this in the 6500 block of kansas avenue and allegheny avenue. this is a two story house, a cape cod style home. chopper 4 capturing the rising smoke above the trees. pretty heavy. so emergency response on the ground trying to fight the flames still coming out of the house. good news, no reports of any injuries. the elderly man who lives here is out of town. so we will continue to follow this and let's you know how it will impact those of you you who live around here. meanwhile once again good news, nobody injured in that two story house fire right there in takoma park. back to you. >>> 6:19. arlington man tried twice for killing another man in hawaii will not serve anytime behind bars. a jury acquitted christopher didi of manslaughter charges. he was back hopping and sat a man billiullying another custom. he claimed he acted in self against. a judge declared a high school mistrial last year. >>> neighbors in a montgomery county area are being thankeds as heros this morning. they rescued a person in a wheelchair from a burning house. a home on wa

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building southbound traffic from allegheny to girard. the off ramp from northbound side of i-95 is closing to girard. that happened last weekend and happening this weekend, official detour will take you up to allegheny and flip. if i were you get off the vine street express way and work north into fishtown. >>> a 13-year-old wisconsin girl is facing dui charges. police say the teen went on a joyride without her mother's permission. an sphrldz pulled the driver -- an officer pulled the driver over the teen failed a sobriety test is under aarp -- under arrest and there were five people under the age. 14 in the car. >>> the taney dragons debut in the world series today. afterwards the team had a batting practice. the world series is double elimination you can cheer the team only at city hall. there will be a pep rally and public viewing that will start at 3:00 p.m. the game will be known e shown on our sister station espn. you can follow "action news" reporter, chad perdelli on twitter. >> speaking of twitter, it is an damage control becaus

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children died when an suv that was carjacked lost control and crashed into their fruit stand at alleghenynd germantown avenues in tioga, their mother was seriously injured. the family and the neighbor had been set up at the corner, raising money for their church. several vigils were held since their deaths a week and a half ago. a relative spoke about how life has been for the family since the crash. >> this seems to never end. our hearts are completely broken, we can't believe this is our new reality, a nightmare that just won't end. >> reporter: and large crowds are expected later on this morning, the funeral is set to begin at 11:00 a.m., live in north philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> cell phone video captured a kay on chaotic scene that erupted at a cookout, it started when police moved in to arrest two men who were suspected of assaulting a woman. investigators say the men tried to escape from police by mixing in with the crowd at a family barbecue birthday party. police ended up struggling with some of the partygoer who were upset with the police presence. s

this happened after 1:00 on the 2000 block of east allegheny avenue. the 28-year-old victim is in stable condition. >>> it's known for seafood and family friendly atmosphere, but police say an iconic restaurant was the scene of a violence attack when a cook stabbed a cowork coworker. this happened at snockey's seafood restaurant. an argument between the two led to the stabbing. the victim was rushed to thomas jefferson university hospital. no word on his condition. the police arrested the other cook. >>> police are busy this morning resuming the investigation of the death of a man who was run over and shot and killed by another driver. this happened 8:45 last night. investigators found the car the driver was in on fire. it has georgia tags. no arrests yet or what led up to this incident. >>> it's a murder mystery that's sta shaken a community. two middle aged women were found shot dead in a home on the 4700 block visa street. both were in their mid-50s. one of the women found down stair as, the other upstairs. the neighbors heard shots and saw someone

it happened after 1:00 this morning on east allegheny avenue. detectives tell us the 28-year-old victim is in stable condition. in south philadelphia, a cook was stabbed by a coworker at snockey's oyster and crab house. an argument between the two led to the stabbing. the suspect has been arrested. the victim is in the hospital. no word on his condition. >>> the search for clues continue today after two women were found shot dead inside a may fair home. this happened on the 4700 block of vista street. neighbors tell us the woman who lived here, one of the victims was like a grandmother to everybody on the block. according to police, both were many their mid-50s. one of the women was found downstairs, the other upstairs. neighbors heard shots and saw someone run from the house. we spoke to one man, joey thomas, that told us police informed him one of the victims was his sister visiting the other victim at the time of the shooting. >>> this morning a son is facing aggravated assault charges after he was shot by his own mother. the 78-year-old moth

