lets get out too "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao live in norristown jan, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. it doesens of fire fighters remain on the scene in norristown battling the films at this apartment fire. you can see just how many people are here. they have the the bulk of this fire under control will but they are looking out for those hot spots. the latest one was around the back side of the building the flames were showing through the roof but right now we can see smoke. fire fighters are going in and outlooking through this building as this investigation, continues. the the the efforts here on the scene continue. if you look at the video you can see how big and intense this fire was early this morning. details are still limited on exactly how this fire started but we're told the call came in around 1:00 this morning. dozens of fire fighters responded as this fire quickly grew to four alarms and fire fighters had had to work to evacuate this entire building. this is a 23 unit apartment building call the north on the 600 block of swede street in norris

reporting live jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, jan. >>> trial continues for eric torres, charged with shooting philadelphia police officer edward davies in the feltonville store in august 2013. police say they were trying to subdue an arm suspect, officer davies lost a kidney in the shooting. torres's attorney says it was an accident. >>> a bucks county business owner had has lost his building in a raging two a alarm fire. flames broke out around 7:00 last night at spencer's landscaping company in humeville. fire fighters battled the blaze for about four hours. the building is new destroyed but forpet nately, no one was injured. >> it is just buildings, so i'm happy, about that but i can't be really happy because i have owned this for almost 30 years now and i have never had an incident and it scares me. >> now here's a look at gutted remains of that building courtesy of chopper three. the building owner told us an employee was inside working on machinery when something sparked and it ignited the fire. an official investigation is underway this morning. >>> anothe

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live from the scene in stafford township where utility crews continue to work on that damage gas line, jan, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. gas crews have been on the scene here around the clock trying to restore service to everyone in this neighborhood. we are being kept far from the scene right now. that is oak avenue just down there where police officers are stationed now. police officers on the scene tell me gas crews are still there working to restore services. we have yet to hear from the gas company hoping to get an update from them very soon. mayor of stafford township tells us that the explosion yesterday was caused by a 34 year-old main gas line here under oak avenue, 15 people injured, two critically in the explosion but all are expect to recover and that is a amazing when you take a look at this explosion. this same video was captured 10:30 tuesday morning on a police officer's dash cam. you see fireball and then debris. just an hour and a half earlier several homes had been evacuated after residents complained about

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now out in the cbs-3 mobil weather lab. she saw a few flakes earlier, jan, whether are you seeing now. >> reporter: erika, good morning. still snowing ever so slightly here in will allentown this morning. we are coming to you live from downtown allentown where you you can see a picturesque snow right the now. not accumulating on the ground. we have a wet surface here. we are hovering right around freezing mark so maybe expect slippery spots out here in the allentown area this morning but as we are's driving around we are not finding a problem at all. we have seen the the trucks out salting and brining so these road are well treated and that is probably why we are not having any problems. you can see a dusting on your car. you can probably just blow it off or use wipe tours get the snow off. not too much problem as far as getting to your car, getting out on the roads but keep in mind as always with the temperatures this low thaw might run into some slick spots. but for now we are reporting live from the mobile weather lab, ja

let's start off with our jan carabao who i believe we have her at the scene. no, we do not.he's actively trying to get more information. >> justin is standing by a as the red cross is assisting in this incident that broke out last night. the justin? >> reporter: in a ought a ohio. >> we are having technical difficulties with justin's audio. quite a scene in, montgomery county. i do believe we have jan carabao standing by right now. >> good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. we're having some technical difficulties out here but if you can hear me, again we have gotten confirmed that there is one fatality involved in this overnight fire, three or people taken to the hospital just for minor injuries and that includes a fire fighter. fire fighters have a lot of work to do on the scene this morning and they have a lot of work to do. dozens of fire fighters remain on the scene now. we're toll that the fire is under control but fire is not out on the back side of the building. it is hard to see from our vantage point but fire fighters are working to put out hot spo

flames. >>> the red cross is assisting it does epps of people displaced, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is on the scene in norristown to tell us all bit, jan. >> reporter: ukee ape erika, a lot of new you information to pass along to you this morning. we were were just able to speak to the fire chief on the scene and he has confirm there has been one death as a result of this overnight fire. there have been three other injuries, three other people taken to the hospital, one with smoke inhalation and another a fire fighter with a cut to his hand as he was going through this building to make sure everyone was out. here you can see dozens of fire fighters remaining on the scene. the fire is under control but in the out. hot spots continue to flare up throughout the morning. the latest was the on the back side of the building. we cannot see flames right now, just some smoke. but if we look at video shot earlier this morning you can see how big this fire was. we are told this fire broke out here in the six hup block of swede street in norristown around 1:00 this morning. it quickly grew to f

