as andrew spencer reports young with man's cell phone could lead police to the killer. >> reporter: fire fighters that it it was another car fire but instead they found another young woman burned on most of her body. >> i have realized, it was just shocking. >> reporter: nineteen year-old jessica chambers was well men in the small town in northern mississippi, her sister said she always seemed happy and she was always making people laugh. >> we're just shocked or lost, confused, angry and hurt. we're devastating. >> reporter: someone set jessica chambers koran fire on a rural road in courtland, mississippi. some kind of accelerant was use whether it was gas, lighter fluid or something else they don't know. it is not clear whether it was poured on the car or directly on chambers. he died a short time later. >> i mean she was loved by everybody. i don't know who could, who would want to do this or why or nothing. >> reporter: surveillance video at a gas station shows chambers stopping to talk to someone not long before her death, investigators have reviewed this video and apparently spoken

here's cnn reporter andrew spencer. >> reporter: tensions bubbled to the surface gannon christmas eve, protesters and police confronted each other in berkley, missouri where an officer shot and killed a black teenager the day before. number of people recorded video of police officers arresting a protester a few people covering their faces, shouted at police, at least one throwing something at the officers. elsewhere, protesters blocked traffic on the highway, demonstrate ago begins what some believed was another injustice by police, peaceful demonstrations ran in contrast to scuffles with police the night before and the emotions bowled over in an area not far from where a ferguson police officer killed an unarmed 18 year-old in august. after an officer shot and killed 18 year-old antonio martin this week city official where is quick to point out differences in the two shootings. >> you could not even compare this with ferguson or the garner case in new york. >> reporter: within hours of martin's death police released this surveillance video from outside the gas station. the video isn'

i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> coming up in our next half-hour, we'll take a look at some of the political stories from 2014. stay with us, "action news" continues in just a moment. waiter: here's your check. oh! you--you got it. you know, since i got rid of my car, i really enjoy walking. ok. got it? no, i'm good. announcer: getting pulled over for buzzed driving could cost you around $10,000 in fines, legal fees, and increased insurance rates. oh, you're home early. you live with your mom? announcer: that'll set your game back a few years. buzzed, busted, and broke because buzzed driving is drunk driving. >> good morning, 6:00 a.m., on this saturday, december 27. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." >>> philadelphia police are looking for a robber that held up a store in the overnight. >>> investigators are looking at a hit and crash and whether it killed an elderly woman. >>> first, meteorologist has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we have gotten to enjoy the weather it's kind of mild. >> reporter: you love the warmth you're in your glory right now.

as andrew spencer reports young woman's cell phone could lead police to her killer. >> fire fightersjust another car fire, instead, they found a young woman burned on most of her body. >> i have realized, that it was just shocking. >> reporter: nineteen year-old jessica chambers was well known in a small town in northern mississippi. her sister said she always seemed happy and always making people laugh. >> we're just shocked, lost and confused, angry, and hurt and we're devastating. >> reporter: someone sent jessica chambers koran fire on a rural road, investigators say an accelerant was use whether it was gas, lighter flute or something else they don't know. it is not clear whether it was poured on the car or directly on chambers. she died a short time later. >> i mean she was loved by everybody. i don't know who would want to do this or why. nothing. >> reporter: surveillance video shows chambers stopping to talk to someone not long before her death. investigators have reviewed this video and spoken to the people she talk to only leads appear to be something chambers was able to t

andrew spencer has the latest. >>> reporter: tensions bubbled to the surface again on christmas eve.otestors and police confronted each other in berkeley, missouri where an officer shot and killed a black teenager the day befor as a number of people recorded the demonstrations. elsewhere, protestors blocked traffic on the highway demonstrating against what some believe was another injustice by police. peaceful demonstrations ran in stark contrast to scuffles with police the night before as emotions boiled over in an area not far from where a ferguson police officer killed an unarmed 18-year-old in august. but after an officer shot and killed 18-year-old antonio martin this week, city officials were quick to point out differences in the two shootings. >> this is -- you couldn't even compare this with ferguson or the gardner case in new york. >> reporter: within hours of martin's death, police released this surveillance video from outside the gas station. the video isn't clear, but it does show martin pointing something at an officer. officials say it was this gun which they say had a

i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> in russia, vladimir putin is asking santa for higher oil prices fors christmas. he delivered a different natural resource to the people of russia, coal. in their stockings. with his economy tanking, russia's president announced he's canceling holiday leave for government employees saying moscow can't afford to take a vacation. they celebrate christmas on january 7th. but putin ordered a cap on rising vodka prices. so people can throw a few back to forget they have to work through the new year. >>> an ethical question for you, what would you do if cash started to rain on you from a city street? would you grab the money and run? that's exactly what dozens of people did in hong kong on christmas eve. the doors on that money van somehow malfunctioned and three boxes of cash fell out. $3 million. equivalent to about $2 million here. crowds dashed towards it on the street, even dodged traffic. others stopped and grabbed their cash out of their cars. police eventually showed up. officers blocked off the area that that was in and picked up leftover cash that

