anita. >> reporter: good evening. well, police say what could have been easily resolved escalated in to a crime and they are looking for two people that they say are responsible. >> that would be parking range >> reporter: surveillance shows women appearing to pepper spray another woman in the face in south philadelphia , just after midnight on july 24th. the philadelphia police say it all started over a parking dispute. >> something minimal that could have been resolved, with a bit more civility, and resulting in a crime, an assault happening. >> reporter: video from pat's steaks on the 1300 block ofe passyunk avenue shows person of interest and man arguing with a woman by their cars. they eventually disperse and couple to get cheese steaks but on their way back to the car the female driver approaches the same woman now sitting on a step and appears to pepper spray her. >> that is outrageous. i don't feel like anyone should be pepper sprayed. >> reporter: those say while philadelphians can be notoriously push i when it comes to parking spaces using

violence crosses the line. >> it is shocking. >> disheartening but i'm reminded that there a lot of the good feel in the world. >> reporter: the philadelphia police captain said drivers call police in order to de escalate similar situations. >> street parking is public. there is nothing to dispute. >> reporter: police say both suspects appeared to be in their 20's or 30's and fled in a black hyundai suv with maryland plates. if you recognize them call police. live from southwest philadelphia, i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new video played inside a central pennsylvania courtroom showing unsteady stumbling penn state sophomore hours before he was found unconscious and later died. it was just one of the developments from today's preliminary hearing of 16 fraternity brothers charged in the death of pledge, timothy piazza. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has the day's details from bellefonte. >> reporter: lead detective in this case testified there was surveillance video of the basement where 19 year-old tim

piazza was found unconscious and he believes that video was deleted on purpose, tonight, the 16 defendants, could face additional charges. >> that is something that justice unacceptable and if that tape what's raised then this cover up is enlarger then we had anticipated or expect or known about. >> reporter: tom kline represents the parents of the tim piazza, the 19 year-old, who participated in a hazing event at a penn state, fraternity. >> tim piazza greed every minute they are in the courtroom for their son. >> reporter: pea as was found late in the fourth february 4th at bottom of the basement stairs inside beta theta pi fraternity house. the lead detective for the state college police department testified on thursday that he believes that some of the 16 defendants may have purposely deleted video from cameras which were in that area also played in court thursday afternoon was new video of piazza showing him stumbling through the great room of the home, a few hours

before his death. video shows the pledge falling , hitting his head before standing up and collapsing on a nearby couch, four hours later he was found unconscious. >> if there were another critical point in time where intervention would have saved his life, we saw it today in this court room. >> reporter: attorneys for the 16 defendants argued their clients can not force piazza to consume alcohol and therefore they should not be held responsible for his death the judge in this case could decide as soon as tomorrow whether or not to allow this trial to move forward. reporting here, from center county i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". former qvc marketing executive could spend 11 years behind bars if convicted in connection with the alleged fraud scheme. unsealed federal indictment claims 42 year-old james, scammed west chester based qvc out of more than a million-dollar. he is accused of running the fraud scheme with the public relations company and production company.

he is charged with 11 counts each of wire, mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy. qvc said we take allegations of undeath california, unlawful business conduct on the part of our employees and our business partners, very seriously. in addition to conducting a thorough investigation into this matter, we have been, cooperating full which authorities. a federal judge will allow dune construction project in margate that led to ponds of bacteria laider waters to continue. the condition include fencing in any areas with ponding of 2 . army core of engineers must also provide walkways and pump out ponds. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live for news margate where residents were waiting pretty much all day in legal limbo, cleve. >> reporter: nicole now with that judge ruling, new construction project can resume right here where it left over. we have no timetable yet but we met some people today that enjoyed the peace while it

lasted. sea gulls sun bathing in the manmade drainage pond locals called lake christie was only dune-related activity margate beach goers saw thursday as they ventured over basin and through berms to sit by ocean. >> we sat about eight blocks out over weekend because beach es were closed. >> reporter: andy lieb wits from wayne parks scheduled his week long family vacation months ago, needless to say things got off kilter. >> we thought about canceling the vacation when we heard bit last friday when judge closed the beach but we did come down it is unusual. >> reporter: those engaged in the court bolt over dunes say week long break from construction hasn't given them any sense of clarity or security moving forward. >> what i got out was army core doesn't know what they are doing and they want to continue to do this project and then worry about the consequences. >> reporter: government officials say delaying the project is costing $120,000 a day, it is also pushing this and other projects further inner to hurricane season