the fire broke out on north 17th and allegheny around 1:00. no one was hurt. the cause is now under investigation. >>> an autopsy will be performed today on mother of two, found dead, in pennypack park, fox 29's steve keeley live at police headquarters with the details, good morning, steve. >> well, it may not be called murder yet officially but certainly being treated as one around here, around the clock here at police headquarters, this 46 year old married mom found in her shorts and sports bra with injuries consistent with a struggle and strangulation, cuts, scratches, eye hemoraging, something they see when someone has breathing cut off, with the brain and body cut off from oxygen. this woman, according to police here, they say she may not have been able to fight off her attacker as well because born with just one arm. this has both people and police worried and wondering in northeast philly if the pennypack park rapes from previous years have any connection since this woman fawn close to where those happened, and it is being investigated, as well, and wai

the cg crash that also claimed the lives of three of her cfriends and family gathered at german alleghenyhe spot where that crash happened on july 25th. her funeral will take place tomorrow. two men are now facing murder charges and today one of jonathan rosa said in court he wants the family's forgiveness. >> we've got update for you on an mazing act of kindness you saw on "eyewitness news" earlier today. a woman who a woke to found her res slashed as a brand new set ight thanks to the generosity of a >> reporter: dottie is goinger day she wokype up with tetqars i dam have to go v im%:ek in for eight hours. >> reporte make that trip wednesday because all four tires on wered overnight one of 10 cars targeted bandal on akron street in frankford.r dottie who is disabled it was more than an inconvenience. >> that would take me like six o save money up for tires. >> reporter:nd pat a complete stranger living 30 miles away. heard dot toepieces story. >> it touched my heart. >> she caused the cbs broadcast center and offered to pick up the tab. >> you're kidding me? really? oh, my god that's so

quite substantially approaching 76, by allegheny, there is a wreck. cobb's creek parkway closed and woodland avenue a good alternate and the septa trolleys, route 18, you are riding the buses instead. because of downed wires and in palmyra, a crash near the tacony palmyra bridge. >> there is more to come here on "action news" at 5:00. >> students in one iowa district will wear heart monitors in gym class, the devices are sparking a debate. >>> well, it was another dry and seasonable summer day and i am tracking the potential for downpours. i'll have when in the accuweather forecast. >>> breaking news from the felton view section of philadelphia, from the scene of a motorcycle accident that shut down a part of roosevelt boulevard. by rising sun, in the outer lanes frmg the motorcyclist is still on the scene and crews are working on him. no word on his condition, all northbound lanes are blocked on rising sun at the crash scene. they will continue to update this, and the condition of that motorcyclist. >> health check tonight, a new device is tested to

day fox 29 cameras joined septa police in a late afternoon fair evasion blitz at kensington and allegheny saw five fair jumpers get snagged in just 25 minutes. including these two guys jumping the turn styles at erie and torresdale. they were caught by the time they got off at k and a. >> you jump the fair over there. >>> get out of my face yo. >> i ain't paying the fair because i was broke and i didn't have any money. >> it's a $300 ticket, right. >>> $2 to get on three hun dead dollars if you don't pay. >> septa has made a concerted effort to match the fair jumpers the number of summonses hand the out to violators has jumped from 416 in 2,011 to over 3,000 last year. in the first sick months of this year, 2300 summonses have been issued. >> it's not because they're evasion is astronomically increasing because we're catch them. we're addressing it and we'll stop the. >> northbound, right? >> septa police have a simple but effective way of snagging them. 17,000 cameras are focused on platforms and trains. carbs shear are the eyes and ears on the platforms. >> there's veteran septa officer

allegheny signed a lease to drill for natural gas on airport ground. the county expects to collect a half billion dollars over the next 20 years. >> that's about 25 million a year. rich fitzgerald is executive of allegheny airport. >> consul will spend about $500 million in building out the infrastructure needed for the airport property. the drilling, the pipe work, the engineering, the excavation, et cetera. when you add that to the royalties, we have a billion dollar deal without any tax dollars going in to it. >> that deal could not have come at a better time. in 1987, pittsburgh international made a billion dollar gamble of its own. partnering with u.s. air on expansion project designed to handle 30 million passengers a year. but traffic peeked at less that 21 million in 1997. in 2002, u.s. air then bre wanted as u.s. airways filed for bankruptcy. the next year, the airline broke its lease leaving airport officials holding the back. >> we didn't have the money coming in from all of the airline operations to pay off the debt of our airport. this is

