david spunt is live in sea isle city. david, what is the latest there? >> reporter: hey, jess today. the sno-- jessica. i want to show you this debris right here. we're on a side street in sea isle city. the reason this debris is here is because of the high waters from the high tide. that high tide tonight, well, it hits about 7:45. that's what officials are most concerned about here in sea isle city. it may be a little tough to see just because it's dark right now but there is some water that is continuing to rise and it's going to continue to rise as that tide continues to go up. also i have to mention there is high tide tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock in the morning so that is another concern for folks there. it's really just the debris, the water and of course the wind that has just been relentless all day long. there was actually a fire down the street at a local coffee shop a popular summer hang out. good news nobody was inside, nobody was hurt but severe damage there. i'm set up to interview the mayor of sea isle city a little bit later tonight to g

and that's where we find david spunt. david, clearing the roads can be a big challenge. >> jessica, it is a big shall and things have picked up. i'm on the top of the art museum steps. a beautiful night. city officials are warning people to stay off those roads. >> just minutes after the flakes started falling, crews at the city salt yards were ready to go. they've been preparing weeks and plan to spread most of the salt on city road through the weekend. >> we should be getting more equipment in some time between 10:00 and midnight. and we'll be out all night, and all day tomorrow. plowing. >> reporter: authorities say there will be plenty of plows on the road but they tell me the big concern is the wind. earlier in the day, mayor jim kenney made a blunt plea to the public about his first snow storm at the the hell. in the mayor's office >> i suggest the netflix, pay per view. make sure you're stocked up. enjoy being home's don't go out until it's safe. we'll giving you all clear. >> reporter: kenney assured philadelphians

david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> in iowa the candidates are crisscrossing the state. making a final push. clinton competition on it dramatic side bernie sanders rallied with supporters in eastern iowa. on republican side ted cruz met with the voters. he has promised to meet with all 99 counties in iowa es on television and ill bring only on cbsphilly dfrm. >>> one week after the major snow storm, chilly night. kate bilo iss on the on it sky deck with a check on what's happening right now. >> ukee washington it's a cold friday night in philadelphia. temperatures dropping. it's really the wind making it feel so much colder than the thermometer. the wind are dying down. still our windchills are pretty brutal out here this evening. let's take a look at what's going on. we had snow showers move through portions of the area earlier. those have cleared out. skies clear tonight. at clear night. that means temperatures dropping rapidly. especially as though wind die down. you can see off on the north and west and reading it's down to 28, lancaster 25, above freezing barely in

david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> in iowa the candidates are crisscrossing the state. making a final push. clinton competition on it dramatic side bernie sanders rallied with supporters in eastern iowa. on republican side ted cruz met with the voters. he has promised to meet with all 99 counties in iowa >>> stay with us we will bring you updates on television and only on cbsphilly dfrm. >>> one week after the major snow storm, chilly night. kate bilo iss on the on it sky deck with a check on what's happening right now. >> ukee washington it's a cold friday night in philadelphia. temperatures dropping. it's really the wind making it feel so much colder than the thermometer. the wind are dying down. still our windchills are pretty brutal out here this evening. let's take a look at what's going on. we had snow showers move through portions of the area earlier. those have cleared out. skies clear tonight. at clear night. that means temperatures dropping rapidly. especially as though wind die down. you can see off on the north and west and reading it's down to 28, lancaster

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is over at city hall right now to tell you more. david?> reporter: ukee, jim kenney is a native son of philadelphia and he has made that no secret same thing with his supporters. tomorrow he'll spent his first full day here at city hall. but tonight he decided to do something a little bit different and it deals with food trucks. mayor jim kenney pledged to do things differently and did he tonight. instead of the usual formal inauguration gala he welcome hundreds to a block party featuring local food trucks at the convention center. earlier in the day -- >> congratulations mayor kenney. >> reporter: he took the oath of office to become philadelphia's 99th mayor standing by his side his daughter nora and son brendon. government functions properly when it's accessible and accountable to the people it serves. >> kenney wants to have an open administration. his priorities are fighting crime and soon he'll have a new ally in the next police commissioner richard ross. few hours after he took the oath of office, kenney attended fundraiser to promo

