i'm elizabeth hur. have a great day. home. narrator: ...so that she can be a service dog for june. bruce: it is important for me to feel that june is safe. brandon: no, take me home. take me home. narrator: but this is uncharted territory... brandon: you're getting confused, i know. narrator: ...for sadie and for brandon. brandon: i really have no idea if this can even be done. i'm brandon mcmillan and i've dedicated my life to saving the lonely, unwanted dogs that are living without hope. my mission is to make sure these amazing animals find a purpose a family, and a place to call home.

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur has the lat test from the scene in holmesburg. >> reporter:ust about half hour ago, the search was called off and as far as what went wrong, police tell us that at this point this is what they know. the 66 year old was out on the water with four others watching a race when the storms hit. and the boat capsized search crews from philadelphia, new jersey state police and the coast guard waste no time using boats a chopper and underwater tracking devices to try and locate a 66 year old man who police say has not been seen since 8:00 tonight. we're told he was one of five people on board a 24-foot sailboat when the storm moved in police say they dropped their sales and used a motor to head back to the delaware river yacht club to no avail. >> it filled with water and according to the individual that is were on the boat it sung um immediately. four of the five were able to swim to safety. >> four made it to the banks of the river police say behind the philadelphia fire academy. they called 911 and told authorities the last time they saw the 66 year

from northeast philadelphia i'm elizabeth hur for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wonderful. >> so sweet. >>> if you have have applied for a passport it might take longer than expect. we will tell but a glitch that is causing a big delay. >>> a tragic end to a teen pilot's quest to set a new world record flying around the world. >>> tracking your sleep high tech ways you can make sure you're getting enough receipts at night. katie? >>> well, ukee, you may have been dealing with a storms here last night but thankfully worse of them are pulling out of here as skies clear we are looking ahead to nice weather. i will tell you how long this pattern is set to last, coming up. >> ♪ >> wait a minute. >> i thought that was iggy, that is not iggy good our main weird al is making billboard history, we will have the word on that on the other side good morning. >>> here's today's headlines on cbs-3, faa ban on flight to and from israel has been lifted but violence continues. secretary of state john kerry is trying to negotiate a cease-fire between hamas and israel. >>> mother and daughter injured in t

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur is in delaware county tonight where folks are hoping for the reporter: the street sign no manage for mother nature. neither was this utility pole and with wires still hanging low, all from the last storm -- >> i'm glad nobody got hurt. >> reporter: you can understand why the rodriguez family and neighbors are relieved but also worried with yet of another storm on its way. we first met them on tuesday when the wind and rain knock down trees and power lines. according to peco about a quarter million of its customers were left in the dark then forcing residents throughout the tri-state area to spend the next few days cleaning up and crews fixing poles and lines. delaware county officials say was one of the hardest hit areas in the last round. this time, many are just waiting while hoping for the best. and peco officials say they, too, are monitoring the situation closely. they tell us already have crews on stunned by and they're asking customers to do their part and that is simply report any downed lines and outages as quickly as possible. reporti

but as elizabeth hur shows to us knit there's concern the victims of that fire actually get the help need. ♪ >> reporter: with a song and a prayer the victims, families and community leaders stood in solidarity this they say to start the healing process. >> amen. >> the need to rebuild evident with homes still boarded up and the red cross still assisting 14 families following the jun june 5th inferno that killed four children. since the tragedy all agree the public has answered the call for help with donations still pouring in. >> it seems to be big problem. a lack of communication. >> but on this night, some contend -- >> who is going to be the auditor to check this money out? >> they are left with mounting concerns. >> too much funds touching too many hands and write the check for that is one. deeper into where these funds are going and what's really going on. >> we're told leaders of the christ international baptist church have said up a finance committee. no word yet on a dollaring in but officials say reps assured this is a work in progress. >> we are really working to establish

elizabeth hur is live at northeast detectives with the story. liz. >> reporter: natasha, we've this before and police say the exam hasn't changed. they are going around offering to fix broken pipes or even asking about rooms for rent but what's new here police say this group is traveling with a child all the while targeting the elderly. for his protection, we are not identifying the 68 year old victim of vietnam war veteran who was unable to speak after suffering a stroke. >> people who prey on disable get no pity from me. knock on my door. >> reporter: as a relative this man expressed outrage and concern. >> from what i understand he's not the first and he probably won't be the last till they're caught. >> reporter: after learning the 68 year old is the second victim to be targeted in just three days. >> i couldn't pinpoint but -- >> the culprit according to eyewitnesses and police -- >> a guy in his early 40s. slightly bald. >> reporter: group of four including a child traveling in a white mini van. >> there was a little baby. she had every bi

