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

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us live from haddon township with the latest on what we know cleve. >> reporter: camden county prosecutor's office says no arrests, they have not recovered any weapon but we do see the evidence of the bullet casings. all this started at party on the second floor. is there a hall above what used to be pits automotive but trying to get information about this property has in the been easy. >> what is upstairs? is what upstairs? what is that business? >> reporter: like police we are trying to figure out what happened before shots rang out in the parking lot of the shut down car dealership with a tonight club on the second floor. >> they said it was security there would be security so we let them go. >> tracie bright lit her 18 year-old son tam ergo with friends with a dance party they saw on social media things went okay until the crowd of mostly teens started to leave around 11:30. >> they were getting their jackets. they heard gunshots. when they went out their cousin was on the ground. >> reporter: tamer's cousins got a person to help them t

"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

for more on this developing story we will go to our new jersey reporter cleve bryan live on the scene, in florence township with new details and development, cleve. >> reporter: chris, yesterday we were able to go up to this cliff and new we're told to stay back because engineers don't necessity how quickly it is advancing toward those homes. all they necessity they don't want to take risks. they told the people that live here you have to leave as soon as possible. >> it the is overwhelming. >> reporter: lynn and chris odell to have evacuate what was once their riverside paradise. erosion which started two years ago behind their house along the delaware became much worse this week. florence township officials say it is unsafe for odells and their next door neighbor to stay in their home. >> the hill side is not stable. that the water is continuing to come out of the face and at some point in time there could ab digsal failure. >> reporter: odells feared this day would come without local and county intervention. >> we reached out for help and we were told it was our issue mother nature

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

our cleve bryan spoke with one of the former class mates and joins us from their old high school in medicine forward burlington county, cleve. >> michael slager was a 2001 graduate from lenape regional high school. i spoke to one of his classmates who only had positive things to say and school where he spent his formative years. >> it is crazy that it is that far away but yet so close to home. >> reporter: christie is having a hard time believing miningal slager that she graduated with from lenape high school, same man who shot an unarmed man in the back. >> i was shock by the whole situation, knowing him from will school i haven't talk to him in years but just knowing him in class together, was really, a nice boy. >> reporter: slager was quiet, not involved in many activities. >> i just wanted to see what other pages he was on. >> reporter: accusations of racism and aggression do not fit the memories of slager and the environment. >> lenamies a good school ape still is a good school. i could never imagine that. >> reporter: former neighbor to slager ed thomas find it hard to make a connecti

cleve bryan cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve all is well. thanks for that.ew tonight at 11:00 o'clock remembering the young victim of a deadly hit-and-run in kensington. "eyewitness news" on mascher street where the community came together for two-year-old david. david was hit by a car while walking with his mother josephine rivera on monday night night. she did try to save her son but was injured in the process. she took part in tonight's vigil along with other family members her scars from monday still quite visible. >>> "eyewitness news" was the first to show you the car that police say was used in that hit-and-run. the car's owners turned it over to police this morning. police say the owners who are from williamsport had hoped their white infinity to 19-year-old who was suspected of being behind the wheel at the time of the crash. they did not notice the damage front end when he return it. so far there have been no charges filed in that case. >>> tomorrow a memorial service is set to be held for four-year-old latif wilson he's the little boy who died fol

"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", 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 store

"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

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

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

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

in atlantic city, cleve bryan cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> all right you see the big crowd that was at that event. >> right. >> during the event some eagles fans extend add little bit of brotherly love to governor chris christie. >> no surprise. the governor met with some boos even an eagles chant there. and he wound up appealing to eagles legend who was on hadn't to bail him out. that didn't go exactly as plan. watch. >> i -- brian. where is brian. get up here brian. i love brian westbrook. what are you talking about? >> hey eagles fans i hear let's give the governor a chance. say the with me. >> e-a-g-l-e-s! >> thank everybody. thank you new jersey. thank you eagles fans. >> governor christie a huge cowboys fan he's had not so nice things to say about the eagles faithful before. >> we have long memories here. we remember the red sweater. we remember him hugging jerry jones. >> yes. >> in the box. >> going to have to work harder than i think to kind of smooth out this bad blood. maybe make brian dawkins governor for a day or something. >> okay. >> let's look into that. >> all right. >

"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

we are live from burlington city, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good evening everyone. if you plan to head out on our majors like i-95, schuylkill expressway, in and around the philadelphia area it looks like rush hour. brace yourself for. that make sure you fill up at the the pump before you jump on the roadways. look at the schuylkill expressway, 76 around city avenue. if you are traveling in the the westbound direction that is this direction right here making your commute throughout your western suburbs will be a crawl. it starts around montgomery drive and then it continues to slow you down all the way throughout king of prussia, we will solve breaks but generally speaking it will feel like a drag the entire commute. ninety-five southbound also a drag, heading in and out of the center city philadelphia heading southbound from the center city to the northeast jam the entire way. would i say between the stretch of both cottman avenue and vine street expressway in either direction we are averaging 18. speed sensors are down not only in pa but in new jersey in the usual

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

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.

