year-old comedian accused of sexually assaulting former temple employee andrea constand at his cheltenham home in 20 on. >> all charges were up hell. we're here because we want to seek the truth. we're here to serve justice. >> reporter: during a preliminary hearing district attorney kevin steele called two witnesses to the stand, a detective interviewed constand in 2005 and cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. note thably absent was the accuser herself. >> twelve years to bring an accuse tore confront mr. cosby they chose not to. >> reporter: brian mcmonigal argued that the alleged assault was a consensual interaction and there was not enough evidence to go to trial

so without andrea, the district attorney first called former cheltenham, catherine heart to the stands, heart took con stand's statement about the alleged assault in 200, a she red parts of that statement which details what con stand said happened at cosby's home. under cross-examination, though, heart says the statement was not audio or video recorded, and admits she was not present when constand later reviewed the written statement and was allowed to make changes. john norris the chief of the cheltenham police department who interviewed cosby in new york city back in 2005 also took to the stand recalling his interview with the star. right now, judge elizabeth mchugh is deciding whether to allow defense attorney brian mcmonagle to call another cheltenham detective to the stand but district attorney, kevin steel, objected to that request, saying, the detective's testimony is not applicable at this stage. now, cosby's defense attorney, brian mcmonagle seemed to focus all every his questions today on those on the stand about andrea constand's character, that's not a ridder during this pr

in cheltenham, cheltenham avenue at washington lane.sounds like a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the pedestrian has been brought to the hospital. so, again, you're going have some slow downs around the area, make note of. that will again avoid the fare at all costs, if at all possible. one more thing, minor water break, southbound, 42nd street, all lanes blocked, you will have to use chestnut as your all the that the. jim, over to you. >> thank you, canadian women lucky to be alive after her apparently malfunction cents gps put her in the middle of a lake. the woman told police she was having a hard time driving in dense fog the other night. the 23 year old was relying on her gps when she unintentionally drove down a boat launch and right off the edge. she was able to swim to shore. but a tow truck had to fish her out of the water. >> there are a loft bumm red hot chilly pepper fans this morning, all worried about the lead singer recovering from a health scare, and this caused the bands to make a big cans legs. >> we are devastat

cheltenham avenue washington lane, police here, and somebody injured. you'll see emergency workers causing restrictions on cheltenham avenue in montgomery county. turnpike westbound we have construction between fort washington and valley forge. no overnight construction last night on the vine street expressway. we see westbound, eastbound open, roads are dry, volume light at this hour. it's cold out there, warm up the car this morning. >>> thank you karen. >>> developing overnight, philadelphia police say a drive-by shooting left a 17-year-old on the ground his body riddled with ten bullets. annie mccormick is live outside south detective's with the latest on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we just checked with detectives. the 17-year-old is in critical condition at penn presbyterian hospital. look at the video from the scene of the criesm. crime. it happened at the shooting scene at moore and hollywood in south philadelphia. it appears to be a drive-by shooting, the 17-year-old was in the area when he was hit by bullets ten tim

kevin steele called two witnesses to the stand, detective that interviewed constand in 2005 and cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. defense attorney brian mcmonigal argued that the alleged assault was a consensual interaction and that there was not enough evidence to go to trial. >> today a united states citizen has had his due process rights violated. we intend to ask the courts to put an end to this once and for all. >> cost bye was originally charge last december, in trial date has been set. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage as bill cosby goes to trial, you can always get the latest on cbs philly.com. >>> later today comedian jon stewart will hold a news conference following the adoption of the abused horse in lancaster county. lily made national headlines after he was shot with dozens of paint balls and abandoned at a stable in march. stewart is planning to make a home for lily and other, excuse me, neglect mare at his farm for abused animals in

cheltenham avenue involving a pedestrian, cheltenham avenue at washington lane, watch for police and emergency workers on the scene. >>> we're following a developing story, a teen is fighting for his life after a drive-by shooting overnight. the gunfire erupted on more street in south philadelphia before midnight. the gunman shot the 17-year-old nearly ten times. the teen is in critical condition. we'll have more on the story and description of the vehicle and live report at 6:30 a.m. >>> crews are investigating a fire at the police department, the fire was caused by a light fixture in the radio room area. the fire was placed under volunteer -- under control and police activities were not affected. >>> today the corruption trial of chaka fattah starts. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: opening statements are expected today at federal court as the corruption trial gets underway. veteran congressman is accused of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds and federal grants to pay off debts and enrich his family and friends. he served on the house appropriations committee. the 1

