our david spunt takes a look back at how it began and also what's ahead for our city. >> reporter: 241rs ago this week, delegates from the 13 colonies were inside this room, getting closer to declaring independence from king georgia the 3rd. but long before that scorching summer of 676, the transcribes settled along the delaware river in the 1600, the dutch finns and swedes were in. dr. lee arnold is the chiropractor of library and collections at the historical society of pennsylvania. he says this city has quite a story. in 1682, a proud quaker named william penn founded philadelphia. this is a william pen letter handwritten in 1696 >> i don't think there's any other city in the united states that can come near philadelphia for its history or importance with the nation. >> reporter: it's a city transformed from a village 250 years ago to a hub of business and production as seen in this promotional film in 1963 >> much has been accomplished had in philadelphia but much more will be done. >> reporter: 50 years later and more is being done. meet 37-year-old charlie mcgrath, a developer w

our david spunt takes a look back at how it began and also what's ahead for our city. >> reporter: 241rs ago this week, delegates from the 13 colonies were inside this room, getting closer to declaring independence from king georgia the 3rd. but long before that scorching summer of 676, the transcribes settled along the delaware river in the 1600, the dutch finns and swedes were in. dr. lee arnold is the chiropractor of library and collections at the historical society of pennsylvania. he says this city has quite a story. in 1682, a proud quaker named william penn founded philadelphia. this is a william pen letter handwritten in 1696 >> i don't think there's any other city in the united states that can come near philadelphia for its history or importance with the nation. >> reporter: it's a city transformed from a village 250 years ago to a hub of business and production as seen in this promotional film in 1963 >> much has been accomplished had in philadelphia but much more will be done. >> reporter: 50 years later and more is being done. meet 37-year-old charlie mcgrath, a developer w

david spunt is live in our stat center with more on this developing story. david?> this story is constantly changing within the last couple hour, the united states and south korea announced they have fired back way missile drill to send a message to north korea. the white house is requesting a united nations meeting on north korea as soon as possible. >> and we do have challenges but we will handle those challenges. believe me. >> perhaps a direct message to the north korean regime after it was announced the country, yet again launched another missile test, this time experts say it may be most serious >> there's very little you can do except sanction him every time he does something and build our missile defenses. >> state television reported it was a 14 intercontinental ballistic missile. all indications said it was they claimed. president trump took to twitter 10 kimmed out kim jong-un asking if the leader had anything better to do with his life. the missile flew for nearly 40 minutes, reaching an al attitude about 1500 miles before splashing into the sea of japa

our david spunt is in germantown where there was a packed house for a community meeting tonight, david. >> hi, ukee, neighbors are upset this is a close knit area germantown. they want to take things in their own hands and do what they can to stop crime. >> it's unwelcomed site for the people of germantown. police lights and crime tape. after uptic in shootings neighbors came to address the problem. >> people don't know what's going on around them. >> angelina stayedman and other neighbors met with philadelphia police captain john hern and steven to talk about crime prevention. >> how you can expect police department to do something help them out. the only way they do something people have to talk. >> we caught up with philadelphia mayor jim kenney earlier in the day to talk about crime in sger man town and around the city. >> it's frustrating and heartbreaking an we have to look in the mirror sometimes and realize we're a country prone to violence and to having availability of guns. >> ard coming to philadelphia police there have been 156 homicides city wide so far this year the most

david spunt is live with what we know right now. david? >> reporter: jessica, police officials say these officers opened fire because they were threatened with a gun. i want to back out, show you a live scene be 400 block of somerset in kensington, investigators have been here since about 7:30 tonight. they expect this investigation to take awhile. because it involves seven officers. 7:30 wednesday, police responded to a man way semiautomatic handgun. authorities say he held it up and pointed it at officers. >> that's certainly a use of force that would be permissible. you do have a right to defend yourself and anyone else. >> reporter: seven officers fired at the man, three from septa, four from philadelphia police. authorities say the man was rushed to temple hospital for surgery. moments after getting the call about the man with a gun, neighbors say a woman was shot. she was found in a pool of blood inside a nearby home. authorities say the man and woman lived together. and they're convinced the man shot the woman before he threatened t

