Im iain page. What must say kick a distant third in delegates do to capture his partys bid. Bruce gordon joins us in studio. Lets be very brunt. Kasich in his tomorrow state of ohio kept him alive politically with no mathematical chance of gaining enough delegates to win the nomination on first ballot and he meaning kasich must choose his battles. Picking up just enough delegates to stop trump from wrapping up the nomination on that initial vote. The neck president of the united states, john kasich reporter governor kasich checked ally boxes in this First OfficialCampaign Stop in pennsylvania. Noting his birth in the pittsburgh area and showing some love for the wildcat basketball team. I got a feeling that when march madness ends villanova may be the national champion. I just want to tell you that. Kasich spent much of the hour plus event introducing himself to voters in this must within state. Painting himself as governor and former congressman who reduced burr crass see. Thats transforming all of government which is tired, old, worn out, frustrated and unresponsive to all of us. I mean i have to do that. Reporter cut taxes. Government does not have a right to spend money it doesnt have and put in you debt. Reporter while never mentioning front runner donald trump by name, kasich brought out his signature slogan and not so veiled swipe at the controversial businessman. I want you all to know that as i continue to pursue this campaign, i am not going to take the low road to the highest office in the country. Okay . Reporter during a brief question and answer session, 11yearold boy asked how will the u. S. Defeat isis . Jack, were going to have to be in the air and then were going to be on the ground and americans will have to be there. You know why . cause nobody else is going to do this. Reporter that pitch was enough to sway at least some of this mostly student audience some of whom had come to this event undecided. He didnt scenery herred. He seemed practical. He seemed real. Reporter but with just one victory on the campaign trail so far, kasich remains the longest of long shots. His end game will be target states like pennsylvania where he feels he has natural appeal accumulate as many delegates as he can, prevent donald trump from winning the nomination on the first ballot and then go into a divided convention in his own state of ohio and present himself as alternative. Reporter both trump and cruz have said theyll fight to the last to stop kasich from sweeping the nomination in the chaos of the socalled brokered convention after todays event governor kasich told me while he will speak out when something happens that makes his blood boil, he will keep his message positive and refrain from direct attacks on the front running trump much iain this is going to get interesting. Much so, bruce, thank you. New information tonight in the death of a Maryland Police officer with ties to Delaware County. Prince georges county police Just Announced an officer mistook fellow officer jacai colson for a suspect before shooting and killing him sunday. Investigators say colson was caught in the crossfire of an ambush style attack at his police station. Police say one man opened fire while his two brothers video taped the gun battle. Officers shot that shooter who is expected to survive. His two brothers are under arrest. Colson was undercover at the time and not wearing a uniform. The 28yearold grew up in boothwyn and attended chichester high school. Return to the mild temperatures in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Lets take a live look at one of my places bush kills fall from our pocono mountains camera. If youve not been there to go hiking bring your family. Today would have been a pefect day to do it. Cruising through to the official end of winter. Lets check in with meteorologist kathy orr in old city tonight just soaking it all in. Kathy . Lucy its beautiful out here. Behind me the skies are getting gray. The rain is moving n rumbles of thunder from someone on facebook with me saying in feasterville bar bra reporting some thunder. Lets take a look at the numbers. Ill show you whats going on as far as the temperatures. Live at the airport, we have cloudy skies. Temperatures running 10 to 20 degrees above average. Philadelphias high 71. Millville 68. Reading 67. Pottstown 66. Wilmington 65 and Atlantic City 64. Still mild, 68 in philadelphia. Some showers moving in from the west in reading and pottstown. We are still sitting at 64. On the satellite radar theres the thunder moving through Montgomery County bucks county, a few rumbles to our west. We are waiting for the rain in old city Philadelphia Moving very quickly will cross the river and be in jersey within the next 15, 20 minutes or so. As you can see the next 12 hours the showers move through into the early evening well offshore. Then another round of showers especially through north jersey after the 10 00 oclock hour we dry it out overnight this evening spotty shower through south jersey about 7 00 p. M. Pleasant with temperatures falling through into the 50s. Heres a look at what to expect. One more mild day a spotty shower or two ringers in the seven day forecast. We will experience a major cool down and, yes, a spring snow expected this weekend. It is looking more likely that that snow could accumulate. Seems impossible but it is transition time as spring begins on sunday. Well talk more about that coming up when i join you insi inside. Hopefully its not going to stick around, kathy. All right. Thank you very much. Traffic tide up and no one was hurt after a van caught fire in northeast philadelphia. Skyfox over the scene on i95. Thats northbound at cottman avenue this afternoon. You can see the flames well they absolutely damaged the van it looks like its gutted. No word yet on what started the fire but traffic is now moving again. A developing story now. Embezzlement case the Philadelphia District attorney is calling disgusting. Da seth william says money meant to benefit the citizens of philadelphia instead bank rolled one womans lavish lifestyle. Now the former cfo of a local nonprofit faces charges. Fox 29s karen hepp live in the newsroom. Karen. Reporter these kind of things make you angry. 