we have coverage of it for you jan carabao is in allentown where snow has started to fall already but first lets get to meteorologist katie fehlinger. good morning. >> at this point it is just a light snow where we will talk to jan in a second northwestern half of the delaware valley a and we have just showed you we will take you back out to it and show you what is going on with it. notice tail end through maryland and west virginia things fizzling out somewhat. we do think that we will fine a few flurries or straight up snow showers through southern tear of the delaware valley. looking for accumulation you'll have to go far north into again lehigh valley berks county, lancaster county and pocono region where we expect to end up with a coat to go an inch. up in the poconos as much as 2 inches. you might get totally gipped through first state of delaware and southern new jersey. even if you do find a few flakes, they will have a tough time sticking and accumulating a at this point. it is, at least a weakening front in terms of moisture but it will pack a punch in terms of cold air. tem

agency is increasing their presence in order to keep riders safe. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao us from the somerset station in kensington where septa safety blitz is underway jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. septa is trying to keep its riders safe so they are stepping up to what is called a safety blitz. that means office are will be having conversation was riders reminding riders not to be so engrossed in music, reading, social media, cell phones and that they cross the yellow line and step on to the tracks. thinks called stay back from the edge. police officers and safety officers will be out here at the somerset station which serves septa's market frankford line reminding folks to be aware of their surroundings. septa police have stepped up patrols in light of the recent violence thaw are speaking of during peak hours during school with students, flood the system. septa doubled number of officers on patrol hoping to prevent brawls like this one involving teens recently caught on cell phone video. on any given day septa transports a million commuters, and that inc

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is on the the scene jan?lid fire fighter work on display today fire chief says it is even more fatality as a result of this huge overnight fire, however one person has died, three other people including a fire fighter had to be taken to the hospital with minor injuries, this morning and you can see here on the scene dozens of fire fighters remain, to keep an eye out for hot spots that makes for this fire and it is under control. take a look at what the fire looked like earlier this morning as crew is a arrived on the scene right around 1:00 o'clock. this is 600 block of swede street. fire crew as arrived to heavy smoke and flames that were visible this apartment building called the norris is nearly 30 units. crews started the evacuation. dozens of people needed to be rescued as we take a look at this video we were able to capture dramatic rescues this morning. one man was waving his arms from his apartment window and taken down by ladder. another woman was waiting on fourth floor balcony, and frightening morn

we are reporting live from stafford township, jan carabao for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >>> and check this out, we have before and after pictures of the home on oak avenue. just incredible. on the left a picture of the home as it looked before the blast and then on the right even you can barely see anything, even the foundation and the distance debris scattered all the way around. >>> a couple of overnight water main breaks to tell but this morning. "eyewitness news" in philadelphia's rhawnhurst section a as water flowed in the street for hours in the 2,000 block of glendale avenue. freezing temperatures are sure to make it an icy mess, no doubt but good news there was no disruption of services to homes or any reports of additional damage. >>> another one a mile a waste from fox chase this happened in the 1400 block of aldine street. no homes affect but we can expect to see more offer these with the fluctuating temperatures, no doubt about that. >>> lets talk about the temps and get traffic and weather together with katie. >> we are talking about thermometer readings easing up here but it

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from south 52nd street with more on this story, jan. >> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning. as you can imagine this ice building has become quite at tracks here in west philadelphia, even gaining national attention but now as you mentioned l and i has deemed it dangerous. the ice weighing so heavily on the structure that it may collapse. police are still securing the scene as l and i works with the own tore try to get this building demolish. since monday folks in philadelphia have been stopping by 52nd and locust streets to take pictures of the building. the it is eriely beautiful but the building was encased in ice as fire fight's tacked a huge fire on monday. the flames took more than two hours to contain and crews remained on the scene for the remainder of the day putting out hot spots. they continued to pour thousands of gallons of water on this building in single digit temperatures bringing to us this point. now neighbors are concerned that this building might fall down before it is demolish. >> i know that weight of that i

wear live in coopersberg, jan carabao for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >>> developing right now a massive data breach in one of the country's largest health insurers. hackers have stolen personal information from tens of millions of anthem customers this includes names birthdays, social security numbers street addresses a and employment information. anthem the second largest health provider says there is in evidence that credit card or medical information was compromised, the company is offering free credit monitoring and identity protection services to customers affect. >>> happening today a pretrial hearing is scheduled for, these three suspects charged in the vicious beating on a same sex couple in center city. philip wills yams kevin harrigan and catherine knott each face assault and conspiracy charge that he is could land them behind bars for up to 20 years if convicted. >>> well, by the even of the day we will will know if the lights will go out at former revel casino in atlantic city. >> bankruptcy court judge is holding a hearing whether a ac r energy partners can stop providing electr

