reporting live, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, cleve for are the update there. >>> we will go to camden for an inspiring story tonight students at a local high school are doing what one school official calls a miracle. >> all of the seniors will be attending college next year and many are getting paid for it. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has the story. >> when i say he got 11. >> reporter: abraham whamo isn't talking about consecutive free throws. >> when i got two, he got three. >> reporter: or phone numbers from girls at the mall. >> he just gave up because i had had 25, he was like almost, i will not compete with you. >> reporter: he is talking about the number of college up is answer packets he has receive. you could cut down a small forest and still need more paper for abraham. >> fifty-one. >> reporter: fifty-one colleges want them to learn their fight song and mess of them will pay for it, all 109 seniors the at camden's leap academy university charter are graduating this year. all graduating or going to college, many going to college are getting

live from haddon township, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> cleve, thank you. >>> new at 6:00 tonight philadelphia police say they have charged a man they say killed a woman and then tried to bury her body mountain backyard of the home. the charges against jeffery bow an include murder and abuse of the corpse. body of kelly hess was fun late last night in the 4700 block of frankford avenue. up investigators say bow even stabbed her to death. "eyewitness news" obtain images of bowen being taken in custody shortly after the body was found. it is unclear what connection, if any, he has to the victim. >>> the the west philadelphia basketball coach accused of shooting a gun during a game has turn himself into police this afternoon. here is the scene at southwest detectives, just a short time ago a. police alleged that maurice tarvarez fired that shot, inside of the christie recreational center saturday afternoon after another coach tried to diffuse an argument that he was having with a spectator. >> it goes in right above the bleaches, is there a window. the window supports it. the

the reporting live i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> what a shame there cleve thanks very much. >>> the philadelphia parking authority has identified jeffery bayers as the work shore was fatally injured on the job this morning. police say another worker accidentally hit the 60 year-old man while backing up a tow truck. this accident happened at p pa lot in south philadelphia. pp the a tweeted that its thoughts are with bayers family. he leaves behind a wife and three children. >>> smoke filled an area where prisoners are held at philadelphia police headquarters. police say smoke from some unknown source was reported in the detention area this a afternoon. no prisoners were affect but police say if any new prisoners were brought in they won't be taken to that particular area the cause office smoke condition is under investigation tonight. >>> an inn exclusive cbs-3 i team report gets action as walt hunter shows us crews replaced lights along a center city street where a worker was shock by an electrified pole yesterday. >> reporter: streets department workers were busy repl

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live with an update on the investigation, cleve. >> reporter: chris, crews cleared out this afternoon but early on this was a very busy staging area for all of the ambulances and paramedics. they had dozens of people on this lawn and surrounding parking lots being evaluated for breathing problems. >> we could not tell what it was. we thought the we smelled a slight chemical smell. we got everyone out. >> reporter: managers evacuated 90 employees from home solutions corporate headquarters after several people complained of headaches and nausea. paramedics checked out 40 people for inhalation issues sending six to the hospital by ambulance and two on helicopters. >> they were complaining of the burning sensation in the respiratory system. i don't know whether those two individuals were closest to the area affected but because of the seriousness of that nature, any respiratory, serious respiratory injuries are taken to a trauma center. >> reporter: atlantic county hazmat experts found a cause particular chemical and discovered evidence of the refr

live from camden, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. >>> a new jersey law maker is taking aim at swatting and he has become a victim himself. democratic assemblyman paul moriarty has been pushing for stiffer penalties for people who call 911 sending police to peoples homes for no reason. he thinks he may have been targeted as a result. police showed up at his home this weekend after getting a report of the shooting that never happened. >> i walk out the front door there are, i don't know, six police cars, a dozen police officers with their shotguns aimed at my house wearing helmets and flack jackets. >> there was another swatting incident on saturday in florence township burlington county. >>> philadelphia's public school students are having their say in the fight for funding. >> when you fund a school, you fund a community and between racial. >> reporter: today city officials launched student speak campaign a video and writtenes say contest then couragees students to make their voices heard when it comes to school funding. prizes include a apple watch, tic

and, live, i'm cleve bryan, cb. "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, cleve. >>> a judge is urging educators quick in the atlantic public school cheating scandal to take a plea deal or they will receive jail sentences. sentencing hearing for zero of the 11 educators began today and they have been behind bars since april 1st when they were convicted of racketeering for their rolls in the scheme continue on flight student test scores. some of the educators refused to admit their guilt. >> unaudible. >> the educators could spend as many as 20 years in prison under sentencing guidelines. >>> a weapons sting operation in oklahoma takes a terrible turn. >> unaudible. >> this video shows police setting it up, suspect sees officers pull up and start running. they eventually catch up and hall him to the ground. that is when a seven three-year old reserve deputy yelled a warning that he was about to use his taser. but he accidentally grabbed his gun and shot the man. >> unaudible. >> he shot me you can hear the former officer robert

