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>> right now at 11:00 a closer
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look at hist rip and eyewitness news gets exclusive glimpse of artifacts uncovered at centur century-old burial ground in old city. >> and paying a premium is dog food worth the extra money. what you should be look fog when shopping for your pet. but first. >> and it was the worst absolutely the worst thing to ever see as a mom. >> and a mother watches the video helplessly. her 17-year-old son attacked at a subway septa station. we're hearing from the teenager and what he says led to this violent brawl. >> i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington and that happened in center city race and vine. >> alexandra hof is live with the one victim's story. >> first of all no arrests have been maids but police are extremely close to identifying each and every suspect involve involved.
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>> snowballs thrown on the street after school thursday snowballed into a violent underground brawl. >> my one friend said stop throwing snow. >> the string theory charter student who asked he not show his face said he and classmates attempted to flee confrontation by headed down to the race vine on septa broad street line. unfor the alternately those throwing the know balls got there first. >> there were 30 or so there and we tried our best. >> he september me a text saying he was juneed and on the subway home and then before i got to see him, someone had sent me this video of it and the world stopped turning. in a blue and gray sweatshirt jar said seen pleaing with alleged attackers as his friend and swarmed and attacked. >> my priority was getting them off him before seriously
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injured. >> he was on the ground and ticked and then you see your son go down. i want justice. >> and the parents met with investigators who say they are closing in on eight people wan wanted in connection to the fight. >> and you watched brutality here and like where are these people from? >> three teens were injured. >> and you see seven people attacking my son, i wanted to go through whatever video screen i was watching. >> reporter: she and victims have been receiving threats via social media but refuse to live in fear. rotting live. alexandria hof, eyewitness news. >> aex, thank you. police are investigating the burglary of lawncrest julie store the suspect got away with $1 million in julie. thieves broke into kim time jewelry overnight and they got in through the roof of the business next door and trained sights on the store's safe. the owner says this is the second time this year the
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business has been burglarized. i try to call up now you know but i have to stand up. >> and police say it is likely that more than one suspect is involved. >> and update to a story eyewitness news first brought you earlier this month and hundred of graves unearthed at old city construction site. tonight we're giving you an exclusive look at the remains. david spunt live in old city with a story you'll see only on contribution 3, david. >> jessica it's construction site behind me now and from 17 1707 until last week it was a historic burial ground. tonight archologists are continuing their work to try to find out exactly more information about this site. >> crews found 77 coffins and hundreds of remains deep underground at 218 arch street and the site will soon be a
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posh apartment complex. we were invite add long as archologists and students began work on the remains. some, more than 300 years old. >> we had about a week to get all the remains out. it was very much a salvage operation. >> kimberly moran is attorney sick orkologist with rutgers in camden and she's overseeing the project. >> we tried as much as possible to get people out whole and if we could get entire coffins out intact that's what we timed do. >> out of the hundreds of remains moran's team found 77 coffins in great shape and nearly 150 bodies out of coffins and intact. and pal ina captive is an archology inturn and getting quite the training. >> we want to know about our ancestors and how they lived their life and want to return them back to their families and if living relatives let them know. >> this was once a baptist burial ground from 1707 to 1860 the year the bodies were supposed to be moved to another
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cemetery if philadelphia and someone didn't do their job and hundred were forgotten since 1860. >> sweetest part will be when we reinter everyone and reunite the families that's a huge part of the remains. >> hundred of bones will be individually photographed and cataloged before being bur yesterday. and then philadelphia's earliest residents can timely rest in peace. >> it's not every day you're able to on a window into the past as we are. >> we found them now and hopefully we can tell the stor story. >> kimberly moran and her team want to find descendants if possible and meanwhile those remains will be re buried mount mariah cemetery in philadelphia and where they were supposed to be burried in 1860. reporting live tonight, david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thanks so much. president trump surprise back in washington tonight after a stop in ken condition for a campaign style rally. in testimony on capitol hill today the fbi director
