"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows you how they are coming together to help their family and faith. >> reporter: big question tonight how did this fire start and where in the church did it begin? that is the question federal investigators are trying to figure out as they piece together what happened to this decade old wilmington, delaware church. the the grinding sound of heavy machinery, a result into an investigation of what start aid fire that started the new jerusalem missionary baptist church in wilmington delaware. >> wilmington fire marshals office and atf agents are in the preliminary stages in determining the cause of the fire incident. >> reporter: wednesday evening, dozens of fire fighters worked to extinguish the the flames, the second fire this congregation has dealt with in as many weeks which has investigators asking whether this could have been set intentionally. >> why is the atf involved. >> because of the possible hate crime that may be associated with the incident. >> real difficult to see something go down that you love. really difficult. >> reporter: rev

"eyewitness news" greg argos is in south philly tonight. he spoke with fired up fan you say out there. greg? >> reporter: that's exactly right. no gospel music here. earlier this plays was packed. hundreds of eagles fans here who were honestly pleasantly surprised with the massive win. >> blocked by philadelphia and it will lead to a touchdown. >> reporter: the shock of an eagles win against the patriots. >> has been intercepted malcolm jenkins. >> reporter: could be felt all the way from foxboro massachuset massachusetts. . >> reporter: fans pumped by the 35 to 28 victory against brady and the pack now the sword is on everyone everyone's topic. plenty has to happen. >> i'm worried a little bit about the arizona game. i don't think they have much of a chance for that. >> they take the hand off to sproles into the end zone jordan mathews. >> reporter: everyone thought there was no chance tonight cch somehow the birds pulled off this upset and put a little thrill back fans. >> i'm waking up now. >> eagles made us proud tonight. do it baby. >>

"eyewitness news" greg argos is in south philly tonight. he spoke with fired up fan you say out there. greg? >> reporter: that's exactly right. no gospel music here. earlier this plays was packed. hundreds of eagles fans here who were honestly pleasantly surprised with the massive win. >> blocked by philadelphia and it will lead to a touchdown. >> reporter: the shock of an eagles win against the patriots. >> has been intercepted malcolm jenkins. >> reporter: could be felt all the way from foxboro massachuset massachusetts. . >> reporter: fans pumped by the 35 to 28 victory against brady and the pack now the sword is on everyone everyone's topic. plenty has to happen. >> i'm worried a little bit about the arizona game. i don't think they have much of a chance for that. >> they take the hand off to sproles into the end zone jordan mathews. >> reporter: everyone thought there was no chance tonight cch somehow the birds pulled off this upset and put a little thrill back fans. >> i'm waking up now. >> eagles made us proud tonight. do it baby. >>

reporting live from fairmount park, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> look at that. >> i love it. >> sure. >> that look like fun. >> this weekend it could be really nice considering it feels like spring. >> it does. >> this weekend put on your flip-flops, shorts and go play some stones. >> yes. >> i'll tell what you it will be a great weekend to go outside. i may wear flip-flops just because i can. just to be outside for a few hours without your toes freezing. it will feel like spring has come early as we head in the weekend. temperatures arriving in the 60's. i don't want to discount the rest of the week either. we will be in the mid 50's tomorrow, 60 degrees by friday. we just keep on climbing. we thought last weekend was great with highs in the the 50's and sunshine in december? this weekend will be even better unless you are a fan of the snow and cold. i know we have a few viewers who are, eventually we will get there but not anytime soon. lets look outside and take you outside to campbell's field looking live over ben franklin bridge all lit up tonight and skies are

reporting here in upper darby, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> good advice.ight, check this outright here. surveillance video shows a canopy collapsing over the gas station in wisconsin. station owner says strong winds lift dollars the canopy up, pushed it over, missed one car but landed on another. it happened during a snowstorm in a town outside miami walky, on the upside, there were no injuries, how much, there was plenty of damage, katas that storm is reaking havoc across the count rip, affecting thus morning? >> absolutely. primarily rain for our area, erika, but i had put out the call on the a around twitter to the weather watchers. i know with the holiday not everyone is up and adam early this these couple of mornings, but boy did you respond to the call and and and thanks, giles. not just the disparity, but precipitation types. thanks for sending in these observations, they add value to our forecast. we start up north, where it is a little colder. aid feeling we would heart from keith, so glad we d he is one of the few at this point in sailors berg ne

the game is on the role thanks to local men. >> our eyewitnesses reporter greg argos show us how it is you will soon be able to give it a a shot the. >> reporter: we are in the east side of the fairmount park. we are going to build hopefully the first of many philadelphia stones courses. if you combine equipment from bochi and the strategy of chess and golf. >> for on the course. >> reporter: you get a game called stones. >> just a collection of five stretches, basically five mini golf holes, in a way. the idea is you progress lineally through the course. >> reporter: goal, it is simple. >> the concept is to be in nature throwing balls at a smaller ball, most primitive of all game. >> reporter: chris and his friend john, saw this during a game in the camping trip in 2006. >> originally in this game you had to have a beer in your non-throwing hand. we have younger people playing teens, so that is no longer in the rules. >> reporter: after chris's brother ryan coined the name. >> we realized bochi golf just didn't encompass who we are. >> reporter: stones spread like wild fire, leagues p

