>> that officer suffered a deep grazed wound to his head, other officers there, returned fire, and killing that suspect. all of this happened overnight on torresdale and magee avenues in the tacony section of the city. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at police headquarters with the very latest now, walt. >> reporter: chris, police say it was a moment that few of us could comprehend, officer steven car show me your hand and that suspect firing, bullet skimming his head, creating a wound that only required a couple of stitches. in the eyes of officers it was almost a miracle the suspect hen shot dead and there are growing questions about why that suspect a career criminal was paroled, and was on the street, with a gun. for officer steven carpalsky father of a three-year old baby girl survival was a matter of centimeter, bullet fired from this gun police say

grazing his head, leaving only a minor wound, requiring a couple of stitches. >> well, another fraction on of an inch, it would have caught him right in the eye or certainly in the head and his injuries would have been far more severe if not fatal. >> reporter: police say 29 year-old david ellis a career criminal opened fire on the of his eras he approached on the street to investigate a report of gunshots in the area. bullets punk touring the wounded officer's van, lodging in the car tire, even peering this pharmacy window shattering a lottery machine. ellis seen in this viewer video laying on the street, fatally wounded when officers returned fire, as frightened neighbors hid in their homes. >> my first instinct was to grab my daughter because her bed is right by the window so my first instinct was to just grab her and pull her to the ground. >> reporter: records show ellis, despite a history of eight arrests, walk free in september of 2013, granted parole, after serving half of

a four to ten year sentence, the parole board citing positive institutional behavior, and positive recommendation by the department of corrections. >> personally i think that people that are given sentences like that with a history like his should do the full amount of time. >> reporter: meanwhile at 15th district, the officer's fellow officers are giving thanks that he is safely home, recovering with his wife and brand new little daughter. >> spoke to his family a few minutes ago, he is resting comfortably, he thanks everybody forethoughts and prayers. >> reporter: coming up at 61:00 of the first persons to rush to the hospital to be at the wounded officer's side was captain jack mcincludes can i his commanding officer, he will share those dramatic moments and his incredible sense of relief when we join you at 6:00. live from police headquarters, walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". let's get more on the day's breaking news right now

as we told you a woman has been pulled from the water and rushed to the hospital, after her suv went into the cobbs creek. >> let get to "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones live at the scene. it sound like you have been able to talk to some witnesses there, todd. >> reporter: diana, it was quite the scene that unfolded here this afternoon. first of all, let me show you behind me eyewitnesses say a woman was driving this white suv heading north up cobbs creek parkway at around 3:30 this afternoon when for some unknown reason, she veered off into these woods here and into the cobbs creek just behind us here. that suv flipped over and was submerged in water and then amazingly a man by the name of marsdell porch who happened to be in the area on his lunch break, saw the chaos, and the man who has no medical training whatsoever. he just copied what he saw on tv and he jumped in to action.

>> i went over there to see what was going on and vehicle was under water. she had stopped breathing. we broke the window. her seat belt was on so we cut seat belt off, got her out of the car, and we started to give her cpr. we didn't know what we were doing but we tried our best. then we gave up. as we walked away she started breathing. >> reporter: now that woman was rushed to hup where right now she's listed in guarded condition, and we're also being told that four police officers with the 12th district also help pull would the man out of her suv and pulling her to safety but again, quite a here owing afternoon, that unfolded here in west philadelphia today but for good work of marsdell porch who is being credited by eyewitnesses and police officers, they believe that he may have just saved this woman's life. reporting live from west philadelphia, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wow, thank you todd. tense moments for

residents in bridesberg after someone found explosives inside a home. chopper three over the the scene on the 4700 block of richmond street. police and the bomb squad were both called in this afternoon after the discovery of a grenade and a mortar round. they were not active and they were taken away. they posed no threat to the people in the neighborhood. a septa bus caught fire on penns landing, just before noon time today, this is eyewitness cam video from scott young, route 33 bus burst into flames while parked near front and chestnut streets, a septa mechanic was heading to the bus to do work on it. no passengers were injured and driver was taken to the hospital for observation. a car goes up in flames right on the schuylkill expressway, look at the plume of thick black smoke coming from it. it happened on i-76 westbound at the new henderson road off ram in king of prussia. about 20 minutes ago. crews have have have put out the fire and off ramp is still closed at this hour.