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is outside camden county courthouse tonight to explain, david? >> reporter: jessica, i talked to many legal experts and they say they are intrigued by this case since it broke october 13th. camden county prosecutor's office had to go through a grand jury to get dj creato indicted. he was indicted but even prosecutor's office admits the the evidence is circumstantial little brendan creato was found dead partially submerged in the water at a park near his home in the morning, on october 13th. the his dad, dj creato walked into a camden county courthouse on tuesday and said nothing before taking his seat. >> the defendant also told police that brendan had never before left his apartment, by himself. he never once left his mother's house by himself. he never once left his grandparents house by himself. >> section chief christine shaw with the camden county prosecutor's office told the judge that dj creato began dating a 17 year-old over the summer who didn't like brendan. shaw say the two exchanged thousands of text messages and at multiple times she

meanwhile he is behind bars tonight on 750 thousand dollar bails reporting in camden county david spunt3 eyewitness news >> president obama concluded final state of the union address which he used to focus on the future. white house called the speech anna do the to avenue latch of negativity from gop. >> the president of the united states: optimistic president obama told the nation he is looking to the future into into i want to focus on the next five years, next 10 years and beyond e part of that involved looking back at the last seven. the president counted his accomplishment. >> in the middle of longest streak of job in history. >> reporter: the climate change agreement and america's resolve against terrorism. >> when you come after americans we go after you. and it may take times but we have long memories and our reach has no limits e d pretty mentioned strange volitions. >> one of the few regrets the suspicion between the parties have gotten worse instead of better. >> reporter: president obama reminded americans one year from now he'll be right along side them as a private citizen

is tearing through a center city apartment complex at 21st and locust "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt joining us live from that scene. you are on the ground, what can you tell us. >> we got unfortunate news that a philadelphia fire fighter was taken to a local hospital, with some injuries. we don't know extent of those injuries but specifically that fire and we can show you the video it continues to roar. it is now in the corn are of locust and van pelt street. we are told that the building was constructed in 1880, and at this point we know that the top floor is, completely destroyed. we don't know exactly what is going on inside. we know nobody was inside when this happen. nobody inside was hurt but clearly some people have lost their belongings, we don't know to the extent that right now, just jessica and ukee would i a in the last 20 minutes or so the fire went from a three alarm fire, to a four alarm fire, clearly a more, intense fire, and right now, we can just pan over, here and for posts on the ground. you you can see, these fire fighters setting up clearly for several more hou

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is over at city hall right now to tell you more. david? >> reporter: ukee, jim kenney is a native son of philadelphia and he has made that no secret same thing with his supporters. tomorrow he'll spent his first full day here at city hall. but tonight he decided to do something a little bit different and it deals with food trucks. mayor jim kenney pledged to do things differently and did he tonight. instead of the usual formal inauguration gala he welcome hundreds to a block party featuring local food trucks at the convention center. earlier in the day -- >> congratulations mayor kenney. >> reporter: he took the oath of office to become philadelphia's 99th mayor standing by his side his daughter nora and son brendon. government functions properly when it's accessible and accountable to the people it serves. >> kenney wants to have an open administration. his priorities are fighting crime and soon he'll have a new ally in the next police commissioner richard ross. few hours after he took the oath of office, kenney attended fundraiser to pro

reporting-tonight in bellmawr, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". david, thanks so much. take look at the average prices for a gallon of regular across our area. in pennsylvania drivers are paying average of 2.08. in new jersey $1.75 and in delaware, 1.81. >>> well, it's official eagles have a new head coach. >> today the birds confirmed what everyone has been talking about for several days now. doug pederson will lead the team. >> eagles will introduce him to the media tomorrow. but sports direct don bell is here now with some reaction to the highering. >> well we've been waiting for while, right. >> yes. >> it feels like it's been a long time. three weeks and six candidates later and doug pederson is the man in charge. his resume is short, but he has long association with some of the greats. he was coached by hall of fame don shull land played along brett favre, dan marine known and donovan mcnabb. pederson arrived in town today on private jet greeted i eagles brass and then went to work at the novacare complex. over the last several days, many had picked apart his cred

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the cbs3 sat center with more on the market chaos. vid. >> reporter: jessica, it was quite a day. seconds after the opening bell rang at the stock exchange, thing started to go downhill and many investors have long few days ahead waiting to see what next week will bring. there wasn't much to clap about when the closing bell rang on wall street. marking what analysts call the worst start to new year ever. at one point in the day the dow found itself off more than 500 points. but at the close it rose but not much. still down 390. >> might save the consumer a few buck and here. a lot of oil companies are latent with debt. >> reporter: oil prices fell to levels not seen in a decade. crude oil $107 a barrel in jun june 2014. dipped under the 30-dollar mark today. explaining the drop in gas prices. we found drivers in the philadelphia area who are not complaining. >> i think they should be low all the time. level. i mean just because i'm buying it of course i want it to be l low. >> good for me buying gas at the pump. bad for you will of us

reporting-tonight in bellmawr, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". david, thanks so much.ake look at the average prices for a gallon of regular across our area. in pennsylvania drivers are paying average of 2.08. in new jersey $1.75 and in delaware, 1.81. >>> well, it's official eagles have a new head coach. >> today the birds confirmed what everyone has been talking about for several days now. doug pederson will lead the team. >> eagles will introduce him to the media tomorrow. but sports direct don bell is here now with some reaction to the highering. >> well we've been waiting for while, right. >> yes. >> it feels like it's been a long time. three weeks and six candidates later and doug pederson is the man in charge. his resume is short, but he has long association with some of the greats. he was coached by hall of fame don shull land played along brett favre, dan marine known and donovan mcnabb. pederson arrived in town today on private jet greeted i eagles brass and then went to work at the novacare complex. over the last several days, many had picked apart his creden