year-old comedian accused of sexually assaulting former temple employee andrea constand at his cheltenham home in 20 on. >> all charges were up hell. we're here because we want to seek the truth. we're here to serve justice. >> reporter: during a preliminary hearing district attorney kevin steele called two witnesses to the stand, a detective interviewed constand in 2005 and cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. note thably absent was the accuser herself. >> twelve years to bring an accuse tore confront mr. cosby they chose not to. >> reporter: brian mcmonigal argued that the alleged assault was a consensual interaction and there was not enough evidence to go to trial this is a have extraty of justice. they had 12 years to bring a case. they didn't. what they have presented today was evidence of nothing. >> reporter: d.a. steele pointing out the evidence threshold is low at a preliminary hearing and this case should go forward. >> the evidence in this case, there was presented at preliminary hearing is of a limited basis. preliminary hearing is a situation where we only have to s

constand claims, cosby assaulted her after giving her wine and pills at his cheltenham home, in 2004. cosby waved his right, setting course for a trial. if quick, the 78 year-old could face ten years in prison. the prosecution reacted to the judge's ruling. >> a preliminary hearing is a situation where we show a crime committed and defendant connect to the crime. >> we can that through victim statement and the defendants. >> district attorney kevin steele called two witnesses to the stand a detective who interviewed constand in 2005 and cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. defense attorney brian mcgonigle argued the alleged a sought was a consensual interaction and without cosby's accuser on the stand prosecutors only presented statement from her given over a decade ago. >> the evidence is telling in this case is why they chose not to bring this complaintant because their evidence determined back when this investigation unfolded proved there was in crime committed here. there was no evidence of a crime here. the inconsistency that hit this investigation from the beginning co

a crash, in the neighborhood, at cheltenham and washington lane. mike and alex, back over to you. >>> boy, it was jumping in university city yesterday. more than the usual excitement, during the commencement ceremony at penn. >> so in attendance at franklin field yesterday vice-president joe biden and republican presidential candidate donald trump. >> look at the security, man. >> both had a connection to the 1500 student graduating class. biden's granddaughter niomi and trump's youngest daughter tiffany. >> is there the vice-president, leaning over shaking hands, taking pictures. hello, vice-president biden. >> now the two they were it ising down from each other in the same front row. >> there they go, scroll over a little bit. do the pan. we have the same hair due. >> it looks like he is looking at biden. >> i think he is too. >> trying to see what he is doing. >> trump received cheers ape friendly welcome. biden was greeted with a standing ovation. >> when trump came in there was applause, energy, he was waving. when biden came in the entire pla

in cheltenham we have an accident here as well in old york road at chelten hills drive.an field road has since cleared. this accident in franconia township causing problems. the accident itself cleared on leidy road but police and emergency workers are still on the scene and they've shut it down so what you want to do is stick to broad street or township line road to avoid problem there. an accident busy spot here on the black horse pike. this is southbound as you head right near kings highway so that's an area that would be busy there and it's getting busier with an accident scene. 54 degrees right now in philadelphia. not as chilly as it was yesterday morning but the afternoon's damp and dreary. no sun today. lots of clouds and a bit of light rain with a high just of 62, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> developing overnight severe turbulence forced a pilot to turn the plane around. an ambulance was waiting on the tarmac at logan international airport in boston. several injuries were reported but none were serious. so far only one person actual had to go to the hospital. th

accused of drugging and sexual assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in his cheltenhame back in 2004. cosby said the encounter was consentual. a civil lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount in 2006. the terms bound both sides to secrecy. prosecutors reopened the criminal case last year after dozens of women came forward with similar claims and cosby's deposition in constands lawsuit surfaced. the actor's supporters have questioned by constand waited a year to go to authorities and continued to have contact with him after the alleged assault. cosby's attorneys have tried to get the charges thrown out citing a verbal agreement to not prosecute by then district attorney bruce castor. one of the big question center city will constand take the stand today. prosecutors could rely on her prior statements to investigators. the burden of proof in a preliminary hearing is low. >> criminal defense attorney would love the opportunity to be able to cross-examine this woman. i mean, that's the building block to start getting ready for trial. >> reporter: take a look around. yo

. >> didn't at allment prosecutors claim he called andrea con stand to his cheltenham home early 2004, drug her, with pills and wine, and groped her, she was in and out of consciousness. they hammered, con stand did not testify but a detective red part of her interview with authorities. >> the typical defense tactic is always attack the victim. put the victim on trial, not your client. >> what they presented today was evidence of nothing. they had 12 years to bring in an accuser, they chose not to. >> andrea will testify at the trial. cosby waves his right to be formally arraigned and end area plea. case now in the hand of lawyers than arraignment is expected to happen july. >> that famous attorney, gloria, representing about 30 other women involved in other accusations, most of them on the west coast. >> protests outside donald trump rally in new mexico overnight, it has turned violent. >> demonstrators were seen burning t-shirts, flags, even throwing them at police officers outside the al buy concern i convention center, report of bottles and rocks being thrown, too. police responde