allegheny county in the 50's. 59.es at the cirore of the cooler air was the northwest. that makes a comeback during the day on sunday as high pressure over head slowly moves off for the east. winds turned to the south and west. not only will we deal with heat and humidity on sunday, but a better chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. we will keep storms in the forecast monday through wednesday, even thursday of next week, with temperatures slightly below average for this time of year. the clouds, a few of them will stick around for the overnight hours, but expect it to remain dry for us here in d.c. we will see a cool start a saturday morning with temperatures in the 50's, and then we will warm up nicely into the mid-80's for daytime highs. on sunday, butrs overall only about a 30% chance. not going to be a washout. 52 to 60 for an overnight low. daytime highs tomorrow around 82 to 87 degrees. winds at the southwest at five to 10. 90 degrees on sunday. we will keep showers and storms in the forecast right through the rest of the week for next week. >> speak

rich fitzgerald is executive of allegheny county which owns the airport. >> they are going to spends500 million in building out the infrastructure needed for the airport property. the drilling, the pipe work, the engineering, the excavation, et cetera, when you add that to the royalties, we have a billion dollars deal, a billion dollars development without any tax dollars going in to it. it's a pretty much a win-win for the community. >> that deal could not have come at a better time. a 1987 pittsburgh international made a billion dollars gamble of its own, partnerin partnering wr honor air opartnering with u.s.o handle 30,000 passenger a he a year but it piqued at 20,000. and u.s. air rebranded as u.s. airways filed for bankruptcy the next year the airline broke its lease, leaving airport officials holding the bag. >> what it meant was we didn't have the money coming in from all of airline operations to pay off the debt of our airport. this is a source of revenue from the extraction of the natural gas. that will help pay down that debt. >> console officially broke ground on its firs

use the ramp to allegheny and turned around and head to i-95. don't forget the issues with the trolleys, 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36 being diverted to 40th and market. >> reporter: we're 66 in an comfortable. you'll see 71 in philadelphia at 9:00 a.m. 78 by noon, in the 70s in the morning and 80s in the afternoon. breeze might be less than yesterday, but we have low humidity and overall a nice day out there. a reminder that you can follow me on facebook and twitter to get weather updates. we're always talking union and right now on my facebook page and being tweeted intermittently is my preview of the union matchup against montreal. big game, homefully three points coming. >> the philadelphia water department is promising a full investigation an illegal dumping incident. neighbors watched as contractors emptied an tank full of foul-smelling sludge across the street from the hank gathers recreation center. a city water commissioner wrote a letter to issues neighbors thanking them for reporting. they added that general pipe cleaning of sharon hill will

. >> reporter: across town a local church passed out more school necessities for allegheny west neighborhood. >> avenue folder full of looseleaf paper. >> reporter: new back pack that matches her hair color has alexis morgan excited for ninth grade. >> if you start ready then you'll ends ready. >> reporter: just like the school district, her mother simmone is watching every penny getter her daughter equipped for class, without breaking the bank, really helps. >> even though the penuries tight, we still have to educate our children. >> reporter: some say these drives go beyond school supplies. >> the experience every seeing my kids, get to see organizations come together to promote peace it means a lot to me. >> reporter: some school districts go back to school tuesday, all students in the philadelphia school district will head back to class on september 8th. jennifer? >>> thanks, drew. well, a man is in the hospital following a stabbing in cobbs creek. it happened overnight on the 600 block of south 56 street. police found the 48 year old victim with stab wounds to the chest, arms, and back,

police and caught on camera by fox 29 as he hurdled his way on at the platform at kensington and alleghenyidn't pay one dime. >> usually nobody standing here and i jump over there and like -- >> reporter: the guy ended up in the hands of septa police. he was handcuffed and given a $300 summons for evading the $2.25 sent fare. >> you know that's $300 fine of time you do that. >>> yes, sir. >> reporter: and he wasn't alone on the day fox 29 cameras joined septa police in a late afternoon fare evasion blitz at kensington and allegheny. we saw five fare jumpers get snagged in just 25 minutes. including these two guys jumping the turn styles at erie and torresdale. they were caught by the time they got off at k and a. >> you jump the fare over there. >>> get out of my face, yo. >> i ain't paying, i didn't have no money. >>> it's a $300, ticket, right. >> $2 to get on. $300 if you don't pay. >> reporter: septa has made an effort to catch the fare jumpers the number of summonses handed out to violators as jumped from 416 in 2011 to over 3,000 last year. in the force six months of this year, 2300