we will get to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt whose voice you heard in that video he has breaking developments from doyletown, david. >> jessica and ukee, not even 15 minutes after district attorney matt weintraub says there would be big updates later tonight we ran into cosmo dinardo's attorney paul lange about 15 minutes after that we ran into cosmo dinardo being transferred. he admitted to killing all four missing men. he told authorities where bodies were as well. take a listen to this exchange as he got in the sheriff's vehicle. you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to these families, anything to say, are you sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> why did you do it. >> mr. dinardo this evening confessed, to the district attorney. >> he confessed to his participation or commission, in the murders, of, the four young men. in exchange for that confession mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> no death penalty, no trial, for cosmo dinardo in this case this has been such a painful case for people

. >> david spunt was at the man music center for the celebration. man. >> reporter: call it a journal through space and time thanks to the talents of the philadelphia orchestra and m, a n n festival >> i felt grateful, i was just in, a awer >> he grew up in philadelphia, graduated in 1960. became a nasa astronaut in 1979 and went up in space in 1983. when he became the first african-american astronaut in space. it's a trip he looks back on fondly and frequentlily >> flying in space is a great experience. i'm a flyer. >> reporter: the man honored his birthday way commissioned piece titled hold fast to dreams >> you can't help to feel that great sense of wow, this is -- this is a moment. this is a moment to remember and to celebrate. >> reporter: williams called blueford his role model >> a real american hero, 144 flight missions in vietnam, over 700 hours in space. he is a true hero. >> reporter: blueford told "eyewitness news" this night, ranks on his list of most important of his life. that's saying something for a man who lived in space >> i have

david spunt is live on independence mall with the details on tonight's musical performance. david? >> reporter: what a night it was. it's quiet behind me. that was not the case just a couple hours ago. thousands came to enjoy the pops in front of the building where it began 241 years ago. ♪ . ♪ . >> reporter: the music and mistakably patriotic and what better place than just a few feet from the door of independence hall >> we're one nation, one group of people that need to be together. >> reporter: paul rothman is from philadelphia and started going to this celebration years ago. he and thousands of people and a few patriotic pooches decided to brave the heat to enjoy a special 4th of july celebration. ♪. >> reporter: the celebration included broadway philadelphia featuring music from phantom of the opera. but the crown jewels, the 65 piece philadelphia pops a brotherly love tradition >> my whole married life i moved to new york, moved back eight years ago. there's no place like philadelphia. >> reporter: no doubt the celebration in 2017 brings back spirit for what happened in this

. >> david spunt is live in allentown with the mayor of response to the charges as well as calls for his reviewing nation. >> reporter: ed pawlowski is still the mayor, not only does he refuse to step down, he is full steam ahead on his reelection bid. >> integrity is incredibly important and i hate that my integrity is in question. >> reporter: he's going to fight the federal corruption charges he's facing. he held a news conference with his attorney and supporters cheered while others chanted to quote, lock him up. federal authorities say pawlowski and vaughn spencer ran play to pay schemes that benefitted not only politically but personally >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of city hall in reading and allentown >> lewis l, a pin announced the indictment, following a four-year investigation. federal authorities allege both pawlowski and spencer rewarded political donors with no bid city contracts. others with ties to the two men were also indicted >> i have done nothing wrong. nor have i ever personally accept add dime beyond my salary. of i never

david spunt is in center city with how a night turns sour. >>> i spoke to a lot of people off camera.ter city is ray lot of fun and a 2350u people and a 2350u people ruin today and things got quickly out of control. >> rapid chaos outside comcast headquarters as punches began to fly. center sitcy sins an event aimed at young professionals when several small fight broke out. >> it's supposed to be a few thing where you let loose and they made it stressful. >> allen o'brien has been to several sip nights. >> i was around the korn. >> it happened feet from the front door of the comcast center. authorities say who was not throwing and missing punches but it's possible these men owe could face some sort of punishment. >> if someone was assaulted and wants to come forward and make assault report we'll be happy to take it. >> the fight while upsetting is not shocking to alyn o'brien she o'brien she noticed uptic in sip owe crowds. >> people don't take it as chill after work relaxing. >> center city district the organization that runs sips reads in part cpd regrets inappropriate behavior by s

