"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff live outside the willow grove park mall for the race set to two minute, good morning, henry. >> overhead look from the chopper at the 400 walkers gathered to raise more than $2 million at the philadelphia three day, incredible event, this event raised more than $68 million since 2005 in philadelphia, let me bring in sioux fran at lan tax the atlanta walk ten times, furs time doing the philly walk. welcome. what inspired you? >> team of 12, team from pittsburgh, charlotte, raleigh , north carolina, richmond, virginia and atlanta my mom died from breast cancer when i was 15, and she was 39. so now i'm 42, so i feel like it is my responsibility to do this walk for her. and for all of the people that have been affected by breast cancer, and i'm a thyroid cancer survivor, so i'm excited to be here, as well, because cancer affect so many people in so many different ways. >> i wore there is supporting breast cancer today, but the ribbons represent so many other times every cancer. so i wanted to wear this to represent that i've got many people on my p

henry rossoff live on independence mall, what some are calling an opportunity. henry? >> we spoke with both community leaders even historian about the best way to speak with your children about this moment in time, and about what happened in virginia. the concensus is this will be eye opening for both parent and their kids. >> when would you try to talk to them few years ago, mom and dad, that does not exist, that world is not there. >> called the events in charlottesville a revealing moment for young people. he is telling his parishioners who are parents that the most important thing they can do right now is to be therefore their children. >> they watch the news, ask questions, well (would someone say that, because of the color of our skin. >> this is tough. sometimes no words. sometimes just a hug, come sit next to me. >> you know, somehow we will make this country live up to the promise that it has made. >> really hard. >> i'm not going to pretends testees. >> i reggie with the aclu of pennsylvania encores courages parents to teach their kids not hate speech is wron

"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff takes us on a rare tour of south jersey's now shuttered missle defense sites. >> reporter: lumberton new jersey municipal work lot looks like any other. but public works general foreman tommy shellber. >> i started here in 90. >> reporter: took us into one of the bunk beers low to show us how this place is far from ordinary. >> this may look like a storage shed for old school supplies but this missle silo was actually one of the last lines of defense for the united states during the cold war. >> safely defend against fleets of high flying bombers carrying atomic weapons. >> reporter: military put 15 nike defense sites in new jersey there, were 12 in greater philadelphia, most have been abandoned. we hike about half mile in the wood to see one site in evesham, new jersey beyond badly rusted remnant of the bashed wire there was a football field of concrete slaps and over grown brush, along with hatchways sealed shut. >> they operated doors would open and then elevator would come up and this is where the missle sat. >> reporter: when technology and

"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff is live outside children's hospital. any update on the boy's condition. >> reporter: we have a condition update, police say that he was rushed from methodist hospital to here at children's, because pair brought him to methodist but methodist does not have a trauma center so he was brought here. we know he was in critical condition but conscious and expect to survive, which is really something after he was apparently accidentally shot in the face. crime scene, consisting of blood, on the floor, and the walls. there is also, the gun, laying on the floor and other, live bullets. in that second floor front bedroom. >> reporter: detectives say that is mother and fathers room that happened in the 2600 block of south hicks. there were four other brothers and sisters at home when the shooting happened just before 12:30 in the morning a 13 year-old and three others younger then the 11 year-old who apparently shot himself. >> we don't know where they were in the house at the time, that the shot was fired. >> reporter: what police

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff live outside the station in spring garden with more on the astronomical phenomenon. good morning, henry. >> good morning, jim, are, you will not believe the heightened interest in getting these glasses, maybe you will, we'll be making pretty big deal out of this big deal eclipse. these are the last pair of cbs-3 solar eclipse glasses, i plan on giving them away very quickly as people begin waking up walking about town. and i gave a few away this morning to those upbeat and early. >> agree glass toss watch the solar eclipse. >> whether we came across cab driver though lands to watch the eclipse with his kids later in the day but had yet to track down iss glass. >> i appreciate the glass. >> we've been manning the glasses out for weeks including yesterday. >> haven't found a pair, right i'll give you these. >> oh, thank you. >> the risk is real. if you watch without protective glasses. doctors say, staring at the sun too long can burn the retina. normally when we look at the sun it hurts our eyes and we just look away. but with the eclipse,