there is no word on the injuries there or the the cause. and one of the teens accused of assaulting a park range inner love park was arraigned today. this is 19 year-old curtis tanner, who is charged with assault, making terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. is there a 17 year-old who still faces charges as well in the videotaped beating of this ranger in love park. the ranger is recovering tonight from his injuries at home. the nation's attorney general eric holder will visit ferguson, missouri tomorrow, he is going there to learn more about the federal investigation in the shooting death of an unarmed teen by a police officer. as cbs reporter marley hall tells us the attorney jennies hoping, to ease the the tensions. >> demonstrators marched peacefully near the common center in ferguson, missouri. long time resident walter rice says he can't believe the violence that has gone through the st. louis suburbs. >> i never experienced nothing like this and i have seen

unrest around the world but i never thought it would be here in my hometown. >> reporter: peaceful protest followed another night of unrest, police say some in the crowd fired guns at officers. threw molotov cocktails and batteries. among those arrested are people from as far away as new york and california. the chaos first erupted ten days ago when an unarmed teenager name michael brown was shot and killed by police officer darren wilson this facebook photo shows officer wilson receiving an award earlier this year. many of the stores along this stretch near the center of the unrest have boarded up windows. the most are opened to take but owners say that business is down about 70 percent, since protests started. sunny die on put american flags on his looted store. >> i'm hoping to stay here. i have been here for 18 years. there is no reason i wouldn't stay. i love the community. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder traveled to

ferguson tomorrow to get an update on the federal investigation into brown's death. a grand jury could begin hearing evidence tomorrow to determine whether to bring charges against the officer. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, short distance from ferguson, st. louis police shot and killed a man who came at them with the knife. eyewitnesses say that man was acting erratically just before the police were called. they don't believe this case is connected to the ferguson shooting or the protests there. pope frances is said to be deeply pained following the the deaths of three family members in a car crash tonight. the crash happened overnight in argentina in the side i of cordo va. the car driven by pope's nephew hit a truck. that nephew's two young sons and wife were killed. he is now in critical condition. hometown kids are just one win away from the world series finals in williamsport. taney dragons take to the field tomorrow night but the talk of the town today is

about their star pitcher going somewhere no little leaguer, has ever been before. pretty good. here's our pat ciarrocchi. >> wonderful. >> reporter: le keisha maclean is nearly speechless. >> she was at front cover, right. >> reporter: yes, her cover the taney dragons phenom pitcher mone davis is on the cover of this weeks sport illustrated. >> i never in a million years thought that this whole thing would like blow up like this. >> reporter: we sat on the steps of the merion anderson recreation center in south philadelphia mesmerized by mone's picture her fierce expression, her body creating a powerful sling shot and the force of her throw. >> i'm so proud. word just cannot explain. i'm not scared. i'm more nervous for her. i believe so because like i said, philadelphia knew about mone but the whole world know about mone now and i just want

her to be a normal child. >> reporter: mone's grace under pressure on the mound is beyond her years and her patient was an ever growing media horde has been tested. >> i think it is starting to overwhelmed her right now but she is still trying to cope with the situation. she's still trying to enjoy herself. she don't want the at tension on her anymore. >> reporter: it is at merion anderson she learn how to play baseball and pitch from her coach steve van dora who tested the mother about the si cover. with the count down on to the semi finals games in vegas, le keisha says mone is not nervous her focus is her secret weapons. >> it takes her two or three innings to necessity what the umpire strike zone is. once she get that i feel sorry for the other team. >> mone has not made a, secret out of her love for basketball and her dream for playing for university of connecticut. despite mone's intense schedule one phone call did get through to her, connecticut basketball coach