greg argos was there for the vigil. >> reporter: very emotional vigil. memorial service here in west philly. remembering a 15 year old football player found shot to death this past friday. he was 15 year old stern, off the field he was known as mega ton. >> couldn't run by him he got you. very very aggressive on the football field u today his football coach shawn kennedy along with fellow football players gathered on the field where he played. >> sny will be missed. miss his smile. >> reporter: remembering the teen found shot to death friday night. >> i was always told parents should never bury their children. children supposed to out live the parents. >> reporter: stern's body was found friday shot once in the head. upper darby police said he was on probation for assault and had removed an ankle monitoring bracelet when he was found near york and broad in north philly. police have named to suspect. >> that's one thing he wasn't an ange gel nobody saying he was an angel. >> reporter: his grandparents say he did not deserve such a violent death. >> please

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos join us this center city with the latest on this investigation, greg? >> reporter: erika, good afternoon, right now philadelphia police looking for a suspect they say is wanted in connection to both of those early morning stabbings here in center city. now the first happening near the intersection of 23rd street and walnut, around 5:30 this morning, that's when investigators say a 23 year old man was approached by the suspect and stabbed multiple times in the hand and stomach. he was returned to hahnemann university hospital by medics, currently and fortunately in stable condition. the second stabbing took place minute later around 5:45, another man walking at the time approached by the same suspect here near 21st street and arch. police say the suspect yelled at the victim, cursed at him in, fact, that man ignoring the suspect before feeling something cut him on the side of his face. medics also transported that victim to hahnemann, also in stable condition. once again, police believe the same man is responsible for both of these early morning st

greg argos joins us from chuckie and pizza in south philadelphia. hi, greg. >> reporter: they really do, in fact a lot of folks were actually at the game tonight here at chickie and pete's. came here afterwards, many eagles fans celebrating this big winch interesting thing is we also found other fans celebrating as well. >> this fourth quarter interception allowing the eagles to seal another win. two weeks in a row, earning themselves as first plays tie in their division with the redskins. >> it was great. i loved it. >> two weeks they were saying it's done, over, i'm always with the eagles fan >> you're the optimistic >> yes, i am >> many eagles fans are feeling up, even ready to hand out the compliments >> chip kelly is a genius. >> were you saying that a few weeks ago >> no, i wasn't saying that a few weeks ago. >> more surprising fans from rival teams like visiting from boston tipped their hats to the birds >> we're eagles fans >> last week, not so much. last week, we were throwing to stuff at the tv >> perhaps the own guy not too happy with ton

cbs-3 greg argos joins us live at philadelphia school district headquarters just one of the many areas impacted by this new state budget. greg? >> erika, good afternoon recalling our state budget battle has been going on for six months, but currently, governor tom wolf signing the budget today, though it is an incomplete one, he partially line item vetoed. >> this budget set wrong for pennsylvania. >> governor tom wolf came out swinging tuesday announcing he is signing the budget but line item vetoing part of it he disagrees with. >> i'm calling on our legislators to get back to harrisburg, back to the work that they left unfinished last week. meantime, i'm vetoing their $95 million cut to education. i'm also vetoing other items that they don't pay for. >> that means, there is currently no state money for education in the budget. but wolf says, he's releasing emergency funds. >> i'm allowing emergency funding for our schools to get out. i'm also letting funding go out to our human service agencies and to our counties. but this is on an emergency basis only. >> governor is in a tough sp

we're live here in norristown, pennsylvania, i'm greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, greg. our breaking news coverage continues with rahel solomon live at temple university. cosby has been synonymous with temple over the years, we're getting reaction there. rahel? >> reporter: well, jim, good afternoon. there have been whispers of course for months at montgomery county prosecutors could criminally charge the comedian and today they left no room for doubt. meantime, reaction here at temple university has been mixed, this is of course a very personal issue for many here at temple, cosby, attended temple, for many years the comedian was something of an unofficial face for the school. until recently, cosby also sat on temple's board until he was replaced. today things are largely quiet here on campus, as student are on winter break, but for those who stayed in town, they didn't hold back to this news. >> i mean, look, bill cosby, i think, is very concerned about the black community, i admire that concern, i think he was very inspirational, much after role model. this stuff doe

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos at the scene in pittstown with more. greg?> reporter: erika, good afternoon, really is an incredible scene, here in pit town, new jersey, our nation's bird perched up there in the tree. you can see right now, just sort of relaxing, it's been here for at least the past few days, told by the homeowner they spotted it around 9:00 a.m. on monday. and that's when they heard chickens from a neighbor's yard, they have a chicken coup here, that's when the chicken started making a russell, they realized something was up in the tree. actually joined hereby the homeowner, courtney heat, and courtney, when you first spotted this bird, it was pretty exciting, wasn't it? >> it was, yes. i pulled in the driveway around 2:00 p.m. on monday. my neighbor came over and she actually told me her chickens that morning had alerted her, so at that point we thought it was really cool to have our nation's bird in our tree, and -- >> but then the next day you realize something was wrong, the next day, we shod mention this eagle is perched up here, been