which experts announced just this week has potential to be extremely active. >> we have a lot of projects. >> reporter: without weighing on the margate lawsuit atlantic county emergency manager vince jones says unfinished beach project leave shore communities in risk in areas where we don't have a lot of sand or dune structure others things that would take the impact, those waves coming honor water coming on is absolutely a concern of ours. >> reporter: part of the ruling from judge renee blame is that she said stopping work here at margate could have a domino effect on other beach communities that they don't want during hurricane season. right after the ruling, new jersey state officials issued a statement saying they are very pleased with the ruling, but they will continue to work with margate, on short term and long term drainage issues. live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well portion reese say a man is in custody after break nothing an overbrook home and stealing a car. home invasion happened around

9:30 race night on the 200 block of west mt. airy avenue. suspect then drove the home owner's suv to a bank on city avenue and tried using her atm card. officers spotted the suspect near st. joes university where he left the car and threw his pants and shoes in the nearby yard. police caught the man and plan to charge him. suspect appears in court accused of injuring a delaware county sheriff's sergeant in collindale. authorities say jerome jones threw a molotov cocktail at sergeant nick marine yesterday afternoon. the sergeant suffered burns to his legs as he tried to survey search warrant at a home on macdade boulevard. authorities say jones then barricaded himself inside the home before he finally surrendered. the sergeant was released from the hospital today and is expect to make a full recovery switching gears now, game time, practice style, it may in the count but bird are in green bay for the preseason opener and there is plenty to watch for in the eagles first

practice game of the year. >> "eyewitness sports" anchor leslie van arsdal joins us with a preview of tonight's game at lambeau field. >> it was a very wet lambeau field, they were just able to take tarp off and things should clear up around game time. but when dealing with the slippery field it goodies for some of the stars like carson wentz will see unlimited number of snaps, he is not expected to play more than a series or two but for him these preseason games are very important. >> just to get out there, with the kind of new face in the huddle, different guys, get used to each other and these games and situations, situational football is big part of the nfl and being smart in those situations, that would be big to get the game-like situations, and, get ready for week one. >> it was so exciting with the eagles is there a major league debut tonight for phillies that fans have been pushing for months. we will tell but that in sports. >> that is right. >> thanks, leslie. >> we will see new a little

bit. >> still to come local shoppers noticing early arrivals. >> are you ready for halloween , even though we're not even back to school yet? i'm joe holden. what is science behind all this and yes, they are having some complaints on social media. burritos with a little bark, that is right we will explain how a popular mexican food train is doing its part to protect pets, hi there lauren. we have another dry day in progress but of course that is about to change with rain that will be arriving we will time out showers and thunderstorms for start of the weekend and good looking sunday coming up in your full eyewitness forecast after this.

well, chipotle lexness pennsylvania, and south jersey are getting customers a chance to make their meals more meaningful. >> restaurant chain is fun rating for pennsylvania society for cruelty against animal. sixty-two chipotle locations will donate half of every customer's purchase while they mention the pspca fundraiser at check out. >> it is so easy, easy way for people to get out there, support a great cause, support our animals and get a grace meal at the same time. >> chipotle in central pennsylvania are participating to day, spca, raised close to $5,000, during last years fundraiser. today's fundraiser runs until 10:00 p.m. when summer wind downtime to start thinking of heading, yep, back to school. >> while shopping for school supplies you might be surprised by what else line store shelves. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden takes a lot trend of

early halloween. >> reporter: this seems to bug people, question in the middle of july comes why are school supplies all ready out in stores and then, right now when they could be useful, halloween candy is already out what is the science behind, why this happens? aisle 12 of the acme on macdade boulevard, split is, happy halloween from hershey, those fun sized kit cats, peanut butter cups, spooky treats. >> halloween section in these stores it is massive. then as you try to find a path of paper you can't. >> reporter: clash of the holidays and for many dreaded end to summer. >> not excited for summer to end right. >> no. >> reporter: seasonal merchandise has gotten a rise on social media, tweets and posts this one so-called expert opinion finding its way too early for candy corn. with all of this talk of halloween and back to school supplies can be in short supply. irritating for many parents. >> you get back to school supplies yet. >> no i'm last minute shopper, but i usually get it all donnie fine them some way.

