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KYW Eyewitness News At 6 April 15, 2016

Reporter ags Office Decision came in this letter to fraternal order of Police President john mcnesby who requested a review of the case. There is a lot there that people do not know about and you know, we just wanted to make sure we get another set of eyes looking at it. Reporter mccoys attorney dennis cogan in a phone interview tells cbs3 i have a high regard for bruce castor. I am confident he will fine in abuse have discretion in his decision not to prosecute. Castor pointing out action toss reverse prosecutors decisions require overwhelming evidence that with then of to go to a judge for a final decision. We are deciding now whether the evidence is so compelling that a court should review the decision made by the District Attorney. Reporter finally District Attorney williams responding in an email that reads in part, i stand by my decision not to issue charges against anyone. My office worked diligently to investigate this matter, and in the end, there was not adequate evidence to prove that any individual committed a criminal offense. And so far, no time frame from the ajs office on when they will make their decision, on whether to move forward or to allow the d. A. s no charge decision to stand. Live from central detectives im walt hunter for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thanks very much, walt. A Philadelphia Federal Court judge rules the accuse inner bill cosbys criminal Sexual Assault case is entitled to any document or emails that makes the comedian lawyers shared with former Montgomery County prosecutor and now key defense witness bruce castor. The decision comes in the defamation lawsuit Andrea Constand filed against castor. The judge has yet to rule on a claim by both cosby and constands lawyers that the other side violated a secrecy clause, in their 2006 settlement. A deadly shooting is under investigation in willingboro, burlington county. Police say a report of shots fired, was called in overnight on the 600 block of woodhaven lane. That is where they found body of the 31 yearold Colby Rodgers inside a parked car. One member say the violence is giving his Family Reason to move out of the area. It used to be quiet neighborhood. You can see it is quiet but things change, you know, and they change sometimes for the worst. Authorities have not released any information about any potential suspects, but say, no arrests have been made. It is a beautiful, friday out there and it looks like the weekend is only going to get better. Meteorologist kate bilo live on the sky deck, with a first look, this is a winning forecast, kate. This is a weather winner for sure, guess contact it will be just a perfect weekend, if you liked today and you liked yesterday, you will love the weekend. It gets a little bit warmer as we can endings along, still cool nights and mornings but nothing but sunshine, wall to wall sunnies what were expecting for the next several days. Take a look outside on storm scan three and it looks beautiful. Nothing if you sunshine, clear case, north east, midwest, great lakes. We are under a dome of High Pressure keeping anything at bay. Any rain around edges of that high but underneath it were protected and it will stick around for next several days. Very comfortable out identify in the city, 64, cooler in south jersey and delaware thanks to an on shore flow and east wind in the 50s there but we have been climbing all week and will continue to climb this weekend back to the 70s by sunday. Coming up we will tell you when we could approach 80 and when we have a chance for wet weather in the forecast, spoil era leather, it is not for a long time. New back inside to you. Thanks very much. Pennsylvania is set to become latest state to legalize medical marijuana a. Governor wolf is expected to sign Senate Bill One into law on sunday at 1 00 p. M. N a statement, the governor is proud, exited to sign the bill assaying it will provide long overdue medical relief to patients, and their families. With the govern owes as signature, pennsylvania will be the 24th state the to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. Well, volunteers with the Democratic National convention in philadelphia to this summer will have to go through background checks. Today the Philadelphia Host Committee began seeking requests for proposals for an experienced Security Firm to conduct the vetting process. 10,000 volunteers have registered to help out during the convention. A special program is helping Philadelphia High School students students learn more about the electoral process run by the committee of 70 called the election ambassador program. Students at simon gratz high learned about it today. In 2015 more 400 students participated, and they have assisted voters with questions about voters about questions and they conduct exit surveys. Tens of millions of dollars just sitting around waiting to be cashed out to philadelphians who qualify this tax season. Sound too good to be true but if you meet the requirements, you might get paid. