other family to have to go through what we have had to go through. a family's grief, their son seriously injured two years ago, now his old philadelphia fraternity is named in the lawsuit, and they are not the only won being sued, the suit filed today claims that life altering night could have gone much differently. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in powellton village with the details on that lawsuit, joe. >> reporter: public safety hearing is now guarding the fraternity house, we have reached out to, each of the defendants, here named and many had no idea that it even happened. those who did know, declined to comment. meanwhile allegations played out on this very street, two years ago and forever changed one man's life. december 2015 move in weekend at drexel and iain mcgiven was out with his brothers. they were at an all you can drink event at a delaware avenue bar after catching a cab back here that powellton

avenue iain and his friends ran in trouble. word were exchanged with another group and fight broke out. drexel university public safety incident report shows iain punched in the face, fell backward. you can see iain is helped back to the fraternity house, vomiting, in and out of consciousness and confused, nobody ever called his parents or 911. even as they struggled to walk him right by a campus emergency beacon. iain had to be getting promising business career. >> to that extent he has mom and dad helping to put his clothes on and tie his shoes. >> reporter: iain mcgiven would suffer what court papers described as a catastrophic brain issue to call 191 and get him to the er. >> they would have been able to relieve the swelling, give him medication, and prevent his brain from swelling, so much, that they had to take the top of his skull off to relieve the pressure. >> reporter: now the fraternity and its local chapter iain's frat brothers

within that night, two men who engaged with them in the fight , even the war are all named in a lawsuit claiming negligence. nobody would answer at the fraternity house, but only this man above taking our picture. >> they robbed him of his chance of recovery, it was stolen, from him, by the fraternity system. >> reporter: roddiannely mc given said something was wrong when iain didn't come home, they would eventually locate him inside frat house that they called 911 had they waited we're told he would have died. >> it has been two of the war years of my life, and i don't want any other family to have to go through what we have had to go through. >> reporter: we're back live drexel university police investigated and conduct a lengthy review in 2015 incident. after repeatedly requests to the university, they told me that quote the drexel police notified the office of the district attorney and it was determined that no charges would be filed. well, we just checked in with the philadelphia district attorney's office and they tell me that they never

received an official referral of the incident and that meant no investigation by them. live from powellton village tonight joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. he has been granted parole , and tonight questions are swirling about o.j. simpson's future. he will be a freeman after spending more than eight years in prison for a high tell room heist in vegas. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the sat center with more on the hearing and robbery victim who spoke at today's proceedings, david. >> reporter: o.j. simpson was supposed to serve 33 years behind bars but he could leave as soon as october 1st those details are being work out as we speak. today simpson had friend, family members in the courtroom but it was victim of an armed robbery authorities say he was involved in who grabbed attention of the parole board members. >> he made a mistake. >> reporter: sitting a few inches from o.j. simpson bruce fromhold, a victim of the armed robbery involving

simpson and associates testified on the football star 's behalf. >> i don't feel that he is a threat, to anyone out there. >> reporter: simpson claims he didn't know his associates were armed with guns. >> i spent nine years making no excuses about anything. i am sorry that things turned out the way that they did. >> reporter: nevada parole board saw things simpson's way and granted him freedom. >> i do grant parole, and that would be it. >> reporter: simpson, during his last parole appearance in, 2013 seemed emotional and thank board before walking out of the room. his daughter, also testified on his behalf. >> i know that, he is remorseful. he truly is remorseful and we just want him to come home so that we can move forward. >> reporter: it was his forgiveness that surprised many across the country. >> i said i forgive you. we all make miss takes.

