the reporting live from the sat center, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> 4:33. let's get back to katie and definitely a warmer start on the day. >> we have a few additional degrees since this same time yesterday morning and even yesterday morning was warmer then what we would typically find. we will end up with a pretty decent day, overall, out there. we will start off with a quiet view at this point, over from campbell's field over ben franklin bridge. all calm and quiet. we have a few more clouds out there but a lot of times when we have a thick cover we have a reflection cast from the city lights. we are not able to see that. it still looks quite dark outside. that is indicate ago this we have a few breaks in the cloud cover but with that said, we're not completely in the clear here today. you can see on storm scan three things are quiet. we have to zoom it out here western portion of the keystone state, here you go. now this is what it will eventually have to cross williamsport. there is at least a chance that the kids, for little league world series will ev

that's where "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins thus morning, cleve, hearing the homeowner somehow signalled to police for help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. police say it was very alert office their saved a young couple from two armed robbers, it happened earlier, just at the block here, wakling street, around 12:45 this morning, police say a couple were ambushed as they came to their front door by two mask men caring guns, they forced the residents inside at gunpoint, at which time the home security line was tripped. but officers arrived, the door, one of the suspects came to the door pretending to be the resident, but asked for id proof. robbers sent out the female resident to get rid of the cops. she said everything was okay, but gestured otherwise. one of the officers went inside which surprised the robbers, police say one of the men pointed the gun at the officer's head and pulled the trigger. >> at the same time we believe discharged three times at the officer, thank god the officer was not struck. the officer himself, he fired

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us now, with more on the video, police want everyone to see to find these suspect. cleve, good morning. >> good morning there is happened in the afternoon, plenty of witnesses around, one of them that we spoke to, captured the fight on video, and immediately turned it over to police. to aid their investigation. >> victim of brutal attack. >> normal voice i'm tacking to you.

. >> good morning, "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in the north woods section of northeast philly right now with the latest. cleve? >> reporter: good morning, right now there are many investigators on the scene, currently looking at this car right here, may be related to the two robbery suspects there is happened around 12:45 this morning. police say a couple were ambushed at that's front door by two mask men caring guns, forks the residents inside at gunpoint, and home security significant tell triggered. one of the suspect came to the door pretending to be resident, about as tooth officer asked for proof. he sent the female resident to the door to try too get ridf the cops. she said everything is okay, but gestured otherwise to their face. the officer went inside, which surprised the officers, police say one of them point add gun at the officers, and then fired his weapon. >> he sees the officer and the male suspect. the officer, he then turns the gun toward the officer's head. the officer in a defensive mode put his hands up, left hand up, and basically pulled out a gun a

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan tells us that this years air show did not disappoint. >> reporter: there were prop planes that tumbled and jets that soared. but below hundreds of thousands of people, ooed and aaed at 2014 atlantic city air show thunder over the the boardwalk. >> amazing. you can't have a better location for an air show. >> reporter: marry bet caller took in the sites with their nephew nick whose aviator sunglasses made him look the part of the next generation of dare devil pilots. >> i like how it is all amazing and has planes, with the stunt planes and stuff. >> reporter: thinks largest air show in the east coast with private and military pilots showing off their aircraft maneuvering capabilities. some highlights included the golden nights parachute team and air force thunder birds who weren't around last year because of sequestration. >> we have been here two or three years and loved it. happy to have thunderbirds back report report family friendly festival is the

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, joins us now, liver from love park. cleve, investigators hope to use that video now to try to identify those suspects. >> reporter: well, you would hope a place like love park would be spared from violence, but not the case on friday. that young man attacking a park ranger after being told you can't skateboard here. you may finds this video hard to wash. it shows a philadelphia park ranger being attacked, he goes into the defensive posture after group of skateboarders surround him. one of them starts to take things to the next level after the rest of them were just taunting him. young man pawn chest, tackles, finally kicks the ranger repeatedly in the head. police say the ranger was not seriously hurt, fortunately there is video comes from maryanne a, who spoke to "eyewitness news" via scope last night, he said he was at love park with his cousins having a cheese steak when the confrontation started. said there were lots of people watching the attack, but no one intervened including him, a combination of being surprised

we're live in the northeast, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> cleve, thank you. also, breaking right now, two suspects holdup popular northeast philadelphia diner overnight. it happened just before 3:00 at the red robin diner on frankford avenue in mayfair. police say at least one of those suspects was armed. the men got away with unknown amount of cash. no one was hurt, but we are told there were customers inside at the time of the robbery. >>> also, a chase ends with a suspect in custody in north philadelphia. chopper three over the 2200 block of north ninth street late last night. police say they fired at the suspect and missed, no word on why they were chasing him. >>> 5:03. we want our traffic and weather together. katie is outside. and you brought the umbrella, should everyone else? >> well, i would say really just depends on location at this point. if you are about ready to hit the road, you don't want to get wet in the next hour or so. the problem is we are still dealing with additional wet weather any time here today because it is all courtesy after very