in willow grove, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> if you want more information on the komen three day walk just check out our web site we will powe pictures , videos, updates on cbs philly.com. >>> five virginia teachers accused of helping their students cheat on line on a standardized test are now out of the job. investigation revealed teacher told students to write their answers on a piece of paper and ways their hand as answer was wrong teachers allegedly told students to check their work but if the answer was right students were told to move on to the next question. all test scores were thrown out because of the cheating scandal leaving students who studied in the past disappointed. >> i actually worked hard for this. we worked hard on reading, we worked hard on math. >> the teachers, should instruct the kid more and do their jobs and it shouldn't be an issue. >> now that the testing violation has been uncovered the school is likely to lose it's a chris days from the state. >>> well, it is friday, 12:15 to be exact and cbs-3 summer fest is live in haddonfield, new jersey

henry rossoff is there live with an update, good morning, henry. >> good morning, jim, the 11 year-old is listed in critical condition but is conscious and expected to survive. police say that he was at home , were four other brothers and sisters as well as mom and dad when he somehow got into mom and dad's room and got his hands on a revolver, 11 year-old apparently accidentally shot himself in the face. police are not sure where the other family members were when this happened but they say that the family did immediately rush him to methodist and then transferred here to children's, detectives say this is one tragic case that they really should never have to investigate. >> there is several different ways to make that weapon safe or to be put in the safe location but tragedies, accidents like this, do occur, and there was five children at the time and it appears at this point that this 11 year-old somehow did get a hold of this weapon which is a revolver. >> reporter: one freeway to protect your weapon from children are free gun locks handed out by philadelphia sheriff's office, no q

cbs-3's, henry rossoff is live at wendy he is in a ridley park. henry, what have you found out >> reporter: if you walked in the wendy's behind me yesterday, and bought a big soda there was an extra line on your receipt, that line read a surcharge for philadelphia beverage tax, and there was an extra 45 cents added to that receipt. word of the this happening spread all over social media, all over facebook people wondering what was going on. we checked. the philadelphia beverage tax, works with distributors paying the tax, if they sell to stores, or fast food joints in the city of philadelphia, presumably those costs get baked in and passed on to consumers. but with this wendy's being in delaware county people who paid extra price yesterday felt it was unfair. >> it is not about the 45 cents, it is about the principal of the fact that they implement aid new charge and didn't let customers know and i felt everyone had the right to know. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 e from this franchise, and why a spokesmen says that this all comes down to a big mi

live from south philadelphia, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> henry, thank you. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" a reason to reach for the bug spray. >> reporter: if you have been outside you have likely been bitten by a mosquito i'm greg argos in west philadelphia with why experts say there has been a huge increase in those pesky bugs. >>> you probably have been using nickname for years but we will tell you why you can now officially, call new jersey the garden state. we have been saying it for years but new jersey governor chris christie has been saying it official talking about the slogan appearing on license plates, since 1954. >> governor signed a new law, making the new garden state, new jersey's official slogan. it got its start decade ago and speaks to the state's thriving agricultural industry farm is new jersey's third largest, industry. >>> and we are continuing to track rain across the region although war of it appears to be out of here. >> lets live look at cbs-3 mobil weather watcher on union road in buena. as you can see roads are still wet and is ther

all morning, filing live reports, checking in with walkers as they arrive live in willow grove, henry rossoffness news." >>> thank you, henry. >> so we will see henry throughout the show, also, we'll have more for you on the komen three day life after live time on line. and updates from the walk, be sure to check out our website at cbsphilly.com. >> they can't ask for better weather. remember, i think fewer years ago a monsoon hit here, snow is great stuff. >> today, tomorrow, the following day, the next day, take it away, matt. >> all the days, all the days, fantastic weather for us here in the delaware valley. it will be great weather for the susan g. komen race for lifetime of course the next couple every days. but, we have some showers that could potentially show up maybe next week, but it is nothing like what the folks down in the gulf are preparing for. hurricane harvey of course what i'm talking about, currently right now, a hurricane, excuse me, category two hurricane, it is forecasted to strengthen as it continues to barrel toward the texas coastline, and it is a little bit of inform

henry rossoff shows us how. >> this may look like olds storage shed for school supplies. but this is actually a missile silo. and it was once one of the last lines of defense for the united state during the "cold war." i'm henry rossoff in lumberton , we will take you on an >> people at sacramento animal shelter looking for the owners , not just talking about the cat, dog, ferret. we're talking about a tortoise , found walking down the street, animal control officers pick him up, took him in, the shelter staff says the tortoise probably has an owner looking for him, but they have no idea who that might be. they've put out a call foreigners in hopes of reunite that tortoise with his owner. maybe we can help out a little bit, matt, with the broadcast? >> it can't hurt. >> no it, can't. well, he's so slow, he can't get back. >> i know. >> he couldn't have got far, right? >> you know, maybe the owner is just, you know, just, you know, sooner rather than later , i don't know exactly where i was going with that, but anyway, it will be a really good day today. take your pets for

