our greg argos has been working on the story all day and joins us now from hunting park with more, gregter: ukee, good afternoon. carnival just opened for the evening, a few minutes ago. it is pretty busy here already but this carnival tonight at lee has extra security, because of a massive brawl this past tuesday. this violent fight left one teenager in a neck brace, her boyfriend covered in bruises with stitches on his forehead. >> everybody started going in and swinging at us, back and forth and it escalated really quickly. >> reporter: it happened tuesday night at this carnival near erie and front streets in north philadelphia, miguel fernandes say he and his girlfriend, were just leaving when they were jumped. >> it was a flash mob, you know, they totally picked us out at random. some girl came up behind my girlfriend and hit her. >> i really never seen it to this degree. i have seen a couple kid scrabbling but not a bunch of girls like that just attacking someone or fighting like that. >> reporter: larry, manages the carnival and says he is increasing security. >> every 50 people

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos was there for it all and he joins us live. afternoon, greg. >> reporter: good afternoon there jim. this museum a long time in the making today officially and finally opening its doors and right here behind me you can see the vice-president of the united states joe biden here to sort of mark this date. 242nd anniversary of the shot heard around the world which ignited the revolutionary war. today's ceremony began at the tomb of the unknown soldier at washington square and continued on to the steps of the new museum. in attendance former price vice-president joe biden, mayor jim kenney, governor tom wolf and pulitzer prize winner david mccullough. museum contains more than 3,000 artifacts from the revolutionary war period including george washington's tent. the chairman of the $120 million museum says it's been a very long process but he's proud the doors are finally opening and so is vice-president biden. here in philly to celebrate this museum. >> to para phrase emerson's poem, what did the people hear when they heard that sho

. >> greg argos live in rittenhouse square where repair work is underway on that sinkhole. good afternoon, greg. >> good afternoon, there, jim. yes, standing here in the middle of 17th street. you can see it is empty normally. this is a bustling street, during midday here, rittenhouse square, all because of this. take a look at this sinkhole, started around last night, pretty late when the water department determined it was happening. then, you can see, they've excavated more, working to repair it, you might notice no crews in the area working i just spoke with spokesperson, from the water department they tell me there is a live wire there, and they're now waiting for peco to get here before they can continue their work. >> if you have had some trouble getting around center city, you can blame this so-called small depression. >> last night we were called out to pump water in the street. we responded. found small depression in the street, as well. >> john with the berth department says 3-inch break on water service line which leads to this building is to blame. >> tuesday mor

eyewitness news reporter greg argos is live with the store yes, i greg. >> reporter: nicole, police say the 39-year-old actually coached soccer at this south philadelphia park pass yunk and warton street. he sex with one of the 1 4-year-old players on his tea team. he's facing a slew of charges including statutory sexual assault. he's currently in jail on $ $750,000 bond. >> philadelphia police say this man, 39-year-old francisco contreras fathered a child with a 14-year-old girl. >> the offender was a soccer coach at the playground in 100 block of federal street where the complaintant met him and played sock were him. >> that girl, 15, met him as a coach and asked for work through his apartment cleaning business. >> she wanted to make money when he was coaching her and she asked him if she could get some work. he did. >> instead police say he paid her five times to have sex with him and eventually she became pregnant. >> she thought the father may have been the previous boyfriend. however, it came to light later as result of paternity test he was not the father. >> i'm horrified. >> it

sports director don bell ace long the parkway but lets start with "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos tracking the progress tonight, greg, good evening. >>> good evening to you. we are just about 72 hours away from the nfl draft as you mentioned, it begins this thursday, when it does there will be some major changes to traffic patterns here in this area for those living in this neighborhood but there will be some major changes to our sky line. if you live anywhere near art museum you may think the last two weeks have been, well, let's let this resident describe it. >> it is one big theme park. >> reporter: allen kneaderman has lived steps from the art museum and said is what being built here is not what i want to varieties. >> road closures, no access to sidewalks. dangerous to walk around here. try walking around here, it is difficult. >> reporter: he says when factoring set up and break down of events like draft and made in america, his neighborhood is unusable for about 12 weeks each and every year. >> this is not city friendly at all, not safety friendly, citizens friendly. >> rep

