"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live outside the link tonight with what we all need to know, hi jan. >> reporter: hi tie an a, that is right, birds are back on thursday for their first home preseason game. that is when they will take on the pittsburgh steelers at 7:30 right here at the link. a lot of excite b. that here tonight even though phillies fans are cheering on at the sports complex. you know what in one is looking forward to what will inevitably become a huge traffic jam after the game, so the eagles and philadelphia police department are now tweaking some of their traffic patterns in the hopes of keeping their masses moving. tailgating for phillies, still rules the city of brotherly love for now but these fans are ready for some football and as team prepares to play in front of the home crowd for the first time this season the eagles with philadelphia police are trying to minimize the traffic headaches for fans, leaving the the sports complex once the game is over. >> nightmare, everybody is aggressive and everybody wants to be where they want to be and people are

reporting live from northeast philadelphia, jane carabao for >>> jane, thanks very much. >>> body of major general harold green arrived at dover air force base in delaware today. solder received, soldiers received his body in, is what known as a dignified transfer. general green killed on tuesday, in an attack at a military training camp in afghanistan. the his father, also harold green, learned of his son's death when another of his sons called. >> my son heard a reference to a military major general being killed and knowing there were only three in afghanistan and one was our son, he checked. >> general green was shot by afghan military police officer who opened fire on more than a dozen people at the camp just west of kabul. eight other u.s. troops were wounded, four have of them seriously, security forces did return fire and killed the gun man. >>> happening right now the city of philadelphia getting ready to show brotherly love to the democratic national committee. philadelphia is one of five cities vying to host the democratic national convention in 2016 and dnc delegates will

lets turn to "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao live outside school district headquarters with the details, jane. >> reporter: chris superintendent william hite says he does not nose if is there a light at the even of the tunnel here. what he does know is philly schools will open up in time because of some temporary cuts he is now making he hopes to have them restored but a lot is still uncertain. the superintendent is operating under some assurances from a couple of key players in harrisburg. >> the governor and the house majority leader that they will do everything that they can do to ensure that cigarette tax authorized in the legislation is passed. édéó >> reporter:vt school district is relying on that philadelphia specific cigarette tax to close its 81 million-dollar budget gap, in the meantime, nerd to get school doors opened superintendent william hite says more painful cuts must made. >> we qzarful ééth tmp thc . for highvehool nof the!4lit also won't fill vacant cutting programs and teacher development. >> i'm looking forwa a tougher year. >> reporter: on friday hite and s

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live with to daze's new developments, jane. >> reporter: natasha, shock and outrage from a northeast philadelphia community now dealing with the death of this married mother of two, this investigation is continuing and tonight, more questions then answers especially about a suspect and a motive. but in the meantime police have at least identified the cause of death. they say this 46 year-old woman was strangled. >> i was so shocked i could not believe it. >> reporter: a northeast philadelphia community still reeling after a woman, a jogger was found dead here at penny pack park near holmes and convent avenues and a community that remains vigilant while police search for her killer. >> i various said let me know when you get there, so they know i'm walk ago long the route of what happened. >> reporter: wednesday nearly a dozen philadelphia homicide detectives searched the area where 46 year-old connie maclean murray was kill. they have obtained surveillance video and tips from the public but much of what happened here remains unclear. >> we don't ha

live from center city, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> you can watch the parade live on cbs philly.com, that starts at 2:00 p.m. you can get parade route there as jane mentioned. >>> still on the way at 6:00 the city of brotherly love also seems to be the the city of bad drivers. >> reporter: philly's rang ago monk best drivers isn't pretty but are we a city of crazy drivers? some answers accounts next. >>> are you hopping in the car and heading down the shore this holiday weekend. keep an eye on the weather, coming up, we will have a closer look at your labor day forecast, leslie. >>> well, jessica, phillies trying on win their third series in a row begins best team in the division plus the problem at kicker continuing for the eagles those stories coming up in sports. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. why is this thing so slow? it's not moving like i don't get it, this one is working? can you move please? look how fast they're going ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah your socks match? my socks match do your eyeballs match

live from williamsport jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> very exciting, thanks very much. so many of us want to cheer on the dragons and maybe we can make to it williamsport. there will be a pep rally at 2:00 at city hall courtyard and the game will be shown on the big screen. now mayor's office is promising surprise guest at that pep rally. >>> atlantic city boardwalk. it is not a storm but hundreds of thousands pack the beach and boards, for this, something that they did not get to see last year. kate. we are keeping a close eye on the weather and it looks like things have cleared out just in time and drying out through tonight as all that heavy rain moves away, so will it stay away, for weekend that is big question and i have the answer coming up, beasley. >>> eagles, continue joint sessions with the patriots in new england and cowboys join sessions with the raiders for a fight breaking out. near the spec taters. i'll show what you one raiders fan did to a cowboy, with a helmet that he snatched. coming up in sports. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah...