geno aurie ma, wished mone well. prospect for him. i'd bet on it. in the sat center i'm path your, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> what an incredible honor f anyone can hand ill it, it is mone cave is. is there still so much more on "eyewitness news" 59:00, three on your side has inportant details when it comes a new child safety seat recall. a peeping tom caught in the act, see how a woman turn the tables on a man she saw lurking outside her bedroom. then a new york subway rider is charged and attacked by a brazen rat, and it is all caught on camera. >> and traditional baby monitor is getting a make over, health reporter stephanie stahl tells bus high tech onesy and how it puts

three on your side has details of the child see recall, recaro is recalling 39,000 of its child safety seats. the company says that the seat can let a child's head move too far in a crash if the seat is not, properly installed. recall covers its pro sport model 385, which was made from june of 2010 through january of 2013. recaro has not determined if the problem has caused any injuries. on the healthwatch tonight, a new high tech way to keep tabs on your baby. health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how it could one day replace baby monitors.

>> five month-old camden is not the the best sleeper so his mom, heather is testing out memo a onesy with the twist. these green stripes zone in the fabric track camden's breathing and this little magnetized turtle captures sound, skin temperature and position. it tracks everything, it tracks all of the movement, if he flips on his belly, his left side, his right side. >> reporter: instead of the traditional bedside monitor parents use tablets or smart phones to keep tabs on their baby. maker says it is not just about better sleep, parents can input when their baby eats, take medicine or what to wear to bed all to find out what works best. >> overtime, we are able to actually able to run moral gor rhythms to see what works. >> reporter: once it is fully operation at parents can get notification ifs a baby mikes a fever, rolls over or stops breathing. now mimo starter kit goes for

$200. it is one of a variety of new high tech baby monitors that will soon be hitting the market. the all knowing onesy with this one. >> yes, what will they think of next. >> incredibly thorough but as long as it helps your child get to sleep, people will sign up for that in a heartbeat. >> thanks, steph. good evening everyone. what a day for the the schuykill expressway. we have literally in the past hour have had up to i would say close to four accidents and incidents. so lets start first with the schuylkill expressway. what we are looking at are headlights eastbound but westbound we have an accident, approaching montgomery drive. it is out of the camera angle here but this is residual delay that stems behind it. so westbound and eastbound of 76 not only around center city but also within your western suburbs they are jammed earlier on the westbound side of 76 at lend are son road off ramp there. we had an earlier vehicle fire that has been since cleared but you're still cleared around that way. vine street expressway earlier

on the eastbound side at broad street we have an accident compromising two lanes. that has been cleared. you'll notice both sides heading to the the schuylkill, i-95 will not be great. average speeds 17 on the schuylkill. eighteen on 476 and 17 on i-95. we have a phils game tonight, jimmy buffet in new jersey. we have a lot going on. the best thing to tell you is give yourself more time or take mass transit. diana? >> thanks, vittoria. still tonight at 53:00 on your side jim donovan helps us find best tablet to keep you on the back to school budget, beasley. everyone is talking about the little league world series and taney dragons, coming up how one little league coach is teaching his players and all of us a lesson in sports man ship, some inspiration for yo

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back on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 with dramatic pictures of a flooding rescue in arizona crews called in a chopper as they worked to evacuate people from this home near phoenix. heavy rains have pummeled that area, creating some raging rivers through the desert. eventually those waters did subside and people inside the home were able to make their way out on foot. kate is in tonight the for kathy, the weather has been so beautiful, can we keep it

