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♪ >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> right now at 11:00, a warning for women targeted in two separate incidents. then this man may have known he was too drunk to drive, but his choice of designated driver will leave you stun. >> but first a matter of inches. a stray bullet pierces the wall of a house and comes dangerously
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close to a toddler's crib. >> good evening, i'm jessica dean. chris may is off tonight. tonight we see just how close and just how lucky that child was. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carrabeo in darby borough as police search for two shooters. jan. >> jessica, darby police are still searching for the suspects they believe to be responsible for this shooting. they say the suspects are two men in their late teens to early 20s. meanwhile, police have been going door door in this area hasn'ting out these flyers in it saying how concerned they are about the shooting. but also looking for eyewitnesses. they need leads. they need tips and now they're pleading for the public's help. much too close for comfort here in darby borough. a bullet pieces window on the five hadn't doctored block of walnut street makes its way through an apartment wall and march roll miss as three year old asleep in his crib. >> that was migrate grandson if he would have stood up he might not be here today. >> reporter: janice davis is not only family, she's president
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of the darby bee borrow council. >> i don't weren't to see anybody get hurt. >> her great-grandson wasn't hurt. but neighbors who live near fifth and wall net streets are becoming all too accustomed to hearing gunshots. >> recently, it's been like the okay coral. it's horrible around who are. last night about 11:00 o'clock i heard six gunshots. >> reporter: at least one of those shots hit here at the boat house apartments. >> i would have woke up to one of my kids not breathing. you understand what i'm saying. >> reporter: but many people could have been caught in the crossfire. police say the shots were fired from a block away. >> people fire weapons and don't understand where that round is going to go after they fire it. if the child stands up the child is hit or if the bullets 10-inches lower the child is hit. >> reporter: this close call has community now worried about what's neck. >> i never experienced anything like that. it's really shocking. >> it's scary. you're not safe in your bed at night. >> got to be a better way we can work thing out besides using a gun. >> reporter: it really is startling.
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just how close this bullet came to hitting the child in this crib. the bullet got lodged in a dee humidifier in the child's room. now police are still investigating this shooting they're also investigating a homicide that happened just about a week ago in this same area. they're looking to see if the two are connected. in the meantime if you have any information about this shooting, give police a call. reporting in darby borough jan carrabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness new news". >> thank you. breaking right now at 11:00 former nbi director louis freeh is in the hospital tonight airlift to do a hospital in new hampshire with serious injuries after car crash in vermont. investigators say the appears free drove off the road and hit a tree. we don't yet know why that happen. free was herd by penn state to examine how the school handle the the jerry sandusky case. >> a warning from police tonight for women who live and work in north philadelphia. a 19 year old told police she was indecently assaulted while
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walking to the bus stop in the 100 block of west dauphin street. now that happened last thursday afternoon. then yesterday about a mile away 26 year old woman reported a man tried to force her into an alley north what's streets and tried to get her to have sex with him. he did run away when she started screaming. police do not believe the same man is responsible but they do say women need to take extra precautions. new tonight two people were rushed to the hospital after a fire at a row home in philadelphia's spring garden neighborhood. "eyewitness news" at 12th and mount vernon as firefighters tried to fight the smoke pour out of the second floor l the two people injured were taken to hahnemann university hospital. no word tonight on their conditions and the cause of that fire is now under investigation. >> it is an incredible story of survival. two people survived this crash of a mosquito spraying chopper in south jersey. that chopper went down just feet from a school and homes in cape may courthouse. "eyewitness news" reporter todd
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quinones is there with where the investigation stands tonight. todd? >> reporter: broken up helicopter remains right where it crashed landed investigates will try to piece together what led to the hard landing monday. >> the the noise got louder and louder and louder. something has got to be wrong because it's getting real loud. >> reporter: the helicopter crashed a few yards away from donald's home. >> sounded like somebody was cutting brush with a big brush cutter but it was really scary the noise. such a loud noise. >> reporter: pilot and passenger on board at the time were doing weekly mosquito observations in the salt marsh prior to the crash. they had taken off and landed several times with no problems but when they started to head back to the base, the pilot identified as 54 year old don company neck knee heard a bank and began losing altitude. he aimed for the sports field. >> i took up and saw the helicopter take a turn and saw the blade hit the top of tree and saw stuff flying through the air. >> several people ran to the field to see if everyone on
