friend who climbed out on to the 14th floor ledge, both men, fell, and tonight, cbs-3 reporter greg argos has more. >> reporter: the the tragic fall happened outside of a 14 floor university of hawaii dorm room where both men were visiting. police say a young man was just helping a suicidal friend earlier sunday morning trying to convince him not to jump. try to remove him from the dorm's ledge. victim tommy bennet went to high school here at downingtown high school east and his friend say he was energetic, outing, and he loved adventure which is why he ended up moving to hawaii. >> he always loved the scenery of like the world. he was always down for trying something new, walking around, seeing different things. >> reporter: that was obvious from the many pictures tommy took, enjoying beauty of hawaii after moving there last year. >> he has so many pictures of him with this beautiful scenery and just looked like he was just loving it out there having a great time. he looked happy. >> reporter: sunday night tommy was trying to help his buddy who was trying to jump, both men fell 14 storie

we are live here in palmyra, new jersey i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> now, if that toll is raised it my help gas prices are dropping, according to triple a, gas prices slipped 6 h down to $2.59 a gallon on the national average. some experts say they could drop to below $2 by the fall. here's how prices are looking in our area, in the state of pennsylvania a gallon of regular is on average $2.59. in new jersey, 2.38. in the first state, it is 2.44. >>> preparations continue for the papal visit, today, the pope update, we will show you what was going on here in philadelphia and what this was all about, vittoria. >> $2 a game. >> reporter: we are live from the saint ann's carnival and italian festival where is there fun, food and games. all right, let's go. >> mark, set go good my favorite carnival game i always try to beat the kid in that one and i usually win. lets look at storm scan three showing one shower pushing n we will look closer at that and tell but a warm up in the forecast, that is coming up in a couple minutes, pat. >>> phillies and die machine backs are

reporting live in center city just outside septa headquarters i'm greg argos for cb . three "eyewitness news". >>> amtrak, also says that it is adding more trains and special stops, to help handle the huge crowd, that weekend. they say that you should expect more people at 30th street station, also, this is important, rest rooms inside the train station will be closed to the public. there will be facilities available outside. >>> we're learning more about the pope's plans to get around next month. vatican says he will use a specially built jeep wrangler as his pope mobile, similar to the one used during his visit in ecuador last month. that had a glass front and roof but opened on the sides. right now secret service has that suv. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" and cbs philly.com for continuing coverage of the papal visit preparations. >>> in honor of the pope's visit religious treasures are on display in philadelphia, a bible published in 1599, and another bible printed in 12 languages. these artifacts have survived centuries and we will show you the sacred are writin

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live with more on what some would like done to improve safety, greg. >> reporter: good afternoon. some say answer to this problem, i should say is simply to install more netting, especially along the first base and third base line, but the commissioner of the mlb says it is simply not that simple. >> you don't see it, but you hear the crowd's reaction. >> a female fan hit by a foul ball along the first base line just feet from where protective netting end. >> that foul ball slipped past the net and into the diamond club. >> reporter: fortunately the fan was not seriously hurt. >> round of applause is for the young lady heading up the stairs. she's on her feet. >> reporter: this incident happened the same night baseball commissioner rob manfred was at the stadium. >> we are looking at designs of all 30 stadiums. we are looking at things like people think you just put more netting up. you have to worry about things like camera wells, design of the stadium, unimpeded views. >> reporter: with multiple fan injuries this year alone commissioner manfre

we are live from center city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. >>> be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the papal visit. by the way, 37 days now until pope francis is here. >>> former president jimmy carter is tackling his cancer diagnosis head on. the 90 year-old received his first radiation treatment today just hours after revealing he has melanoma spots on his brain. >> it is a hardship on me. i feel it is in the hand of god. >> mr. carter says he first thought he was cancer free after doctors removed a tumor in his liver earlier this month but late their day an mri showed it was also on his brain. >>> cbs news team will have much more on president carter's cancer fight, tonight on the "cbs evening news", that happens right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> new at 6:00 the ashley madison hacking scandal reaches halls of the philadelphia government. we now know city e-mail addresses are linked to the cheating web site. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live in the news center with more on this, alex. >>