starting to get a little slow from allegheny to girard. we had a huge delay on 95 yesterday.eful no accidents coming our way like yesterday. let's take a look at the temperatures right now. it's 70 degrees in philadelphia. 64 in allentown. 67 in millville. not a bad start to the day. no weather-related issues this morning. later this afternoon we do have the chance for a spotty thunderstorm but i think many areas just stay dry. it's clouds and sunshine with a high of 86, erin. >> okay, thanks so much, karen. >>> new on "action news," the cause of death is still not known after an autopsy was performed on a nine-year-old boy who was found dead in his home last week. the coroner has now called for further testing. it could be weeks before we know exactly what caused the death of jared. last friday police found the nine year old boy dead on the floor which was covered in his own feces. police say the boy died four days prior to police finding him but the father didn't tell anyone. no one has been charged yet with the boy's death. >>> a report says russian hackers have stolen 1.2

police say 22 year old jones hit a woman, walking in front of her karat eighth and allegheny. witnesses say that she then reversed the car, running over the victim a second time, before finally leaving the scene. the woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >>> 5:03. traffic and weather together. good morning, kate. >> i hey, that the tasha, happy monday everybody. i know, tough to hear that when trying to just wake up, get the week started, but at least come bearing good weather news. remember how excited i was on friday to give that you forecast? it is a pretty nice day today too. sort of sandwiching what was actually ended up to be pretty nice weekends, sandwich that inbetween two really decent days, the low humidity continues today, you will keep that sunshine, i think probably see few more clouds, but genesly nice beginning to the week. now the problem is, and there is always one, you know, see couple every disturbances moving in here. no major storms in site. you can already see the juice, as i like to call it, getting underway here across ken tuck at this

three of william' children who were selling fruits and vegetables on the corner of germantown and allegheny avenu avenues. >> when the car hit me i could just see my head, i grabbed my head like this. because oh, god, my head was going to come off. i said, oh, my gosh. >> brown said the hardest thing was learning all three children died. >> god have a purpose for me to still be here. he has a purpose for me. >> cornelius craw forward and jonathan rosa are charged with the children's death and now face four counts of second degree murder. people in the community still grieving this enormous loss want justice. >> i hope they have remorse for what they did. >> reporter: no word yet on funeral arrangements for williams. but neighbors tell us that there is talk of creating a permanent memorial for the family at the crash site. lucy, back to you. >> thank you very much, thalia. >>> mysterious baggies turning up today all across philadelphia. fox 29' viewers have been e-mailing us and calling us... illegal drugs, what exactly are they? fox 29 gets to the bott testimony of it next. >> and go taken

. >> across town, local church pass the out more school necessities for their allegheny west neighborhood. >> i have a folder full of looseleaf paper. new back pack that matches her air color has alexa morgan excited for ninth grade. >> if you start ready then you will end red. >> i just like the school district, her mother simmone is watching every penny getting her daughter equipped for class without baking the bank really helps. >> even though the penuries tight, we still have to educate our children. >> some parents say these drives go beyond school supplies. >> experience of seeing my kids, get to see organizations come together with peace, that means a lot to me. >> some school districts go back to school actuals. philadelphia district will hit back on september 8th. reporting in the news room, drew dickman, "fox 29 news". >>> a celebration is planned for the area's latest champions. a huge crowd on hand welcomed home the broomall newtown baseball team. a police escort brought them home from newark, new jersey airport, they arrived just after 1:00 this morning, to marple newtown hig

this happened at eighth and allegheny about 1:30 this morning.olice say the driver of the car ran over the victim a second time when she fled the scene. the suspect was arrested at home after crashing her car near 25th. >>> a philadelphia police officer suffered minor injuries when his car collided with two vehicles this morning. "eyewitness news" at germantown and west glenwood. investigators say the officer was responding to a robbery call when he was sideswiped by another vehicle. the officer's cruiser then struck a pickup truck head on. >>> a new jersey nanny is now under arrest charged with dui. police in toms river say a mother hired 50-year-old susan porfito gibson through an online service to take care of her son. police say the mom came home on friday afternoon and found gibson passed out drunk on the floor. gibson woke up, ran away and within minutes she had crashed her car. she's being held on $50,000 bail. >>> the food bank of south jersey brought its hope mobile food pantry to winslow township, new jersey, today. residents who qualif

