he is outside of this cobb county magistrate court for me. martin, i'm almost speechless watching this. >> it's stunning. i have never seen a probable cause hearing -- they're usually very routine. this one has been anything but. and there have been times that you have heard gasps, and it's not just in the courtroom. it's amongst the reporters, because there was no indication, really, to the extent, and this is all, again, coming from the prosecution and the d.a., and the rules of what's to be introduced are different at a trial and it's a much lower threshold, but the alternative lifestyle, you've already mentioned, that's part of his motive, that he didn't want to have kids, that he wanted to cash in some insurance, not one, but two insurance policies, that he could so fragrantly forget that he had a child that he had just kissed on the forehead some two minutes before putting him into the child seat, on and on and on. a litany of both callousness, apparently what they say is motive, that he was unhappy with his marriage, but then, you get

and that's here in cobb county? >> it is. >> and his wife has a job in cobb county as well?> she does. >> can you tell us, have you had an opportunity or did you have an opportunity to observe your brother and his son together? >> yes. >> can you tell us about that? >> he was a loving father, he loved his son very much. we went on family vacations together and he was a good dad. >> michael, do you believe that, do you believe that if the judge were to allow us to have a bond in this case, do you believe that your brother would be out committing crimes? >> no. >> okay. if the judge were allow us to have a bond in this case, do you believe there's -- is there any reason to believe that your brother would not come to court as directed? >> no. >> okay. thank you. >> how you doing, sir? >> i'm good. >> sorry you have to be here today. how long have you been in law enforcement? >> almost 20 years. >> okay. i think one thing we've all learned being in law enforcement that people we know sometimes we don't really know what's going on in their lives. would you agree with that? >> som

steamy details from accuwea >> an update on breaking any in cobbs creek section. fire officials said this building collapse, firefighters telling us now that there are no injuries reported after an initial search and the search continues for anybody that could be trapped. additional fire department resources are headed to the scene here to assist with this collapse in the 6000 block of spruce street and initial reports are that the second floor of one home collapsed sort of on to the other. it looks as they they folded into each other this happened before noon today and we'll continue to monitor this on air and on-line. >> david here now. back inside and we're monitoring the return of the head and humidity. >> and humidity too. yeah. >> getting a little bit warm out there right now. i guess that's how you say it sarah. take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. we're dry. you want to see a cool picture sarah. here we go. this is from 6abc veteran photographer amy brenthold. the pim here know how to pick these shots. dragon fly there. soaking up the sun. plent

. >> zita cobb was born here 50 years ago. became one of the country's top businesbusinesswomen, now she f, attracts jobs. >> the only way to cure the playing of unemployment is to build economies that are based on culture. care. and craft. and that's what we've tried to do leer. >> reporter: -- here. >> culture and craft. a stunning have mix of contemporary design. momotifs drawn from local life. the island is known for its quilts, blankets sown from leftover fabric in an endless variety of fabrics. cobb's are craft translates into income creating jobs. doing what they've done for generations. >> during the period i've been here on residency, this is the perfect home of this message, inside a quilt. >> international artists are part of the mix, drawn by the setting, the culture and fully paid for residencies. starkly positioned in remote bits of shore taking full advantage of land and sea. rural communities cobb believes have culture and human -- cultural and human capital. you can't put that in the bank but it has immense va

let's take you back inside this cobb county court. this is defense attorney maddux kilgore now. >> five days later, the 24th? six days later? >> five or six days, yeah. >> okay. so at that time you had done five or six days of investigation. >> yes, sir. >> okay. and you then stuffed the warrant back to cruelty in the second degree. >> i would argue it's not a step back. >> okay. you went from basically an allegation of willful to negligence. >> yes, sir. >> criminal negligence, right? >> that is correct. >> was there, like, one particular piece of evidence or so that caused you to make that change in the warrant? >> no. there's multiple pieces of evidence. >> okay. that during that five or six days caused you to go from willful to criminal negligence. >> yes, sir. >> okay. what was -- what would you say was the primary piece of evidence that caused you to move from willfulness to negligence? >> the primary was -- is how it's worded. and it was -- the medical examiner's report came back and he came back and said it was hyper they weri