cleve?> reporter: jessica the victim here had to have her leg amputateed because she was mowed down in front of her house by an suv. to make mothers worse when she's able to go home there's not much left after the ambulance took her away, her house caught on fire. >> family and friends of 24-year-old beatrice spence are beside themselves first came the hit-and-run then the fire. >> she ran her over. she ran her over. >> reporter: after 2:00 friday after spence was outside her home on north 17th street with cousin the white suv came speeding down the street right at her. >> one cousin describe what happened but didn't want to be identified. >> she came the street speeding up the block and she ran my cousin over and that's when she backed up. >> reporter: another look at the surveillance from the reyes grocery store shows the white suv with the front end damage as it leaves the scene. family said the driver is a woman whose been in bitter feud with spence over a man. they say when the medic ar

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live to tell us more about this bizarre find cleve. >> reporter: burlington city police have had this patrol car here all day to discourage suspicious activity after finding right over in these bushes a very unusual statue, it had a gun painted on this statue and some people think because of the racial, ethnic background of the gas station owner that this had a racist tone to it. >> i oughtcally proceeded to be a threat. >> reporter: that threat thinks statue janet the rosato saw a picture and then decided to check it out in the gulf station in burlington city this right here people, is an insult insult to us americans. >> reporter: her first thought is it was a muslim in the berk a holding an assault rifle. >> because of the way it is covered, you know all blue. >> reporter: rose sat owe's video game gained 9,000 views and got at tension of the police and came by and remove statue. >> it does not look like an accident. it looks like someone put that there. >> reporter: what is that statue it is a target used in military gun ranges like the 120 mi

i'm cleve bryan. i'll show so of the 27 million-dollar worth of projects a >>> i'm chris may.ere are some of the day's top stories, for you, first an cbs-3 i team exclusive a worker picking up trash in center city philadelphia is shock, when a metal trash can comes into contact with an electrified light pole. we are told the work are suffered none in life threatening injuries. >>> eyewitness cam video shows smoke billowing in the sky after an underground explosion in wayne delaware county. and underground cable reportedly caught fire last night. crews are still working to restore power to dozens of business, that have been left in the dark. >>> and new eagles quarterback, tim tebow his jersey is already a hot seller on the team's web site. tebow will wear number 11. it will be a few weeks before those jersey as live in the stores; kathy. >>> in weather we're talking about windy conditions to end the the evening. thunder showers tomorrow, and a big chill settles in for mid-april and improving weekend conditions. in that seven day forecast. i'll have that later in the forecast.

we saw cleve with the umbrella down the shore. we have showers just enveloping the entire shore area and some steady showers moving in upper bucks and montgomery counties at the moment. part of the larger system bringing rain and cloud cover to much of the north east and what happens tonight a northeast wind picks up keeping showers around and bring in cool air off the north atlantic. temperatures will drop. it will stay low for a couple days. notice through 7:00 tonight we have scattered showers, steady rain possible around midnight and just keeps going right through day tomorrow. not a total wash out but showers at anytime. temperatures are still mild hanging on to 67 at the airport. look at mount pocono down to 45. trenton at 55. cooler a air coming in tomorrow. we may not make it past 40's. i'll have more when temperatures rebound coming up when i join you inside, new back over to you. >> we will see you then. >>> $7,000 scam and police say it is all because of metal bars, pawned off as real silver we will have more on the fak

that is where we will fine "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan tonight with more, cleve. >> reporter: chris and jessica the the lakes condo complex is a a very busy place for people to live and yet you wouldn't expect that they had several fox biting is here including one with rabies. fox's and coyoties are secretive in any kind have bush they can make their den and these can be dangerous animals. >> i looked at it and said my god that is a fox. >> reporter: maryann gets chills thinking about her dog peanut being attack after she had a run in with the fox two days ago. >> i was walking the dogs and i saw a red fox directly across the street, and it was just standing there looking at me. >> reporter: just last week her neighbor snatch these pictures as animal control captured another fox on the same block. thursday health officials announced it had rabies. >> that is extremely alarming because everyone here has a dog. >> experts the say in the only are fox sightings so are coyoties in the last few weeks and even just wednesday a coyote was spot in the riverside park in manhattan. >> w