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the cbs3 sat center with more on the market chaos. david. >> reporter: jessica, it was quite a day. seconds after the opening bell rang at the stock exchange, thing started to go downhill and many investors have long few days ahead waiting to see what next week will bring. there wasn't much to clap about when the closing bell rang on wall street. marking what analysts call the worst start to new year ever. at one point in the day the dow found itself off more than 500 points. but at the close it rose but not much. still down 390. >> might save the consumer a few buck and here. a lot of oil companies are latent with debt. >> reporter: oil prices fell to levels not seen in a decade. crude oil $107 a barrel in jun june 2014. dipped under the 30-dollar mark today. explaining the drop in gas prices. we found drivers in the philadelphia area who are not complaining. >> i think they should be low all the time. level. i mean just because i'm buying it of course i want it to be l low. >> good for me buying gas at the pump. bad for you will of u

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has been following this story since it broke in october. he joins us now from the cam county prosecutor' office with the very latest tonight. david. >> reporter: ukee and jessica this is the indictment released earlier this afternoon it doesn't have a lot of information but investigators that work in this building behind me are confident they have enough information to put dj creato behind bars meanwhile his attorney says these investigators have the wrong g guy. dj creato said nothing as he left haddon township police department about an hour after he was are a arrested and charged with killing his three year olson. did dj kill his son. >> absolutely not. >> his attorney tells "eyewitness news" his client is cooperating with authorities. but says detectives have the wrong person behind bars. >> when this first happened, i called it a parent's worst nightmare. i thought nothing could be worse and i think this actually is to not only lose son, but now to be the one accused of of killing him. >> reporter: the three year old's body was discover

. >> eyewitness reporter david spunt was there ctonight is about terrorism unfortunately. that's what this is about. >> reporter: more than 200 angry and concerned west philadelphia neighbors packed the brian school to talk about what happened one week ago just a few blocks away. >> i'm shot, i'm bleeding heavily. >> jesse hartnett was ambushed and shot several times and authorities are confident edward archer pulled the trigger, not once or wise, but more than a dozen times. hartnett took three shots to the arm, archer confessed to the shooting in the name of isis and islam. >> i've been in this city as a muslim 40 years. it does not reflect the characteristics of the muslims here. >> reporter: he was just one of dozens of proud muslims who came out to show support for philadelphia police officers, many who were on stage. >> islam itself is peace if you will. it's certain people within islam that can make it hard for others. >> reporter: the fbi is the lead on the case's the bureau's director james comey spend time with officer hartnett in the hospital before briefing loc

reporting live to newark david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, david, thanks so much.ooming snowstorm always leads to a crowd at the grocery store. "eyewitness news" at wegmans in cherry hill tonight. a lot of people there stocking up and understandably they all want to be -- don't want to be snowed in without any food in the house. many were also preparing for possible loss of power. when the wint weather hits you can help us tell the story. we're asking to you share your snow photos with us on facebook, twitter, instagram. use the hash tag cbs3 snow and you could see them right here on "eyewitness news". >> and we have got you covered as we keep our eye on the storm. coverage begins tomorrow morning at 4:30. we will bring you live updates throughout the day leading to expanded coverage starting at 4:00 p.m. and we'll be with you throughout the night with complete coverage on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> in other news tonight bill cosby won a legal battle today a judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by a pittsburgh woman. the woman claimed cosby made her out

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has been following this story since it broke in october. he joins us now from the cam county prosecutor' office with the very latest tonight. david. >> reporter: ukee and jessica this is the indictment released earlier this afternoon it doesn't have a lot of information but investigators that work in this building behind me are confident they have enough information to put dj creato behind bars meanwhile his attorney says these investigators have the wrong g guy. dj creato said nothing as he left haddon township police department about an hour after he was are a arrested and charged with killing his three year olson. did dj kill his son. >> absolutely not. >> his attorney tells "eyewitness news" his client is cooperating with authorities. but says detectives have the wrong person behind bars. >> when this first happened, i called it a parent's worst nightmare. i thought nothing could be worse and i think this actually is to not only lose son, but now to be the one accused of of killing him. >> reporter: the three year old's body was discover