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us at city hall where fans have been gathering to rally behind the home team, cleve. >> reporter: those fans are finally getting to sleep after a very exciting note, a little bit disappointing night. taney came up a little bit short but the good news it is not over just yet the taney dragons took the field in front of the rocking crowd in williamsport wednesday night as they went to work against hot hitting team from las vegas. with 34,000 people on hand and many more watching in the city. it was an up and down night for pitching sensation mo'ne dave hoist struck out six but gave up three early runs. after the loss dragons manager talked about davis and moving forward. >> there is no question she didn't have her a game today but she's certainly entitled to that. we're at this point playing to get to the saturday. >> in the city large crowds cheered in public viewing parties. many fans, took buses out to williamsport and returning early this morning, they remained upbeat. >> it was really fun and we are so happy for taney and city of philade

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us now in the northwood section with more on that, cleve? >> reporter: good morning, well, speaking with the words of the captain, this is exactly what police trained for. it was a situation that had a lot of alert necessary by the police officer involved, very brave actions, un foiling potential home invasions. >> a nightmare scenario early this morning, as two mask men with guns ambush a couple at their front door. >> when he came on the property, two suspect came upon him with guns, basically ordered him off the property. >> police say the home security system prompted officers to stop by the house. at the door, it was one of the robbers who answered, the officer asked for id, at which point the suspect made the female resident go to the door to get rid of the police. the officer asked her is everything okay, and she says yes, verbally, but winings that not is all okay. so the officer being alert as he was enters the foyer. >> when the officer went inside the male resident made break for the front door. one of the robbers came runni

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live at city hall as taney pride is still going strong. they are down maybe a little bit but not out, right cleve. >> reporter: that is right, doubly limb nation it is all good for taney dragons but they have to have a short memory to get over last night's loss. no audio. >> all right. welshing cleve is having a technical difficulties with his mike. a lot of those philadelphia residents heading back now from the game, maybe a little bit sad. >> i can imagine, a little tired and sad. >> but taney is not out just yet. dragons play chicago at 7:30f taney wins they will face las vegas again in the u.s. finals on sat the day. so, go taney. >> we can come back from it. >>> right now lets check on our traffic and weather together with katee. it is warm out there. >> it is august. that is what we are supposed to be used to and we have not been given a chance to be used to this weather because of the fall like air masses settling n we will check in with sky cam three. where we're at 71 degrees. this is an observation taking front root top at cbs-3

live from center city, cleve bryan, cb136789 "eyewitness news". >> she does quite well. i love that team. thanks, cleve. >>> dragons will try to keep their magical run alive tonight at 7:30 against a team from chicago. again, when you are not near a television you can get all of the latest taney updates from williamsport on cbs philly.com. >>> lets see if we can get all of the latest on this weather. it fels like august, finally katie. >> it is, and with every passing day this week so far, it is not necessarily that the weather has gone downhill, per se but you can tell that there has been a change in the atmosphere, you know, a few more clouds here and there more humidity. more heat to go with that humidity. so yeah, it actually feels like summer for a change and people have been clock nothing that pool time as a result. now to day, i would say thaw can get in some of that pool time throughout the early half of the day but eventually we will see more action then what we have got out there right now on storm scan . there will be showers and storms to dodge. sixty-nine is

cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> all right, cleve, thank you so much. >>> well, there is also more breaking news that we're following for you today. philadelphia police were forced to shoot at a dog charging toward them. "eyewitness news" on the scene in north philadelphia. officials say about 2:30 this morning, a pitbull charged toward the officers on the 3400 block of north sixth street. no injuries were reported. it is not clear if the dog was struck. >>> jurors will hear some graphic details about a five year old girl kidnapped from her west philadelphia school. opening statements in christina's trial are set for thursday after lawyers pick a jury yesterday. police say that's right there on surveillance video snatching the girl from bryant elementary school in january of 2013 after posing as her mother. she was found at a playgrounds a day the young victim is expected to testify. >>> coming up on 5:33, hoping for another nice sunny day maybe more humidity today katy? >> i think that's what the difference will be from one day to the next, erika probably extra agree on the a

. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan live at einstein medical center right now where the officer is currently undergoing treatment. cleve? >> reporter: good morning, well, commissioner ramsey really put it in perspective this morning. he said that the bullet going in the wrong direction half an inch and they would be planning a funeral. instead, the officer inside are getting a cat scan. indication also he should be okay. all started about 12:45 this morning, officer steve and his partner were responding to radio call for a man with a gun on the 6400 block of ditman street. they saw the man described as heavyset man with a orange shirt near the intersection of magee and torresdale when they tried to stop him. they say the man immediately fired at police, striking officer in the left side of the head. he and three other officers returned fire, striking the 40 year old suspect, the man's gun was recovered at the scene, and he was pronounced dead around 1:30. when medics arrived, officer was sitting up and talking, and ramsey considers the department very fortunate no officers were

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us now, with more on the video, police want everyone to see to find these suspect. cleve, good morning. >> good morning there is happened in the afternoon, plenty of witnesses around, one of them that we spoke to, captured the fight on video, and immediately turned it over to police. to aid their investigation. >> victim of brutal attack. >> normal voice i'm tacking to you. >> spoke to "eyewitness news" about how it all went down. says the ranger told the skaters they couldn't stay at the park, and only took defensive posture after being repeatedly threatened. >> what led me to start recording was the fact that the kid who did the attack was getting really loud. you know, swearing at the ranger, threatening to beat him up. >> then the young man lashed out. punching, tackling, and then repeatedly kicking the park ranger in the head. his friends appear to be taunting the victim as he lay on the gown, then the skaters took off before police arrived. says when officers arrived, he showed them this video, and there were able to immediately put o

shoot and kill a suspect following a home invasion in the northeast. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryanin the north woods section right now, to tell you more, cleve? >> good morning, well, credit very alert officer with stopping an armed robbery involving two men, that ambush the couple, getting into their house, just up the block here on wakling street in the north woods section of northeast philadelphia. all of this happened about 12:45 this morning, police say that the couple were coming home, two mask men jumped out with guns, forced the couple inside their home, at which point alarm system triggered. police officers arrived, actually one of the robbers who answered the door pretending to be a resident. police officer smartly asked for id, at which point, the robber went back inside, forced female resident to answer the door. she said everything was okay. but gestured with her face that something was going on. the officer then went inside and surprised the robbers, one every which pointed a gun at the officer's head and fired. >> at the same time the suspect we believe discharges ab

live at einstein medical center, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. more breaking news now in north philadelphia. officers fired shots at a pitbull charging toward them. this happened around 2:30 this morning, near sixth and tioga. luckily no injuries were reported. the there is no word on the dog's condition or if it was even struck in that shooting. >>> all right, time to get the traffic and weather together. start things off with katie. out on the skydeck how's it feel? >> not too bad. good morning everybody, the real difference in our forecast today is actually going to end up being a little bit more humidity, more than anything, and otherwise we ends with i think pretty decent weather. few more clouds than maybe what we started with yesterday. let's go ahead take you out to storm scan 36789 we have been tracking disturbance nearby primarily to the south. you can see some of the moisture that's been creeping in, to our southern most counties, as we expected. so, cape may, for example lewes, rehoboth, sussex county you may end one just quick little

we're live in the northeast, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> thank you, cleve. also, breaking, police investigating overnight armed robbery at popular northeast philadelphia diner. it happened at the red robin diner, on the 6300 block of frankford avenue, in mayfair. police say two men, stormed into that diner, while they were still customers inside, at least one of the suspects was caring a gun. >> got away with some cash. no one hurt. >> rather surprising video, suspect caught on camera planting explosive device right there inside of chinese take out restaurant. even more disturbing the suspect appears to be in his early teens. it happened wednesday night, at the orient al kitchen, on north 18th street in the city's francisville neighborhood. amazingly no one was injured. restaurant's owner standing just a few feet away. >> i was signature, right inside the concert. then all the sudden he just explode, very sudden, then my ears was -- i couldn't hear anything. >> the owners believe the suspect is from the neighborhood. police are hoping someone in his family w