as andrew spencer reports, it comes one day after a police officer shot and killed an 18- year old near. >>andrew spencer:tensions bubbled to the surface again on christmas eve. protesters and police confronted each other in berkeley, missouri -- where an officer shot and killed a black teenager the day before. as a number of people recorded video of police officers arresting a protester, a few people covering their faces shouted at police -- at least one throwing something at the officers. elsewhere, protesters blocked traffic on the highway demonstrating against what some believe was another injustice by police. peaceful demonstrations ran in stark contrast to scuffles with police the night before, as emotions boiled over in an area not far from where a ferguson police officer killed an unarmed 18-year-old in august. .but after an officer shot and killed 18-year-old antonio martin this week, city officials were quick to point out differences in the two shootings. >>:"this is, you couldn't even compare this with ferguson or the gardner case in new york." >>andrew spencer:within hours o

not us. >> i'm andrew spencer, reporting. >> so many recent protests over police shootings, leaders inster county plan a show of support today for first responders, thank police officers, firefighters, other emergency responders at the chester county f.o.p. lodge later this afternoon. >> your time right now 8:38. and former sportscaster, don tollefson, looking for lawyer to represent him against fraud charges, charged with cheating people out of more than $300,000 by failing to deliver on sports charity packages. last week, tollefson withdrew his guilty plea saying he has some new information that proves his innocence. now, he needs a lawyer, to take his case pro bono, since his request for a public defender, has been denied. >> i believe that i'll be innocent, i believe as i said in open court there is should have remained in civil court, because i believe did i not have any criminal intent. >> tollefson is living under houssay necessary north philadelphia. he says he plans to make restitution by selling sports and civil rights memorabilia. his trial is set to begin on january 5th. >>

andrew spencer reports emerging details suggest the suspected killer may have had mental help problems -- health problems. >> reporter: calling saturday the worst day of his life, the 13-year-old son of officer rafael ramos would write on facebook -- references to ael brown and eric garner and posts like one made befe saturday's killings, which , "i'm putting wings on pigs today. they take one of our let's take two of theirs." w york mayor bill de blasio condemned the killin of his support fo >> every day you see them with your son, every day. go to play basketball at the park. it was so -- close. unbelievable how close they were. >> reporter: even as people gathered for a vigil, investigators scrutinized the man they say killed officer ramos and officer wenjian liu on saturday. ismaaiyl brinsley had a long criminal record and police say the estranged mother expressed fear of him saying he may have had undiagnosed mental issues. investigators are looking into what brinsley wrote on social media including references to michael brown and eric garner. and posts like one made before saturd

shooting deaths of two policemen in new york have now prompted copycat threats and as andrew spencer reports antipolice protesters are vowing to continue their demonstrations >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. >> reporter: as the victims' relatives grieve, several communities have come together to offer their support. some boisterous -- >> we here to say that we are with you and we are grieving with them with these families. >> reporter: others quiet. organizers of the silent walk for solidarity said they wanted to foe course on justice for all races. honoring the two officers killed saturday as well as eric garner and michael brown. at an event in harlem, organizers emphasized all lives matter. offering some very vocal support for the nypd. >> here they come to serve us and to help us, and so we here our family in blue to support you and your grieving and we are not going to stand for this. and we going to blow the trumpets because martin luther king jr. said injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere. and it's wrong. and it's wrong. >> reporter: tensions betwe

andrew spencer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> 6:38 right now. potential buyer for the former revel casino wants a discount. lawyers for glenn straub filed court papers saying the property should only be sold for 87 million, not the 95 million runner up bid he initially put up. a toronto based firm out bid him, backed out over a dispute. straub says the action was unfair. he wants a judge to deduct $3 million break up fee. a judge is scheduled to consider the sale on january 5th. >>> a family in south florida wakes up early christmas morning to find a car crashing through their home. look at the damage left behind. thankfully no one seriously injured. the 82 year old homeowner said she is thankful to be alive and well, but now she is concerned about how she'll rebuild after losing her home on christmas. >> is it has been condemned, i have to move out. i've lived here 46 years. i practically raised my family here. no mansion but it was my home. now i don't have a home. >> police are investigating that crash. they say that it may have been caused b