live in philadelphia, henry rossoff, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> thank you, henry.ll be some knucklehead thought that decides to take a picture, use the glasses. >> i would hope not. you can't see anything with those glasses. >> you can't see anything at all. >> i can't imagine why. >> good advice from triple a. >> absolutely, thank you, henry. cbs news will be broadcasting special report today from 1:00 . team of core core upon dent will be steaks dollars across the path of totality for the clips in full effect. you can watch the coverage on cbs-3 and also on our website at cbsphilly.com. >> now onto other news after two week working holiday president trump is back in the white house. he is society announce his plans for afghanistan tonight from for the meyer in virginia trump tweeted that he made a decision after meeting with military leaders over the weekends, now, officials familiar with this plan expect 4,000 troops to be deployed, but they warn that could change. this will be president trump's first major national security address as president. >>> in developi

liver in the cbs-3 news center , henry rossoff, cbs-3 " eyewitness news." >> thank you, henry. police in camden county, manna tacked with a michetti. happened yesterday on pine grove avenue lindenwold old. victim in his 60s, returned to cooper university hospital after the attack. no word right now on any arrests or what prompted this attack. >> well, philadelphia councilwoman, helen gym, renewing her calls to remove frank rizzo statue from center city. protesters gathered outside of pain plaza yesterday, calling for the former mayor's monument to come down. councilwoman gym, and local civil rights groups, said last night, that rizzo statue should be relocated. frank rizzo's legacy remains a controversial topic, on race relations in the city. >>> rizzo raised hell in our neighborhood. i was young when he was just police commissioner, and he became the mayor. >> my father was not a racist, matter of fact, the he protected blacks, asians, white, every race, in the city of philadelphia. >> now, those who support keeping the statue where it is , canceled their planned rally yesterd

live from the sat center henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> scary for those passengers. thanks very much, henry. pilot is killed after his plane crash necessary to sussex county, new jersey this morning. the amateur built aircraft crashed at end of the trica airport runway. no pass eveningers were on board at the time. airport says that their runway s are popular with ultra light aircraft, so far the identity of the pilot has not been released and faa is currently investigating. >>> also about 12 hours earlier, a small plane was with three people on board crashed and caught fire in pits town, new jersey. pilot and his two passengers were conscious and transported to nearby hospitals. the plane was headed from blairs town airport to sky man or airport when it crashed about 10:30 on saturday. the federal aviation administration is investigating the cause of this crash, as well. >>> developing tonight, a septa maintenance employee is carjacked in philadelphia at fourth and spring garden, septa officials say suspect was armed, and took off in the car, early this morning. the

i'm henry rossoff in lumberton and we will take you on a inside tour. >>> also, the dune debate rage, the sand stalemate in margate once again the reasons both side were back in the courtroom. lauren? >>> after an august day that is down right awesome, how long can we keep this sunshine around? i will have answer in your forecast, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now . >>> as we continue to follow breaking news, 12 west chester fire fighters injured, five hospitalized, after being exposed to carbon monoxide. plus fire fighters were responding to an underground fire. good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. take a look from chopper . this started in 2900 block of gay street near old west chester courthouse. there was an underground fire, 12 fire fighters were overcome by carbon monoxide, five of them had to be taken to the hospital. right now there is no word on their conditions but we do know the fire was brought under control. >>> chopper three also live over more breaking news, in collindale delaware county where authorities say a sergeant with the sheri

henry rossoff is live at southwest detectives, with the very latest developments, henry. >> reporter: ukee and jessica even though we have been showing you those a nationally clear surveillance images for last few days police say it was actually a speeding getaway car that made all of the difference in this case and really good eyewitness. now is there a local, and nationwide search, for derek ross. after days of trying to find man in the red hood linked to the homicide in haverford and shoot nearing overbrook park police confirmed his. >> derek rollins a 24 year-old male. >> reporter: break came after detective got a call about the gray volvo they say rollins used as a getaway car. neighbor saw it speeding saturday evening, just after the overbrook park shooting but before the killing of john lee, near his friend's apartment in haverford but that person didn't know the information, was important until turning on the news last night. >> they recorded first three numbers of the tag and explain at last four digits, may have had two or three, eight's and i'm not sure of that sequence. th

