david creato admitted to killing his son brendon. the statement reads, createo stated under oath that erectlessly caused his son's death by depriving him of oxygen. he dumped the body in cooper river park after smothering him with a pillow. he called 911 to report his son missing. >> 911 what is your emergency? >> a mistrial was declared in may when jurors failed to reach an anonymous verdict. prosecutors alleged he killed his son because he was interfering in his relationship with a 17-year-old. the girlfriend did not want to speak to reporters about the plea. the second trial was set to begin next month instead he will be sentenced to manslaughter. >> neither the prosecutor or defense attorney would speak on camera. but the next step is sentencing expected to take place on september 29th, he will be sentenced to 10 years in prison but eligible for parole in just 8.5 years. reporting live channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> investigators from the ntsb are working at the site of the collision between two septa trains in upper

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a camden county man admits his connection to the death of his three-year-old son brendon.went to trial earlier this year for first degree murder but that ended in a mistrial. thanks for joining us. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. >>> now before new trial could even begin creato plead guilty to manslaughter. our dawn timmeney is live in haddon township, not far from where k9 officers found brendon's body nearly two years ago. dawn? >> reporter: well, lucy a lot of people who i talked to today felt that dj creato was guilty so they are not surprised by today's developments. but they still remain hopelessly heart broken. >> it's a really, really sad conclusion to a really, really sad thing. >> reporter: lots of heavy hearts in haddon township today. after news began to spread that 23-year-old dj creato pleaded guilty this morning to killing his little boy brendon almost two years ago. creato was scheduled to be retried on first degree murder charges in a matter of weeks after a camden county jury was hopelessly deadlocked in may. many in this tight community showing their

our dawn timmeney is live in haddon township, not far from where k9 officers found brendon's body nearly two years ago. dawn? >> reporter: well, lucy a lot of people who i talked to today felt that dj creato was guilty so they are not surprised by today's developments. but they still remain hopelessly heart broken. >> it's a really, really sad conclusion to a really, really sad thing. >> reporter: lots of heavy hearts in haddon township today. after news began to spread that 23-year-old dj creato pleaded guilty this morning to killing his little boy brendon almost two years ago. creato was scheduled to be retried on first degree murder charges in a matter of weeks after a camden county jury was hopelessly deadlocked in may. many in this tight community showing their continued support for the three-year-old boy with blue ribbons outside their homes. those we spoke to today were not surprised creato struck deal. >> it happened at a legal system. it didn't happen in the moral system i'm sure he looked forward and his lawyer said this is the best thing you can do. >> it's app palling. it's s

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after maintaining his innocent for two years, he add million dollars to killing his son brendon in 2015. a statement reads that creato stated under oath recklessly caused his son's death by depriving him of oxygen. his body was found just hours after his father call 911 to report him missing. his trial ended in the spring with a mistrial after failing to reach a verdict. they maintained that he smothered the child with a pillow because he was interfering in a relationship with his girlfriend. the next trial was to begin next month and instead. 23-year-old will be sentenced for manslaughter. >> we are told that brendon's mother was in the courtroom and neither the prosecutors office or defense attorney would speak on camera. creato will be sentenced at the end of the settlement for 10 years in prison and must serve 8 years 6 months before he is eligible for parole. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> federal investigators say that the operator in that septa train crash in upper darby said has now provided samples for drug and alcohol testing. the national transportation board plan

reporter: 19 months after three-year-old brendon of found dead in a creek near his home in new jersey. we know who is responsible. his own father. on wednesday, after a mistrial. in first murder trial, david pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter in october 2015, the 3-year-old's body was found about a mile from his home, dj reported brendan missing that morning. the evidence was circumstantial, prosecutor say that dj's motive is that brendan had become a problem in dj's relationship with a teenage girlfriend. djto be sentences september 29, prosecutor recommend a 10 year prison term, he will be required to serve at least 8 years, and 6 months before he is eligible for parole. a close friend and business partner of dj and his father, david, who is brendan's grandfather, gave he his thoughts. >> he had to plead guilty to a count. due to financial burden to fend for him, he would have to do it again a second time. the parents of will not be able to come up with. thigh losthey lost a grandson, , that something that most of us cannot fathom what the parents must feel lining. >> a lar larg