>> reporter: we check with the marketing expert doctor sean corry of st. joseph's university, science behind the rush is three pronged. he says is there element of fear, if i don't get this for my kid what does this say about me as a parent? retail creepies used during holidays people get excited for. and then mind set flags to alert consumers of, a certain product available. we tend to remember things we saw first. and tucked in behind remains of the summer, eagles section very much on point and timely but don't try to convince john wall from folsom it is time for a certain fall brew. >> 85 degrees out and sunny still have humid days to come i do not want it, i'm not ready for it everybody just slow your roll. >> yes. >> first, world problems, people. >> not ready for pumpkin beer just yet. >> no, no, no, no. >> good weather in august though. >> yeah, last couple of days, very nice, yeah, getting a break from all of that wet

weather bye it will come back just around the corner, but we will see a nice end to the weekend, the models improving that forecast but certainly nice looking live at our neighborhood network at rehoboth beach. sunshine, not a cloud in the sky, and people out on the boardwalk, out on the sand, enjoying this thursday evening , and conditions have been nice, once again, in the delaware val which these temperatures that are not too toasty but august standard. eighty-two in allentown. eighty-three in philadelphia. upper 70's down the shore, coming in at 80 degrees in wilmington. our dew points on the comfortable side once they are below 60-degree threshold it feels nice, dry, comfortable but unfortunately as we head in the day tomorrow we will boost those dew points up and feel that humidity returning but overnight tonight not too bad, partly to mostly cloudy, mild, falling back to 68 degrees and friday we are seeing slower changes. mostly cloudy conditions. more humid. few isolated showers possible

with a high of 83. better storm chances as we head into tomorrow night. storm scan three showing us mainly dry conditions, a few passing cloud, sunshine down the shore, shower working itself out of baltimore. mostly upper level moisture. that whiffle a hard time hitting the surface. as we check on green bay bird taking on the packers this evening, look at all of this action, strong to severe thunderstorm, sweeping on through over last several hours, severe thunderstorm watch south of green bay for, eastern wisconsin until 9:00 p.m. central time. they will have to dodge a couple of thunderstorms especially for early part of the game, kick off tonight at around 8:00, 65 degrees with strong thunderstorms potentially around but improving conditions as we head into the second half of the game for the bird. into up this coming weekend it will be a stormy start in the delaware valley, storms developing scattered in nature friday night, continuing throughout the day on saturday , now we will not see steady rain, you'll be able to get outside at times but keep

an eye to the sky, keep that umbrella on stand by because we will see rounds of showers and thunderstorms working through touring afternoon and evening hours, it looks like at this point high pressure will build in heading in to sunday giving us clearing skies and then turning steamy conditions on saturday to more comfortable conditions on sunday and future weather showing us despite cloud cover we will stay dry during daytime hours, isolated shower possible in the afternoon and then we will see activity picking up mainly after midnight tomorrow night as we head into your saturday, showers still around in the morning hours, and then we will see more activity flaring up as we get in the prime heating of the day during the afternoon and evening hours on saturday with potential foreign a few stronger storms but down the shore tomorrow during daytime a passing shower possible, high temperatures in the upper 70's , winds south/southe and low risk of rip currents for your friday and into the upcoming weekend, yeah, saturday is steamy, and stormy day, good day for your indoor plans, get something cleaning done in the house and maybe go

see a movie and then improving conditions as we head into sunday with sunshine breaking out and calling it mainly dry conditions. >> mainly dry. >> thanks, lauren. we have leslie here talking about the eagles. >> wet green bay right now. >> yeah. >> eagles getting ready for match up against persons. hear what veterans are hoping to accomplish tonight. phillies, fans have been asking for it and now they have it, reese hopkins got call today, we will hear from

leslie, football season, at least preseason. >> guys, tarp is off the field , little under two hours from the start of the pre season, eagles take on the packers at historic lambeau field. it will be limited action for most of the first team players , carson wentz is expected to play one or two series, alshon jeffery may not play at all. for players seeing action jordan hicks, says it is all about shaking off the rust. >> you know, getting in the game and get those jitters out a little bit, everybody has jitters going in.

