>> reporter: meet the camden raiders. about 80 kids from the fair view section of camden, ages 5 to 14 trying to practice for games on saturday. four teams having to do so on the sidelines of what was once their football field behind the community center. >> we came to practice on monday. seen that someone came out with a truck and destroyed the field from field goal to field goal. >> reporter: the culprit cut wide loops leaving churned up grass and mud everywhere. in some places, deep pits that would make it hazardous for kids to play. >> i hope they see this and realize what they did. we are trying to do a good thing for the kids and keep them off of the street. that's setting them back. so whoever did this, they should be ashamed of themselves. >> reporter: police say surveillance cameras at the community center may have captured the vehicle and the person who did this. >> this was a despicable act of vandalism. there's an active investigation going on. >> reporter: the team was scheduled to play at home on saturday, bu

it was never the finest field by any means, but it was their home turf and for that the camden raiders football program was proud. >> a lot of them don't have that in their household or where ever the kids is and to be out here with a bunch of men, positive people, it is a great thing. here's something you don't want to mess up. >> reporter: someone or some people didn't much care about that when practice rolled around on hon the boys arrived to find their fields an unsafe mess. >> we had a deluge of rain over the weekend and that rain played a great role in someone thinking there was an opportunity to use their four-wheel drive vehicle out here. >> reporter: it was more than just a few tire marks, field was dug up, destroyed by a vehicle. so last night players were forced to practice on a small patch of grass, not knowing that they would be hit again. >> from the field and then we find out today that they put some kind of things in the back of the field house. >> reporter: the on the first day of yom kippur a swastika appeared spray painted on a team building. >> at this point in time

>> i'm like really disappointed. >> despite the set back the coaches say nothing can keep the camden raidersown. >> i talk to them. one kid came, said what we going to do? we what we going to do now. i said we're going to be okay much that's all i can tell them. where there's will, there's a way. >> what would you say to whoever did this? >> why did ya'll do this? i don't like that. >> reporter: nobody likes what happened here. this field is behind the milandra hall community center in camden. it hadn't been used for some 10 years. the league started using it. the city says it is on this. it plans to be out here first thing tomorrow morning. it's going bring top soil and rakes and get this field back in shape. unfortunately it won't be ready for saturday's game. so the team will have to play their game away they're going to have to come up with the money so they can get buses and revs for their away game. but even though this is sad story, it highlights the good that's being done in this community. lucy. >> it is bringing folks together. too bad it had to happen, though. dawn, thanks so much

that's how the camden raiders football coach talks about the vandals that dug the holes in their home field sunday. >> i'm clueless, who would actually come out here in this community and put something up like that. >> it follows what some are calling a hate crime after someone spray painted an anti-semitic slogan on to the field house. >> we're still looking at it, we're still retrieving tape from last night. >> reporter: surveillance cameras are in perfect position. police aren't sharing the video but they say the suspects will be caught and prosecuted. >> we have the ability to take a look at the make and model of the vehicle. >> reporter: it's the very first year for the camden raiders as far as competition. it's an all volunteer league with no funding. it's one reason why a man drove all the way from delaware donating his time. >> i have been playing football my whole life. they need a field to play on. so i'm giving it back to them. or hopefully. >> reporter: players are feeling the love from the community and trying to shake off not just one but two acts of intimidating vandali

avery kelly can't believe someone intentionally ruined the football field where his team the camden raidersplay. the league has 80 enthusiastic players from ages six to 14 who look forward to coming out here six days a week and now their field is unplayable. >> the field was -- it was for us. like for the kids. >> i'm thinking that i wish we can fix it. >> reporter: it happened sometime sunday. a truck used to tear up these children's fun. rob kelly is one of nine guys who started this league a year ago at no cost to the players to keep these young guys off the streets. >> they love it. they enjoy coming out here. half of them never played football day in their life you know, just the fact that they have something to do. you know they learning and around bunch of men doing something positive. >> the team even has 25 cheerleaders who are equally sad about what happened here. >> i'm like fully disappointed roar report despite set back the coaches say nothing can keep the camden raiders down. >> i talked to them. one kid came, said what we going to do. what we going to do now. we'll be okay mu