. >> so we were walking down the road as brendon mentioned but we came around the corner and you could see the car just over the other side of the road. just sat there, looking down the road. and as you said, the protesters were coming down fourth street. so i don't -- i thought that's a bit strange. there didn't seem to be any other cars stopping him from going. moments later, we heard a car going incredibly fast down the road and saw it plow into the crowd and then it reversed back and then we were some of us ran after the car to take a photo. and then followeded around down the road alerting the police to chase it. >> what transpired in those minutes after the car left this block and left view? what was the scene like here? >> well, there was almost an immediate response from first responders. there were state police right here on mall. i don't know if they actually witnessed. we larried them and said you need to get down there immediately. first aid crews came in. pretty quickly an armored vehicle came down to block the scene. the response was quick but you know, obviously, i under

>> brendon was the one that shot the video and shot that piece.t was preceded by two and a half hours of violent skirmishes. throughout the city as people came here with a white racist ideology that was hell bent on causing trouble. it was part of a deliberate three-month strategy that started with a tiki torch rally a few months ago, and then a kkk rally a month ago to be able to see people's tactics both on the police side and the nonviolent protest side, and then really have this as their coming out party, which they were quite explicit about, wanting to be seen, hoping to intimidate. but i know charlottesville will be stronger than that and how we'll push back. >> brennan, you captured that sickening moment, the driver slammed into the crowd on saturday. i want to play it again. but should warn viewers again it is graphic. what was going through your mind when this happened? >> i mean, it was a very chaotic scene as we've all seen. i was there actually filming a group of anti-racist marchers who were coming up the street in somewhat of a celeb

reporter: a local resident who built a memorial posted this note on the tree this afternoon calling brendon forever adopted son. no family including the mom or grandparentsen commented today and neither would his defense attorney. we can tell you that dj creato will be formally sentenced on september 29th. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. >>> new details tonight about the train accident that injured nearly three dozen people. today we learned some of the passengers on the train that crashed early yesterday are filing a lawsuit. the train slammed into another parked train in upper darby. one attorney said his client has a head injury and called it a preventable accident. we asked about the crash today and he says we have to invest wisely to help prevent future accidents. >> i suspect one of the things we're going to find is invest in mass transit. e we need to invest in infrastructure and redouble our efforts. we are making up for lost time. >> that video is at headquarters in washington where it will be analyzed. >>> lining up to take their shot at tonight's powerball prize. this is in atlanti

. >> 35-year-old brendon hey joined his attorney outside of police headquarters and turned himself in. it's alleged he was behind the wheel of this distinctive white jeep involved in an accident in center city. when the jeep fatally struck ann broderick and drove on. and days later it was located intel wear county with damage to the right fender and what would be human tissue on the right wheel. and charged with homicide by vehicle and leaving the scene but his attorney says that while his client was driving he should not be christmas any charged. >> mr. hayes being tried in the wrong form. a civil matter, versus the criminal justice matter, he was driving the vehicle however he did not know he struck anyone. >> the defense contention he was unaware but did not flee and drove a few blokes and got out and went to a restaurant. police have video of him along with others eating in the chinese restaurant three blocks away from the scene shortly after wards all of which indicates the mind set was not of a criminal mind. >> as for why the jeep ended up in delaware county. hey borrowed the v

he kill his little boy brendon. prosecutors were going to retry cotto on first degree murder charges in a the matter of weeks much his second tree after camden county jury deadlocked in may. he faces ten years in prison when a judge sentences him on september29th. he'll have to serve at least eight and a half years before he is eligible for parole. eight and a half years arc three-year-old boy is dead. >>> only on fox 29, racism rearing its ugly head. scrolled across the property of neighbors in chester county. a mid a diverse community police have never seen anything like. shawnette wilson has more from coatesville where police have just arrested the suspect. >> can you tell us why you did this? what's your past association with the white supremacy groups. >> none. >> you said 91? >> did you tell police that? >> police say you claim to have past association with suite supremacy groups, yes or no? >> no. >> why did you do it? >> alcohol. >> alcohol. you were drinking? >> , yes, ma'am. >> what do you have to say to t