live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, two teenage boys from delaware remain in critical condition after their family was exposed to the pesticide on vacation in the virgin island. >> uj justice department is investigating whether terminix used that pesticide illegally to fume gade that condo below their. asal zapped contract hoff discovered that very pesticide is being stored and used in mass quantity, right here in our area. in 2004 osha cited terminix commercial in pennsauken after a group of employees were hospitalized, after removing a tarp from cocoa beans from treated with the bromide, the same chemical pesticide that officials say made the edmond family critically ill in the u.s. virgin island. >> this chemical is highly toxic and has a neurotoxic chemical. >> reporter: it is illegal for residential use. jay feldman heads up the group, beyond pesticides, he says bromide has been banned since 2005 but... >> in the u.s. we use these exemptions because law provides for exemptions, they are called critical use ex

"eyewitness news", new jersey reporter, cleve bryan is live in atlantic city at the grand opening. a lot of people there, cleve. >> reporter: well, chris and jessica we all know a lot has closed in the last year in atlantic city and new we have a renoun business opening. look at the the crowd? it is huge. this is not just a big store it is an attraction. hearing certificate tonight of nature and outdoor sport has been a successful formula for bass pro shops, something on which atlantic city is hoping to capitalize. >> we will birth this baby for atlantic city and south jersey this afternoon. >> reporter: wednesday many please made final preparations for the grand opening of the 85,000 square foot shop that is more like a department store. with nature seems depicting new jersey wild life habitats and locally native fish in the 10,000 gala quarter yum the the building is visually stunning. >> atlantic city is a great destination but we are a destination as well average bass pro shopper drives more than 50 miles to visit the our stores, spend more than two and a half hours in our stor

reporting live, from hammington, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> scary day at work, cleve thanks very much. >>> lack horse pike near hammington mall is closed after a car slammed into a utility pole. chopper three in hamilton township atlantic county this afternoon. power lines fell across the the highway repairs are underway and traffic is backed up in that area. >>> well, two alarm fire broke out in at atlantic city this have afternoon chopper three over the north trenton avenue area where this happened. a fire crew as you can see used boat to get water to that fire. we are told there are in reports of any injuries there. >>> in chester county tonight a man has now been charged with murder in the 2013 death of his elderly father. investigators say that the son failed to provide around the clock care which ultimately led to his father's death. our alexandria hoff is live in west chester with more on some shocking allegations tonight, alex? >> reporter: thank you chris. according to prosecutors victim was 50-pound lighter after two years in his son's care. they say he suffered a

new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live at the scene with these new developments, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, no exact timetable when the the families will, being prohibited from being in their homes any longer but we know family that lives to my left in this house are gone for the night. they are not coming back. they told us before they left that this is just a heart breaking situation. >> this is our home. we have put a lot of effort into it. i have put love in this house. >> reporter: lynn and chris owe odell are afraid their home is sleeping away. after heavier rain caused more erosion to their crumbling backyard, the the local officials decided wednesday they have to leave. >> i have the the potential when we walk away, we could be walking away for good and losing everything. >> reporter: florence township has several experts look at the erosion and determine both the odell's house and one next door could sink down advancing cliff. >> right now at this point in time the engineer is saying this is a imminent danger. i don't think he can say within hours but it could be days but

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in camden with the details cleve. >> reporter: former cooper ceo john cher done was known as an advocate for help here in camden and now his family is fighting allegations that he was a murderer. the it began last september in the faith willal arson investigation in the somerset county home of cooper health ceo john sheridan and his wife joyce. now is there a bitter debate over how the couple really died. >> mark sheridan, one of john and joyce's four sons sent a letter monday to the somerset county prosecutor's office. he claims they botched his parent's investigation saying your office set out to prove premature conclusion of the investigators. >> they never conducted even or performed even the basics of an investigation. all they did was try to prove that this was a murder/suicide. >> reporter: last month in a seven page release the prosecutor's office described stab wound to the sheridan's body a and concluded john sheridan killed joyed sheridan and there have after committed suicide. mark and his brothers hired doctor michael bod tone do a

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is at the courthouse where a defiant menendez said he will fight the the charges. >> reporter: facing 14 counts of corruption, senior new jersey senator bob menendez was arraigned in court yesterday. he is accused of doing political favors in exchange for a million worth of bribes, from florida eye doctor solomon melgen seen here with the light colored tie. after pleading not guilty menendez fired back. >> for nearly three years the the justice department has persued allegations based on smears launched by political opponents trying to silence me. >> these allegations are false. i'm confident they will be proven false, and i look forward to doing so in court. >> reporter: investigators say menendez assisted melgen in the multi million-dollar medicare dispute and helped get visa for dominican doctor's girlfriend. the senator never broke the law says his attorney. >> this investigation started with false and salacious allegations, made by political and a other opponents of senator menendez. >> reporter: menendez does not to have resign right now from