. >> david spunt was at the man music center for the celebration.man. >> reporter: call it a journal through space and time thanks to the talents of the philadelphia orchestra and m, a n n festival >> i felt grateful, i was just in, a awer >> he grew up in philadelphia, graduated in 1960. became a nasa astronaut in 1979 and went up in space in 1983. when he became the first african-american astronaut in space. it's a trip he looks back on fondly and frequentlily >> flying in space is a great experience. i'm a flyer. >> reporter: the man honored his birthday way commissioned piece titled hold fast to dreams >> you can't help to feel that great sense of wow, this is -- this is a moment. this is a moment to remember and to celebrate. >> reporter: williams called blueford his role model >> a real american hero, 144 flight missions in vietnam, over 700 hours in space. he is a true hero. >> reporter: blueford told "eyewitness news" this night, ranks on his list of most important of his life. that's saying something for a man who lived in space >> i have t

david spunt is live in our sat center with details on that. >> reporter: the president is calling out members of his own party tonight warning them to vote to dismantle the afford able care act. president trump says the clock is ticking when it comes to dismantling the afford able care act, also known as obama care. he spoke before a group of children he calls victims of obama care. >> the american people have waited long enough. there's been enough talk. >> reporter: trump announced a vote tuesday, another attempt by his administration to dismannedle obama care. >> that means voting to kick off a robust debate in which senators from all parties can represent the views of their constituents. >> reporter: but republican senators are not yet leer about the particulars of the bill. moderate senator sue is an collins from maine opposes cuts and she says she won't vote for a repeal without a replacement. >> i don't think it's a good approach to face the leth slaths that affects millions of people and 1/6 of our committee. >> reporter: rand paul from kentucky says he's only voting yes on a

david spunt is live in our stat center with more on this developing story. david?> this story is constantly changing within the last couple hour, the united states and south korea announced they have fired back way missile drill to send a message to north korea. the white house is requesting a united nations meeting on north korea as soon as possible. >> and we do have challenges but we will handle those challenges. believe me. >> perhaps a direct message to the north korean regime after it was announced the country, yet again launched another missile test, this time experts say it may be most serious >> there's very little you can do except sanction him every time he does something and build our missile defenses. >> state television reported it was a 14 intercontinental ballistic missile. all indications said it was they claimed. president trump took to twitter 10 kimmed out kim jong-un asking if the leader had anything better to do with his life. the missile flew for nearly 40 minutes, reaching an al attitude about 1500 miles before splashing into the sea of japa

cbs-3 reporter david spunt is live in our sat center tonight monitoring developments in this latest white house shake up. david. >> reporter: we are told scaramucci was escorted from white house property, white house release add statement wishing him well. according to the statement scaramucci wanted to give john kelly a quote clean slate, scaramucci was only on the job 10 days. >> this is the white house, united states of america, we're serving the president. >> reporter: ten days after announcing he was taking over white house communications team anthony scaramucci is gone, his departure comes just hours after president trump welcomed former secretary of home land security general john kelly as his chief of staff. >> i want to congratulate you on having done a fantastic job , and we will look forward to fit is possible an even better job. >> reporter: general kelly replaces reince priebus who left on friday after he was target of a vulgar tirade by anthony scaramucci. >> the president certainly felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didn't w

we begin with david spunt insolebury township. you came pace to face with the killer this evening. >> ukee, i did. he stared at my. coye tell he wanted to say something. i asked what he wanted to say, two words, i'm sorry, those words do not resonate well. a lot of people say that is certainly not an execution for what he admitted to doing and tonight we're learning that there is a second accomplice involved and authorities are saying this was all over drug drugs. >> moments after his confession, cosmo dinardo faced cameras. >> "cosmo" you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to the families. even you're sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> two words, i'm sorry. that is what dinardo told me as they put him into a bucks county sheriff vehicle. his destination behind bars for rest of life. he worked out a deal with prosecutors according to his attorney paul lang. >> in exchange for confession before dinardo was promised by the district attorney he will spare his life by not envok envokeing the death penalty. >> cosmo dinardo

