"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live on campus tonight with new details. vid. >> reporter: jessica and ukee, you can bet there are a lot of questions from students, parents and faculty about exactly what's going on to put it in perspective you said about 200 people sick. there's only about i wasn't 800 students and faculty combined on the camotes. they just want to know what is going on. the streets and walkways of ursinus college were almost completely empty thursday night. sure it's outside, but people stayed inside for another reason. almost 200 are recovering from a mysterious outbreak that began earlier this week. >> a girl next to me had to leave and low though up, and it turns out she was sick. so i feel kind of like it's doom for me. >> 185 students staff and faculty are sick almost twice the number from wednesday night. 30 went to the hospital urgent care. school authorities believing dining halls may have been breeding ground and closed them for a few days. they have since reopen. wawa and other local businesses pitched in to feed students and sta

reporting live in the sat center tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >>and be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" as the cosby hearing enters its second day tomorrow. we'll have the latest on tv and of course on cbsphilly.com. >>> chaka if a, jr., the son of congressman fattah is behind bars tonight taken into custody immediately after being sentenced that five years in prison. fattah, jr. was convicted on 22 of 23 counts during his bank and tax fraud trial back in novemb november. the judge also ordered fattah, jr. torque pay $1.1 million in restitution. >>> tonight the presidential candidates are in new sham hampshire trying to use their success to iowa to appeal to voters democrat hillary clinton rallied supporters in hampton tonight. earlier today, party officials ruled clinton narrowly defeated sanders in the closest iowa democratic caucus in history. meanwhile republican ted cruz greeted enthusiastic crowd in wyndham where he's looking for a second win. both sides fought over president obama's policies. >> long lasting legacy of barack obama is goin

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt outside the courthouse right now in norristown with more on the ruling. david? >> reporter: ukee, bill cosby could have walk out the doors hyped me earlier tonight not facing any more charges, but that is not the case. tonight his legal team is preparing for a major battle in this courtroom behind me that could send him behind bars for the rest of his life. day two and bill cosby confidently walked past a throng of supporters on his way into the montgomery county courthou courthouse. cosby's legal team spent hours trying to convince a judge that an apparent agreement between former district attorney bruce castor and bill cosby is valid. castor testified tuesday that he agreed not to prosecute cosby for an alleged sexual assault in 2005. but after two days of testimony, the judge decided the reported agreement doesn't stand and that charges against cosby could move forward. in december, the 78-year-old was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting former temple employ andrea con stan at his home 11 years ago. cosby's team then tried to ha

and i want justice for my son. >> reporter: in bucks county david spunt for cbs-3 eyewitness house. >:15 right now. we are continuing to keep an eye on storm scan three this morning as rain head towards the delaware valley but not just rain we're worried about either. katie is outside with a look at what we can expect from that storm, katie. >> it is not just rain. we have got severe weather impacts, wind impacts and even still early this morning winter weather advisory posted for potential of icing, thin glaze further north you travel. so a a lot to talk about, guys and i am standing on the sky deck where off in the distance you can barely make out sky scrapers. fog is the other issue. we are technically between systems here but that second storm on the way starting to lift in with time with heavier rain will bring the brunt of what this several multi day event worth of wet weather, issues have brought us and it will come through second half of the day to day. at the moment what we're finding it not beginning of the storm but we are sitting between the system but there is so much moi

reporting from the sat center this morning, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> hour after the story made headlines, trump appeared at south carolina town hall meeting and appeared to soften his comment. >> i think he was very much misinterpreted and i also think he was given false information. know would have heard our side, the side from people that live in the united state. >> would you like to meet with him and talk with him? >> i'll do it any time he wants. >> also appearing, john kasich and jeb bush, the former florida governor who is catholic was reluctant to question trump's fate. >> he knows what his fate is. if he has a relationship with the lords, if he doesn't ... >> all they do is value walls in washington. >> the latest cbs news poll shows trump 22 points ahead of his closest rival, ted cruz, in south carolina. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton, and bernie sanders, also held separate town hall meeting in nevada where democrats caucus tomorrow. they, too, spoke about immigration. both candidates are hoping to gain support from minority voters, they promise to make immi