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur is live near the scene with more on this new video and the victims to night. liz? >> reporter: chris and jessica, hospital officials have just confirmed 42 year old olga, and 17 year old jaelin, are at temple's burn unit in critical condition. according to police, they are mother and daughter. the two were inside the truck at the time when something winterer ribly wrong. by all accounts it was a quick and violent blast caught on tape. >> i heard a boom first, and then the fire just came out of nowhere. >> reporter: hours later, we caught up with latoya page just released from the hospital. >> i have first degree burns on my whole left side. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" was there when page and 11 others according to police were rushed to the hospital tuesday evening after this food truck exploded at third and why opening. >> i was walking by, and the truck just blew up, and i just saw the fire and the fire just hit me and i started running. >> reporter: startled and stunned, eyewitnesses say the explosion sent parts of the truck and propane tank fly

elizabeth hur is live in glassboro gloucester county where some trees came crashing downton night t liz>> reporter: that's right, jessica, and talk about a close call. this massive tree behind me when this came crashing down according to residents it brought down some cable lines but fortunately it missed homes and cars. trying to prevent further damage after the storm. >> me and my dad are just slowly cutting branches down so no more fall and hit the house. >> reporter: the barrettes wasted no time picking up the pieces tuesday evening. >> wind and rain, it just -- i don't know how old that tree is but it just came down and it hit the edge of the house. >> reporter: this on morris avenue where dozens lost power. nearby on main street, buried in this debris is monument knocked right off the base when this massive tree came crashing down. >> you can see -- couldn't see 10 feet out of the window. the fast moving storm also left its mark here on rowan university campus. thankfully we're told no one was hurt in this mess and no one was home when this tree snapped in half on sylvan terrace m

reporting from yeadon, elizabeth hur cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, liz, thank you.et's go to the northeast at bustleton and red lion a pole snap from the wind and wires came down there. drivers had to take it slow since power was knocked out to that traffic light. crews are now on the scene getting things back to normal. >> narberth montgomery county, downed limbs and wires closed a section of haverford avenue tonight. the cleanup there already underway. and many in the area thankful it wasn't worse. >> more now of that great video from ppl park. wild winds whipped up a dust storm during the philadelphia union match tonight. we got this eyewitness video from one of our producer kevin kincade. strong wind picked um dust from outside the stadium then blew it across the fans and the field forcing fans to take cover. >> just came in like a light switch. we thought it was thunderstorm rolling in. before you know it everyone is underneath. >> and here is eyewitness cam video of fans taking cover in the concourse under the stands that game had to be delayed because of the

from northeast philadelphia, i'm elizabeth hur cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that's great. >> they deserved homes. >>> all that one little boy wants for his birthday is a car and not just one. he wants a lot of them. >> up next, that is sick little boy's wish and the campers in cherry hill who are working to make it come true. kathy. >> we're still tracking some strong storms with gusty winds. you can see them through central delaware crossing the bay into salem county, cumberland county and cape may counties in new jersey. after this, there will be better days a head. we'll check that out with the seven day coming up. >> just about everyone seems to be taking selfies. now tonight three on your side shows you how to turn those photos into cash. >> and forget about parking ticks. some car openers got some wild messages about their bad parking jobs. you will want to see this one and it is next. >> tonight there are potential buyers ready to go all in on the struggling revel cass zen know. the atlantic city casino goes up for sale in bankruptcy auction next month and today atlantic city's may

our elizabeth hur is live at philadelphia international airport with what travelers are doing now. liz? >> reporter: chris, as you can imagine, it was a busy day and night with everyone just trying to work around this ban on such a short notice and what we learned tonight is that with only the us and european airlines affected, some travelers are finding other means to get to israel. flying to tel-aviv out of philadelphia international airport on tuesday not an opti option. >> i don't want our vacation ruined. >> reporter: for travelers like naaman linden obama of new jersey changing plans now not happening. >> instead of a vacation we're going to be around showing support and doing whatever we can to help. >> reporter: sentiment echoed by tally who spoke to us via skype from israel. >> despite our interview being interrupted by security alerts she says her work there for the jewish federation of greater philadelphia is continuing and calls the faa's decision to temporarily suspend u.s. flights to and from israel hasty. >> we remain normal life. even this is being taken a way. i th