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the sat center with more on the hearing and robbery victim who spoke at today's proceedings, david. >> reporter: o.j. simpson was supposed to serve 33 years behind bars but he could leave as soon as october 1st those details are being work out as we speak. today simpson had friend, family members in the courtroom but it was victim of an armed robbery authorities say he was involved in who grabbed attention of the parole board members. >> he made a mistake. >> reporter: sitting a few inches from o.j. simpson bruce fromhold, a victim of the armed robbery involving simpson and associates testified on the football star 's behalf. >> i don't feel that he is a threat, to anyone out there. >> reporter: simpson claims he didn't know his associates were armed with guns. >> i spent nine years making no excuses about anything. i am sorry that things turned out the way that they did. >> reporter: nevada parole board saw things simpson's way and granted him freedom. >> i do grant parole, and that would be it. >> reporter: simpson, during his last p

we begin with david spunt insolebury township.ou came pace to face with the killer this evening. >> ukee, i did. he stared at my. coye tell he wanted to say something. i asked what he wanted to say, two words, i'm sorry, those words do not resonate well. a lot of people say that is certainly not an execution for what he admitted to doing and tonight we're learning that there is a second accomplice involved and authorities are saying this was all over drug drugs. >> moments after his confession, cosmo dinardo faced cameras. >> "cosmo" you admitted to killing four people. what do you have to say to the families. even you're sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> two words, i'm sorry. that is what dinardo told me as they put him into a bucks county sheriff vehicle. his destination behind bars for rest of life. he worked out a deal with prosecutors according to his attorney paul lang. >> in exchange for confession before dinardo was promised by the district attorney he will spare his life by not envok envokeing the death penalty. >> cosmo dinardo to

david spunt is live with what we know right now. david? >> reporter: jessica, police officials say these officers opened fire because they were threatened with a gun. i want to back out, show you a live scene be 400 block of somerset in kensington, investigators have been here since about 7:30 tonight. they expect this investigation to take awhile. because it involves seven officers. 7:30 wednesday, police responded to a man way semiautomatic handgun. authorities say he held it up and pointed it at officers. >> that's certainly a use of force that would be permissible. you do have a right to defend yourself and anyone else. >> reporter: seven officers fired at the man, three from septa, four from philadelphia police. authorities say the man was rushed to temple hospital for surgery. moments after getting the call about the man with a gun, neighbors say a woman was shot. she was found in a pool of blood inside a nearby home. authorities say the man and woman lived together. and they're convinced the man shot the woman before he threatened t

david spunt is live in our sat center with details on that. >> reporter: the president is calling out members of his own party tonight warning them to vote to dismantle the afford able care act. president trump says the clock is ticking when it comes to dismantling the afford able care act, also known as obama care. he spoke before a group of children he calls victims of obama care. >> the american people have waited long enough. there's been enough talk. >> reporter: trump announced a vote tuesday, another attempt by his administration to dismannedle obama care. >> that means voting to kick off a robust debate in which senators from all parties can represent the views of their constituents. >> reporter: but republican senators are not yet leer about the particulars of the bill. moderate senator sue is an collins from maine opposes cuts and she says she won't vote for a repeal without a replacement. >> i don't think it's a good approach to face the leth slaths that affects millions of people and 1/6 of our committee. >> reporter: rand paul from kentucky says he's only voting yes on a

david spunt is live on independence mall with the details on tonight's musical performance. david? >> reporter: what a night it was. it's quiet behind me. that was not the case just a couple hours ago. thousands came to enjoy the pops in front of the building where it began 241 years ago. ♪ . ♪ . >> reporter: the music and mistakably patriotic and what better place than just a few feet from the door of independence hall >> we're one nation, one group of people that need to be together. >> reporter: paul rothman is from philadelphia and started going to this celebration years ago. he and thousands of people and a few patriotic pooches decided to brave the heat to enjoy a special 4th of july celebration. ♪. >> reporter: the celebration included broadway philadelphia featuring music from phantom of the opera. but the crown jewels, the 65 piece philadelphia pops a brotherly love tradition >> my whole married life i moved to new york, moved back eight years ago. there's no place like philadelphia. >> reporter: no doubt the celebration in 2017 brings back spirit for what happened in this

