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george glean's billion dollars deal has nothing to do with movies. names released. the judge in the bill cosby the list of the jurors with the media. why this could complicate a retrial fast and fierce on this first day of summer, storm tear as path of damage. we begin with a developing story, the search for a teenager disappeared while swimming. i'm ukee washington. jessica has the night off. police in hamilton to township mercer county are calling the search and rescue a recovery operation and the search will resume in the morning. two teenagers went missing swimming in a marshy area this afternoon. one of them was able to get out of the water and police tell us the missing boy is 17 years old. tonight the clean-up is underway from a severe storm that rolled through the region. there is plenty of damage as a result. "eyewitness news" reporter
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alexandria hoff is in northeast philadelphia with the details. >> reporter: ukee, we're here at roosevelt boulevard where we did notice all of trees blew over in the same direction. not great news for the homes that are situated right here but many expressed gratitude they did not topple into traffic. severe weather moved quickly >> that ain't no joke >> in the city's logan section an enormous tree was up rooted pavement and all. >> it was like boom. then next thing you know, this car got smashed and everyone started run >> i got closer i saw the car crushed. like unbelievable. and coming from the roof. >> reporter: no one was inside of that vehicle. someone was inside of this home near rhawn and roosevelt boulevard >> my son was sleeping. >> reporter: the branchs somehow
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missed that window where his son slept a few streets up. a checkers had damage. trees were toppled in new jersey near moorestown calling garwood road to be shut down. wyncote where a falling tree snagged wires. it's among thousands across our area who lost power >> we came from the supermarket. >> reporter: just as fast as it came and went, so will the remains of the timber it brought down. fortunately we did not receive word of injuries caused by the falling trees. reporting live in northeast philadelphia. alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." thank you. meteorologist lauren case is here to show you how one storm caused so much widespread damage >> the last of the storms moving offshore, mostly clear sky, it
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was essentially one severe they don't remember that made a b line across the delaware valley bringing damage with it as it held its strength. you can see as it starts to develop in early afternoon hours, through berks and montgomery county chester county through center city philadelphia. south jersey and then off, we did have the secondary cells. it was the one cell that brought count trees and power lines, wind gusting over 70 miles per hour in some spots. and we'll check in on some of the storm damage reports. a lot of damage in center city philadelphia, bordentown new jersey atree down on a tractor-trailer. pottstown trees and wires down, numerous large trees down in radnor and delaware county. south philly, a large tree down in point pleasant. definitely very fortunate that we didn't see injuries from all of this. the damage was a handful of
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numerous damage reports that came out from the severe thunderstorm but we do have a secondary chance of storms into friday and saturday with tropical moisture. at this point, the models consistent showing us we'll see scattered showers and thunder shower activity. that's when we could see isolated severe storms once again and potentially heavy rainfall, we'll talk more about this and clearing for the second half of the weekend. making up for a beautiful sunday and all that coming up in your forecast in a few, ukee. >> thank you. >> tropical storm cindy weaned a bit. but the storm is still powerful and very dangerous. as it nears land fall it whipped up waves and cautioned flash flooding, four inches fell nest in new orleans and many areas from texas to florida could see another eight inches of rain before it's over. some areas could see a three-foot storm such.
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it's already turned deadly a 10-year-old boy was killed after getting hit by a log washed in by the storm surge. the judge in the bill cosby trial released the james of the jurors. david spunt is in our satellite center with why this could make a retrial tougher. defend? >> reporter: this is the list of the jurors but we're not sharing specific names unless the person gives us permission. the judge in this case surprised many by releasing these names, a jury expert the a jury consultant he said what happens will pose another problem if and when the case is retried. as bill cosby walked it of the montgomery county courthouse following the mistrial announcement saturday. the jurors in the case snuck out the back doors. hoping to remain anonymous. many thought they would never deal with the case again after all, they were dismissed for
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good. four days later. judge steven o'neill granted a motion to make the names public, all 18. 12 jurors and six alternates. all from allegheny county and spent more time deliberating than listening to actual trial testimony. one juror made it clear with this sign on the front door. no interviews about the case. >> i think it's interesting that >> mark is known my many in the legal community as the juror whisperer. a jury consultant and founder of magna legal services. it creates complications with picking a new jury for a possible retrial. >> why would you want to participate. i mean, who wants to be bombarded? there's certainly some people i think that would -- that likes the attention, but there's also a portion and maybe a larger portion that would prefer that their names never game public >> he says there's no specific
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rule for releasing names, every judge makes his or her own decision. the judge did have stipulations. jurors could talk publicly about how they felt but could not comment on other jurors' discussions or votes. the prosecution in cosby's defense team agreed on one thing, they didn't did not want this list out. they feared it would make a new trial incredibly difficult. david spunt cbs3 the second day testimony in the seth williams federal corruption trial focused on spending habits. witnesses included the manager of the union league in philadelphia and employees at the nursing home where his mother lives. the nursing home employees testified that williams dodged bills and calls asking for payment for his mother's care. union league said he spent thousands on fine dining.