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt caught up with the bucks county family and the girl's doctor, about her brave fight against the disease. >> it was happenstance that pope francis just blocks from independence hall stopped his motorcade to kiss little gee and an on her head, little did he know, that now famous kiss was just centimeters from a brain tumor, she has fought since birth. >> i cried. >> that is was kristin and joey telling their story to "eyewitness news", a day after the kiss. we met them again in november, after they learned, gee ana's tumor slang so much, it is barely visible on her latest mri. >> she continues to make progress every day, we're just trying to maintain a normal life. >> now the family feels positive energy, as they approach another mri. scheduled for next week. >> hopefully we will continue to see more progress, you know, there is no magic bullet when you are going through this kind of stuff. as long as you're going forward, and it is slow steady progress. >> her brain tumor isn't typical brain tumor. >> how rare is her condition? >> her condition i

reporting in bellmawr, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> and, the latest numbers from triple a show that drivers in southeastern pennsylvania are paying average of 2.08 a gallon, in new jersey, it is 1.69. in delaware, it is a buck 79 for that gallon of regular gas. >> all right, right now, 5:36. time for check on your business news this morning, and world-wide twitter outage, and the irs is ready for your return. money watch's hena daniels joins us up at the new york stock exchange with those stories and much more for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika, the irs is ready to start the tax season, internal revenue service is excepting tax returns starting today. and taxpayers are being advised to check their mail and e-mail for important documents, coming their way, including health insurance forms, and other tax information. more than 150 million tax returns are expected to be filed this year. >> if you're headed to the sun dance film festival, your next uber ride could be on a helicopter. the ride sharing app is partnering with airbus, to take customers from t

we're live tonight david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> winter is certainly here, david, thanks souch. >>> the plow trucks are ready to hit the road and for the first time you'll be a toil keep a close eye on the plows as they clear the snow during the winter storm. natasha brown is live in new castle, delaware, tonight with more how this all work. natasha. >> reporter: jessica, deldot actually is already gun prepping major highways like interstate knife here which is what i'm alongside right now and take a look behind me. you can see the snowplows are gathering here at the salt yard and now you will be just an app away from tracking these snowplows throughout the area. >> we applied salt brine to the roads today. >> reporter: delaware department of transportation is getting ahead of the massive snowstorm predicted to hit the region in the next couple of days. as many as 450 saul trucks will soon be canvassing more than 13,000 miles throughout the state and now you'll be able to track their every move. >> you can look at the real-time location of the snowplows throughout delaware.

. >>> our team coverage continues now with "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt in trenton. as we heard the governor apologized to day. >> reporter: yes, he did apologize back here in trenton at the state house. he usually is in new hampshire where he has been lately, campaigning for the presidency of the united states but this was his first public apology, he said, the the entire thing, ukee was a joke. >> i don't know what you expect me to do go down there with a mop. >> reporter: just a few word governor chris christie started a fire storm after insisting on the campaign trail that he didn't need to physically be on the jersey shore with flooding victims. he then used the word crazy when he talking about north wildwood mayor patrick rosenel lo but governor took a different tone tuesday at the capitol in trenton after i asked him about his comments in new hampshire. >> i got carried away at a town hall meeting. it is not first time i have said something that i late's pol guyed for. the it doesn't happen often but it happens. >> reporter: christie called the mayor earlier t

meanwhile he is behind bars tonight on 750 thousand dollar bails reporting in camden county david spuntness news >> president obama concluded final state of the union address which he used to focus on the future. white house called the speech anna do the to avenue latch of negativity from gop. >> the president of the united states: optimistic president obama told the nation he is looking to the future into into i want to focus on the next five years, next 10 years and beyond e part of that involved looking back at the last seven. the president counted his accomplishment. >> in the middle of longest streak of job in history. >> reporter: the climate change agreement and america's resolve against terrorism. >> when you come after americans we go after you. and it may take times but we have long memories and our reach has no limits e d pretty mentioned strange volitions. >> one of the few regrets the suspicion between the parties have gotten worse instead of better. >> reporter: president obama reminded americans one year from now he'll be right along side them as a private citizen. follow

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt was at that community meeting.onight is about terrorism unfortunately. that's what this meeting is about. >> reporter: more than 200 angry and concerned west philadelphia neighbors packed the bryant school to talk about what happened one weeing a just a few blocks away. >> i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: police officer jesse hartnett was ambushed and shot several times and authorities are confident edward archer pulled the trigger not once or twice but more than a dozen times. hartnett took three shots to the arm and authorities tell "eyewitness news" edward archer confessed to the shooting in the name of isis and islam. >> i've been in this city as a muslim for 40 years. and it does not reflect the characteristic of the muslims here. >> reporter: this man was just one of dozens of proud muslims who came out to show support for philadelphia police officers. many who were on stage. >> islam itself is peaceful. it's certain people within islam that can make it hard for others. >> reporter: fbi is the lea

reporting from camden county, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> 5:16 right now.our first snow flakes of the season last night but nothing compared to what they are dealing with in upstate new york. imagine having that this morning. winter wonderland outside of buff le where cities are getting pounded with as much as 2 feet of snow. but hey upstate insuring what can you do. there is more snow today in the forecast. >> remember it could always be worse or better if you love the snow. >> some people are hoping and waiting for that. >> absolutely. >> ski resorts included there. >> we have wind this morning, katie. >> it is really cold outside when you factor that wind in. it is cold enough. our thermometer readings are reading only 31 degrees. we don't even hit freezing mark here today. you have to factor in the persistent west wind. maybe not as harsh. the trust me i was just you the side on the sky deck. it does not feel g bundle up adequately, guys. lets take a look at statistics for you. this is this time of the year, this is what we expect this time of the year.