nearly quarter million people died in that disaster, as andrew spencer reports, its scars remain evenade later. >> if you see enough children in the indonesian village here, you soon realize few of them are older than ten. that's because ten years ago a tsunami killed most of the kids in this village t also wiped out the village where this boy lived. martinez been playing soccer on the beach when the waves hit the shore. found three weeks later somehow still alive. he still owns the portugal jersey he was found in. >> there was a learning for 21 days, i was alone, there i saw dead bodies around me, and i ate what i found in the sea. >> the images from ten years ago were startling. but few can really show the scale of the devestation. more than 1.7 million people displaced. more than 227,000 believed to have died. for weeks, photos of the missing analysts of names, paper bulletin boards, in thailand, many of these people were never found. the third largest earthquake ever recorded measures magnitude of 9.1, is believed to have displaced several feet of water across 600 miles of the ind

i want to know why. >> reporter: i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> our time 7:40.al film in the popular thrilling hits theaters this month. we will hear from the stars of the battle of the five armies. >> also ahead long time phillies short stop jimmy rollins peers to be heading out of town. so will more players follow? ukee has details in sports. >>> katie is tracking isolated rain showers today, here's live look at center city philly from our studio. her forecast and variety tore eyes watching roads, we willll do traffic and weather together on the other side. and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body.

. >> reporter: andrew spencer reporting >> reporter: the members of the high school basketball detained and medicine to were barred from participation and a basketball tournament. after the and let the rector at fort bragg said nine of the girls from his see note would be allowed to take part in the three day tournament. but the students for where i can't breeze teasers. t shirts... >> reporter: today is the last day for people in napa county to register for disaster resistance assistance. if you register for assistance to can receive grants such as home repairs and other disaster related needs that are covered by insurance >> reporter: loss angeles police are looking for personnel shot shot fired shots fired shots the police. the officers returned fire onto people is not clear of one of the gunman moore's head but not no policemen were hurt in this incident. one person is still on the run and asking people to stay in door where the search is underway. >> reporter: was called in his back at home with her family she was rushed into surgery 10 months ago to remove a brain tumor she slippe

andrew spencer reports....it's now up to the *senate to prevent a government shutdown. >> of the 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill would fund most of the government through september. running short on time, the senate avoided the shutdown at midnight by agreeing to a two day extension. the bill, negotiated by both houses ran into the opposition in the house. even the most outspoken critics- >> here we are being blackmailed, blackmailed to vote for in appropriations bill . >> the say shutdown won't happen. a month are you willing to be held responsible for shutting down the government? >> we are not shutting down here >> i know there is a lot of concern but at the last part of session to have trauma it's like saying the sun is coming up tomorrow. >> the house was able to squeeze the bill through before midnight here >> the motion is adopted. >> invoked in the senate will likely happen sometime today. back to. >> there won't be any immediate push for a special election to chose a new illinois state comptroller. judy baar topinka died of a stroke earlier this week, before she could be

andrew spencer is following the developments. >> no probable cause was found to indict him on criminalcharges but the u.s. attorney general says the federal government has not come to the same conclusion. >> the justice department investigation into the shooting death as well as our investigation into allegations of unconstitutional police patterns or practice by the ferguson police department remained on going and remains active. >> his speech in the lento followed a meeting with local officials. all part of a series of conversations he plans to have nationwide. >> in the months since this occurred, it sparked a significant national conversation about the need to ensure confidence in law enforcement and criminal justice. >> earlier on monday president called for a sustained conversation regarding the relationship between police and the communities they protect. >>five saint louis rams players are denying a claim that they've apologized to for staging their "hands up sunday's game. the n-f-l says the players won't be punished for what police say was an inflammatory gesture in the wake

i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> the plane disappeared from radar after the pilot asked to change course because of bad weather. >> 5:07, people who suffer property damage now have until tonight to apply for federal aid. fema will shutdown its local assistant center. so far the agency has said it helped 2500 homeowners renters and businesses, 6.0 estimated $306 million in property damage back in august. >>> scientists are finding lower levels of pbde toxins in the bay. this was a decade taff the government ordered a phase out of the toxic flame retardant and consumer goods mainly in sofas and mattresses. they have noted the the decline in the baby examining the tissues of birds, sword fish and muscle. the effects extend beyond wild life. >> we've seen it a significant harmful effect in wild life in laboratory studies, in particular we're concerned about reproductive and development toxicity. in people these hormone destructors. >> researchers also say another concern is that replacement chemicals can also start to build up, so, they intend to keep monitoring the bay. >> fire department i