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police in maple shade happened hyped the iron hill brewery. eyewitnesses reported hearing five to seven shots. the male victim, 26-year-old of wilmington borrow was found on the loading dock ramp. police are investigating the murder of a woman found dead in her swimming pool. chopper 3 was over the victim's home, she's been identified as michelle long. her cause of death is blunt force trauma. police continue to search for suspects. officials are referring procedures after the accidental release of an inmate from prison. a paperwork mix-up at the precinct led to the release of attempted sexual assault suspect russell bryant tuesday afternoon. bryant was at the 18th to be arraigned. after that, he was released on those charges only.
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>> this shouldn't happen in a perfect world. we have to figure out what we need to do to make sure this doesn't happen. thankfully there was no catastrophic consequences. >> bryant was rearrest weather he showed up at drexel university police to speak with them. tonight the fbi is investigating the stabbing of a police officer in flint michigan as an act of terrorism. he stabbed a police officer lieutenant jeff in the neck is the happier in flint. he says he had large knife and shouted the arabic phrase for god is great. he's hospitaled in stable condition. steve scalise's condition continues to improve one week after being shot and wounded in alexandria virginia. doctors say he's in fair condition. hospital ads highs starting rehabilitation. scalise was shot in the hip when a gunman opened fire on a
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republican baseball practice. today the fbi confirmed the gunman acted alone and the shooting was not connected to terrorism. tonight president trump is touting his administration's accomplishments. he held a promises made promises kept. he urged senate republicans to add more money because he want a plan with heart. the president told the crowd some of the plan for a southern border wall. >> thinking of something that unique. talking about the southern border. lots of sun, lots of heat. we're thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy. and pays for itself. >> the president discussed the importance of agricultural during a visit to kirkwood community college. the health benefits of olive oil. you heard it's good for your heart. brand new research suggests it could prevent a degenerative
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disease. george clooney got a whole lot richer. what he just sold that's worth upward of a billion dollars. the victim of a vicious crime got to spend time with players of his favorite hockey team. the flyers came together to make this a day worth remembering. things much quieter and calmer outside. live look at the shore, lauren casey will tell us when we could see more stormy weather when we
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kalanick says the move will allow uber to move forward and will remain on the board. george clooney is selling his to keel la bran for up 1 to one billion dollars. they will pay him $700 million up front with the option of a performance based $300 million over the next ten year, he launched in 2013 and never expected it to be worth so much. research from philadelphia about expert virgin olive oil and fighting alzheimer's. researchers found it protected misdemeanor and learning ability in mice. researcher sauce the oil could help reduce the formation the plaques and certain tank else in the brain, which researcher says are hallmarks.
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a disabled man who was attacked and got special recognition by the philadelphia flyers. at the flyers skate zone. members of the flyer decided to invite him for a tour. shane gostisbehere got him his personalized jersey >> i think what caught me off guard how he said right away he didn't want any of the stuff and wanted to give it to little kids and make him just as happy as he was. >> very happy the fly guys favorites team, he was punched in the face by two teenagers earlier this month. that video of course went viral. a new generation is keeping alive the memory of ed bradley, they headed to cbs news studios to learn about his career and painted sections to pay tribute.