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos talked with the medical pioneer. >> second and scott right now, okay. >> reporter: prior to 1975 if you had a medical emergency in delaware, an ambulance unit would simply transport you to the closest hospital. >> who knows, how many people were lost, on that trip. >> reporter: john potter was one of those ambulance drivers , stationed in new castle county with just a 27 hour red cross course under his belt. >> i believed at the end of the course we did get to cpr. >> reporter: his boss knew there was a need for advanced life support in the field so after speaking with a doctor at the wilmington hospital. >> you want to teach ambulance drivers to do what? >> he sent job to be trained in new york, a 40 hour course to be certified, as a paramedics. the first paramedic hit the ground in new castle county delaware in 1975. >> this was something, new. >> reporter: in 76, an eight unit team was dedicated. john's first person on it strapped with more than 50- pound of high tech gear, including the heart machine for. >> you were loaded down before you got

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows us tonight officials say a simple search on a ancestry when site broke this case wide open. >>> the u.s. government has charged john vincent with aggravated identity theft. this all started in 1996, and when he decided to walk through, a texas graveyard. for more than two decade this man john vincent was known as nathan, the problem is, nathan lessowsky was a texas babe hoy died months after being born in 1972. >> we were able to discover that in fact, nathan was really john vincent, an escaped convict from texas living under this identity. approximately since 1996. >> reporter: assistant u.s. attorney amanda says vincent escaped from the halfway house in 1996, went to a graveyard and found lescowsky's tomb stone with a similar birthday. >> using that information he obtained a birth certificate for the real nathan, he then proceeded to go to social security, and he was the real nathan and actually had a social security number issued under that name at that time. >> reporter: vincent lived with that identity for 21 years until december of 2016

syrians we spoke with hope that the air strikes help to bring peace to their nation at war, our greg argos is in our satellite center right now with more from one expert who says in an unstable region like syria, anything is possible, greg? >> reporter: ukee, michael horwitz is a penn political science professor whose expertise in the use of military force. he says that the u.s. air strike against syrian airfield could lead to more stability in the region or it could lead to more u.s. involvement and biggeres lacing. u.s. air strike againstal shay rat airfield could be a turning point in the six year civil war which has killed thousandsness that country. >> it is possible that this strike by you had is punch cross the nose that convince is a sad to back down and try to treat his people more responsibly. >> reporter: u penn science professor michael horwitz say anything is possible in an unstable region. on the other hand it is also possible that assad and russia will escalate, that they will calculate that the you had might not go further, they will continue their campaign against people o

that hole is near 17th and walnut and "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live with more on the sinkhole inconveniencing many, greg. >> reporter: jessica, good evening. not often i can stand at 17th street during rush hour but this is culprit behind thus big sinkhole in the middle of 17th street. you can see crews hard at work fixing up busted water pipes but too little, too late for thousands of drivers stuck in a big traffic night mayor. from the honking, the frustration, the noisy conn trucks comes a bit of relax says. >> ♪ >> reporter: a lone violin player at corner of walnut and 17th street, the intersection and epicenter of many drivers anger. >> what do you think of the traffic. >> i hate it. can't wait to get out of it. >> reporter: 9:30 last night this busy street shut down after water department emergency crew called to the scene of the quote, small depression, which turned out to be a large sinkhole. >> it ended up being a break on the 3-inch service, feeding building behind us. >> reporter: all customers in these apartments without water water department spokesmen joh

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos was there for it all and joins us live with more on who was there for the grand opening, greg. >> reporter: jessica, good afternoon. this is only museum in our country dedicated entirely to showcasing our nation's fight for freedom. it was a 14 year process to open up the museum and today former vice-president joe biden was on hand to help cut the ribbon. 242 years ago the shot heard around the world... ignited the revolutionary war. now the first museum to commemorate our country's fight for independent has finally opened, and very city which holds the title of the birthplace of america. >> it is now marching over to philadelphia. >> push forward on faith but i was than the sure would i ever see this day. >> reporter: governor ed rendell, founding member of the museum which houses 3,000 artifacts from the revolutionary war including george washington's war 10t. >> miraculous and what it means for the city, but more importantly what it will mean for the country. >> museum of the american revolution is now officially opened. >> reporter: wednesday mo