61yearold joyce levitt was the chief Financial Officer for visit philadelphia the citys tourism bureau. Prosecutors say she embezzled 200,000 and then she spent on herself. Fancy dinners, skin care an new york furrier. She did. Thats what they say. Levitt is charged with felony charges of fraud, theft and forgery she oversaw the finances of visit philadelphia which promotes travel to southeastern pennsylvania. It gets most of its money from the citys hotel tax. Investigators say she paid herself for personal visa bills with the money from visit philadelphia for years from 2005 all the way to 2012 and audit eventually caught all of this transgressions. Williams ask working with the mayor and city council to make sure it doesnt happen again. All of them are looking forward to working with visit philadelphia to ensure greater oversight, greater audit and internal audit controls to ensure that the tack pairs dollars are being spent appropriately. Reporter she resigned from visit philadelphia back in 2012 but just turn herself in to face felony charges today. Iain . Karen, thank you. Pennsylvania lawmakers are making passionate arguments right now about legalizing medical marijuana in the state. Bill would allow patients who have a list of ailments to get marijuana for therapeutic purposes. It would set standards for growers, dispensaries and medical professionals. Patient cos take the drug in pill, oil or liquid form and that bill is nearing a final vote in the house of representatives. We of course will bring you the results of that vote as soon as it happens. Were learning more about the kind of Cancer Treatment pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf will undergo. He told a harrisburg Radio Station today hell have radioactive seeds implanted to help treat his prostate cancer. Wolf has said repeatedly that doctors caught his cancer early and its treatable. Doctors found it during a routine check up. Pennsylvania still has no budget. Republican controlled state senate has however passed a spending bill. The governor threatening to veto it. The 30 billion spending bill would increase public funding for schools and not raise the income or sales tax. But wolf is calling the budget quote irresponsible and unbalanced. He wants to increase tax revenue by 2. 7 billion to close the deficit and increase education funding. Republicans are trying to avoid attacks increase. The budget battle has been going on for eight months. Happening now, signs brewing fight after the president announces his Supreme Court nominee. That empty seat on the nations highest court of course left after justin scalias death last month. Not surprising the president s decision is not without controversy. Especially with the nation in the process of choosing his successor. Justice will be done in our courts without prejudice or partisan ship is what in large part distinguishes this country from anothers. President obama praising his new nominee for the Supreme Court quickly pointing to the 32 republicans who voted to confirm garland when he was appointed to the d. C. Circuit court in 1997. Overwhelming bipartisan praise from senators and legal experts a like. But within moments of the announce many, Senate Republicans are quick to point out that this time around garlands nomination process is going nowhere. This president will not fill this vacancy. The senate will not confirm this nominee. Opposing lawmakers say its not about garland or his qualifications. Its about the process. Referring to the time honored tradition under both republicans and democrats to not confirm a nominee during a president ial election season. It seems clear president obama made this nomination not not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. Meanwhile, Judicial Watch dogs appear split on the president s pick. The goal in this nomination is to get a fifth solid liberal vote to join the four liberals on the court. Hes proven himself to be a respected juris during his tenure on the d. C. Circuit. Supreme Court Justice has not been both nominated and confirmed during a president ial Election Year since 1940. Thats 76 year streak that Senate Republicans say theyre not about to break. A bittersweet image at a local school today. Hundreds of balloons floated into the atmosphere classmate these students are honoring and the new fight to protect young people. Would be robber finds trouble at a store. The clerk is armed and ready but this didnt deter the bad guy from a crime spree. What happened next. Reason to buy other round. How beer could soon help fight diseases even cancer. What was once lost has been found. A wedding ring worth a half Million Dollars is back on its owners finger but she definitely wants it first. Well explain why. Horse is overcoming a heartbreaking ordeal. Someone shot her with a paint full gun more than 100 times. Those things hurt. How shes getting the help she deserves. People in illinois are surveying the damage from severe weather. This is void 83 where several farms are damaged. Tornado may have touched down in the area. A 20 county swath of