. >> reporter: past meets the future i'm david spunt and tell you how a famous forgotten railroad will soon welcome thousands. >>> we first introduced you to him yesterday, tonight we will show you moment that this nine three-year old world war two veteran received an honor decade in the making, stay with us. >>> phillies are in a miserable slump but they have one reason to feel good about their match up tonight in pittsburgh. we will talk bit later in sports. at longhorn, tonight's special, bone-in, bold flavors. get our new pork porterhouse, our new grilled lamb chops, and our signature outlaw ribeye. and for lunch, try our steakhouse burger. or any steakhouse lunch combo. you can't fake steak. >>> decade ago but now developers plan to turn the old reading railroad line into a park. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows you construction will get underway next week. >> reporter: this rocky patch of land runs through the city of philadelphia, and it need some serious tender, loving care. this is is what left of the old reading line. >> i'm excited. i can't wait to get started

landmarkses around the world have gone dark in tribute >>> david spunt is live in the cbs3 stat center with more on the attack. >> teresa may spent much of the day visiting hospitals to visit the sick and wounded. back here in the united states, police departments across the country, including first down are also on high alert. these are some of the faces of the bombing. as of now, they're unaccounted for and families are begging for good news. safy rusoo died, just eight years old. john atkinson was 26. across the atlantic in center city, philadelphia, a small group gathered to cry, pray and reflect. >> a city which is very community based and ultimately everyone knows someone >>> he moved from manchester last year. he joined others to talk about the tragedy >> it's probably the biggest most well-known venue. >>> in the u.k. authorities continue the investigation aftering 22-year-old salmon as the suicide bomberer. teresa may spoke before the nation. warning her fellow before it ends to be 50 >> there's an attack remains highly likely, that a further attack may be imminent >> a sentim

david spunt cbs3 eyewitness. >>> new developments in the russia investigation. cbs3 news has learned the senate intelligence committee wants to speak with two dozen people about what they know. on that list, michael cohen president trump's long-time person attorney. he refused to cooperate. he said there has not been a single witness, document or a piece of evidence linking me to this fake russian conspiracy. jared kushner is also under scrutiny for reportedly setting set up a back channel of communications with russia. >> mr. kushner's attorney said that mr. kushner's volunteered to share with congress what he knows about the meetings and he will do the same if he's contacted and connected with any other inquiry >> fired national security vendors michael flynn agreed to give some business records under subpoena to the senate intelligence committee >>> a 14-year-old becomes the latest victims in kensington. teen killed last night on orleans street. police are investigating three other murders since the weekend. a pair of adult siblings were shot and killed on cl

that's where "eyewitness news" david spunt is right now with more on this story tonight. david? >> reporter: ukee, good evening, the building is almost 100 years old in the 1920's, it served journalists. by 2020 it will serve the police department and several officers told me they can't wait to move in. >> decade some of the biggest stories in philadelphia came from inside this building. >> i love bringing back old buildings. >> reporter: city councilman alan dom and his colleagues will vote up or down on the proposal, dom is also a powerful developer who's personally worked on projects this size. >> this will be a great anchors, near residential street, >> ridge ross announced the plan to move in the historic building, built in 1924, the old inquirer building was full of newspaper staff until early 2012. it's collected dust ever since. >> pretty much everybody over there at 8th and race is excited >> ross is talking about this building, better known as the roundhouse, falling apart literally. take a walk-ins and it's clear. it's ready for an update or demolition. they planned t

. >> eyewitness news reporter david spunt is following the developments from our satellite center tonight. >> reporter: the latest number from authorities at least 59 injured. police are on scene and will be for some time. a u.s. law enforcement source says the explosions were filled with nails. the chief constable for the local police department says he's investigating this as terrorism unless new information changing that conclusion. melee in manchester, united kingdom after an explosion rocked the ariana grande concert. thousands were inside and went running for cover. at a nearby train station concert goers continued to run away from the scene. authorities held a news conference within the last hour. >> this is clearly a very concerning time for everyone. we're doing all that we can working with local and national agencies to support those affected. >> reporter: dash cam video reportedly captured one of the blasts. witnesses say they heard fwo loud langs after grande had left the stage. >> didn't know what went on. everybody was trampling us. it was awful. >> just really confused. jus

david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. we know the identity pilot who was killed when a medical helicopter crashed today in newcastle, delaware. this is the victim or you will see the victim, 37-year-old michael murphy of frankli franklinville, new jersey. around noon the medical cho chopper registered to the university of pennsylvania crashed behind a postal facility on quickly road newcastle a mile south of the newcastle airport. authorities say murphy was on a training flight from accuweather international when that crash happened and he was the only one aboard the cho chopper. >> sounded like it was out of gas. it sounded like propellers were not moving like it was struggling and kind of looked up and seen it go straight down. you know at the last minute. and then it blew up, of cours course. >> and the national transportation safety board faa and delaware state police are investigating the cause of the crash. no one on the ground was injured. >> a leak of volatile flammable gas from a rail car in gloingter county is c