year-old aver liz kelly can't believe someone intentionally ruin football field where his team, camden raiderspracticed and play. the league has 80 enthusiastic players from age six to 14, who look forward to coming out here six days a week and now their field is unplayable. >> it was for us, for the kids. >> i'm thinking that we can fix it. >> reporter: it happened sometime sunday a truck used a tear of these children's fun. rob kelly started this league a year ago at no cost to the players, to keep these young guys off of the streets. >> they enjoy coming out here, having fun, half of them never played football a day in their life but they are something to do and they are doing something positive. >> reporter: team even has 25 cheerleaders, who are equally sad about what happened here. >> i'm really disappointed. >> reporter: despite setback, coaches say nothing can keep the camden raiders down. i talked to them. he said what will we do now. that is all i can tell them. where there is a will, there is a way. >> why did you you do this. >> dawn timmeney fox 29 news. >> team has create aid go

. >>> things are not always easy for camden raiders, at home or on the field but this week things got harder for first year of football program, as they were hit by vandals in the once but twice. i'm alexandria hoff and we will show you the damage. >>> sick tim have no rights in this case. they have zero rights. but the thugs have all of the rights in the world. >> reporter: harsh word for up are darby's top cop, you height not believe who police are zeroing in on after several women are targeted in carjacking. >> it is a plan we already told but right here on "eyewitness news" and now mayor kenney is speaking out on possible changes to jeweler's row, kate. >> we have been enjoying beautiful stretch of fall weather this week but we will be dodging a few drops, tomorrow, as showers move through, and after this wonderful wednesday, can we expect a wonderful weekend? i'll tell you. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. >>> again, i can the not really under score enough how much of a crime this vandalism was. >> a joy ride with devastating consequences, police say a youth football f

children who play fort camden raiders that devastated someone ruined their field w they showed up to practice they found someone had driven truck all over the field behind the community center much the turf all ripped up you see that. coaches started this team a year ago to keep thin off the streets, and they're just as heart broken those kids are as their coaches. >> why would people do this? the field was -- it was for us. like for the kids. >> they love it. they enjoy coming out here. half of them never played football a day in their life. you know just the fact they have to do something. they're learning and around a bunch of men doing something positive. >> the city will be at the field tomorrow morning putting op ton soil so the field of dreams will grow again. but their home game on saturday has to be away game. we have link on you are website if crew like to help the children fix their feel. >>> you decide 2016. exactly four weeks till the election and the presidential candidates are pushing hard in swing states. to night both hillary clinton and donald trump stumped in flori

. >> that was a very happy reaction when american legion post 186 surprised the camden raider football team with news at that field with that $1,000 donation. as for the investigation police say they hope surveillance video will help to catch the vandals. >>> 4:47. now to a special event that jessica boyington and i had the pleasure of attending in south jersey. we were at camden county college in camden. spoke to one of my former coaches, bobby hammond who coached with the cardinals and later with the eagles. he's now a business professor there. by the way, jessica is a camden college alum. i'm telling you, she is a rock star on that campus. a rock star. you hear me. >> i bet they're super, super proud of her. >> they've been bugging me for months, can you bring jessica boyington here. don't come if you can't bring her. otherwise, you stay away. >> and i'm the traffic reporter, of course, i got lost going to camden. i got lost. >> i didn't want to say that. >> i didn't know where to go. they're like, where are you going? i should know this, right? >> you can redeem yourself right now.

the american legion post 186 surprised the camden raider football team which uses the field with a $1,000 donation. police say they hope surveillance video from cameras on orlando hall will help them catch the vandals. today we get a status report. mayor jackson will deliver his state of the city address at 5:30 this evening. the event is open to the public. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist erika martin. your out the door forecast contains patchy fog and dense for some with showers. if you look at the bottom of your screen, will you see your local neighborhood forecast. we're seeing mainly some 50s to start the day. a few upper 40s, lehigh valley. a little chillier there. otherwise, developing clouds for today. but temperatures topping out mainly in the 70s. so a really nice day in the forecast. yesterday, we saw low 70s as our average high temperature. today is going to be just a bit warmer. so right now, we have 45 degrees in new jersey. lehigh valley, 47 for you. and low 50s for delaware. keep in mind, we do have areas of patchy fo

