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Confirms that Hillary Clinton has enough delegate support to clinch the democratic nomination for president. What Bernie Sanders camp is saying tonight about the projected numbers. Clinton received commitments to night from the number of delegates she needed to become the democrats presumptive nominee. Good evening, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. All this as voters in six states including new jersey head to the polls tomorrow. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live in our sat center with reaction tonight from both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. David . Report roar jessica theres lot of reaction. Donald trump hit the magic number in his party a few weeks ago t night it appears Hillary Clinton has done the same thing according to cbs news and the associated press. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders Campaign Continues to say theyre going to fight. Tomorrow voters were supposed to put Hillary Clinton over the threshold. But according to cbs news and the associated press, her fate changed 24 hours early. Thank you so much thank you. Reporter clinton spent tonight campaigning in california and addressed the National Reports that she has enough votes to clinch the dem crate tuck nomination. According to the news we are in the bring of a historic, historic unprecedented moment but we still have work to do, dont we. Bernie sanders has said multiple times over the past week that regardless of clinto clintons final delegate count hes coming to philadelphia to fight her on the Convention Floor to lets assess where we are after tomorrow before we make statements based on speculation. Reporter but tonight his campaign released a statement pushing back on reports that clinton has enough delegates to seal the deal. On the republican side, donald trump continues to double down on comments that a judge with mexican heritage will unfairly decide the Trump University case making its way through the courts. Judge gonzales curio was born in indiana but has mexican parents. Im just confused what is mexican parents have to do with that. Excuse me. I want to build wall. I mean i can i dont think its very confusing. Prom meant republicans are couldnt gemming trauma pops comments. He needs not to saying that. That man is an american. I dont condone the comments. I congius agree more with what he had to say. Clinton is the first woman at the top of a tick. President obama is going to endorse former secretary Hillary Clinton sometime later this week possibly as early as wednesday. Roaring live tonight david spunt cbs3 Eyewitness News. David, thank you. Reminder for all the voters in new jersey polls open tomorrow at 6 00 a. M. They close at 8 00 p. M. And be sure to stay with Eyewitness News for continuing coverage throughout the day and night tomorrow. When it comes time to cast ballot in november many voters might find it difficult to choose the president ial candidate they want in the white house because polling finds both presumed candidates to be the least popular likely Party Nominees in decades. What should voter dos if they dislike the president ial nominees . Good question many Nicole Brewer has the answer for you coming up around 11 14. Firefighters working to get a fire under control at a Delaware County Shopping Center that has sent at least one person at the hospital. Fire crews were called to this Family Dollar store on delmar drive in folcroft just before 9 00 oclock tonight. Were told the fire has reached three alarms and the Shopping Center has been evacuated. In word on the injured persons condition. They were taken to croes sr. Chester for treatment. Man under arrest tonight after allegedly sexually assaulting woman behind a Wawa Convenience store in philadelphia. Police say the attack happened around 6 00 p. M. In the 9400 block of state road in northeast philadelphia. They say the woman was assaulted in a small wooded area behind the store. She was able to break free and call police. The suspect was found a few blocks away. And we have learned tonight that teenager link to the Murder Investigation of an elderly man in southwest philadelphia is in police custody. Sources tell Eyewitness News 18yearold quinn tis clark turned himself in hours after Police Issued a warrant for his arrest. Investigators say clark was wanted in the murder of 7884 old joseph daily. The vick testimony was found beaten to death inside his home on the 6300 block of theodore street last tuesday. Delaware county officials of authorities issue arrest warrant for the suspect in the murder of a deliveryman last june. They are looking for rodney shelton. Shelton shot the victim Thomas Childs on loading dock in yeadon and the mow tough was robbery. Septa Police Looking for eyewitness to confrontation between one of their own officers and a man in handcuffs. The minute long video posted saturday on facebook. While its unclear exactly when and where this happened, or what preceded the man being placed in handcuffs the officer scene taking him to the ground. Septas internal affairs is investigating the incident but the police chief is going a step further. He asked anyone who has more video or who witnessed the incident to give them a call. We are getting a look at the moment where is a baby was snatched from his mother inside king of prussia mall back in march. The newly released Surveillance Video shows a woman chatting up the