cheltenham township says the chemicals are related to work being done at the glen side swimming pool the matter remains under investigation works to clean up the creek. >> it took eight hours, but route 70 in cherry hill is reopen now. a crash brought down power lines and crews had to close the road in both directions to make immediate repairs. >>> crews in montgomery county are trying to make a permanent fix that is causing problems along a busy stretch of road. anchor, rick williams is live now with more on this story. >> thank you, we are talking about route 52 valley forge park, part of which is slated to be closed throughout the summer, this after multiple sewer main breaks that have flooded out roads. coming up what they are using to replace aging concrete pipes. >>> and coming up a ground breaking after school music program coming to philadelphia. and coming up tonight "action news" will take you behind the scenes of the so-called 21st century curriculum. a neat story there. until then, brian back to you. >> see new a bit. >>> more than 100 police officers are on a mission to

cosby is accused of drugging and sexually abusing andrea constan in his cheltenham home back in 2004. a civil look out was settled in 2006. the terms bound both sides to secrecy prosecutors reopened the criminal case after dozens of women came forward with similar claims and cosby's deposition and the lawsuit surfaced. the actors supporters asked why she waited to go to authorities and continue to have contact with him after the assault. one of the big questions will constan take the stand today. prosecutors could rely on her prior statements to investigate her. the burden of proof in a preliminary hearing is low. >>> the criminal defense attorney would like the opportunity to cross-examine this woman that's the building block for getting ready for trial. >> reporter: back here live, you can see the fencing around the courthouse, they expect a lot of media and the general public here today. back to you, tam. >>> a new rescue deal for atlantic city will give it five months to get a balance budget. the legislation includes a 60 million-dollar loan with no threat of a state takeover. uni

the alleged assault took place in cosby's cheltenham home back in 2004 but his legal team says that the encounter was consensual. high powered civil rights attorney and philadelphia native gloria alred representing more than 30 women in the similar lawsuit says that she is watching this case today. this is her take. anyway, she did talk to our chris o'connell last night and actually said that this is a case that will perhaps determine how she handles her lawsuit with, again, more than 30 women accusing bill cosby of similar crimes. now as for this case if it does go to trial and if bill cosby is convicted he could face ten years in prison. keep in mind he is 78 years old. >> all right. we will have cameras there for sure. 6:07. >>> lets get to this... this is about egyptair crash and it egyptian forensic official about an hour ago says remains retrieved from the crash site point to an explosion on board the plane. you will remember plane went down last week, killing all 66 people on game. the plane was headed from france to cairo. >> this is what disappeared 10 r space. >> it looks like

in cheltenham, cheltenham avenue at washington lane. avoid this area, at all costs, as well, minor water main break, and i'll get to that next. >> congressman chaka fattah goes on trial. >> opening arguments supposed to start on charges every corruption. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at the federal courthouse. jan? >> reporter: brooke, jim, good morning, this is going to be a very closely watched political corruption trial here in philadelphia. us representative chaka fattah's trial scheduled to start here, in the courthouse behind me right around 10:00 this morning, with opening statements. now, if he convicted, fattah could face decades behind bars. >> veteran pennsylvania congressman, chaka fattah, will step foot in a courtroom today to face charges in his federal corruption trial. the 59 year old is accused of excepting bribes, and misusing campaign funds and federal grants to enrich his family and friends. the indictment alleges fattah took illegal $1 million campaign loan for his failed 2007 mayoral campaign, and mis

there's an accident in cheltenham on cheltenham avenue and washington lane.re updates on these scenes when i'm back in the next ten. >>> bad blood between two baseball teams leads to a bench-clearing brawl last night. >> we'll show you how it started and ended and how the two teams might be punished today. >>> plus, this -- >> he taught me more about me than i taught him. >> helping henry. how one little girl drew inspiration from her friend to win a contest and wait until you hear what she did with the money. spent more than 30 years in the public schools. we're retired, but we like to stay involved. you think he's going to learn to fly? we're just as busy now as in our teaching days. the same goes for a lot of the retired educators we know. let me see you all flap your wings, like you're penguins learning to fly. teaching is all about building relationships. and that never goes away. because once a teacher, always a teacher. we're ed and miriam, and we're proud to be new jersey educators. >>> it's 6:13. good morning. chilly one out there. a little bit of br