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board was okay. >> the pilot was standing above his passenger and just sort of standing there but the passenger was on the ground. he was trying get up and we just made him lay down. just stay down till we can get the emergency and my office we called 911 right away. >> reporter: passenger was mosquito inspector ryan richie. officials say it could have been a lot worse especially considering where the helicopter landed just before 11:00 monday morning. >> you can see this is soccer field. it's not unusual for this to be occupied by some of our student athletes. >> reporter: both men were rushed to an area hospital. both of them are going to be just fine. they were treated and released today from the hospital. reporting from cape may courthouse, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> the city of philadelphia will salute the taney dragons in their run in the little league world series with a parade. powered in part by the pitching mo'ne davis the dragons made the to u.s. championship semi final round. philadelphia was the first -- taken in was the philadelphia
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team to reach the series. the parade will be at 2:00 p.m. at 20th and mark around city hall and down south broad it will make its first stop at the kimmel center for a philly pops performance then a second at broad and washington for a mummers performance before finishing at fdr park. the phillies will honor the dragons before wednesday night's game at citizens bank park. police say when an upper darby man realized he was too drunk to drive he had his eight year old nephew take the wheel. 58 year old clarence hairston is behind bars tonight. an officer noticed his car swerving saturday afternoon and was shocked to see the man holding a beer with his feet on the pedals and the boy on his lap doing his best to steer. there was another child riding unrestrain in the back seat. the suspect police say was babysitting when all this happ happen. >> i would rather have seen the kid take the car and driveway i was than have the 5884 old uncle pushing the gas and hitting the
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brac while the eight years old was steering the wheel. the opener of the car was so drunk he couldn't get out of the car without assistance. >> he has been charged with dui and other offenses. he remains in jail unable to post bail. >> mother is pleading for the hit-and-run driver to come. kevin was hit last night along sicklerville road in gloucester township. the 23 year old was walking home from his job at a pizza shop. he suffered a punctured lung and has multiple broken bones. he could be hospitalized for months. his mother says he remembers being hit. >> he actually said that he was crossing the road and he felt as if the car was trying to speeding up to hit him. >> trent called the pizza shop for help after getting hit by the car. they then called nip 11 much police have no surveillance video. no witnesses and no description of the vehicle making the public's help that much more important.
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meanwhile, philadelphia police have charg charged brianr with murder and related offens offenses. he is the frankford homeowner who told police he shot and killed a man he thought was trying to break into his pick up. that shooting happened late thursday night the 4500 block of torresdale avenue. bauer claims he shot that man in self-defense. >> today the family of michael brown said goodbye but vowed to keep his fight forgoes toy alive. seven. >> brown's family sat in the front row at today's funeral. more than 4,000 people were in attendance. some entered with their hands up become a symbol of the protests since brown was shot and killed by police two week ago. notice attendance say browns story will not be forgotten. >> he wanted to have a family. he wanted to be good father, but god chose differently. and i'm at peace about that. because he's not a lot of soul. his death is not in vain. >> michael brown does not want to be remembered for riots.
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he wants to be remembered as the one that made america deal with how we going to police in the united states. >> a grand jury is now in the process of reviewing evidence to determine if charges should be filed against officer darrin wilson who's the officer who shot brown. there's also a federal investigation into that case. there is a new push to push back the school bell. so what time should school start? also ahead exclusive video of a wrong way driver on one of the area's busiest roads. kathy? >> hurricane cristobal is going to be hundreds of miles away from the jersey shore as it rounds bermuda. so why be concerned down the shore? i'll explain coming up. >> and a high-tech twist on sidewalk shopping. see why you never even have to step inside to buy what you like on the mannequin,. and trade rumors surround backup quarterback mark sanchez. we'll tell you what he has to say about staying here in phil
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>> check out this stunning piece of exclusive "eyewitness news" video. this shows a driver heading the wrong way on the schuylkill expressway. the car was traveling west in the eastbound lanes. we're told this happened near south street early this morning. state troopers believe that driver got off at the next exit and amazingly no body was injured. lots left to clean up tonight after the strongest earthquake to hit northern california in 25 years. earlier today inspectors fanned out across napa valley placing red tags on buildings too dangerous to enter. the magnitude 6.0 quake followed by 70 small after shocks. nap at a valley suffered an estimated $1 billion in property damage. >> and nap at a valley is the heart of california's 13th billion dollars wine industry. wine makers there were supposed to start harvesting their grapes this week. some have to put those plans on hold while they mop up this mess
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left by the quake much it's a sight that will make wine lover cry. some parts of wine country flooded in red wine. this cell phone video crack in a storage tank causing hundreds of gallons of wine to spill out. >> it puts a lump in your throat, you know, that there's that much going down the drain and not down yours. report tom skinner showed the damage in his storage room. >> you can see here where the barrels are broken open. >> reporter: about 25 barrels of wine physical off the racks. many of them full of wine that went down these drains. to give you some perspective, each barrel can fill up to 300 bottles. >> i know that we lost isn't barbera and some vase see, i'm not sure, i don't want to go down there. i want to stay out of because some of the barrels are still a little bit on the teetering side. >> reporter: not far away monacello vineyards also sustained some damage. their sign broken.
