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and grab jewelry heist at a local mall caught on camera. >> three on bail, a church official accuse of of covering you have child sexual abuse is released from business, what's next for william lynn >> at one local national night out gathering the k9 officers stole the show, those stories and more. we begin with major surrounding surrounding the death penalty in delaware. i'm jessica dean. >>, the delaware's death penalty law is uncrush. crucial. tropical depression is more on what the ruling means, trang >>j this is huge deal as current days where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty must be recharged. this decision comes on the heels of a u.s. supreme court decision that struck down a similar law in florida. >> a big victory for advocates against the death penalty. the states highest court decided
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that delaware's law is uncrucial. founded delaware citizens posed to the death penalty 24 years ago. you just have to keep on hoping and working and keeping true to your beliefs. >> reporter: the first state one of you don't have the three states that allow judges to override juries and sentence defendants to it death penalty. delaware also doesn't require juries to be unanimous when recommending a death penalty. these two things the supreme court rules violates citizens sixth amendment rights >> you should have is a jury of your peers. >> reporter: public defender successfully argued the case >> this is where the jurors have a chance to take a to step back or forward or a. >> the legislature would have to pass an entirely new law for the death penalty to be an option moving forward. . >> it's up to the state to
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decide how they want to proceed. >> reporter: most people we spoke to in wilmington sporty getting rid of the death penalty. this man a former inmate himself sees it differently. >> i believe individuals that are full guilty deserve what they get. but the individuals who are innocent should have a chance to prove themselves to regret away from the death penalty. >> reporter: it's not quite a done deal. state can appeal. a spokes woman for the attorney general of office said the d o j is reviewing the decision. >> and delaware governor jack markell said in the statement that he applauds. the last time they executed a inmate was in 2012. trang do. cbs3. handling of sexual abuse claims in the philadelphia archdiocese, a judge today released lin from a wayne county
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prison days after the state supreme court threw out his conviction, the high court found lynn trial judge allowed too many victims not directly tide to the case to testify. his conviction has been overturned twice, he has served nearly three years. monsignor lynn was at the center of all the evidence. is it possible others could have been charged? the grand jury thought there was not sufficient evidence to charge others e continues to wants to beat up on this guy and i think we all know where we stood, meaning where lynn stood in this hierarchy. >> reporter: his to defense attorneys maintain he was justify following orders and never touch add child. if lynn is convicted he could only be sentenced to complete the three months left. three people will go to trial in connection with the discovery of 12 girl inside a feasterville home.
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formally amish are accused of gifting their daughter, they say kaplan began having sex with the girl when she was 14 and fathered two children with her. the girl is now 18. a reported child abuse led police to his home back in june. at least two dozen members turn out. the men jobbed a jewelry store. surveillance inside the store captured the robbery. three men entering the store dressed in black. smashed the glass tables. police say they got away with about tu re $10,000 worth of items. in campaign 16, donald trump says he's refusing to endorse health speaker paul ryan or john mccaine in theory election efforts. meantime, at a trump rally a
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veteran gave trump his purple heart. the purple heart is awarded to troops wounded in combat. >> he says that's my purple heart. i have real confidence in you. i said that's a big step. i always wanted to get the purple heart of the this was much easier. at that same rally, trump asked a woman with a crying baby to leave the room. he initially said the crying was fine then reversed himself. president obama weighed in on trump. >> i've been i think it's republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week. he keeps on proving it. >> trump opponent spent the day in rhode island for major democratic donor and fund-raiser. of she spent the evening in colorado in a ranch near aston.