"action news" reporter sharrie williams is live on the 6200 block of carpenter street in the cobbs creek section of the city. sharrie, what are the details. >> reporter: jim, you are right, she went down, fighting in this one. the struggle unfolded as soon as ivory washington walk through the doorway of her home right here, behind me. this neighborhood is upset about this break in and how the 91 year-old and the retired elementary schoolteacher was treated. she has lived here for 50 years and has never had any problems, until today. >> i'm better now then i was earlier today. >> reporter: bruised and sore, 91 year-old ought bring washington is recovering from a scary situation. it was 2:00 in the afternoon, she had been at senior center when she return to her home in philadelphia's cobbs creek neighborhood. she opened up the door and walked in on two men burglarizing her home. >> unaudible. >> that is the hard part of about it. i put the key in the lock, and i opened up the door and then something went over my head, and over my face. >> reporter: men then snatched her jewelry off of her

this collapse happened on spruce street in the cobbs creek neighborhood, "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is there with the closer look now, steve? >> reporter: and jessica lets go give thaw closer look immediately, right away, eyes on the scene, take a look back here in the 6,000 block of spruce street, and just look at that damage. but despite, what you are looking at right now, no injuries were reported, in fact, police say early on, everybody was accounted for, but everybody didn't include the family pets. from normal to this, in seconds. >> my childhood. you know, i grew up here. >> reporter: two neighborhood homes collapsed including dan chapman's childhood in what witnesses saywas a low sickening sound. >> you heard it like, a crash, you know, it was coming down everything was coming down. >> reporter: it happened before noon monday in the 6,000 block of spruce, officials with the cities licenses and inspections department, say at a glance, a wall between 6015 and 6017 collapsed giving way to the row homes. >> i just think it is so shocking because this is a i good stable

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. >>> if philadelphia, a 92-year-old woman surprised two burglars insides of her cobbs creek home this afternoon. they brutally attacked her and this happened in the 6200 block of carpenter street. the woman came home to find the man inside. they grabbed her and purge punched her and pulled rings off her finger, they bit one man and he hit her. they took a television set and left one important piece of evidence behind. >> they had gloves on so it will be hard to get evidence but they left the gloves so hopefully we can get dna evidence. >>> upper darby police have arrested the alleged bedroom intruder and five women are breathing a whole lot easier tonight, "action news" reporter david henry is live now. >> reporter: there were four break-ins that police know of, the first one was at this apartment here, the suspect is only charged with this one break-in and that is because the 16-year-old victim here is the only one that got a good look at him. >> she encountered him earlier in the day and she gave him his nickname. police have arrested 21-year-old tyrell booker of yaden. he apparentl

audrey washington is home recovering, bruised and sore after she walked in on twomen burglarizing her cobbs creek home. it was 2:00 p.m. and she was returning from a senior center. >> i put the key in the lock and opened the door, and see someone. >> reporter: the men snatched two rings off her fingers and one punched her in the mouth. washington fought back. >> somebody put their hand up to my face and i bit their finger. >> reporter: she punched her a second time and then she fell to her knees and blacked out. >> i'm sore, i'm shocked it happened to me, i never thought it would happen to me, and mad at the same time. >> reporter: the men fled in the back door with the tv stuffed in a suitcase. the suitcase was found later in a nearby alley. she is thankful to be alive and in good spirits. >> i'm trying to not to be down and depressed, i'm happy about things, take it as it comes. >> reporter: police don't have a description of the suspects, they believe they are from the area, 18 and 21 years old, one wearing a black shirt and one wearing a white shirt. police hope someone saw them leaving

>> well, i can tell you that chief of police here in cobb county says there is both testimonial evidencesical evidence that shows that this was more than just simple negligence by leaving this 22-month-old boy in this hot suv for more than seven hours. we are expected today to hear typically six to ten witnesses, most likely the lead investigator for cobb county police department, the patrol officers we should expect to hear from who responded on june 18th when that crowd gathered around this little boy who was pulled out on to the asphalt. there is a possibility that after the defendant ross harris arrives here today, his attorney, max gillgor, could just wave the probable cause hearing and move straight to bond. we know the prosecutor here will be chuck boring, he's going to prosecute this for the state. the bond hearing could go on with some witnesses called as character witnesses and determine if he will stay in or -- jail at the cobb county or go home. 90 minutes from start to finish expected, poppy. >> appreciate that, victor. to you, paige, looking at this from a legal perspective

victor blackwell is in cobb county, georgia, with more. >> reporter: ana, the big questions are what will we learn about the state's case against justin ross harris and will he be walking out of the cobb county jail today after the death of his 22-month-old? we'll talk about it in just a moment. at every ford dealership, you'll find the works! it's a complete checkup of the services your vehicle needs. so prepare your car for any road trip by taking it to an expert ford technician. because no matter your destination good maintenance helps you save at the pump. get our multi-point inspection with a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection and more for $29.95 or less. get a complete vehicle checkup only at your ford dealer. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weather hits, it's data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm. so if your business deals with the unexpected, hp big data and cloud solutions make sure you always know what's coming - and are ready for it. make it matter. can i get my actual