he admitted to depriving his son brendon of oxygen. his previous trial ended with hung jury in may. his body was found near his haddon township home in october of 2013. he originally said he wondered away and will be sentenced to 10 years in prison and required to serve at least eight years and six months of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. we are following this breaking news story and bringing you the latest today at 4:00. >>> in other news now president trump was off prompter and letting the arrows fly and quoted himself extensively on charlottesville. he omitted his two most controversial comments instead blaming the media. this while protesters and supporters clashed out outside. >> good afternoon president trump continued the theme of last night's speech on twitter, criticizing democrats republican senator flake and all of us in the news media. >> in an angry defensive scene he tried to shift the blame for charlottesville. >> i hit them with everything, the kkk and neo nazi. i got them all. >> for nearly a half hour in his speech. they are bad people and i think t

he admitted to depriving his son brendon of oxygen. his previous trial ended with hung jury in may. his body was found near his haddon township home in october of 2013. he originally said he wondered away and will be sentenced to 10 years in prison and required to serve at least eight years and six months of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. we are following this breaking news story and bringing you the latest today at 4:00. >>> in other news now president trump was off prompter and letting the arrows fly and quoted himself extensively on charlottesville. he omitted his two most controversial comments instead blaming the media. this while protesters and supporters clashed out

has plead guilty to a single charge of manslaughter in the death of his three-year-old son brendon in october of 2015. we're told under the terms of a deal, creato, jr., there serve ten years in prison with possibility of parole in eight and a half years. he is been in jail since january of 2016 sentencing has been scheduled for september29th. we'll continue to follow this breaking story and you can get the latest any time on cbsphilly.com. >>> developing right now at noon, a white powder scare in west chester chopper three over the chester county courthouse a short time ago as hazmat crews investigate the suspicious substance. found in courtroom on the seventh floor that. room has been sealed off. all other areas of the building remain open. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> also this noon, giant jackpot powerball fever is heating up once again ahead of tonight's $700 million drawing. and tonight's jackpot is not second largest in u.s. history. good afternoon everyone. i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. greg argos is live at 7eleven in center city where the lottery machine i

this is where people come to remember little brendon. shock and sadness is what this township, this community is feeling today. they are saying their small town serenity is being rocked by the fact they say this punishment doesn't fit the crime. quietly and without tv cameras in the courtroom, a groomed defendant j. creato said he deprized his son of oxygen. the charge, first degree ing aggravated manslaughter. it means he will be sentenced to ten years in prison. >> ten years, probably not enough. it will get him off the streets. >> residents reacted swiftly. it's months in the making after the first trial reached a dead lock in may. prosecutors believe he was suffocated. a law enforcement source says he didn't cry or show any emotion in court. >> when the case came out and it was just so suspect and didn't have anybody else they were looking for, clear lir he wly h guilty. >> reporter: they answered the door at their homes as soon as e we learned the plea we asked prosecutors the detail the plea offer on cam rarks but they e decli decl

only lasting three innings in top half of the fourth, brendon belt came up.ichael brady that was his 17th of the season. hunter pence in the sixth inning. >> pence it's a high fly ball to the right. still back. it is out of here! >> giants bats came alive. eighth homer of the year. series resumes tonight, the game starts at 7:15. >>> all right, right now it is 6:48 time to check with g gocia. >>> between bikes, buses, cars and ride share which modes of transportation will be favored, and all the changes you may see. >>> if you like to eat what you catch, health official versus a warning for you this morning, they want to you limit how much rainbow trout, channel catfish, gold blackburn that you eat from that east bay reservoir. which people should be extra careful, dave i know you walk the reservoir very often, do you see fishermen and fisher women out there? >> all the time. >> i'm trying to get pam out there, too. >> it's gorgeous out there. we should do it together. >> a walk around the lake. >>> 6:49 now, let's walk over to sal. watching our commute, ever