. >>> there's an accident in cheltenham, washington lane and cheltenham avenue. 295 looks great.ching sun glare on parts of new jersey roads, especially around the cherry hill area. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> bright, sunny skies. the temperature is still cool outside. we'll see a big warmup during the day today. that's a sunny view from center city. 70s this afternoon. right now 56 degrees. there are cooler numbers around. the suburbs are in the 40s. 48 degrees currently, in some of the suburbs. and a little bit cooler in new jersey. the temperatures are starting to come back. 50 degrees now and sunshine will warm temperatures into the 70s this afternoon, a nice, sunny day today for the stotesbury. tomorrow could see a dry start to the races but the rain moves in during the morning and the heavy rain is due in tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. this morning, no sign of either. satellite and radar shows we are in the clear. the first of the clouds will move in this evening. just high clouds and then the rainfall will be heading in first thing tomorrow mornin

. >>> authorities say it's now safe to go into tookany creek after officials in cheltenham say someonellegally dumped chemicals in the water yesterd yesterday. the township says it looks like it's related to the painting of glenside pool which is nearby. crews were out there for much of the day cleaning up the mess. cheltenham authorities are investigate hook did what but say no fish in the creek died. >>> a gun point robbery and usually quite south philadelphia neighborhood. but police are hoping that surveillance video can help them catch the bad guy take look there. it happened last wednesday on 400 block of catherine street in queen village. police say a man pointed a gun at another man and grabbed his wallet and phone. took off jumping into a car and heading north on fifth street toward south street. if you know anything, call police. >>> should police officers have to go to college? it's a question philadelphia's currently re-examining and some big changes could be on the way. not everyone is happy about it. fox 29's bill anderson breaks down the debate. >> reporter: former phila

at alleged assault took place in cosby's home in 2004 in cheltenham. his legal team that encounter was consensual. now, remember former montgomery county d.a. bruce castor said he made a deal to not the prosecute cosby in exchange for his statement about the alleged incident but the current d.a.'s office says that deal was never written down and reopened, constand's complaint after learning the window for felony sexual assault had not yet closed. cosby's defense team said even an or no prosecution argument should be honored but here we are today with the 78 year-old comedy legend in court, coming to court today and he could face five to ten years in prison if he is convicted on these charges. but we have to see how this plays ought out if it does go to trial. back to you. >> absolutely, thanks, dave. >>> fox 29 will be live outside the courthouse as news breaks in this case. you can hear about it, right there on fox 29 app a railable on the google will play and apple stores. >>> north wales woman charged with murdering her ex-husband. >> police say sho

a crash at cheltenham and washington lane. the chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> we have breaking news this morning. crews on the scene of the water main break near the fire station at forty-third and market in west philadelphia officials say that happened around 4:00 in the morning no traffic delays have been reported in that area, however. >>> woman bitten by a shark off the coast of florida, races to the hospital. get this, the shark is still attached to her arm. >> take a look, these pictures are from boca raton. >> yes. >> it is raton. >> rat on. >> so here's the deal, this is a 23 year-old sitting on the beach surrounded by people trying to help, and on her arm, a small nurse shark, is there a shark. rescue captain says he has never seen anything lick this. crews put under her arm and shark and she was taken to the hospital. several beach goers said they saw the woman and her friend antagonizing that shark. >> good thing a nurse was close by. >> yes. >> hello. >> get it. >> hi mike jerrick. >> good to see y'all. >>

andrea constan claimed she was drugged and molested at his cheltenham home in 2004. there's a chance contan will take the witness stand today. we'll have a live report in the next half-hour on "action news." >>> a berks county woman is accused of stealing $0,000 from her job. she also accused of stealing from the exeto are law group. he found out when the internal revenue service came knock on the door for back taxes. richards were as was charged with theft and formry. >>> the parent of a toms river boy who was four when he shot and killed a 6-year-old. a judge ruled that the they will have to pay punitive damages to his parents. the riewlings -- the ruling follows a wrongful death lawsuit. he was sentenced to three years in prison last year after he pleaded guilty to child endangerment. >>> president obama is pressing vietnam to respect human rights on day two of his three day visit to the country. in his address, he said the country has nothing to fear for upholding free speech. vietnam is criticized for it's human rights record. president obama said some activists

conn stan claims cosby assaulted her after giving her wine and pills, at his cheltenham home in 2004. cosby waved his right to appear at a july 20th arraignment, setting course for a trial. if quick, cosby could face ten years in prison. the prosecution and the defense reacted to the judge's ruling. >> the point of that is that it was intoxicating to her and that she was unable to consent. that is the crime. >> district attorney kevin steel called two witnesses to the stand, a detective who interviewed constand in 2005 and cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. defense attorney brian mcmonigal argued the a alleged a salt was a consensual interaction and there was not enough evidence to get to trial. >> today a united states citizen, had his due process rights violated. we intend to ask the courts to put an end to this once and for all. >> no trial date has been set. >>> still a head this morning the search for an active shooter aiming at other motorist on the busy arizona highway, plus here's a good example of how not to use a round about, find out what sent this driver flying