. >> reporter: early on after two homes collapsed in cobbs creek police told us everyone was accounted for. everyone didn't include chris chapman's two missing dogs. >> i need to know where my dogs are and what their condition is. >> reporter: dogs were in the house on the 6017 spruce monday, shortly before noon time. >> you heard a crash, you know, and it was coming down everything was coming down. >> reporter: that is when inspectors say a wall between that unit and neighboring 6015 collapsed destroying the row homes, damaging the at least one other. >> just seemed so shocking because this is a good, stable block. >> reporter: ten people and four families air affect but despite police saying a renter was inside 6015 at the time, in one was injured. >> the at least again i continue to thank god that in one got hurt. >> reporter: yes in, one includes home owner chris chapman who was at work and two dogs duncan and brady found safely hiding inside of the house. >> my god, i mean, fine, great day, it is a great day. >> reporter: chapman says reunion far out weighs the the loss. >> it is

>> the cobb county police department with the crimes against persons unit. >> how long have you workedce december. >> kind of self-explanatory, but what type of cases do you investigate? >> crimes against persons investigates crimes against persons committed, the assaults, kidnappings, rains and homicides. >> before you became a detective, what was your job? >> crimes against children. >> and what did you investigate there? >> mostly sexual assaults, any type of assault or crime committed to a child. >> did that include physical abuse and neglect of a child? >> yes, it did. >> so you've been trained and had experience in homicide and child abuse investigations? >> yes, i have. >> okay. preliminarily in this case, what was the date of the incident in this case? >> it was wednesday, june 18. >> and all of the incidents you're going to talk about here today, did they occur in cobb county? >> yes, they did. >> in this case, what was the victim's name? >> the victim's name was cooper harris. >> and how old was he at the time of death. >> approximately 22 months. >> have you spoke within the

reporting from cobbs creek, i'm elizabeth hur cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> police involved shooting int. laurel, camden county today ends with a trooper hurt and a suspect in custody. chopper three over the fellowship road parking lot of the a lot of hoe physical just after 2:00 this afternoon. you can see police tape around this vehicle with a damaged windshield. we're told that suspect was placed in handcuffs after being shot in the arm. police would not discuss what happened there. only to say the arrest was part of an on-going investigation. >> a law office down the shore goes up in flames. firefighters responded to long beach boulevard and east 21st street in ship bottom on long beach island. chopper three got this aerial view of the fire. flames broke out this afternoon at the law offices of shackleton and hazel teen. the fire appears to have started on the upper floor but nobody was injured. >> new tonight a loaded gun found inside a philadelphia school. a loaded use see turned up today inside a locker at the walter dee palmer leadership partner charter school in frankford. offi

fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from cobbs creek to explain the all much bruce? >> reporter: lucy, you're right. no one was injured when these two row homes collapsed here on the 6,000 block of spruce street around midday today. but two champion show dogs were inside 6717 spruce when the buildings came tumbling down. their story provided plenty of drama. the collapse was quick and it was surprising. investigators think a party wall -- party wall between 6017 and 6015 spruce street gave way taking both roofs and second floors with it. department of licenses and inspections says there were no complaints, no violations reported on either home. >> just collapsed. started from the left hand side of 1617 and breaking it down. a whole bunch of dust. >> dan chapman grew up at 1617. his mother still lives there. >> what did she tell you about the whole situation. >> crack started to happening in the front bedroom the last week and a half. >> chris chapman wasn't worried about her home. she had two champion show dogs scottish deer hounds in the house when it collapsed. one

. >>> a nine two-year old woman found two robbers inside her cobbs creek home. as frightened as she was she tells "eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur she had to do something. >> thank lord to keep me another day. >> reporter: with faith, courage 91 year-old audry washington for the back. >> somebody put their hand up to my face and i bit his finger. >> reporter: when she said she walked in on a burglary. >> i put the the key in the lock and opened up the door and something went over my head. >> reporter: it happened in broad daylight here in the 6200 block of carpenter street, her home, of 50 years. >> they grabbed both my hands, i had rings on, they took my rings and i don't know what else happened. >> for what, what did they get? if i was here. >> reporter: neighbors and friend, are outraged calling them cowards. according to police, the two thieves broke in possibly through a back window and when interrupted they ran away. >> these are individuals in the community should be very upset with and we need to get them off the street because this could be anyo