that is what they were doing july 25th at corner of germantown and allegheny avenue when two men in the carjack suv lost control hit and killed them. >> hopefully those of us that remain and commit ourselves to serving others like they did so their lives didn't end in vein. >> reporter: three shining examples of good, that family will remember and celebrate even on the day filled with sadness, today turning to their faith in saying this is not the end but only the beginning. >> although we cannot measure it, we cannot prove it, we know it because it was palpable in the room today. >> reporter: the the children's mother was not able to make it to the service. she was critically injured during that crash and is still hospitalized. meanwhile this memorial continues to grow and another vigil planned for the end of the movement reporting from north philadelphia, jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a fundraiser effort is underway to help the family of the carjacked victims. "eyewitness news" at philly gets fit on washington avenue in south philadelphia today, all of the proceeds from t

we have that normal construction set up on 95, northbound especially near bridge street and allegheny. this is 76 at montgomery drive. both directions of 76 are moving along just fine. chris? >>> up next, moving day. it was supposed to be a simple job as simple as moving 3,000-pound letters by helicopter can be. the nine letters that led to an engineering nightmare in center city. >>> running toward trouble, a little boy on the loose and an alert officer who saved the day. you have to see how this ends. >>> look at this, the timetable to complete a highly visible project is on hold for you. pnb letters. they weigh more than $3,03,000 pounds each. they were detached and brought down by a helicopter. it brought a crowd. >> when i look up at center city, it's the hub of philly. it will be missed. >> workers had trouble detaching those letters within the allotted time frame there. they weren't able to finish the job yesterday. right now it's unclear when they will get back to work. >>> at the jersey shore, members of the lenape nation, they sign partnerships with various organizations the

friends and family gathered at germantown and allegheny at the the spot where that crash happened onul 25th. her funeral will take place tomorrow. two men are now facing murder charges and today one of them jonathan rosa said in court he wants the family's forgiveness. >> we've got update for you on an mazing act of kindness you saw on "eyewitness news" earlier today. a woman who a woke to found her tires slashed as a brand new set of rubber on her car tonight thanks to the generosity of a stranger. >> i'm just so grateful for it. >> reporter: dottie is going sleep with a smile on her face. on the same day she woke up with tears in her eyes. >> my son has brain damage and i have to go visit him every day i go visit him in hatboro for eight hours. >> reporter: dottie couldn't make that trip wednesday because all four tires on her car were slashed overnight one of 10 cars targeted by a vandal on akron street in frankford. for dottie who is disabled it was more than an inconvenience. >> that would take me like six months to year to save money up for tires. >> reporter:nd pat a complete

it happened at eighth and allegheny at about 1:30 this morning.olice say the driver of the car ran over the victim a second time when she fled the scene. the suspect was arrested at home after crashing her car near 25th and first. >>> a philadelphia police officer suffered some hoy nor injuries when his car collided with two vehicles this morning. "eyewitness news" at germantown and west glenwood. investigators say the officer was responding to a robbery call when he was sideswiped by another vehicle. the officer's cruise sr. struck a pickup truck head on. >> the food bank of south jersey it brought its hope mobile food pantry to winslow township, new jersey, today. residents who qualify for assistance say picked up grocery at school number three on sicklerville road. the mobile food pantry will be stopping at school on the first saturday of each month. the south jersey food bank is part are inning with the perfecting church making all of this possible. there's new information about an israeli soldier believed to be captured by hamas. very latest

we can tell you what remains that of vigil behind me here at the intersection of germantown and alleghenyenues where this crash happened. as we said, this is to remember the fourth and final victim of this crash. we have a picture of her. that would be the mother of the three children killed in this crash passed away thursday night after fighting to survive for two weeks. she was selling fruit for her church with three of her children when they were struck by an out of control suv. that suv was stolen by two men moments earlier with both men now in prison facing multiple murder charges. saturday mourners gathered once again at the scene of the crash to remember keisha as they had done many times already for her children. they remembered a woman they called kind hearted and dedicate d to her kids. she leaves behind two more children, ages 12 and 13 who are not injured during this crash. natasha, you know that we've been covering this story for the past two weeks or so. this is maybe the third or fourth vigil i've been at personally but you get the feeling from these people here at tonight'

