injured today when their ladder came in contact with live power lines. this happened on the 2400 block of west norris street the in north philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at temple hospital with the latest walt. >> reporter: very anxious moments here at temple's emergency room just after ten this morning. the members of the lad core 14, top fire commanders relieved to know that the two injuries fire fighters did not suffer life threatening injuries after their metal ladder came in contact with an electrical wire. the protective gear of one injured philadelphia fire fighter, lay on the sidewalk moments after he and a fellow member were jolted and burn by electricity. the as a lad their they were lowering after extinguishing a minor bedroom blaze touched an electrical line. >> it went from hold ago this lad tore drop down to the side of the body, and he just passed right out. >> reporter: most seriously injure

our pat ciarrocchi has more. >> reporter: when doctor audry evans made casey layer, philadelphia's first ronald mcdonald house was a year-old. casey was barely 17 months. we met in march 1982. at the tiny girl with the blonde hair, and a curious eyes wasn't even two years old yet and already had been needle and given a diagnosis of neuro blast home a a childhood cancer which unspooled a thread that would connect kathy and doctor evans for these last 33 years. >> well, she's precious. i love her. >> reporter: amazing. doctor evans discovered that her disease was advanced in her bones and lymph nodes. the outlook for her survival was poor. but an experimental approach had possibilities. >> we used total body radiation as a form of chemotherapy. it was just extraordinary that not only did she grow up, but she grew up healthy and i think the most extraordinary thing was she has a daughter. >> i look back and my memories are through photos and things that people have told me in reports and it is an amazing part of my treatment was the treatment of my family. >> reporter: kathy's mom mary her

the our pat ciarrocchi, will explain. kathy? the sunnies out, coming up more rain and wet snow in the the forecast as we finally end the cold month of march. i'll have details on winning weather for april coming up. >>> plus new details in the deadly plane crash in west goshen as ntsb investigators are right on the scene. >>> ask anyone and you literally trade them like poke monday card. >> reporter: students say it happens all the time, naked photos of teenagers at the a montgomery county high school are shared on line. it is a photo scandal that is rocking north penn tonight and we have learn that charges could be forthcoming. good evening, i'm chris may. >>> i'm yes, sir contact dean. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us live with the latest information, walt. >> reporter: some students here had been planning to walk out of mid-morning to show their concern about the sexing investigation engulfing this school. instead they stayed inside speaking with school officials. hoping to learn more about the investigation in