live it the einstein medical center, cleve bryan, "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank youment following more breaking news right now. no one was injured after police fired shots at a dog, charging toward them. this happened on the 3400 block of north sixth street around 2:30 this morning. police shot at the dog but it is not clear if the dog was struck. >>> and philadelphia police have now charged two people with the vicious attack on a park ranger caught on camera. but they are still looking for at least one more person. nineteen year old curtis tanner and 17 year old are now charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, and recklessly endangering another person. this vicious beating here was caught on camera friday afternoon in center city's love park. police say the attack happened after the ranger approached several skateboarders telling them they could not skate there in the park. "eyewitness news" talked to a skateboarder who also says a -- also a park and recreation worker. >> this is somebody that i would be working with, these guys keep these places clean, these

live from the sat center, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, cleve. updating some breaking news now a limo driver robbed at gunpoint in the grays ferry section of philadelphia this is new video into us as detectives dust ted the car for fingerprints on the 2700 block of titan street. the suspect got away with $200 police say. they are looking for an african-american man with the beard wearing a gray hoodie and black pants. >>> it is 5:33. traffic and weather together on the the three's. >> today should be a nice day overall considering what we have had last few days it is much like what we have had, more sunshine a couple of clouds and another up tic on the humidity that you will notice is more press event out there. where did we go yesterday man? we have over achieved nicely. pick up a daytime high that hit 87 degrees which obviously would put us a little bit above average but only by 2 degrees. this actually makes it just the third above average day that we have had so far this entire month which is obviously, a typical to see that. we will see a lo

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us from love park. cleve, we understand this all started when ranger told group of skateboards ers they had to leave. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. there is no skateboarding allowed in love park tri to enforce the rules on friday, he was beaten and taunted by a group of skaters. caught on video, a philadelphia park ranger is the victim after brutal attack. >> he was just you can talking to them nicely. >> marie ann owe captured the video on his cell phone. he spoke to "eyewitness news", via skype sunday night, about how it all went down. he says the ranger told the skaters they couldn't stay at the park, and only took defensive posture after being repeatedly threat end. >> what led me to start recording was the fact that the, you know, the kid who did the attack was getting really loud. you know, swearing at the ranger, threatening to beat him up. >> then thes frnds appear to be taunting the victim as he lay on the ground, then the skaters took off before police arrived. he says

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live, near the scene with the story, tonight, cleve. >> reporter: hi jessica. this plane as it was flying around was going over lots of homes and businesses and that pilot was able to put it down mostly here in a sports field. part of the tail does go into a neighbor's yard but we spoke to the eyewitness who says he is proud of the job that the pilots did, putting down that plane and avoiding a disaster. >> it didn't miss it by much. >> reporter: donald's house is 20 feet from where mosquito control helicopter came crashing down monday morning. >> all have of a sudden we heard this noise like the rotors hitting the trees. it sounded like somebody was cutting brush, with the big brush cutter. >> reporter: cape may county officials say crew on board was doing mosquito larvae inspections all over the salt marsh prior to the crash. they had taken off and landed a dozen times and were returning to base when pilot heard a bang and started losing altitude. he aimed for sports field on boyd street to land. >> i saw helicopter make a turn and then saw the b

right here at home dozens march to demand justice for michael brown, "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in the sat center this morning with more for us, cleve, good morning. >> good morning. that protest in philadelphia went off without a hitch and officialness ferguson say despite dozens of arrests they think violence may have reached a turning point. for a tenth night clashes with police continued in ferguson, missouri, black bottles flew at office hours made 47 arrests by 1:00 a.m. they received three loaded handguns after receiving death threats but officials say there was progress, no molotov cocktails and no tear gas, by and large peaceful protesters followed their orders to go home, before dark. >> we're making steps, they are not big giant steps but they are small steps but these small steps will turn into giant steps and those giant steps will be great strides for this community. >> reporter: in philadelphia dozens march down market street on tuesday to express their own anger overkilling of michael brown. >> i'm tired of hearing these stories over and over again and no one