o.j. made his. he has been here, and from what i've been told he has been a model inmate. he has been a example for others. >> to be clear this has nothing to do with the 1994 murders which simpson was acquitted of, ron goldman and his wife, nicole brown simpson reporting live from the sat center, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. stay with "cbs evening news" for much more on the parole decision on o.j. simpson. anthony mason is tracking developments and will have them tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 6:30. investigators returned today to the bucks county farm where four bodies were found last week. chopper three over the scene this morning in solebury township, the philadelphia police department's k-9 unit assisted in the search for more possible evidence. the bucks county district attorney's office says that the farm is still considered a crime scene, although, it could be released back to the owners, soon. one of the victims of the bucks county killings has been

laid to rest, family and friend gathered at funeral mass for thomas meo, it was held this morning at saint an slam church in northeast philadelphia. memorial gathering will be held for mark sturgis starting in about an hour. family and friend are invited to the funeral home in bensalem starting at 7:00. an excessive heat warning is in effect right now in the region dealing with sweltering temperatures. it is feeling like triple digits out there, meteorologist chelsea ingram outside tracking temperatures from the sky deck, chelsea. >> we have had excessive heat warning and that will remain through 8:00 o'clock hour as we head into tomorrow evening and that is what philadelphia and all of the surrounding counties thaw see on the map and it is going to be very hot tomorrow. we could see heat index values of 105 degrees. we are well in the 90's at this hour. 94 degrees in philadelphia. ninety-two in wilmington. when you factor in the combination of both heat and humidity it feels warmer then. that feels like 98 in

philadelphia. trip old digits for atlantic city where it feels like 103 degrees. we have a severe thunderstorm watch issued for philadelphia and all counties northward and thinks for a very strong line of storms that we're tracking on storm scan three right now making its way in the poconos. we will track these storms for you and let you know when we will finally get some relief on the heat coming up. for now back inside to you. chelsea, thanks. philadelphia new has a new interim district attorney. late this afternoon board of judges select kelly hodge from more than a dozen applicants. she will be the cities first african-american female district attorney. she is former city prosecutor and currently is in private practice in blue bell. she won more than 50 percent of judge's vote. >> we have a interim candidate who put their name in the hat and she's an excellent choice. >> hodge could be sworn in as early as, tomorrow and she will take over for former d.a. seth williams who resigned

last month after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. gunman who confessed in the shooting of christopher dorman learned his punishment today. judge sentenced daunte island to between 33 and 100 years in prison. last month he pleaded guilty to attempted murder. officer done man was at sentencing. island shot him seven times when responding to reports of drug activity, behind apartments, on elmwood avenue last june. septa police released this dramatic body cam footage of the police shooting that occurred last night in kensington. a suspect was shot multiple times by septa and philadelphia police officers responding to reports of a woman shot. suspect has been identified as jose lebron and is now charged with attempted murder. he is less ted in stable condition, woman he is accused of shooting is also listed in critical condition. tragedy in south jersey as two brothers, drowned in a vineland lake. >> the fisherman died together yesterday while swimming in the former sand quarry.

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan brings you the story. >> this is a shame. >> reporter: friend of the 27 year-old saul and antonio vargas say brothers loved to fish and loved each other, they drowned wednesday, crystal lake in south vineland park, officials believe, one brother may have been trying to save the other. >> it appears that one of the individual went swimming, had a problem of some sort and then it looks like other gentlemen jumped in to help. >> reporter: the dive team recovered bodies around quarter after 9:00 on the southe side of the lake away from the fishing dock and fisherman area another reported seeing bodies body. >> they had a good last seen point report report local say lake used to be a sand quarry, last month we showed you how dangerous it can be to swim in old quarries after a man drowned in mays landing. one of the most severe dangers is you don't necessity how soon it dropped off or how deep it goes. >> you can be walking one

minute and in 2-foot and drop off to 30 feet, is there nothing to grab on to. >> reporter: friend say beside fishing vargas brothers were musicians their band, a rancho , posted a message in spanish on facebook this morning. danny cabrera went to vei land high school and used to fish with the brothers. >> i come out here every day in the summer and i see them out here, 30, 40 days in the summer. i never seen them swimming. it is a shame. they were good kid. >> reporter: safety officials remind everyone to find place toss swim with life guard. in vineland, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". still to come on "eyewitness news" homeless haircuts halted this man took his skills outside using his scissors on the street, but with recently told to stop. yes says he was shut down and cities response, don. how much did money matter when jj reddick sign with the sixers? he answers the 23 million-dollar question.