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you can see some of the racks holding the barrel are leaning against other racks. at a storage facility near downtown about 50 barrels of wine fell to the ground a complete loss. at silver oaks hundreds of bottles of wine shattered. these reserve wines were among the most prized at the silver okay winery meant only for vips and special tastings. david duncan president of silver oaks says each bott physical in this room is priceless. >> they're very special unique reference wines and we don't sell them. they're not available, and so to lose them they're gone forever. >> at this winery three barrels of wine were also damaged containing nearly $100,000 of premier vintage. and for many of the other wineries in vinyards damage extends far beyond that. to give you some perspective on the importance of this area rock by that is quake take a look at this. the napa valley produces 17% of the nation's wine and the wine produced in this one part of the country contributes $50 billion to the us economy.
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on the health watch tonight, a new study from penn suggests medical marijuana laws may have unexpected benefits. the study found state thats allow medical marijuana tend to have fewer painkiller related deaths. deaths for vyke codeine, percocet and oxy condone was 25% lower in states that allow medical marijuana. new jersey allows some use of medical marijuana. pennsylvania does not. >> also on the health watch tonight, do you sometimes wake up confused maybe you answered the phone thinking you're turning off the alarm? >> it could be that you suffer from sleep drunk can'tness. a new study reveals the disorder affects one in seven americans. and experts say sleep drunke drunkenness receives considerably less attention than sleep walking. even though the consequences can be just as serious. >> and now to the debate over when that school bell some ring. the american academy of pediatrics is pushing for a later start to the school day for middle school and high school students. it says only 13% of teens get
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the optimal amount of sleep that's between about 8.5 and 9.5 hours. the panel of researchers suggests middle and high school students start their day no earlier than 8:30 a.m. >> getting less sleep is associated with poor grades, with lower performance on standardized tests. across the board, we see whole host of very negative consequences. >> it is estimated only 15% of high schools start at 8:30 or later. 40% start earlier than 8am. well, sidewalk shopping has whole new meaning thanks to new mannequins that actually sell what they're wearing. some smart mannequins in london's busy shopping district are using cutting edge technology to actuall actually e clothes off their backs. the dummies have sensors that link to a smart phone app to allow customers to shop right there on the sidewalk. >> you open the app and up pops all the mannequins in the wind window. you can see more detailed
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product with prices. you can share with your friends and family. and then you can buy directly from the retailer's website. >> the smart mannequins are always always selling even if the store is closed all you have to do is point your phone at the window and you click to have the item shipped to you. technology is supposed to hit stores in america this fall. >> this is dangerous, jessica. >> i know. yes. i want to know are the return so easy. >> is there free shipping. >> that would be nice. >> kind of like the weather lately. >> fantastic. great weather to be outside. you have to love it. the first part of the summer started off a little bit slow. now we're talking about great comfortable weather. summer will return for a brief encore. take a look outside. eighths great night to be outdoors in the city. here's a look from the camden side of the river heading over towards philadelphia. to the shore in atlantic city where the steel pier still hopping at this late hour. life neighbor network takes to
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us boardwalk plaza in rehoboth beach, delaware. the temperature 70 want a beautiful end to the day. bright lights went on folk still on the boards even tonight. storm scan3 showing few clouds earlier today dissipating with mainly clear sky anticipated as high pressure sits right over us tonight. it will be comfortable. temperatures falling already. allentown 67. 69 in reading. 60 in the pock nose. 74 in philadelphia. 64 at the airport in atlantic city. some 9 miles inland but because that ocean water is so warm right at the beach in ocean city it is 71. barnegat light 74. cape may checking in at 70 degrees. we will watch as fair weather high pressure drifts off the coast tomorrow. tuesday even warmer with plenty of sun much as the front approaches from the northwest it's going squeeze all this wa warmtwarmth up eastern seaboard. 99 degrees for wednesday the for since earlier this month only the second 90-degree day so far this month and usually we have about six. so we're below average in the