going. >> unfortunately, you know, like all good things this must come to an end as well. we have some rain the in the forecast by the even of the week, thursday into friday, it is now looking like friday may be the weather of the two days but we will try to get it out in time for your weekend. receipt look outside today. great beach day. beach is emptying out now in margate. thinks our live neighborhood network camera at beach patrol headquarters. you can see iconic life guard boat on the stand there. still some folks out enjoying a nice evening on the sand, the the waves, of course, rolling in. we are quiet across the entire area we have a frontal boundary fizzling over allegheny mountains in central pennsylvania. that should not be an issue for us, a few clouds coming through tonight but what is lurking off to the west we have to watch later in the week. this advancing system moving through great lakes right now and slowly pushing in our area by thursday and friday, again that front is almost going to stall overhead ape bring us risk for showers and storms. also another cool down. temperatures today and tomorrow backup to where they should be for mid-august.

it is 83 at the airport. feeling cooler now. clouds moving in this evening. eighty-one in wilmington. eighty in millville. cooler down the shore with the east wind. ocean water temperature is 77. wind off the water we have to factor in that ocean water temperature and takes a lot to get over, 77 degrees. the those are numbers up and down, upper 70's, barnegat light, ocean city, stone harbor and cape may as well in the upper 70's, right around the same temperature as ocean water. showers arrive by late week. we were protect thanks to the area of high pressure to the north. we will stay barely protect tomorrow. cannot rule out a stray shower. that is when that front moves overhead and it will sit above us throughout the day friday as well. quick look at future weather shows tonight is quiet, tomorrow most of the day quiet but watch what happens thursday, showers and storms from the city on west throughout the course of the afternoon. thursday should be quiet down the shore but friday morning raining down the shore and that rain backs inland by later friday afternoon.

not great a finish to the week so enjoy weather now. down the the shore, clouds and sun a cool breeze at 79 degrees. of course we have to talk about some baseball weather for taney dragons in williamsport. there will be a chance for shower or thunderstorm tomorrow evening at 7:30. 74 degrees is first pitch temperature for that big game. partly cloudy and muggy at 67. for your wednesday partly sunny and humid and is where we should be. you're witness weather three day forecast, warm and humid on wednesday, watch for those showers and storms mainly west on thursday and then chance for showers at anytime on friday. coming up i'll let you know if the

all eyes on little league world series and philly's taney dragons after their big walk off win on sunday they play a team from las vegas tomorrow night at 7:30. young mone davis, pitching phenom and her 70-mile an hour fast ball will be on the mound. win the game and they play for u.s. championship saturday. we will have a live report from williamsport, tomorrow. i'm going to bring back with me and coaching staff will bring back something, okay, that no other team can provide, and that is pride. >> meantime after a tough looks rhode island coach reminded his team and all of us what little league world series is all about, the love of the game, sports man ship, comradery and having fun. great job. your philadelphia eagles are zero-two on the preseason.

thursday night, coming up at 6:00, chip kelly will talk about shady mccoy's toe injury. don't miss that. your phillies continue inter league play, they won the first outing, against seattle mariners last night four-one. aj burnett is your starter, first pitch citizens bank park at 7:05. don't mind me if i'm sounding a little tire, i got up early to fill in for angelo cataldi on sports radio 94 wip morning show and will be back at it tomorrow morning at 5:30. that is right 5:30, wake up, with me, we will talk sports. >> all about the eagles this morning. >> it was everything from taney, to eagles, to your greatest fears, it was crazy never shortage of topics on wip. >> thanks, beasley. still ahead new 59:30 a warning tonight for air

travelers about risks posed by a possible volcanic eruption, plus this. it is move in day at temple university, i'm syma chowdhry and coming up i'll tell you how some students got to hand pick their roommates using an app. new at 6:00 tonight eagles fans are facing big change these season, we will tell what you they may have to deal with as they go home, "eyewitness news" live at the