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in hamilton township with more. >> reporter: help is on the way as new jersey state troopers head south to respond to more potential riot nothing baltimore. tuesday a afternoon governor christie sent out several tweet is announcing plans to deploy 150 troopers. he said i spoke with the larry hogan last night and let him know that new jersey is offering our full support and solidarity, in their efforts to protect the the lives and well-being of the people of baltimore. while calm and order is being restore. >> it is almost predictable what happened in baltimore. >> reporter: dennis fully is retired state trooper with 17 years experience in special operations including deployment toss critical situations out of state. he said police to have put their foot down in baltimore tuesday night or risk a attracting more people only interested in committing crime. >> they have to span capabilities of their mass arrest and a show of force. >> reporter: fully a says given the climate of anger toward police in so many areas of the country every town needs a

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan sat down with the professor and brings us his incredible story of survival. >> you asked me how did you survive? i say, god knows, i don't. >> reporter: murray cohen was 12 years old when nazis took him and 80 relatives from their polish ghetto to auschwitz, his mother and little sisters died the the first night. >> murder is by choice, they chose to murder us. >> reporter: he and his father spent two and a half years starving as slave laborers. >> people literally walked and fell dead. >> reporter: he enrolled in brooklyn college and began studies. after teaching from the beth israel congregation in vineland in 1980 a invitation to lecture at richard stockton college. he has been there ever since. >> community of students, that want to understand how this can happen, how humanity can produce it. >> reporter: doctor cohen's impact on stock exton university cannot be overstated. under his guidance stockton created largest studies program in the entire world. there are now 19 courses each semester with a thousand students each year. stockton also h

in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a couple who lost everything in super storm sandy just hit the the jackpot. they bought a lottery ticket worth more than $250,000. when sandy hit, she lost her home on staten island. dennis clause lost his in brooklyn. they met at a church after the storm. couple then moved in the trailer together where they lived for a year before buying the winning lottery ticket. >> we won. i said, won what. i got a winning ticket. what do you mean glow is going, you are kidding me, really. you are kidding me, really. >> i said yes. >> very nice. after taxes the the couple will take home $180,000. the they are using their wings to buy a house in connecticut. >> good for them. >> how about that. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" a unusual rescue for fire fighters, see how they saved a puppy trapped in the well. >>> before you walk out the door we will get another check of the chilly forecast but first here's is what coming up tonight during evening prime time viewing right here on cbs-3. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceilin

new jersey reporter cleve bryan has that story. the. >> look at taxpayers as bottom less pit. >> reporter: double wham i for homeowners, tax rates looking to increase for fifth time in six years and property values are still hovering around recession lows. >> nationally they are telling us that, you know, prices have increased 3 percent and everything is on the upswing, unemployment is down to a normal rate but we're in this county we are not seeing that. >> reporter: as a whole cumberland county's tax base shrunk by billion dollars over last five years. this may not seem like much compared to the $19 billion atlantic county lost over the same period but it is still leaving leaders of the rural county with a big dilemma we have to find a way to control cost. >> reporter: so officials are taking unusual approach of selfie vicks they are selling their building on east commerce street in bridgeton and moving staff to the smaller building downtown. the sale could bring in more than a million-dollar, save on maintenance costs and create

cleve bryan spoke to the former classmates of slager and joins us at the high school with what he had had to say, cleve. >> reporter: erika, i spock with a classmate that graduated with slager back in 2001 from lenape high school. she says even as shooting incident happened far away it hits close to home. >> it is just sad. his family has to go through a lot of pain for something that shouldn't happen. >> reporter: thumbing through her lenape high school year book christie remembers sitting in class with michael slager. >> i was weak in a subject he would be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had, any violence or toward anyone. >> reporter: he says slager was quiet the a and in the in the least intimidating. >> i get very small build so i was shocked to see how broad he was. >> reporter: video showing slager a white officer shooting an unarmed black man in the back has sent a shock wave through lenape circles. it upset her many are questioning if he had a racist upbringing. >> i mean i don't really think his upbringing was brought up, racist, as i said, lenaim wa