she was in critical condition after she was struck by a stolen car at germantown and allegheny avenue july 21st. crash injured two other people, authorities now say that the suspect jonathan rosa and cornelius crawford will face four counts of second degree murder and conspiracy. >>> the united states today launched air strikes in northern iraq's kurdish region to stop advancement have of islam i can extremist. u.s. war planes hit artillery belonging to the group known as isis leaving some of those militants dead. president obama authorized the air strikes last night to protect u.s. personnel who are working with the region and safe guard thousands of religious minorities who have been trapped on a mountain there, isis has threatened to kill anyone who comes down off of that mountain. >>> tonight we are hearing from a kurdish exchange student in philadelphia studying at temple university, his heart, mind are half a world away with his family in iraq. tonight he speaks with "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte huffman. >> reporter: fair of fa18 fighter jets dropped bombs on artillery p

selling fruit to raise money for church activities when two men in a stolen suv plowed into them at allegheny and germantown avenues. two other people were hurt. cornelius crawford and jonathan rosa face charges in the carjacking case, including murder. >>> a south carolina mom is arrested for using profanity in a grocery store. she was arrested at a kroger grocery store. wolf was handcuffed and charged with disorderly conduct. she wants people to know she had just become fed up and lost her patience. >> mothers just have, you know, they just have that day. you know, like where they feel stressed out. every mother does. >> the woman who reported wolf at the store said she never expected wolf to be arrested. the two women have talked and both apologized and they want to put the whole thing behind them. >>> speaking of motherhood, in texas a pregnant mom waiting in line to register her son in pre-k ended up having her baby at the school. vanessa deleon was already in labor when she was in line and she figured she could drop off the application and go to the hospital. the baby wouldn't wait and

half ago by two alleged carjacking suspects they were selling fruit on the corner of germantown and alleghenyvenues to raise money for their church. when the outer of control suv jumped the curb striking them. >> this is not a good day but to see people coming together and having a purpose what they're doing exercising but there's a purpose. and that purpose is part of helping the remaining children keisha william. >> at the children' funeral hundreds pack the family's seven day adventist church. to remember the life of three loved kids and support a hurting family. >> everybody is so heart broken by this. so sad. >> reporter: the fit for live event at the community center offered counseling and outlet for those wanting to help. money from the exercise fundraiser will all go to the william family. >> i really sympathize because i have nephews so, you know, it really like kind of hit home. >> reporter: the children's mother keisha williams remains hospitalized in critical condition. the family is still asking for prayers for her. in and from this fundraiser will go to keisha and her remaining

getting words of accident now south on i-95 right near the allegheny avenue interchange. we'll try to swim our cameras around get a shot of. that will south on 295 construction crews between the white horse pike and the 42 freeway. and if you use patco heads up. today's day number one every brand new schedule, they'll have more trains fewer gaps between the trains. natasha, back over to you. >> bob, thank you very much. more now on the breaking news out of northeast philadelphia, philadelphia police have a man in custody after a suspected car thief is shot dead overnight. >> investigators are now questioning the use of deadly force. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, joins us, at northeast detectives with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, they've had that suspect in custody questioning him throughout the early morning. his explanation so far pretty straightforward. he thinks he saw somebody breaking in to his truck. this all started about 10:00 last night police responding from the 15th district, to report of a person shot in the rear driveway of

week and a half ago, two alleged carjacking suspect selling fruit on the corner of germantown and allegheny avenue to raise money for their church. when the out of control suv jumped the curb striking them. >> not a good day, but the same people coming together, having purpose with what they are doing, exercising, but there is a purpose. and that purpose is helping remaining children keisha williams. >> at the children's funeral, hundreds packed the family's seventh day adventist church including the city's top dignitaries, to remember the life of three loved kids and support a hurting family >> offed counselling, outlet for those want too long help. money from the exercise fundraiser will all go to the william family. >> i really sympethize. i have nothing. so it really like kind of hit home. >> the children's mother, keisha, remains hospitalized in critical condition. the family is still asking for prayers for her. money from this funds raise letter go to keisha and her remaining two children. in north philadelphia, diana rocco, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> family, friends, gather to reme

we have some of the overnight construction clearing northbound near allegheny.is is a live look in the northeast. 63 at woodhaven road. that is completely clear. northbound side of 42 as drivers pass creek road and head out to the bridge. 42 is also quiet. tracy? >> we've been following breaking news in ferguson, missouri. >> where peaceful protests once again turned ugly overnight. within the past hour we've learned that missouri's governor is taking drastic new measures to quiet the unrest in the st. louis suburb. we're live in ferguson where a curfew is set to expire in just over an hour. >>> and a brutal attack in a park. it's all caught on camera. >>> the tile is scheduled to begin in bucks county for an accuse the serial rapist. prosecutors say benson preyed on girls ages 14 to 17 forcing them into sexual activity after meeting them online. if he's convicted on all the charges, he could be sentenced to more than 80 years in prison. >>> more confrontation between protesters and police overnight in ferguson. now the national guard is being sent in to try to