it is the passengers who do have somewhat of a responsibility. >> reporter: in bucks county greg argos, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a four three-year old man is facing charges tonight in the murder of his mother. this is suspect michael riveria, facing first degree murder charge as well as a charge of arson. his mother was found dead following a fire at harbor house apartment in claymont apartments in december. riveria is in prison for assault and resisting arrest. >> he is currently incarcerated in pennsylvania but a criminal trial pending in pennsylvania charges. once that trial is complete, we will extradited to delaware. >> meantime a december case four wilmington men have been arrested in the murder of eye say a gonzales on july 28th in collins park. police arrested, tumain bauers. miguel taylor and dammer walker. >>> police in gloucester county are looking for a female driver who hit and dragged a man after he for the with her passengers. this all happened after 1:00 a.m. on the 600 block of quincy court in glassboro. police say 59 two-year old victim was hit confronting a male

reporting live from southampton, new jersey i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> greg, thank you. >>> we are 38 days from the arrival of the pope francis and while most of the preparations are happening in the city, papal visit a and world meeting of families will be affecting the the suburbs too. former philadelphia mayor and pennsylvania governor ed rendell took to the air waves earlier today to blast that plan, to have a fence around the security perimeter, and the idea that people would have to walk for miles from new jersey, in order to get to see pope francis. well, spoke on our sister station wi p this morning. >> it makes sure your are constituents are well prepared for emergency, that you have the tools that you need to be able to advise them and tools that you need to be able to both prepare for or god willing, report an emergency. >> earlier today, leaders learned that they will be getting help in the montgomery county, montgomery county officials there speaking to the faith leaders trying to make sure that everybody is on the same page as we prepare for this histo

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live at the montgomery county courthouse with the very latest, greg. >> reporter: this hearing is still going on here in the montgomery county courthouse. it began around 1:30 this afternoon. as you mentioned the state is making its case against our state's top prosecutor, attorney yen kathleen kane and judge could deciding whether or not kane could face a jury. attorney general kathleen kane is charged with leaking grand jury material to the press and lying bit under oath. prosecutors also say that she asked to raise to legally look in the ensuing investigation. today's hearing started shortly after 1:00 and so far state has called two witnesses to testify. first, davis the special agent in charge of the kane's only boro of special investigation testified that kane had the only copy of the leak grand jury transcript shortly before a newspaper article release aid piece containing that private information. the second person to testify, a detective with the montgomery county district attorneys office, explains some of the investigation that led to

we are live from south philadelphia, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> kate bilo is here now with another great august friday. >> yeah. >> we have had a lot of them. >> we do smooth jazz summer nights. >> yes, that is right. >> i just can't remember one friday that hasn't been perfect. every single friday has been just great to get outside in the city, great to be outside down the shore. we have nice weather throughout the weekend and next week as soon as you don't mind the heat. i heard somebody saying get rid of the heat i'm ready for fall weather. lets break out sweater earnings boots, jeans. we will not have these for too much longer. lets take a look outside down the shore, look at these kid frolicking in the is your f beautiful beach day. everybody still outside on the beach. 5:17. they don't care late dinner for these folks, maybe some pizza on the boardwalk or frenchfries later on but just enjoying very end of what has been a beautiful, shore day, and i'll tell you what people have of course may be leaving tomorrow. maybe this was your week for a rental in ocean c

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in the septa customer service center with this story, greg. >> reporter: as you mentioned, jessica we are live inside septa's customer service center where if you give them a call some one will pick up the phone and help you with any of the concerns you might have. take a look, walk with me in fact. the is there an unmarked door if you walk through this there is another special social media team who will tweet you help, especially touring the pope's visit. under the watchful eyes of the batman and captain america. >> we're a bunch of geeks. >> reporter: it is septa's social media team. >> we consider ourself social super heroes. >> reporter: social super heroes scoured the web for any questions or concerns from riders posting on twit error any other social media platform. >> we monitor facebook, twitter, instagram, primarily. we also monitor blogs, forum sites, travel forums like trip advisor. >> reporter: james siller is the assistant customer service director and he helped manage this room which is filled with a typing. a far cry from the c