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from outside school district headquarters with more on what the board decided, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a very heated debate, very controversial topic here at src last night as you mentioned, four people were arrested as this meeting went on more than five hours, but at the end of the night only a handful of new charter schools were approved out of the more than three dozen applications. a fiery meeting wednesday night at the school reform commission in philadelphia a. at the heart of the conversation the approval of the new charter schools, some parents spoke in support. >> four years my son has attended, t l.a. he has received an extraordinary education. >> reporter: many others against. meeting interrupted throughout the evening by protesters. but as votes were tallied the anti charter crowd came out on top with the src approving just these five of the 39 charter school applications those denied, will have a chance to appeal. >> i don't know if these actions will stand up in front of the charter board. >> reporter:

is wounded in an explosion of gun violence overnight in philadelphia "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is gathering details and she joins us from police headquarters jan. >> a very violent overnight in philadelphia a, as you mentioned, four people, shot and three different locations, three of these people are dead this morning. take a look at the very latest. most recent shooting is a double homicide that happened just after 2:00 a.m. two men were shot on the 2700 block of la tona street in grays ferry. would than man than wases show the in the head other shot in both legs. both have died. police found nine shell casings the at the scene and they have recovered a gun that was found on one of the victims at the hospital. >> so, we know there are two weapons involve. one that left the spent shell casing is on the street and a second weapon is the one that we found on our 23 year-old victim was shot in the head. it is unknown until we examine that revolver, it is unknown whether or not that revolume will versace was fired. >> reporter: both of those victims at the that scene are 23 year-o

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the market frankford line somerset station in what riders can expect, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. septa is stepping up those patrols here, calling it a safety blitz aimed at distract driving. a distract commuting rather. they are reminding riders not to be so engrossed in reading, social media, phones that they cross yellow line and step off a platform and on to the the track. the this is called stay back from the edge. police officers and safety officers will be out here at somerset station which serves septa's market frank for line reminding folks to be aware of their surroundings. meantime septa a a police stepped up patrols in light of the violence during peak hour when students flood the system septa doubled number of office are on patrol hoping to prevent brawls like this one recently caught on a cell phone. >> we have about an extra hundred officers on duty throughout our is tell and various locations. usually where we have a lot of schools feeding into the system that is where those officers will be. >> re

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from south 52nd street in front of what some are calling the ice castle jan good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. this building has gained national attention over the last couple days. obviously it is beautiful in its own way. even this morning people continue to come up and take pictures. it won't be that you go on its own anytime soon. as you mentioned l and i says the isis too heavy and the entire building must come down. over the last few days west philadelphia has become symbolic of the bitter cold that is gripping the region as life continues, around, 52nd and locust streets this building and immediate surroundings sit frozen in time. >> it is amazing, i have never seen anything like this happen in this neighborhood. >> reporter: but now wonder a has turned to concern for neighbors. department of licenses and inspections has deemed the building dangerous with the possibility of collapse, as thousands of gallons of water turn ice threaten the structure. >> i know that weight of the ice will eventually take that building down.

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now at medford township police department with the newly released sketch, jan good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. thankfully the victim in this case is recovering this morning but as you mentioned police are still looking for the suspects. however they did ditch two stolen bikes at the scene so possibly two important clues to help investigators track them down. they are men police say are responsible for a violent home invasion in medford, burlington county. bursting in the 64 year-old man's home duct taping him to the chair beating him with the pipe and demanding money. on top of that they left the victim with this threat, call police and they will come back and kill him. >> he managed to free himself by wiggling out, able to tear some of the tape and after he freed himself he was able to flee to a neighbor's house and called 911 from there. >> reporter: home invasion happened at 9:00 p.m. at chief massasoit road in medford. these men made their way inside through an unsecured door. when they left the the suspects took these bi

reporting live jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> our time 5:03. here's traffic and weather together. >> good morning, ukee. hi everyone this will be a quiet day between sits tells here in the delaware valley. it is winter, it is chilly. do you need to bundle up. there is a hint of the breeze for us too that will make it feel slightly colder anytime too but it is a nice little break. the lets go to storm scan three which remains empty and will stay that way. couple cloud over central pennsylvania. they do roll in as well as the the day goes on but we will see more sun then anything. we will see a nice sunrise too we will write that video to you. 28 degrees at the airport. we're below freezing every where. it is coal. you need to bundle will up adequately. it is okay day, down the shore, in the mountains, in philadelphia you can expect that sunshine. it is still breezy especially near shore points pretty typical though but you can expect temperatures to even still be a little bit below their seasonal normal but down the road, we will be talking abou