an accident in cheltenham on old work road and chelton hills drive.route 101 trolley until june 17th are shuttling passengers during a particular stretch. >>> it show her with her check saying, thank you, harry, i got my check in two days. i said you know what, let me try it. >> well, we'll show you what happens once harry hairston gets involved, after he tried it. >>> 6:45. good morning, everyone. a live look at the girard point bridge. traffic seems to be moving along pretty well. we'll be getting a break in the cold. first alert meteorologist bill henley says the rain will be back today. he'll be breaking down the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood in just a couple of minutes. >>> turning to nbc 10 responds, a viewer reaches out after seeing our story about a woman having an issue with the very same utility company he's battling. >> he hopes nbc 10 responds can get him the same help we got her. harry hairston has the outcome. >> reporter: th . >> this is the final bill i got from my old address. >> reporter: robert elliott moved into this new ho

cheltenham authorities are investigating who did what but say no fish in the creek died. >>> hundredsf volunteers are giving their time this weekend to plant thousands of trees at the flight 93 memorial. the new seedlings will cover 23 acres of hillside near where united airlines flight 93 crash after four terrorists highjack it on september 11th. 40 passengers and crew members fought with the highjackers. more than 2,000 volunteers planted nearly 75,000 seedlings since the project began in 2012. organizers are hoping tore forest the and tire site with more than 150,000 trees. >>> on to you decide political coverage now. it is primary day in virginia and nebraska. but presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump is telling people save your vote. he's running on op move on the depth cat tick side become and hillary clinton both campaigning hard. sanders is leading in the polls in west virginia and he's already moving on to california. >> we have the possibility of walking in to the democratic convention with a majority of delegates. >> sanders still trails clinton by hundre

. >>> creing t removed chemicals t contaminated the creek in cheltenham. they believe the contamination was a result of work being done on a pool. the department of environmental protection is notified. >>> a settlement is reached in connection with an accident rodan museum after he fell throlvh the floor and 38 feet to the ground below. live at the museum is "action neing t" reporter walter perez. >> ve w speialer: well, these ds is how severely the victim was injured. he has endured more than a dozen surgeries and more are scheduled in the year to come but his medical costs are part of the $7.2 million settlement reached earlier this month. >> aspliou can imagine from watching the surveillance video, the victim suffered severe ition wurieze >> he broke badly both of his legs, broke his hip, broke both of his arms badly. >> plaintiff attorney is explaining how his client, a local efficiency engineer nearly lost his l e after falling throlvh the glass c-tling of the museum. >> as can you imagine those on the minglery floor were absolutely stunned. shocked

he will face charges of drugging and molesting andrea constand at his cheltenham home in 2004. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live outside montgomery county court in norristown where this legal drama will play itself out. chad? >> yeah, jim, you know dozens of women have come forward with similar allegations that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. but for most of the victims they haven't been able to get him into criminal court, mainly because the statute of limitations had run out. well today has to be a bit of relief for all those women as cosby is now going to trial on one count of sexual assault. outside of the courtroom, bill cosby raised his arm to his supporters. inside, his defense attorneys tried to attack the credibility of his alleged victim, andrea constand. >> it was determined and presented that these parties had three separate intimate encounters. and in one lied side-by-side in a bed. >> prosecutors spent the hearing presenting prior statements to the police by constand and the comedian in 2005. in them, she claimed cosby gave her three blue pil

and the second is a cheltenham police chief there in 2005 for the statement. and they are keeping their commentary to the night that constand says she was drugged and sexually assaults at bill cosby's home. cosby calls the encounter con n consensu consensual. >> there is a lot of back and forth on whether it is relevant, they are questioning the statements she made and the judge says creditability is not an issue at a preliminary hearing. one person watching here in court is gloria allred. she has several clientses accusing cosby of sexual misconduct. the defense is trying to call a witness but they are objecting. it's all underway right now at montgomery county court. >> katherine thank you. >>> we have break news to report now. from montgomery county, chopper 6 hd is live right now over north penn high school for a fire reported inside of the school. chopper 6 hd is over the scene and you can see many students and faculty members on the grass there at the bottom of your screen. they have been evacuated. the call came in after 11:30 this morning. at is the sc