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confirmed the bureau is investigating possible ties between the president's campaign associates and russian government operatives. a packed house enthusiastically welcomed president trump top louisville monday night. >> we're in the heartland of america. and there is no place i would rather be than here with you tonight. >> president departed washington hours after fbi director james comey confirmed the fbi is investigating possible trump campaign ties to russian interference in the 2 2016 presidential campaign. and comey also refuted mr. mr. trump's claim president obama spied on him. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> confirmation hearing also got underway for judge neil gorsuch and the president's choice to fill the supreme court seat vacated by antonin scalia. during the campaign style rally he asked reporters to put pressures on senators to confirm gorsuch. >> i urge members of both
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parties to swift lay proof his nomination. he is outstanding man. >> president's first big legislative test comes thursday when the house votes on the gop plan to replace obamacare. >> this is our long awaited chance to finally get rid of obamacare. >> mr. trump also vow todd keep terrorists ouvrt u.s. despite a court challenge on latest executive order on immigration. >> and the courts are not making it easy, folks. >> monday's rally was the president's third since his up august ration. >> president trump surprise expected to visit call toll hill tomorrow to make in person pitch for gop plan to replace the affordable care act. >> electronic devices are being banned into units. airlines that fly non stop from eight countries in the middle east and africa to the u.s. must force passengers to check devices larger than cell phones including laptops and tablets. sources tell cbs news there say
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threat but it's not specific. at this point, we don't know which countries are affected and it's unclear how long that ban will last. a jury hand select has been selected in the trial of graham spanier. his response to the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandle put children at risk. and he now faces child endangerment and other charges. two other former penn state officials have pleaded guilty in the case. they are expected to testify during spanier's trial tomorrow four alternate jurors will be seated and opening statements will begin. >> residents in philadelphia's manayunk section are upset forever a proposal to build a apartment complex that would eliminate hundred of parking space as i developer is planning to turn st. mary assumption church to 100 unit apartment complex with 132 parking spaces for tenants. community leaders say it would wipe out a chunk of neighborhood parking. >> the loss this parking lot represents about 30% of the
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pashing in the neighborhood. so it's a big hit. >> and others feel the move may force a nearby community september to shut its doors. and some of the only revenue is t receives comes from renting out facilities for event. >> straight ahead at 11:00 we're dishing over dog food. >> and high end versus mass market brands. is organic, free range or natural dog food worth the extra money. looking into the best openings for your dog's health and your waelt. >> and plus a special thank you after a special delivery. how a local couple honored paramedics who helped deliver the baby boy. kate. >> today the first day of spring was on target temperature-wise this time of year and that's about to chang change. temperatures go way down and then start to climb way up. i'll tell you when we can be in the 20s and then when temperatures could approach 70. >> and mystery solved tom brady super bowl jersey is found and where it was located and what
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else was discovered that's when where it was located and what else was discovered that's when eyewitness news
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>> dangers of drowsey driving. this are more than 1 million crashes every year because drivers fall asleep. the agency is now pushing for changes, including more signs warping of the danger and it's also calling for more states to pass laws that punish drivers who dose off at the wheel. and some auto makers including mercedes and ford have systems that read your steering habits and can defect when you're drowsey. >> and a warning for dog owners, blue buffalo is recal
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recalling one of its products due to potential health risk. cans of blue willederness rocky mountain recipe red meat dinner for adult dogs are being recalled and they may continue elevated levldz of naturally occurring beef thyroid hormones and that could cause weight loss and increased heart rate and vomiting and even more health issues in dogs. and the recall was 12.5 ounce cans have a best buy date of june 7, 20 19. >> and now premium dog froodz more popular than ever and pet owners want to feed their furry friends with best ingredient. >> is the high end food worth. it greg is here with a look at that. >> greg. >> nicole, jessica. if you fwhuk a pet shop and read packaging on dog food you may thoou think you're at five star restaurant. grain free, locally sourced. certified beef. it's come quite a ways from kibbles and bits and is it expensive stuff better for
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fido. >> dogs are more than man's best friend. >> she's our only child. >> like a child you probably only want to feed your pooch the best. >> what do you feed your dog. >> i feed them taste of wild orange bags. >> blue buffalo willederness. >> stella and chewyes which is organic raw diet. >> you ask ten vets and you get probably twelve different answers. >> dr. michael cohen operates center city veterinary hospital and says, there's been a lot of change in the pet food industry over the past few decades. >> pretty much any commercial dog food you buy now is going to be balanced for the dog. >> he says the price on owe the bag doesn't really matter. >> i did the math and realized i was spending $3 a day. >> i would say $50, $60. >>fy can spend that on coffee for myself it's okay to spend on my dog. >> yeah definitely he's good. >> fist pump. >> what's important is manufacturer's production quality. >> i go with bigger brands