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

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

"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

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

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has the details. >> reporter: from ferguson, missouri north charleston, south caroline, baltimore maryland to bridgeton, new jersey. allegations of police brutality have calls for accountability, echoing throughout our country. >> starting friday a atlantic city police will be one of new jersey's largest departments to require every uniform officer wear a body camera. >> that deride between law enforcement agency and the community here in atlantic city. >> reporter: in the last two years internal affairs complaints against officers have decreased from 215 to 144. excessive force complaints have also dropped from 57, to 42. the department credits the improvement to new software, that tracks officer behavior, and alerts supervisors to negative patterns. friday the department announced two more accountability measures moving the internal affairs office to where people can easily find tonight city hall and body cameras. body cameras are always recording video on a 302nd loop. once officers press button twice, the audio also starts recording and this can take

our new jersey reporter cleve bryan is joining us live in ac, he talk with the new owner today and got a look inside the revel, he has this television exclusive now, cleve. >> reporter: chris, i took about an hour long tour inside the revel, with that new owner glenn straub. he says some portions of the building could be opened within two months. he told me several times he is very eager to get people here, back to work new owner of the shuttered revel casino glenn straub is still trying to learn his way around the huge property which he is finding is full of surprises. >> something like that, and it is like a lazy susan brings your uniform home. >> reporter: after several unsuccessful attempts to boot the property a bankruptcy gives straub final approval monday and by noonan tuesday the revel is his. he is not popping the champagne just yet. >> it just begins, it is not yet complete. you have to do something with the brick and the piece of property because it is so large, it is bigger than stadium they play football. >> reporter: for just 82 million-dollar florida developer has acquir

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

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

"eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan rode along with officers in egg harbor township and got a firsthand look at the the effort. >> it is harder to see on a day like today but we will fine him. >> reporter: egg harbor township traffic patrol unit led us in on the action yesterday... we had one very specific goal in this soggy afternoon. >> today we are looking for distracted drivers. >> reporter: april's distracted driving month where many police departments are making concerted efforts to catch and ticket people talking or texting behind the wheel. >> probably at least 50 percent of the people we come across they are holding the phone in their hand while on speaker phones which isn't hand free. >> reporter: we didn't to have wait long for our first culprit. >> he has cell phone in his right-hand and texting. >> reporter: experts say 3,000 people dianne 400,000 people are injured in the u.s. because of distracted driving. >> you're back there with your phone in your right-hand texting, cigarette in the left hand, i don't know what hand you were driving with. >> reporter:

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

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

. >> 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 hours ago

. >> 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 own b

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

glenn straub seen here gave cbs-3 new jersey reporter cleve bryan, an exclusive preview.traub acquired the revel building for just about 82 million-dollar. revel is a pristine facility that cost two and a half billion dollars to build and straub plans to invest 150 million-dollar in renovations and hopes to have a soft opening by memorial day weekend. >> it is not yet complete. somebody has to do something with the brick and this piece of property because it is owe large, bigger than stadiums that they play football. i got to get it turned around to make money and hire people that we came up here to hire. >> straub told us that the restaurants will be first to open, then hotel and then casino. he is planning a year round the water park. >>> if you suffer from seasonal allergies there are several app that is can help out, we will that have coming up. >>> also this. >> they immediately jumped on me and knocked me to the ground punched me in the face. >> that woman was beaten after leaving the movies, what she said to another person in the theater that provoke the attack. >>

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we are live in haddon township, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also developing tonight, some brand new video shows moments before jewelry store worker was abduct from a center city parking garage on saturday afternoon. that woman was brutalized robbed and dumped in the cemetery. steve paterson joins us live from jeweler's row with that video, steve. >> reporter: chris, we can show you path where this woman was walking, she work at this jewelry store across the street and saturday afternoon she's crossing over chestnut to that garage. now this is in broad daylight. police say her carries inside the basement in that garage. neighbors and area employees say that garage is often dark and feels unsafe. tonight, we can show you inside the garage as the crime was occurring. >> relieved that she's okay. >> reporter: word of solace from national watch and diamond owner robert greenstein after a terror filled weekend for one who have his employees. >> we're very relieved. >> reporter: monday detective searching jeweler's row for any link to three men police say are responsible for abdu