eyewitness news reporter dave faherty is heading to that scene right now. we will keep you updated with any new information. at any moment now, federal officials are expected to get to the scene of a deadly plane crash in union county. pilot jim cook from lexington north carolina died in he was returning home from florida when the plane crashed. the union county sheriff's office told us cook reported having engine trouble before going down near charlton mill road and salem road. >>> just in the past half hour, the charlotte fire department spoke publicly about a rash of break-ins at fire stations while first responders were out on calls. channel 9 was the first in charlotte to tell you about those crimes this morning. eyewitness news anchor john paul learned thieves broke into more than a dozen firefighter's cars over the past week, john? >> reporter: this seems to be a really big problem. and it's growing. i can tell you right now, charlotte fire is not happy about it. they talked to us about 30 minutes ago. as you said, about a dozen firefighters have been

the baby's grandmother, eyewitness news is learning, found the baby unconscious and unresponsive in his crib. >> very unfortunate to hear of. >> they're expected to finish the autopsy tomorrow. reporting live in park hill, tim news. >>> this just in.

channel 9 eyewitness news. >> just precious. doctors say she will have some challenges as she grows up. she still has to be tube-fed. but with her parents love and dedication, doctors say there's no reason that she can't grow up to be completely healthth we posted the hospital's video of her progress on wsoctv.com. just look inside angela's story right there on our home page. >>> well outside, the sun trying to peek through. here's chief meteorologist steve udelson. >> doing its best to add warmth. you can see the sun literally shinning through the clouds down on the ground. it looks really cool. charlotte cam. a lot of neighborhoods are seeing this now. these clouds will linger a little while longer. tracking a few flurries. this is southern chester county. not far from great falls. that's falling apart as it moves toward heath springs. i doubt it will reach kershaw. a little bit of light rain or that's going to school across northern richmond county north of ellerby and then be gone. chill. 37 charlotte, monroe, and chester, 3

in charlotte stephanie maxwell, channel 9 eyewitness news. parents have until monday to fill out a survey to share their thoughts and opinions on this process. we posted a link for you at wsoctv.com just role is over news, click on latest links. >>> a florida teen accused of posing as a doctor is speaking out. >> have you had training? >> i have. i have shadowed many doctors. >> the reason he claims he never lied to patients. >>> plus we're in raleigh for emergency talks that could the huge changes being >>> right now north carolina lawmakers are holding an emergency session that could impact your vote next month. if they don't redraw districts, the congressional primary can't even happen. eyewitness news reporter jim bradley just stepped out of a special meeting in raleigh to break down the changes they're considering. >> the legislature wasn't supposed to go back into session until later this spring. the government asked for a special session to vote on redistricting maps that the federal judges said are unconstitutional and needed to be red

, channel 9, eyewitness news. belich -- kathy belich, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> you can watch the entire interview at wftv.com. patrol has released the name of a man who may face charges for a fatal four car crash. troopers say 44-year-old david gillette started the chain reaction that led to this huge crash on i-4 in osceola county yesterday. they say gillette rear ended 21-year-old maxcine barcovich who was killed. she rear ended the car in front of her and that hit the car in front of it. >>> right now a party is underway in downtown orlando the welcome the newest restaurant. a live look from church street. folks are gathering to celebrate the opening of wallbergers. the celebrities are expected to be there tonight. church street has been closed from garland to orange since 10:00 and will not reopen until midnight. i'm going to go down there with some friends and check it out. some folks have been camping out since this morning waiting to see markie mark. >> it was the place to be 20 ago. construction and

greg suskin, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> breaking news in the past 90 minutes. north carolina's senate approved changes to voting maps for the state's congressional districts. our crew was there in raleigh for that decision. and coming up next, we're breaking down what this means for the upcoming elections and your vote. >>> north carolina's international guard in charlotte will be home to much larger military aircrafts if approved by congress, a new proposal shows charlotte will but will receive 8c 17s. the international guard says the c 17 is used for military cargo and shows a shift in an air force structure plan. >> what the c 17 is able to do is more strategic in nature of which the budget and the dod, the department of defense staff has decided as being an emphasis item. >> the c 130s are expected to go to other bases in the country. the north carolina international guard said the hanger in charlotte was built for c 17s. no major adjustments will have to be made. >> covering the carolinas county by county tonight. in iredell county, a 20-year- old was air