first hit of the game is always like a whole lot of injury for guys. >> well, phillies return to south philadelphia tonight to take on mets, vince velasquez will take on jake on degray but batting seventh playing left field phillies pried prospect reese hopkins. fans have been wanting to see him get pro meted for a long time hitting .284 and leading international league in home runs. he and matt klentak talked about the promotion. >> reese has continued to hit. i don't want to discount importance of that, reese has handled himself incredibly well, you know, really from the beginning of the season until right now he has done exactly what he has needed to do and he has been a great teammate bit. he is here. he is ready to help. >> crew gave an update for the radio phillies/mets game can be heard on on 1210 wpht. eagles heard on 94 wip. that game with the packers starts at 8:00.

once again phillies on 1210 wpht at 7:05. eagles at 94 wip at 8:00. we have sixers news last night we found out sixers will be playing on christmas day taking on the knicks at madison square garden. we learned that game will be on noon. also they will play celtics in london january 11th. check this out last night cat got on the field and card/ royals game. grounds crew try to get it, cat really didn't want to leave the field. >> he was not at all happy. >> this is a lucky because it is the first after the play, yad year molina, cardinals won eight-five. >> put something neosporin on that. >> yes. >> my goodness. >> thanks, leslie. >> "cbs evening news" just a few minutes away. >> anthony mason joins with us a look ahead. >> tonight on the "cbs evening news" ramped up rhetoric

president trump says his fire and fury warning to north korea may not have been tough enough. he turns up pressure on senate republicans to repeal and replace obama care. plus mystery in cuba what caused u.s. diplomate to suffer hearing loss. we will find out how these friends turned a garage business into big business, tonight on the "cbs evening news". but first here on "eyewitness news" books with a purpose, it is part of a new city initiative. >> when we come back how they hope to get more kid

tonight at 11:00 is there plenty happening in the taste with tori, bucks county popcorn spot that skips butter for more untraditional flavors new hope's new spin on classic snack, summer fest style, tori takes to you cluster's popcorn tonight on "eyewitness news" at is 11:00. fun continues in new hope starting tomorrow morning right here on "eyewitness news". summer fest takes us to the charming bucks county town and will be exploring the history and pretty much everything that makes it so special. i will broadcast live starting tomorrow on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 right here on cbs-3. >> bring me back some of that popcorn. on. h, man that looked great. couple bags. >> i'll do that for you. children in philadelphia are improving their reading skills this summer thanks to an ambitious city wide

initiative. >> pennsylvania state senators participated in reading events in northwest philadelphia the events are part of the program called read by, fourth, the 2020, by 2020 program wants to double the number of children in the city who can read at a fourth grade level. >> that is wonderful. nothing more upon. >> no question about that. >> wonderful. thanks so much for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. "eyewitness news" returns at 10:00 o'clock on our sister station wpsg the cw philly and we will be back right here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news" tonight and more on berks county's own taylor swift as she takes a stand against a radio dj that she said groped her, david begnot is outside the courtroom with more. mystery in cuba what caused u.s. diplomates to suffer hearing loss, from new york here now is anthony mason take care family we will see you tonight.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: doubling down on fire and fury. >> that statement may not be tough enough. >> mason: a new warning to the north koreans. >> things will happen to them like they never thought possible. >> mason: also tonight... >> i'm very disappointed in mitch. >> mason: the president turns up the heat on the senate republican leader. >> i just want him to get repeal and replace done. >> mason: mystery in cuba. something caused u.s. diplomats there to suffer hearing loss. and three college pals sink all their dough into a pizza place and help a neighborhood rise. >> we're about creating opportunities. this is the "cbs evening news."