last night friend and family gathered for a vigil at germantown and allegheny at the very spot where it happened july 25th. two men are facing murder charges, in court one of them jonathan rosa asked for the family's forgiveness. >>> atlantic city's marketing armies taking its case to the papers after a wave of casino closings. the the atlantic city a lines is running this ad touting many things that the resort offers aside from gambling. it mentions beach, shopping, dining and big name entertainment. it is running in the inquirer, wall street journal and star ledger of newark. >>> is there a tentative deal right now between septa and regional rail electric aal workers. it calls for an 11.5 percent raise for the workers. they have work for five years without a contract. septa officials are planning to hold a board meeting on monday to sign the contract. first the ibew has to ratify it. as for regional rail engineer's union septa officials a they are narrowing their differences. >>> and the taney dragons are spending the the day getting ready for tomorrow's big game in williamsport. y

this morning we're looking at light traffic at this point, once up get to allegheny and girard it starts to get heavier heading toward center city. the boulevard, getting word of a new crash, in the northbound lanes by grant avenue at the luk oil station. watch out for emergency crews responding to that scene this morning. they are investigating an overnight crash in hatfield, montgomery county that continues to close north broad street by medical campus drive. vehicle struck a pole, split some two, it was a horrible scene. you want to stick with walnut or lion street. on the northeast extension between lansdale and quakertown we have a work zone taking out the right lane. no big issues on 422 coming in from pilots heading toward valley forge. they reopened the northbound lanes of 495. in the southbound direction of route 13 there's a disabled vehicle, but matt, no big deal, because that's off to the side. >> another accident, it's new this morning, an out-of-control minivan crashed into a parking lot and burst into flames. it happened along route 38 in mount laurel shortly before 11:00

this happened at eighth and allegheny avenues just before 3:00 o'clock this morning.ar old woman was rushed to the hospital. she is in critical condition at this hour. police say no charges have been filed at this point. >>> and swimming now to your weekend weather authority forecast. after a summer full of beautiful weekends we are in the middle of a rather dreary one. this is a live look right now at in the pocono mountains actually it's a pretty picture although we could be in for a really soggy sunday, sue? >> yes we could. you saw just a couple of rays of sunshine burning through those clouds that's the situation but you see plenty of rain here on ultimate doppler radar. some thunderstorm thunderstormse northwestern corner of pennsylvania. there's rain to our south from a stalled system but at the moment nothing much going on precipitation here. you can go outside for little while any way. it's dry. but we have plenty of clouds in the area thanks to an easterly wind flow so that's your satellite picture takes a look at the future cast it looks like we have a lot

slowing on the southbound side allegheny into girard.e have the restrictions because of the made in america preparation. aiken oval is blocked off, as are the inner drivers of the benjamin franklin parkway. starting at 10:00 a.m., they will close the outer drive. after 10:00 a.m. steer clear of the parkway, because it will be blocked. at that point stick with the highways, we expect the volume to be lighter on the highways today because of the holiday weekend. at least this morning, this afternoon it will be busy. >> a terrible stench drifted down north 12th street when crews started to clean up a hording house. it was so bad crews needed a backhoe to pull the garbage out of the windows. neighbors have been complaining about the property for years. the other than has been taken to the hospital for a mental health valuation. >>> the police response to protests in ferguson, missouri has led to a 40 million lawsuit. five people filed the federal lawsuit. the suit accused ferguson and saint louis county police of making false articles. 23-ye

children, ages seven to 15, were run down and killed, in a stolen car at the corner of germantown and allegheny avenues. now, williams died from her injuries just few days ago, her children were killed on the scene. she would have turned 35 yesterday. >> we are praying for keisha to come home, so she could come home to over other children. but god had a better plan for her. she up in heaven with the other three children. >> and williams' will be burried next to those three children who her two surviving children are now in the care of their aunt. >> 5:09 the time. police investigating attempted burglary at the home after woman who was found dead in northeast philadelphia last week. police say two men tried to get into the home of connie murray early yesterday morning. but, a neighbor called 911. and police were able to catch these guys. police say one of the suspects is a distant relative of the family. >> family going through enough right now. they don't need somebody breaking into their house. these poor girls. >> connie murray was found dead in pennypack park. she left behind two daughters,