eyewitness news reporter mallory huff has more on how it works. >> reporter: pay by phone. the future is here. an upgrade for parking in new york city eliminating meter anxiety with technology. >> if you don't get to the meter, it's like agh. >> reporter: an app will allow drivers to pay for parking and add time to the meter on their cell phone. >> if you can just reload from your phone, thumbs up. >> reporter: parking will be monitored via the nypd devices. >> i think that's a wonderful idea. i really do. >> sometimes the credit cards don't work. sometimes the quarters don't work. >> reporter: so you're going to test this out with us. >> i'll try it out. goes. >> how long are you going to be here. >> probably about an hour. >> reporter: and then you're going to run back. >> it's anoising, ridiculous, i think mayor de blasio has a great idea. >> reporter: the pilot program in the belmont section of the bronx was successful, and de blasio says by the end of 2016, mobile parking will be implemented for all 85,000 metered parking spaces city wide. >> love it. don't think it's g

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eyewitness news at six starts right now. >>> this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with bill ritter and liz cho, rob powers with supports and lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now, eyewitness news at six. >>> a neighborhood in lower and a huge crane reduced to a mangled scrap. witnesses taking dramatic videos of this collapse. >> it was swaying in the wind. it gained speed and flipped over. >> reporter: the crane killing one pedestrian and hurting several other people, but coming as it did during the morning rush, this could have been even more disastrous. >> it was something of a miracle that there wasn't more impact, and thank god that the impact on people wasn't worse. >> good evening, everyone, it's 6:00 a i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm liz cho. investigators are looking at what role the weather play instead this collapse. crews were lowering the crane when it happened. workers had cleared the area of most of the pedestrians at that time, and that probably saved a lot of lives. >> here's the latest. one pedestrian was killed. two others tak

stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of campaign 2016 including next week new hampshire primary, you can also check out cbsphilly.com/politics, for the latest any time. >>> still ahead this noon, doctor phil fill goes to jail to get the real story behind a newlywed murder. >> push him out that window. >> no, i didn't. >> doctor phil fill isn't so sure. he joins us live next for a preview of his exclusive interview. >> also, we will take you behind the scenes to show you how cbs will bring you superbowl 50 from the cam has, to the graphics, and even social media. that and more whether we come >>> bride 25 years behind bars for murdering her husband. today at 4:00 doctor phil sits down in a exclusive jail house interview to hear the bride's story, she says, it was self-defense during a fight. doctor phil phil is not so sure. >> did you push him out that window. >> no, i did not. >> yes, you did. >> i didn't. >> you did push him out that window. did you push him? >> i pushed him off of me. >> and he fell out the window. >> and he tripped backward and fell out the window. >>

reporting from caldwell count, dave faherty, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> some new developments, family members of the victims of is san bernardino shootings are now joining the call for apple to help hack the they plan to file court papers to support the federal judges order over the next few weeks. >>> bill gates is now siding against apple. apple argues the government could use the unlocking technology in in other cases but gates says this is a specific case. the heads of facebook, twitter, and google sided with app. >>> a survey ranked hickory, lenoir, and morganton area as nearly the worst in the country. they ranked 188 out of 190 on the well being index. it ranks communities on purpose, social, community, and physical well being. the charlotte gastonia area came in at 61. so you'll keep a close eye on that storm there as it moves over. >> we're quiet for the rest of and drizzle. later through tonight, the heavy rain threat comes in. then the stronger storm threat. this could be late morning tomorrow. maybe several hours before. watch the future time line to come in today at 5:00.