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at u.s. attorneys office in olde city with the break down of attorney general's speech, hi there, david. >> reporter: hi rahel. attorney general sessions is in the building behind me having run watch some small groups finishing up meetings, and here to talk about sanctuary cities but also crime as we heard from those last few stories. not only crime in fail but around the country. sessions walk out to several groups today, two meetings, one with assa and second with local law enforcement. we saw law enforcement from bucks county, delaware county, montgomery county and commissioner ross and other members of the philadelphia police department. now, speaking of, sanctuary cities, a sanctuary city we hear that word, a sanctuary city as defined is essentially a city that allow immigrant who do not have legal documentation to be here to live here. attorney general sessions says he ace begins sanctuary cities mayor jim kenney calls philadelphia a proud welcoming sanctuary city. it was interest ago th

our david spunt is in germantown where there was a packed house for a community meeting tonight, david. >> hi, ukee, neighbors are upset this is a close knit area germantown. they want to take things in their own hands and do what they can to stop crime. >> it's unwelcomed site for the people of germantown. police lights and crime tape. after uptic in shootings neighbors came to address the problem. >> people don't know what's going on around them. >> angelina stayedman and other neighbors met with philadelphia police captain john hern and steven to talk about crime prevention. >> how you can expect police department to do something help them out. the only way they do something people have to talk. >> we caught up with philadelphia mayor jim kenney earlier in the day to talk about crime in sger man town and around the city. >> it's frustrating and heartbreaking an we have to look in the mirror sometimes and realize we're a country prone to violence and to having availability of guns. >> ard coming to philadelphia police there have been 156 homicides city wide so far this year the most

david spunt is in center city with how a night turns sour. >>> i spoke to a lot of people off camera. center city is ray lot of fun and a 2350u people and a 2350u people ruin today and things got quickly out of control. >> rapid chaos outside comcast headquarters as punches began to fly. center sitcy sins an event aimed at young professionals when several small fight broke out. >> it's supposed to be a few thing where you let loose and they made it stressful. >> allen o'brien has been to several sip nights. >> i was around the korn. >> it happened feet from the front door of the comcast center. authorities say who was not throwing and missing punches but it's possible these men owe could face some sort of punishment. >> if someone was assaulted and wants to come forward and make assault report we'll be happy to take it. >> the fight while upsetting is not shocking to alyn o'brien she o'brien she noticed uptic in sip owe crowds. >> people don't take it as chill after work relaxing. >> center city district the organization that runs sips reads in part cpd regrets inappropriate behavior

. >> david spunt is live in allentown with the mayor of response to the charges as well as calls for his reviewing nation. >> reporter: ed pawlowski is still the mayor, not only does he refuse to step down, he is full steam ahead on his reelection bid. >> integrity is incredibly important and i hate that my integrity is in question. >> reporter: he's going to fight the federal corruption charges he's facing. he held a news conference with his attorney and supporters cheered while others chanted to quote, lock him up. federal authorities say pawlowski and vaughn spencer ran play to pay schemes that benefitted not only politically but personally >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of city hall in reading and allentown >> lewis l, a pin announced the indictment, following a four-year investigation. federal authorities allege both pawlowski and spencer rewarded political donors with no bid city contracts. others with ties to the two men were also indicted >> i have done nothing wrong. nor have i ever personally accept add dime beyond my salary. of i never