i'm chris may we're following breaking news to day a suv plunge necessary to cobbs creek, chopper three over that scene long cobbs creek parkway in philadelphia. the woman inside that suv, was pulled from the car by a bystander and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. a police involved shooting ends with the suspect dead and a officer wounded, this happened overnight in the tacony section of philadelphia. the officer is least covering from a grazed wound to the head. the attorney general eric holder will visit ferguson, missouri tomorrow. the situation there remains volatile following another night of unrest. people were arrested some from as far away as new york, and california. kate? it was a pleasant day across the the area, we saw an increase in humidity out there and it will stay warm and humid throughout the mid week time frame. then we will keep an eye on thursday and friday for showers to return to the forecast. i'll tell you where those will

be and timing on those and then cooler weekend to follow. your full seven day forecast in a bit, diana. >> thanks, kate. now to a travel alert tonight, authorities in iceland are warning the airline industry about a possible volcanic eruption that could send ash spewing into the sky. and into the path of planes. cbs correspondent, alfonso van marsh has the details. >> reporter: scientists are keeping a close eye on ice land's largest volcanic region and warning airlines of possibly ruption that is could shut down, europe's air space. >> reporter: seismologists say thousands of small intense earthquakes are rocking iceland in one of the country's volcano's may be ready to explode. four years ago an eruption in iceland spewed enough ash in the atmosphere to shut down most of the air space in europe for six days. ash from volcanic explosions can damage airplanes. european flight cancellations spread worldwide, with about

10 million travelers, delayed or stranded. aviation experts say if another volcano blows, flight delays won't be as serious this time around because there are new weather systems in place to track ash clouds. >> there will be a zoning system but it will be a very cautious one which will shut down sectors of air space rather than a whole area. >> these experts say for the next week, winds are just right over iceland to blow any volcanic ash right towards europe. in london, alfonso van maur for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a cease-fire between israel and hamas appears to be over tonight. israeli military claims palestinian militants broke the agreement by firing three rockets from gaza. the israel responded with air strikes. hamas claims that it had nothing to do with those rockets, but long term peace talks could be in jeopardy now. israel has pulled delegation from egypt palestinian

negotiators. kurdish forces have now recaptured mosul dam from is is militants and they are now pushing toward the town of tikrit. isis captured tikrit back in june and forced thousands toss flee their homes. the u.n. estimates that a total of 600,000 people have been displaced by the terror group's take over in northern iraq. police say an illusive perverted peeping tom was finally caught all thanks to a video he was caught on tape staring in the woman's apartment as she showered. take a look at this erie footage the woman's boyfriend set up a camera after he caught the same man lurking around their property. you can see suspect creep up the the screen window and then duck away. police arrested the 51 year-old after he was caught looking in the area have of another home. man with the video camera has a chosen counter of the rodent kind on a new york city subway platform. this nasty encounter and there is that little guy if you want to call him that the forty-second street subway

station. journalist joe size a carries around a camera but capturing a rat attack was the last thing on his mind. >> i mean i'm a football field away minding my own business and this rat comes straight at me with no provocation. maybe he didn't want to be recorded, i don't know how smart they are. >> rodent didn't cause any damage as ryan bolted off platform but it is making him think twice about riding rails. you will see more students around broad street today, temple move in day is now underway. more than 5,000 residents returning to their campus dorm rooms and they were bus toy day loading up carts full of belongings. the school is also using a new app this year to help match students with compatible roommates. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry with more on how that works. >> reporter: it is move in day at temple university. for many students it is first time they get to meet their new roommates. for some they get to see the person they hand picked to share a dorm with.

temple uses an app called room sync allowing incoming freshman and transfer students to look for compatible roommates. >> they can engage, look at their facebook information, their profiles, and they can get the a good sense of who they are living with prior to make ago this commitment. >> reporter: school officials say students who used the app performed better, academically. >> have input into who you are living with is a huge consideration for your happiness and your success when you come to school. >> reporter: tell i am is one of the first schools to try this app and three years later it is grown in popularity. out of the 3500 freshman students come in this year 15 of them use the app. >> i figured i might as well use the the app to see if it works and it helps. >> reporter: sierra harris picked jones cruz to pick this dorm w they have not met before today but they feel like old friend. >> our interest in movies, music, you know when you talk to a person, i like you, you like me. let's room together.