>>> doctors cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> "eyewitness news" at noon, begins with the investigation into what caused this damage on an amtrak train as it traveled through philadelphia last night. >>> and, we're less than an hour away from learning new details about last may's amtrak tragedy. for the first time we expect to hear what the train's engineer told investigators. >>> good afternoon, i'm erika von tiehl. today at 1:00 the national transportation safety board is releasing never before seen evidence from the investigation into the crash that killed eight people and injured 200 others. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us now live in the cbs-3 sat center with the latest information on this, walt? >> erika, as you say, in less than one hour from now we will get our first look at 2,000 pages of evidence gathered by ntsb investigators. these documents including an interview with the train's engineer are the building blocks that will sometime in may lead to the final answers from the ntsb. on why this deadly derailment happened. >> for the first time, since the amtrak derail

city, mark becker, channel 9 eyewitness news. there. new developments this midday. a woman who was shot in the stomach in hickory died. we learned about the shooting on midday yesterday. police charged james thacker with assault. he shot tammy after a domestic dispute. they told channel 9 she died last night at the hospital. police plan to upgrade the charges against thacker. count on channel 9 to follow the developments. we'll break them down for you today at 5:00 on eyewitness news. >>> the race for south carolina voters is heating up. >> labels are for soup cans. >> the role former presidents are now taking and the lawsuit donald trump is threatening. >>> for the first time in 50 years, commercial flights are opening between the u.s. and cuba. how soon you can book a seat and the activities you're still banned from doing. sunshine out there today and obviously much warmer but rain i'll have the time line of the i'll have the >>> a short trading week after being closed yesterday. stocks are booming this midday. a building on gains from last week. the dow up 169 po

eyewitness news will monitor the work on independence throughout the night. we'll give you updates tonight at 10:00 and 11:00. >>> new tonight. groups discussing the future of charlotte's north end, met face to face. and the biggest issue, whether north trion street, just outside of uptown can grow and thrive, with the men's homeless shelter stays put. eyewitness news reporter be mark becker was the only reporter there inside that meeting today. he is live tonight in north charlotte. eric? >> erica, there is real momentum to do here on north triumph street what has been done on the south side of town. create a north end. leaving uptown charlotte. but there are many who say it will never really happen as long as charlotte's main homeless shelter is right here. north trion has been the place charlotte's homeless have gone for help and housing for more than 20 years now. but with the light rail coming soon, businesses say the men's shelter and urban ministries are holding back development here. >> it's a burden on us. it's a burden on the businesses. burden on th

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"eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joining us from that neighborhood in new cast with the more on how much damage was done there, anita. >> reporter: hi there erika. neighbors woke up to thousands of dollars worth of damage this morning after police say 18 cars were vandalized with slashed tires overnight. you can see, tires are flat just like this one, many others in this neighborhood also are affect. police say around 1:30 this morning a neighbor called police after seeing three teenage boys, stabbing the tires of the new castle county police car. they tried to do a k-9 search but weren't able to find the suspects. police learn more than a dozen others were also vandalized and within more at a luk oil gas station nearby and one neighbor owns three cars here and he says all three had their tires slash. >> my daughter, i wanted to get them kid, you know what i mean. hopefully someone says something about it. >> all i know is we had three teenage boys between 16 and 18 years of age, out the in the middle of the night slashing tires for whatever reason, i could not tell you right now. >

saw only on eyewitness news. a newark police officer suspended over a stop that involved a 14-year-old boy. that boy's shoulder ended up broken. tonight we're told the officer actually waited 24 hours eyewitness news reporter darla miles is live in newark with more on the story. >> we've learned from the newark police department that not only their officers were involved but one sheriff's deputy from the essex county sheriff's office was also involved in this stop. and i just spoke with the 34-year-old mother of jamad who said she's pleased with the swift action. this is a picture of that two-year veteran who's now suspended. detective ruiz has been with the department since march 2014. he was assigned to the gang enforcement unit and police investigators here say he failed to document the stop involving 14-year-old watkins for 24 hours until after it happened. this is the surveillance video that was uncovered exclusively by eyewitness news. it shows the 14-year-old teenager who's actually 5'11" walking home on t