. >> reporter: learning life lessons at one of the kind summer camp i'm david spunt with how philly's under privileged kid are quickly rising to the top. >>> also ahead, cbs-3's summer fest at long wood gardens in kennett square this week after three years the fountain garden is back and better then ever. >>> speaking of water areas to our south of been seeing a whole lot of rain since late yesterday, math path peterson is back with the details on the flash flood watch and when we will start to dry out, we will be back in a >>> we are in the middle of a summer nor'easter, still, lets get over to matt peterson with the eyewitness weather forecast. we have showers and thunderstorms and a lot of that is going to be down to the south in philadelphia and folks that live in delaware, southern delaware and down in the shore points, this morning down from at plant i can city, ocean city and cape may, that is where we are concerned for the rest of the morning. that doesn't mean we will not see shower activity or doesn't mean that the maybe see an isolated thunderstorm but again our main focus

our david spunt was in the courtroom and joins us live outside center county courthouse in bellefonte with new information, david. >> hi, jessica it isonte with unfortunate cameras are not allowed in pennsylvania courtrooms because a lot happened, a lot of action in the courtroom for this preliminary hearing, lot of name calling, constant interruptions, 18 people charged, 16 showed up, two waved their right to a prelimb hearing. we will go straight to trial. i have covered trials a lot of years and never seen d.a. on one side of the courtroom, 16 defendants and 16 attorneys on the other side of the courtroom. behind these walls a 19 year-old who consciousness his friends didn't call 9121 for 12 hours, few days later timothy piazza was dead. >> we have a friend who is unconscious, he is, hasn't moved. >> reporter: sixteen former members of the penn state theta chapter walked in court facing charges relating to piazza's death, 19 year-old attended a alcohol fueled pledge party in february, fell downstairs and was unresponsive. today in court district attorney stacy parks-miller called p

our david spunt was in the courtroom all afternoon and joins us live outside center county courthouse in bellefonte with the today's developments, david? >> reporter: it is incredibly rare what is going on in this court room behind me 16 defendants, 16 defense attorneys, one district attorney every time there is an objection you hear five or six defense attorneys. we just got news in the last 30 seconds court just ended and this hearing has been postponed until august 10th and 11th, but today fire works came back out, in the courtroom showing no emotion timothy pea as's parent jim and evelyn walked in the center county courthouse with their attorney tom kline. >> they will not sleep until justice is done for their son, and if that means coming to one trial or 18 trials, they are going to do it. >> reporter: center county district attorney stacy parks miller continues to feel optimistic. >> piazza died in february after authorities say that he drank excessive amounts of the alcohol, at a beta theta pi pledge party. he fell downstairs but no one called 911 for 12 hours, 18 former member

. >>> attorney general jeff sessions was in philadelphia today, as our david spunt tells us, he talked about the cities crime and once again took aim at sanctuary cities. >> we want you to succeed, we want your officers motivated. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general jeff sessions came to philadelphia with a mission, encouraged local law enforcement to help put an end to sanctuary cities. >> they are providing sanctuaries for criminals. one of those jurisdictions is philadelphia. on this, this is especially sad for the residents of philadelphia who have been victimized as a result of these policies. >> reporter: sessions wants illegal immigrants to follow a process. >> they are not allowed to come without permission. that is not lawful entry. if they commit a crime while they are in here my goodness what right do they have to demand that they not be deported. >> reporter: sessions say violent crime continues to plaque philadelphia, police commissioner richard ross was in the audience, he met briefly with the attorney general, following the speech. >> we are seeing an up tic in violent cr

as our david spunt tells us, he talks about the city's crime rate, once again, took aim at sanctuarys. >> we want you to succeed. we want your officers motivated. >> u.s. attorney general, jeff sessions, came to philadelphia with a mission, encourage local law enforcement to help put an end to sanctuary cities >> providing sanctuaries to criminals. it sad innings me to say that one of those jurisdictions is philadelphia, this is specially a sad for the resident of philadelphia who have been victimized as a result of these policies. >> sessions want illegal immigrants to follow a process >> not allowed to come without permission. that's an unlawful entry. and if they commit a crime while they're in here, my goodness, what right do they have to demands that they not be deported? >> sessions said violent crime continues to playing philadelphia. police commissioner richard ross was in the audience. he met briefly with the attorney general, following the speech. >> we are seeing an up tick in violent crimes. what's somewhat baffeling to us is that our shootings have not risen over last ye