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has a wrap up of today's festivitiefestivitiesfestivitie. ♪ >>eporter: since 1901 the most popular way in philadelphia to ring in the new year. and this year did not disappoi disappoint. >> doing this for 31 years. i'm going to do it for 31 more. >> reporter: thousands lined broad street to check out the costumes, music and have a little fun along the way. >> i think it makes everyone like check out what the mummers performance is. >> reporter: late in the afternoon thing moved to the convention center where families, friends and yes, more mummers continued the party. and when the sun went down thousands rushed to south philly for the famous two street strut. >> born and raised. something you don't miss. nothing like it neighbors come out everybody says hello, has good time. >> reporter: two street strut is the after party. one that lines block after block of second street south of washington avenue. >> it's a tradition that gets family and friends together. i couldn't ask for anything more. >> reporter: anthony is with the funny bones brigade. h

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt was at that community meeting. tonight is about terrorism unfortunately. that's what this meeting is about. >> reporter: more than 200 angry and concerned west philadelphia neighbors packed the bryant school to talk about what happened one weeing a just a few blocks away. >> i'm shot. i'm bleeding heavily. >> reporter: police officer jesse hartnett was ambushed and shot several times and authorities are confident edward archer pulled the trigger not once or twice but more than a dozen times. hartnett took three shots to the arm and authorities tell "eyewitness news" edward archer confessed to the shooting in the name of isis and islam. >> i've been in this city as a muslim for 40 years. and it does not reflect the characteristic of the muslims here. >> reporter: this man was just one of dozens of proud muslims who came out to show support for philadelphia police officers. many who were on stage. >> islam itself is peaceful. it's certain people within islam that can make it hard for others. >> reporter: fbi is the l

president's actions done through executive order are constitutional g "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is in our sat center tonight and talked with a constitutional law supper. >> a lot of people want to know if these executive orders have any teeth. what do they mean and can they be thrown out? i spoke to that expert who says well, yes, it may just take while. those close to gun violence though they applaud the president's executive orders. >> i talk to him every day. every single day. every day. >> reporter: chester county resident carmen says the pain of losing his grandson to gun violence stings three years after benjamin wheeler was killed behind the walls of sandy hook elementary school. >> always had sympathy for people who experienced tragedy. but now i can actually feel what they feel. >> reporter: six-year-old benjamin was one of 20 students killed in december 2012 emotional president obama made them a focal point of his executive orders calling for gun control. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> per happen mad that members of congress said no to gun co

reporting live to newark david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, david, thanks so much. looming snowstorm always leads to a crowd at the grocery store. "eyewitness news" at wegmans in cherry hill tonight. a lot of people there stocking up and understandably they all want to be -- don't want to be snowed in without any food in the house. many were also preparing for possible loss of power. when the wint weather hits you can help us tell the story. we're asking to you share your snow photos with us on facebook, twitter, instagram. use the hash tag cbs3 snow and you could see them right here on "eyewitness news". >> and we have got you covered as we keep our eye on the storm. coverage begins tomorrow morning at 4:30. we will bring you live updates throughout the day leading to expanded coverage starting at 4:00 p.m. and we'll be with you throughout the night with complete coverage on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> in other news tonight bill cosby won a legal battle today a judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by a pittsburgh woman. the woman claimed cosby made her o

reporting in camden county, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> and we have some breaking news overseas. this is just in to us there is new individual woe was just broadcast from turkey where explosion has rocked a popular tourist spot in east tam bull. government officials say at least ten people are dead, more than dozen others are hurt. while they say it is still too soon to noah cause, investigators believe this may be the work of a suicide bomber. we will stay on top of the story and update you as soon as we get more information. >>> some big news this morning, concerning the philadelphia inquirer, the philadelphia daily news, and philly.com. in a surprise move, their owner has donated them to a non-profit. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joining us with more on. >> this a surprise on the move. >> interesting move. jerry holding press conference later this morning to explain his decision, now, else the owner of the philadelphia media network, which includes the inquirer, daily news, and philly.com. he says he's making this donation to preserve and develop public ser