they claimed he called andrea constand to his cheltenham home in early 2004.ave her pills and wine because she said she was stressed. and groped her, as she drifted in and out of consciousness. >> cosby defense hammered at constand's credibility, said the relation was concentual talked about the fact they met up several times after this incident. constand herself did not testify, but part of her interviews with authority. expected to testify in person at trial. as for cosby, he was initially scheduled to be arraigned on july 20, could then enter formal plea. instead he raised his right at that hearing. >> his attorneys will be there. confusion over grades in the central bucks school district. has parent confused over their child's progress, trading in the abcde, was there ever an e, f? >> f. >> just other letters. >> so it is like it starts with m. m is what you want, dave. >> uh-huh. >> you don't want the lp. explain all this? >> ya, just actually moved over to the cold sprinkle mentally school here in central bucks we wanted to talk with parent but all we're

the outage will impact people in abington, jen continuetown and cheltenham.age continues through june 10th. all customers have been notified. the construction project is aimed at improving peco's ability to deliver electricity to those customers. >>> and the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo will replain closed until further notice after a child fell into the enclosureç and came face to fa with a 400-pound primate. >> we do want to warn you, some of the video we're about to show could disturb some viewers. cell phone video captured the scene as the young boy slipped into the gorilla exhibit. the primate appears to protect the boy at toys but witnesses also saw the animal drag and throw the child. the director of the zoo says the child was not under attack but was in danger. >> they made a tough choice and the right choice, because they saved this little boy's life. >> after a trip to the hospital, the boy's family says he is home and he's doing fine. the parents are not being charged. the incident triggered huge social media response. a facebook group wa

there's an accident on cheltenham avenue and washington lane, maybe causing delays there as well.ore updates on 95 when i come back in the next ten. >> 45 degrees right now in our studios in bala cynwyd at 5:39. the baseball gloves are off and the bench acleared in a drawl involving the bluejays and the rangers. i want to show you this video, how the fight broke out and how the bad blood has been fueling since last season. >>> and finding a forever home. what event helped friends 0 our area find their forever home. >>> 5:42. donald trump is scheduled to visit new jersey later this week for a pair of fund-raisers. >> one of them benefits new jersey governor chris christie. on thursday trump will join christie at the lawrenceville national guard armory in mercer county. all proceeds from the event will go to christie's presidential campaign debt. now to the democrats who are looking ahead to their next primary tomorrow at kentucky. >> hillary clinton took on trump as well as her democratic rival bernie sanders yesterday. >> there is a big difference in this primary campaign between

. >> reporter: the crime scene spanned two parking lots across cheltenham avenue, police call it an early morning shootout that left one man dead. >> crime scene markers dot the scene here. you see the victim's hat and cell phone next to where he collapsed after suffering a gunshot wound to the check and had several graze wounds to the head. they heard the gun fire and responded just after 2:00 a.m. >> several witnesses on the scene said the shooting victim was involved in an altercation with one possibly two males in the parking lot and that is when gunshots erupted. >> investigators found a cluster of shell casings behind the car near where the victim was discovered and across the street more shell casings, they believe that more than one weapon was used and multiple people were involved. the victim was found with a gun. after the police arrived they took two people away in handcuffs. we found two individuals still on scene and they were identified by witnesses as being part of the altercation. one of them possibly being the shooter. so those two individuals were transported in separate

. >>> actor mark rough low stopped by cheltenham today to get his feet wet.s a water quality advocate and he joined experts today to take part in what's called the delaware river water shed initiative. it's an effort by dozens of organizations to restore water quality in our area. good idea, huh. he helped examine the health of the water in to coney creek. >> over the past few decades, um, even the regulation that is we have is not enough regulators out there actually do water testing. so we're filling that gap and that's -- i think it's really important. >> sure s group of local high schoolers were also on hand today to learn about water sampling techniques. all right. back to your fox 29 weather authority now. they started off pretty well but a little chilly and windy. >> we'll sample water ourselves but this is coming from the sky, right? >> i want to talk more about the hulk. that was pretty cool. >> right. >> we're looking at a few spotty showers moving across the region. i'm focusing now through the suburbs through lancaster county northern chester coun

chanel brissett is a junior at cheltenham high school.ecently ran the 60 meters event in 8.23 seconds. that set a state record. she also qualified for the olympic trials. chanel kind of stumbled into this event. >> i came to high school, and i didn't know what to do at all. my coach was like, you need to try this out. you're fast. i said, nope, it's not my thing. i'll stick to the 100. i don't care. and now i'm here. [ laughter ] >>> finally tonight, on the baseball diamond, a helmet is meant to protect you, but what protects you from said helmet? astros-indians game. watch him run the bases. his helmet slides off. where did it go? take another look. up in the air and nearly right back on his head. might leave a mark. >> that's what you call an occupational hazard. all right. >>> finally tonight, dozens attended a unique party tonight in center city philadelphia for a good cause. the lemon bash on chestnut street benefited alex's lemonade stand foundation which of course raises money for kids with cancer. folks enjoyed lemonade cocktails