>> it has been a tough week for the camden raiders, first, their field was ripped up, then their concession stand was the scene after hate crime, their coach, and some of their players, join us liver on good day philadelphia, with how you can help them get back on track. >> and returning to the birds? what? desean jackson was once a fan favorite for the eagles, now, he's a division rival. but could that soon change? what he's saying about his future once his contract expires. >> good day philadelphia, it is one minute past 7:00. somebody just asked me on twitter can you say happy birthday to owen gant? a child who watches the show. no. >> can't do that. >> we don't do that. my hair is messed up. we do do weather. we do do. >> all right. we will grow up and show you -- no, we won't. eight out of ten is your weather number today. for couple of evening, got fog out there this morning, you see it with bus stop buddy. temperatures in the 40's, 50's, not quite as cold as it has been, but we are seeing the fog starting to become a little more widespread. lancaster, reading, trenton, pottstown, who

the camden raiders are coming off of a pretty successful weekend of match ups, games that had to be played, away, when their field is not yet safe enough to play on. >> the way they played this weekend, we had a couple losses but they played with more heart then i have seen him play before. >> reporter: rob kelly is head coach of the raiders, first year football program includes 80 kid who struggled to understand why two sundays ago someone would purposely ruin their field by tearing it up with their trucks before painting a swastika on their field house. that someone is now behind bars. >> he has a excess i have permanent history, so working on impulse we are not sure at this time but he said he didn't know why he did it. >> reporter: surveillance video media coverage and tips lid police to 28 year-old alexander peters of the gloucester city. he was in county prison after being sentenced friday for three years fun earlier aggravated assault charge. he now faces third degree criminal mischief. >> he was very emotional in the interview so he understood the consequences and he knew he should

. >> the camden raiders youth football team is forced to presidential candidate at the time of this accidentthe sidelines because someone destroyed their grounds. the vandals used some type of vehicle to cut wide loops leaving circles of turned up grass and mud everywhere. camden county police are still searching for the culprits. a coach calls the act horrible considering the organization helps keep children out of trouble. we'll have a live report at 5:00 a.m. with more from that a and agree coach. >> philadelphia schools are already strapped for cash and now a montgomery county man is accused of embezzling funds from the district. 46-year-old david shulick was indicted yesterday accused of conspiring with chaka fattah jr. using bank loans for personal expenses. if convicted he faces prison time and restitution up to $3.8 million. fattah jr. was convicted back in february. >> ♪ >> donald trump says the shackles are off. and went on a twitter tirade against gop leader whose say they will no longer defend the gop nominee while hillary clinton and her is your gates continue their campaign swi

someone dug up the field of the camden raiders by spinning the wheels of their truck through the grass and dirt. police say surveillance cameras at the community center might have captured the person who did this. the city he is looking into repairs but say it could take a week or longer. >> ♪ >> new jersey governor chris christie admits that he is upset by the loudoun trump recording. however, he still supports the gop nominee. trump unleashed a twitter tirade yesterday against other republicans who are no longer aligned with the campaign. trump called house speaker paul ryan weak and ineffective. ryan responded by saying he is focusing on maintaining a majority in congress and called for all republicans running for office to do the same. >>> hillary clinton and her is your gates continue swinging through battleground states. president obama was in north carolina and criticized trump for his comments on women. former vice president al gore was in miami and focused on clinton's plan to combat climate change. the democrat's campaign chairman is also speaking out about the hacked e-mails

camden county police say alexander peters drove his ram truck on the camden raiders field last week ripping up grass and creating deep tire tracks. the 20-year-old man from gloucester city is charged with third he degree criminal mischief. he's in jail after being sentenced in a second aggravated assault case. >> 5:37. the stakes are high going into tonight's third and final presidential debate. a new cnn poll shows the nominees are neck and neck in the battleground states ohio, north carolina and nevada where the show down takes place. this is the point in the race where there are usually fewer undecided voters but hillary clinton's leaked e-mails and the sexual misconduct claims against donald trump may have prevented some americans to firm up their support. analysts say the nominees must walk a fine line tonight between attacking their opponent while getting into more detail about their own follow he sees. >>> our own monica malpass is reporting on the debate live from las vegas. you can watch it at 9:00 right here on 6abc. plus, i'll be hosting a live inside story debate special at 11:3