landmarkses around the world have gone dark in tribute >>> david spunt is live in the cbs3 stat center with more on the attack. >> teresa may spent much of the day visiting hospitals to visit the sick and wounded. back here in the united states, police departments across the country, including first down are also on high alert. these are some of the faces of the bombing. as of now, they're unaccounted for and families are begging for good news. safy rusoo died, just eight years old. john atkinson was 26. across the atlantic in center city, philadelphia, a small group gathered to cry, pray and reflect. >> a city which is very community based and ultimately everyone knows someone >>> he moved from manchester last year. he joined others to talk about the tragedy >> it's probably the biggest most well-known venue. >>> in the u.k. authorities continue the investigation aftering 22-year-old salmon as the suicide bomberer. teresa may spoke before the nation. warning her fellow before it ends to be 50 >> there's an attack remains highly likely, that a further attack may be imminent >> a sentim

. >> eyewitness news reporter david spunt is following the developments from our satellite center tonight. >> reporter: the latest number from authorities at least 59 injured. police are on scene and will be for some time. a u.s. law enforcement source says the explosions were filled with nails. the chief constable for the local police department says he's investigating this as terrorism unless new information changing that conclusion. melee in manchester, united kingdom after an explosion rocked the ariana grande concert. thousands were inside and went running for cover. at a nearby train station concert goers continued to run away from the scene. authorities held a news conference within the last hour. >> this is clearly a very concerning time for everyone. we're doing all that we can working with local and national agencies to support those affected. >> reporter: dash cam video reportedly captured one of the blasts. witnesses say they heard fwo loud langs after grande had left the stage. >> didn't know what went on. everybody was trampling us. it was awful. >> just really confused. jus

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt joins us live from west chester with the story, david? >> reporter: jessica, beginning. his name is barry baker, 29 years old, he is on the run right now, u.s. marshals are on the case with the local fugitive task force. they want bake tore turn himself in as soon as possible this is video that season members of the law enforcement say is difficult to watch, a man with cerebral palsy, is minding his own business outside a west chester 7-eleven when police say 29 year-old barry baker mocks and then clocks him in the face way sucker punch. >> this is so blatant so absolutely repulsive to anybody who sees it. >> reporter: chester county sheriff bunny welsh is personally involved in finding baker and she's not wasting anytime. we found out baker has a long criminal past. he pleaded guilty to stealing metal flag holders from veterans graves a decade ago. he sold them to a scrap metal company. >> we pray for barry and pray for his heart. >> reporter: mike is with baptist church and his cemetery is where the crime happened. he wasn't here in 200

remember, you can remain anonymousment reporting live tonight from police headquarters, david spunt,ontribution 3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. >> first responders in pottstown rescue a woman from the schuylkill river thanks to a key piece of equipment in the water. >> whose boat is that? tell them to deploy that here. >> police spotted a man with a boat not far from the woman in distress as he clung to tree branches and they quickly gained aaccess to the boat and pulled her to safe tich the boat's owner was long for the ride. >> i immediately called 911 and then came over to the dock and she grabbed ahold of the branch and i felt she would wait and i didn't go over and then they came and the rescue crew jump in my boats and we went across and got her and came back over. >> woman was taken to reading trauma center for evaluation. it's not clear how she ended up in the water. >> despite the dreary weather today crowds lined state street for a delaware county tradition. the borough parade brought out spectators of all ages. and the keynote speaker at the nearby veterans square

david spunt cbs3 eyewitness. >>> new developments in the russia investigation.cbs3 news has learned the senate intelligence committee wants to speak with two dozen people about what they know. on that list, michael cohen president trump's long-time person attorney. he refused to cooperate. he said there has not been a single witness, document or a piece of evidence linking me to this fake russian conspiracy. jared kushner is also under scrutiny for reportedly setting set up a back channel of communications with russia. >> mr. kushner's attorney said that mr. kushner's volunteered to share with congress what he knows about the meetings and he will do the same if he's contacted and connected with any other inquiry >> fired national security vendors michael flynn agreed to give some business records under subpoena to the senate intelligence committee >>> a 14-year-old becomes the latest victims in kensington. teen killed last night on orleans street. police are investigating three other murders since the weekend. a pair of adult siblings were shot and killed on cle