and environmental advocate mark ruffalo visited different location of tookany creek in cheltenh cheltenhamhe learned water techniques from researchers and local students. >>> we got a sneak peek inside the divine lorraine hotel on north broad street before today's open house. the landmark is being transformed after years of neglect. it will feature 101 apartments, 24 hotel rooms and a restaurant when it re-opens in november. the hotel has a lot of history. >> and there was a secret hatch right at the corner and that was the speak easy entrance. i mean, a real speak easy. this was during prohibition. >> that old speak easy will become a new restaurant now. check out the divine lorraine hotel between 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. today. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 54 degrees at 5:07. rain falling in parts of delaware and south jersey. cape may is getting some very light rainfall. those light rain showers are streaming through. already seeing improvement in delaware. look it's pulling out of dover, just a few showers in milford. that's light rainfall. farth

. >> reporter: cosby is accused of sexually assaulting constand in his cheltenham home in 2004. she claims she was drugged and fondled, a claim other women have made against the actor. cosby supporters question why she waited a year to go to authorities and continue to have contact with cosby after the alleged assault. the comedian's attorneys have tried to have the charges thrown out, citing a verbal agreement to not prosecute by then-district attorney bruce castor. >> it certainly was a novel approach. i never heard anything like that before. but they get an "a" for effort, but unfortunately, it didn't carry the day in the courts. >> reporter: and montgomery county district attorney only had limited comments saying, we look forward to putting on a preliminary hearing. it begins at 9:30 tomorrow morning. live in norristown, chad pradelli "channel 6 action news." jim? >>> thank you, chad. gunfire has claimed the life of a man in chester tonight. he becomes that city's tenth homicide victim of the year. shots rang out at 8:00 on the 1100 block of carla's lane. police have not rel

to police not live testimony from andrea constand to tell the story of cosby calling her to his cheltenham mansion in early 2004 sending her pills and wine calm her nerves as she drifted in and out of consciousness groping h her. detective catherine hart intervened constand in 2005 and quoted her as saying the pills and wine made her woozy. said her legs quote felt rubbery like jelly. heart quoted constand saying cosby touched her breasts and genitals. later as she came to constand said quote my bra was undone. my sweater was bunched. >> obviously this is a trial in justice. they had 12 years to bring the case. they didn't. and what they presented today was evidence of nothing. >> reporter: defense led by philadelphia attorney brian mcmonagle offered hints to their trial strategy claiming the incident was consensual. one of several intimate encounteencounters between consd cosby. and they noted constand stayed in touch with cosby after the incident. watching the criminal proceedings attorney gloria allred who represents 30 cosby accusers in civil cases i asked her about that on-going conta

a detective who interviewed constand in 2005 and the cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. defense attorney brian mcmonagle argued the alleged assault was actually a consensual interaction and there was not enough evidence to go to trial. >> today, a united states citizen had his due process rights violated. i intend to ask the reports to put an end to this once and for all. >> cosby was originally charged last december. so far at least 50 women have accused the comedian of sexually assaulting them. celebrity attorney. >> ya allred represents more than two dozen of the women and she was in the courtroom today. her clients could testify in this case. >> whether they will be called that is subpoenaed to testify at trial is a decision that will be made by law enforcement the district attorney and the courts in terms of admissibility. >>> allred client judy filed a sexual battery civil suit against cosby. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage as bill cosby goes to trifle you can always get the latest at cbsphilly.com. >>> new tonight, classmates pause to remem

a detective who interviewed constand in 2005 and the cheltenham police chief who interviewed cosby. defense attorney brian mcmonagle argued the alleged assault was actually a consensual interaction and there was not enough evidence to go to trial. >> today, a united states citizen had his due process rights violated. i intend to ask the reports to put an end to this once and for all. >> cosby was originally charged last december. so far at least 50 women have accused the comedian of sexually assaulting them. celebrity attorney. >> ya allred represents more than two dozen of the women and she was in the courtroom today. her clients could testify in this case. >> whether they will be called that is subpoenaed to testify at trial is a decision that will be made by law enforcement the district attorney and the courts in terms of admissibility. >>> allred client judy filed a sexual battery civil suit against cosby. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage as bill cosby goes to trifle you can always get the latest at cbsphilly.com. >>> new tonight, classmates pause to remem