the camden raiders youth football team uses the field in the fairview section of the city. >> apparently to know it was wrong what you did. he maybe didn't want to tell us that. but we believe he absolutely knows the impact of what he did. >> police already had peters in custody for aggravated assault when they filed these new charges against him. >> this is not just an nfl player. he's also an amazing magician from the philadelphia eagles. police welcome jon dorenbos. >> one of our favorites. eagles long snapper jon dorenbos continuing to wow crowds with his magic tricks. he finished as a finalist on "america's got talent." >> he perform his old tricks on the "ellen" show yesterday afternoon. >> i thought i would do this, shuffle the diamonds in order. looking to are a ten of spades. shuffle all the clubs in order. no ten of spades. i think i'd shuffle the hearts in order. which means there's no ten of spades. the card you picked, check it out, there it is! >> john was just getting warmed up. that was the first of three tricks he performed on the show. how big is his brand? >> huge. >>

the camden raiders held practice tuesday night on the sidelines of their football field behind the communityter. they were forced to the sidelines because their field is torn up. someone got behind the wheel of a vehicle and cut wide loops. mud is everywhere. deep pits left behind made it too hazardous for the youngsters to play here. >> you got 80 kids out here staying out of the streets getting out of trouble you should wander -- you should be thankful that somebody is out here spending their time to do that with them so to take this away from them is horrible. >> reporter: this football program only a year old is for camden kids in the fairview section ages five to 14. there are four teams. it's a free program in a city where kids have little to begin with. saturday's game was supposed to be here but now has to be moved to pemberton. >> which means we got to get bus fare, pay referees there and everything else instead of making money here on our field to pay for this. this stuff ain't free. >> this was a despicable act of vandalism. we're taking this very seriously. there's an active inve

the camden raiders are learning about life. some of them playing for the first time. >> somebody to go ahead and act like that out here and the kids have to witness it, from the field and then we find out that day put some kind of racist sine on the back of our field houses, it's crushing. >> city crews and volunteers worked to cover up the anti-semit anti-semitic -- someone citied the fields with a four-whole truck leaving the team without a home field in a league without funding, it's all volunteer. >> sometime after the sun went down, somebody thought they would come in and further deface the property. >> crews worked for hours to make repairs and make it safe again. it brought her samercedes and h to tears. >> obviously this is a despicable act. the green spaces, open spaces, park land in the city are critical to the community. >> police say surveillance video will help lead them to the suspect or suspects who will face consequences, coach kelly and his team athey have got on their side along with a family of support and co

someone used their truck to tear up the field used by camden raiders.o make the matters worse on the first day of yom kippur officers say someone spray painted a swastika on the team building. it is unclear if they are connect. police are pursuing leads. >>> well, april seems like a long time ago but for those who asked uncle sam for more time to file taxes, six months has flown by. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us live from insuring to discuss that deadline and how to pro actively manage your retirement before the holiday madness kicks in, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> start with the taxes what do folks need to know, jill. >> reporter: remember way back when you applied for that six month extension to file your 2016 income taxes, well, i think you ought to clear your weekend, it is time to pay uncle sam, by monday, this monday, october 17th, you have got to file and pay any tax, interest, and penalties that are due. additional, small employers or self-employed people who filed for a tax extension you have to ne

children who play for the camden raiders are devastated that somebody ruined their playing field. >> when players and coaches for the youth football team showed up for practice they found that someone had driven a truck all over the field behind the hall community center. the turf ripped up, look at that, coaches started this team a year ago to keep children off of the streets. and they're just heart broken. specially the coaches, the kids, everyone involved. >> why would people do this? it was for us, like for the kids. >> they loved it. they enjoyed coming out here. half of them never played a day of football in their life. just the fact that they have something to do, and they're learning, and around a bun of men doing something positive. >> the city will be at the field this morning putting on top soil so their field of dreams will grow again. but their home game saturday now has to be an away game. we have link on the website if you want to help the kids fix their field with more information. >> so what we will do, take camera over there, watch this re-sod g. steve used to play