>> jennifer, police are looking for two men who attack and robbed a 91 year old cobbs creek woman inside of her own home. fox 29's steve keeley live at police headquarters this morning with the latest on their investigation. what have they turned up? >> well, look, if you were born way back in 1923, you deserve the ultimate in respect, gregg, show them the police headquarters, because police here at headquarters and all over the city say if you're still active, still able to live on your own, and still alive even, you deserve the highest respect. the past two days now we've had to report on two, 91 year olds, not head in high regard by some low lives. those men roughed up and robbed a frankford avenue man, you will recall, we reported on yesterday after he left his bank, now, today, 91 year old woman, a second 91 year old here in philadelphia, punched in the face twice when she came home from her local senior center in cobbs creek, at the height of the heat yesterday, 2:00 in the afternoon, lucky she didn't suffocate to death, when two teenagers to likely early 20 something's put bag ove

>> we just obtained new search warrants from officials in cobb county and it lays out some of the same narrative we heard in yesterday's probable cause and bond hearing. they talk about the finances of the family. and how justin ross harris has recently overtaken his family's finances. he was now in charge of them, they say, and he had accrued a $4,000 credit card debt, trying to acquire sky miles. also new information that justin ross harris had recently started a new business on the side with his friends. he told police and investigators he did not have any intention of leaving his job, but wanted to make some, quote, money on the side. and then, ashleigh, buried in the search warrants, towards the last pages, there was this. through the investigation, it says, harris had made comments to family members regarding a life insurance policy he has on cooper and what they need to do in order to file for it. at yesterday's probable cause and bond hearing, we all learned little 22-month-old cooper had two life insurance policies. one acquired through home depot, the employer, and the other

. >>> now breaking news now, a 92-year-old woman was attacked during a home invasion in cobbs creek today. it happened at 2:00 on carpenter street. a man broke into the home and attacked the woman and took a television and other items and ran off. the woman, 92 years old is expected to be okay. >>> police in upper darby arrested the man they say snuck. >>> a woman's bedroom. they identified the woman as terrell booker of yaden. police say he came into a woman bedroom and watched her as she slept. >> david henry just heard from police on this and will have a live report at 4:30 today. >>> here at the big board, a new report saying that the u.s. spied on 200 americans and five of them were prominent muslim americans, based on evidence take and by edward snowden and that they were monitoring these men's emails for six years. >> there is no question in my mind, the reason i was being surveillanced was because i am a muslim. >> he ran for public office in virginia as a republican. overnight greenwald filed a report, he cited information given by edward snowden, saying that the u.s. spied on gi

and a big building collapse in cobbs creek we told you about blocking off spruce street. and stick with pine instead. and a crash on the westbound schuylkill by the boulevard but off to the side. and the roosevelt boulevard ex-suspension, northbound blocked up. and there is another crash with emergency crews on the scene. we grab the ipad on this back-to-work monday afternoon and what is cooking this afternoon. an object on the road in delaware. and luckily no problems this afternoon on route 40 unlike this morning. checking it gek in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> the philadelphia police need your help identifying suspects from wholed up a 7-eleven. and sunday in the 7600 block of ridge avenue, saying two men took lottery tickets and $300 in cash at gunpoint. if you have information call the police right away. >>> people living in the popular part of northern liberty say streets are overflowing with trash. the garbage bins were overflowing across from the street and it has scrapped from restaurants and members awful. and brings out rats. >> all you need is it a go

answers, new evidence's the investigation into the drowning or the downing after plane in ukraine >>> cobbs creek community looking for answers tonight, they want to know how a little boy was able to fall from a second story window, i'm joyce evans, right now, that boy is in critical condition in the hospital. our dave kinchen has been following this story all day long, he's live tonight outside children's hospital. dave? >> parents have been questioned, meantime, the boy here at the children's hospital of philadelphia, in critical but stage condition. >> the man is like how can that happen? >> 5400 block of cobbs creek after police say four year old boy fell out of second story bedroom win glow we heard screams and stuff earlier. >> the boy suffering cuts to his face. >> wasn't moving when he came out. his eyes was closed. >> witnesses say the boy did not seem response whiff an emt took them away from the. >> it was like blood coming from look like it was coming from his head. >> he was rushed over to the children's hospital of philadelphia, in critical condition. >> i was surprised and so