live from palmyra new jersey i'm greg argos for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >> greg, thank you. >>> just a short time ago three new a accusers came forward claiming they were victimized by entertainer bill cosby. lets get details from our todd quinones in our satellite center, todd. >> reporter: three women all came forward for first time all claiming that bill cosby victimized them. the women with their attorney gloria alred held up pictures of themselves depicting the time in their lives that they encountered cosby. seventy-eight year-old has been a accused by more than 35 women of sexual misconduct, last month, newly released testimony revealed cosby admitted under oath the in 2005 that he obtained sedatives with the intent of giving them to women to have sex with them. one of the alleged victims today said she was in the drugged but contend that she was sexually assaulted by cosby while waiting for a job interview. >> he growthed over my humiliation. he planned it. even to this day i'm still a ashamed that i went into shock, i wish i tried to kick him, but i felt like my heart had stop

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live at south broad street, to explain, greg. >> reporter: jessica, we're on the 23rd story of this office building within that secured vehicle perimeter, that black vehicle perimeter we have been talking to you about all week long. they have these large outdoor space west beautiful views of the city. as you can imagine secret service wants to make sure no one is on these porches, patios, balconies when the pope is in town. david mcfarland has been busy running to and from building he manages. >> coordination started a month or so after the event was announced. >> reporter: updating tenants on security issues. >> there will be another tenant meeting probably in a week or so. >> reporter: dealing with local, state and federal officials ahead of the pope's visit. >> whether it is mayor's office, all of the police and fire, and certainly our new best friend the secret service. >> reporter: you see many of the mcfarland's buildings are within secure zones announced by secret service, which means there will be heavy retricksness place during the two days

we are live from center city i'm greg argos, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we have never seen anything like this before greg, thanks very much. >>> new jersey officials outlined their transit plans for the papal visit and our pat ciarrocchi traveled the road many will take this fall over ben franklin bridge to see pope francis on the parkway. pat is live at the art museum with more on this, hi pat. >> reporter: hi, jessica if you live in the state of new jersey and you want to see the holy father and camden is your gateway we have really important information for you. there will be extensive road closures, there will be lots of traffic restrictions, and when you get to the base of the of the benjamin franklin bridge, which will be closed, on the camden side, you will have to walk. new jersey transit executives, descended on camden, making it very clear, pilgrims wanting to see pope francis at the end of september can only ride so far, and then they have to walk. >> unaudible. >> there are not enough parking spaces, there are not enough parking spaces for buses, nor cars, and so people

reporting live here from southampton, new jersey i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much, greg. >>> malvern prep guidance counselor and swim coach has been charged with sexual assault. alexandria hoff is live at malvern prep where that counselor persued a young student, alex. >> reporter: well, jessica, prior to these charges emily feign i work at malvern prep as a, swim coach a director of college admission. that grave her a clear position of power, even holding acceptance into harvard over the head of the one man whom she was allegedly pursuing. feney is charged with felony institutional sexual assault and unlawful contact and corruption with the minor. it was a lewd romantic endeavor that began in april of 2014, and continued, into january of this year. it involved a 16 year-old, male coach and counsel. several occasions investigators found that the boy tried to end this contact including a text that went quote, i am in the interested in you, end of story, i am 16, and not into you. >> she was sending a top less photo and other photos. she did get him alone f

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in center city with what officials have dubbed the papal visit play book. >> reporter: that is right. for weeks we have pneumonia hearing from resident who say they are concerned about what they will be able to do during the pope's visit and for weeks it seemed like city officials were only focusing on businesses, and business owners, but take a a look, we're here in center city. thinks the kennedy house. hundreds of people live in this place. so today the city has announced something called the papal will play book which is supposed to help them and other resident out. it is easy to see why harriet loves her 27th floor apartment in the kennedy house. >> i love the location, i love my view. >> reporter: but it is location overlooking part of the parkway, has her asking many locations about what will happen to her and her neighbor's lives during pope francis trip to the city of brotherly love. >> should i as a resident be going out and stocking my home with water. if the phone goes out, because of a catastrophe how do i communicate? >> repor

