. >>> while she is talking, police are searching for this man, 47 year-old kenneth todd. >>> wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is word of the robbery and assault of a woman who was dog sitting on pine street. "action news" reporter kenneth moton has an exclusive interview with the victim and kenneth is now live at 13th and pine, kenneth the. >> reporter: jim, investigators are out this evening looking for the suspect kenneth todd. they say this man has been in and out of jail and they believe he is still somewhere in center city after violent attack on this block. >> he kicked in the door. >> reporter: this 46 year-old center sit would i man only showed "action news" exactly how she survived a vicious brutal attack in the pine street home. >> i just remember he came in, he grabbed me by the throat and i just remember not being able to breathe. >> reporter: it was friday july 25th around 10:00 p.m. on the 1300 block of this busy street with people, homes and businesses. but philadelphia police investigators say that didn't stop 47 year-old kenneth todd from sta

. >>> a manhunt is underway for a man that attacked a pet sitter, they identify him as kenneth todd and the victim says she was in her neighbor's home when her attacker suddenly barged in. >> he punched me in the face and at one point i was on the ground and i was always toll to use your body to your advantage and use your body and kick. the victim was so badly beaten she was take and to university hospital and todd was released on a robbery conviction on july 3rd. there is a $1,000 reward for information. >>> and an olympic hero is one step closer to learning his fate. and also another gene is being linked to breast can, the discovery late under health check and david murphy has a closer look at the accuweather forecast when "action news" at noon >>> a wild fire is burning close to communities today. it forced the evacuation of 300 homes, close to oregon sparking health concerns for nearby residents. >> the smoke is bad enough because these are senior citizens and most are on oxygen or medical assistance of some type. it's coming straight toward everybody. >> about 1900 additional home

police identify the suspect as kenneth todd, investigators say todd who has been in and out of jail attacked the woman along the 1400 block of wine street. the woman showed "action news" how she survived a vicious attack. >> i remember he came in, he grabbed me by the throat. i remember not being able to breathe. >> the victim was so badly beaten she was taken to jefferson university hospital. detectives say todd is a transient who is known for committing robbery and assaults in the city. if you know where's there is a $1,000 reward. >>> prosecutors are appealing house arrests john spicer, terry bets and brine norman, defense lawyers argue the case is built on the tainted testimony of drug dealers and ex-officers. >>> the bass masters tournament kicks off this afternoon. the best anglers are coming to philadelphia area to fish on the delaware river. the weigh in takes place at the great plaza at penns landing, the tournament starts today and runs through sunday. >> the fish like it when it's rainy and the water gets churned up. makes them excited. >> reporter: they probably don't like it muc

on a center city dog sitter has been arrested anticipate held on $2 million bail. 47-year-old kenneth todd is not only charged with that home-invasion robbery on the 25th, but another incident on the same block of pine street two days before. we caught up with the victim marry anne henry while she was walking a dog. she is doing better since the beating that sent her to the hospital. >> i'm glad he is not on the street any more. i can sleep at night. i haven't slement for days. >> todd had been released on a robbery conviction less a month before the attack. >>> a rip off at an atm was caught on the camera. philadelphia police are looking for this man, several angles show him snatching the withdrawal at the wells fargo bank on the 5100 block of frankford avenue, she was treated for shoulder injuries. >>> faa is investigating why a propeller plane overshot the runway and skidded across the street and ended up in someone's yard. it happened in wyoming, kent county. the pilot from new jersey and the passenger are okay. >>> the eagles, the bears, the birds kicked off their preseason opener wit

they charged kenneth todd for the attack on july 25th. police say the victim was taking care after dog inside of a pine street home when todd burst in and knocked her on conscious. and he allegedly ran sacked her home stealing the computer and he did held on bail tonight. i do and sentencing a man to 4 1/2 to 17 years in prison for a deadly hit-and-run crash in upper darby. marx pled guilty last month. he struck and killed 69 year old richard patterton and his pet poodle on january 5. and he drove off allegedly but captured a short time later. he has been convicted. >>> investigators looking why cars derailed. fortunately no one hurt, but the derailment is not impacting rail or vehicular traffic. >>> and counting down in chicago, less than two hours away from the start of the eagles's first preseason game. they are amp'd up to get it started. >> a long off season. i am excited to see what they do. >> the moves they made in the off season, especially last year, exciting. >> i like our coach. chip kelly will do a great job. the second seaso