>> reporter: students hope more students will take advantage of the app. >> they can make decisions for themselves and we find when that happens that students are happier and the success skyrockets. >> reporter: that is something to look forward to once these students finish moving in. at temple university, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". young seminary students were returning to campus in wynnewood, montgomery county. "eyewitness news" at saint charles seminary, this fall 26 new men have been enrolled in the seminary. good evening, everyone, a very busy daze for traffic. lets start with i-95 commuting in the northbound direction literally five or ten minutes ago a disable vehicle was removed from that right-hand lane approaching girard with you rush hour and residual traffic will be out there. you'll find it southbound as well lots of high volume between cottman avenue and vine heading down to south philadelphia for sure because of the phillies and look at the schuykill expressway. lets pull up a wide because

speed sensors indicating just drops in numbers on both sides of the the schuylkill within your western suburbs and around center city. twenty-one on 202. thirty-five on 422 and 17 traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike, you're just jammed eastbound approaching mid county toll plaza down through area of willow grove and be mine full of the serious accident on the northbound side of the roosevelt boulevard accept the challenge they donate $100 to als. of course, nothing stopping

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sunshine today and may have felt humidity creep up, it is steamy and temperatures right about where they should be if not slight lay above normal finally for mid-august, lets take a look at our live neighborhood network beautiful shot from middletown ship high school in cape may courthouse, new jersey where we are seeing airplane trails in the skies,

sir us clouds out there, a very nice have afternoon and evening all around the region. a look at storm scan three shows a whole lot of nothing. there are a few showers surviving in the harrisburg area along a weak frontal boundary. sprinkle gets in the far western suburbs but these will be dying out just a few clouds we are seeing cloud cover moving in the the city right now, not bad with some sunshine as well but we're wait forgo a system well off to the west up over the the great lakes, it is that would be boundary i just talk about and another one a storm moving through michigan and will head closer to us later in the week and take that sunny dry weather and change to it cooler, slight liz stormy conditions especially late thursday into friday. temperatures right new still feeling comfortable though we are at 83 at the airport. eighty-one wilmington. eighty-one millville. cooler down the shore thanks to the 77 degrees ocean water, you will in the get a whole lot warmer than the 70's down the the shore. back to 87 today, finally above average but only the third day, this august, that we have had above average

temperatures. it has been a cool august, and temperatures running more than 3 degrees below average, and it does look like we will have more cool days on the way as you will see in the seven day forecast. look at future weather. one storm out to sea. stationary front off to the south. these storms don't move much heading in the day tomorrow. the most of the day is dry, stray shower to the west. heading in to thursday that system moves closer to us and showers will break out mainly in our western suburbs thursday afternoon with that storm overhead, some rain will link inner to the day on friday as well. take a look at your poconos forecast can't rule out a shower again, on thursday, things will clear up by friday there. 74 degrees in the poconos. we have got to talk some football lets talk about the eagles preseason game here on thursday, 7:30 p.m., 77 degrees, the steelers are in town, wind south east at five to 10 miles an hour. for tonight, partly cloudy and muggy, we're in the 60's tomorrow 85 partly sunny, humid and quick look at your

seven day forecast and shore cast, keeps it cooler down the shore upper 70's. best chance for showers and storms comes on thursday, friday, 80 with a chance for a shower and then saturday and sunday we are in the lower 80's some sun and partly sunny. we are almost at the peak of hurricane season but we have barely seen any tropical systems this year. meteorologist justin drabick shows us why we may be in for one of the slowest seasons in years. >> thanks, kate this years hurricane season is forecast to be on the less active side and so far, we have seen a slow start to the season. slowest start to the season since 1999. now through today only two named storms so far. we typically average four and usually we will see third named storm of the season form around august 13th. part of the reason for slow start to the season is a developing el nino which is supposed to strengthen through the fall and that is leading to more wind sheer and dry air which inhibits tropical development. what is happening right now, it is looking more active, couple waves to talk about out