for jane carabao, i'm beasley reese, at fdr park. >> big day, thanks, guys. >>> and now a live look,ight outside citizens wang park where they said the party is moving tonight. the taney dragons will be honored by the the philadelphia phillies and our matt rivers is there, he will have a live report coming up at 6:15. >>> today in court a scared, little girl did a very brave thing. she testified about the day she was abduct from her school. police say that abduction was just the beginning of a nightmare. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live outside the criminal justice center with her story, walt. >> reporter: there were tears in the the eyes of the jurors in courtroom 1101 and in the eyes of the people sitting in the courtroom but not in the eyes of that brave little seven year-old girl who walk in the courtroom at 3:15 with poise, courage, taking the witness stand for 35 agonizing minutes as the details of an attack more horrific then most of us could ever have imagined came out in her quiet little voice. the ordeal that began in january of 2013, when this five-year old l

i'm jane carabao, coming up, we will see how philadelphia students, teachers and parents are dealingthese big budget cuts. >>> today it is saturday august 23rd good morning i'm todd quinones. we will begin this morning with the look at weather and that brings to us meteorologist carol erickson. good morning, carol. >> depending on where you are we have a whole different weather pictures than somebody else. let me take to you a couple locations, you can look out your own window as well. notice beautiful sunrise, clouds at the shore just enhancing how pretty it is this morning in atlantic city. we will go out to reading, look at these wet roads. we have seen quite a bit of rain through redding with temperatures at 67 degrees. and through philadelphia the conditions look fine at this point but notice that we have some showers out there, on storm scan three to the the north and west and they have been pouring town through that reading area. this area has in the been really, too happy to move out of there so that is why we will continue to see that rain, continuing to come down, expect to

the here's "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao. >> reporter: as teachers streamed out, to becker's parent teacher stores in northeast philadelphia, jennifer kennedy was inside. she already spent $300 buying supplies for her classroom. >> we used to have a big supply closet that we would go to. only thing we have now are pencils. >> paper, folders, those are just a few items she's asking her students to purchase but the needs of philadelphia schoolteachers go far beyond that. >> you have to make sure you bring your own toilet paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer. >> reporter: dianne rest nick has check out her classroom and she has fears that this school year could be worse than last. >> cleaning? my room wasn't clean. i have to be the cleaner. >> reporter: facing an 81 million-dollar budget gap district's latest round of cuts for one means schools will be cleaned less frequently. >> if you need to you bring in your own vacuum cleaner and cleaning supplies. >> reporter: while many will teachers say yes their supply list are long they are year they still expect to pay more out of pock

. >>> new close, lphia, and a 86 year-old man was behind the wheel, "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabaoas video you will see only on "eyewitness news". captured the moment ofas a 86 year-old driver smashes through the front doors of the northea deli, glass flying doors dangling and nearly two dozen people inside employees and patrons alike running for cover. >> it could have been a whole lot worse due to the fact that thisdouble doors and ended autopsy begins the the rear counter of this deli. >> reporter: this is what was left, car mangled and those front doors carried all the way to the back of the building. as car made its way you can see how close it comes to the employee working register. just feet separate her from serious injury they felt the vehicle strike her but she refused the hospital. >> it is surveillance obtained news" around 4:30 at steve stein's famous deli restaurant in the 1600 block of grant avenue you can see this 86 year-old driver attempting to pull in the front parking spot. for some reason he doesn't stop, he takes out front counter and everything on it. once cr

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live with more on $21,000 reward being offered in this case. >> jessica, that reward is up to $21,000, this is as investigators return to the scene for third straight day on the edge of penny pack park. they have meticulously been going through this wooded area where 46 year-old connie maclean murray was discovered dead earlier this week and as time goes away, search for clues intense files. philadelphia parks and recreation crews brought in today to clear some of the thick brush in the area where police say a married mother of two was found strangled, investigators continued to collect clues that could lead to 46 year-old connie murray's killer. >> it is very scary, plus we walked down there with the kids and it is just so close to home, it is unbelievable. >> reporter: on the scene all day thursday the search involved k-9 units which searched the woods, and the marine june that it walk the creek in penny pack park. homicide detectives were spotted searching railroad track nearby but spent most of the day walking the trails near the scene on