for now we are live here in allentown i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> we will see you soon. >>> is there a picture perfect friday where we are starting weekend right. so many people enjoying wet's long kelly drive but you have to get ready, heat is coming back. the lets get a first lot at forecast with kate bilo outside on the sky deck, hi, kate. >> hi ukee. definitely feeling temperature. little warmer then this time yesterday but the good news is humidity is still comfortable. we have nothing but sun and a few puffy cumulus cloud over the city of philadelphia right now and it is a nice dry weekend, although it is on the hot side. temperatures head back to the 90's for several days. lets take a look outside one of our live neighborhood network cameras in bernville off to the north at junior/senior school where skies are blue, it is beautiful. right now in kutztown at kutztown area middle will school things are looking fine. storm scan three is completely cleared at the moment. temperature wise we are feeling a little bit warmer, four or 5 degrees warmer then this time

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is at philadelphia school district headquarters right now with more on that angle of the story, greg. >> reporter: ukee, good afternoon. state law requires that first time students, kindergarten students, be up to dayton all of their vaccinations before they can step inside the classroom. even with this this law we have learn that our states has a less than perfect record. with just eight days until student start school, teachers at william mckinley elementary in north philadelphia are preparing their classrooms. which means parents have about one week to make sure that their kids are up to dayton vaccinations. >> i know people who don't get their children vaccinated and they have their reasons whether it is religious or other, they just don't want to they feel like it is not a help. >> reporter: but she makes sure her kids shots are up to date and in philadelphia her children are in the majority. health department data shows on average, 95 percent of student have had that, 3 percent higher in pennsylvania as a whole. >> it is very important. we

video of the chilling ambush circulated on social media but as greg argos shows us is there something to do to avoid those potentially disturbing video. >> reporter: shooter posted first person point of view video of his murders to social media. >> many people ended up watching these killings in some cases in inadvertently because social media sites have something called an auto play feature. >> yes, i saw the video, it is tragic. >> reporter: corry floyd was watching tv news coverage of the virginia journalist killings yesterday when he logged into facebook. >> i said look at this for a second, i was like why does this look familiar? i'm looking at my tv and i was like, oh, crap. >> reporter: in his feed video of the shooter's point of view started playing, recording of the murders right on his computer screen. >> literally just started to automatically playing. >> reporter: that applies for any offensive video in the just what aired yesterday. >> the reason that platforms are bake nothing this ought at owe play is that they want to stop your attention as you are scrolling through a

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we are live from center city i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> we have learned about closures on the new jersey side today, i676 northbound will be shut down from exit three to the ben franklin bridge, same for route 30 westbound from the airport circle to the been been, ac rail line and river line will offer special passes for saturday and sunday, and they go on sale saturday at noon. and, if you are planning to walk from new jersey, be sure to plan for a long journey. look at the radius now from the other side of the ben franklin bridge to the the parkway it is 5-mile trek and gets longer the farther you get from the bridge. >>> jessica, our pat ciarrocchi got a taste of the trek to come. members of the media joined transportation officials, for papal visit preview walk. pat walk side by side with a pair of new jersians who will cross the bridge to see the pope when he arrives in late september. she joins us from the art museum. i couldn't tell but i hope you brought your flats, walking shoes. >> reporter: this was not a high heel day i did wear my walking shoes today, ukee.

on the latest information but for now we are live from montgomery county at the courthouse i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the kathleen kane case we will bring you latest information on television and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> also tonight in the news, price dropping, at the pump, good news for drivers after rough ride on wall street today. >> "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live in medicine forward tonight at one of the stations where we can fill up without breaking the bank, diana. >> reporter: don't people love to hear that, jessica and ukee. thinks one of the handful of stations throughout south jersey where price has fallen below $2 per gallon today. we are at petro station in medford which is right now the lowest in the state. drivers are paying $1.95 for cash for gallon of regular and 2.05 using your debit or your credit card. many people we spoke to say they are filling their tanks for less than $40. quite a difference from last year or even last week. trouble in the world markets seems to be fil