in center city henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> still ahead here on "eyewitness news" weill take you behind the scenes of is what new in theaters this weekend. >>> i'm kevin frazier coming up bri larson, woody harrelson and niomi watts are part of the big screen you can do endless move 201online research.t, or, you can take advantage of our best offer ever on an xt5. don't wait. our 2017 models will be moving fast. you can drive a car... or you can drive a cadillac. come in now before the end of our made to move 2017 clearance event and leave with the perfect cadillac xt5 for your next adventure. choose a low mileage lease on this xt5 for around $339 per month. >>> one of new movies is based on janet wall's best selling memoirs the glass castle, it is coming of age tail about her dysfunctional family and her poverty stricken youth. here's kevin frazier. >> reporter: this week bree larson, woody harrelson and niomi watts star in the story based on a best selling memoirs the glass castle. >> this is as weird as it gets , kid. you learn from living. >> reporter: based on the

our henry rossoff spoke with some at the park tonight, henry? >> reporter: ukee, spokeswoman for d.a.'s office say lead are being persued, lets take a look at that poster for $10,000 reward being offered, joggers we spoke with today say this park is a hidden gem and one that won't be safe again until this guy is thought. >> this shouldn't happen to anyone. >> reporter: everyone i know in the community, just devastated about hearing this. >> reporter: ryan graham says his heart sunk when he found out a 19 year-old running in norristown park was sexually assaulted at gunpoint in broad daylight. graham is a leader of the norristown running club and often organizes group runs through that very same park. >> i talked to our group, an urgent message when i heard this information and it is just like spread it all around the different facebook groups, you know, just people were just commenting and you just felt like the hurt and anger, of what happened. >> reporter: farm park was closed yesterday during the investigation, and it is back opened today for

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"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff is live, where he has been tracking this tax mix up all day, henry. >> reporter: ukee and jessica everyone who walks in the went ace behind me bought a soda yesterday paid an extra 45 cents, and, they started to push back almost immediately, because the wendy's cited a philadelphia beverage tax. one problem: we're not standing in philadelphia. >> i get same thing every time i come number four medium with the diet coke. >> reporter: when robin went through ridley park wendy's drive through he knew price was higher then normal. when he checked his receipt his eyes focused on one line. >> they charged me 45 cents for a philadelphia beverage surcharge. it is not about 45 cents but principal of the fact that they implement aid new charge and didn't let customers know. i felt everyone had a right to know. >> i looked and it said philly beverage tax. >> reporter: word was spreading so people like kristin coons who posted bit on facebook. she was frustrated the cost of the tax that only effects distributors selling sugary drinks in philadelphia was bei

"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff is live outside children's hospital so henry, any update on the boy's condition. >> reporter: jim and rahel he is listed in critical condition. currently he was rush here to children's by doctors after his parents brought him to methodist hospital, in critical condition, and, conscious and alert though we're hearing expect to survive which is really saying something after he apparently accidentally shot himself, in the face. >> crime scene in the second floor front bedroom consisting of a lot of blood on the floor and the walls. there is the gun laying on the floor and other live bullets in that second floor front bedroom. >> reporter: detectives say that is mother and father's room in the 2600 block of south hicks. there were four other brothers and sisters at home when the shooting happened just before 12:30 in the morning a 13 year-old and three others younger then the 11 year-old who apparently shot himself. >> we don't know where they were in the house at the time that the shot was fired. >> reporter: what police on the scene do know is t

"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff live at the statue outside of the municipal services billing in center sit which more on the renewed effort to have it removed, henry? >> jip, ever jim, dated back at least a year as far as we can tell. the accusation by people who want the statue taken down is that former mayor and police commissioner mayor rizzo had at times brutal relationship with the african-american community but things taken to new height when councilwoman helen jim tweeted last night all around the city we're fight to go remove monuments to slavery and racism, philly we have work to do. take the rizzo statue down. it has already been re tweeted more than 400 times, liked about a thousand times, the tweet at this moment in time specifically, comes in the wake of what happened in charlottesville, virginia, the recent white power and hate group protest and counter protest there, send erred around the city decision to remove statue of robert e lee. we got rizzo son former phillie council himself on the phone from florida we asked him what thought about the calls to remove t

live in the cbs-3 news center, henry rossoff, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> thanks for bringing us up-to-date. >> this morning, president trump heads to uma arizona to push for congressional funding for wall on the us mexican border. the president addressed the nation to announce new strategy on afghanistan. he said he will boost the number of american troops in afghanistan, but didn't specify how many. the afghan war, now in its 16th year, is the longest war in american history. >> camden county man recovering this morning after he was attack wawa michetti. "eyewitness news" at the scene yesterday on pond grove avenue lindenwald. police say man in his 60s was injured when another manna tacked him with that michetti. the victim returned to cooper university hospital. there is no word on arrests or what prompted this attack. >> well, philadelphia councilwoman helen gym is renewing her calls to remove frank rizzo statue from center city, protesters gathered outside of pain plaza yesterday, calling the former mayor's monument to come down. councilwoman gym and local civil rights group said last