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live along the parade route where things are set to begin at 2:00 o'clock, jan. >> reporter: it will be an exciting day but folks should be warned there will likely be traffic jams as well. this is a rolling parade which means police will be temporarily blocking off roads, as this team comes down this parade route and there are two planned stops. including one just outside the kimmel center here and during that time the surrounding roads could be block off for up to 30 minutes. the city they this will all be worth it. >> it is a parade route of champions, 2008 phillies feeling the love last, this time it is all about taney dragons and their incredible journey to the little league world series. >> unaudible. >> reporter: even though team fell two games short they will get championship treatment. >> they deserve it. >> i'm very excited. they have done well. >> reporter: starting at 2:00 p.m. wednesday, parade kicks off here at 20th and market streets in center city. the team and several floats will make their way around city hall to broad stre

vandalism was discover at memorial field in cape may courthouse and "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao tells us that police are analyzing surveillance tape to track down suspects. >> school maintenance crews behind schedule before class even resumes, busy thursday, cleaning up someone else's mess. it was a disturbing discovery made earlier this week at memorial field home of middletown ship high school athletic, spray paint every where on the track, buildings, even district vehicles. at best an indication of mischief, at worst, a sign of hate. >> i'm appalled, quite frankly because she is such a nice lady. >> reporter: most just too graphic to show, crude drawings aimed at people and south jersey schools. even high school's symbol the panter's paw had to be covered up because of the amount of inappropriate word on it. >> they want everybody else to suffer for their own stupidity. >> reporter: then the racial slurs, written by vandals who scrolled the phrase white power. >> grow up, really. that is just the year 2014. there is in place for that nowadays. >> reporter: police are reviewin

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live at police headquarters tonight, and is what the latest. >> reporter: chris, this was likely the last day on the scene in northeast philadelphia for investigators. they tell me unless they get new better information on where to look for this victim's cell phone that they have meticulously gone through wooded area where their body was found earlier this week to no avail. police are again asking for public's help. for four days, philadelphia's finest has searched the woods here at penny pack park. friday, they chopped, some of it down looking for more evidence, specifically connie maclean murray's missing cell phone, again, no luck. >> is there a murderer around here. we're scared. >> reporter: in hope of catching a killer reward in including with the murray's death sits at $50,000. the philadelphia parking authority and district council 21 today added a combined $15,000 for information leading to an arrest. >> the tragedy is especially significant to us because connie's brother, kevin maclean is a long time parking authority employee. >> re

reporting live outside police headquarters, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> a lot of questions still to be answered there. >>> in weather today we are tracking showers across parts of the area and at the shore those rip currents are still a real danger tonight. lets go outside to meteorologist kathy orr on the cbs-3 skies deck with the first forecast, kathy. >> it is ending up being a beautiful day. we will start off with clouds. there is still a few showers lurking but it will be an improving evening, something to look forward to. take a look at storm scan three we have a front moving through the region but with the few showers earlier, that is knocked out instability and those showers are moving off shore, and skies are slowly clearing. the the atmosphere is drying out. right now in philadelphia, 79, 81 in trenton. eighty in millville. eighty-three allentown with more sunshine during the afternoon but i think with sunny skies now in philadelphia our high may come a little late this afternoon. our first forecast, takes us through the the evening, skies will be, mostly clear, r

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live in ac tonight, and jane, revel will close september 10th, what then. >> reporter: well, chris, then revel goes into foreclosure, and then it goes up for auction where it will be likely sold at a bargain basement price, and then it is up to the new own tore decide what happens next to this building. regardless thinks a huge blow for atlantic city because when revel closes its doors for good it gets rid of more than 3,000 jobs. for tourist, watching revel close will be a disappointment. >> it is the jewel of the boardwalk. >> reporter: but for 3100 employees who will be out of the job next month the closure is devastating. >> trying to find another job so that we can maintain our bills. >> reporter: after two years and filing for bankruptcy twice $29.4 billion casino that never turn a profit was unable to find a qualified buyer in bankruptcy court. company officials released a statement today that reads in mart while we continue to hope for a sale have of revel through some form through the pend ing bankruptcy process, revel cannot avoid an o