october 24th, sentencing, here at cumberland county's courthouse n cumberland county, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> today ills the deadline for investors to submit bids for atlantic city's bankrupt revel casino. $2 billion bids are sealed to be opened by a new york law firm. federal bankruptcy judge in camden will ultimately decide which offer is accept. if no buyer is found the casino will to have close putting more than 3,000 jobs at risk. >>> well, certainly a beautiful day to kick off the workweek and we have team three coverage. >> kate bilo is out at linvilla orchards where it is a big in month for peach lovers out there but first lets check with kathy orr with the forecast, kathy. >> we are looking at a gorgeous day. no weather issues, deep blue skies in ocean city cape may county and in one wants to move. we have a breezy day. you can see right here beach blanket waving in the breeze but making it feel very comfortable with low humidity. that will change. our live neighborhood network takes to us philadelphia and leadership academy where over the the course of the d

in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> is there an investigation in the cause of this two alarm fire in wildwood, new jersey. this happened this morning at what used to be a deli at park boulevard and webbing oak lane. the at one point up to 1800 customers in the area lost power, the electricity had to be shut off to allow fire fighters to bolt the flames n1 was injured. >>> a renovated fire stationary opened in old city to day. firehouse at fourth and arch was heavily damage in a fire last september. a peak inside shows new windows, floors, doors, air conditioning along with an upgraded exhaust system. that work cost $475,000. >>> it is one of the sweetest companies in the world but a logo change at hershey's appears to be leaving some way bitter taste in their mouth. also a list of the most dangerous intersections in the nation, and the number one spot is in our own backyard. >>> plus a second chance at success we will take you to a very special graduation ceremony, kathy? >>> we are getting ready for holiday weekend that starts off dry but all this rain will be

eyewitness new jersey reporter cleve bryan talked to an eye witt the necessary to the crash about these new developments. >> it seems like the most ridiculous thing to pull off. >> reporter: tom murphy has had a lot to think about witnessing a boating accident near longport. he helped victim justin bells get a shore and remember bells was distraught that a friend was still in the water. >> unless he is a good actor he came out distraught, out of breath. >> reporter: there was an extensive search for 44 year-old andrew bid dell, a power boat race shore crashed a pontoon both in the buoy and disappeared in the water. it has come to light egg harbor township police that biddle may have staged it to avoid criminal charges. biddle and his racing partner tracie are accused of conducting fraudulent boat sales out of the marina in northfield. biddle received a down payment for a boat in the amount of $20,000 never supplied the boat. just yesterday biddle was entered in an fbi crime database. the no answer at biddle as house or house of tracie. >> why not just flee, you know, flee prosecution or

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, joins us, at northeast detectives with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, they've had that suspect in custody questioning him throughout the early morning. his explanation so far pretty straightforward. he thinks he saw somebody breaking in to his truck. this all started about 10:00 last night police responding from the 15th district, to report of a person shot in the rear driveway of a property on the 4500 block of torresdale avenue. they arrived to find 30 year old man lying near pick-up truck, and a garage door, with at least one bullet wounds to the head. he was soon pronounced dead at the scene. police say the shooter remained at the scene and handed over his gun. at this point police believe the shoot her interrupt add burglary of his truck but authorities aren't saying yet whether the man had acted within his legal rights. >> it is unusual normally, the shooter fleece immediately after firing the weapon, but in this case, the 56 year old shooter remained on location, turned the weapon over to police and volunt

i asked her what does she want for her birthday t get her new jersey hunning license much cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> this is a hot topic and we'd love to have what you have to say about it. you can tell us on our facebook page. send us a sweet at cribs physically. we'd like to hear from you. >> another day of celebration for the taney dragons in philadelphia. this afternoon the little leaguers had took the nation by storm were honored with parade. the festivities kick off at 2:00 o'clock at 20th and market headed south to to fdr park with two stops along the way. one at the kill hem center with a performance by the philly pops and the corner of broad and washington where they were honored by the mummers. there was controversy surrounding the parade. some say the city couldn't afford given the struggling school diss track. mayor michael nutter blaster the critics. >> i don't want to hear anybody saying anything about what happened today other than a positive comment about these young people and what they did and our city is standing behind them. >> the dragons finished up