. >> eyewitness news reporter carolina leid is in newark with the breaking news. >> we just got here on the scene about 5 minutes ago and as we're pulling up we saw the police investigators pulling the body away. there are police officers who are just now walking down the street but they're just behind me. that body was found between two homes here on south 20th street. the bodies found a little over an hour ago. who found it? we do not know and the circumstances behind why that body was left here still under investigation. but police are calling this a suspicious death. they're gathering the evidence they need. as you can see the road is closed off and we have multiple police vehicles here on the scene. all of these officers of course investigating this. developments, i will bring that to you tonight at 11:00. reporting live in newark, carolina leid, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we have more breaking news, this one in harlem. a truck accident causing delays along metro north. an oversized truck carrying water cooler towers lost part of its load and became stuck while passing under

an eyewitness news reporter jim bradley is there in raleigh listening to the debate fist hand. coming up, he'll have a closer look at it and what this means for voters throughout the state. >>> new developments involving mumps cases in the area. lincoln county just confirmed a case it was looking into is not the virus. cabarrus county still waiting on results to confirm its case. new tonight, eyewitness news reporter tina terry talked to experts trying to understand the recent out break and keep it from spreading. tina? >> well, yes, alison, tonight health workers are trying to understand why these cases are all of a sudden popping up, in the mean time, they are encouraging people to go and get their vaccinations if they haven't all ready and to protect themselves in other ways. daily sanitizing is an everyday practice here and with news of the mumps, the owner is even herself and the kids she cares for. >> i constantly wash the children's hands. and sanitize the daycare toys. to keep germs down. >> things the cabarrus county health department says everyone should keep in mind i

he was wanted in charlotte and georgia. >>> days after an eyewitness news investigation brought up a new call for environmental testing at hope billion high school, a school board member says that she is calling on the county health department to get more involved. for the past two years, we've been reporting about an unusual number of cases of a rare eye cancer with links to hope well and the huntersville community. patients and elected officials say they're willing to pay for independent testing of the air and water but cms has been reluctant to grant access to the campus. one school board member is pushing for testing too. >> i would hope that somebody could identify at least a recommended list of tests and give us some options of who perhaps we could hire. >> and then cms -- >> not only allow access but we would take care of that with our safety budget. >> and there is another effort under way now to address huntersville about the cause of those cancer cases. eyewitness news reporter jim bradley has covered this issue for two years and he is live at the health department tonight w

"eyewitness news" continues at 5:30. an infant is saved, thanks to the quick thinking of his mom and a police officer in the right place at just the right time. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live at st. christopher's hospital with more on what they did to save this little boy's life, alex. >> reporter: well, baby brian is two month-old and recovering here at the hospital since wednesday, of last week. now there is are still trying to figure out what caused him to suddenly stop breathing, but what they do know is who helped him start again. >> geographically we're a large township 110 square miles. >> reporter: just by luck galloway township police officer kevin jordan son was in the immediate the area when he got a call about a unresponsive infant. >> i got there in under three minutes. >> reporter: still gravely long for a baby to go without breath, luckily his mom alexandria let instinct and training take over. >> i'm a teacher. i was trained through my school in infant child cpr. >> reporter: friend ca

>>> this is eyewitness news this morning, coverage you can count on. >>> right now on eyewitness news this morning, three 12-year-old girls are accused of spiking their teacher's soda, making her sick. the reason deputies say it was done to get back at the teacher. >> makes me afraid to ride my bike again. >>> and only eyewitness news spoke with the 8-year-old victim at a brevard county hit and run. what we're learning this morning about the 73-year-old driver police believe hit him. >>> good morning. it is saturday, february 27th. i'm darlene jones. we'll have more on our top story in just a minute, but first, let's get you outside to get a live look over downtown orlando this morning. meteorologist marina is in severe weather center 9. >> it's a crystal clear start. it's a bit of a double-edged sword. it's clear so we're going to get plenty of sunshine. because it's clear, it's our coldest morning of the week, not of the season, but it is chilly out there so you are going to need a jacket if you are out and about early, but later on this afternoon, that sunshine and those clear skie

he is due back in court county, mallory huff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> new at 6:00 allegations from a teenaged girl from the bronx that she was sexually assaulted by a classmate. the 16-year-old told investigators she was raped field trip to the pine grove family dude ranch in ulster field trip. the students go to a prep school in mott haven. the girl said a group of boys grabbed her and one raped her. state police are investigating. >>> hundreds of mourners gathered at a church in new jersey for the funerals of a teacher and his young daughter. tim and bridge o'donnell were -- bridget o'donnell were killed in a crash on the new jersey turnpike hit by a man high on drugs. aj ross is in bayonne. >> reporter: sandra, an overwhelming outpouring was shown here this afternoon as friends and family paid their respects two people died in a tragic accident that shook the community. >> reporter: a somber bell tolled and bagpipes expressed what words could not outside this cathedral in bayonne saturday. [ music ] [ amazing grace ] >> reporter: an unrelending heartache and emptiness follo