we are live here in allentown i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you for that. >>> chopper three over a mess on the road in cinnaminson. we are looking at route 130 near taylors lane, a car caught fire and utility pole and wires came down on the roadway. chain of events in all of thinks still unclear and there is no word on injuries right now. lets give you a live look at chopper three northbound lanes of 130 are opened again, southbound lanes here remain closed, crews are still working to clear clean up, the mess. >>> we knew it wouldn't last after yesterday's absolutely perfect summer day, it will start heating backup right now. the meteorologist kate bilo is on the the the sky deck and we are talking about what could become the summer's third, fourth heat wave. >> number four heat wave of the season. last one was an extended one. this one looks like it could run four or five days before the the 90's are through with us. but tonight still feels great. warmer than today. we will talk about how temperatures will climb each day, yesterday was perfect, today, sti

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in new town with the findings, greg. >> reporter: jessica, ntsb is placing the blame on that wal-mart semi truck driver, citing driver fatigue. he had been awake for more than 24 hours but they also point out in their report that all but one of the passengers on tracie morgan's bus were not wearing their seat belts. this is what the national transportation safety board, says was semi truck driver kevin roper's view the night of the crash which seriously hurt comedian tracie morgan. >> protocol with standard and practices that are here. >> reporter: this afternoon board placing blame on roper citing driver fatigue and pointing out he had been awake for more than 28 hours when he slammed in the rear of morgan's limo bus on the new jersey turnpike in june of 2014. the report also reveals roper was speeding and passengers inside morgan's bus were not wearing seat belts. >> it is our new addition. >> reporter: johnny donahue owns sterling limo and says all of his buses must be equipped with safety buses. >> each one is check before and after each

. >> they also designed the santee argo blue. the women's were the first to wear that jacket. once they graduated, the women earned their silver wings. they were placed at 120 basis across the country. during this time, 38 women air force service pilots were killed while serving their country. some in training, some later on when they were stationed at a base across the country. -- wendy wassmen was started -- when the wasp was started that they were in such need for pilots they did not have time to militarize them. as civilian pilots they were not getting compensated. they did not have that status. so when they died, they had to figure out their own way to pay for the women to be sent home, to pay for their burial, to pay for their coffin. they did not get a flag on their coffin or casket and the families were not allowed to what a gold star in their window to indicate they were a family that had lost someone during the war. a lot of times classmates and family raise the money themselves for a woman to go home and be buried. of the 25,000 women who apply , over 1800 were 1102

reporting here in south philly, greg argos, "eyewitness news". >> a stunt plane crashed while practicing for a weekend air show in new york killing the pilot. police say that plane went down at stewart international airport in new windsor around 2:00 in the afternoon. the pilot was the only person on board. there is no word on what caused the plane to crash. officials say, the new york air show will go on as scheduled. very sad. >> a transportation security administration agent has been arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a 21 year old woman at leguardia airport tuesday night. valerie castro, from sister station, cbs2, has the latest. >> reporter: i'm really shocked that, for one, he would be able to pull that off. >> reporter: travelers at leguardia airport react today news that tsa agent, 40 year old maxio, was arrested after pouter authority police say he molest add young woman. reportedly luring her into men's rest room inside terminal b where the assault took place. >> he was is a really bad person, and, you know, took advantage of his power. >> it makes you afraid to go to th

bo and argos. >> anyway, now the problem with dogs and hot tubs by the way, it gets rough on the little fur but he doesn't care does he? and if you're getting in the hot to be knock yourself out. -- tub knock yourself out? why not? he's got the massive hot tub in sparta. got the beautiful sun shining overhead right now. you like the hot tub greg? >> sure. >> 67 and clear in the city and winds out of the northwest at 3 and relative humidity at 63%. you know there's nothing like seeing a little johnny weather in the hot tub. little tan fake face and then oh i'm just tail white. 66 downtown. we've got 63 in staten island right now. 62 in jersey city. ooh look at hackensack 59 degrees as we speak. around the area, 54 in the hamptons and pair of 5s in monticello. 56 in edison. cool readings out there. you know on average it's a few degrees cooler than it was yesterday setting the stage for a nice one. and dew points very comfortable. 54 the dew point in the city and right around where we should be this afternoon. 82 normal high is 81. sunset's at 7:37. believe it or not. i tell you what, we'