news began to spread that 23-year-old dj creato plead guilty this morning to killing his little boy brendonost two years ago. creato was scheduled to be retried on first degree murder charges in a matter of weeks after a camden county jury was hopelessly deadlocked in may. many in this tight community showing continued support for the 384 old boy with blue ribbons outside their homes. those we spoke to today were not surprised creato struck a deal. >> it happened in the legal system. it didn't happen in the moral system i think he looked forward and his lawyer said this is the best thing you can do. >> it's app palling. it's shocking. it's scary it doesn't really surprise me. >> reporter: under the plea agreement creato admitted under oath that he deprived his little boy of oxygen on october 13th, 2015. he agreed to be sentenced to ten years in prison required to 78.5 years. >> i think it's kind of sad that you can murder your son and end up being sentenced to 8.5 years, but you have to have evidence to convict somebody. so without evidence it makes it very difficult. >> reporter: there wer

still democratic pennsylvania congressman brendon boyle says diplomatic negotiation was north korea and kim jong un should be the priority. >> assuming he is irrational actor if we could go into a direct bilateral negotiation and guarantee we would not pursue regime change, it seems to me that we should give that a shot before we would have to preemptively strike their icbm s. >> reporter: allies of the u.s. are stepping up, u.n. representative of the united kingdom says in part the united kingdom stand shoulder to shoulder with the united states tackling this threat and many others. that is very latest, we're live, natasha brown, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, with tensions high and word being exchanged, between the two countries a lot of people are wondering just how imminent any military action might be. our greg argos is live on the penn campus tonight and greg, you talk with a professor about some signs, to look for. >> reporter: yes, i did and that professor has extensively studied north korean regime. he said americans right now should not be too concerned ban all out war

. >> can you share in the moments what you saw moments before brendon's video started rolling? were walking down the road as he mentioned but we came around the corner. you can see the car just over the other side of the road. just sat there, looking down the road. and as he said, the protesters were coming -- were coming down fourth street. so i don't -- i thought that a bit strange there didn't seem to be any other cars stopping him from going. then of course months later, we heard a car going incredibly fast. you know? down the road and saw it plow into the crowd and then it reversed back and then we we were -- some of us ran after the car to take a photo and then followed it -- ran down the road alerting the police to chase it. >> yeah, what transpired in those minutes after the car left this block and left view? what was the scene like here? >> well, there was almost an immediate response from first responders. there were state police here on the mall. i don't know if they actually witnessed it and we alerted them and said you need to get down there immediately. first aid

brendon, tell your boss time asap.ld a team with that, this episode of free speech is adjourned. thank you all for participating. [applause] >> on the sunday morning talk shows, there was discussion about the russian investigation and recent media reports about the scope of special counsel robert mueller's inquiry into possible collusion or other potential crimes. the deputy attorney general who mueller was asked about the topic. we also heard from senators tom tillerson, chris coons who introduced legislation that would present the president from hiring robert mueller. -- firing robert mueller. andou appointed mueller, you didn't -- you have the sign an order authorizing the appointment of special counsel and you said he was authorized to investigate any coordination with russia, and i want to put the words onscreen, any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation. my question is, does that mean that there are no red line site mueller or any special counsel can investigate unr

>> you know, i'm -- i look to travis and brendon as my inspiration and, you know, it's amazing to seeh they've inspired and empowered others to live a life of character, you know, setting the example, leading from the front. and really, you know, doing the right thing when it really matters. pete: i love the mission of the travis manion foundation. you do a lot of work on transitioning. service initiatives. the 9/11 hero's run. this effort, explain more about this effort. it's about connecting the 99% of americans who didn't serve with those who did and motivating to fight for character. >> yes. character revealed is our campaign that we're launching and we're really excited about it because ideally it sets the example out there for those that might never choose to serve or haven't served. it really identifies, you know, the adistributes and contributions that our service members, their families and our survivors are really bringing to the table. they lead through strength, resiliency, courage. things that they have learned whether that's through dealing with adversity or through thei