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in olde city with the the new video and latest on that investigation, greg. >> reporter: jessica, we can tell you the the entire investigation, entire case, everything is in the hand of the district attorney's office right now. they are reviewing it and they are charging unit will deciding whether or not to issue arrest warrants new cell phone video shows the the all out brawl apparently involving two off-duty philadelphia cops and former eagles running back running back lesean shady mccoy. and right now central detectives say that they have handed the case over to the district attorney's office whose decision it is whether or not to charge the nfl star with aggravated assault. >> this wasn't just a regular pushing, shoving match. this was an all out brawl. >> reporter: according to incident reports and police sources the fight began around 2:45 sunday morning at the recess lounge in olde city. lesean mccoy and three friend began arguing with the off-duty cops over a bottle of champagne. when one of the officers fell to the ground. police

john ahrens, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> all right thank you. breaking news on i-485 in huntersville. all outer loop lanes near i-77 are closed after an eight- vehicle crash. these are the first live pictures. medic says the area is icy. some people still going fast. huntersville firefighters on the scene. one person was injured. we don't know how badly. >>> in the last 20 minutes, crews reopened one lane of i-40 westbound in catawba county to let traffic through here. but then closed all lanes after two tractor trailers jackknifed here. one of the trucks went across the roadway. we brought you updates for the last hour tonight. it could be another hour before the lanes are back open. >>> now to the south in the charlotte area where we're using storm cam. this showing you the conditions along independence boulevard right now. a live look as you can see, they're stopped there. traffic moving along those wet roads. but no ice that we're seeing in this area now. >>> a last minute decision by charlotte mecklenburg schools to keep kids home today that

and s&p 500 picked up 8 and a half points. >>> as we continue with eyewitness news at 6:00, dramatic developments tonight about the man charged in that horrific crash on the new jersey turnpike that killed a popular high school teacher and his very young daughter. he was high, the driver was, and he hadn't slept from more than 24 hours at the time of the crash. >> also ahead, the restaurant not taking the judge's ruling with a grain of salt. will new york city begin its warning labels next week? i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics, >>> blockbuster developments tonight in the deadly crash on the new jersey turnpike. kbll a man charged with manslaughter for killing a popular high school teacher and his daughter now admits he was high on adderall and had not slept for more than 24 hours at the time of the

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tisha: eyewitness news starts -- tamara: eyewitness news starts right now. announcer: see what is happening this instant. abc 11 eyewitness news at 11:00 starts right now. tisha: a shooting in kansas. good evening, everyone. i am tisha powell. the local sheriff fighting back tears as he announced a shooting at a local plant. the gunman used an automatic weapon. of the man and there was a workplace shooting in kansas. you can watch for more information tomorrow morning on eyewitness news. steve d.: and here in the triangle, a woman shot in her home. she talks about the ordeal from her hospital bed. authorities are searching the neighborhood in the hopes of making an arrest. joel brown spoke with her and brings us the story from the hospital tonight. joel? joel: the shooting forced doctors to take her leg and also the shooting took away her sense of security. durham county sheriff's deputies shooters. 72-year-old dorothy holloway's children and grandchildren came to visit her in the hospital. shot -- they don't know that i got shot, all they know is that i am

kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> any new information we'll have of course on eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> diana williams is right here. there she is. we were trying to hide her. >> that's a weird shot going in to weather. >> that's a nice shot. this scand l -- scandal that's brewing is the war between the groundhogs and you. have you ever gone against the groundhogs like this before? >> not physically. i didn't de blasio anything. at this >> i'm picturing lee wrestling groundhogs now. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to go with you instead of the groundhogs. >> i appreciate it. the sunset, the gift that keeps on giving. so pretty with this little slither, fiery red orange along the sunset. i told you about that. we have mainly clear skies. i'm going to go to the weather wall right now and we're going to talk about a forecast that's going to be really rainy by this time tomorrow. right now our clouds are going to be increasing and at this point bill and diane are not really loving the forecast. there's that little sliver we talked about, temperatures at 48. partly cloudy skies a