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us at central detectives with the very latest developments. greg, good afternoon. >>> good afternoon, erika. thirty hours after these two stabbings happened minutes apart in center city central detectives say they have the man responsible, under a arrest, and take a look, he is 26 year-old kyle stevens. he has been charged with aggravated assault. we are told he was spotted around 9:00 this morning at broad street and allegheny avenue you in north philadelphia, where officers made the arrest. this all happen after an intense search aided by surveillance video. investigators say it is from outside one of the attacks and it identifies the the suspect whom police say is home less and for some reason attacked two men within a 17 minute time frame yesterday morning. the first attack happened shortly before five will 30 near 23rd street and walnut when stevens approached a 23 year-old jogger, charged at him and stabbed at him with a 3-inch knife. minutes later around 5:45 another attach, this time near 21st and arch. detectives there say stevens ye

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is at northeast detectives with more on the search for the the shooter. >> bang, bang. >> that is how samantha beck described her seven five-year old neighbor now victim of the daytime robbery and shooting here on the 7100 block offer describing street. >> nice woman, crazy. >> reporter: fortunately the elderly woman will be okay. despite being shot in the face as she walk home from this grocery store in mayfair. investigators say despite her injuries the the woman returned to her house, even putting her groceries away before calling police. >> there was a blood trail that leads to her house though, yes. so sad. seventy-five years old. way to bring in the new year. >> incredibly tough lady. it is a shame it happened to her. it is the holiday. you know, obviously her family is shook up. >> reporter: northeast detectives are combing the neighborhood looking for any video evidence. >> retracing her steps we know where and how she walk back to the super market. we are looking at peoples, who at home had video systems. >> reporter: all of the while th

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us live from elkins park with more on the charge, cosby is facing, greg? >> reporter: and jessica, good evening. using a kane and a flanged by his two attorneys legendary comedian, 78 year-old bill cosby, arrived here around 2:30 this afternoon to this cheltenham courthouse to face those charges, of aggravated indecent assault. the man many know as doctor cliff hulksable, comedian bill cosby arriving at this elkins park district court wednesday for his arraignment on felony charges. >> mr. cosby is charged with aggravated indecent assault. >> reporter: montgomery county district attorney's electric kevin steel says those charges stem from a february 2004 assault at cosby's cheltenham home. it is there that the prosecutor says that cosby drugged and assaulted andrea constand cosby's then friend and temple university employee. >> on the evening in question, mr. cosby, urged her to take pills, that he provided to her, and to drink wine. the the effect of which rendered her unable to move, or respond to his advances, and he committed aggravated i

in claymont, greg argos, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i love it that is catching. >> we should all have a song like that. >> we should have a weed like that. >> pretty good. >> great job, good stuff you. >> love it. >> kate has your forecast. >> yes. >> heat is on, sort of. >> looking out even in my backyard it doesn't look like winter, grass is green, plants are blooming. we're talking about temperatures in the 60's this weekend. it will feel like we skipped winter and went right to spring. we have army/navy game. eagles game. perfect weekend to be outside. great doing holiday shopping, doing christmas shopping, going from store to store, nice to not put gloves on, scarves and big coat in between stores. break out flip-flops for a day, might as well to say you did in december. it will be a very mild weekend, even record breaking one. let see what is going on. we will go out to our camera on the live neighborhood network in broadheadsville. beautiful day. lots of sunshine to start the day. then cloud rolled in. we could not break out too much this afternoon. sun tried to peak through he

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is at philadelphia international airport with how travelers are fairing there, greg? >> reporter: and, jim, good evening. right the now good news here at this terminal at least take a look, lines within the last hour have decreased, so if you are lucky to have a departure at this time thinks the time to come the to the airport to get tour destination. the the problem is the weather. take a look the a the departure board right now. anything that does not say on time is either delayed or canceled. despite the line and the wet weather, most people we found headed home for the holidays were in good spirits. >> has it been easy getting around. >> yes, i took the train and it took me right over here and it is nice and smooth. >> reporter: but the rain, wasn't helping. >> the good news is that it is not snow, and if we were, much colder weather now this would all be snow obviously and it would be a much different situation. the that is the upside. but still there is, because of the rain, and the fog, earlier today, there are some weather issues. >> repor

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has the story now from new castle county delaware. >> reporter: the new castle police department sits right across the highway there on route 13 and just a few hundred yards away at this home yesterday evening police say two people tried breaking in. but fortunately they were stopped by the family pet napme precious >> this 2-year-old red nose pitbull may have stopped some grinchs from ruining the holidays >> two guys tried to break in. >> reporter: but they didn't pay close attention to this handwritten warning. >> they must have not seen the dog sign. >> reporter: when stephanie's sister heard the demoticommotio around 10:00, she let precious out of her cage >> they seen it was big dog and took off. >> reporter: new castle police are looking for two suspects. they were gone before police arrived. detectives tried getting fingerprints from the door >> they're coming to do damage. i mean, kicking a door in with the houses so close, you know, you don't care. apparently you're in for a mission and you're going to get what you need to get and you're

you are someone that always picked my day up. >> reporter: in doylestown greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> local democrats are pushing to change the law and bar those on the federal terrorist watch list, from pursuing or purchasing rather guns. "eyewitness news" in cherry hill where congressman donald norcross was among those calling for action. he says that closing the loop hole is common sense. >> quite frankly most of the people here in the america get it, one of the few folks that don't are those who serve with me in congress. >> among those who also want a action from congress is pennsylvania senator bob casey, who visited the cbs-3 studios today. >> i hope that we can get some kind of bipartisan consensus on it. it just does president make any sense if someone cannot get on a airplane because they are a suspect terrorist why should they be able to get a gun or explosives. >> debate over guns and terror watch list escalated following the deadly shootingness san bernardino. >>> philadelphia police want the public's help to find a robbery suspect. take a good look at this sur