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has more on the split second decisions the officers made that'sarning them praise tonight. >> reporter: philadelphia police officer michael edwards drove through mifflin park in south philadelphia thursday night. his typical beat. 24 hours earlier, he feared for his live in the same place after he says 20-year-old sharif hips came up to his car, knocked on the door and asked for help. except he didn't want help. >> his first response was, i should blow your f'ing head off. >> it happened just after 6:00 wednesday night. edwards said after the threat, haines blocked him in his squad car and wouldn't let him out. finally officer edwards was able to make it out of the car but he says the taunting continued. >> pulled his hand back out and pointed it at me as if he was pulling a trigger of a gun. i couldn't to do aim my firearm at him. >> reporter: edwards called for backup and officer eric tyler was on the scene in minutes to help. they told haines to stand back. but they say he didn't listen. officer tyler pulled out his taser and hit haines. he was

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has a closer look at some of the damage. >> reporter: from the air the scene was devastating, powerful wind blew roof off this dairy barn in richboro leaving hundreds of cows in the the path of danger. >> a amazing force just to come through and tore that off there. >> reporter: no cows or people were injured. a miracle according to miracle lenny tanner, which the farm has been in his family for decade. >> the timing was right and nobody was in harms way. >> reporter: tanner says his farm full of almost 400 cows lost power. we spoke to him inside tanners, the family store on the dairy property. >> it is just hard to believe that as much damage can be done in a short period of time. >> reporter: wind took down this tree in nearby feasterville that crushed most of raymon engel's home. >> i watched the tree, i looked at it, i checked it, it started to go over. i just said to myself, here it goes. i was probably ten, 15 feet from where it actually hit. >> reporter: from a major winter storm to just a few weeks ago to strong wind and temperatures in t

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has more on the split second decisions the officers made that'sning them praise tonight. >> reporter: philadelphia police officer michael edwards drove through mifflin park in south philadelphia thursday night. his typical beat. 24 hours earlier, he feared for his live in the same place after he says 20-year-old sharif hips came up to his car, knocked on the door and asked for help. except he didn't want help. >> his first response was, i should blow your f'ing head off. >> it happened just after 6:00 wednesday night. edwards said after the threat, haines blocked him in his squad car and wouldn't let him out. finally officer edwards was able to make it out of the car but he says the taunting continued. >> pulled his hand back out and pointed it at me as if he was pulling a trigger of a gun. i couldn't to do aim my firearm at him. >> reporter: edwards called for backup and officer eric tyler was on the scene in minutes to help. they told haines to stand back. but they say he didn't listen. officer tyler pulled out his taser and hit haines. he was i

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has this story of the officers ' quick decision that's making the police commissioner stand up and take notice. >> philadelphia police officer, michael edwards, drove through mifflin park in south philadelphia thursday night. his typical beat. twenty-four hours earlier, he feared for his life in the same place after he says 20 year old sheree came to up his car, knock on the door, and asked for help. except he didn't want help. >> his first response was i should below your f head off. >> it happened just after 6:00 wednesday night. edwards says after the threat, haines blocked him in his squad car and wouldn't let him out. finally, officer edwards was able to make it out of the car, but he said the taunting continued. >> pulled his hand back out, and pointed it at me as if he was holding the gun, as he was -- as he was pulling the trigger after gun. and i continued to aim my firearm at him. >> edwards called for back up, and officer eric tyler was on the scene in minutes to help. they told haines to stand back. but they say he didn't listen. off

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has a look at some of the damage. >> reporter: from the air, the scene was devastating. powerful winds blew the roof off this dairy barn in richboro leaving hundreds of cows in the path of danger. >> amazing force that just come through and just tour that off of there. >> reporter: no cows or people were injured. a miracle according to owner lenny tanner. the farm has been in his family for decades. >> i guess the timing was right, and like i said nobody was in harm's way. >> reporter: tanner says his barn full of almost 400 cows lot of power. we spoke to him inside tanners the family store on the dairy prompt. >> just hard to believe that that much damage could be done in such a short period of time. >> reporter: winds took down this tree nearby feasterville. it crush most of ramon engle's home. >> i watch the tree. i look at it. it started to go over and i just said to myself, here it goes. and i was probably 10, 15 feet away from where it actually hit. >> reporter: from major winter storm just a few week ago to strong winds and temperatures in t

reporting live tonight in the sat center david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you david.eanwhile investigators are trying to figure out if someone intentionally through a rock at an amtrak train pass through philadelphia this weekend. amtrak 2222 access la express headed to new york city when a rock shattered a window. it happened along the same stretch of tracks where the amtrak train derailed last may. none of the 201 passengers on board acela train last night were hurt. >>> the trucker charged in the crash that severely injured comedian tracy morgan pleads not got. kevin roper appeared before a judge in new brunswick courtroom today. pope per is facing aggravat aggd manslaughter and on thes charges. his friend james mcnair was killed in that wreck. roper was was employed by wall march at the time of the crash which happened on the new jersey turnpike in cranbury. >> former montgomery county district attorney bruce castor is expected to testify tomorrow in the sexual assault against against bill cosby. cosby says castor promised not to prosecutor him in exchange for his