but as "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us not everyone at the new jersey shore is ready to forgive him. >> i got carried away last night at a town hall meeting. it is not first time i got carried away and said something i late's pol guyed for. >> reporter: governor chris christie said he made a mistake in how he responded to a question about why he wasn't at the shore for the flood clean up. >> i don't know what you expect me to do do you want me to go down there with the the mop. >> reporter: christie made a comment on the campaign trail on monday night. he called north wildwood mayor patrick rosenello crazy for insinuating that the weekend storm was worse than super storm sandy. >> i had a night to sleep on it and i didn't feel good about what i said about him. i called and apologized to him. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" caught up with marrows until owe after he heard from the governor a lot of elect officials don't typically apologize. the appreciate the fact that he did that. i have been saying for days we just need to get work down here. >> reporter: those who cal

president's actions done through executive order are constitutional g "eyewitness news" reporter david spunts in our sat center tonight and talked with a constitutional law supper. >> a lot of people want to know if these executive orders have any teeth. what do they mean and can they be thrown out? i spoke to that expert who says well, yes, it may just take while. those close to gun violence though they applaud the president's executive orders. >> i talk to him every day. every single day. every day. >> reporter: chester county resident carmen says the pain of losing his grandson to gun violence stings three years after benjamin wheeler was killed behind the walls of sandy hook elementary school. >> always had sympathy for people who experienced tragedy. but now i can actually feel what they feel. >> reporter: six-year-old benjamin was one of 20 students killed in december 2012 emotional president obama made them a focal point of his executive orders calling for gun control. >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> per happen mad that members of congress said no to gun cont

the owner tells "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt this is worst case of animal abuse she has seen in years. >> one, two three, pull. >> reporter: after repeated tries, three fire department and about 20 bucks county volunteers brought seven year-old claire is a to her feet, she's in bad conditions, starving with multiple health problems. >> i was a little kid that used to rescue all of the animals in the the world. >> reporter: laurie runs last chance ranch and rescued her from a local farm this week. 1,000-pound horse is one of several animals rescued. >> sixteen horses, 20 sheep and goats, five dogs, a pig and a cow. >> reporter: otto and trixy are facing health problems but claire is the the worst. she was down all day before help arrived. >> i have asked for a couple guys and i got the entire fire department. it was awesome. >> we can sure them up. >> reporter: fire chief calvin, brought his entire department to help out. >> we don't think twice bit. we're all volunteer. we all work during the day and we come and do this. >> reporter: joining richland town were haycock and ric

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt talk to the constitutional law expert and a gun control advocate who applaud the executive actions. >> i talked to him every day. every single day. every day. >> reporter: chester county resident carmen lopis says the the pain of losing his grandson to gup violence hurts three years after benjamin wheeler was killed behind the walls of the sandy hillel meantry school. >> i have always had sympathy for people who experience tragedy but now i can actually feel what they feel. >> reporter: six year-old benjamin was one of 20 students killed in december 2012, an emotional president obama made them a focal point of his executive order calling for gun control. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. >> reporter: perhaps mad that members of the congress said no, to gun control reform on a national level, and now the the president's new executive orders focus on background check laws in place, and beef up checks for on line purchases, and at gun shows. >> they are well established part of the american political system. >> reporter: chip bec

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has a wrap up of today's festivitiefestivitiesfestivitie. ♪ >>orter: since 1901 the most popular way in philadelphia to ring in the new year. and this year did not disappoi disappoint. >> doing this for 31 years. i'm going to do it for 31 more. >> reporter: thousands lined broad street to check out the costumes, music and have a little fun along the way. >> i think it makes everyone like check out what the mummers performance is. >> reporter: late in the afternoon thing moved to the convention center where families, friends and yes, more mummers continued the party. and when the sun went down thousands rushed to south philly for the famous two street strut. >> born and raised. something you don't miss. nothing like it neighbors come out everybody says hello, has good time. >> reporter: two street strut is the after party. one that lines block after block of second street south of washington avenue. >> it's a tradition that gets family and friends together. i couldn't ask for anything more. >> reporter: anthony is with the funny bones brigade. he

david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news" >>> indonesia's president is returning if the site of yesterday ofly deadly terror attack as three isis supporters are in custody there, they know the identity of five suicide bombers, two of them served time on terror charges of the at least two people killed, 20 more hurt when militants attacked a star bucks. burlington county's men and women in blue now have a mu crime fighting tool. it's called dna asset marking. residents and business owners can purchase a kit to mark valuables, each kit is registered with police and unique. you can only undercover the invisible solution with ultraviolet light say somebody steels one of your marked item like a watch or piece of jewelry. police recover the item and investigators can quickly id the rightful owner. >> it's a scary tool to offenders that they will be caught. the property will be returned to the owners and it will tie that suspect to the location of the crime. >> clever idea. camden county began using this new technology back in june. >>> there's still no word on the identities of the three big winners