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live at the cbs-3 sat center with the very latest, cleve. >> reporter: we had our own local protest in philadelphia last night and that went off peacefully and that is how things started in ferguson. but by midnight there was more clashes with police. for a tenth night clashes with police continued in ferguson, missouri. glass bottles flew at officers who made 47 arrests by 1:00 a.m. they sees $3 loaded handguns after receiving death threats but officials say there was progress no molotov cocktails and in tear gas. by and large peaceful protesters followed their orders to go home before dark. >> we are making steps. they are in the big, giant steps but they are small steps but those small steps will turn into giant steps and those giant steps will be great strides for this community. >> reporter: in philadelphia dozens marched down market street on tuesday night to express their own anger overkilling of michael brown. >> i'm tired of hearing these stories and in one is being brought to accountability and cops are never brought to accountabilit

in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> those can be a real concern when you've got tropical storms moving up the coastal area like that. >> do you remember arthur in the beginning of july came within 120 miles, so the surf was rough during the course of the week and after the storm departed. i would expect, wednesday even thursday down the the the shore the surf will be fairly rough. we will talk about that coming up. we have to talk about the heat as well. we made it to 90 degrees today, first time this month and i don't think we will see much of that over the course of the next several days, even the next couple of weeks. take a look outside we are looking at a beautiful afternoon down the shore, cleve was in atlantic city. a few miles south in ocean city with a great beach day but stay away from the water, when those beaches are not guarded. right now those guards are off, duty. we are looking at dry conditions, that will persist throughout the evening but we could see a spotty sprinkle. today's high was 90 degrees, the 15th time that has happened this season but

in the meantime "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live with more on the latest challengescing that city, cleve. >> reporter: well, air show just ended. it was a huge success by all accounts but there was a group of people out here today that wanted visitors to know about the real struggles happening here in atlantic city. >> unaudible. >> reporter: newly formed atlantic city tax appealers group is protesting a 29 percent property tax increase in this years budget. this comes after a 22 percent increase last year. >> somewhere along the line, someone has to step up, and that is what we are going to do. >> reporter: problem is total value of properties in atlantic city has been slashed in half over last four years. with the revel, show boat and trump plaza all scheduled to close soon things will get worse. atlantic city mayor don guardian says his administration has found 12 and a half million-dollar in spending cuts but that is not enough to make up for lost revenues. >> they have realize that had they are angry and upset at 29 percent increase. i'm a taxpayer. i'm upset to

"eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live at the atlantic city where many are wondering about the future, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, after labor day weekend the north end of atlantic city's boardwalk will look different. the first she both bet will close and then the revel. a lot of people say this is inevitable but that doesn't make it easier for customers and especially the employees. >> sad day down here in atlantic city toy day. >> reporter: mood has been less than festive outside mardi gras theme show boat casino as it prepares to close on sunday. >> terrible, very disappointed. i didn't think this within would close. >> hate to see it go. it is an awesome place. everybody here is down to earth, welcoming. >> reporter: martin is one of several hundred employees able to transfer within caesars entertainment group. laura gold's husband hasn't heard back if he will have a job or be unemployed. >> it is scary time for my family and i. >> reporter: monday revel casino will close as well with trump plaza to follow suit in mid-september. unemployment in and around atlant

and we are live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. >>> celebration in gaza tonight after a cease-fire deal between israel and hamas militants. the truce does not have a time limit, under the egyptian brokered deal israelis to ease imports in gaza including aid, and material for reconstruction. that seven week war has killed over 2200 people, the vast majority of them palestinians. >>> it is an unspeakable act police say 50 to 60 veterans graves were desecrated and american flags were burn at two bensalem township cemeteries this most recent incident happened overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at bensalem police headquarters with the very latest, walt. >> reporter: police say they were buried with full military honors but in death, they have been dishonored by vandals, who desecrated 50 to 60 veterans grave sight is here in bensalem in the past month. the american flags flying next to those graves, piled up and burned. their grave markers list, the wars, and the honors that they earned fighting for our country. but here, in the garden of valor

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan live at northeast detectives, with details. cleve? >> good morning, homicide detectives, have an explanation, but was he justified? that is something they're still trying it determine. they say this is ongoing investigation. >>> late night shooting authorities must decide if it was justified. around 10:00 p.m. officers from the 15th district responds today report after person shot rear driveway of torresdale avenue. >> upon police arrival, they found 30 year old male victim laying laying near a driveway. >> the shooter also at the scene, ready to cooperate. >> it is unusual, normally, the shooter fleas immediately after firing the weapon. but, in this case, 56 year old shooter remained on location, turn the weapon over to police and voluntarily came with us to homicide. >> they believe he came upon him and shot suspected thief f that's the case authorities will have to decide if he's protected under pennsylvania lawmakers said it is okay to use deadly force to protect yourself from @ tack err but not necessarily property. detective wo

"eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live outside caesars atlantic city which those details, cleve. >> reporter: we will talk about trying to get back pay, authorities say a former employee here at caesars helped rob the place for $180,000, they were in and out of the casino in less than four minutes but what seemed like the perfect crime for them quickly became unraveled. all inexperienced teens in the late teens and early 20's police say this group tried to pull off a robbery in hollywood fashion. >> what does ocean's 11, ocean's atlantic city. >> reporter: showily after 6:00 a.m., 19 year-old isaiah plumber and aaron evans entered side door of the caesars casino wearing masks and carrying the gun. >> during the robbery they point aid gun at one of the employees as money exchange was taking place and they left with proceeds of approximately $180,000, through that side door. >> reporter: getaway car with two more young men was waiting on arkansas avenue. they all got away but not for long. within hours police identified plumber who had just been fired weeks before fr

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan spoke to a young girl from south injuries hoy has the cause in her sights and she has testified before state lawmakers. >> i looked down the barrel of the safe. i put the the barrel back and i holster it. >> reporter: at just nine years old shy and roberts has made a big name in the world of firearms. last year she played second in the statewide shooting competition and several months ago she testified before new jersey lawmakers. opposing a gun control bill to reduce size of magazine clip. not only does she shoot and advocate but she instructs. >> always enter your target and beyond. shoot a gun like it is loaded. always keep your finger off the trigger. never point it at anyone. >> reporter: today she and her father had had a tough conversation after another nine year-old girl from new jersey made national headlines. she accidentally shot an firearms instructor trying to operate a sub machine gun at a range in arizona. >> it is a tragedy, but it is not in anyway my opinion an indictment on firearms in general, on children with firearms. >> repo

live from lakewood, new jersey i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> very saddened to that story, thanks. >>> more on our developing story comedian and tv host joan rivers rush to the new york city hospital have after she stopped breathing during a procedure on her throat. entertainment tonight's nancy odell has been following this very closely and she joins us with the very latest on this, nancy. >> reporter: hi jessica, yes, very sad news about joan. in fact we saw her paying tribute to robin williams and new this. routine surgery that went horribly wrong this morning and new we will wait and watch to hear news about somebody considered one of the most resilient women in she business. >> cardiac arrest... unaudible. >> emergency dispatch call was placed at 9:30 this morning, joan was here in this upper east side clinic when she stopped breathing during a routine procedure on vocal cords. after joan's daughter melissa heard news she was seen at lax rushing to new york. >> at 10:00 a.m. joan rivers arrived in mt. sinai hospital in critical condition and was rush into surgery. at

that's where "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins thus morning, cleve, hearing the homeownere for help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. police say it was very alert office their saved a young couple from two armed robbers, it happened earlier, just at the block here, wakling street, around 12:45 this morning, police say a couple were ambushed as they came to their front door by two mask men caring guns, they forced the residents inside at gunpoint, at which time the home security line was tripped. but officers arrived, the door, one of the suspects came to t

live from cape may courthouse, aim cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> developing right the now, a little boy is lucky to be alive tonight after a bullet lands just inches from where he was sleeping. had he moved police in delaware county would have been investigating a murder. our pat ciarrocchi is live in darby bureau with more from police, pat. >> reporter: let me set the scene. a sum are night just before 11:00 in darby boro5 powerful gunshots are fired. why, police don't know. what we do know is one of those shot pierced the screen and on the other side, there was a three-year old babe a sleep in the crib. >> the mother was very, very beside herself. as was her father, as you can imagine. when you walk in the room and your crib is there and, there is about that much above the top of the crib, see a bullet hole. >> reporter: so shaken they stayed behind closed door. their street corner is fifth and walnut in darby boro as a focus of the police investigation to find out who fired five, 9-millimeter round. darby boro police chief robert smith smith. >> my big concern is it goe

. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan live at einstein medical center right now where the officerter: good morning, well commissioner ramsey really put it in perspective this morning. he said that the bullet going in the wrong direction half an inch and they would be planning a funeral. instead, the officer inside are getting a cat scan. indication also he should be okay. all started about 12:45 this morning, officer steve and his partner were responding to radio call for a man with a gun on the 6400 block of ditman street. they saw the man described as heavyset man with a

live from center city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> dragons try to keep their magical runive tonight at 7:30 against the team from chicago. when you are not near a television, you can always get all of the latest taney updates from williamsport on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> new this morning philadelphia police are investigating two fatal shoot initial just blocks away. first, officers responded to calls of gunfire on the 2500 block of south manton street in grays ferry. they found a man in the car with two gunshot wounds to the head. investigators interviewed witnesses hoping to id that gunman. >> a deadly shooting happened blocks away, "eyewitness news" on the the 1500 block of south 21st street in point breeze. investigators say a 16 year-old was shot twice in the back and stomach. he was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later. there is in description of the suspect, or motive at this time. >>> 6:33. let check with katie for our traffic and weather together. good morning. >> good morning everybody. today we will start off on a pleasant night. it is mug

we are live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. >>> a new jersey man says he was brutally attacked by philadelphia police for in reason and now he is taking the department for court. new at 6:00 tonight he shares his story with "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson. >> reporter: there was a moment in the hospital when 31 year-old marcus bow saw him self for the the first time after he says he was see severely beaten by a philadelphia police officer. >> when i saw it i was like my goodness thinks terrible. >> reporter: on may 25th, bow said he and group of friend were celebrating his 30th birthday party at fat tuesday's on south street. bow says he came out of the bar with a cup, when a police officer identified in the civil complaint as victor mcknight told him that is not allowed. bow said he sat the the cup down and started to walk away. moments later mcknight rushed and attack him. >> he put a hand to the throat, takes his stick out hits me and i buckle and fall. >> reporter: complaint alleged officer mcknight and other officers kick, need and punch the

in atlantic city cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness >>> well, we're following breaking news official fromthe atlantic city's revel casino announce that they will remain opened through labor day weekend, before shutting down for good. the hotel will close on monday september 1st at 11:00 in the morning and the casino will follow on tuesday at 5:00 a.m. all events scheduled past september 2nd will be canceled. >>> also this news just in philadelphia fire department has announced the cause of the deadly ge stner street fire is undetermine. meanwhile delays wake set tonight for four victims of that fire all children, four year-old twins maria and marry ella bow was and brothers four year-old patrick sonya and seven week old taj jackie. they died in the early morning hours of july 5th when that fire broke out in a row home. the funeral for those children is set for tomorrow. >>> meantime residents in philadelphia's roxborough neighborhood got their firehouse back today. engine company 66 is now back in service on ridge avenue. the station had to be closed last winter after hazardous fumes were

. >>> protests are happening as well in our area cleve bryan has an update ahead. >>> tonight is theover girl mone davis and taney dragons take field at little will league world series, three wins from being world champions. >> love that cover. >> good samaritan saved life after a car plunges into cobbs creek, that story and much more ahead. but first lets check our forecast. >> little warmer

we are live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> tonight, "eyewitness news" gets an exclusive first look at new medic units and procedures that could save more lives in a emergency. walt hunter shows us why city says having more medics available is making a difference on the streets of philadelphia. medic 23, might look like most other philadelphia fire units. but there is something, very special about it. >> unaudible. >> reporter: responding to a call in west philadelphia, it is the first, of 25 brand new unit that willful i replace half of the cities aging fleet, by years end. >> we want everyone to know that the city and fire department believes in their care. >> reporter: new equipment options let machinery not medics to do lift to go get patients in and out. >> when you open up the the door that the medic unit kneels and lowers, which allows an easier access to get inside and out of the medic unit safely. >> proceed. >> reporter: dispatchers in the fire communications center where cbs-3 was granted rare access now screen incoming calls, making sure that advanced life uni

was 25 year-old brian jacone from the bronx, new york area "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryanll have much more on this story coming up at 6:00 o'clock. >>> four young victims of the southwest philadelphia row house fire will be remembered at a wake this evening. four year-old twins, maria and marry he'll bow was and patrick sonya and seven week old taj jackie, died in that massive blaze that consumed home on guess inner street more than a month ago. fire officials say that they are close to determine a cause of that fire the funeral for the children will come tomorrow. >>> roxborough fire station on ridge avenue is back in services tonight it had to close down last winter after investigators detected hazardous fumes, inside. well, fumes detect are generally associated with petroleum products and fuel gases. well, now the fire department has installed raid on detectors and they have removed an exterior fuel tank. >>> coming up next at 5:00 swimming for his life incredible video shows a man coming a little too close toly to a shark in the water. >>> plus... >>> pretty terrifying