reporting live tonight in the sat center david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you david. meanwhile investigators are trying to figure out if someone intentionally through a rock at an amtrak train pass through philadelphia this weekend. amtrak 2222 access la express headed to new york city when a rock shattered a window. it happened along the same stretch of tracks where the amtrak train derailed last may. none of the 201 passengers on board acela train last night were hurt. >>> the trucker charged in the crash that severely injured comedian tracy morgan pleads not got. kevin roper appeared before a judge in new brunswick courtroom today. pope per is facing aggravat aggd manslaughter and on thes charges. his friend james mcnair was killed in that wreck. roper was was employed by wall march at the time of the crash which happened on the new jersey turnpike in cranbury. >> former montgomery county district attorney bruce castor is expected to testify tomorrow in the sexual assault against against bill cosby. cosby says castor promised not to prosecutor him in exchange for h

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has that story. >> that is life support machine that ventilate are right there you take that off i stop breathing, plan and same many. >> reporter: life these days isn't easy for 66 year-old joe slider, south jersey father of four and grandfather of 11 spend his days confine the to the chair in the corner of his living room hoping to live another day. >> i pretty much am stable from the neck up. from the neck down it is what it is. >> reporter: slider was once an active man a phillies fan since birth he went to spring training in florida within year with the team. the his life changed in 2012, and fast. >> i go to pick up a pencil and i would drop it. >> reporter: he rush to meet with doctors. >> lou gehrig had it and he died from it. >> reporter: als is a a rare disease that cripples the body, there is no known cause or cure for the disease. it the effects around 6,000 people a year. the news was devastating for a man loves to build things. including the room where he now calls home. >> carpetry is my love. it is like a project to me. >> reporte

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has that story.t's a live support machine that ventilator right there. you take that off i stop breathing plain and simple. >> reporter: live these days isn't easy for 66-year-old joe. the father of four and grandfather of 11 spends his days confined to a chair in the corner of his living room hoping to live another day. >> i'm pretty much stable from the neck up. from the neck down it is what it is. >> reporter: he was once an active man. a phillies fan since birth he went to spring training in florida one year with the team. his live changed in 2012. and fast. >> i go to pick up like a pencil and i would drop it. >> reporter: he rushed to meet with doctors. >> the only thing knew i about als lou gehrig had it and died from it. >> reporter: als cripples the body there's no known cause or cure for the disease. it affects around 6,000 people a year. the news was devastating for a man who loves to build things including the room where he now calls home. >> plumbing was my job, but carpentry is my love.

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows us how. >> reporter: it's friday nigh night.ne of the busiest for the crew the romeo's in vineland on this night the talk is about pizza but more importantly the war against drugs. >> stop saying the kids are bad. the kids are not bad. the parents are bad. because they don't want to talk to the kids about drug. >> romo opened the place three years ago and started putting stickers on his pie boxes to encourage parents to talk to kids about the dangers of drug use. >> we have a serious problem the kids are our future. we need to start talking to them em it's very important we spread the word and say, talk to your kids about drug. >> reporter: he started using these stickers thee weeks ago. so far he says he's used about 4,000. he's the first but several other in the vineland area are joining in. the police department is also involved. and customers seem to like it. >> actually i dealt with family members and stuff i think it should be addressed at any time that needs to be addressed. on pizza box, milk carton or wherever it's at i

"eyewitness news" david spunt is live with how trump responded tonight. david. >> reporter: jessica, donald trump and pope francis are heavy hitters from very different schools of thought and tonight they're taking spots at each other when pope francis was here in philadelphia last year, he stayed out of political talk but tonight that mixture of religion and politics is dominating the conversation. >> the pope is being told drum is that not a nice person, okay. >> donald trump is a very nice. >> on his way back from mexico pope francis ordered a reporter's question about donald trump and his stance on immigration. the pope responded in part quote a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not a christian. that is not in the gospel "few hours later, trump fired back. >> for religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. i'm proud to be a christian and as president i will not allow christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened unlike what is happening now with our current president.