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has that story from center city. >> reporter: you probably had their doughnuts, and chicken and now owners of this famous philadelphia restaurant opening up a new business, in the new year with a very compassionate cause. >> i pet wet napkins in there. >> reporter: fried chicken is half of what federal doughnuts is known for. the or half, well, it is in their name. >> any questions. >> reporter: co-owner tom, hopes the popular popular comfort food restaurant is men for something even more. >> hospitality. >> reporter: that hospitality will come in the form of the new restaurant replacing sansom kabob house and turning tonight to a for profit called rooster soup company. >> my partner came and said we have all this chicken left over and chicken parts. >> reporter: at the end of the year every cent of profit. >> 100 percent. >> reporter: will be donated to broad street ministry. >> we serve folks experiencing deep poverty, often experiencing hunger and home lessness. >> reporter: carry santiago is the ministry's cheap operating officer and she

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos reports from upper darby. >> reporter: just a a few days after christmas and might be enjoying playing that play station four on your new platt panel tv but experts say when you take out the trash make sure you don't leave any evidence of that behind. the force is with someone at this home. someone here probably has a new computer. then there is the guy who can pop a wheely on his new tony hawk bike or watching a game on the new 4k, 50-inch tv. how did i know a all this? i just looked at peoples trash. >> they have a big screen tv's, they have got computer games, they got other types of electronic technology and what it does, it send a message to the bums out there, the thieves out there that are out there just praying. and looking. >> reporter: that message up to those looking for no good look at what you can steel. up are darby police superintendent michael chitwood says take a few extra minutes to prevent yourself from becoming a victim. >> break boxes down and then kind of fold it back. >> reporter: that is what natasha graham does with her t

we are live here at northeast philadelphia, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also a massive breach of voter information affecting nearly everyone registered to vote in the united states. security researchers december covered data file on personal information on 190 million voters left unsecured on line. database reportedly includes voters names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, from it the california affiliations and voting history since the year 2,000. u.s. federal elections commission tells cbs news it does not have access or authority, to protect voter record, that is left to the states. callus already launched an investigation. >>> well, record flooding is making for treacherous conditions in part of the midwest this new years eve and waters are still rising with two rivers crest continuing at historic levels. correspondent marley hall speaks to one missouri family hoist doing everything they can to save their home. >> job houser never thought he would be spending new years eve like this. >> we're fighting the water. >> he and his family have been up all night prot

greg argos was there for the vigil. >> reporter: very emotional vigil. memorial service here in west philly. remembering a 15 year old football player found shot to death this past friday. he was 15 year old stern, off the field he was known as mega ton. >> couldn't run by him he got you. very very aggressive on the football field u today his football coach shawn kennedy along with fellow football players gathered on the field where he played. >> sny will be missed. miss his smile. >> reporter: remembering the teen found shot to death friday night. >> i was always told parents should never bury their children. children supposed to out live the parents. >> reporter: stern's body was found friday shot once in the head. upper darby police said he was on probation for assault and had removed an ankle monitoring bracelet when he was found near york and broad in north philly. police have named to suspect. >> that's one thing he wasn't an ange gel nobody saying he was an angel. >> reporter: his grandparents say he did not deserve such a violent death. >> please

you were someone that always pick me day up. >> in doylestown, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police are looking for the person who shot a 11 year old girl in broad daylight in hunting park. that girl was walking home from school yesterday on west luzerne street when a bullet hit her in the foot. we checked on that girl is and she is in stable condition. police only have vague description of the shooter. >> 7,500-dollar reward for the person who knows who shot a bald eagle in pit down new jersey. bald eagle nicknamed lilly injured from the apparent shootingment only cbs-3 cameras were rolling when lilly was rescued last week. the birds now recovering after leg surgery. >> and thanks to generous donation, sam ambulances on the main line have life saving equipment for pets. all ambulances in narberth now carry oxygen masks for animals that suffer from smoke inhalation. a medic got the idea for the mask after seeing a dog saved in a fire. >> nowadays pets are part of everybody's family. and it is important to have something to help them out too. >> the staff at a