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt joins us from our Satellite Center with what you need to know, david. Reporter good news, tax day is monday so you have a little bit of the extension this year. The earned income tax credit could benefit tens of thousands of philadelphians. The problem is not many people know about it. Dont be scared to ask for help. Reporter north Philadelphia Resident lea padilla hates paying taxes, every april, she cringes. Im always fearful that i willow something. Reporter but this year the single mom with the fulltime job got quite the surprise. When she learned that the government would pay her, about 3,000. I talked to people who are like really, you can get that . If you are eligible. Reporter thanks to the earned income tax credit, padilla and about 40,000 other philadelphians qualified. This is crucial. They need to a reply. Reporter city councilman a allen dumb has made it his mission to tell people about the earned income tax c he sent this letter to president obama to push for National Awareness about the the credit. If you are a single parent, married or making anywhere from eight to 20 an hour is there a high probability you will qualify for a check. Reporter he a says is there a hundred milliondollar just from last year. He warns that if it is in the claimed in three years, it is gone. The most important job for me until april 18th which is deadline which is this monies to speak about earned income tax credit. Reporter padilla called it sound advice shes glad she follows. Now she wants you to look into it. It may not be a lot of money to some people but for other people like myself, it is a significant amount. Reporter deadline is monday, the clock is ticking for more information to find out if you qualify to take advantage of the special credit we have all of the information, right now on our web site, cbs philly. Com. Check it out, reporting live, david spunt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Worth taking a look at, david, thanks very much. Phillies, Major League Baseball and the city of philadelphia are celebrating Jackie Robinson day. On this day in 1947 the brooklyn dodger made his Major League Debut breaking baseball as color barrier. Many gathered for a celebration at philadelphia stars Memorial Park to honor Jackie Robinson. The City Council Leaders spoke after passing a resolution last month apologize to go robinson, for the racism he faced decade ago. Honoring our history means confronting our past and part of that can start with an apology and acknowledgment of the pain and hurt that it caused. The Philadelphia Phillies is the last Major League Team to have a black player on because of the way that he played, it really paved the way for us to be able to come out there and play good you can visit the philadelphia stars Memorial Park at fortyfourth and park side, it commemorates the history of the negro baseball league. Low income homeowners in philadelphias man chew a neighborhood got a helping hand with much needed home repairs. Kyw news radio reporter John Mcdevitt tells bus that effort and those behind it. I dont know what to say, just so unreal. Were out there and prayers can answered. Reporter ruby of the 700 block of north 39th street lived in her home for 30 years, a leaking roof caused a Ripple Effect of problems over the years. Thanks to rebuilding together philadelphia, or rtb and others her house her house she calls baby got a major make over in four days. Brand new roof, all of the electrical work, rewiring, i got a new ceiling, new floors. Reporter ruby got a new stove that she was hugging, but what is first thing she will make. Chicken. Craft man, volunteers, including students, and Drexel University fix up 14 homes this week. There are actually 6,000 people waiting for home repairs from the city, free repair program. So if we can help 75 a year, that goes at least a little way to helping homeowners not have to choose between fixing their homes, feeding their families, and having health care. Reporter with more than a hundred people working around, one another, there is a system to get people out of the way. Hey, watch out. Thanks, brittany. You got it. Rtp focuses on affordable home own are ship and revitalizing neighborhood using volunteer researchers. John mcdevitt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Love it. Good john, yes. They describe it as yucky cool. Well, coming up Young Students learning big lessons. It was kind of nasty, i sliced it open and there is water coming out. Students get their hand on, with learning how to keep their protect, find out how they turn the table on some college students. Also a huge baby shower for dozens of pregnant moms to be, but this one isnt all about the gifts what these ladies received that will be a gift to their children down the road. Pat . Rest of the world does it and now nba is adopting a new look for their uniforms, a big change is coming,. The philadelphia flyers, well they will need to steel a game in d. C. Without their top defensive forward. What it means for the rest of the series in sports. Eighty six million americans have prediabetes a serious condition that increases the risk for type 2 diabetes. You could be one of them. Small Lifestyle Changes can help you avoid diabetesrelated problems like heart attack, stroke, blindness, and kidney failure. Ask your doctor about a simple blood test for prediabetes. Sponsored by nacdd with support from the centers for Disease Control and prevention. Visit cdc. Gov prediabetes in the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent over 40 Million Dollars on lobbying in pennsylvania. So its no surprise that even though theyve had over 4,000 violations, all theyve ever gotten is just a slap on the wrist its time for that change. Im josh shapiro, and ill hold the oil and Gas Companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water. Ill be an attorney general who always works for you. Democrat josh shapiro. Hell stand up for us. Well, a big display of brain our today at the university of pennsylvania there was a neuro science fair where they got to show their stuff and it was just by elementary students. I see, how the rolls reversed there. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl is here to tell us about that special twist. That is right, a special twist. There was, this was designed to get younger students, interested in science, and to learn more about the brain. The science fair featured a variety of exhibits to demonstrate, all of the things that the brain does, the way it works, everything from hearing, and taste, to just how fragile it can be. So, these are all different animals. Reporter young mind getting hand on lessons about the brain. It is cool. I like it. It is stuff that we can learn, then at school, and when we hear we can learn a lot of stuff. Brains are important. Yes. Reporter this is penns switcha roo science fair where third and fourth graders get to judge science projects, designed by penn students. They do mostly just want to get kids excited about science. Reporter idea behind this switcha roo toys make scientists better communicators and students better scientists. In reality they are both the same size. Reporter the Mission Project shows optical illusion is a and how still images can appear to move. Eyes can trick you. Reporter hand on experience kid got to sianni work on real sheep brains. So what do you think of this. I think it is disgusting. Maybe. Reporter but just think about how much the brain does. I didnt know that it controls our body, i thought i was doing it on my own. Reporter pretty important organ, right. Yes. Reporter to save a head student used play doh to make brain models wrapped in raisin then smashed them to the ground. This is what happens when you fall on your head and dont have a helmet. Reporter it hurts your brain. Yes. It went all out of shape, inn just messed up now. That why is we need helmets. Reporter isnt that a good life lesson. Really there you can see it, seeing is believing. Now the winning exhibit was magic berries, exploring the sweet and sour science of the taste. How your brain knows the flavor of food. Umhmm. Think bit. Whose does your brain a hamburgers verse an apple. We need to go too. It is a great lesson. Amazing good stuff. New at 6 00 oclock, students thinking about life after graduation, Timber Creek Regional High School in Camden County held a career day event. Students explored their interests, talking with people from different walks of life. Cbs photographer moriarty yan owe a timber creek alumni was among those who spent sometime with the students. Great job, matt. Keystone first hosted a special baby shower for new moms and moms to be in cobbs creek today. They learn the importance of prenatal care, infant seat safety and benefits of the breastfeeding. It doesens turned out for free advice at church of christian compassion. You know saying, cats have nine lives. Yes. What is that all about. It is tonightes good question. Viewer christie c wonder why do we say cats have have nine lives . Nicole brewer has the answer to that question, tonight at is 11 00. Kate bilo has your forecast right now. I made me t time. It is a struggle. Everybody wants to get out. Absolutely glit will be nice. My brother texting me we have a t time, maybe get to see Little League game. Everybody is trying get it a all . Little league, golf, maybe just go for a run, walk take the dog for a walk, get outside if you can this weekend. At any point in time, weekend will be beautiful. Saturday is just a little cooler then sunday but both days slightly above average, and very, very pleasant. Lets take a look at our northern suburbs, take you out to bethlehem, i like to call my hometown in law my husband fridays bethlehem, grew up there it is looking great here on main street. Christmas city does not look very christmasy this evening. It looks beautiful. Everything is green, blooming, pollen levels are high, so allergy sufferers may be suffering a bit extra this weekend especially once breeze picks up tomorrow but that deep blue sky is not going anywhere. We will take you to the other part of the region down the shore beach patrol in margate looking great. Waves rolling in, shadows are lengthening but skies still that deep blue and these days, of course, the evening is getting longer and longer as our sunset times if the later and later as we head towards summertime. Storm scan three shows a big empty space. You can see rotation of the clouds and rain around this central point. That is a a big area of High Pressure keeping us protected, from any wet weather, any problems, right through the weekend. You can see rain, even yes, mounting snow around colorado, denver seeing snow. That is not going to let up, because they are in a blocking pattern as a different sort where they get nasty weather for days upon days. We will get nice weather for days upon days. High today, well, pretty comfortable. We got to 65 in philadelphia 36 in trenton. Cooler down the shore. That trend will continue as we head in the weekend. The real warmth here over portions of the midwest, 77, st. Louis was the high today. Seventyeight in nashville. Chilly nights though we will be in the 30s in a few spots. Could be patchy frost, no frost advisory tonight but some of the coldest suburbs i wouldnt be shocked to see it. Sunny, mild for your saturday, sunday even warmer at 70 degrees. Big ridge in the jet stream. Warmest day is monday when we head near 80. Slightly cooler air pushes in from the north and east, actually as we head into next tuesday. Over tonight clear, school with the star lit sky, 43. Sunny, seasonal saturday, spring perfection. Sixtyfive the day time high for saturday. Entire weekend looking great, 65 saturday. Seventy on sunday. Notice morning lows are in the 40s. It will be chilly up early or out, really late. Eyewitness weather seven day forecast, were running out of sunshine to throw up on the seven day here. Sixtyfive tomorrow. Seventyseven when we peak on monday. But hey next week looks great as well back to the 70s by thursday and no chance for a shower until friday, next week and im hoping maybe things will change and that will not happen again. Keep us posted. The flyers lose a major player

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