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us what is happening, good morning jan? >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. the gas crews have been working around the clock here trying to get that service restore to that area we are being kept far from the scene this morning. you can see oak avenue just down there with those police lights. the they are keeping us off of that street, right now as gas employees continue to work. i was just able to talk to a police office shore says yes there are crew is still down there and crews hope to have gas restored in this area over the next hour. now the mayor of stafford township tells us that the the explosion yesterday was caused by a a 34 year-old main gas line here under oak avenue, 15 people as you mentioned were injured, two critically in the explosion but thankfully all are expected to recover and that is amazing when you look at this explosion this same video was captured around 10:30 tuesday morning on the police officer's dash cam. you see the the the fireball and then all of the debris. just about an hour and a ha

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from police headquarters as investigators sort out exactly what happened here jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning,er contact a very violent overnight here in philadelphia, four people shot at three different locations and three of those people are dead this morning. take a look at the video, most recent shooting is a double homicide, that happened just after 2:00 a.m. two men were shot on the 2700 block of latona street in grays ferry. one man was shot in the head other shot in legs and both have died. police found nine shell casings at the scene and they have recovered two guns. one of those guns was found on one of the victims at the hospital. police say it is unclear if the victims were actually shooting at each other, take a listen. >> based on ballistics evidence on the scene we know that at least nine shots were fired from the semiautomatic weapon. we found nine spent shell casings, all in very close proximity to where both of these victims were laying on the highway which is an indication that the shooter was in very close prox

for now we are live from the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> both holes out there jan thank you. >>> cbs-3 weather app on your smart phone and tablet, check the radar and updated forecast whenever you want. you can down load it at itunes and google play. >>> police say a robbery suspect's toy gun find himself on the other end of the real gun when his victim fights back. that suspect was shot and killed yesterday afternoon in upper darby's cobbs creek park. the justin finch joins us at upper darby township police department with the latest on the investigation justin. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. yes, that victim is recovering and would be robber is dead by his victim's hand and this morning police are trying to fin their investigation into the the robbery tip that brought both of those men together, yesterday after noon. while out for a walk at cobbs creek park wednesday afternoon a 67 year-old man, came face-to-face with a a would be robber. >> here's somebody running behind him, and as he turns around he see a masked man with a gunpointed at h

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us now with the latest on the investigation, jan. >> reporter good morning. homicide detective hard at work, you mentioned, four people shot, three different scenes, three people dead most recent of these shootings is a double homicide both of the victims 23 year-old men. a violent overnight in philadelphia a, where crime scene markers, dotted the streets. four people shot at three different locations resulting in three deaths latest happened here in grays ferry a double homicide. three men were shot at 2700 block of latona street where police found nine shell casings. investigators also recovered a gun. >> at the hospital police found a revolver handgun in his pocket. >> reporter: first shooting happened late tuesday night around 11:30. police found a 34 year-old woman shot in the driver seat of the car in the 200 block of west moreland street in fair hill. police say the suspect fired 11 shots and before the victim cars stop it had run into three other park cars on the block no suspect description or motive but driver side window was down when

we are reporting life from west philadelphia, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> several groups, including some prosecutors, and the aclu are launching a campaign to regulate and tax marijuana they say it will reduce arrests in the garden state. right now marijuana is legal in four states and washington d.c. >>> moving on to pot to pot shops, you might say, this morning vice-president gentlemen biden has spark controversy after getting up close and personal with the wife of newly sworn in defense secretary ashton carter. our nicole brewer has more on the moves biden made in the back gun that became center of attention. it is awkward for sure. others calling it down right creepy. whatever the case, a whisper from vice-president gentlemen biden definitely has tongues wagging this morning. lets look at the video. judge for yourself. there you can see abington native ashton carter being sworn in as erika said as our new defense second. right behind him his wife and our rp with his hand on her shoulders. mrs. carter doesn't seem to mine the chosen counter even nod nothing agreement a