we always do fun things and come in here making sure we have fun. >> reporter: in philadelphia, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> keep them busy and keep them learning f they have fun that is cherry on top. >>> we will be right back w >>> check this out the storms that caused flooding down jersey shore are moving out to sea but flooding remains a problem at coastal communities this morning. early this morning some streets in avalon there were impassable, local law enforcement agencies also report flooding near wildwood, sea isle city and lower township. just take your time, it will take sometime for that what the tore recede. katie fehlinger sent us video from sea isle city that looks like that this morning. still a concern. >> is there still flash flood warning for southern cape may county until 8:15. we have a flash flood watch for same areas in southern new jersey and in southern delaware, until 2:00 this afternoon. so while some of the heaviest rainfall for time being is now slowly moving off the coast we are in the out of the wood. few light showers will be possible and mayb

reporting live, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >>> thank you, david, for that update. meanwhile in other news, vigil will be held at brandywine valley spca in new castle dement wear tonight, site of fiery crash that killed a woman and three cats. still investigating what caused the driver to lose control and crash into the building on early sunday morning. almost 100 animals were evacuate from the that site, the spca says many of them still need to be adopted. >> well, there are only minimal delays departing 30th street here in philadelphia, but the summer of discontent has already gun in new york city. a huge construction project has started at the nation's busiest train station, new york penn station, they're now fewer trains at the station and commuter routes are impacted both in new york and in hoboken, new jersey, officials say commute letters need to take time to adjust to the new routine. the construction project is expected to last until september 1st. >>> this noon, trump administration is pushing back on allegations of collusion cents with the russians, this

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. >> history is all around us, in philadelphia, and as we mark our nation's independence, our david spuntt where it all began, plus, what the future holds for the city. >> ♪ >> 241 years ago, this week, delegates from the 13 colonies were inside this room, getting closer to declaring independence from king george the thirds. but long before that scorch summer of 76, the tribe settled along the delaware river in the 1600's, the dutch, swayeds, moved in. >> the colors of the philadelphia flag are blue and gold. that's the colors of the flag of sweden. >> doctor lee arnold is the director of library and collections at the historical society of pennsylvania. and he says this city has dwight a -- quite a story to tell. in 1682 a proud quaker named william penn founded philadelphia. this is a william penn letter, handwritten in 1696. >> i don't think there is any other city in the united states that can even come near philadelphia for it history, or its importance with the nation. >> it is a city that's transformed, from a revolution area village 250 years ago, to a hub of business and producti

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the point breeze section with details on this, unwanted guest, david? >> reporter: yeah, jessica i would say unwanted is right word if you ask me. i don't want this thing. but some people are in to snakes. authorities believe that somebody owns this snake, they believe a pet we're talking about a 7-foot python, and we written varietied along to see that python just a few hours ago. meet petunia philly's famous python, he was discovered in the flower bed in the 2300 block of casper street early this morning. >> point breeze resident margo rollins found him and immediately called police. >> somebody could have been got rid of it, put it there, got tired of it. >> reporter: now she's in the hand and neck of animal control staff. >> it looks like he is there. >> reporter: amy works with act philly and for the record petunia was just showing affection. >> he is a python, very friendly. he is probably somebody's pit and they are looking for him. we don't know if he escaped or got out of his home but we believe someone is probably lookin

david spunt in the courtroom this morning and joins us liver outside the center county courthouse with new information. good afternoon, david. >> reporter: hi, jim, there is a lot of tension inside that courtroom behind me. this is day three of the preliminary hearing, we're talking about 16 defendant, 16 defense attorneys, and district attorney, they're all presenting their cases to the judge who will decide if there is enough information to go forward with 16 separate trials, it is possible there could be separate trials moving forward. >> showing no emotion walking into the courthouse to hear evidence against 16 former members of their late son's fraternity. piazza died in february, after authorities say he drank excessive amounts of alcohol at abate a fata pi pledge party. he philadelphia down the stairs, none of his fraternity brother called 911 for 12 hours. >> should be very interesting. >> da safety sat analyst toned more defense attorneys, cross-examined state college detectives. spent two full days presenting her case in front after judge, now, 16 separate defense attorneys p