. >> andrew spencer reporting. >> prises police in florida, shot tampa area police officer, then ran him over. authority say officer chiles responds today noise call sunday morning, at apartment complex in tarpan springs. rushed it the-where he later died of his injuries. officer conduck previously served in the ncpd. investigators do not believe the officer's death had anything to do with the killings of the two new york police officers. daughters of a murder victim, officials surprised officers, rather, surprised five year old jessica and her big sister maria with a parade of gift sunday. back in july, police found the body of jennifer, the victim after brutal murder. officers wanted to help the girls so they raised almost $18,000 for gift. >> all of us a children. we decided we need to do something special for this family. >> after everything that happened, like this is definitely going to help. >> the year she's had, if this is something we can do to take her mind off of something, that's amazing. >> many of the same officers on hand for the celebration also responded to the scen

. >> i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> near miss, for reporter covering a story about a shooting as bulletiz by. >> mullet shots narrowly missed him and the woman he was interviewing. they were working on follow up story to another shooting that happened last week. delancey says co-make out three to four young men in the distance, but he couldn't clearly see who had the gun. >> it was only when i got behind the car that i realized how close it was, because you could hear that zip. >> delancey and the woman he was interviewing were not injured. >> your time now 7:21. and a big scare for one driver when we come back. >> he makes a luckiest cape after the earth opens up, right in the middle of traffic. just wait until you see what happens next. >> first though here's a look at what's coming up tonight during evening prime time viewing right here on the "cw philly". it hurts. you doin'? this is what it can be like to have shingles. a painful blistering rash. if you had chicken pox, the shingles virus is already inside you. as you get older your immune system weakens and it loses its ability to

andrew spencer cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> now new this morning back in our area, police gather evidence in a deadly crash in nicetown, a car hits a pole, then goes down an embankment killing the driver. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo on the scene right now to tell you more. jan, good morning. >> ukee, good morning, an absolutely terrible scene here in nicetown, over night as you mentioned deadly accident killing one person, and seriously injuring another person, and sending another two people to the hospital. so three people in total injured, and one person dead, that car ended up behind me here in nicetown by those orange cones little hard to see this morning. but the car came off the roberts avenue ramp, ended upgoing down 20-foot embankment. if you take look at the video you can see the scene as it unfolded earlier this morning. that horn, you could hear, also still sounding, after the car was crushed. police responded to the one car accident just after 10:30 monday night. they say this car was traveling north on route one took the northbound roberts avenue exit, then struck

. >> i am andrew spencer reporting. >> still ahead on the kron 4,000 news. >>> they are out this morningdelivering thousands of meals to those who can't leave their home. we will have more on that and a live report. a lot of you are ready to do christmas eating. maybe making a feetion for lunch or dipper. most popular food on this kay might surprise you. and what the results are from that. >> they ask people. what do you eat on christmas day for your christmas dinner. >> this is the bridge. one car going by and now none. we will be right back. . >>> we don't have any traffic and i hope you are enjoying your christmas morning so far. >> we will go to george. i said there is no traffic. what are you going to talk about. we hit the toys. there never too much talk about toys, is there? after all, it is christmas. we are looking at a pretty easy ride all around the bay. i want to keep you updated on what is going on in marin county. and lucas road is closed and still shut down today between mount mckinley road and downed trees and power lines. if you live in the area. you know the best detour

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spencer. >>> i am in for dan ashley. rick quan is in for me. for the warriors, the question is who is in for andrew bogit. warriors' best start ever may have hit a bump in the road. after kobe bryant rips his teammates, they come up (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. grounded at least for a little while. he hurt his right knee on monday and will miss at least the team's next two games. he did have his knee drained and will be re-evaluated after the weekend. the seven-footer is nch aing seven points and nine rebounds. a contest without their big guy in the middle, golden state may have a tough time slowing down the mavericks. >> it is the best offensive team in the league. they are a nightmare to guard. unfortunately everything revolves around dirk. it is our biggest challenge of the year defensively. >> kobe and the lakers were in san antonio and

andrew spencer has more now on the plane's mysterious disappearance. >> parents kids, loved ones were among 162 people on board air asia flight 8501, searches don't know exactly where the plane is, or what caused it to lose contact with traffic control. >> werth conditions were not good. but other than that we don't want to speculate more. >> we know the captain requested to climb we know he asked for deviation to go left of track out to his planned flight route to avoid thunderstorms. >> and we know there were severe thunderstorms in the area. >> the head of indonesia search and rescue says earl he conjecture now know bottom of the java sea. there were storms, but stress, weather on its own will not bring down an airplane. >> the wing is not going to fall off because it is going through a thunderstorm. and what happens is a scenario created that makes it much more challenging for the pilot to fly. >> all that's left for the relatives, is to wait, and hope to hear something soon. >> the greek coast guard confirms five people dead after a fire on board a greek ferry in the adriatic sea