babys mother inside the mall. It then shows her quickly walking away with that baby. Police found the baby unharmed that night and they arrested 32yearold sheree am more. According to authorities she confessed. Police say she told them shed given birth a few weeks before and her baby had died. Am more has court date later this month. Start tomorrow the general public is getting a chance to get tickets for Funeral Services for the late muhammed ali. Muslim Funeral Service will be held at the freedom hall a rona in louisville on thursday. Ali won his first pro fight there in 1960 on friday his body will be driven through the streets of louisville. Funeral will be held at kfc arena holds 22,000 people. Limited number of tickets are being offered to the public for both funerals on a first come basis. Thieves have been target local veteran amy cemeteries in search of brass grave marker they can sell for scrap. Over the last few years these type of thefts have soared into the thousands. Odd fellow cemetery in burlington new jersey fallen victim to more than 200 thefts in the past six months widow of a world war ii veteran says these hit her husbands gravesite three times. I cried a lot. I can even fathom what would be the reason. Its just terrible. As many as we order and theyre expense suv we have to keep buying more and more every year and its really killing the budget but more importantly its killing the pride of the veterans. Veterans Officials Say they have been forced to replace the stolen markers with others made of cheaper materials. Tonight were hearing the emotional victim impact statement of a woman raped while unconscious by a former Stanford University swim star. 20yearold brock turner convict evidence that attack last week and ordered to serve six months in county jail and three months probation. In a letter to the judge, the victim had these words for her attacker saying you took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy and, my confidence, my own voice. Prosecutor on the case revealed her own emotional reaction to the short sentence for turner. I cried. I was, felt like i didnt do my part in representing her interests in the case because of the slap on the wrist sentence the defendant got. The sentence which is resulted in growing outrage came after turners father made his own apple to the judge saying quote his life will never be the one that he dreamed about. This is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of act. A Delaware County man says hes being falsely accused as the person who threw a beer bottle at Phillies First baseman ryan howard over the weekend. Lets show i was picture of the alleged culprit in saturdays game thats making the rounds on social media. Police are working with the phillies to track down the person but joseph ben nest aston tells Eyewitness News people online are pointing the finger at him. He says he was more than 30 miles away from the ball yard at the time of the incident. Its not me. This is tollly wrong whats going on. Im getting harassed. And in that photo i want people to please take a good look at that photo. And you can see heres the side of my face, red facial hair and im like 20 pounds heavier than that guy. Police have not made any arrests yet but had they do, that person will likely face a diss or the conduct charm. Its been a historic run for Olney Charter High School Baseball team. Young players reached heights not seen for decades as they faced another chance to win big today eyewitness News Reporter trang do reports on their meaningful a accomplishment. Reporter as their season comes to a close, Olney Charter trojans made history. Through hard work, grit and determination theyve been the best public School Baseball Team Philadelphia has seen in decad decades. All our hard work finally paid off. Whats that like . Whats that feeling like . Undescribable. You work so hard. You finally show everybody. Reporter olney beat frankford to bring home the schools first Public League title since 1969. The team invested father judge to be crowned overall city cam as feet not accomplished by a Public School in more than 40 years. To win the city was a big one last week. That was very exciting for everybody r report coach says taking home both titles was always their goal. Ive been trying to preach to them all year that they can compete with teams outside the Public League. When we had the opportunity to play in the city championship again this year, you know, they believed they could hang with any team and showed it on the field. Reporter though they lost in the opening round at states to boyertown, they won plenty of hearts along the way. They have gone really far and were proud of them. Even to get this far is really exciting. They representing olney really well. Reporter this is a strong team this year and they have the potential to be dominant for years to come with a very promising jayvee squad. In the northeast im trang do cbs3 Eyewitness News. Flowing love out to the parents and guardians. Solar plane that spent the past two weeks in our area is about to continue its epic journey. Still ahead at 11 00 tonight when the Solar Impulse two departs the Lehigh Valley and where its off to next. Kate. And it was a Beautiful Day today pretty nice looking evening out there as well just some clouds over the city skyline at the moment but temperatures are on their way down. And humidity dropping drastically as well. Ill tell about late week cool down coming