that's where "eyewitness news" david spunt is right now with more on this story tonight. david? >> reporter: ukee, good evening, the building is almost 100 years old in the 1920's, it served journalists. by 2020 it will serve the police department and several officers told me they can't wait to move in. >> decade some of the biggest stories in philadelphia came from inside this building. >> i love bringing back old buildings. >> reporter: city councilman alan dom and his colleagues will vote up or down on the proposal, dom is also a powerful developer who's personally worked on projects this size. >> this will be a great anchors, near residential street, >> ridge ross announced the plan to move in the historic building, built in 1924, the old inquirer building was full of newspaper staff until early 2012. it's collected dust ever since. >> pretty much everybody over there at 8th and race is excited >> ross is talking about this building, better known as the roundhouse, falling apart literally. take a walk-ins and it's clear. it's ready for an update or demolition. they planned t

david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. we know the identity pilot who was killed when a medical helicopter crashed today in newcastle, delaware. this is the victim or you will see the victim, 37-year-old michael murphy of frankli franklinville, new jersey. around noon the medical cho chopper registered to the university of pennsylvania crashed behind a postal facility on quickly road newcastle a mile south of the newcastle airport. authorities say murphy was on a training flight from accuweather international when that crash happened and he was the only one aboard the cho chopper. >> sounded like it was out of gas. it sounded like propellers were not moving like it was struggling and kind of looked up and seen it go straight down. you know at the last minute. and then it blew up, of cours course. >> and the national transportation safety board faa and delaware state police are investigating the cause of the crash. no one on the ground was injured. >> a leak of volatile flammable gas from a rail car in gloingter county is c

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at cooper university hospital where those officers wereen, david? >> reporter: jessica and ukee, good evening. good news is those officers were treated and released at cooper hospital but still a very scary scene for them, they went in the house and overdose situation and moments later they found themselves in an emergency room. just after 9:00 this morning cherry hill police got a even if call about a possible overdose, at 200 block of heritage road in cherry hill, new jersey. chopper three over entire scene, two detectives, one from cherry hill police and one from the camden county prosecutor's office, entered and found a woman dead from an apparent overdose. two detectives were exposed to than an known substance. source tells "eyewitness news" it is likely a form of heroin. both were taken to the hospital, to be watched. >> thinks totally out of character. >> reporter: david thorn and other neighbors watched the bizzarre scene unfold. >> it is scary. about the last thing you want

. >> the hunt is on foreman accused of punching another with cerebral palsy i'm david spunt with what the suspect did a decade ago involving veterans graves. >>> and, petting with a purpose, thinks far from just a horse hobby, our stephanie stahl shows us the way working with these animals is helping to get lives back on donat gnc's lowest pricesnds of the season sale great products for every goal at this seasons biggest savings plus free cash back rewards sale ends june 7th change begins here one new gnc authorities say the suspect seen on surveillance video mocking and then sucker punch ing is a focus of a new manhunt. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt picks up the story >> this is video that even seasoned members of the law enforcement say that it is difficult to watch. a man with cerebral palsy, is minding his own business, outside of a west chester 7-eleven when police say 29 year-old barry baker mocks and then clocks him in the face with the sucker punch. >> thinks so blatant and so absolutely repulsive to anybody who sees it. >> reporter: chester county sheriff bunny welsh

remember, you can remain anonymousment reporting live tonight from police headquarters, david spunt, contribution 3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. >> first responders in pottstown rescue a woman from the schuylkill river thanks to a key piece of equipment in the water. >> whose boat is that? tell them to deploy that here. >> police spotted a man with a boat not far from the woman in distress as he clung to tree branches and they quickly gained aaccess to the boat and pulled her to safe tich the boat's owner was long for the ride. >> i immediately called 911 and then came over to the dock and she grabbed ahold of the branch and i felt she would wait and i didn't go over and then they came and the rescue crew jump in my boats and we went across and got her and came back over. >> woman was taken to reading trauma center for evaluation. it's not clear how she ended up in the water. >> despite the dreary weather today crowds lined state street for a delaware county tradition. the borough parade brought out spectators of all ages. and the keynote speaker at the nearby veterans squar

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"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live with more on this big announcement, david? >> reporter: hi, jessica and ukee. it is almost 100 years old, so many people pass it every day, as more history about that building, top brass at police headquarters say this movies long overdue. from journalism in the 1920's to law enforcement in the 2020 's, this iconic building at 400 north broad will soon undergo a 288 million-dollar make over. >> the efficiency is something that you really can't put a value on. >> reporter: police commissioner ross joined members of the mayor jim kenney's team to make the announcement. built in 1924 the old inquirer building was once called elverson building a tribute to the one time publisher of the newspaper. newspaper staff left building in late 2011 a 12 and building has been empty ever since, until now. >> centrally located which i personally believe that any police headquarters should be. >> reporter: working in cramped conditions at present building better known as round house the department expressed a need for change. philadelphia polic