we have confirmed 59 southbound as you approach allegheny avenue.eraging 15 miles an hour. as you approach that scene, only one lane is blocked. that is the center lane that's blocked right now. use caution there. new accident in bala cynwyd. speeds on 76 around 39 miles per hour. 15 is what we're seeing on 95 southbound. good news for drivers in trenton, this accident finally cleared. route 29 northbound, the ramp to the 12ru1úz9 was closed but tha out of there. >>> we just learned through nbc 10's jesse gary that officer stephen korpalski has been released from the hospital. the officer grazed in the head by a bullet earlier this morning during the shootout with a suspect has been released from the hospital according to our jesse gary. commissioner charles ramsey is on scene. he'll talk to us live in two minutes. stay with us. >>> break news. the philadelphia police officer who was wounded this morning in exchange of gunfire with a suspect has been released from the hospital. this news coming in. officer stephen korpalski who suffered a graze woun

the children of the city of philadelphia just as important as the children in lancaster county and allegheny county. and so we've demand the same type of respect and support to make sure that all of our young people receive a quality education, that we should not be politicking on the backs of our children. >> the politicians in harrisburg have consistently said that philly must do more to fund its schools. approving a cigarette tax now is a chance for us to do this. let philly tax itself and let our schools open safely and on time. >> the house had asked the governor to advance money to the school district of philadelphia, but doctor hite says even with that advancement could come layoffs. he needs the assurance of the cigarette tax will pass. that is the only way the district says it can close a 80 million-dollar budget gap. so a hearing will be held here at city hall with city and state leaders to talk about the impact of it all. even if the house of representatives does vote on this proposed cigarette tax, it is unclear whether or not the bill is going to pass. kerrey, chris? >> so many

fire broke out on north 17th, and allegheny, around 1:00 o'clock, no one was hurt, the cause of the fire is now under investigation. >>> autopsy will be person formed today on mother of two found dead in penny park park. >> fox 29's steve keeley now live at police headquarters with more on there is steve? >> reporter: we hear these words that police use where they don't want to say anything on the records officially, use person of interest, not suspect any more, at this case not calling it suspicious murder but suspicious death for sure being treated and investigated around here around the clock as murder. this 46 year old married mom found in her shorts and sports bra with injuries consistent with both struggle and being strangled. police say she may not even have been able to fight her attacker, as women, because she was born with just one arm. found with cuts, scratches, and eye hemoraging, that is something homicide investigators always see sockly when someone sees their breathing cut off. >> this has both people and police worried and wondering if the penny park rapes from previous

we think they will diminish as they across the appellations alleghenys and get closer to our area. the very warm temperatures ngraing from the mid-to upper 80's to near 90 right now, will fall this evening, once the wind shifts. in fact by morning we'll have a nice range between 63 degrees in suburban areas to 72 degrees downtown. hurricane cristobal with 75-mile an hour winds well offshore, but you see its proximity over thousands and thousands of square miles churning up the ocean waters causing rip currents. we'll get relief from the heat and humidity thursday but over the weekend it's coming right back for us. sun up tomorrow at 6:33, sunny and a delightful day, but over r the weekend, hot and humid. chances of thunderstorms, better even sunday, monday and tuesday. >> 7 on your side with a cupcake consumer alert. crumbs is coming back to some choice locations including d.c. according to the wall street journal a bankruptcy court gave approval for a new company to acquire the company and its assets and in exchange will cancel $6 million in debt. about two dozen will reopen in ne

the cabbie was robbed at gunshot at 6th and allegheny at 3:0030 in the morning. then the two robbers jumped in the cab and took off. officers caught up to them on percy street. they recovered the stolen cab and two guns used in the carjacking. the cabdriver wasn't hurt. >>> one person taken to the hospital following two-car crash in the oxford circle section of philadelphia. this happened before 12:30 on dorcas street at magee avenue. police say one car sideswiped the other and then flipped over. philadelphia police officer continues to recover at home with his family this morning. he was grazed in the head by a bullet in a shooting we brought to you as breaking news yesterday morning. police say officer steve korpalski and his partner came under fire after responding to a report of a man with a gun. nbc 10 in tacony there after it happened. officer korpalski and his partner fired back along with two or officers. the suspect because killed. police say the suspect was 29-year-old david ellis. his mother says he did not deserve to die. >> i commend those officers f