the cobb county magistrate's office says seven search warrants for the toddler's father will be publiclytomorrow, but many are wondering if harris' wife leana could be charged next. they say her behavior the day her son died was odd. >> when she showed up at the day care, did she make any odd comments? >> she did. she walked back to cooper's classroom where she ran into michelle and said, what are you doing here? and she said, i'm here to pick up cooper,like ross never dropped cooper off. all of a sudden she states, ross must have left him in the car. >> eventually did she speak with law enforcement back at the treehouse in the place where the defendant worked? >> she did. >> okay. when police spoke with her there, did they say anything of her reaction at the scene? >> her reaction at the scene, they departmeidn't show reactio cooper's death. >> at some point did you put her and the defendant in the room together? >> i did. >> at that time, who was the guy in the room? >> the father. >> did he say anything to police? >> she looked at him and said, did you say too much? >> question number

joining me now is cobb county former prosecutor holloway and carmen saint george.r being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> philip, police haven't called leanna a suspect. she hasn't been charged. do you think this investigation is headed in that direction are. >> what we know from the preliminary hearing is that the investigation is certainly considering all options including whether or not and to what extent she may or may not have been involved. you mengsd statements made. this had to be kept in context. we don't know the statements. the has only laid out a small or incomplete picture. in the end i suspect we'll know more than we do now. >> context is always important. let me ask you. leanna harris is standing by her husband. at the funeral she said, am i angry with ross? absolutely not. it has hs never crossed my mind. ross is and was and will be, if we have more children, a wonderful father. ross is a wonderful daddy and leader for our household. cooperer meant the world to him. where do you think the investigation is going? >> they have a problem. i don't k

first at 6:00 a child fighting for his life after falling two stories from a window in philadelphia's cobbs creek neighborhood tonight that boy is in critical condition. good evening, everybody, i'm joyce evans, as a neighborhood recovers from the shock, questions are being raised about how something like this could happen. let's go straight out to fox 29's dave kinchen live at children's hospital of philadelphia tonight. dave, what have you learned? >> reporter: joyce, there are certainly a loft questions here. philadelphia police are calling this an unusual incident and right now that boy is here at the children's hospital of philadelphia in critical condition trying to recover from injuries to his face and his head. police tape marks the home, 5400 block of malcolm street, cobbs creek, where police say a four year old boy fell out of second floor bedroom window this morning. critically injuring himself, hurting his face, and head. >> well, we heard screams and stuff. >> reporter: lena dunkin said she was horrified by the boy's condition after seeing emt taking him away from the scene. >>

four families homeless after a massive collapse in philadelphia's cobbs creek neighborhood.on news" has details of the rush to help the victims next. >>> and a 13-year-old expected to be ok after she was struck by astray bullet in her own bet room. hearing from her family coming up. >>> and exotic animals helping children learn a special lesson. >>> and those stories coming your way next. for the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpas ♪ >>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> monday night. a man learns his fate for crashing local weddings and and stealing gifts. >>> donations pouring in for the families of four children killed in a fast-moving house fire. >>> plus, the big story on "action news" tonight, the latest on our developing story, a man shot by police this afternoon in mount laurel. it happened at 2:00 in the parking lot of the aloft hotel. and the burlington county officials releasing few details, bust we know the shooting occurred as the new jersey state police and mount la

cobb county detectives detailsed her reaction on the day her child was found dead. >> she states, ross must have left him in the car. and they're like, what? there's no other reason. ross must have -- no other explanation. ross must have left him in the car. they try to console her. no, there's a thousand reasons. he could have taken him to lunch or something. we don't know yet. she's like, no. >> investigators say their work is far from over. family and friends of the couple okay judgment should be reserved until all of the facts surface. >> nick valencia joins me live from atlanta. nick, so much of the focus of this entire case has been about behavior, odd behavior, not just on the part of now the defendant but his wife. do we know anything about leanne na harris and whether the police are zeroing in on her for anything? >> much has been made about her reaction and her lack of emotion. the facts are this. she has not been officially named a suspect. she is part of the investigation but she is not under investigation. that's an important clarification there. we do know that a lot of p

contractors have started demolishing the homes that collapsed yesterday afternoon in phidelphia's cobbsreek neighborhood. nbc 10 was there on spruce street as worketarted dismantling the homes. people are living in the neighboring homes. city inspectors did check on other houses in the area this is what prompted that. city officials are trying to figure out what caused the roofs of two of those homes to cave in. the weight of the collapse sent the secretary floor at one home crashing down to ground level. no one was hurt, thankfully. a dog did have to be rescued from the attic of one home. the red cross is helping three families affected by that collapse. >>> a delaware county man accused of luring and raping a woma has a preliminary court hearing today. 42-year-old kevin cornish of drexel hill faces several chges. upper darby police say he attacked a philadelphi woman last month after she responded to a employment ad that police say they found evidence in his apartment that makes them believe heay have lured other women there as well. >>> police in wilmington are looking for the person