the camden raiders held practice tuesday night on the sidelines of their football field behind the communityter. they were forced to the sidelines because their fields is torn up. someone got behind the wheel of a vehicle and cut wide loops. mud is everywhere. deep pits left behind made it too hazardous for the youngsters to play here. >> if you got 80 kids out here staying out of the streets getting out of trouble you should wander -- you should be thankful that -- that somebody is out here spending that time to do that with them. to take this away from them is horriblism this football program only a year old is for camden kids in the fairview section ages five to 14. it's a free program in a city where many kids have little to begin with. saturday's game was supposed to be here but now has to be moved to pemberton. >> we got to get bus fare, we got to preaver he res there and everything else instead of making money here on our field pay for this. this stuff ain't free. >> this was a did he say pump cable act of vandalism. there's an active investigation going on. >> reporter: and many of t

. >> the camden raiders football field is slowly recovering after being torn up and then vandalized with the symbol. gloucester city man has been charged. i'm alexandria hoff and we will explain how this team has turned a d i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would suggest we have penalties for doctors who perform them. would you put people in jail for performing abortions? at some point doctors performing abortions i think would be subject to that sort of penalty. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. pat toomey and donald trump: they're just wrong for the women of pennsylvani

. >>> coming up later on good day, the coach of the camden raiders will join us live to talk about thisrrest and the team moving forward. >> for the last few weeks all of the talks have been about the eagles and the sixers. but next in sports, why the flyers may secretly be the best team in our city. but first, your winning lottery numbers. planned parenthood. i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would suggest we have penalties for doctors who perform them. would you put people in jail for performing abortions? at some point doctors performing abortions i think would be subject to that sort of penalty. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> there is fox 29 sports in one minute. >> good morning, i'm sean bell. all of the talk has been about the eagles and sixers. the flyers might be the best team in the sit. yesterday they had a thrilling game against the blackhawks, the flyers were down four-zip at one point, battled all the way back to tie the gamement then they just ran out of gas. great passing by the blackhawks led to goal f

. >> reporter: children who play for the camden raiders are heart broken that someone trashed the football field behind the milan today hall community center. >> sad and frustrated report players and coaches couldn't believe their eyes when they showed up for practice last night to find someone had driven their truck all over the field ripping it i was part. >> there's no way possible you can play on field like this. there's no way. >> reporter: rob kelly coaches the younger children. and is just as devastated as his players. >> they should be ashamed of they self. >> reporter: kellyanne handful others started this league a year ago to keep the children in this neighborhood off the streets. they have 80 enthusiastic players ages six to 14. they love it. they enjoy coming out here. half of them never played football a day in their life. just the fact they have something to do. they're learning. they're around a bunch of men doing something positive. >> they're not funded by nobody. they do their uniforms and cleats and everything that they need out of their own pocket. >> that's right. it's

camden county police say alexander peters drove his ram truck on the camden raiders field last week rippingd creating deep tire tracks. the 20-year-old man from gloucester city he is charged with third degree criminal mischief. he's in jail after being sentenced in a separate aggravated assault case. >> less than two weeks until november. >> yeah. >> and it feels like july. >> it real does. >> i'll take it. >> especially in the afternoons, right. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that we are dry this morning and very tranquil. let's take a look outside. we are looking at sub coming up over the airport before -- sunshine coming up over the airport before too much long are. there may be a clouds and sun mix as the day goes on. it will feel pretty good this afternoon. it's not bad. 68 degrees that's already over the average high for this date. dewpoints up there at 63 and you may find that it's a bit humid as we go through the day. just another element that kind of reminds you a little of summer today. winds out of the southwest at 7 miles per hour. satellite shows you the lack of clou

>> it has been a tough week for the camden raiders, first, their field was ripped up, then their concession stand was the scene after hate crime, their coach, and some