reporting from the sat center this morning, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> trump appeared at south carolina town hall meeting, and he appeared to soften his criticism of the holy father. >> i think he was misinterpreted. i also think he was given false information. if he would have heard our side, the side from people that live in the united states. >> would you like to meet with him and talk to him? >> i'll do it any time he wants. >> at separate town hauls, john kasich said he was pro pope. declined to catholic trump's fate. >> late justice and the ton scalia will lie in re pot at the great hall at the supreme court today. a private ceremony will be held this morning, and then scalia's casket will be on public view for the rest of the day. the president and mrs. obama are expected to pay their respects later this afternoon. the president will not shall attending scalia's funeral tomorrow. >>> 6:10 right now. and they are a huge menace on the roads. potholes. but now one auto maker is working on a defense. finds out which cars will soon have pothole protection technology.

our david spunt shows us she's drawing all that crime fighting experience to right now to entertain. >> reporter: click of the keyboard is just one of a few sound you'll hear coming from former fbi agent jerry williams office. >> what became criminal justice. >> reporter: another is a series of pod casts, she has recorded about her story fighting crime and it is catching on. for three days this week it was the number one new, net worth i pod cast on itunes. >> i was shock. i had no idea why they select my pod cast but i'm so grateful. >> reporter: williams joined fbi in 1982, she left in 2008 before taking over as chief spokeswoman for septa. she left that job last summer. she loved it. but full-time writing called her name. >> somebody asked what will you do when you leave septa, and i said i don't know i'm a free agent maybe dye my hair blue. i said, you know what i'm dying my hair blue. >> reporter: it is hard to see but in the right light it is blue. she calls it part of her creative package and that creativity started on paper in 2007 when she wrote first few word to her persona

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt says lawyers on the both side have a lot ahead. >> reporter: day two and bill cosby walk bay throng of reporters on his way to the montgomery county courthouse. the cosby's legal team spent hours trying to convince a judge that an apparent agreement between former district attorney bruce castor, and bill cosby, is valid. >> castor testified tuesday that he agreed not to prosecute cosby for an alleged sexual assault in 2005. but after two days of testimony, the judge decided the reported agreement does not stand and that charge's against cosby could move forward. in december, the 78 year-old was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting former temple employee andrea conn stan at his home 11 years ago. cosby's team then tried to have current district attorney kevin steel removed from prosecuting the case. he argued that steele politicized cosby during his campaign for d.a. the judge says steele can remain on the case. cosby then walk out of the courthouse thanking supporters. many like this woman who stood outside all day waiting to catch a glimp

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows us how. >> it is friday night, one of the busiest for the crew at rome yo's and maury's pizza in vineland, on this night, the talk is about pizza, but more importantly the war against drugs. >> stop saying the kids are bad. the parent are bad because they don't want to talk to the kids about drugs. >> roam an opened the place three years ago, started putting these stickers on his pie box toss encourage parent to talk to kids about the dangers every drug use. >> we have a serious problem that keeps our future, we need to start talking to them, so it is very important that we spread the word. >> started using these stickers about three weeks ago, so far he says he have used about 4,000. these are the first, but several other in the vineland area are joining in. the police department is also involved. and customers seem to like it. >> i actually dealt with family members and stuff, but i think it should be addressed any time it needs to be addressed. so on pizza box, milk carton, where ever it is at it, should be addressed. >> glue up in vine l

our david spunt shows us she's drawing on all of that crime fighting experience to now entertain. >> reporter: click of the keyboard is just one of the few sound you'll hear coming from former fbi agent jerry williams office. >> another is a series of pod casts, she recorded about her stories fighting crime. it is catching on. for three days this week it was the number one, new and noteworthy pod cast on itunes. >> i was shopping. i had no idea why they select my pod cast but i'm he so grade full. >> reporter: williams joined in 1982, she left in 2008 before taking over as the chief spokeswoman as septa. she left that job last summer. she loved it but full-time writing called her name. >> somebody said what will do you when you leave septa? i said i don't know i'm a free agent maybe i'll dye my hair blue. i said you know what i'm dying my hair blue. >> reporter: in the right light, it is blue. williams called the new hair part of her creative package and that creativity started on paper in 2007 when she wrote the first few word to her personal masterpiece. a crime novel titled pay to

