the 26th animal susan b. komen race for the cure brought thousands to the art museum. i was proud to be there along with the other members of the "eyewitness news" family, jessica dean has more on a morning filled with so much meaning for so many people. >> thousands of breast cancer survivors, women and men stand ready for their moment of triumph. beginning their victory charge, each remembering their own struggle and all of them struck by the love surrounding them. >> my husband, my children, my mother, this is all -- my brothers, sister to say, niece and nephews are all with me. >> i couldn't do without them. >> reporter: long time survivors like laura lie marking ten years since diagnosis. >> this is emotional for me. >> it's an emotional day. i think it's just the amount people here. it's just beautiful to see. >> for many survivors, it's a mothers day tradition with family. >> where does your strength come from? my family. i have eight grandchildren and one on the way. they're my rock. >> reporter: for those looking on, the scene was overwhelming, even for us cov

the 26th animal susan b. komen race for the cure brought thousands to the art museum. i was proud to be there along with the other members of the "eyewitness news" family, jessica dean has more on a morning filled with so much meaning for so many people. >> thousands of breast cancer survivors, women and men stand ready for their moment of triumph. beginning their victory charge, each remembering their own struggle and all of them struck by the love surrounding them. >> my husband, my children, my mother, this is all -- my brothers, sister to say, niece and nephews are all with me. >> i couldn't do without them. >> reporter: long time survivors like laura lie marking ten years since diagnosis. >> this is emotional for me. >> it's an emotional day. i think it's just the amount people here. it's just beautiful to see. >> for many survivors, it's a mothers day tradition with family. >> where does your strength come from? my family. i have eight grandchildren and one on the way. they're my rock. >> reporter: for those looking on, the scene was overwhelming, even for us cov

you can join as well, text a $10 donation to susan b. komen for the cure. text word pink to 80077. hopefully it will be a great day. lots of us will be out there. of we all will have sun hopefully. >> some sun, you might have a dodge a shower, light in intensity. sunshine will break out quickly. >> just in time. >> for race for the cure, for mothers day, sunshine is returning after absence for about the last two, two and a half weeks. we certainly have had a rainy start to may rainfall total for this month so far nearly two and a half inches. just in the first week of may. our total for all of last month didn't even hit two inches. we were below average. shows you how much rainfall we have been receiving in stormscan 3 showing us mainly dry conditions. couple showers tried to sneak in north of the city, north and west of the city. cloud decks starting to increase once again after a few breaks in the cloud deck earlier this evening, some of us saw is sunshine before sunset. of do have a cold front up wind generating kind of broken shower activity. it will continue to move its way ea

funds for research to beat it and helps support survivor, the susan b. komen foundation responsers the race, perfect day for it; right? . >> sun was out. close to 70. >> a little bit of a gift from mother nature. how about that? believe it or not the high temperature made it to 71. the warmest day of the month, no more 50's, no more 60's of the at least for now. so a dry break. take a live look on this mothers day at center city. a couple of clouds out there. a lot of sunshine and dry conditions. look at the high temperature. 71 degrees making it the warmest day this month, and spot on for the average for this to time of year, which is 71 degrees. couple of morning clouds and showers with that cold front kind of kickeded everything out. dry quiet right now, we have winds out of the north and west that's allowing for the warmer conditions. we'll get that down sloping wind that compression and that kind of heats things up. look at the severe weather on going out to the west moving through texas. oklahoma and also moving into kansas. that severe weather will stay

it took one of our area great mother's day events the susan b. komen race for the cure. ed rendell told the crowd thanks to their funds racing efforts researchers made a wide range of cures in cancers including breast cancer. >>> it begs the question how long a date and thanks to you and all that you have done we're going to shorten that time and we'll all live to see the day when cancer is is obsolete. >> reporter: the run/walk is the largest. it's kinds in philadelphia. it is expected to raise $2 million. >>> the annual mother's day walk is being held in clarks burger. in honor of casey who died of a heroin overdose. drugs kill 40,000 americans alone. we know a multipronged effort to break the addiction that is many say is a brain disorder. >>> karen rogers has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: for the first time ever the philly pops will protein -- present, the circ goes to the movies. >>> it's aerialists and jugglers. >>> the troupe was founded in 2005 to mary circus with -- marry circus with the movies. they will be performing right on stage with the philly pop 65 p

twenty-sixth annual susan b komen race for the cure this sunday, some of philadelphia's finest will beone of their own. >> of course it is mother day, and weather will be great. >> officer karen walker worked tirely less to protect the citizens of our great city and work equately as hard trying to educate people about her battle with breast cancer. here's just had a little bit of her story. >> my name is karen walker. cancer can break you, or can make you stronger. i began to talk about it because initial r for me, you have breast cancer, my chase tightens, my throat tightens, and i thought if i didn't say it, it wasn't so. diagnosed september 2013, my experience, me talking about it, helps me heal, and some day will help somebody else. >> to know that they're not alone, at first i thought this was only my battle, because how i was raised to be a strong woman. this battle was mine. you are not alone. >> so many facing this because they want to be proud. but i want them to know that you are not alone. we are here. >> sadly passed away last year, her legacy lives on, she is right, you ar