plus lebron, ben simmons and shirley temples, all three in the same story later in

in february ukee introduced us to a man who gives haircuts to the homeless and not in a barber shop. >> he meets them where they live on the streets but now he says he is having a problem with city philadelphia city hall. this winter we watched jones shaving on the street in chester sprucing up beards and hair for free. >> did an excellent job. >> reporter: reading calls it haircuts for the homeless. he estimated since he started he has given 500 haircuts in multiple states. people like philadelphia mayor jim kenney stopped by for selfies. >> that is what it is all about spreading love and giving guys hope. >> how far do you go. how far can you go. >> sky the limit. >> reporter: brendon say haircuts for homeless is now grounded at least in philadelphia. he says on money had just started another day of cutting hair at this traffic island at

15th and jfk. >> young laid approached me with a note saying i had to shut down immediately. >> reporter: he sat down with someone from city hall and they had issues, traffic safety, no vendor license, and health code because he is cutting hair outside. >> my purpose was to reach those who are sleeping under bridges, who are, on corners, hoist sleeping in parks. those guys, they don't make the cut when you stand in line at a shelter. >> reporter: we asked mayor kenney bit, and he immediately remembered the man behind the movement. >> i thought it was very kind, human thing to do. >> reporter: mayor promised to look into it and see if the city can keep brendan's street level salon alive. >> i think sometimes common sense and decency should overcome, strict adherence to every single rule. >> i am hoping city will figure out a way that it works for everyone. >> now late this afternoon spokesperson from the mayor's office told cbs-3 they had

received two complaints from l and i, cities primary worry was that the traffic island was not a safe place. they say they did offer some alternative sites for brendan to cut hair. now those don't work for him they will explore other options, including one that would be outdoors. breaking news now on sunoco's construction of the mariner east two pipeline we have been reporting on, pennsylvania governor tom wolf says that work has been halted on some areas along the pipeline. sunoco says west whiteland chester county is one of those areas. you will remember there was an incident where drilling compromise sod well water for about a dozen homes, and even more recently there was a surge of ground water in middletown township when an aqua fire was hit by drilling operations. there have been some spills of non-toxic drilling lubricants. pennsylvania department of environmental protection is investigating the incidents and we will continue to follow this.

meteorologist chelsea in gram joins us now and we have been looking at a string of 90's, in our area. >> yes, more to come unfortunately, two headlines we're talking about the heat and also severe thunderstorm i'm tracking. we will talk all about. that lets start off with temperatures officially across the region today. high temperatures that were well into the 90's, man, look at this, made it to 96 degrees in atlantic city officially in philadelphia right around 95. that is well above average high of 87. ninety-five in trenton. allentown mid 90's and in reading and wilmington the official high temperature was right around 93 degrees. is there more to come but excessive heat warning remains in place through 8:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, we can see heat index values upward of triple digits and up to around 105 in some location as cross the delaware valley. particularly around philadelphia. so very warm air even in place at this point in time we are still in the 90's. ninety-four in philadelphia. ninety-two wilmington.

upper 80's in millville. wildwood at 89. ninety-two in atlantic city. down the shore temperatures comfortable for places like ocean city where we have 84 degrees. that sound good right about now. factor in the combination of the heat and humidity and, of course, still feels so much warmer out there. feels really hot in philadelphia. 98 degrees. into, into new jersey, feels more like triple digits for millville, atlantic city feels like 103 degrees. heat index values will continue to climb as we head into tomorrow looking at triple digits for friday. saturday not much in the way of relief but 96 degrees is what it will feel like in the afternoon. we have a severe thunderstorm watch that has been issued until 10:00 p.m. tonight for philadelphia and counties on toward the north. that is for very strong line of storms that we are tracking , making its way in the poconos at this point in time. we are talking about a very strong wind associated with these storms and severe thunderstorm warning for carbon, monroe counties until

