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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 she had a seizure or a heart
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attack but it wasn't like she was making a full turn but the car veered off. >> reporter: and also tonight two, 12th district officers by the name of sharon logan and officer brian dawson are being credited with helping pull the woman up out of safety here. right now we are told that she is conscious and breathing, officially tonight, she's listed in guarded condition. at hup. reporting live tonight from southwest philadelphia, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". developing right now a third floor roof collapse on south front street in queen village late this afternoon. this is building that houses a place called for pete's sake pub, there was a few people inside the building when it happen. they were able to escape without injury. now to the calls for help moments after a philadelphia police officer was shot on the the streets of to cone think morning. the suspect who shot the officer was killed as police
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return fire. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at police headquarters, walt, what is the latest. >> reporter: chris, it is a call you never want to hear, an officer shot in the head being rush to the hospital. it just sends a chill down everyone's spine. fortunately that officer steven korpalski is okay tonight the by virtue of maybe an inch, the bullet skimming by his head creating a grazed wound. new there are growing questions about why the alleged shooter, a career criminal, had been paroled and was out on the street with a fully loaded gun. >> shots fired. >> reporter: officer steep even korpalski radioed for help moments after police say a bullet fired from this gun by career criminal david ellis grazed his head. >> 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
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severe if not fatal. >> reporter: ellis shot korpalski as he approached him to investigate a report of gunshots in the area suspect scene in the viewer video, fatally wounded by office shore return fire. bullet holes in the officer's van, tire of the car and even a lottery machine inside a nearby pharmacy reflecting the violence of the shoot-out that left neighbors ducking for cover inside homes. >> i told my daughter to get down. it was really scary. >> reporter: records show he will business a history of eight arrest had been paroled last september. state parole board citing in its decision what they called positive institutional behavior. >> there is no doubt in my mind that this individual should have never been on the streets of philadelphia. >> no one got shot in the head, you always fear for the worst. >> reporter: captain jack, commander of the 15th district and close friend of the wounded officer was among the first at his side in the hospital, expressing relief, that the 14 year veteran is
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new recovering at home, with his wife, and three week old baby daughter. >> like commissioner ramsey said we would be planning a funeral right now. >> reporter: the captain having even more reason for gratitude than most, twice in his career, officers in his command have been shot, and killed in the line of duty. live at police headquarters, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, one of two teenagers accused of assaulting a park ranger at love park in philadelphia faced a judge today. nineteen year-old curtis tanner has been charged with assault, making terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person. his bail has been set at a quarter million-dollar. also a 17 year-old is facing charges in this videotaped attack. the ranger we're told is recovering from his injuries at home. well, explosives found inside a home in philadelphia's bridesberg neighborhood are harmless,
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police say a grenade and a mortar round were discovered in this home on richmond street this afternoon but those devicees were not active and they have been removing by the bomb squad. septa bus caught fire on penns landing, just before noon today, you're looking at eyewitness cam video that came to us from scott young. the this is route 33 bus, that burst into flames while park at front and chestnut. septa mechanic was heading to the bus to do some work on it when that fire began. no passengers were injured and the driver was taken to the hospital, for observation. police commissioner charles ramsey says he would take part in the conference call with the attorney general eric holder to offer his advice on how to calm the unrest in ferguson, missouri. >> people are getting shot as a result of this. businesses are being burned and looted. it just has to stop. we have to figure out a way to do it. >> reporter: attorney jennies scheduled to visit ferguson thomas the unrest there
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stretches into its sending week. when talking about this situation in ferguson president obama talk about the challenges faced by young african-american men. one local act wrist who spent his life advancing that cause said those upset over deadly shooting in missouri should keep a bigger picture in mine. here's "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson. >> reporter: another day, another night of violence unrest, anger, in ferguson. >> come on man be for real. >> we don't see that same kind of anger which black kids kill black kids. >> reporter: if there is an expert on the problem in progress of black people in philadelphia it is activist bilaal, the head of the several minority advancement organizations since the 1970's. he said for all have of the who will nearing ferguson when a white police officer shot an unarmed black man where is anger for most pervasive crimes blacks have been facing for decade. >> every year 50 percent of all homicides in america are black folks killing black
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folks. so we need to have that kind of anger. >> reporter: but he said the anger starts with the system that perpetuates failure. >> under lining root cause of all this is racist many in america. >> reporter: r word he says, in a country he says still allows education systems to fail and impoverish communities, the challenges mount. >> we have to challenge our behavior which creates the perspective that is black males are criminals. we have to challenge that. at the same time we have to challenge the system for creating the environment that created this activity with blacks killing blacks. >> reporter: bilaal is working with several minority advancement groups with incorporating the president's new initiative called my brother's keepers into looking forward after this incident in ferguson. latest from west philadelphia, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> scott pelley will have latest on the unrest in ferguson tonight on the "cbs evening news", that starts at 6:30 right here after