up. Also, some are calling 2016 the year of the unlikeable president ial candidates. So what should voter dos if they dont like any of the their choices . Good question. Nicole brewer gets the answer. Also, the parents of the boy who fell into a gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo will not face criminal charges. Why the Prosecutor Says he made that decision and what the family is saying about it tonight. There will be no charges against the mother of a threeyearold boy who fell into a gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. The county prosecutor said the boys mother did not do anything criminal. The mother has faced criticism even threats online from people angry the gorilla was killed to save her child. The Prosecutor Says said the mother was watching three additional children and turned her back for moment. If anyone doesnt believe a threeyearold can scamper off very quickly, theyve never had kids. Because they can. And they do. The boys familiar expressed relief at this news. They called it one more step in putting that tragic episode behind them. Concerns over water safety in bucks and montgomery counties have prompted calls for a congressional investigation. Pennsylvania congressman Brendan Boyle is requesting a hearing and wants officials to investigate ground water contamination surrounding hundreds of Defense Department installations three of those are in our region. Officials is a have shut down dozen municipal wells and 80 private wells. In politics, you sometimes hear voters talk about choosing the lesser of two evils. Hillary clinton and donald trump appear to be the likely president ial nominees. But polling finds both candidates have a low favor ability rating. What are voters to do when they dont like the in many niece . Sounds like a good question. Nicole brewer has the answer. I think its a great question, right . For a lot of voters this president ial election involves a very difficult decision. Who do they hate less . Where does that leave us . Nancy from aston wants to know, what should voters do if they dislike the president ial nominees . Its a good question. Ahead of tomorrows new jersey primary. Its been kind of an interesting election year. Would you agree . Yes. Yes. Nobody like the candidates. For donald trump a lot of people dont think hes a legitimate candidate. With Hillary Clinton shes got a lot of baggage. Lesser of two evils. Hillary clinton and donald trump may the president ial candidates. But they also have the least favorable ratings of any nominee in decades. To be honest i think im better candidate. What should voter dos if they dislike the president ial nominees come november. Im certainly not going to run myself. First thing is vote. Dont stay home. Its not an option. David thornburgh is the president and ceo of the committee of 70 a group that advocates for better politic. Even if you dont like your choices suck it up and punch that button. Think about for a moment what it took to secure the right to vote. Think about the example that you want to transmit to your kids and your grant kids. All very valid reasons. Reporter final channel your frustration into reform. Call your congressman. Get involved with party. Maybe reevaluate how our process works. For now weve got more than a few options inside that voting booth from democratting republican to labor tanner. I guess theres write in. Not seriously something i would do if i had a choice in middle school. The odds are stacked against Third Party Candidate but they could influence the election. Bernie sanders if he decides to still run against Hillary Clinton drum many will win. Because hell split the vote. With less than sick months to go only time will tell. Once they Start Talking about the real issues, i think its going to be become a lot more clear. I certainly hope it does. Now, if it comes down it to and you still cant in good conscious vote for president , thornburgh suggests heading to the poll and voting for every other office on the ballot. Your voice will still be heard. Exercise your writ to vote. Exactly. Thats what it comes down to. All right. Nicole thanks so much. Appreciate it much whats your good question . Log on to cbsphilly. Com good question to commit submit your question or you can tweet us using the hash tag cbs3 good question. Nicole will be here every night with the answer for you on cbs3 Eyewitness News at 11 00. The Solar Impulse two is getting ready to take off on its next journey. The sun powered plane will depart Lehigh Valley airport in allentown in less than an hour the midnight. It has been there for nearly two weeks now. Up next new york city will its schedule to land at jfk around 4 00 a. M. New york will be the final u. S. Stop before it flies overseas. That little plane is looking for sun. It will get it. Charged up nice daal with a sun shown beating down on it what a Beautiful Day its been there may be a couple of showers around allentown as had plane takes off. Tracking a few spotty showers outside right now and well see them again tomorrow possibly just a few scatter its isolated showers and Thunder Showers in the a big deal much as we head threw the next couple of days temperatures on their way down. Humidity levels dropping as well and the spring weather we didnt really get at the end of may may finally be coming back for at least a couple of days. Lets take look out side take you out to our roof cam live from the cbs broadcast center. Looking live down 16th str