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur is live at hospital in northeast philadelphia with that part of the story now. liz? >> reporter: chris, tonight we caught up with the bristol township fire marshal and he told us that in his 30 years he has responded to countless accidents and what he saw today was one of the worse the but with the best out come. a mini van mangled. >> everything was on their side today. >> reporter: crushed. >> everything from the way the truck stopped. >> reporter: and flatten. >> they were lucky. >> reporter: it is easy to see why even the seasoned first responders are amazed no one was seriously hurt. >> the parents who were front seat passengers of the mini van had already got out. it was just the teenaged boy in the middle row of the mini van was entrapped. >> i saw him hug a paramedic that was actually inside the van with him. >> reporter: this is the view from chopper three the 17 year old thanking his rescuers before he and his parents were taken at the hospital. according to police, it was around 3:00 tuesday afternoon the trash truck and the mini van

it witness news reporter elizabeth hur is tracking the latest developments and joins us live from policeuarters much liz? >> reporter: natasha, homicide detectives are investigating right now. but on their end police say they are still trying to sort out all the details. but in the meantime, as you mentioned, the alleged shooter has already talked to detectives and he is telling investigators he did it not only to protect his sister but also himself. >> trying to make sense of the senseless. >> i love him. >> is how brian lee describe the loss of his brother-in-law john map shot and killed allegedly at the his younger brother who police say is a paraplegic who claims the shooting was in self-defense. >> there's nothing in the world that they wouldn't do for me i wouldn't do for them. they're really genuinely great people. >> reporter: it was early sunday morning police respond to do a report of a shooting in the 5800 block of filbert street. when officers arrived, they found map lying in the middle of the street shot once in the chest. the 40 yeared was rush to the hospital where he late

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur is live at southwest detectives with all the details. liz? >> reporter: chris and jessica, the details are just heartbreaking. the victim is 91 years old. she's coming home from this senior center when she's punched and knocked unconscious. but tonight, the victim says yes, she is sore and she is mad, but she is grateful, grateful to be alive. >> ask the lord to keep me for another day. >> reporter: with faith and courage, 91 year old audrey washington fought back. >> somebody put their hand up to my face and i bit his finger. >> reporter: she walked in on a burglary. >> i put the key in the lock and opened the door and someone something went over my head. >> reporter: it happened in broad daylight a home of 50 years. >> they grabbed both my hands. i had rings on. took my rings and i don't know what else happened. >> for what. what did they get. >> if i was here, there would be an ambulance out in front of the house right now. >> neighbors and friends are out raised calling the suspects cowards. according to police the two thieves broke in po

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

reporting from langhorne, i'm elizabeth hur cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> new at 11:00 o'clock tonight,he suspect in the cruel brutal video taped beating of a mother was arrested to night. "eyewitness news" in salem as la tia harris turned herself in. she is the woman investigators say is in that cell phone video attacking a woman in front of her two year old son. it's believed the two women worked together at a salem city mc donald's. harris is charged with aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. >> philadelphia police need your help as they try to track down this man. he was caught on surveillance cameras breaking into the lofts apartment on south street. he got away with cash and jewelry that he stole from several apartments. investigators don't have much else to go on. if you recognize anything in this video, you're asked to call police. >> breaking right now. with less than an hour till the deadline lawmakers in harrisburg just passed a new $29.1 billion budget. it's not clear whether republican governor tom corbett will sign that measure before the fiscal end -- year en