"eyewitness news" reporter, greg argos at roadway inn outside walnut street with the developing details, greg. >> reporter: jessica, right now thinks an active investigation here at the road wood in near walnut and 12th street have after a man was found dead inside one of the rooms inside the hotel. initial call came in around noon. sources say the victim, a seven five-year old man, was found face up with the belt tied around his neck. at first police believe this was a position of auto erotic as fixation where a person strangled himself, as a sex act but later police determined this to be a homicide. that is why crime scene detectives arrived here around 3:00 this afternoon. an official motive for the the crime has not yet been released but those sources tell cbs-3 that "eyewitness news" it appears this was as a result of the robbery. the a a as for the vick trim officials have not yet given us a name, but sources say it was a prominent psychiatrist who had an office here in this area. he stayed here at the same rode way inn at least one other time this past summer. as soon as we have

we're live here in center city, i'm greg argos cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. winter officially begins in about 45 minutes but does not feel like winter out there. meteorologist kate bilo is live on the sky deck. kate, how does it feel right now. >>> it actually feels great out here. i've got the scarf and the gloves on just because it's christmas week i feel like i should. but you really don't need all the winter gear here tonight. and you won't need it for the rest the week. as soon as we start winter we also kick off a major warmup as temperatures soar back into the 60s and 70s for the remainder of the week. but it comes along with some rain. take a quick look at storm sca scan3. through showers off to the west not getting in here just yet. a lot of moisture back to the south and west and all that rain will eventually come through our area in two separate waves. i'll tell you more about that when i join you and side. item which are right now mid 50s in philadelphia. in late december at 11:00 o'clock at night. that is amazing. but with what's more amazing som

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has the story now from new castle county delaware. >> reporter: the new castle police department sits right across the highway there on route 13 and just a few hundred yards away at this home yesterday evening police say two people tried breaking in. but fortunately they were stopped by the family pet napme precious >> this 2-year-old red nose pitbull may have stopped some grinchs from ruining the holidays >> two guys tried to break in. >> reporter: but they didn't pay close attention to this handwritten warning. >> they must have not seen the dog sign. >> reporter: when stephanie's sister heard the demoticommotio around 10:00, she let precious out of her cage >> they seen it was big dog and took off. >> reporter: new castle police are looking for two suspects. they were gone before police arrived. detectives tried getting fingerprints from the door >> they're coming to do damage. i mean, kicking a door in with the houses so close, you know, you don't care. apparently you're in for a mission and you're going to get what you need to get and you're

we're live here in center city, i'm greg argos cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. winter officially begins in about 45 minutes but does not feel like winter out there. meteorologist kate bilo is live on the sky deck. kate, how does it feel right now. >>> it actually feels great out here. i've got the scarf and the gloves on just because it's christmas week i feel like i should. but you really don't need all the winter gear here tonight. and you won't need it for the rest the week. as soon as we start winter we also kick off a major warmup as temperatures soar back into the 60s and 70s for the remainder of the week. but it comes along with some rain. take a quick look at storm sca scan3. through showers off to the west not getting in here just yet. a lot of moisture back to the south and west and all that rain will eventually come through our area in two separate waves. i'll tell you more about that when i join you and side. item which are right now mid 50s in philadelphia. in late december at 11:00 o'clock at night. that is amazing. but with what's more amazing som

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live outside philadelphia school district headquarters with more on what it all means, greg. >> reporter: ukee, beginning. what this means is we finally have a signed budget the but it is a partial one. that means in terms of education spending that cash is coming in the form of emergency funding. >> this budget is wrong for pennsylvania. >> reporter: but at least it is now signed, governor tom wolf announcing that the six month budget impasse is over. he signed it but line-item vetoes part he disagreed with. >> i'm's calling on our legislators to get back to harrisburg, back to the work that they left unfinished, last week. in the meantime i'm vetoing their 95 million-dollar cut to education. i'm vetoing other items that they don't pay for. >> reporter: by signing budget wolf released more than $23 billion in funding but his vetoes means cash for education is still in the finalized, which is why he is releasing emergency funding. >> i'm allowing emergency funding for our schools to get out. i'm also letting funding go out to our human service

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has reaction from the temple campus in north philadelphia. >> reporterthis is winter break and though this wasn't the out come they were looking for, dozens of fans pack the bar here on campus supporting the temple owls. with the game not even yet on, these guys two of the first fans inside the to catch the temple owls in the boca rah tone bowl game. >> came to the bar to watch the game. like to see how it goes here. >> most students are away for the holidays. >> it's a break. everybody is going home to see their families. serve watching the game at home. >> the crowd did pick up for fans both knew and old. >> watching their now popular owls. >> as an alumni it's really really exciting to see the school get more and more notoriety. >> did you ever think it was going to be because of the football team? >> no. >> 1993 alum remembers a darker days. but now even has her daughter excited about the team. >> someone really not into sports and now finally sitting enjoying a sports game with my family because it's huge in our family. pretty awesome. i couldn't be

weed, a weed, a mighty weed. >> ♪ >> and it happened right here in claymont. >> in claymont, greg argos"eyewitness news". >> i love it. >> listen to greg sinking a along. >> i didn't know greg had it in him. >> great pipes. >> before you shut down for holiday there are a few hours to review your financial life that might help your bottom line and put a dent in your holiday shopping bill. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is live to explain. you are so good a at this stuff. let's start with investments. you have some information for us, good morning. >> reporter: so if you have a taxable account and you have losses, here's something really cool you can sell them to off set gains that you may have taken previously in the year. if you have mutual fund you may have gains you didn't realize, mutual fund distribute their gains right around this time. if you have more losses then gains you candy duck up to three grand against your ordinary income, if you have more $3,000 of losses, car that i amount over to future years. if you sell something and replace it within 30 days that new