ruffalo was in cheltenham at the toucan knee creek he put on waiters to collect water samples with highstudents and others. he says the recent events in flip michigan highlighted the importance of save clean water. >> sad truth about flint it's really just the coalmine. these contaminations are happening all over the united states right now. we just happen to find it in minute and it happened to be really bad there. but the quality of water in the united states is definitely compromised. >> ruffalo praised the delaware river water shed initiative a group of nearly 50 organizations working on water quality right here in our region. >>> when you dine out at a restaurant it's always proper to tip your server but there seems to be different schools of thought how to come up with that number. >> so do you tip on the pre or post tax amount on the bill? good question. nicole brewer went to an expert in etiquette to find the answer. >> i got a few lessons. who knew the american academy of etiquette was actually founded here in the delaware valley. now it certainly came in handy when john and te

ruffalo was in cheltenham at the toucan knee creek he put on waiters to collect water samples with highudents and others. he says the recent events in flip michigan highlighted the importance of save clean water. >> sad truth about flint it's really just the coalmine. these contaminations are happening all over the united states right now. we just happen to find it in minute and it happened to be really bad there. but the quality of water in the united states is definitely compromised. >> ruffalo praised the delaware river water shed initiative a group of nearly 50 organizations working on water quality right here in our region. >>> when you dine out at a restaurant it's always proper to tip your server but there seems to be different schools of thought how to come up with that number. >> so do you tip on the pre or post tax amount on the bill? good question. nicole brewer went to an expert in etiquette to find the answer. >> i got a few lessons. who knew the american academy of etiquette was actually founded here in the delaware valley. now it certainly came in handy when john and terr

now there say crash in cheltenham by the burlington coat fracktory at shoppers lane. and where you turn to go into the barnes and noble look for the crash at the metroplex. and 541 is still blocked, use the ramped at exit 7 or 6 for the turnpike connecter instead. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> okay thanks matt. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, in health check a bionic body park is giving a farmer a new lease on life and all he needs is a new cell phone. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo and only a few people in this newsroom will hold snakes and cecily is one of them. >> i have no problem holding snakes, kenya is a kenyan sand boa. if you look at head, it's wedge shaped. they use it like a shovel no dig under sand and they will ambush their predators, it's amazing how they do that. while you watch commercials, go to my facebook page, we'll have a live video chat to demonstrate this and show the animals behind the scenes at the philadelphia zoo. and later i'll feed the giraffes. >> does the snake has a facebook page? . you don't let

and cheltenham township by the chili's look for a wreck at ogontz avenue. and we war watching a broken down car warier at 70 westbound. just cleared by the famous and original king of pizza. i thought that was rick. >> king of pizza eating. >> oh. >> on weekends. all right, thank you matt. much more to come on "action news" at tonight. a neck and neck race between hillary clinton and donald trump with the focus shifting to november. the new poll that puts them at a statistical tie in two states. >>> and the minutes long surgery giving people with sight problems one less thing to worry about. >>> nasa has released this satellite image of the skies above alberta, can you see smoke from a massive wild fire trapped in the clouds there. 85% to 95% of the oil town of fort mcmurray remains in tact. 25 buildings were destroyed by the flames. they say they will have a plan in place for the evacuees in the next two weeks. >>> wall street saw the next big game today. traders were encouraged by china's effort to stop a surge. and natural gas futures saw a spike and the

williams will be laid to rest at cheltenham hills cemetary. >>> we have more on the shooting rampage in maryland. a federal law officer was behind a killing spree that started outside a high school. went to a shopping mall and grocery store. he is behind bars faces charges. >> reporter: watch the final tense moments as authorities arrest the federal police officer accused of going on a deadly rampage that left three people dead in 24 hours. >>> finished shooting at the mall we're looking out for a gray car. >> reporter: 11:15 a.m. shots are fired if he montgomery mall in maryland. a woman hit by gunfire with two men trying to help her shot, as well. rushed to the hospital, where one of the good samaritans later died. >>> silver car and possibly police experience. >> reporter: 35 minutes later another fatal shooting. a woman killed at this giant supermarket just ten miles away from the montgomery mall. >>> a woman was sitting in her car and had been shot she is deceased. >> reporter: almost three hours later authorities arrest the suspect identified as eulalio tordil. police believe t

in cheltenham there is a crash and one by the applebees close to wincoat road and they are wrapping up an opening agents the burlington bristol bridge, for a northbound ship. you don't have to worry about the tacony palmyra opening. in winslow township, camden county, watch for a crash along cross keys road near the a.c. expressway. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on the hump day afternoon. once again a complete stand still along city avenue along st. joes, not as much construction as yesterday afternoon, still slowing us down, you see the congestion there on city avenue. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >>> still ahead on a wednesday afternoon, the latest on a deadly stabbing spree in a crowded mall, what we learned today about the man that did it. >> and a memorial that could change the landscape in center city. and it's move-in day, for a local brewery, the town about to get its first taste of some award winning beer. >>> family members say the man that went on a deadly stabbing spree in massachusetts was just released from the psychiatric ward. in