grow and another vigil planned for the end of the movement reporting from north philadelphia, jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a fundraiser effort is underway to help the family of the carjacked victims. "eyewitness news" at philly gets fit on washington avenue in south philadelphia today, all of the proceeds from their classes today will go towards to are to that family. >> in philadelphia we are all one giant community in the big city but in a very small place but we know we are all inter dependent and so this is just one way of showing that no matter where you are in the city, we are all connected and support one another. >> reporter: there is another class at 7:30 tonight. >>> in other news a man is killed when he is crush by a car today, chopper three over the auto services on bristol pike in bensalem. a car that had been jacked up came crashing down, on that man who did work at the shop. there is no word on his identity. police are investigating that death. >>> an excess of propane gas is being blamed for a deadly food trunk explosion in feltonville last month. that is as p

reporting live, jane carabao, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that will be a closely watch event tomorrow, jane, thanks very much. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" we will have continuing coverage for you of the philadelphia school budget crisis, we will stream tomorrow's src news conference, live on cbs philly.com, and tune in for that at 10:00 a.m. >>> well, less than one hour from now people will gather in philadelphia to remember an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by police in missouri. shooting of 18 year-old mike brown in the town of ferguson has spark several days of unrest. last night, the struggle between protesters and police, ended in tear gas and arrests and more anger. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live at love park with more on what will happen here tonight, diana? >> reporter: chris, as you mentioned this event is scheduled to get underway just about an hour from now. we have already seen a number of people showing up, organizers stress this is not a rally or a protest but a moment of cile tones remember 18 year-old mike brown and, of course, he is teena

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live with the very latest on the investigation, jane. >> reporter: chris, i'm told this victim leaves behind a large family, a wife, children in his home country of puerto rico. of course, family here in the delaware valley, they want whoever is responsible to talk to police but police need public's help tonight especially since no evidence was found here at this scene. you can see roadway back to normal tonight. all police can say is they are looking for a vehicle with front end damage. the victim's family has this message to that driver. >> whoever killed my brother, he killed a good man. just come out, man. >> reporter: heart broken family of armando lopez find it hard to understand what happened here on the 100 block of west landis avenue in vineland on sunday night. >> he helped a lot of people, so i don't know, i don't know what happened. >> reporter: police say the 49 year-old was hit crossing the street near dell sees drive. lopez made ate cross nearly all four lanes before he was hit, just feet away from the sidewalk. police say that the dr

in philadelphia, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> our coverage of the school budget crisis does continue on line. for very latest developments, around the clock, just check out cbs philly.com. >>> well, tonight we are remembering a philadelphia radio legend don cannon. he passed away this morning after a brief illness. born dominic caseno, don started out behind the microphone from 1969 as a morning dj until his retirement in 204. he loved golf, and raised money for many charities. don cannon was 74 years old. >>> still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 high praise for a local eatery. >> our dishes are inspired by traditional, local dishes. >> and those dishes, are earning this new philadelphia restaurant some bragging rights. our syma chowdhry will show us why. >>> plus a pop up dinner party had people dining in the middle of the busy philadelphia a street last night but not without a backlash, we will tell you why it has left a sour taste in the mouth of plenty in center city. >>> kate? >>> once again you'll get your dinner plans in the city without dodging rain d

reporting live from atlantic city, jane carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> horrible news for so many there, thanks very much. >>> a south jersey police station is hit by gunfire overnight. police hope surveillance video will lead them to the suspects who riddled the west deptford police department with bullets. that station is on crown point road. noel mcclaren is their life with more on what happened, noel. >> reporter: perhaps biggest question here is why would anybody want to hurt the the people you're protecting them firing multiple shots at station doors and windows to find out police have up the award to more than $25,000. it is where seven officers report to duty, daily their mission is to go after the bad guys but this morning the bad guys went after the deptford police department. firing seven round at their headquarters. >> i definitely think that either a police officer or police officers in general fired. >> one fired directly in the office of deputy chief. >> went through my window. >> reporter: fortunately he said he was not inside at that early hour but another shift s