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has reaction from the temple campus in north philadelphia. >> reporter: this is winter break and though this wasn't the out come they were looking for, dozens of fans pack the bar here on campus supporting the temple owls. with the game not even yet on, these guys two of the first fans inside the to catch the temple owls in the boca rah tone bowl game. >> came to the bar to watch the game. like to see how it goes here. >> most students are away for the holidays. >> it's a break. everybody is going home to see their families. serve watching the game at home. >> the crowd did pick up for fans both knew and old. >> watching their now popular owls. >> as an alumni it's really really exciting to see the school get more and more notoriety. >> did you ever think it was going to be because of the football team? >> no. >> 1993 alum remembers a darker days. but now even has her daughter excited about the team. >> someone really not into sports and now finally sitting enjoying a sports game with my family because it's huge in our family. pretty awesome. i couldn't

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos explains how their restaurant will give back. >> reporter: youbably have had their doughnuts and chicken and now owners of this famous philadelphia restaurant opening up a new business, in the new year with a very compassionate cause. >> unaudible. >> reporter: fried chicken is half of what federal doughnut is known for. the other half, well, it is in their name. >> any questions. >> reporter: co-owner tom endman hopes popular food restaurant is known for something more. >> radical hospitality. >> reporter: that radical hospitality will come in the form of new restaurant replacing samsung kabob house and turning tonight to the the looser's soup company. >> my partner steve cook came up with all this chicken left over, these chicken parts, and we should make chicken stock. >> reporter: at the lend of the year, every cent of profit will be donated to the broad street ministry. >> we serve folks experience deep poverty, they are folks experiencing hunger and home lessness. >> reporter: carrie kitchen santiago is ministry's chief operating officer an

we have team three coverage tonight with "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos and rahel solomon. the will let's begin with greg in elkins park where cosby was arraigned and book. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, everyone. the the 78 year-old comedian arrived here around 2:30 this afternoon to the court. on one side was his attorney, on the the other and assistant and cosby faced the judge for his arraignment on aggravated indecent assault a charges. >> legendary comedian bill cosby arriving at montgomery county district court in elkins park for his a arraignment on felony aggravated indecent assault charges. >> any response mr. cosby. >> reporter: no response from the 78 year-old, montgomery county district attorney's electric kevin steel says, drug and a ultimate is ad temple employee andrea connstand during her february 2004 visit, to cosby's cheltenham home. >> on the evening in question, mr. cosby urged her to take pills, that he provided to her, and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move, or respond, to his advances, and he committed aggravate

not knowing if they are going to live or die, and what you are watching is a clip from the movie "argoand that reinstated the whole iranian hostage taking into the american conscious. and six americans were able to get out miraculously from the embassy, but then they had to watch the other 53 who remained behind. and so this is really, this is going to back decades, 30 decades' compensation, and it is a good thing for all of the families and those involved. >> it is, and i remember, as i said, looking into the story a couple of years ago at the time when "argo" came out, and it was absolutely helpful to talk to a couple of the former hostages, so hooray for hollywood on this christmas day. >> yes. >> thank you, deb. >>> and now, headlines dominated by international stories, and which ones made our top ten list? we will tell you. don't miss it. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your

i'm greg argos here on the new jersey turnpike with the report, which said that it has the answer. >>new at 6:00 o'clock sights and sound of the season can be a joyous thing for many but for children with autism it can be terrifying. our stephanie stahl has a look at how local santas are making it festive for them. it's the holidays. and of course, everyone wants to get online at once. to watch things. buy things. but slow internet makes it hard. that's why it's time to get fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year. plus, 400 dollars back. so go online or call now. get out of the past. get fios. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn mor

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is outside the district justice office in warrington where the suspect was just arraigned, greg. >> reporter: ukee, investigators say teacher 30 year-old joseph becker had a five month-old sexually explicit relationship with a 14 year-old student, of his, and when investigators say becker found out police were looking into it, they say he tried having that 14 year-old's lie about what was going on. arriving at his arraignment joseph becker remained silent, the 30 year-old math teacher at pen ridge north middle school in cuffs after being caught in a relationship with a 14 year-old student. >> today, the bucks county detectives and pen ridge regional police department charge the the defendant with unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors and sexual abuse of children. >> reporter: bucks county assistant district attorney michelle henry said girls parents first notified them yesterday after their daughter told them she and becker had been sending explicit sexual videos and pictures to one another. >> he was asking the victim while is was u

reporting here, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> all right, surprise ago loft people there, think. coming up in the neck hear who have urge new details ' pledger about the couple who killed 14 people when they opened fire at office holiday party. we have the latest on the investigation. >>> also, a puppy for paris. why russia is offering this dog in a act of solidarity. we want to get the latest on the weather and our forecast when we come back after the break. good morning. only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva. acidity was in my diet...much that it was damaging the enamel. i wanted to fix it right away. my dentist recommended pronamel. he said pronamel can make my teeth stronger. pronamel is helping me lead the life that i want to live. >> breaking news in the northwood section of the city. a woman and two young children had been rushed to the hospital after a fire breaks out in a row