us season dollars reward for information to leads to the arrest of this man this is 47 year old kenneth todd. he is wanted for robbery and aggravated assault in an incident that happened july 25th inside a home in the 1300 block of pine street in center city. >> a warning night for anyone headed down the shore. there is a serious risk of rip currents right now. in the past two days lifeguards rescued nearly 80 swimmers in atlantic city, cape may and wildwood. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones tells us what's behind this recent rash of rip currents. >> reporter: with the storm out to sea, the surf is up. >> hurricane just went by offshore that's why we got a little bit of swell today and last night. >> reporter: when the surf is up the rip tides roll in. >> don't panic. panic will put you under. just keep calm. >> lieutenant steve mcginn has been with the wildwood beach patrol for 25 years. normally he says the beach patrol might rescue three people day but with the storm out to sea, over the past few days that number more than doubled wednesday due to stronger rip tides. >> here on va

forty-seven year-old kenneth todd isn't only charged with that home invasion robbery july 25th but also another incident in the same 1300 block of pine street, two days before that. tonight we caught up with victim maryann mchenry while she was walking a dog and who was doing much better since the beat ago this sent her to the hospital. >> i'm just glad he is not on the street anymore. very relieved. i can sleep at night. i haven't slept for days. >> police say that todd had been released from prison on a robbery conviction less than a in before this recent attack. >>> a crook ripped off a senior citizen at her frankford atm and it was caught on the cash machine's camera. philadelphia police are seeking that man, for the strong arm robbery at 10:20 this is morning. several angles show him, snatching the 64 year-old woman's withdraw at wells fargo bank on the 5100 block of frankford avenue. she was treated for shoulder injuries. >>> hawaii is cleaning up tonight, from the first of a 1/2 tropical punch. tropical storm iselle lashed the the big island today downing trees and power lines an

kenneth todd is not only charged with that home-invasion robbery july 25, but another incident on the same 1300 block of pine street two days before. we caught up with the victim mary anne mchenry who was walking a dog, she is doing much better since the beating sent her to the hospital. >> i'm glad he is not on the street any more. i can sleep at night. i haven't slept for days. >> police say todd had been released from prison on a robbery conviction less than a month before the most recent attack. >>> security cameras at the wells fargo bank picked up a clear picture of the man suspected of robbing a branch in the frankford section before 3:30, police say this man handed the materiel a note. the material -- the teller handed over an undisclosed amount of case and he wore keys around his neck on a navy land yard that said i heart jesus. >>> a man strong armed a woman at a atm. several angles show him snatching the withdrawal on the 5100 block of frankford avenue, she was tre [ male announcer ] just can't seem to escape another sneeze attack? you may be muddling through allergies. don

police identified the suspect as kenneth todd who attacked the woman in the home along the 1400 blockf pine street. this 46-year-old victim showed "action news" how she survived the vicious attack. >> i remember he came in and grabbed me by the throat and i remember not being able to breathe. >> she was so badly beaten she had to be taken to jefferson university hospital. detectives say todd is a transient none for committing robbery and assaults in center city. if you know where's call police. >> happening today, a judge will reconsider the bail granted to four philadelphia narcotics officers accused of stealing from drug suspects. prosecutors are appealing the house. investigators say they stole more than half a million dollars in cash and three kilograms of coke over the years. defense lawyers argue that the testimony is built on the testimony of drug dealers and ex-officer. >>> the bass masters tourment kicks off this afternoon. they are coming to fish for bass on the delaware river. the weigh in takes place at the great plaza at penns landing every afternoon. the tournament start

kenneth todd broke in the home on the 1300 block of pine street last month, and brutally beat the owner. todd was paroled from prison just days before this alleged incident, and is now being held on two million-dollar bail. >>> cbs the news is reporting tonight that the u.s. air strikes killed islamic militants in iraq today, two u.s. war planes hit artillery belonging to the islamic extremist group known as isis near the city of erbill to protect u.s. personnel there u.s. planes made air drops of food, water, to a large group of of religious minorities stranded on a mountain. the is is fighters have taken over large areas of iraq and they are threatening to kill those trapped refugees. >> is there support that can be provided by will american military but this is a situation that will only be solved by the iraqi people and a government that reflects the views of iraq's diverse population. >> joining me now from washington is bob she have schieffer, cbs news chief washington correspondent and host of face the nation, bob, i'm sure the the last thing president obama wanted in 2014 is to

todd miller. he's in good health and treated well but asks for the u.s. government to get him released. they have been holding another american, kenneth bey. because of ill health, he's been kept in the hospital. this week, he said he's been sent back to a prison camp. all are hoping to be free as these women were in 2009. >> we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us president bill clinton. >> reporter: then bill clinton making a surprise visit to north korea to help negotiate their release. north korea has been trying to get more tourists visiting, but the u.s. state department advises against that because of the risk of arrest and being detained. jenna? >> duncan, thank you very much. >>> a team of international investigators finally made it to the crash site of malaysia airline flight 17 in eastern ukraine. dutch and australian experts scoured the area for remains. it took a week to get to the scene because of the military and pro-russian rebels. investigators collected belongings from the 298 people killed aboard the boeing 777 that was shot down. the remains will be flown to the netherlands, which is leading the investiga