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur is live on pennsylvania landing that night. liz? >> reporter: chris, police say they are still trying to figure out just exactly what went wrong but they have determined this much. they believe the driver in this case had just hit another car not far from here at fourth and arch and in a attempt to get away from that scene that driver flew down that ramp, jumped this wall and landed in the river. >> it was like crazy yesterday thing i ever seen. it look like something you see in movie. >> reporter: oy witness after eyewitness -- >> i'm at a loss of words right now. >> reporter: watched in disbelief as police pulled the black suv with heavy front end damage out of the water. >> it was something you never see here. probably will never see again. >> had that be doing about 100. 110. hit the wall. >> i just scene him flying through the air and back hatch opened up and it went straight into the water. >> reporter: according to authorities it happened shortly before 6:00 p.m. we're told two good samaritans jumped in right away. >> one of

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur spoke with her. >> fire officials say it is not yet clear what went wrong, but preliminarilly looks as if the battery pack inside the laptop much like this one, it blue up, like a bomb. >> here is the computer. >> from just a quick glance, it is difficult to tell how this laptop caused this much damage. >> these were all on fire. next thing i knew, my shirt was on fire, and i grabbed that, and took that off. i think that's when i singed my hair. >> and even with her singed hair, burned face, arm, and foot, loretta of langhorne manor considers herself lucky. >> this is essentially where if i turned this around? >> it would go somehow in here. >> she said she greatful she and her disabled husband escaped worse injuries when she says her laptop exploded sunday afternoon. >> it blew up, flipped my computer back, everything, the battery pack and all came out this way. >> the debris flew clear across the room, six to 8 feet. >> i've been a volunteer firefighter for almost 25 years now, fire chief, in my 14th, i've never seen any exploding laptop before

"eyewitness news" elizabeth hur doug deeper into this story today and she has new details now on the impact it could have on the department. >> reporter: could policy changes be in the works for the philadelphia police department? >> we need to be able to move people from these sensitive units. >> reporter: following the arrest of six philadelphia narcotics officers, accused of beating drug suspects and even stealing from them, leading fbi divers to the schuylkill last summer searching for a safe from which the officers allegedly took $80,000. >> i think they should do every bit of their time and then some. report roar james mcintyre told our walt hunter two of the six officers victimized him that charges against him have since been withdrawn and he is now suing. >> i think there's probably hundreds of cases. >> reporter: sift tan defender at the defender association of philadelphia bradley calls the latest developments a tip of the iceberg with previous convictions involving the officers all now under review. >> one of the problems that exists the police officer in a special drug un

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

new from roc. >> i'm elizabeth hur in for nick over brewer.ith carol erickson another look at our forecast for today. >> very active weather pattern, we've seen showers through philadelphia, we saw them at about 4:30, this morning, and now there are thunderstorms, than have been for little while along the shore ours. let me show you the boardwalk, ocean sit, you can see the raindrops, you can see that no one is on the board walk at this point, and that's very wise. because there are thunderstorms in the area. storm scan3, showing the area of showers, thunderstorms, primarily right along the shore areas. you might finds a little rain shower, just to the southeast of philadelphia. but, otherwise, it is along the shore where all of that activity s let's zoom in. you will find that the thunderstorms are out there. we're finding quite a few of them right now in ocean county, also looks like, through the long beach area, long beach will be finding 7:41 this morning, the thunderstorm that's in beach haven right now coming in their direction. that is

. >>> today is sunday, july 27th, good morning, i'm elizabeth hur. it is 6:00 here in center city philadelphia. and here's meteorologist, carol erickson, the eyewitness weather center, with a first look at the weather. how is it looking? >> you had a little problem coming in this morning with the rain? >> i just got ton telling you, as soon as i parked, go figure, downpour. >> sometimes computer models are right on, sometimes they are not. but actually the one we were showing yesterday, pointed out these showers that were going to be coming through early this morning, completely right on, not everybody saw them, so often the case with the weather, but those who did got a downpour. i want to show you on storm can three, this is loop over the last three hours, even little thunderstorm went through the philadelphia area, so we'll get little close near some of these, you can see what we were dealing with first thing this morning, you can see why liz was out there, trying to find, i don't know, a newspaper, a food bag, anything to put over her head to com

"eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur has heart warming story. >> reporter: chris shields of northeastladelphia, calls the decision to adopt broncho a in brainer. he came running right over to me. he knew exactly who i was. >> reporter: rightfully so, as members of the u.s. navy the two were battle mates in afghanistan. at the time broncho was four years old, today he is 12. we met then through philadelphia based group no dog gets left behind and we met former marine through united states war dogs association, based in burlington, new jersey. >> i was in vietnam back in 1966/67, with my dog stormy. i still think about my dog every day. >> reporter: both are advocates of the national defense authorization act of 2013, a law designed to provide care for retired military dogs. >> signed into law over a year ago now but it has not been implemented in anyway. >> reporter: so on wednesday, supporters traveled to washington to hold congress accountable, we're told the u.s. military keeps about 3200 dogs in combat zones and on average 10 percent of them retire each year, the goal, they say it

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

. >>> it is tuesday -- rather saturday july 26th good morning i'm elizabeth hur in for nicole brewer. the time 6:01 a.m. in center city philadelphia and here's meteorologist carol eric on off to a wonderful tart but it could get ugly. >> that is a fair way to say it, liz because we have a few clouds right the now but it is quiet. i think the second half of the weekend could be stormy. we may fine those strong storms as well which is unusual for us on the weekend. we have had unbelievable weekend really this entire um iser. lets take a look and see what we have right now. we see a few clouds looking at the ben franklin bridge and more perfectly for the weather the sky above. a couple of clouds out there and they are also locate add long the shore area. we have 70 degrees right now. very comfortable looking at margate at this point. as far as the clouds go you cane them on storm scan three, they are out there, you'll fine sun and clouds today. there are some hours that are off to the enter of the state. they are primarily to the north of harrisburg and to the west of harrisburg. we migh

. >>> today is saturday july 26th i'm elizabeth hur in for nicole brewer. good morning, everyone it is 5:00 o'clock exactly in center city philadelphia a let's check in with meteorologist carol erickson with our first forecast, good morning, carol. >> welcome to yeu. we will talk about why nicole is not here this morning coming up, it is exciting news. we have very comfortable temperatures, liz and i enjoyed coming in with temperatures in the lower 70's and a lot of would you like those temperatures. the lets see what we have right now out there. you can see we have temperatures that are comfortable even at the shore, margate, yes, there is something down there. that is a live look at the beach. 71 degrees before the temperature in margate at this point. storm scan three is showing a few clouds over the area and this weekend will be less sunny, much of the time and the chance at least of picking up an isolated sure or thunderstorm today but we have clouds over us right now and we cannot totally rule out a spotty shower here or there later on this afternoon.

heat and the humid i i want to take you to picture sent in by our very own eyewitness reporter, elizabeth hur, straight up lightning bolt straight down to the ground here. we have seen thousands of them in the last say 12 hour time frame. at the moment again storm scan3 looking pretty quiet, still a lot of moisture though to work w you can tell that just by seeing the speckles of green that fire up. heavier thunderstorms already igniting back toward northwestern pa, platter of time before it hits us. severe weather threat doesn't encompass the entire delaware valley for the second day straight. it, pained dollars the zone, and right now looks like our biggest concerns today ever so slightly, strong wind, heavy downpours, this time hail may be bigger concern. we still can't rule out the lightning risk to be pretty frequent. will you, isolated tornado still can't be ruled out. it is that volatile of an air mass. so we take you through the rest of the day. it will be steamy once again, a pair of eight's generally where i think we top off for the daytime high. not as hot. but still steamy, still

. >> good morning, everyone, today is sunday, july 27th, i'm elizabeth hur in for nicole. it is 8:00, right on the dot here in center city philadelphia. let's check in with meteorologist, carol erickson in the weather center, keeping quite busy this morning. >> yes, a lot has been going on, you doubt often finds thunderstorms in the morning, liz, as you know, but we did finds them this morning. we saw one through philadelphia, about 4:30, and we've seen many others, along the shore, now, all of that activity has moved to the east for now thing calming down, find still clouds over philadelphia, and some fog, taking off the tops of some of those build, we move to the shore area, there looking at the clouds, seeing the raindrops, that have fallen, people back out on wet and almost deserted boardwalk, but i think that boardwalk will be getting a lot busier as we move through the afternoon. >> storm scan3, showing those showers, and thunderstorms, that have moved off the coast, fortunately, as they moved right along the coast. we still have lingering shower, through portions of