eyewitness news reporter greg argos is live with the store yes, i greg. >> reporter: nicole, police say the 39-year-old actually coached soccer at this south philadelphia park pass yunk and warton street. he sex with one of the 1 4-year-old players on his tea team. he's facing a slew of charges including statutory sexual assault. he's currently in jail on $ $750,000 bond. >> philadelphia police say this man, 39-year-old francisco contreras fathered a child with a 14-year-old girl. >> the offender was a soccer coach at the playground in 100 block of federal street where the complaintant met him and played sock were him. >> that girl, 15, met him as a coach and asked for work through his apartment cleaning business. >> she wanted to make money when he was coaching her and she asked him if she could get some work. he did. >> instead police say he paid her five times to have sex with him and eventually she became pregnant. >> she thought the father may have been the previous boyfriend. however, it came to light later as result of paternity test he was not the father. >> i'm horrified. >> it

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in rittenhouse square. you caught up with drivers who use the app what did they have to say. >> reporter: i did, jessica. p pa say 20,000 people down loaded and used this app and basically here it is, the meeter up app, use it to pay for parking from a distance. it is shutting down at 12:01 and many people say they are simply frustrated. meter up, mobile parking lot is shutting down. >> i will move my car more often, and then in the middle of the meeting you cannot extend it, move your car or you will get a ticket. >> reporter: app allowed drivers to pay for parking from their phones, convenient way that kept many from running back and forth to their cars or looking for quarters. >> i use the all the time because i'm always in the city people don't have change all the time or sometimes don't work and use credit card. >> reporter: in a statement the executive director of the p pa says company which operated the app tango has had financial problems, which is why the app is being suspended a spokesperson for t

we're live at montgomery county courthouse i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thanks very much. >>> the trial is underway for the three teenage girls accused in the fatal beating of 16 year-old amy joyner- frances. joyner-frances was attacked in the bathroom at howard high school of technology last april, and died from her injuries. her classmates are charged with criminal conspiracy for their alleged role, and a 17 year-old classmate faced a charge of criminally negligent homicide. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves was there as the trial began and she will have a live update for you coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> at lee five people were injured when a new jersey transit train derailed, during this morning's rush. the train jumped the track prior to reaching the platform at penn station. passengers described a jolt and one said it felt like a earthquake. >> it was literally like an amusement ride, it was bodies every where, piling up. >> i got thrown in the next person, i was sitting on the side, kind of, you know, not on a regular seat. >> some pa

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos was in federal court as williams told the judge that he has a new reporter: district attorney seth williams entered federal court being represented by michael diamondstein and left with a new attorney. >>> i'm honored to be representing district of attorney of philadelphia. >> reporter: trial attorney tom berke is now in charge of the representing the district attorney. berke has contributed more than $1,500 to williams 2010 run for d.a. but wow not comment about those donations when asked. williams faces 23 federal counts for bribery and extortion, charges berke says are entirely false. >>> district attorney williams is been in office in january 2010 his office has prosecuted 500,000 cases, the indictment does not contain a single allegation that the outcome of a single case prosecuted by my client's office was affected. >> reporter: despite pressure from the bar association and even the mayor to resign, williams has refused and he will continue to collect his more than $175,000 salary but now in a more diminished role. >>> today district attorney

we will check with sports director don bell in just a moment but first to our greg argos live on the parkway, how is it looking out there, greg. >> reporter: well, looking good right now, nicole. in. if. l draft experience actually opens up this thursday at noon to the public. basically, everything along the parkway is free, opened to the public with the exception here to the main stage, and tickets here to the main stage that includes, mock locker rooms for all 32 nfl teams set up, vince lombardi trophy will be set up here and set up for selfies. sure, the nation's eyes will be on the players here at foot of the art museum but if you decided to make your way to the parkway during nfl draft, there will be many other options to distract you this will be the draft experience. >> reporter: this is the manager of nfl events and said that they are expecting near pope level crowd, for the free nfl draft experience. >> given the weather we hepp it will be, you know, of course tens of thousands office people. >> reporter: with these crowd come security, police, city officials taking a walk th