full story coming up tonight at 6:00 here on "eyewitness news", reporting live in haddon township david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >>> tributes are pouring in from around the world for david bow i, british rock star is dead at the a age of 69, just two days after releasing his latest album. bow he i rose to fame in the 07's with his changing personas and bound dry pushing music. cbs news reporter tina krause has more from his life from london. >> ♪ >> reporter: david bowie was one of a kind from his first 1969 space odyssey to hi jazz inspired album released just last week ever changing artist kept his audience guessing. >> ♪ >> reporter: from the his ziggy star dust to white suit and pop czar in the mid 80's, bowie kept changing. >> he really did have it all. >> reporter: paul is a bowie biographer. he rewrote the rules and redefined what a pop star could be. >> reporter: he was born david jones in london in 1947. he told cbs in 2002, he always knew he was an artist. >> i mean, quite late in my teens i didn't know if i would be a musical or if i would be painting

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is outside the camden county courthouse with the the shocking details, david. >> reporter: they are shocking and so many people called this case bizarre since the the story broke october 13th. camden county prosecutor's office has not released many details at all about this case but tonight we are learning more. they say their case is stronging but they admit the the evidence is circumstantial. dj creato was quiet the as he walked in the courtroom in camden county but he did take a moment to look at family and friend. he is charged with killing his three-year old son brendan. >> why would someone kill their own child, there must be a reason for someone to do something like that. >> reporter: brendan was found in the wood not even half mile from dj's haddon township home october 13th. the his autopsy and toxicology testing came back inconclusive, section chief christine shaw with the camden county prosecutor's office presented what she called a circumstantial case, for the first time the the public learned that little brendan was discovered partia

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at the philadelphia streets department with more on that, david? >> reporter: hi jessica. we were at streets maintenance yard which is normally maintenance yard. it is salt and plow yard. one of these trucks behind me folks have been getting ready all week for this event. they have been working all week and they expect more probably until manor tuesday, just to make sure that everything is under control. we have spotted plows. we have spotted salt trucks, to stay constant, flow of people coming in and out of here tonight and job here at the philadelphia streets department, they are not doing major interstates but they are taking care of the streets that you are on when you leave your neighborhood. the main streets you are on when you go to the store. obviously they don't want people doing those things with this weather but in case people are out there, they have to make sure that those streets are taken care of. i had a chance to speak with the gentlemen who is in charge of the making sure that those streets are properly salted, and safe. >

david spunt takes us to south jersey where prices at the pump are the lowest. >> i tell you what, ifaper, start getting spoils. >> but many drivers are already spoiled. and the prices are not a fluke. this station in turnersville, is selling regular for a dollar 47. and so are four more. >> i found it on app i had on my phone, so i specifically drove here for it. >> the reason the price of oil dropping and fast. the closing bell friday didn't bring much confidence to consumers. >> average investor probably shouldn't check the 401k right now. it will put now bad mood. >> financial experts same, the key is to ride things out. and not to panic when the opening bell rings. still, you can expect, the gas prices to stay low for now. >> his offers already expect to go see new low gas price records. the average price for gallon of gas is a dollar 90. down from 3.68 in june of 2014. >> really spry and demand, and there is a glut, plenty of crude out out there. that's why the prices are solo. >> what changed? >> what changed is the price of barrel of oil in june 2014 price of barrel of oil was

reporting in south philadelphia, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". check out website, full wrap up of the festive tis including the winners of all every those competitions, and congrats to everyone who made it happen. planning for next year begins tomorrow. >> protesters from black lives matter dis runt dollars some of the parade calling for justice in the wake of several deadly police shootings, while it was mostly peaceful it, ends with two arrests, organizers from the group tell "eyewitness news" about 150 protesters were on the streets yesterday. though say this boy last seen around 11:00 new years overnight in the area of south aubrey. police say the boy has autism, may run if approached. so if you see him or you know where he is, call allentown police. (police say massive manhunt underway for the gunman, who killed two people, and injured three other. >> residents say recognize the man, israeli after and from the village. 131 palestinians have been killed in the violence over the past three months. >> in his weekly address, president obama said

reporting from the sat center, david spunt, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> the fbi arrests members of the armed group who took over a federal wild life refuge in oregon. evan bundy and several others were arrested yesterday following a traffic stop. shots were fired but it is unclear who fired first. authorities say that at least one person died. published reports identifying him as le invoice sinicouple. >>> a shooting leaves two people dead and three others injured this happened last night at a homeless camp known as the jungle. the investigators believe the the shooting was targeted and don't think other homeless people are at list being. they are looking for two persons of the interest. >>> 6:09. still ahead any works about the the zika virus, find out why pregnant would need to be concern. >>> next g.o.p. debate is tomorrow but donald trump plans to be a in show. find out yes is boycotting the event. >>> delauren, remember these has in the been made in three decades but now it is going back to the future just like the movie that made it famous. find out when you can drive one around,