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heat department. ing see cristobal well off the coast but it still will be impacting our shore points over the course of this week i'll talk about that in a second. for your thursday, high pressure moves in from the great lakes it will be refreshing northwesterly breezes. plenty of deep blue sky and temperatures once again in the 80s. if you pick this week for vacation you pick a good one. now even though the hurricane will be hundreds of miles away, we have the risk of rip currents dangerous rip currents for at least the next two days down the shore and along our delaware beaches. overnight it will be clear but comfortable. the low 64. tuesday lots of sun, warming up, 88. and the heat will be on even down the shore. the high temperature tuesday 82. the uv index still at nine with that strong summer sunshine. the rip current risk will be moderate it will go high even though that storm is very far away for your wednesday. uv inn.com high. the item which are warms so please only go into the water when those guards are on duty and normally it's until about 5:30 in the evening. on the exclusive "eyewitness
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weather" seven day forecast and shore cast, we hit 90 wednesday. then a front comes through went night with a few showers. thursday looks refreshing. friday looks great as well. saturday is dry. sunday could be a little wet. jury still out on that labor day on monday 82 with just a chance of a shower labor day already. >> i can't believe it. >> where did that summer go? >> yeah. just zipped by. a lot of sports fans are marking down the dates on the calendar. very excited for football to begin. we've heard a lot of buzz lately and eagles backup mark sanchez respond to go trade rumors but the phillies looking for back to back wins opening a three game home stand with the nationals. sports
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>> the phillies opening a three game series again the red hot nationals tonight. aj burnett on the mound for the phils. phils get on the board first. bottom of the fourth dom brown with that single to center. that will score ryan howard and
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just like that one to nothing phils. they would double that lead the very neck inning. codey asche got all of this one much that is a solo shot to right feel. ninth of the year that. will put the phils up two to nothing. a very strong outing for aj burnett who went seven innings holding washington to just one run on three hits. struck out a season high 12 batters. jonathan papelbon holding on for the save tonight. the phils were able to win this 13 to two. they've won three of their last four. so more than 15 games back in the nl east. >> the eagles back on the practice field today getting ready for that last preseason game again the jets thursday night. back up quarterback mark sanchez has the topic of trade rumors sin the rams lost their starter for the season. he is happy here as backup to nick foles. he's in the looking to leave. >> like i said, i'm not even worried about it. i have plenty of things to correct foot work wise, you know, studying mastering the system, i got long way to go.
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we'll just keep plugging away and get ready for help these guys that are playing on thursday for the jets. i'm not going to deal with hypes. i an eagle. i love being an eagle much that the really all i'm going to say about it. >> the starters will not see any action thursday. one position to watch very closely will be kicker alex henry struggled and birds brought in codey park key the two split kicking duties thursday night. matt barkley and dj kenny will split the quarterback. the week of preparation we've had a good week so far with the guys that will be playing on thursday and we've got a lot of good looks with the jets will be doing. so it's a good feeling. just knowing that what you're getting into and i'm excited for thursday night for what we can do. >> special note tomorrow morning you can listen to our sports director beasley reece with the morning team over on our sister station 94 wip. beas will be filling in for angelo. the show start at 5:30 a.m.
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♪ >> the 66th annual emmy awards held tonight in los angeles and some of the night's biggest winners can be seen right here on cbs-3 every week. jim parsons won for best lead actor in a comedy fort big bang theory. allison jannie pick up a supporting actor tress in comedy emmy for mom. and julianne in a marl goalies wouldn't lead actress in the drama series the good wife. amazing race taking home an emmy for the competition reality program. congratulations to all the winners and don't forget you can watch them right here. we'll be right back.
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>> thanks for watching cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00. we're back tomorrow morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and erika von tiehl. for lesley, kathy and everyone here i'm jessica dean. you can always find us at cbsphilly.com. the late show with david letterman is next. tonight' guest a michael fer r
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