play i this tournament and t that has happened, we will have much more from up in williamsport, jane carabaofor cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. >> that looks like happiest place on earth out there. far. >> birthplace little league shockingbout his children, we will be right back mara: it's easy to lose your way in a place like this. ms. winnie earle: kids in paterson face lots of obstaclesdyzc Ñs delines were announced on how doctors in pennsylvania should prescribe medication in emergency departments. three on your side reporter steph pain but opiates create a euphoria and addictive and increasingly deadly. people become addicted to heroin because it is cheaper and easier to ovdosealits in of 25 to 64, more people are heroin and opiate guidelines for pain treatment in emergency departments. goal to effectively manage pain and identify people who abuse drugs. >> those who are currently addict to prescription opiates are going to find it harder to get them drugs. >> reporter: under new guidelines amount of drugs prescribed should be limited and not exceed seven days. opiates sho

reporting live, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> jane, thanks very much. >>> chopper three over a serious accident in langhorne, thinks on route one between oxford valley and route 213. you can see a tractor trailer there it collided with a dump truck which then spilled its road down on the road. we were told three cars were involved in the crash and two people have been hospitalized, this afternoon. lets take a live look now at scene from chopper three. again these are the northbound lanes, but the the load from that dump truck actually spilled over in the southbound lanes. route one in the area remains closed at this hour, our vittoria woodill will have more on the traffic situation, there, coming up in just a few minutes. >>> and an emotional day for friend and family as a murdered mother of two is laid to rest. services for connie maclean murray were held at givnish funeral home in the northeast, before her burial at resurrection cemetery in bucks county. she posted this photo on facebook, shortly before her death. police say her husband christopher failed a lie detecto

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live outside district headquarters now and jane, clock isicking. >> reporter: we are a month away from the start of the school year here in philadelphia and we still don't know if schools will indeed open up on time and we don't know what classrooms will look like if they do opened but that is all about to change. src was supposed to hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss just this, that has been scrapped, instead, as team members and superintendent william hite will make a big announcement about the future of the school district. it is hundreds of philadelphia schoolteachers, including nefertiti white continue to experience year after a year. >> 2011 i was the receiving even of the layoff notice. i was fortunate enough to get called back in august but you sees where you don't know whether you will come back to your job. >> reporter: now again with the 81 million-dollar deficit the school district of philadelphia is facing another round of tough cuts. possible layoffs, class sizes, up to 40 kids and cuts to programs, even security. >> th

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is their life with the very latest, jan?ll, chris, police have just identified that suspected intruder here, more information on him, in just a minute but first, this should have have been a routine visit from the home owner here in stanton, police say he check on the property pretty much every day. right now in one lives here. home owner is renovate bug this time when she arrived she found an uninvited guest and he left with an a unexpect injury. it is more activity then this home on west new port pike in stanton has seen. for hours tuesday morning delaware state police were busy collecting evidence after police say a woman here in new castle county, caught a man sleeping in her home, conn noted him and shot him during a scuffle. >> all better for it. >> reporter: shooting happened just before 6:00 o'clock in the morning, this home owner and her son were checking the now vacant property. it belonged to her father before he died and neighbors say she was renovating. when the pair arrived they noticed lights were off which we

reporting live from north philadelphia, jane carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> donations are pouring into help family of the carjacking crash. "eyewitness news" at philly fit on washington avenue in south philadelphia. all of the proceeds from today's classes will go to the family. >> in philadelphia we are all one giant community as a big city but very small place and we know that we're all inter dependent so this is just one kay of showing that no matter where you are within the city we are all connect and that we all support one another. >> reporter: there is another class at 7:30 tonight. >>> well, developing news now philadelphia police have released the identity of the man they are looking for in connection with the deadly shooting of a three-year old girl in grays ferry. he is brandon ruffin of south philadelphia and you see him here. police believe that ruffin pulled the trigger friday night on eding street, hitting and killing three-year old to near a important dumb caught in the cross fire two. other adult bystanders were also hit. the intended targets a 24 year-old man was

jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> mayor nutter and other philadelphia city officials could be called to testify about the 22nd and market building collapse. contractor griffin campbell and equipment operator sean benschop are facing third degree murder charges in that case. today defense attorneys submitted their witness list and first name on that list is mayor nutter. the attorneys say they are not implying that the marries responsible for the tragedy. >> i have always asserted my client was a scape goat. if he was a scape goat there are people in the higher ups that know what is going on. the mayor and through his e-mails can produce any information of other officials who knew what was going on and had more control of the buildings and facilities that would definitely help our case. >> the the mayor had no comment on being called as a witness in this case. six people died when that building under demolition collapsed on to a salvation army store last year. >>> at ward winning delaware restauranter matt haley has died from injuries that he suffered in the motorcycle crash in