new jersey reporter cleve bryan was in atlantic city toy get a priest he view. >> this is going to be the greatest success of my career. >> reporter: bridge with confidence philadelphia developer bart blatstein unveiled his vision for transforming the half empty peer shops at caesars into, the the play ground. a new look, new shops and new restaurants will lead to a three story concert hall bowling alley, a beach concert venue and outdoor oasis. >> the pier is a symbol it is a symbol of what atlantic city is going to become. >> reporter: looking at ocean through binoculars is fine but imagine being out here at the end of the pier waiting in the pool or sitting in the lounge chair. that is one of the ideas for the play ground. >> it has incredible potential to be a new entertainment district in atlantic city, and that entertainment district being based in live entertainment. >> playground will have 14 music venue that is blatstein believes will create interest enduring the winter months this pier will be filled with thousands oz have people for new years eve. if is there i not a who wi

. >> bass pro shops opened its first store in new jersey tonight and "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan shows us officials hope it can help real in an economic boost for ac. >> reporter: how about that for making an introduction to atlantic city? nascar legend tony stewart among the many celebrities at bass pro shops grand opening. the 85,000 square foot facility more than a store. it's an attraction separate from gambling. >> this is going to be one of greatest april vests bass pro shops ever made and we are looking forward to continuing to work with them and all of you to keep atlantic city the great place it's always been. >> with nature scenes depicting new jersey wildlife habitats, and locally native fish in the 10,000-gallon aquarium, the building is visually stunning stunning. >> atlantic city is already great destination. but we're a destination as well. the average bass pro shopper drives more than 50 miles to visit our stores. spends more than 2.5 hours in our store. >> reporter: the first bass pro shop in new jersey which has about 150,000 licensed fresh water if you fi

"eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan has the very latest. >> reporter: former revel casino has been without electricity for more than 24 hours, power supplier ac r energy said it pulled plug thursday because new owner glenn straub won't make a deal. >> he chose to go down, you know, this path of, you know brings man ship as opposed to engaging in normal commercial term negotiations. >> reporter: earlier this week straub toll me he doesn't need ac r and could use portable generator or link pour with the show show both. >> we already said cut us off we will bring our portable in and run it during this month and a half or hook up show hoe both. >> reporter: atlantic city pulled the certificate of occupancy and fining straub's company $10,000.5000 each additional day. fire officials say the build ing is annex stream fire has air. >> it goodies there is not anybody in the building trapped for to us get out the but still we don't want to have anything happen to the building itself or any surrounding buildings around it. >> reporter: at 710 feet revel is one of the tallest build i

cbs reporter chris van cleve is in boston. >> reporter: chris the judge asked for silence as the verdict was read. still one person let out an awed audible sigh of relief another nodded her said yes as the jury read their verdict. jury convicted dzhokar tsarnaev on all 30 counts after deliberating for about 11 hours over two days. >> i don't know what justice is. um i'm grateful to have him off the street. karen and her husband were among the more than 260 people injured when two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the 2013 boston marathon. three people died. tsarnaev showed little emotion as he looked down at the defense table and fidgeted as the world guilty was repeated over and over. >> whether or not he showed any remorse, you know how he would feel about it personally and i wouldn't have caught bought it. i have been more frustrated in he had shown it, because throughout this whole thing he's been to use my word arrogant. >> reporter: eight-year-old martin richard was the youngest killed in the bombings much his mother wiped away tears and his father hugged a prosecutor

i'm chris van cleve in boston. that story is coming up. >> also it is opening day.are live at citizens bank park, to get you ready for the phillies, and you can see the sun is just starting to creep up there. going to be gorgeous day for baseball. katie has your forecast, she is live at the ballpark for us, that's coming up in just two minutes. good morning. jim kenney. son of a firefighter. first in his family to go to college. he's been councilman at-large, representing the whole city. a progressive voice who'll be a mayor for our neighborhoods. bringing philadelphia together... expanding pre-kindergarten improving our schools... ...and partnering with businesses, community colleges and universities to create jobs jim kenny, the block by block mayor we need to move philadelphia ahead. woman: i was tired of my chronic constipation and the way it made me feel the discomfort the bloating the straining. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chroni

in boston, i'm chris van cleve, now back to you. >>> boston cardinals sean o'malley and roast man catholic bishops are weighing in on tsarnaev's punishment. it could go against the church's teaching. our coverage of the guilty verdict continues on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 investigative reporter charlotte huffman looks at the is what in store for penalty phase face. of course, get the very latest anytime at cbs philly.com. >>> well, here at home a chester county dj is free, on bail, a after being charged with assaulting a woman he met through a internet post for models. that allegation,al sand that hoff led investigators to other shocking discoveries. >> reporter: police say 28 year-old daniel used craigs list to lure a quote, petit mod toll his coatsville home for what she thought was going to be a photo shoot. there is no answer at the home that neighbors say he shared with his girl friend. >> the the defendant is a well known, local photographer, and dj, so he set up his whole life around getting access to victims. >> reporter: chester county district attorney tom hogan told us the the

chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> end is nearing in another big trial. jurors could begin deliberations tomorrow for aaron hernandez. former nfl player for patriots the face first degree murder charge in the shooting death of odin lloyd. the the defense rested in the case today. its case lasted only a day. prosecutors spent more than two months laying out its version of the events. >>> well, from south philadelphia today two word rang out throughout the delaware valley: play ball. >> it is opening day at sittens bank park and the the weather simply could not be any better to welcome home the phillies. >> absolutely perfect. we have team coverage of the home opener leslie van arsdal is at the ball park we will get to her in just a moment but first the person we need to give brace to today meteorologist kate bilo. kate what a fantastic way to kick off the season. >> you could not ask for better day better weather for home opener than this nicest one i remember in quite sometime. joining me is is bruce from bear delaware. the bruce, do you remember an openi

cleve's son cole, too, gone with several others. >> there was just dead silence.ng and a thousand things went through my mind. the very first one was, they're all dead. >> 911, what's the location of your emergency? >> this is on mt. hood on the south side, about 800 feet from the peak. we have seven people down, possibly four injured. they fell into the crevasse. >> the news is more grim that cleave thinks. nine people, not seven, have fallen in. and if it only were just injuries. harry sledder, now deep in the crevasse, rolls on to his side and finds fellow climber john biggs lying next to him. >> i thought he was just knocked unconscious. he was -- sorry. i tried. >> two more who had fallen, three in all, suffered the same awful fate. three climbers dead. >> i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling, go to the other extreme. >> cleve joiner doesn't know it, standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. >> i didn't even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did whatever i could. >> the call his d

in baltimore chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> last time by the way national guard was called, baltimore was in 1968, when rioting happened following the assassination of doctor martin luther king, junior. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" we will monitor all of the developments in baltimore our david spunt is their life we will hear from him on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 and very latest is on cbs philly.com. >>> one man is kill in the house fire in east hampton burlington county. chopper three showing the aftermath of the deadly blaze on the 1100 block of smithville road. fire fighters responded to that fire around 10:30 p.m. and were able to contain the blaze in less than an hour. >>> a 38 year-old man is in custody after he barricaded himself and two hostages inside a west philadelphia home. police responded to the home on the 4700 block of melon street around 6:00 this morning, neighbors tell "eyewitness news" is robert thompson and hostages were his mother and grandmother. man suffers from mental illness. no one was injured. there is no word on any charges. >>> well,

in new york, chris van cleve cbs-3, "eyewitness news" . >> authority say someone called 191 threateningbelow epp the statue, bomb squad inspect add package found near the lockers used by visitors there, deemed safe. more than 2700 visitors, though, were forced to leave liberty island. >> well the wife of new jersey governor chris christie resigned from a lucrative job on wall street, the governor office confirmed that marry path christie stepped down from her position at angelo gordon and company. she said it is to spend more time with her family. but, political owners believe it is in anticipation of a possible president a.m. run by her husband. 6:40 right now. still ahead on "eyewitness news", many people view cigars as a more sophisticated experience than cigarette. but new study finds they can be just as dangerous. we'll have more coming up next. >> also, the apple watch has landed. we'll have the early reviews from owners of the new gadget, coming up next. >> and chilly start to the day. really cold out there. carol returns with your weekend forecast, and a look ahead at the weathe

investigate the a police involved shooting is a conflict of interest. >> reporter: in atlantic city cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> hand up, don't shoot good protesters in baltimore continue to demand answers following unexplained death of freddie gray, who died in police custody. and, big rally in the works for this weekend and there have been several days of protest after gray died from a spinal injury he suffered in police custody. short time ago police officials admitted proper procedures were not followed after gray was arrested. >> we now know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon, as he should have been no excuses for that, period. we know our police employees failed to give him medical attention in a timely matter multiple times. there are still many questions that we don't have the answers too. >> the commissioner says that if any office are harmed gray they will be prosecuted. >>> police in new york say that a man wearing a wolf mask wasn't looking for a make over when he walk in the hairal salon he wanted cash. a stylist was alone there doing homework with her