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the mural will be located in the 900 block of belmont avenue in west philadelphia where ed bradley was from. a celebration of his life >> it's a celebration of philadelphia. it's also really for me, most importantly, a celebration of each and every one >> i'm going to to remember that i got to paint a mural about a very important person and good times, he was my friend. >> cbs corporation is joining the bradley foundation to fund the mural. it will be revealed on november 9th. association cheyney university are playing big roles in the creation of the mural. >> just bright day today. lauren casey joins us with our forecast and boy we had storms. it's a little calmer >> all in the clear for now. it will be quieter before things get busy as we head to fiery. another busy evening all
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tributed to or molest tributed to one cell that traversed the delaware valley but right now, all is quiet as we get a live look at center city philadelphia. rain cool air 71. we were 87 to kick off the first day of summer. once storm rolled through we dropped from 86 to 73. we're dealing with cooler temperatures right now, 68 in trenton. 60s in millville, same in atlantic city and 50's in poconos. stormscan 3 mainly quiet. skies clear outer. still dealing with a couple of downpours. that activity will start to taper back as we head to the next 45 minutes. produce could produce wind gusts reported to 72 miles per hour in conshohocken. think about hurricane force is 74 miles per hour. high wind gusts in 50 miles per hour in cape may, barnegat light house, mt. holly and we saw numerous down trees and power
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lines. but the storm rolled through, our digital content director captured this beautiful rainbow outside cbs3 studios. burlington picking set up a over an inch of rainfall. medford lakes over five tens of an inch. mostly cloudy and pleasant, no storms in the forecast. 68 as we head to tomorrow, mostly sunny and hot, 90, not so humid. but friday the steam factor will return and the thursday looking good. late day clouds building in maybe an isolated shower but the models consistent me playing out a couple of rounds's rain friday. morning we could see widespread shower activity and as we head to the afternoon hours, thunderstorms will redevelop and some could be on the stronger
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side as we head to friday afternoon and evening. tropical moisture from cindy about to make land fall along the gulf coast. midday, winds about 50 miles per hour, life-threatening flash floods likely along the gulf coast as cindy makes her way. friday it will start to dissipate as we look towards the mid south, the moisture will be building into the atmosphere and enhancing chances all along the gust coast into the mid south, midatlantic region and then eventually up into the northeast as well. so your seven-day forecast, look gusting. watching out for scattered showers and storms and again in the afternoon on friday. saturday looks like we could see periods of heavy rain and thunderstorm activity mainly for saturday morning but by late day saturday clearing out and just in time for sunday fun day. sunshine returns. 84 low humidity, beautiful conditions.
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team. every team set oh lose one player to the golden knights. the alternate captain was a keep leader, and one of the better penalty killers on the team, so far, no trades involving the flyers, stay tuned. recent run of summer storm when the rains it pours, right now, sixers are swimming. 14,000 season tickets for the upcoming season, currently the most of the nba and a franchise record. now, hopefully they can, in their five-year playoff drought. it's the night before the nba draft. rumors for the sixers aren't any at this point but here's an interesting tweet. joel embiid is had at the charity event in new york. that's jay jay reddic on the
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left and hopefully jo is doing recruiting because reddic is a free agent. phillies and cardinals. phils had a five-run lead. key word is had. eighth inning, to the 9th. heck for the save. get up and get gone, a solo shot. bo 9th. odubel on first, galvis with a shot down the line. here comes odubel. goes through a stop sign and he's going to be out by a country highly. he was pulled after that play. you can see why, 10th two men on. was that throw good? >> it was a little bit outside >> over the head of tommy joseph and yes, the phils lose 7-6 in ten innings after they had a five-0 lead. they signed adam haseley.
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he's an outfielder from the university of virginia selected eighth overall. >> a lot has been going on. it's been moving fast. try to enjoy it as best i can. you know, just being up here last couple days have been fantastic. and enjoyed and you know, part of the guys and trying to, you know, experience everything. >> get back to the club, the phils lot of 39 out of 50, i'm no math major. that's not good. >> not good. >> sorry. >> my bad. >> got to do it.
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aspect celebrated 150th headquarters on erie avenue. the birthday bash with plenty of treats. the dogs are in the spirit of the celebration along with volunteers. so many pet lovers. everybody gets a treat and we'll give aways. >> the pspca was founded in 1867. second oldest animal welfare in the country. look ahead to the upcoming weekend we'll have one wet day and one wonderful day, contend
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colbert is up captioning sponsored by cbs >> a new "top gun." you posted a picture of you and tom cruise on twitter. will he come back? >> of course,. >> val kilmer is on board. >> hello, i'm anthony edwards. you might remember a little movie from the 80s called "top gun," a romantic military action drawm drauma about fli boys and volleyball. and now that it's been announced they're making a sequel, i just have one question-- why didn't i get a call? do i have to remind them that i was in the movie, too? spoiler alert-- that's right. i died. but just because i'm dead doesn't mean that i can't be in the sequel. i have two words for
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