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"eyewitness news" at 6:00. hackers stole the personal information of millions of patients, some of them believed to be in our area in the delaware valley. hackers hit community health systems which owns hospitals around the country, including brandywine, tannersville regional, phoenixville, chestnut hill, pottstown memorial and memorial hospital of salem county. the personal information stolen includes names and social security numbers but not medical information. if you are impacted at within of these hospitals, the hospital will notify you, within the next couple of days. after years of construction the city of philadelphia is set to unveil a brand new dilworth plaza next month. this area photo you can see the plaza a here on the west side of city hall. it has been under construction now for two and a half years with officials wanting to transform tonight to something more than just concrete. lets take a look at some of the before and after photos if
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we can. well, it does ant peer to be working but we can tell you that it has been pretty much a concrete jungle for some time, now it is looking much more lush and they are ready to put the finish touches. it will boost fountains, cafe, even a skating rink. total cost of the renovation about 55 million-dollar. that reopening is scheduled for september 4th. if it is even possible, taney's quest for a little league world series title hit a new level today. the ace pitcher mone davis is on the cover of the sports illustrated this week and the mother on have this have pitching phenom, can hardly believe her eyes. she talk exclusively with "eyewitness news" reporter pat ciarrocchi. >> she was at front cover right. >> reporter: mone, mone, remember that name, yes, that is mone davis of philadelphia, the girl who plays with the best of the boys, making sports history as the first little leaguer on the cover of
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si. >> every sports she plays such as baseball, basketball and soccer, she dominated it, but i never thought in a million years it within baseball. >> reporter: unbridled attention for her success as a taney dragon and her fierce pitching. >> it takes her two continues to know what the umpire strike zone is. once she get that it is like i feel sorry for the the other team. i feel bad. >> reporter: le keisha is beginning to feel nerve bus tomorrow night's semi final game against las vegas, but as a mom she's also concern about her daughter at an impressionnable age. >> words cannot explain. i'm not scared. i a are think i'm more nervous for her and i believe so because i said philadelphia knew about mone but the whole world know about mone now. i just want her to be a normal 13 year-old child. >> reporter: tough to do when mone is a media star. >> she's trying to cope with the situation and energy
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herself. she don't want at tension no more. >> reporter: mone dominance in basketball fostered her dream to play with the superstars of the university of connecticut. yesterday, connecticut coach geno your emma called mone to wish her well, it is the first conversation and i would bet not the last. in the sat center, i'm pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right pat ciarrocchi, thanks very much. tomorrow is a big day for taney dragons. they will take the field against a team from las vegas at 7:30 tomorrow night. "eyewitness news" will be there in williamsport, we will have live reports, throughout the the day. heading off to college and picking a roommate new has a new social media twist. >> coming up high tech help for temple freshman trying to find the perfect match. >> reporter: philadelphia is ready for some football and eagles and philadelphia police department are trying to make it easier for fans to get home
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after the game, i'm jane carabao in south philadelphia with those details straight ahead. it has been a warm steamy day at least for now but we are tracking rain in the forecast heading our way by even of the week. i'll tell you when it gets here and fit moves out in time for weekend. coming up in sports baseball 101 for ladies and shady mccoy gave everyone a scare missing a couple practices. wait until you hear what coach kelly had to
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it is move in day at temple university. 5,000 returning to campus dorm rooms and they were business today loading up carts, lugging bins full of clothing and other must haves. and to make the transition smoother the school is using a brand new app that helps match students with their roommates it lets student look for compatible roommates by looking at their facebook information and on line profiles. temple is among the first school to use this app, some 1500 of the 3500 temple freshman decided to give it a shot. the school says that students that use the the app are happier and perform better academically. going to the eagles game
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thursday night? there is a new traffic pattern that is designed to help fans get home a little easier. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live outside the link tonight with what we all need to know, hi jan. >> reporter: hi tie an a, that is right, birds are back on thursday for their first home preseason game. that is when they will take on the pittsburgh steelers at 7:30 right here at the link. a lot of excite b. that here tonight even though phillies fans are cheering on at the sports complex. you know what in one is looking forward to what will inevitably become a huge traffic jam after the game, so the eagles and philadelphia police department are now tweaking some of their traffic patterns in the hopes of keeping their masses moving. tailgating for phillies, still rules the city of brotherly love for now but these fans are ready for some football and as team prepares to play in front of the home crowd for the first time this season the eagles with philadelphia police are trying to minimize the traffic headaches for fans, leaving the the sports
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complex once the game is over. >> nightmare, everybody is aggressive and everybody wants to be where they want to be and people are confusing they don't know which way they are supposed to be going. >> it is really hard. >> reporter: how long does it take sometimes. >> we're talking hours. >> reporter: tuesday eagles a announce aid new traffic pattern starting this season that will get fans home faster. officials warn you may be direct on to a route you are in the used to taking but they say patterns are specifically design to efficiently distribute traffic out of the sports complex. meanwhile officials are encouraging fans to get comfortable with the new patterns before game day by reviewing these new maps. they provide an exit strategy for every parking lot including a color coordinated route with step by step directions. >> it would be nice to get out of here. >> we heard it from the the inside, i would cheer outside, that is the basic way you have to beat it out the door. >> reporter: you can always do that leave early but where is fun in that. make sure you keep your phone