Central Illinois was under a tornado watch at the time of the storm which hit at voters in the state headed to the polls for the state primary yesterday. Look at this video from east mullen downed trees and power lines. Some homes were also damaged when trees fell on them. High winds also overturned a semi truck on the interstate thankfully no serious injuries, though, have been reported. Developing story tonight out of north philadelphia. Students at George WashingtonCarver High School are mourning the loss of one of their classmates. They released balloons in the air in memory of him today. The ninth greater died yesterday from bacterial meningitis. Ton night concerned parents, students and faculty are expected to attend meeting about the serious illness. Fox 29 Shawnette Wilson joins us live to outside of the high school where that meeting will start soon. Shawnette . Reporter well iain the meeting starts at 6 00 oclock and we will be there. In the meantime, emotional gathering was held here outside the school this afternoon to remember the student who were told love to sing and played on the jv basketball team. Balloons released in the courtyard of George WashingtonCarver High School this afternoon dozens of students grieving the loss of 15yearold classmate jonathan briggs. He died Tuesday Morning from meningitis. Students and staff gathered around the flagpole to sign a poster with pictures of jonathan as they remember him. The school is dealing with two things. Comforting students and assures parents their children are safe here. I found out this happened it was just like shocked me like it happened so instant. Friday he was perfectly normal. And tuesday yeah, tuesday i found out he had died. Its just like safety piece how closely were working with cdc theres no reason that any child in this building is any type of danger. What jonathan had was a horrible and devastating illness and theres no reason to believe that in any way shape or form it will spread. Reporter and back here live, Officials Say that meningitis can be spread to those who have close contact with a person who has it and again that meeting starts here at the the school at 6 00 oclock. School officials and the Health Department will be here to answer any questions parents may have. Lucy . All right, shawnette. Thank you. A Citywide Coalition formed supporting philadelphia mayor jim kenneys proposed sugary dripping tax. A group of business civic and labor leaders calling themselves the philadelphians for a fair future gather the at the Olney Rec Center today. Theyre throwing their support behind proposed 3 cents an ounce tax on sugary drinks. Mayor kenney says money raised through the tax would go towards in part funding universal pre k and agreeing jobs plan. Coalition says attacks would ensure a Better Future for the city. A tax on these beverages at the point of distribution is a painless contribution as the city now works to establish for the first time a great equalizer in universal pre k. And critics argue the tax would get passed along to consumers and therefore hurt Small Businesses already struggling in the city. A National Guard troop gets a warm welcome home in new jersey today. applause . Family and friends greeting members of the 328th military Police Company in cherry hill this morning. 120 men and women spent last year in cuba securing detainees at guantonimo bay. Members come from 20 of new jerseys 21 counties. I never get tired of those reunions. A local contractor came out swinging when fox 29 investigators tried to ask a few questions. Jeff cole is in the newsroom with a look ahead at his story coming up to note at 10 00. Reporter you bet we are. We first took a look at this guy in the fall after some of his customers said his concrete work was often shoddy and late. Now theyre complaints have ended up in court. He runs this business out of south jersey and takes its name from a classic mob film some of his customers say their pool decks, patios and walkways werent finished or had to be completely ripped out and replaced. The contractors troubles both professionally and personally have forced him into court where we ran into him a few weeks ago, wow, he was not happy to see us. Bleep. Get out might have way. What are you angry about. Bleep. Get out of my face. Get out of my face. Are you still in the bliss. Get out of my face. Are you still in business . Yes, thats not all towed say. Believe me. Youll get the latest on his customers efforts to get some money back and hear all his choice words for us tonight at 10 00 as fox 29 investigates. Iain. Looks explosive. Look forward to that, thank you jeff. K9 officers showing off their Crime Fighting skills today in Montgomery County. The officers are part of the Sheriffs Department k9 unit demonstrated their talents at a Senior Adult Activity Center in ambler. Todays event to mark k9 veterans and services day in pennsylvania which honors the contribution of k9s. Things in chester Delaware County a little greener this spring at least in washington park. The Widener University school of Business Administration along with ups employees and planted new planned 20 new trees today. They replaced many damaged in a big storm last summe since 1961, Pearle Vision has been providing expert eye care. Today, we make caring for your eyes even easier. Right now, buy one pair of glasses, and get another pair free. This is genuine eye care in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. A tough day for the American College student at the start of a 15year sentence of hard labor in north korea. That country Supreme Court handing down a sentence yesterday for crimes he committed ag