6:30 p.m. we have a break of around 60 miles an hour. we could see quarter sized hail. we might see some right around mount pocono at this point in time. so as far as tracking these storms we are seeing eight and 10:00 p.m. we could see thunder in center city a after tenor 11:00 tonight things quiet down. start out your day on friday with partly cloudy skies and sunshine in the afternoon. it will be a scorcher. it is imperative that you find a way to cool off. get inside air conditioning go see a movie, perhaps head to the library or mall. just find a way to get relief from the heat or go down the shore. sunshine hot sand tomorrow, 90 . eighty-seven saturday. we will risk to are shower or thunderstorm as we move in the weekend. overnight low temperature around 78, muggy, warm, heading in to tomorrow high of 96. dangerous heat with sunshine. you're witness weather seven day forecast looks like this heading in the weekend we are talking 90's in the forecast.

not much mountain way of relief from the heat. ninety-three on sunday. we could have strong storms on saturday night, monday 90 degrees with the thunderstorm chance. as we head into tuesday thinks where you'll find relief everyone is going to be so happy. 83 degrees. by wednesday that is my pick of the next several days and i'm so looking forward to it. >> rejoyce. >> heat wave, i'm over it. >> what is coming up next in sports. >> we are talking hoops, you at home you are a free agent how much does your family's opinion factor in your decision to sign with the team think bit. up next brand new sixers jj reddick breaks it down by percentage the numbers may surprise you, we will be right

three in a row would be a dream phillies are off tonight but they will look for their third straight win tomorrow when they hoe milwaukee. aaron nola gets the start. hockey news, nobody givers out

less information about injuries then nhl teams. second overall pick noland patrick was scratched from flares practice today, why? because general manager ron hextall says 18 year-old has an infection in his face. what does that mean? does anybody know what that means. >> no. >> pimple, acne. >> acne. >> maybe. >> first round of the british open jordan spieth with good opening round, and birdie, finishing at five under. then, brooks copka on the 17th , from the bunker. for eagle. what up. >> yes, they are in a three way tie for the lead. the highest paid athlete in philadelphia is now jj red dick, sixers sign him to a one year 23 million-dollar deal this summer. jj allowed a crew from un interrupt todd document the process. here's how he describe his decision making during free agency. >> really care about my family

and i really care about my kid and my wife and their happ iness. it is part of the decision. being completely honest 30 percent winning, 30 percent salary, 30 percent, enjoyment of playing, how i think i'll like playing there and other 10 percent is how do i look out for my family and their lifestyle. >> candid comments from jj. meanwhile local fans are fantasizing about lebron james joining sixers in 2018. because, like, why not. it is fun. >> yes, join us. >> lebron added to the hysteria with a simple tweet at ben simmons. happy birthday to my little br o that boy 21 now. um-hmm. lets go have a shirley tell with many a twist. >> by the way, shirley temple happens to be joel embiid's favorite drink, coincidence, um. >> yes. >> we think not, #trust the process. >> i can see that happening. i can see that happens, lebron , i can see that. >> yes, let's just add to it.

>> yes, thanks very much. >> thanks, buddy. "cbs evening news" is a few minutes away. >> anthony mason joins with us what ace head. >> tonight on the "cbs evening news" granted parole after nearly nine years in prison, o.j. simpson will soon be a freeman. plus the president goes after his attorney general will sessions resign? maverick of the senate is in the battle of his life. the race is on to bring driver less cars to the road, but are we, ready. those stories and more just

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family, we will see you captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: after nine years behind bars... >> mr. simpson, i do voted to grant parole when eligible. >> mason: o.j. simpson is going free. also tonight, the president blasts his attorney general. >> he should have told me before he took the job. >> mason: for recusing himself in the russia investigation. >> i would have picked somebody else. >> mason: the special counsel takes aim at trump business transactions. >> would that be a breech? >> i would say yeah. i would say yes. >> mason: senator john mccain fights the battle of his life. >> he is yelling at me to buck up, so i'm going to buck up. >> mason: and the young boy's trip back in time. >> yeah, i think it's crazy.