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handy or look at these maps at cbs philly.com. for the first few weeks parking lot attendant will be handing out hard copies as well. live from south philadelphia, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and it looks like nice weather out there at the link where she was standing. beautiful evening in atlantic city. look at this shot the sunnies still shining. blue skies, beach looks empty right the now, although i wouldn't adverse to a late evening walk on the san. it looks beautiful out there tonight. another spot where it looks beautiful off to the west in kutztown. kutztown area middle school 80 degrees right now. a few fair weather clouds, you can see kids playing soccer, beautiful, bucolic sight in kutztown. we are awaiting the arrival of the next storm system pushing through the great lakes. it will get here. the nice dry weather we have had since this past weekend, unfortunately will not be around for much longer, thursday into friday, is when some showers will start to invade. in the meantime it is warm ape bit more humid then we are
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used to this august. 83 degrees at the airport right now. eighty-three reading and allentown. cooler down the shore. 77 degrees ocean water keeping temperatures in the 70's along the coast. hate about than nice for august. you can see our temperatures 81 saturday. eighty-four on sunday. we will get up to 83 yesterday. today slightly above average. it is only our third day this month in above average. that tells you how cool it has been. throughout tonight we should keep things quiet, tomorrow same story, maybe a couple of showers by thursday morning off to the west even in the evening showers off to the west, tomorrow. but it is thursday afternoon we will see showers and storms break out in the western suburbs. they will continue in the evening hours and watch as this rain starts to push east in the city and shore by tomorrow morning and it will hang around as that front stalls into friday afternoon. not a great friday for any of us. again lets go back to the surface map to see showers invade ago long that stationary boundary by later in the week. enjoy tomorrow while you can because it doesn't look so great on thursday and friday.
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lets look at the the taney dragons. they are in williamsport. they have a better chance for shower or thunderstorm tomorrow evening as they take on the team from las vegas at 7:30 in the evening. overnight tonight in the city, pennsylvania partly cloudy, muggy. 67 degrees. the partly sunny, humid, seasonal for your wednesday. eight is five your high. here is you're witness weather seven day forecast and shore cast. stays cool down the shore. seventy's until next tuesday. in the city shower or storm on thursday. friday a chance for couple showers especially later in the day. high only 80. we will keep it cool, partly sunny and highs near 80 both saturday and sunday and it looks like more sunshine will help us warm up early next week. after we get through thursday still in days above average in that seven day forecast. >> enjoy it. >> okay. >> thanks, kate. we have a rush hour spell, that is still all over center city philadelphia take a look at vine street expressway westbound towards schuylkill or eastbound toward i-95 we
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are delayed. we are delayed on the schuylkill itself and taking a look at our wide it is still rush hour. twenty-two is your average on 95. we have a phillies game tonight in south philadelphia. jim i buff net new jersey a lot of folks doing traveling look at that red on the eastbound side of 76 not great, 24 is your average on the blue route and watch out still for a very serious accident on the roosevelt boulevard northbound at c street. this is in the outer drive, so you will need to give yourself more time. stick to the inner drive if i were you. mass transit look look looks good things on the new jersey are slow on the 55, 295 it could be a lot worse. stay with us on cbs-3
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answer. his answer tongue and cheek. >> i don't think he will ever play again. >> he is fine. he practiced fully yesterday. he is fine. it is not as big of an issue as everybody has made it out to be. >> meantime birds announced they will release linebacker jason phillips. taney dragons get one more day of practice before their next game in the little league world series run, thrilling even to the last game, they won with a walk off single and throwing error, ace pitcher mone davis and her 70-mile an hour fast ball get start tomorrow night at 7:30. a win puts them in the u.s. championship game on saturday. you know, we sometimes don't give ladies enough credit, women are some of the biggest sports fans in the city. today phillies hosted a baseball 101 clinic and lunch just for women. they got to play the game, ask had questions and had a surprise meet and greet with third base man codey ash. >> very, very exited to meet
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the player obviously and have a chance to be on the feel. they have a lot of questions. great day for the entire front office, and we pull from different areas to talk about what they do with the fill is. >> proceeds benefit phillies charities. now so it is something to remember wake up with me i'm filling in for angelo cataldi on sports radio wip on the morning show. i will be at it looking for your calls. we will talk sports.
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well, thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 o'clock tonight, we will return at 10:00 o'clock on our sister station the cw philly and then we're back here at cbs-3 at 11:00. "cbs evening news" comes your way next tonight after another police shooting near st. louis, that region remains on edge, plus, inside the weather system that has been pounding the southwest, scott
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pelley, reports, from new york. >> pelley: tonight, another police shooting in the st. louis area. officials appeal for peace. >> these criminal acts came from a tiny minority of lawbreakers. >> pelley: but there's another night of street violence in ferguson. vladimir duthiers and mark strassman are on the story. torrential rain and then raging floodwaters in the desert southwest. john blackstone with some dramatic rescues. holly williams on a warning that the african elfants' days are numbered. >> reporter: this is the trade that's killing elfants by the tens of thousands. >> pelley: and in a world of violence, don dahler finds folks planting the seeds of peace. >> i think we can solve this conflict. i believe there will be peace. >> reporter: you do have hope? >> yes.
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