i walk with her as she recalled the terrifying ordeal that happened in her cobbs creek home of at leasts. >> oh he, i was very scared and shook up. because this was a strange experience. >> reporter: we are not identifying the victim. she's afraid her attackers may return. police say the two crooks broke into the carpenter street house through the back and raided the place just as the victim came home. >> i got hit in the mouth. and then they put something over my head so i couldn't see their face. and they grabbed my two hangs and took my rings. >> reporter: pulling so hard her hand had to be bandaged up. police say the suspects then bailed through the back alleyway with other stolen items. >> carrying a suitcase which has a tv inside. >> reporter: investigators believe the suspects are from the neighborhood and neighbors are pulling together. >> we try to look out for all the elderly people in the neighborhood try to keep the neighborhood safe. >> reporter: meanwhile the victim has some words for her attackers. >> whoever did it, i hope they know that they did something wrong and soon

. >>> and the walls literally came crumbling down in the cobbs creek section of west philadelphia at the site of a rowhouse collapse. two of the homes caved into on the 6000 block of spruce street. the beloved pet was pulled out to safe. red cross is helping 10 people tonight. the l&i inspectors are trying to figure out what caused the house to collapse. >>> they remember crystal brown. she was caught in the middle of gunfire. and the police say that fighting led up to the shooting. brown was not involved in the altercation. no arrests have yet been made. >>> police from sicklerville are trying to hunt down the gunman that came within a hair's breath of claiming a life overnight. a bullet came in the bedroom of tiya hudson and lodged in the girl's lower back. she had emergency surgery. she will be in the hospital for at least a week. the woman across the street was injured by flying glass due to the gunshot. >>> it was a night of emotion for corinthian ham mand. corinthian hammond. they mourned the 14-year-old, everybody knew him as cory. >>> the beaches at 8th and 9th and 12th stree

that is very latest from here live from cobbs creek i'm elizabeth hur, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> happening right now, show boat workers protest the loss of their jobs. take a live look, at a rally organized by local 54, it represents all of the non-gaming employees of the casino. workers plan to deliver a petition to caesars corporate offices located inside bally's. caesars is shutting down that casino august 31st. >>> philadelphia police need help identifying suspects caught on camera burglarizing a home. there were two men who broke in the home in the 300 block of frankford avenue june 27th. one of the suspects even looks right at the surveillance camera. these two took off with the 50-inch tv, a window air conditioning and some other items from that home. >>> well, an investigation continues tonight, in an overnight stab nothing olney. police say a woman inside of the home in the 200 block of albanes street attacked another woman and a man. suspect also suffered a cut on her arm. none of the injuries we're told are life threatening. >>> tensions continue to rise in the middl

he was leaving fairmont park in the cobbs creek section when they heard a loud noise. moments later a car a covered in heavy branches. >> it was like a cracking noise at it is tree fell on the car. i started crying. >> fortunately, nobody was hurt, the tree took out a power line peco crews responded to secure the scene and make repairs. it is believed the recent wind and rains may have weakened the tree and caused it to snap. >> that's what i was thinking whistles watching the video. >> heat is coming, but it's a pleasant morning. >> reporter: not bad so far, not too humid. storm tracker 6 live double scan is showing wire dry and off to a start. as we look outside we have sky 6 and hd view of center city. we have cloud cover to start out and sun breaking through and kind of mixment skies with clouds and sun as we roll through the day. 675 in philadelphia, 73 in allentown, 73 reading, 72 in wilmington, an even 70 in millville and sea isle and up the coast on the boardwalk in atlantic city, as well. satellite showing you that cloud cover there are some breaks there will

year old woman recovering this morning, after she was beaten and robbed during a home invasion in cobbs creek. fox 29's steve keeley live at police headquarters this morning with that story. good morning, steve. >>> karen, i bet were you real angry just read that headline like a lot of the viewers listening to you say it, and the police here probably every officer with a badge, everyone watching at home, will likely feel the same way that some of this 91 year old west philly neighbors do, telling us that they would love to get their hands on the two guys in their late teens, ellie 20's, who punched this 91 year old in the face, twice, roughly ripped the rings off her fingers, and including the little diamond engagement ring her long deceased husband gave her decades ago. they put a bag over her head, and yesterday's hot weather, as they took everything they could carry out of her house in cobbs creek at 2:00 in the afternoon when she confronted them as they were burglarizing her place when she came home from the local senior center. including her tv and suitcase. well, she didn't just s