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that's mostly because we know that they're sourcing materials from usually reputable places. >> cohen says most owners should stick to swiping their credit card and not making dog food aat home. >> we don't recommend home cooked diets long term for dogs. there's a lot of micro nutrients you're not supplying. >> do you ever consider make making your own food for the dog. >> no. >> too much work. >> yeah. >> and of course, make sure your dog actually enjoys eating it. >> he scarves it down like where's the rest. >> dr. cohen says regardless of what you feed your dog the most important piece aadd vase is to make sure your dogs are not overweight. you can give him 100 dollar bag of food make sure he doesn't eat them all in one seting. people and pets. >> absolutely. >> and a family in haverford it is thanking a group of first responders to help deliver their newest addition.
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francis and summer palone took lunch to paramedics in ardmore. it was a small token after first responders successfully delivered the new baby boy two weeks ago. responding medics describe what that delivery meant to them. >> med ixz and ems people have soon an awful lot of young people who died and doing cpr and workingen those people. but t. was a nice to invite and be part of bringing somebody into this world. >> meantime mr. palone says his wife and son are healthy and doing great and he also wanted to thank the dispatch whor initially hung up on him and called him back until the medics showed up. >> oh, >> i can't ma'am in. >> you can imagine. >> let's not even try. >> let's not go there. >> let's talk about weather. it was sunny today which was a nice change of place. >> todays with a perfectly perfect march day. first day of spring and hit temperatures on the head. that's exactly where we should be this time of year it was sunny day and nothing to be complying about for sure.
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and the question is, will that streak continue. it's been a rough march so far as i'll show you we had a good number of days below average and another couple days below average this week including a venture back into the 20s and even the teens in some spots. we'll start off with right now though pretty comfortable outside thanks to cloud cover. temps not dropping that drastically tonight and the good news if you don't want written most of it is missing us south. you can see that complex of showers moving through portions of west virginia into virginia proper right now. and there are a couple scattered showers back across central pennsylvania and most of us not reaching us. we could pickp a stray shower overnight too tomorrow morning and we'll time that out on future weather. it's pretty quiet outside now heading into tomorrow morning and even through the overnight hours and maybe the chance for few light showers and keep in mind west of our area if temperatures drop low enough could be perhaps a little bit of light ice glaze on bridges and overpasses doesn't look like a big deal. headed to tomorrow morning, 6,
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7, 8 a.m. scattered showers here or there and when headed out the door in the morning or taking kids to the bus stop you may want to grab up umbrella to keep it safe. much of area not seeing miing at all and it will be a passing sprinkle and can probably get away without the rain gear especially because look what happens in the afternoon. by 3 or 4:00 clouds thin out and sun returns and ends up being a pretty nice afternoon and evening. and then, the cold comes back. and you start to see these little band of lake effect snow no the north. these likely not making it in here wednesday and clear indication of where that air is coming from directly from the norm and west and it is going to get quite chilly around hereby the middle of the week. temperatures right now, not that bad, 47 at the airport. and it's 46 in millville and 41 in allentown and you can see, today, we railroad rite on target, not too warm, not too cold, and goldy locks day just right out there today. you can see the stretch of below average temperatures we flipped things completely from february when we only had five days that were below average. and now in march so far only
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five days above average. looks like we'll chalk up another red day for tomorrow though as temperatures surge. but on wednesday, that's when we tap into the cold polar air mass from the north and it's a north and west wind: temperatures 10 to 15 below average and that's only half the story. you have to factor in the wind as well. that will make our feels-like temperatures wednesday run well below average. when you wake up wednesday morning, 8 a.m., feels like 16 in philadelphia and 9 in reading and in the afternoon, possibly all day maybe not feeling better than the mid 20 20s. and thanks to the wind and wednesday night into thursday morning will be the coldest in quite sometime. overnight, mainly cloudy. passing shower. that could linger into tomorrow morning and we'll clear it out in the afternoon and tomorrow's high near 60 and wednesday doesn't look too bad 42 when you factor in the wind you have to flip the numbers around and it will feel like 24. you wake up thursday morning with temperatures in the teens and 20s and then we rebound back to 56 on friday.