greg argos is live in pits town and he was there for the the dramatic rescue, greg. >> reporter: jessicae, we had quite the afternoon here in pits town, new jersey. my photographer tommy gardener and i arrived here late morning to check on the bald eagle that was perched some 50 n pits town, we're told, it was injured, a a broken leg but that majestic creature flew away. first, the chicken spotted a surprise guest. >> we opened up the coupe, we could not get them back in. they see something. >> reporter: drew daily's wife noticed our nation's symbol perched 50 feet up in her tree. >> we immediately called the wild life folks, and they were very responsive. >> reporter: that was monday and for days both drew and his neighbor bucky watch the bird from their backyard. >> i went out immediately and checked it out and could not believe i was this close to i bald eagle. >> reporter: his daughter ana nicknamed the bald eagle lily and with the injured leg the hope was that it would come down and feed

we are live from south philadelphia, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much, greg. >>> still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a unique solute to veterans. >> i hope you enjoy this my friend. >> a well known local chevies giving back this christmas, he explains why he is on a mission to make the holiday brighter for some vets one meal at a time, vittoria. >>> if this is last holiday lights there is one place that you have got to be to see the most spectacular display right here in south philadelphia, that is right whose are taking a drive or a walk, you will the not want to miss all of the work that goes into this place right here, jessica? >>> and where is the the snow? well, no where near us. we will tell you that much. we will show you how far you have to drive if you want to see a white christmas. >>> well, it is our final holiday lights of the season and we're going out on a high note. >> going out on a bang. we are taking you to a philadelphia street that attracts visitors from all over the world. our vittoria woodill is live at 13th and tasker in south phil

coming up tonight at 6:00 "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos will explain how process work and how you can sign up. >>> on the healthwatch, dramatic unexpected developments with the transplant operation that was scheduled for today. >> it is a story we first brought you last week how transplant came together with the help of the craigs list. stephanie stahl is here to explain the update. >> craigs list is amazing. surgery scheduled today at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania was canceled, because of unforeseen medical issues. now that ad on craigs list that brought stranger together was titled looking for a brave person to donate a kidney. glenn colderbank of west berlin is donating one of his kidneys to a woman he never met and it all happened after reading her family's pleaness a misplaced advertisement. the craigs list ad titled looking for a brave person mistakenly ended up in the building materials section and caught the eye of glenn, a contractor. >> i knew, i knew i was a match, from the second i saw her. >> reporter: recipient is nina saria an ought the owe immu

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us more to tell us about that, greg. >> reporter: experts say average american worker should train to know exactly what to do in the event of the active shooter at the work place. one piece of advice, if you are ever caught up in one of these, get up, and get out. the video is terrifying. but this mass shooting in san bernardino, callus not uncommon. this year alone it marks the 355th shooting of four or more people at one time, in the united states. >> i'm not saying let's go from zero to a hundred but we have to now start thinking about what if, if, and when, if this should happen here, when this happens, what am i going to do. >> reporter: engage security owner and active shooter scenario trainer michael all says mentally preparing yourself for the worst what can save your life. >> strongest thing you have is your brain. >> reporter: most important tool you have are your 2 feet. >> god forbid that happens, your first thing should be what. >> get out. i mean, if you are look at the last shootings, look at the mass shootings, a lot of them

reporting here in bucks county, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> 6:00, so temple football fever in texas this morning, coming up next where local fans can cheer on the owls in their championship game this afternoon. >> also ahead, he's only 19 years old, but a video game expert thinks he's the man to turn around one of the region's struggling football programs. we'll have his story coming up next. >> scries mrs. village, was all adorned in lights. get in the spirit, spend a little time with family and friends, great spot there. >> we send it over to justin, checking in with the weather watchers. >> hard to get into the holiday spirit when talking about temperatures running 10 degrees above average for the second half of the weekend, but mornings, evenings, pretty cool. draft conditions look great, maybe shopping plans today, no problems, no storms real toy talk about over the next several days. now, it is cold this morning, break out the ice scraper if you have your car outside. through the overnight hours, a lot of frost, temperatures well below freezing, we check in with the w

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live at philadelphia international with more on the conditions there, greg. >> reporter: jessica, airport officials say this is the busiest travel day of the christmas season but even so it is not crowds that are causing much of an issue but rather the weather. take a look at the the departure board here, anything that does not stay on time is either canceled, or delayed the rainy foggy weather isn't keeping holiday spirit out of those traveling and working here at philadelphia international airport. these baggage hand letters providing travelers with extra christmas cheer. >> has it been easy getting around. >> yes, the train, the train, take me right over here and it is very nice and smooth. >> yes. >> reporter: big smiles for he and his wife, heading to florida. >> yeah, everybody, everybody is nice. >> reporter: it also helps crowds not too big in the mid afternoon but that is likely to change. >> we expect it to start picking up again. >> reporter: airport spokesperson dianne says, travelers check with airlines for delays and cancellations.