eye witt the necessary news reporter david spunt has more on what this means for clinton's campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton greeted a sea of supporters about it the but made no mention of the news that broke hours earlier surrounding her personal e-mail server. the news that she may have sent or received, top secret e-mails on her personal server, exploded on line and on the campaign trail, late this afternoon. seven e-mail chains containing 37 pages were being upgraded in to top secret in consultation with the intelligence community we are making this upgrade. >> reporter: top secret is one of the highest levels of the classification and applies to information that could cause grave damage to the national the security. the e-mails were on her home server in new york and she has repeat thely denied e-mailing any classified information using her personal server. >> i did not e mail any classified materials to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified material. >> reporter: news of the e-mail broke three days before the the iowa caucus, and an event seen as officials start to t

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has wrap up of the new year day festivities. >> ♪ >> it since90; the most popular way in philadelphia to ring in the new year. >> this year did not disappoint. >> doing this for 31 years, and i'm going to do it for 31 more. >> thousands lined broad street to check out the costumes, music, and have little fun along the way. >> i think it makes everyone like check out what the mummers is. >> late in the afternoon shall things moved to the convention center, where families, friends, and yes, more mummers, continued to party. and then when the sun went down, thousands rushed to south philly for the famous two street strut. it is how i was born and raised, something you don't miss, nothing like it. >> neighbors comes out, everyone shows face, waves, says hello, has a good time. >> the two street strut is the after party. one that lines block after block of second street, south of washington avenue. >> it is an interested that's gets family and friends together. couldn't ask for anything more. can't ask for anything more. >> anthony with the funny bon

reporting live in he sea i'll city david spunt. >> we'll be watching david thank you. >> the city was brought to a standstill by the storm. tomorrow things will locally return to normal. septa is beginning a four a.m. launch of trolley lines. also, operating starting at four a.m. regional rails and norristown high speed line. philly international airport will slowly resume options tomorrow. >> some parts of the suburbs still many roads remain covered tonight. eyewitness news walt hunter has been bracing conditions in wested county. walt, it looks like conditions are much better. >> reporter: absolutely. we are standing a top a mountain of snow on this shopping center along route 30 in paoli there were mounts of snow in chester county today. fortunately most of the snow was dry, not heavy wet and clingy. as a result few reports of tree limbs down and even fewer reports of downpour lines and outages. it was plow versus mother nature in the super bowl of storms. crews across chester county struggling to keep the road open. >> crazy. unbelievable. can't keep up with it. trying, can't: u c

fire for at times, using a private e-mail server to conduct business, while secretary of state david spunt has more on what this means for her campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton greeted supporters tonight but made no mention of the the news that broke just hours earlier, surrounding her personal e-mail server. news that she may have sent or received top secret e-mails, on her personal server, exploded on line and on the campaign trail late this afternoon. seven e-mail chains totaling 37 pages were being upgraded in classification to top secret. >> in consultation with the intelligence community we are making this upgrade. >> reporter: top secret is considered one of the highest levels of classification and applies to information that could cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. the e-mails were on her home server in chap contract new york and she has denied e-mailing any classified information using her personal server. >> i did not e-mail any classified materials to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified material. >> reporter: news of the e-mail broke just thr

david spunt and diana rocco. vid let's begin with you at 21 and locust. >> ukee, two firefighters are recovering to night with minor injuries. the good news i can report they will be released from the who hospital shortly and they'll be okay. crews behind mow right now are putting out hot spots and listen, any time you have to put out fire it's difficult but you add in this cold weather tonight, it makes things that much more difficult. relentless names shot out of the windows and from the roof of this historic building on vanpelt and locust just after 5:30 as people people came home from workly one harm quickly turned into a four alarm. all hands were on deck. water poured out of fire hoses on to the place, creating a rain effect. but it was dry and cold and that made things even more dangerous for crews. >> if you don't keep the water flowing your hose lines can freeze up, also. so you have to worry about frost bite. there's lot of issues when you have weather like this. >> reporter: mayor jim kenney in wads are

ross has ordered cruisers to turn off the light bars while patrolling, "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt will shed more light and what it means on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> commissioner ross also didn't waste anytime pulling together his top brass. he officiated swearing in of deputy commissioner myron paterson this morning at police headquarters. the pather son was promoted from the rank have of chief inspector and will lead the patrol operations. he called on officers and residents to work together to achieve important changes. >> if there is any resentment, that is on all parties part, about past circumstances, and, there is never no forgiveness. you have to be able to forgive and move forward on different issues, and pledge to work together. >> deputy commissioner paterson is a 30 year veteran of the department. >>> montgomery county's common pleas court makes history with a new addition. "eyewitness news" at the the courthouse in norristown where dan clifford was sworn in. he becomes first openly gay judge on the bench. >> being the first lgbt candidate elect to a county offic