. >>> now lets go to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt in doyletown with more information about the investigation, david? >> reporter: hi, ukee that district attorney matt weintraub is inside this building, detectives building behind me and been there for most of the day. we have confirmed that a grand jury is i am paneled in this case. normally when you hear about a grand jury it is a secretive process but considering circumstances of the case we have been confirmed through sources there is a grand jury underway and cosmo dinardo's parents have been subpoenaed to testify. as crews continue their investigation on the bucks county farm owned by the dinardo family, district attorney matt weintraub and his team, spent most of the day in the bucks county courthouse in doyletown waiting for the grand jury to make a decision. decision, whether or not to charge cosmo dinardo with murder, authorities recovered body of dean finocchiaro but not have confirmed finding other three missing men at this point. philadelphia defense attorney for the tune perry was spotted walking in the bucks cou

. >> i'm jessica dean "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in hunting park with the story. vid? >> reporter: jessica, the 7-foot burmese python came here as petunia that's what employees here at acct philly named him he left with his real name ky. he's home with his owner tonight and his owner says it will not happen again. >> unique reunion wednesday night outside of animal control in philadelphia. as he walked out with his seven month python in tow. >> surprised by all the attention not surprised he really got out. he's usually out in the house sometimes he got out of the actual house you know i can't really say surprising die have the door open. >> reporter: al shabazz was working outside of his point breeze home and ky got out through that open door. the snake slithered his way to margo rollins flowers. >> it was long. i seen him when it police picked it up and pup it in the bag. i'm standing there watching everything. >> reporter: but police were called animal control took ky to acct philly they named him if he tune january let us meet him. >> he's squeezing my neck. >>

. >> i'm jessica dean "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in hunting park with the story. david? >> reporter: jessica, the 7-foot burmese python came here as petunia that's what employees here at acct philly named him he left with his real name ky. he's home with his owner tonight and his owner says it will not happen again. >> unique reunion wednesday night outside of animal control in philadelphia. as he walked out with his seven month python in tow. >> surprised by all the attention not surprised he really got out. he's usually out in the house sometimes he got out of the actual house you know i can't really say surprising die have the door open. >> reporter: al shabazz was working outside of his point breeze home and ky got out through that open door. the snake slithered his way to margo rollins flowers. >> it was long. i seen him when it police picked it up and pup it in the bag. i'm standing there watching everything. >> reporter: but police were called animal control took ky to acct philly they named him if he tune january let us meet him. >> he's squeezing my neck.

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in the point breeze section with details on this,

we wish him all the best, reporting live from the sat center, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> this story continues to unfold, and "cbs evening news" will have up to the minute developments on the latest shake up at the while house, coming up at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00 on cbs-3. >>> $5,000 reward is being offered in the deadly weekend shooting of the man in the haverford township apartment complex. henry rossoff is live in haverford tonight, henry you talk to the friend of the man who was killed, good evening. >> reporter: we did speak with the friend of the man who was killed, that reward being offered for information about the man who police believe, followed john lee as he left behind me down the sidewalk and ended up shooting and killing lee, police believe. meanwhile with all of this going on with the manhunt going on lee's friends are grieving tonight. chains climbing and disks dancing through walks in the wood. that is how friends of john lee say they will remember quiet but caring 29 year-old gunned down in haverford saturday night in what a

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt tells us what is different about this copy. >> this is declarationthe independence you are used to seeing under heavy security in washington d.c. this is as recently discover version, it is exact same size and sitting in the record office in sussex england. >> we came across the catalogue entry and catalogue entry said manuscript copy. >> and emily, and, the research manager at harvard university. and she was cataloguing various copies of the declaration of independent across the globe when she discovered this rare handwritten cop any southern england. >> we requested an image. it wasn't until we saw image and consuming on the image and figuring out there were these things that made it really unique, really interesting. >> reporter: she was in town to speak about the discovery at congress hall, she joined her collogue doctor danielle allen. >> this is the place where we think this document was read as part of the constitutional convention. >> reporter: she anal even believe this new discovery was written around 1786 and read allowed by james wilson a