we're live from center city, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thank you. >>> i sat down with philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney moment after the state budget announcement was made and here's what he had to say. >> well, it is not optimal situation. we obviously want a full funding formula for our schools not only in philadelphia but statewide and i think legislator needs to step up at some point in time. education is not a luxury it is a requirement. if we want our state to be successful and city to be successful our kid to be productive they need an education. >> budget does have a lot of people talking especially on social media we'd love to know wharf to say. let us know on facebook and twitter. just use hashtag cbs-3 chat. >>> now to the weather another dreary day a across the region. meteorologist kate bilo has a check of your first forecast, kate. >> good news in the wake of the storm that brought ice and snow and sleet and certainly rain to our area things are drying out. you can see where that storm is right now bringing steady snow to northern maine and canadia

we are live in pits ton, new jersey, greg a argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you for. that all right, buddy, thanks very much. >>> chasing record warmth, as you think it has been nice last couple days, it the will only get better. plenty of people taking advantage of the mild temperatures. "eyewitness news" on penns landing, the the guy is running with his shorts on. meteorologist kate bilo is on the sky deck. how does it feel. >> shorts and flip-flops on, you just can't tell. you may want to break them out this weekend because it is not very of we get a streak of five days a above 60 degrees. it has been since early this century that we had a stretch of anything like this and temperatures will be attempting to break records this weekend. we're talking near 70-degree by sunday. lets look at how warm to take was. we were in the 60's with a beautiful afternoon. 62 degrees. that is high for october 26th and for april 15th. you can tell how unseasonable it was. nothing like december weather should be. we should be in the mid 40's. december as a whole so far has been red ac

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos explains, the four legged hero named precious stopped the men whenhey broke into the house over the weekend. >> this two year old red knows pitbull may have stopped some grinches from ruining the holiday. >> two guys tried to break-in. >> but those two guys didn't pay close attention to this handwritten warning. >> they must have not seen be aware of the dog sign. >> so when the sister header the commotion downstairs around 10:00 sat diet my, she let precious out of her cage. >> they seen it was a big dog. and, you know, took off. >> new castle county police are looking for two suspect. but they were gone before police arrived. so detective tried getting fingerprints from the door. >> they're coming to do damage. they're coming to damage. kicking the door in, with the hoe cents so close, you don't care, apparently you're in for a mission, and you'll get what you need to get and you'll get out. it is right after christmas. our toys and everything are still right there. >> that mission aborted, though, because of precious who protected the delaware hom

we're live at ben franklin bridge, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in other news brookhaven woman is facing theft charges tonight. police say she stole from her own mother and set up a fraudulent go fund me page claiming her mother was sick. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us live at the delaware county courthouse in media with more on this case, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. prosecutors say that this daughter stole more than $40,000, from her own mother when she was made power of attorney. today i spoke to the defendant, that daughter and her boyfriend and they simply say the charges are not true. the photo perhaps shows happier times, mother and daughter embracing for a quick picture, delaware county prosecutors say that the mom pictured here is now a victim of theft and they say her daughter was the thief. >> we understand that the daughter may have her own financial need that she may have her own expenses that she needs to pay but not at mom's expense. >> reporter: prosecutors say that five three-year old carolyn of brookhaven used her nine two-

sin argo estonunca n abajo. supuesta victima de fraude migratorio en mi caso tengo 20 anos sin mirar a mi familia y este . aparte es mucho bastante dinero (vo) de acuerdo con el abogado joseph lacome quien a principios de este mes interpuso una demanda en nombre de varias supuestas victimas, el tramite legal de adopcion de adultos si existe pero no para arreglar el estatus migratorio. dice que el problema principal es que todo parecia legal. (sot) joseph lacome, abogado los llevaban a corte frente a un juez, realizaban el proceso de adopcion, habia documentos legales, todo eso era valido hasta que querian avanzar mas. (vo) los clientes obtenian un numero de identificacion personal, o itin y una licencia pero estos documentos se otorgan a personas independientemente de su estatus. se cree que podrian ser cientos de individuos en esta situacion. para darle una idea este pastor patrocino la adopcion de 7 inmigrantes y estaba en el proceso de adoptar a 11 mas. (sot) ellos sufren por que.estas persona (vo) pero el as

"eyewitness news" sport reporter greg argos war there to see how the fans were handling the low temptes. >> see fans wearing short sleeves, make sense, and warm weather records were set. what a difference seven days makes. >> beautiful last time. hey, warm enough for us. >> how are you staying warm? >> i guess just like this, baby, means lots of yelling, because, well, we're in eagles territory, and plenty of of that. that fan from south jersey apparently doesn't even need a shirt to stay warm. but these guys taking more measured approach. >> how do you stay warm? >> sit in front of the heater. who canning it all up. >> even grills taking on double duty providing warmth before cooking those burgers and brats. >> very cold. my feet are pretty cold. everything else is warm, but my feet are cold. but i see you have a nice beverage helping you out. >> yes, sir. >> we found some fans staying warm with a kerosene heater. others, grilling, but these guys right here, old school, just yelling, dancing and having a good time. thought of the eagles with a playoff spot is keeping us warm. >> oh,