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows us tonight officials say a simple search on a ancestry whenis case wide open. >>> the u.s. government has charged john vincent with aggravated identity theft. this all started in 1996, and when he decided to walk through, a texas graveyard. for more than two decade this man john vincent was known as nathan, the problem is, nathan lessowsky was a texas babe hoy died months after being born in 1972. >> we were able to discover that in fact, nathan was really john vincent, an escaped convict from texas living under this identity. approximately since 1996. >> reporter: assistant u.s. attorney amanda says vincent escaped from the halfy

live in bear, delaware, greg argos, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> greg, thank you. >> testimony will continue tomorrow in the trial of david creato the camden country father accused of murdering his 3-year-old son. today visitors visited the scene where the boy's body was found in cooper river park in 2015 and shown pictures of brendan's pody and special attention given to his clean socks which prosecutors say he was carried and did not walk more than a half mile from his father's apartment. and that same walk was later repeated by another 3-year-old wearing the same socks as brendan as comparison and those socks were presented today in court. >> a woman in lehigh county is attacked and killed by her own dog. that attack happened this afternoon at the woman's home on spring white dmriv upper macungie township. police say the boxer pit bull mix was mauling the woman in her 30s which they arrived at the house. she died at a hospital. the dog was taken to the umain society where it will be put down. >> the doctor forcingably removed from united flight. united is implementing major changes follow

live in bear, delaware, greg argos, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> greg, thank you. >> testimony will continue tomorrow in the trial of david creato the camden country father accused of murdering his 3-year-old son. today visitors visited the scene where the boy's body was found in cooper river park in 2015 and shown pictures of brendan's pody and special attention given to his clean socks which prosecutors say he was carried and did not walk more than a half mile from his father's apartment. and that same walk was later repeated by another 3-year-old wearing the same socks as brendan as comparison and those socks were presented today in court. >> a woman in lehigh county is attacked and killed by her own dog. that attack happened this afternoon at the woman's home on spring white dmriv upper macungie township. police say the boxer pit bull mix was mauling the woman in her 30s which they arrived at the house. she died at a hospital. the dog was taken to the umain society where it will be put down. >> the doctor forcingably removed from united flight. united is implementing major changes follow

we are live from north philadelphia, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. >>> a deadly crash on roosevelt boulevard that killed two women has feltonville residents raising more concerns about the heavily traveled road. the women were passengers in the suv that slammed into the back of a tractor trailer, that is this morning that was parked legally on the boulevard near d street. fatal crash comes just days after injuries, attorneys released a study on the 150 most dangerous intersections in philadelphia. about a dozen intersections on that list are on roosevelt boulevard. >> i'm real concerned about accidents here and always because of. that so they allow cars to do this on the boulevard. >> reporter: why sit a laos parking and drivers speeding on the 40 miles per hour road. police say that they are still investigating the cause of this crash. the driver of the suv is in stable condition with a broken hip. >>> it is certainly not something you see every day aches horse, on the run, with philadelphia police, hot on its trail. that wild scene unfold add cross

here's eyewitness news reporter greg argos. >> unit airlines motto is fly the friendly sky. i'm not sure this passenger agrees. >> have you seen that video. >> i did, yeah. >> it was not nice to watch good you're scratching your face. >> yes. >> that's reprehensible. that's apaling. >> what do you think about tha that. >> there's a lawsuit and somebody is out of a job. >> the flight over booked and this man dragged off by a curety officer. >> my reaction was there no humanity left and airlines just feel they can abuse people to the point of in this case, committing assault and battery on a passenger. >> arthur yolk is pilot. when you buy a ticket own any airline you agree to their contract of car yaj. >> you agree to all these term terms. 45 pages, look at this thing. that's what you agree upon. >> that's right. >> have you ever read this thing. >> no. >> would you ever read this thing. >> probably not, not. >> every time you buy a ticket this is what you agree to. >> i never read that. >> i don't think anyone has. >> and it appears united is violating their own contract. >>

> brand new museum of the american revolution officially opened up today in olde city, reporter greg argos was there for it all and joins us now with more on this much anticipated attraction, greg, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, there ukee. museum officially opened to the public at 3:20 this afternoon and on hand for the celebration former vice-president joe biden. >> museum of the american revolution is now, officially opened. >> reporter: fourteen years and 120 million-dollar later, museum of the american revolution finally opened up its doors and former vice-president joe biden, was one of the first inside. what are your thoughts bit, sir. >> really great. i didn't understand some of the details. >> reporter: beside george washington's actual war 10t museum which sits at corner of chestnut and third streets in olde city also houses more than 3,000 artifacts from the revolutionary war. >> ♪ >> reporter: wednesday after a ceremony which stretched from the tomb of the unknown solder of the revolution at washington square to the steps of the building that the museum opened up to t