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66 on saturday and nice mild start to the weekend. chance for rain comes in for part two of the weekend on surprised and 66 degrees. >> we'll take it. >> thanks. >> don is here with sports. >> lots to get to tonight. the flyers say cheese the wildcats pack up their things and over time in magic kingdom. find out if the sixers can get and over time in magic kingdom. find out if the sixers can get a win in orlando
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>> it's mar. the time of year sixers go into full tank mode. not so much in 2017 last night beat the second best neem east and tonight, they try beat the second worst. sixers visiting orlando tonigh
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tonight. rashawn holmes getting start for injured jahlil okafor. sixers down by three. what up? 24 points and 14 boards. ties it up. later on, sixers down by three. and this time it's robert covington straight away three. and that's clutch. once again tied coming to you in 24-13 under 20 second left sixers need another three to tie the game up. roko taking another shot and front rim no good. and sixers falling in or land owe tonight. 112 to 109. >> and picture day only these guys are not in school and their mom's aren't piing out outfits. flyers taking team photo. it's anita oh up and down season. they're 7 points out final wildcard spot with the 11 games next. up next a 4 game road trip starting in win he i peg. >> we have to get points. we have home court on some games and hopefully we'll be seeing it when we get home.
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>> we have to win now. if we lose what we does yesterday probably -- and so we got to get streaky here and get going a little bit. >> all right on to college hoops suddenly the calendar is wide on. villanova wildcats had time on hand and today they clean out lockers. here are seniors in street clothes and they'll never play on this stage again. and the toughest part is never playing together again. >> more than anything we'll miss each other aunt relationships we built over the past couple years even with our old teammates graduating and what not. >> it's something greet look back on now and we were part of great teams and played along great players here. a lot of credit goes to those guys. we were forcing it to come into a situation and be part of something great. >> high school hoops. state classic semi-finals. cardinal o'hara and boyertown. ten second left. abby steps back jumper, good.
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talk about clutch. boyertown haded to the finals with 39-37 victory. >> good shot. >> nice. >> you know i have to give you a shout-out. >> yes, st. frances cabrini in overbrook my old stompping ground state champ this weeken weekend. >> congratulations to those guys. >> where tom brady
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>> the search for tom brady two missing super bowl jerseys is over. they've been found in mexico. this is video of the patriots locker room following super bowl 51 victory last month and you notice a credential member of the media entering an exiting and he's the one that made off with the jersey. they also recovered brady's jersey that disappeared after super bowl 49. police have not released the identity of the suspect. kate. >> it's time as always to take a glimpse toward the weekend. we can already start planning on a monday night starts with 60s this weekend on saturday and we'll be mainly dry saturday not a ton of sunshine. clouds building in as the next system approach and chance for rain by sunday and temperatures on way up. and it is springtime now and we'll have to dodge showers for
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