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. >> and that was our david henry reporting >>> 10 people displaced after homes collapsed in cobbs creek. and chopper 6 over the scene on spruce street. and one home came down pulling a second with it and a third home was damaged. luckily no one was injured during the incident and walter perez talks with one of the home openers coming up at 6:00. >>> and from our delaware news room, an undercover police vehicle hit by gunfire in wilmington. it happened just before 1:00 this afternoon when the officer saw a similar verify buick driving fast in the area of west 35th and north market street. the officer followed the buick and that's when the driver fired at the officer's car several times. the passenger window of the police car was struck. the buick then crashed into a parked car and the three people inside ran off. two were arrested by police, the third managed to get away. >>> the drowning death of a philadelphia police officer prompted the ocean city beach patrol to extend the hours. the beaches at 8th, 9th and 10th street from 10k a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day. and it will include the rap

it was returned to the cobb county police department at 5:00 p.m. yesterday so they now have it again. no guarantee that it will stay there. it could go back ton t the d.a.r continued testing. the d.a.'s office will not comment on their findings. they tell us to comment on what they found in their investigation would compromise their investigation. but we know they had it from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to find out how hot it really got inside that suv. >> that's roughly the hours that the suv was parked that day with cooper inside. can you move on to that online activity? because clearly everyone involved in investigating this case has been scouring for whatever that person justin harris was doing online and not just that day but for weeks, months, perhaps years prior. >> you'll remember the lead investigator here said there's a second persona, a second life of ross harris. well, we found a website, scout.com, his profile there, this second persona, apparently his name is r.j. or at least he goes by those initial because that's the screen name. we know

police are still looking for the man who attacked and robbed a 91-year-old woman inside of her home in cobbs creek, audrey washington arrived at her carpenter street house to find two men inside and they punched her and stole the rings off her fingers. she is bruised and sore and otherwise okay the men got away with a television. investigators are checking servers cameras looking for the prn that fired ten shots on passyunk avenue, chopper 6 hd was on the scene as investigators tried to piece together what happened. a security guard at the refinery heard shots and called police, the shooter is still on the loose. >> more than 300 philadelphia school district employees are receiving layoff notices starting today. the layoffs will impact noon time aides and special education classroom assist antss, no teachers receive notices yet. district employees are notified today and tomorrow and they become affect july 31st. the federation of teachers call the cuts a contrast tragedy and they are work to restore the positions. superintendant william hite says there will be more layoffs if the tax is not

allegations out of the case in cobb county, georgia.win in atlanta. >> when you look at the images of the family, couple, little boy, looks picture perfect. the prosecution, look at this, made the father, justin ross harris to be nothing short of a monster. this father is charged with felony murder in the 22 monday old death of his son cooper there. police say the boy had been in harris' suv for about seven hours. this was june 18th. think about it, scorching hot georgia sun in june. temperatures were above 90 degrees that day. we're also learning from his testimony from this hearing today that the family was having financial troubles, financial difficulties and had taken not just one, two life insurance policies out on their young toddler. listen to the detective here, his testimony today. >> now in speaking with him and from looking through the text messages and chats with his wife and things like that, were they having any type of financial difficultie difficulties. >> they were. >> what type? >> she was complaining about purchasing,

don't forget in cobbs creek we had that big building collapse yesterday so spruce street still blocked around 60th. maybe stay down on pine instead and there's still a broken down tractor-trailer in plymouth meeting along ridge pike at colwell lane by conicelli. also most of our overnight construction is gone but there is still a zone on the northbound northeast extension past quakertown taking out the right lane and of course we have the ongoing work closure along 495 in delaware but at this point to get around that on 95 those travel times are right on time with no complaints in the first state on this tuesday morning. matt. >> thank you, matt. >>> we have been following breaking news all morning in bucks county where gunfire left one man dead and two people wounded. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in bristol township where this happened with an update on what we know so far. katherine. >> reporter: well, matt investigators are trying to figure out what happened overnight. two people remain in the hospital with gun shot wounds. police have not said their conditions at

a cobb county, georgia, detective testified that he searched online about how a hot car overwhelms a to live a child-free person, and how to survive in prison, but a friend told cnn he remembered harris as a regular guy who was exceptionally smart with computers. >> yeah, he knew his craft very well. you know, everything that he told me computer wise, you know, i instilled in my website. when the searches came out, i was like, they have got to be making this stuff up. he's a computer genius. he wouldn't leave searches like that if he was going to do searches like that. >> well, today, we also know that harris' wife visited the jail, according to an affiliate, was there for about 30, 36 minutes. they clocked her. many wonder if she should be behind bars after more details are coming out, especially from that probable cause hearing. let me stress for you, she is not charged and while police say she is not a suspect, she is no doubt under public suspicion. cnn's jason carroll explains why. >> liana harris' demeanor in the days before and after her son's death was odd. and raised potenti