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cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia's monsignor william lynn is back in prison. revoke his bail and ordered him to continue his three to six year sentence. on monday state supreme court reinstated his 2012 conviction for administrative role he played in allowing abusive priests to stay in the ministry. defense is filing an emergency position so lynn can remain on house arrest. lynn argues he was not responsible for children's welfare under state law at the that time. >>> david wellstein is expect to plead guilty for his role in the george washington bridge scandal, according to bloomberg news. former aid to governor christie is accused of orchestrating 2013 lane closures for political reasons. bloomberg said he may be cooperating with prosecutors. governor christie says he did not know about those lane closures. >>> a shocking act of violence is caught on camera, woman in israel ignites a fire at a gas pump. take a look as she asks a man for a cigarette while pumping gas. he says no. then in an ago of what police call retaliation she uses a light tore set that ga

i'm cleve bryan cb is. three "eyewitness news". >>> keep it right here on "eyewitness news" for latest on the indictment of senator menendez, you can find details anytime you'd like at cbs philly.com. >>> breaking news, right now two women are under arrest in new york city charged with plot to go wage jihad, authorities say that noel and asia, sim apathiesed with al qaeda and isis. woman were allegedly building a bomb and planned to use it for a boston marathon-style attack. police say sedecki was in possession of gas tanks and instructions on how to transform propane tanks into explosive devices. >>> also a scare at philadelphia city hall today hazmat crew as arrived after an envelope contains white powder was opened. the the envelope was addressed to judge robert coleman, the white powder turnout to be talc powder and all clear, was finally given. >>> there is breaking news right now, two people we're told have been shot in north philadelphia chopper three is live over 25th and jefferson streets right now

in new york, chris van cleve cbs 3, "eyewitness news". >>> it is 5:06 right nowment philadelphia police officer is home after he was shot in the line of duty. "eyewitness news" was there as officer daniel cost nick was wheeled out of pen presbyterian. nineteenth district officer on routine patrol thursday night he approached a man at 52nd and mass their he suspected was using drug. well police say that man shot the officer in the shoulder. then he returned fire. that suspect william knob lynn, remains in the hospital this morning. >> in baltimore, protesters angry over the death after man who died in police custody say they will try to shut down the city today. protesters continued to demand answers, following the unexplained death of freddie gray. there have been several days of demonstrations after gray died from a spinal injury, that he suffered in police custody. on friday, police officials admitted mistakes were made. >> we know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. no excuses for that, period. we know our police employees failed to give him medical

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today "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan rode with officers there and got a firsthand look at the national effort. it didn't take long before he saw an officer pull someone over for texting. experts say that each year 3,000 people died and 400,000 people are injured in the u.s., because of distracted driving. >>> philadelphia high school students had the opportunity to win a scholarship today by texting. students went finger to finger in a texting competition based on speed and accuracy. according to the national court reporters a association the events co sponsor there is a great correlation between dexterity that it requires to text and the dexterity required in court reporting. ryan a junior, won that scholarship to orleans technical college. >>> pope fran cyst will visit philadelphia just over five months from now but already a family of six is on their way to our city in this, 35 year-old vw van. sound like fun, right. but this is not ordinary journey. let's show you it in terms of the world map. the family started here in argentina, traveling will to chile, bolivia, peru ecu

. >> glenn straub walked through the property today with "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan. the revel is a pristine facility that costs 2.5 mill billion dollars to build. it was acquired at auction by straub for just $82 million. he plans to invest about $150 million in renovations and he hopes to have a soft opening by memorial day weekend. >> that's just the beginning. it's not complete. somebody has to do with the brick and mortar and bigger than stadiums they play football i've got to get it turned around to make money. and to hire the people we came up here to hire. >> straub says the restaurant will be first to open followed by the hotel and casino. he's also planning a year round water park. >>> we have our eye on some fast changing weather tonight. >> that we do. "eyewitness news" in upper darby as the rain moved in and our temperatures started to drop. pretty dramatically too. meteorologist kate bilo outside with the umbrella up. on the sky deck. kate, how is it going out there? >> eighths whole lot colder out here chris and jessica than it was just a few hou

cbs-3 reporter cleve bryan spoke with them today. >> coming back to this. >> it is not easy, this is not an easy thing to do. i want to be home. >> we are getting in touch with consulting firms to get independent consulting group out here to assess what is going on. >> due to safety concerns odells are only allowed to retrieve belongings but not allowed to spend night at their home. >>> vietnam veteran from boyer town is hopeful he can finally become a u.s. citizen. >> seven three-year old man discovered he was not the a citizen decade after he served in the u.s. army. but today he meets with immigration and finally gets his answer. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" reporter carol erickson has more. >> reporter: this man looks apprehensive, no wonder earhardt when the sell business to take a big test about america in the immigration test so important he need a pose for support family, sure but also his lawyer. >> he studied hard and is ready. >> that is correct. >> reporter: the seven three-year mr. when the sell a man of few words to pass through those doors and pass that test and beast come