>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> "eyewitness news" at noon begins with a legal showdown in montgomery county. bill cosby's back in court fight to go get his sexual assault case thrown out. >>> good afternoon, i'm erika von tiehl. defense argue copy mated deal with former d.a. bruce castor that he would not be prosecuted a decade ago, if he agreed testify in his accuser's lawsuit. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us outside that courthouse in norristown with these latest development for us, greg, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, there, erika. after brief recess, former district attorney montgomery county bruce castor is back on the stand here in norristown testifying for bill cosby's defense and explaining why this 78 year old comedian, while he promise that comedian he would never be charged with these crimes. hearing began around 9:30 this morning. cosby arriving shortly after 99:00 then was escorted into the montgomery county courthouse for the hearing. as dozens of local national and international media crews filmed his entrance, the entire morning, though, focused on

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live in plaza mid wood, jason stoogenke, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> eyewitness news talked to the mayor and city council members asking if they're thinking of clarifying this law. so far, no one has said yes. >>> emergency crews in the foothills are enjoying the warmer temperatures tonight after a busy 24 hours responding to wrecks on the roads. this was the scene early this morning in burke county where heavy ice brought down trees and power lines. in catawba, several cars crashed after a car hauler jackknifed. one man told us he had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. >> they came sliding at me. i had to jump over the guardrail. but they just barely stopped. right before they hit my truck. >> thankfully, the temperature warmed up throughout the morning and the roads were able to dry out. >> hopefully we won't return to conditions like that. let's go to chief meteorologist steve udelson. >> this next one is a distant cousin compared to last night. live early warning doppler 9. showing a little drizzle toward shelby. nothing reaching the ground yet. but it will later tonigh

"eyewitness news" reporter greg argos takes a closer look. >> reporter: it is front page news throughout the globe, details of comedian bill cosby a's sex assault case. although information is somewhat disturbing we have learned that there is some good, to come out of all of this coverage. the chaos over cosby case is head line news. and all that attention is helping victims of sexual abuse to reach out. >> the silver lining i believe is that this case has empowered, individual who have been victimized to come forward with their case, their stories. >> reporter: teresa whitewalls ton with women organized a against rape or war. >> we are pennsylvania's first rape crisis center. >> reporter: says the coverage of the cosby's sex assault hearing began she has seen a 10 percent increase in calls for help and she expects even more. >> the cosby case does address the fact that this issue has occurred in peoples lives and now there is a reason to come forward. we're hoping as a result many survivors will come forward. >> unfortunately i'm a survivor of both child sexual abuse as well as sexual a

make that tonight after the grammys here on cbs-3. >>> and in the meantime thanks for watching "eyewitness news 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station the cw philly and we're back here on cbs-3 after the grammys. >> up next, "cbs evening news" and tonight campaign 2016 coverage continues a as sparks fly in south carolina. were voters impressed. major garrett has more on who may come out on top. from new york here's scott pelley, take care family we will see you tonight. >> pelley: the supreme court after scalia. with a senate battle brewing over his successor, will the court be gridlocked? also tonight, trump and cruz keep firing at each other. jeb bush looks to "w" to put him in the win column. first the freeze, then the storms and plenty of accidents. and the odd couple. opposites on the bench, best buddies in life. >> we agree on a whole lot of stuff. we do. ruth is really bad only on the knee-jerk stuff. >> this is the "cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight the stars and stripes fly at half-staff at the supreme co

in uptown charlotte, joe bruno, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> now this is one of our top stories on wsoctv.com and on facebook. you can share this story or comment and read all of our past coverage there. >>> president obama says it's time to close a chapter of our history as he announced plans center at guantanamo bay. the plan comes seven years after the president made a vow to permanently shut down that prison. he said it drains military resources and it doesn't help in the united states fight against terrorism. >> it's counter productive to the fight against terrorists because they use it as propaganda in their efforts to recruit. >> the plan involves transferring the bulk of remaining de naanees to other countries. the others would be moved to cities in the u.s. one could be the navel brig in south carolina. the fight to keep suspected terrorists out of the state. >>> troopers say the logging truck driver was distracted in the seconds before his truck flipped and killed another driver. darrell bane crossed the center line coming out of a curve yesterday. he over corrected and h