here's eyewitness news reporter greg argos. >> unit airlines motto is fly the friendly sky. i'm not sure this passenger agrees. >> have you seen that video. >> i did, yeah. >> it was not nice to watch good you're scratching your face. >> yes. >> that's reprehensible. that's apaling. >> what do you think about tha that. >> there's a lawsuit and somebody is out of a job. >> the flight over booked and this man dragged off by a curety officer. >> my reaction was there no humanity left and airlines just feel they can abuse people to the point of in this case, committing assault and battery on a passenger. >> arthur yolk is pilot. when you buy a ticket own any airline you agree to their contract of car yaj. >> you agree to all these term terms. 45 pages, look at this thing. that's what you agree upon. >> that's right. >> have you ever read this thing. >> no. >> would you ever read this thing. >> probably not, not. >> every time you buy a ticket this is what you agree to. >> i never read that. >> i don't think anyone has. >> and it appears united is violating their own contract. >>

himself because she preferred he would face prison time for his crime live from the sat center, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. >>> family of the slain delaware correctional officer and the others held hostage in a prison up rising in february have filed a federal lawsuit. the suit named two former governors, department of corrections and state of delaware with knowingly under staffing delaware prisons. according to attorneys on the case, prior to his death, lieutenant steven floyd warned of a lack of staffing at james t vaughn correctional center in smyrna. >> my clients have been forced to do this, and it may be a long, and hard struggle, but they are prepared to see it through. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 alycia nieves will explore the long term change these federal lawsuit could bring to delaware's correctional system. >>> we are hearing from the philadelphia fire department for the first time about changes it has made after an internal review on the 2014 line of duty death of fire lieutenant joyce craig. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden j

our greg argos joins us in the studio with more from the people whose culture is caught in the cross fire, greg. >> reporter: it just so happens a syrian artifact exhibit is opening tomorrow, at the penn museum. i spoke with two syrians involved in that showcase, and one of them is from damascus right here which is due south of that area where that deadly gaza tack happened, on tuesday both of them say, that they have very strong feelings about the attack, and the u.s. air strike which followed. this video shows the moment u.s. tomahawk cruise missiles hid thal shayrat airfield in syria. >> i'm closely following is what going on. >> reporter: this woman fridays syria research fellow and curator of the newly opened exhibit cultures in the cross fire at penn museum. she hopes that missle air strike will be the beginning to the end of the civil war in her home country. >> we hope that the intervention will just put an end to such horrific attacks on the syrian civilians. >> what is happening in syria is very incomprehensible. >> reporter: syrian artist, whose work is being displayed in t

"eyewitness news", reporter greg argos was in federal court as williams told the judge that he has a new lawyer >> reporter: district tern seth williams entered federal court being represented by michael diamond stein and left with a new attorney. >>> i'm honored to be representing the district attorney of philadelphia. >> reporter: trial attorney tom berke is in charge of the defending the embattled district attorney. state campaign finances record show berke has contributed $1,500 to williams 2010 run for d.a. but wow not comment about those donations when asked. williams faces 23 federal counts for bribery and extortion, charges berke says are entirely false. >>> district attorney williams is too involved since january 2010 his office has prosecuted more than 500,000 cases, the indictment does not contain a single allegation that the outcome of the single case, prosecuted by my client 's office was affected. >> reporter: despite pressure from the bar association and even mayor to resign, williams has refused and he will continue to collect his more than $175,000 salary, but now in

our greg argos talked today with jeff i blare at about the man, and the comedian. >> letterman is not guy that gets out too much, out in the midwest with his wife saying honey, shoot that cow and let's go to bed early. >> reporter: before he was a famous comedian don rickles was an up and coming artist traveling comedy club circuit here in philadelphia in 1957. >> i was his valet, i didn't know who he was. >> reporter: just 17, jerry blavat showed her, around the city club to club and 2b came life long friend. >> the most lovely guy, completely opposite of what you would see, on stage. >> reporter: rickles died thursday from kidney failure, 90 year-old is best none for his insult driven humor, blavat says unlike anything from any other comic to day. >> comedians today do one liners, or stories. rickles comedy was playing off the audience. >> god bless you frank, what could do you to me. >> reporter: blavat and rickles kept in regular touch. >> i'm don rickles. big, big star calling be in. >> reporter: even opened for him in recent events and said rickles never who his comedy genius. >