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from outside school district headquarters where it all went down, jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a very heated debate here at the src last night as you mentioned, four people were arrested, this meeting lasted well over five hours but in the end only a handful of new charter schools were approved as of the more than three dozen applications. a fiery meeting wednesday night at the school reform commission in philadelphia. at the heart of the conversation the a approval of the new charter schools. some parents spoke in support. >> my son has attended jla he has received an extraordinary education. >> reporter: many others against. meeting interrupted throughout the evening by protesters. >> reporter: but as the votes were tallied anti chart are crowd came out on top the src approving these five, of the many applications, these denied will have a chance to appeal. >> i don't know if they will stan up in front of the charter board. >> reporter: cash strapped school district is facing a 80 million-dollar budget short fall next ye

our jan carabao is at medford township police department to tell us about it, jan? >> reporter: ukee and erika thankfully victim in this case is recovering this morning. in the meantime police continue to search for two suspects however, police did recover two bicycles at the scene hopefully evidence that they can use to help track these suspects down. they are men police say are responsible for violent home invasion in medford burlington counties, bursting in the 64 year-old man's home, duct taping him to the chair, beating him with a pipe and demanding money. on top of that they have left the victim with their threat: call police and they'd come back and kill him. >> he manager to free himself by wiggling out. he was able to tear some of the tape and after he freed himself he was able to flee to a neighbor's house and call 911 from there. >> reporter: home invasion happened just before 9:00p m sunday at the the home on chief massasoit road in medford. police say they made their way through an unsecured door. when they left they bandon these bikes and took victim's

reporting live jan carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> right now 4:35. there has been a death in the cbs news family. >> cbs news correspondent bob simon died in the car crash in new york. police say a town car in which simon was a passenger hit another car stop at a manhattan traffic light and then slammed into metal par years. he had injuries to his head and torso. since joining cbs news in 1967, simon covered some of the biggest event of the past half septemberry including the the vietnam war. >> vietnam is more isolate today then it was ten or 15 years ago. the international thely, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression then as at aggressive regional power they have become. >> reporter: in 1991 simon and his crew were released after being held captive for almost six weeks. they were taken his stage during their coverage of the gulf war. he join 60 minutes in 2005. "cbs evening news" anchor scott pelley broke the news of simon's death. >>> his body of work earned bob too many journal stick honors here tonight, bob's d

. >>> and good morning thank you for joining us, "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao will update us a moment. >>> but first lets check that system turning in our direction here's katie, good morning. if you go into southern delaware you can

the our jan carabao will have a live report in about 25 minutes starting at 5:00 o'clock. >>> in other news this morning verdict is in for eddie ray routh, a texas jury of ten women and two men needed two and a half hours to find out guilty of murdering chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. >> adrian diaz reports from the courthouse in texas. >> we have waited for two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son. >> reporter: judy littlefield for the back tears of eye after a judge sentenced eddie ray routh to life for murdering her son chad along with the deadliest snipper in u.s. history chris kyle on a shooting range in texas. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: jurors took two hours to return the verdict following nine days of testimony, during which kyle's wife recounted the tragic day back in 2013. >> we said we loved each other and we kissed and hugged as we always did. >> reporter: panel of ten women and two men showed video of kyle and his truck and his confession to police. >> what did you tell her. >> i told her i killed a man today. >> r

"eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from the somerset station in kensington with more oning. >> reporter: erika and ukee good morning. septa is focused on distracted commuting this morning. if you find yourself engrossed in your cell phone, texting, e-mails, you may have a conversation with a septa office tore day who wants to let you no he about the importance of staying aware of your surroundings. in london, the the phrase is mind the gap, here in philadelphia today you may hear septa remind to you stay back from the edge. the it is septa's recent safety blitz aimed at riders who get distracted and fine themselves too close to the yellow line. >> let's go, guys. >> reporter: this campaign comes as septa steps up police patrol due to recent violence. during peak hours after school when students flood the system septa doubled the number of officers hoping to prevent brawls like this one recently caught on cell phone

our jan carabao will have a live report in four minutes on the cw philly. today will be a quiet day even though we did have a couple light snow showers that rolled through earlier this morning courtesy of the nearby disturbance that is just bypassing us. you can see that activity in the last few hours. we will expect there will still be cloud throughout the day but they should thin somewhat as the day goes on and not as cold as yesterday. high of 45 degrees. late tonight, overnight, we will start to see next round of light snow coming courtesy of another frontal boundary that will set our temperatures on a nose dive but we expect coat to go an inch max for mess locations, although timing is less than ideal, it will fall through morning rush tomorrow. vittoria. >>> good morning everyone. you can notice sun glare, behind me, if you are traveling out and about that is one thing that will set you back a bit. west bun on the schuylkill expressway is difficult to see here but around vare, as you commute your way down through vine street expressway it will be slow