. >> reporter: the chief of cobb county police responded with a rare public letter saying "the chaun of events that occurred in this case does not point towards simple negligence." then, in a warrant, authorities said during questioning harris admitted to recently research searching online child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur. and the second stunner -- the child's mother according to investigators made similar statements regarding researching in car deaths and how it occurs. harris says he's not guilty of the charges but the news gave supporters -- even long time family friends -- doubts. >> i mean, he could have gone to his car and not seen the little boy if the boy was sleeping and -- it could have. i mean, he could have been distracted. but i do have questions about it. >> then came cooper's funeral, his mother remembering not only the young boy but speaking out defending her husband saying "ross is and was and will be if we have more children a wonderful father." adding to the drama, cooper's father himself calling tearfully from jail

>> first, we called the cobb county police department and asked what were you doing there? and they said it wasn't us. we handed the vehicle over to the district attorney's office and those are the d.a.'s investigators in that parking lot doing the investigation for heat testing purposes. you saw the video there from waga, the station in atlanta. and they say that they drove through that parking lot to simulate the drive-in, even parked it in the same way in the same spot. as harris parked it three weeks prior. and then they started the heat testing. because essentially, this goes to the due diligence of the case. we've heard the estimate the temperature was outside 90-degrees plus, inside up to 130, 140, but as part of building the credibility in the state's case, they want to know exactly. putting in the same space, similar day, what were the temperatures, at what point did this child die? at what point would we have seen the attempt to get out of this seat, cause the bruising on the back of the head and lacerations on the face to build that case. >> interesting. this is

cnn's victor blackwell was in the cobb county courtroom that was packed with harris supporters. >> reporter: what was justin ross harris allegedly doing while his it 22-month-old son cooper suffered in the back of his scorching suv? >> he was having up to six different conversations with different women. the most common term would be sexting. >> reporter: stunning claims of raunchy text messages, suspicious internet searches and a plan to kill his son. >> evidence is showing us right now he's got this whole second life that he's living with alternate personalities and alternate personas. >> reporter: harris sat shackled and sullen as detailed x rated messages allegedly exchanged the day cooper died, including with a then 16-year-old girl. >> were photos being sent back and forth between these women and the defendant during this day while the child is out in the car? >> yes. there were photos of his exposed penis, erect penis, being sent. there were also photos of women's breasts being sent back to him. >> reporter: no visible reaction from the 33-year-old's wife, lee anna, harris, who sat w

they said we heard that in the probable cause hearing from detective phil stoddard with the cobb county police, he thought her behavior was hard. what is a normal reaction when your child dies? some at home would say if their 22-month-old child died they would be inconsolable. grief hits people different ways. if you talk to her family and friends they'll tell you and i have spoke on it them, they say she's a great person justin ross harris, they're christian family and it's not in their character to have done something of this heinous magnitude that they're being said that they did this horrible crime, brianna. >> so many questions. nick valencia, thank you. >> you bet. >>> hln host jane velez-mitchell joins me and mel robbins, cnn commentator and legal analyst. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> and jane, i know you've been speaking to friends of the family. we just heard from chris, one of the friends of justin ross harris. he wants to stand by his friend. you can hear that, but he is sort of saying he's looking at the evidence and he doesn't know that

two homes crumbles in the 6000 block of spruce street in cobbs creek. and investigators work to figure out how it happened, the good news, no one was inside at the time. investigators say they are still not sure why, but one of these row homes simply collapsed taking the other one with it, and leaving a third home at risk for crumbling. the force of the collapse as you can see was enough to push the porch out over the front stoop. and the councilwoman on the scene a sort time later saying there is only so much that can be done in an old city with old buildings. >> and the council thought they allocated more dollars, but obviously we still have so many problems in an aging city in many places. >> as soon as the emergency crews determined no one was inside they started looking for the champion show hounds. and her son called her at work safk the home collapsed and dogs were inside. and christine arrived on scene in a panic. >> the dogs are my kids, they are my life. my kids are grown and families of their own this is what i have left. >> and duncan found