live near independence hall, henry rossoff, cbs-3 " eyewitness news". >> henry, thank you. hundreds gathered in downtown charlottesville today, to remember heather heyer. >> ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> to call on americans to come together peacefully. >> she wanted equality. and, in this issue, of the day of her passing, she wanted to put down hate, and for my part , we just need to stop all this stuff and just forgive each other. i think that's what the lord would want us to do. is to stop, just love one another. >> president trump hosed this tweet about heyer this morning >> taken down overnight in baltimore, city leaders are hoping to avoid demonstrations like the ones in charlottesville. baltimore city council voted yesterday to remove all con fedotenko rat monuments within city limit. the city mayor is defending her decision to get it done under the cover of darkness. >> what i know is i did what was right in my city. that will was my intent, and it is done. >> other cities are considering making similar moves, the mayor of birmingham , alabama ordered the covering of a confe

"eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff spoke with one woman who moved from the delaware valley and he has her story. >> about 1:00 o'clock last night a tornado hit and it just, rolled through the neighborhood i have never seen , anything like it before. >> we face timed with jamie phillips, she and her family are from aston and moved from the houston area for her husband's job and they are from what neighbors believe was a tornado caused by harvey that ripped through their neighborhood. >> about 15 homes, lost roofs, one of my friends the roof is in their living room, another friend had, parked a tree through the bathroom and little girls window blew out and got injured in it. people were having to run to get to closets, and it sounded like a freight train. it was just scary. >> reporter: phillips says next issue is flooding, that is also the case for brian matthews from outside pittsburgh and new dropping off his daughter college in austin. >> pretty much raided non-stop ever since then and we will be seeing for next few days as well. >> reporter: with the flooding even more power

henry rossoff, cbs-3, great, wee people looking up in the scion the schuylkill instead of looking at your phones gps during be using the . >> many will be posting pictures, b careful, camera lentz needs protection just like our eyes do, censorsed when pointed directly at the sun, so to avoid, that cover the you would rec, take your glasses, put your lens through it, you have view finder where you can see through the camera, you can make pictures tt at least 1f neutral density to be able to look at the sun andph. >> also say make sure to turnoff the flash and the auto our eclipse fest coverage continues today starting 5:00 learn how animals will react when the eclipse comes, whether the zoo is taking any tm the danger of looking at the sun. didn't even think about that. th's >> yes, actually real interesting, we send it over to kat think, you've got a cat, you're a scientist, what do yo put of this? >> will animals react to the eclipse? >> i think more than goi to have the intuitive thought to oh, the down, time to go to bed. they survived for how long without looking directly atot tt

moved from the delaware valley to houston said a tornado tore through her neighborhood as well, henry rossoff has her terrifying story. >> about 1:00 he clock last night a tornado hit and it just, rolled through the neighborhood i have never seen anything like it before report report we face timed with jamie phillips, she and her family are from aston but moved to the houston area for her husband's job. these pictures are from what neighbors believe was a tornado caused by hurricane harvey that ripped through their neighborhood. >> fifty homes, within of my friends the roofies in their living room another friend had a tree through a bathroom, little girls window blew out and he got injured in it and people were having to run to get to closets and it sounded like a freight train, it was just scary. >> reporter: phillips says next issue is flooding, that is also the case for brian matthews from outside pittsburgh and new dropping off his daughter in college in austin. >> it has been raining non- stop ever since and we will be seeing it for next few days as well. >> reporter: with the flooding e

henry rossoff has her story. >> at 1:00 o'clock a tornado hit and it just rolled through the neighborhood, i have never seen, anything like it before. >> reporter: we face timed with jamie phillips, she and her family are from aston but moved to houston for her husband's job these pictures are from what neighbors believe was a tornado cause by hurricane harvey that ripped through her neighborhood. >> about 15 hems, who roofs, one of my friends the roof is in their living room another friend had park a tree through a bathroom, and little girls, window blew out and got injured in it, and people were having to run to get to the closets, it sounded like a freight train, it was just scary. >> reporter: phillips says next issue is flooding, that is also case for brian matthews originally from just outside pittsburgh dropping off his daughter in college in austin. >> it has been raining non- stop ever since then and that is what we will than seeing as well. >> reporter: with the flooding more power outages are expected. that during the texas summer can be deadly. >> biggest concern here, is the