over the central atlantic. one there and one here. this is heading west ward in the caribbean. this front disturbance has a 40 percent chance have of formation in the named storm over next five days, one behind it 20 percent. we will keep an eye on that but there is a lot of factors in the atmosphere and dry air in place which inhibits tropical development. you can see that orange area we will see how that interaction goes over the next couple days. we will run in the peak of hurricane season in september, so we have a few weeks to go but typically september 10th is when we will see peak of the season so expect more activity, in the tropics and of course this season runs until november 30th. in cbs-3 studio i'm meteorologist justin dray bic. well, more and more tablets are becoming an essential school supply. >> so which are best tablets for your money. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan offers some shopping advice. >> reporter: back to school

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it is all done in honor of a man who loved boxing, ukee washington has the story in this weeks brotherly love. >> the jack costello boxing club teaches children and they

learn self-confidence that they will take into adulthood. >> fourteen year-old ramonal made owe is learning to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. >> for the last year he has been taking boxing lessons at non-profit jack costello boxing club he was a local boxing trainer in the 60's and 70's and even in the pennsylvania boxing hall of fame. he died in 1990. but family and friend started this club in his honor. >> once, 1/2. >> every coach here is a role tear, about 30 children show up machine through thursday, from 5:00 to 7:00. >> some of them are shy. i would say 95 percent of them can't even jump rope. >> reporter: but with discipline and training they learn. >> i was than the going to last a week but i lasted more than a week. >> reporter: kids train next to serious adult boxers like the nash brothers calvin and jeff junior who plan to go pro

this year. >> i want to show them hard work pays off. >> reporter: coaches say a lot of the children are learning to defend themselves. >> a lot of them come in here and they say they are being bull mid school. first off protection, and discipline. >> reporter: they discourage outside fighting, keep it in the ring they say. >> jab, jab. >> reporter: keep working at it. even they there is a $10 a month fee coaches say they don't turn away children who cannot pay f would you like to help the club go to cbs philly.com for more information. i'm ukee washington, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that is "eyewitness news" 59:00. >> breaking at 6:00 a car plunges in the water, woman inside is rescued and rush to the hospital. hear from the man who helped do it. plus it is a team everyone is talking about the taney dragons with some more glory tonight, mone davis doing something no little leaguer has ever done before, kate? the sun was around today and tomorrow but rain is on the way i'll break it down

coming up with your seven day forecast at 6:00. changes for eagles fans this year starting with thursday's priest soon on game. wharf to deal with in the parking lot before you leave the link. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. breaking news right now a woman is behind the wheel as her suv plunges in the water. she's under water for several minutes. before a dramatic rescue. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm diana rocco in for jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live at the scene in cobbs creek with the dramatic details, todd. >> reporter: diana, that driver was heading up cobbs creek parkway here this afternoon when she lost control of her suv. she veered off in the woods here and flipped down embankment and landed in cobbs creek and what happened next is nothing short of heroic. the suv flipped over into cobbs creek, the driver,

trapped under water, and then stuck behind her steering wheel with her seat belt on. marcell porch who happened to be in the area on lunch break he heard the chaos and with no rescue you training whatsoever he mimicked what he saw on television and decided to take action. >> we broke the window and tried to get her out. her seat belt was on. we cut the the belt off. we got her out of the car. me and another guy started to give her cpr. we didn't know what we were doing but we tried our best. the then we finally gave up. as we started to walk away she started breathing. >> reporter: what was that moment like. >> i could not even speak about it. i just did the best i could and i started to think i started to fail and then she started breathing again. >> reporter: driver of the suv was heading north up cobbs creek parkway at 3:30 when she went in the water right the here near green way avenue. >> it looks like the car veered off, i'm not sure if