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fall out from the e-mail scandal. the ceo and two other top staffs resigned. hillary clinton over barnes, the scandal forced debbie wasserman schultz to ryan. now in the dnc is over. eyewitness got an exclusive look at the process on final night. workers stood by ready to take part. some of the work was completed by the start of the next day. >> the gavel went down, we have teams of people already placed to start pulling things down inside the production team was ready to go and by, i'd say by midnight that night, i'd say ten percent of the workers were done. >> workers have until august 19th to finish cleaning up. next scheduled event is a barbara stray stand concert. after 33 careers on the job, new york's top cop calls eight career. earlier today during a news
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conference, bill bratton snouns re announced he'll retire. brat don denied the timing has anything to do with an ongoing corruption investigation >> a philadelphia firefighter who died in the line duty was laid to rest today. ♪ you "eyewitness news" at the church for funeral church of gabriel lee, the 42-year-old died while working the night shift july 23rd. fire commissioner adam teal and jim kenney delivered remarked. >> the best thing that any firefighter can have said about them is the day where the firefighters, i just want to say to the strong, brave, handsome gabriel lee, rest in peace, my friend, we'll see you again soon. he was a 17 year veteran of
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the philadelphia fire department. communities across the nation are celebrating national night out in philadelphia taking part. eyewitness where mayor jim kenney were both in tendency. neighbors line the streets and participated in a parade organized by the police department. mayor kenney posed for pictures. the national night out celebration continues across the bridges. david spunt visitored south jersey where the k9s got in on the action. >> it's a night to bring police officers and neighbors together and while tens of thousands are celebrating across the country. police put on quite a show. k9 officers showed off their talents to a pleased crowd. the dogs a playful. they love seeing the dogs
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playing. it's a game they love it. >> reporter: national night out also brought some family fund a way to enjoy time with police officers. >> live around the corner big fans of evesham police. the kids of camden came out to meet with police officers. the kids are no strangers to the police department >> i think that is really cool they like to help the community and stuff and keep us safe. >> reporter: police officers are happy, longer shifts for a night like this to connect with public they serve, to change minds and stereo types you want a them to grow up learning police officers are part of the community. our philosophy is engagement,
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constant interaction. >> reporter: david spunt cbs3 eyewitnessi zika continues to spread in south florida. still ahead, states around the country are beefing up prevention efforts, find out what's happening right now in new york city to fight zika. what's in a name? the jersey shore town that wants to go back in town to get a find. if i'm feeling great. temperatures dropped and the humidity has as well but it is august. i'll tell you when the heat and humidity will return and when storms make it back into the forecast as well. it could lead to at a grouped breaking change in the catholic church, the move pope francis that could one day allow women to serve in a role that's now only given to men.
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cases of zeka virus likely transmitted by infected mosquitoes in the miami florida area. the spread of virus is now prompting officials to step up mosquito efforts in other parts of the country. transition of the zeka virus through mosquitoes bites has occurred in florida but communities around the country are taking action. new york city are using special tablets to skill kill off mosquitoes. standing water is a prime breeding ground. tracks are also spraying to kill mosquitoes in neighborhoods in queens. wednesday in miami, crews will begin aerial spraying of repel
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lineality. cdc is urging pregnant women to avoid the area. it leads to birth defect with unusually small head. >> but the cdc is concerned at the mosquito carrying the zeka virus maying resisting insect sides. president obama urged congress to approve nearly 2 billion dollars to fight zika but lawmakers rest for summer break out taking action. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a tour bus to veer off and crash. the bus was heading from southern california to washington this morning when it hit a highway sign. the pole tore through the middle of the bus. 18 others were injured, some lost implies. the pest control company term next is said to pay a
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delaware family $87 million. they became seriously ill after arriving at their vacation home in st. john last year. term next has admitted they sprayed the home which has been band in 1984. he became paralyzed soon after the incidents. and the two sons normal former athletes can barely move. ground breaking news, pope francis commences a commission that will study the possibility to allow women to serve as deacons in the cath for church. an historic shift for the catholic church which does not or taken women as clergy. >> it's about time. my sister is roman catholic. on a i hope she becomes a deacon >> the archdiocese of philadelphia is urging stating
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the work will take time. most dentists will tell us to floss daily. a new report is questioning that device. research find little proof that flossing works. researchers also say flossing does little for the removal of plaque. the american dental association maintainses it's an essentially part. the town of north wildwood might be getting a new name. a you movement is underway by some to change it back to angle sea. today, city council passed a resolution that a nonbinding referendum be placed on the ballot. the greater wildwood tourism has collected taxes from wildwood, crest.