eyewitness news reporter aj ross is in bayonne with the details. aj. >> reporter: all patched up like new and cleared by the coast guard. the anthem oe storm off the carolinas. a lot of anxious passengers we talked with weren't concerned with recent repairs and a thorough inspection by the coast guard allaying fears. part of the propulsion system was replaced and that didn't sit well with some passengers to decided to skip this voyage. >> propeller's broken. they need to -- there's a lot of lives on that ship. there's 5,000 people on the ship. and hard working people. they need to check it a little bit better. that's my opinion. and i'm not going. >> i don't think that they would send us out if there was any trouble. i'm hoping that everything is going to be fine and thinking that if there was any sort of reservation, they would not be sending us out. >> reporter: this is an eight- day seven-night cruise set to sail to orlando and then to the bahamas before returning here to bayonne next sunday. we'll have much more with passengers coming up on eyew

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it right here on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the bill cosby in court. you can get latest anytime at cbs philly.com. >>> members of the young family are run down and left to die, by a hit and run driver in south philadelphia, and tonight, their relatives are talking only to "eyewitness news". they told "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco how three victims are doing tonight, diana? >> reporter: jessica those horrifying moments played out in this intersection just 24

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eyewitness news at five begins right now: now, new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the zika virus now multiplying so quickly, the world health organization declaring a global emergency. and moments ago, new york state making a big announcement to try to protect against the virus. >>> first rising crime in the in decades, the guardian angels back on patrol trying to stop the knife slashings that have plagued the trains. i'm bill ritter in for sade baderinwa baderinwa. >> still they say they will monitor the platforms and trains because of the increase in subway slashings. >> the problem so worrying, he wants to ban career criminals from the trains. how do cops do that. >> reporter: eyewitness news reporter, darla miles is live in washington heights with more for us. >> reporter: well, diana, this is one of the sights of the one of the recent subway slashings, and the guardian angels say they know they're not cops, but they are prepared to break up fights and detain anyone breaking the law until police arrive. and as for bratton, he says if you're a career crimina

danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> g.o.p. presidential hopeful and new jersey governor chris christie takes up a celebrity endorsement by the way of the kick ball star buddy vel astros at a town hall meeting this morning in hudson, new hampshire. they have been long time friend, vessels tro praised christie's ability to get things down in a heavily democratic state. >>> "eyewitness news" is on the campaign trail in new hampshire ahead of the primary. our rahel solomon will have live reports starting tonight on "eyewitness news" at 10:00 on the the cw philly and back here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" news at 11:00. >>> coming up on cw. three "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a wild ride for cruise passengers headed from new jersey to florida. rough waters tossed around the vessel and those on board causing major damage. >>> a tour bus crashes on snowy i9 five dozens of them injured, several critically. >>> millions of americans suffer from receding gums but now is there a new less invasive treatment to restore the gums, health reporter s

shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> newark officials revealing a new plan to reduce crime and violence in the city. the 45-day action plan focuses on making public safety more effective and efficient. some unifying police, fire, and emergency management commands, strengthening major crimes unit, bring in the state police for six months to help with investigations, and targeting high crime areas. it also calls train residents on how to get involved protecting their neighborhoods. >> teach them and let them know, let them be our eyes and ears what the police officer does, what the fire department does, and what oem does and what resources are available to them. >> the announcement comes as violence seems to be spiking in newark. as of today 14 people have been killed in homicides. >>> there was a lot of finger pointing on capitol hill during a congressional hearing on the flint water crisis. the epa water chief says the action of michigan officials caused the contamination. he said they ignored federal advice to treat the water for corrosion causing elements and waited month

reporting from brooklyn, rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> just ahead, lee goldberg says yes, it's 50 degrees right now but it's going to change overnight. with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. and in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today at business.ny.gov i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here? i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. speeds plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. switch to better. switch to fios. >>> sounds like we're going to have a whole bunch of school delays and cancellations

darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> developing story, police have just released new surveillance images of a man they say tried to lure a 14-year-old girl in brooklyn. they say this man put his arm around the girl and would not let go as she was walking home from her yeshiva in sheepshead bay. this happened tuesday. >>> accused of hitting an nypd officer with her car, newscopter7 was over the scene on west 55th street and 8th avenue. this happened around noon today. police say the woman got upset when two officers tried to give her a summons for double parking. she took off, striking one of the officers. she was caught a few blocks away. the officer went to the hospital just to get checked out. awaiting word tonight on what caused a house fire that injured at least 5 people in new jersey. flames gutted the home and spread quickly to neighboring houses on irving street just after 4:00 a toddler is being treated tonight for burns to the shoulder. four other victims were treated and released. really carry moments for firefighters when a mayday call went out. >> mayday. >> a short ti

eyewitness news anchor allison latos is in our breaking news center with more on the serious damage that's ravaging the area. >> in the last hour, the national weather service said a reported tornado hit the town of waverly virginia killing three people. we have a look at the incredible video. this is the damage the storm left behind. you can see debris scattered everywhere. the national weather service says that radar had indicated a twister there in waverly. one man says he and his uncle got caught in that storm. >> the wind actually picked the car up and shifted us to the side. and all we could do was hold on to each other and pray. >> that witness says a trailer, to stand in that spot. today's fatalities bring this powerful system's total death toll to 6. three people were killed in louisiana and mississippi yesterday. dozens of others were injured. >>> more damage east of charlotte in wayne county, a mother and her three children raced to get out of this mobile home when the wind took the roof right off. and in forsyth county, heavy winds pushed around huge trees knocking some across

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is live at polling place in manchester, new hampshire, where people are out and about doing their civic duty. rahel? >> reporter: good afternoon, jim, that's right. this afternoon, we are here at the websters school, one of 12 polling sites, in the city of manchester, the state of new hampshire's largest city. take a look behind me. i have to tell this is actually smaller than what we have seen today but officials here telling me that they have seen strong numbers as of about 20 minutes ago. officials telling me they've already had 180,061 people show up, and of course we're expecting record turn out numbers across the state. so what we're seeing here, we are probably seeing across the state, as well. now, part of what makes new hampshire politics so interesting for many, is how many undeclared voters they have by some estimates, 40 to 45% of voters are undeclared, and what that means is that those voters can come here today, to polling site like this, and they can decide which primary do they want to vote in. do they want to vote in the republ

in las vegas, danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> keep it the right here on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the presidential race, and you can get latest news anytime at cbs philly.com. >>> police are searching for suspects, they say, brutally attack a kutztown university student. take a look at this surveillance video. the police say these men stabbed the 22-year old victim during an altercation, it happened near campus on noble street around 12:45 a.m. on saturday. police believe at least one of the three suspects is also a student. if you have any information you are asked to call the police. >>> authorities now confirmed a woman died in the condo fire in florence township, burlington county. family members identified the victim as seven two-year old irene thorn, six others suffered minor injuries at toll gate condos at florence toll gate road. chopper three on the scene around 9:30 friday night. it took two hearst for fire fighters to bring the flames under control. the causes under investigation. >>> one man is in the hospital this morning after a secti

"eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in ventnor with more on what is happening there, cleve. >> reporter: welshes once upon a time a woman and teenage children rented a home on this lot but they say because of the storm, that property has been cleared this woman's life is still in financial shambles. >> i'm trying to forget about sandy and think he is trying to bring it backup. >> reporter: traumatized and exhausted, she feels like she can't escape super storm sandy because it took government money. >> fema had offered to pay us, six months of rent. >> reporter: carla says a little over year ago she had to pay back the rental assistance they gave her. she said agency would not give her an explanation and despite having receipts, this bomb shell a arrived in the mail last in. >> collection action will continue unless you make a payment within ten days from the day of the letter in the amount of 12,083 doll are a and 62 cents which includes all fees, interest, and penalties as of today. >> reporter: you are laughing, why? >> i want to cry. >> reporter: she wouldn't be c