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt talked to one man in philadelphia who has made a career in pickingies. >> we will ask you a few questions and then explain to you why you are here. >> reporter: inside this center city office a focus group is underway, members of the group are pretending to be potential jurors in a high profile case, as the front of the room the jury whisperer, mark. >> i don't mind the term, you know, i think it is a complimentary term. >> reporter: he runs mag in a legal services and he has office's cross the country, his goal, learn as much as possible about a jury, months before court is in session. >> long before you hit the courtroom is where you win your case. >> reporter: gave his focus group a series of questions and they answer with these portable hand held control ertz. he tracks in real time, to see how jurors would react to a juicy piece of evidence or outburst by a witness on the stand, in the hit cbs show bull a team analyzes a injury which similar high tech equipment. >> there are concepts that are the same like the mirror jury in the mock trials. >>

reporting live, david spunt, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> thank you, david. >> the search is on for a man accused of fireing a shot gun into another driver's car. rich land township police are looking for brandon grasso involved in three confrontations including one in quakertown where he's accused of shooting a car's rear windshield. police don't know what led to the incident. they think he was driving a mercedes benz sedan. he should be considered armed and dangerous. >> president trump is defiant in his news conversation since firing fbi i director james comey this as he prepares to return on the first foreign trip tomorrow. president trump faced questions about the appointment of a special council to investigate possible ties between the trump campaign and russia. he offered a one-word answer to whether he urged comey to drop the investigation into michael flynn. >> no. no. >> wheel i respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there's no collusion between myself and campaign. >> president trump continues point view cap dates for a new fbi director. he's close to m

our david spunt talked to one man in philadelphia made a career out of picking juries. >> reporter: he has, old days of picking jury, crossing your fingers and hoping for the best that does not work. there is high tech stuff going on here tonight. tonight i spoke to a man who is behind the scenes but agreed to snow in the spotlight to tell us what about he does. he ace i jury whisperer. he handled multi million-dollar high profile cases. >> we will ask you a few questions and then explain to you you why are here. >> reporter: inside this center city office a focus group is underway. members of the group are pre pretend to be potential jurors in a high profile case. at front of the roomies the jury whisperer, mark. >> i don't mind the term. you know, it is a compliment ary term. >> reporter: he rubs mag in a legal services and he has offices across the country. his goal, learn as much as possible about a jury, months, before court is in session. >> long before you hit the courtroom is where you really win your case. >> reporter: he gave his focus group a series of questions and they ans

reporting live tonight at cooper hospital, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. >>> it has been a growing number of police, first respond hours accidentally ingest opioids when responding to these drug scenes. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to explain how it happened. >> reporter: scary situation, guys, it happens by accident when police, paramedics are responding to a drug scene, doctors say just touching or breathing a powdered opioid can be dangerous. ohio police officer chris grin accidentally overdosed on fentanyl during a traffic stop may 14th. he was hoping to arrest two men on alleged drug charges who were in this car. you can see white powder on the floor. officer green wore mask and gloves at the scene but when he got back to the station he noticed powdered on his jacket , brushed it off and collapsed an hour later. >> i never dreamed that it was dangerous such a minute powder >> reporter: luckily emt's were nearby to administer narcan, there was a similar incident in west more land county in western pennsylvania where a police officer on a drug

coming up at 6:00 our david spunt will talk to jury consultants about what each side is looking for, once again, tonight at 6:00. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 won't be long now most of us are ready for the weekend and inn official start of summer but is the shore ready, between all of the construction signs and roadblock cades people are wondering what is in store, down the shore. >>> plus a parents give their kid juice boxes or pouches but how much juice is too much? new guidelines just in from the american academy of pediatrics, tori. >> a hero and every where else he goes there are only two people on earth that have done what this man did, and he business to get another successful health, is having the freedom ♪ to do what you want to do with your life, every single day. so at aetna, we promise to keep finding new ways to join you so nothing gets in your way. because no matter where it is you're going, or whatever stage of life you're in. we believe that when it comes to health. you don't join us. we join you. this summer will mark a somber anniversary of death of pr

i'm david spunt.d a decade ago involving veterans graves. >>> plus an unfair fare hike that is what some are saying about september's plan to raise prices, how much more you can expect to spend >>> now at 6:00 rush is honor should we say, crawl is on, chopper three live over atlantic city expressway approaching garden state parkway where drivers are inching along in that right lane as they try to make their way to their favorite shore spot for the holiday weekend. cbs-3 has already arrived, our mobile weather watcher is on the boardwalk there as we take our summerfest celebration to wildwood, drone watch three is above the board as people take a stroll, others opting for beach day taking sun in on the sand and this wildwood day making for a wildwood night. good evening, everyone i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. live in wildwood where we are seeing it happening, cbs-3 summer fest is underway, we hope you are enjoying our coverage because we are certainly enjoying bringing it to you. it is a su