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angle sea would complicate matters >> is it cleaners at the wildwood? it is. we'll make it work. north wildwood could become the fifth new jersey town in the last 13 years two change name. they have a close encounter with a shark. eyewitness video shows two people got ahold of it in the surf railed it back into the water but not before taking pictures with it. estimated to be about six feet long, no word on what kind of shark but we're told it swam away safely. >> i'm letting it be. >> yes. don't go anywhere near that. >> kate joins us with the forecast. >> it's been awhile since we've been able to flip off the air conditioner open a window and
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let a breeze blow in. now, we've got that. tonight feels pretty great outside. temperatures in the 60, low 70's right now, dropping through the 60's as we go through overnight. lit stay warmer in the city. a beautiful night to be out and about. let's take a look right now take you down the shore. you can see people enjoying this evening, it's getting late, especially for a week night on the boardwalk but there are still some things open and folks walk be the boards enjoying breeze off the relit. you'll be feeling that the next few days, winds out on the east keep it slightly cooler along the coast. you need the sweatshirts. i think i see a few on the ocean city boardwalk. here's a quick look at the time laps. we started off with cloud cover, bit gloomy kept it on the cooler side. humid this morning, once the clouds started to break, sunshine ended up win the battle this afternoon, you can see the sun breaking through. and pretty quickly you get the fair weather consume list
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clouds. it moved from berk to lehigh county. i don't expect anything more in the way of shower or thunderstorm activity tomorrow or thursday. maybe stray on friday. in the meantime we're talking about a cool-down and reduction in humidity we've been asking for the past ten to 14 days. we got outside, 70 in the city. 68 in trenton, 69 in millville and 69 in atlantic city. for several days, due points were in the 70's over the weekend. due points now dropped to the low 60's. this is the measure of how much moisture in the interfere. it's in the humid range but feeling a whole lot better. some spots can cool down to where the due points is. we can see low 60's. that will feel like a nice start. afternoon looks great.
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sunshine temperatures in the 80's, thursday looking good. sunny and seasonal. next front approaches stays on the west on friday, it will kick up a southwest flow. that means more humidity works its way into the area, can't rule out a pop-up afternoon thermometer thunderstorm. this storm tropical storm earl will not have a direct impact if you're heading toward cancun mexico, something to watch. now expected to become a category one hurricane before making land fall along the coast of belize, that will be late wednesday into thursday morning and then weakening but bringing a lot of rain to portions of mexico as well. overnight locally a few clouds, comfortable. 68, overnight low, tomorrow looks great, sunny, 84. 84 sounds amazing after seven straight 90's and all the storms. the shore looks great. poconos looking beautiful at 76,
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"eyewitness news" seven-day forecast. might i say it looks beautiful. in his is the nicest one we've had in a really long time. saturday a few scattered afternoon thunderstorms, a brief return. sunny seasonal and august treating us great. >> there you go. >> don what's coming up next in sports >> if you're a eagles fan, this story is now, tony row mes, which i can what the cowboys quarterback is saying about the haters. a night to remember.
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honorary, on the second day each month, the game speak for itself. south philly the phillies hosting madison and giants san francisco in first place, phils up 3-0, maikel franco a three run home run. phillies up, angel, a two-run shot. the giant. up the million middle it goes. altherr, the chopper up the gut it goes, odubel is in and the phils on top again, cameron rupp steps up opposite field, a grown man three-run shot and the phillies in a see saw battle beating the giants 13 to 8.
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>> it was good to see fireworks. we hit him pretty good. after that six run lead and lost it. it's tough. you got to win a game when you go up six runs but the guys really battled back and hit a heck of a good job >> one of the most entertaining games of year for sure. netflix, laundry or reservations for two. the eagles are in chill mode having a day after from training camp, tomorrow they will get back to work. they will be wearing full pads in five of their next six practices. doug pederson says it will be a blank buffed. meanwhile the internet is buzzing about tony romo. here's a picture. some are calling him tony doh, my cliento. he says the picture doesn't reflect what kind of shape he's in
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>> i'm gone through enough criticism. granted if i was that big. have to have some talks, but i think i'm going to be all right. hockey, one team holding an event to entertain it's fans before the season gets underway. they're calling that the throws it in it back of the net >> how the puck stays on there. >> i'm thinking crazy glue >> he gets weird back >> it's kind of ridiculous. >> it is. >> the goalie obviously didn't know. had no clue. >> give him points. >> up next, jugglers fro
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well. captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: let's see what donald trump is saying about hillary clinton now. >> she's devil. >> stephen: i wonder if that's true. amy, you can get me the devil, please? >> hello. >> stephen: thank you! >> she's good. >> stephen: okay, donald trump says hillary clinton is you. >> i'm cool with that. >> stephen: wait, wait, you are? >> yeah, i mean, we don't agree on everything, but you have to admit her nomination is historic. i feel like i'm part of something. wait, has anyone cop pairld me to trump? >> stephen: no, not that i'm aware of. >> good, i may be prince of lies, but i pay my
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