. >> now defense attorneys will present mitigating evidence trying to save tsarnaev's life cleve bryan rode his family, his childhood in the former soviet republic and relationship with his brother but you prosecutors will count their with aggravating evidence including the killing have that child and we will tell you the outcome when it happens. >> that penalty phase face could begin next week. >> that is right. >> thanks, in monica. >>> nearly 150 military medals, ribbons and badges were handed out to deserving veterans in gloucester county, new jersey. former service members and hear families gathered at the bank bridge regional school in sewell for this event held by county freeholders. twenty-six veterans were honored in total, four of them posthumously with some of these medals dating back for heroism during world war two. >>> watchers of the atlantic city casino turn around never expect it to be easy. tonight two major developments prove there is more drama ahead. the at the last minute, city council scrapped a vote tonight that would have helped the former show boat casino to r

in bridgeton, cleve bryan cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> coming up on "eyewitness news" this morning crack-downders on the pennsylvania turnpike see how state police are tricking drivers in places they're least expected. >> and did you know, ukee, that philadelphia has a professional frisbee team? they're called the spinners. and our nicole brewer got little lesson from the pros. that's coming up next. >> garth brooks came out of 14 year retirement, now nominated for the acm's biggest award. once again the acm's right here on cbs-3. on sunday, we'll take closer look at his career on the other side. good morning family, see you in a bit. >> do you drive the pennsylvania turnpike? if so state police will be catching speeders in work zones in places where they least expect them. troopers will be sitting in construction vehicles, with their radar guns, while other troopers wait down the highway. drivers caught going 11 miles per hour, over the speed limit, face fines of $200, and 15-day license suspension. >>> we have our lights ill loom name dollars, light out, still sometimes people come by. we a

. >>> from year around entertainment to shopping and dining experience necessary atlantic city i'm cleve bryan, we will tell you how peer shops of caesars is about to be transformed into the play ground. >>> now at 6:00 some the of the men held hostage in a montgomery county firehouse speak about the frightening moments, they spent, staring down barrel of the gun. tonight we are learning about their capacity to forgive. >>> i'm chris may. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunt are joins us live from cheltenham township where he looked inside the basement and spoke with those hostages walt. >> reporter: jessica hostages for sure describe the the terrifying moments but through it all you will see an incredible brotherhood even as they had a gunpointed at them, bullet fired, they continued to talk to their brother fire fighters, he cried, at the end he hugged and last evening a remarkable phone call from the suspect, to his former hostages, a phone call of forgiveness. throwing on gear jumping on to trucks, they often risk danger together on many alarms. but now in their

reporting live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also tonight a big break in another hit and run accident. authorities say that they have recovered the car that hit a two-year old boy in kensington. "eyewitness news" was first to show it to you live today as police tell us it is a positive match to the car seen in this surveillance video and now they have a good idea of who was behind the wheel. >>> a couple from central pennsylvania, turned that car into authorities after seeing it on tv news reports. matt rivers joins us live from kensington where a vigil is scheduled tonight for that little boy killed in monday's hit and run, matt. >> reporter: jessica, this was a major break through for police overnight as you mentioned those two witnesses being able to identify the suspect in this case. police say they do know who they are looking for. they have not released his identity to the news media because they have in the yet been arrested. they are trying to gather more evidence in order to put forward a good arrest warrant and take him into custody but once again that has not h

. >>> looking to go beyond gaming atlantic city turns to the great outdoors i'm cleve bryan, why the shop believes it can bring a big boost to the financially strapped city. >>> now, at 6:00 o'clock the the heart breaking new details about the length at which one mother went to protect her child from an oncoming car. but that driver hit both of them, and kept going. tonight, the family makes a plea to the person, who was behind the wheel. >>> good evening i'm chris may. >>> i'm jessica dean. the this is one of two hit and runs in philadelphia, police are investigating and tonight we have new information in both of them. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live at police headquarters with the new details, alexandria? >> reporter: good evening. the police are in contact with the suspect in the hit and run death of a four year-old. that person hasn't turned themselves in yet but has given a kensington family hope that someone will come forward for them too. just one block from where josephine riveria and her two-year old son dave aid leash a were hit monday a family spokespers