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in philadelphia's lawn crest neighborhood where thereas damage from this sto storm. >> reporter: strong winds took down this burger king sign on rising sun in lawn crest as people ate inside. >> i was actually on lunch and the guys were in the back. when it came down all we heard is it hard. >> jonathan rodriguez and members of his team ran outside to check out the damage. >> it is crazy. i expected it to go through the roof. there was people under there but actually it hold on and people was safe. everybody was safe. >> reporter: powerful winds took down trees and left a few thousand without power. neighbors in springfield, delaware county spent hours in the dark. >> real loud. like the whole house kind of shook a little bit. >> reporter: pj mcdevitt was and side when he lost power and went outside to find this power pole on fire. thanks to blown transformer. springfield resident bill was home when sparks started coming out of his dash washer he blames a power surge. >> noise was so loud. it was bang, bang. what -- i want out here figur

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in philadelphia's lawn crest neighborhood where there was damage from this sto storm. >> reporter: strong winds took down this burger king sign on rising sun in lawn crest as people ate inside. >> i was actually on lunch and the guys were in the back. when it came down all we heard is it hard. >> jonathan rodriguez and members of his team ran outside to check out the damage. >> it is crazy. i expected it to go through the roof. there was people under there but actually it hold on and people was safe. everybody was safe. >> reporter: powerful winds took down trees and left a few thousand without power. neighbors in springfield, delaware county spent hours in the dark. >> real loud. like the whole house kind of shook a little bit. >> reporter: pj mcdevitt was and side when he lost power and went outside to find this power pole on fire. thanks to blown transformer. springfield resident bill was home when sparks started coming out of his dash washer he blames a power surge. >> noise was so loud. it was bang, bang. what -- i want out here fig

david spunt, cbs3. eyewitness news. >> an investigation con nines a rock that hit an amtrak train in philadelphia last weekend. we first told about you this yesterday morning. an acela train on way to new york, a rock shattered a windo window. we don't know if a person threw it it was the same stretch of tracks where the amtrak train derailed last may. no 200 passengers on board that train were injured. >> a bizarre situation on the boulevard when a half-dressed man is struck and killed. this happened last night at harbison avenue and mayfair. the man was running in the outer lanes when he was first struck. the impact landed hypothetical in the inner lanes where he was struck a second time. police have not released his identity. >> 5:10 still ahead cracking down on drunk driving. we'll let you know about the push to lower the legal limit. and also, it's a circus at super bowl media day. look at this. we'll show you all the excitement leading up to the big game and big question hoo , cam newton talks fas

we will continue to follow this story, reporting live tonight from bensalem bucks county david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia department of health has confirmed its first case of the zika virus. we now necessity person with the virus is a woman in her 60's who recently return to the caribbean. she was not hospitalized and currently recovering without complications. health department official tells "eyewitness news" that there is no threat to the community. >> it is not a significant, to people locally because the mosquitoes, and transmit infections don't live or survive in philadelphia. >> health concerns are really for pregnant woman and apart from that, it is really not a significant issue. >> federal authorities have also just confirmed the second travel related case of the virus in new jersey. in pennsylvania there are five cases and no indications that there are any complications. >>> new at 6:00 some who survived hurricane sandy say they are being victimized all over again because fema wants its money back. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan

reporting tonight in the sat center david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> from special agent to free agent. doing her thing. david, thank you. >>> facebook and twitter are the latest to support apple in its standoff with the fbi. law enforcement remains up able to unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. officials say they risk wiping the phone's data entirely if apple does not help bypass its unbreakable encryption technology much so far there's no sign of a a resolution. >>> the battle between the fbi and apple makes us think about our cell phones in a different way. >> so many people take it for granted texting all sorts of things and those messages could contain private information. >> but we wonder who else can see those texts and nicole brewer that is a good question. >> it really is especially for often we use our phones, right. >> sure. >> average person sends and receives 32 texts each day with smart phone users spending about 26 minutes a day texting. now it's a lot of time and a lot of information often private information so we were curious, who can se

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is tracking developments in bensalem, david?sica and ukee. the his name is 18 year-old jacob francisco we will put a picture right now. he is a senior at bensalem high school and authorities say he admitted to baking, and then selling, five marijuana laced brownies to a middle school student, at robert shaver middle school just down the street from the police department where i'm standing. now authorities here at bensalem police say that middle school student, then in turn, resold, some of those brownies to other middle school students. ukee and jessica they believe that six to 12 students actually ingested those brownies. authorities discovered this pot browny, ring as they are calling it, on friday afternoon, here in bensalem, township, but they made the arrest today, they arrested jacob francisco. today they say he had has done this before, this is not first time he did this, they took him to jail, i spoke to publish safety director fred heron who said q