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. >>> i'm jessica dean, i'm nicole brewer. warning was sent to sanctuary cities across the nation and of course, that includes philadelphia >>> david spunt is live at city hall with reaction from local leaders. david? >> reporter: good evening, there's been a lot of talk about sanctuary cities over the last year or so, especially during the presidential campaign, a sanctuary city like philadelphia is one that protects immigrants that do not have legal status. there are other cities that gotly same letter, new orleans, chicago and new york >> anyone entered the united states illegally subject to deportation >> he did not hide his feelings about immigration and sanctuary cities like philadelphia >> it's our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and love us >> the department of justice sense this letter to jim kenney warning him to comply with federal law or lose funding. in the letter, acting assistant attorney general wrote failure to comply could result in the withholding of

good evening time jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. >> ukee washington has the night off. this tragedy comes as san bernardino tragedy comes after terror shooting a year and a half ago. shooter identified as 53-year-old cedric anderson walked no a special needs class ram north park elementary school and opened fire on hisses strainksed wife karen smith. township student and 8 and 9-year-old were critically wounded and 8-year-old later died and 7-year-old girl inside that classroom describes the carnage. >> i saw blood across the room. and i ran fast as i can. >> she lost her shoes. >> i lost my shoe. >> police say anderson stopped to sign in at the office claim heing was dropping off something for his wife. they were separated after a few months of marriage. anderson had previous run ins with the law. >> it's a video the world is watching. a map dragged off overbrook united airlines flight. >> this is wrong, oh, my god, look at what you're xwiping r doing to him. >> incident happened after the flight from chicago to louisville was over booked and air line officials asked f

. >> i'm jessica dean. >> live is the stat center with more in the sighting in our area and what authorities are saying about their search for alleged killer sgle they're taking all sightings seriously the one in philadelphia turned out to be bogus. they want people to pay attention until they catch this guy fbi and other law enforcement are looking for safe to spos stevens who killed a 74-year-old man on video and posted it on facebook. >> steve is still out there some place we don't know his condition of course right now we don't know his lobe. it happened easter sunday and was completely random. >> police say 4-year-old robert godwin senior was minding his own business when stevens came up and said this. >> you can say joy lane. >> joy lane is steven's exgirlfriend. >> she's are the an this is about to happen to you. how old are you? >> this afternoon, 400 miles away from crime scene a swarm of police officers descended on philadelphia fairmont park after someone said to police they spotted stevens nearby. >> they're really looking for this guy. hopefully they'll catch them. >> 35 philade

i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. that woman is now being treated for serious injuries. let's go to "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff. she's outside temple university hospital with the story. alex? >> reporter: we are told this woman appeared to be in her 30's and once again she was rushed here to temple university hospital in the back of a police cruiser immediately after she was backed over by one. on a paved walking trail on the 3,000 block of f street, police say that a police cruiser was parked while officers conducted an investigation. that investigation became secondary around 4:30 p.m. when a department spokesperson said an officer attempted to move that vehicle. >> they went ahead when they doesn't matter. ran over her. >> reporter: unknown to that philadelphia police officer >> female was behind the vehicle and the police vehicle struck the female. >> reporter: an eyewitness caught what happened. two officers jump into action, moving the seemingly unconscious woman to the back of their cruiser in order to get her quick medical attention. >> the officer

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i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. authorities say fraudulently obtained license plates are at the center of this scam. >>> alexandria hoff is live in the cbs3 stat center to tell us how the thieves pulled it off. >> reporter: if you will, imagine if you could rent a pennsylvania license plate and never have to worry about paying for insurance, parking or tolls again. well, according to the state attorney general, that is exactly what two dozen individuals and businesses did ripping off taxpayers in the process. according to a grand jury report, the so-called levy organization headed by a man named raphael levi illegally obtained 1,000 fraudulent pennsylvania license plates >> our office today filed charges against 12 persons and 14 businesses that operated a major, major organized crime ring here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> josh shapiro explained that this sophisticated process began with submitting forged documents to penndot to obtain license plates. according to the report, those phony plates would then

. >> i'm jessica dean. >> live is the stat center with more in the sighting in our area and what authorities are saying about their search for alleged killer sgle they're taking all sightings seriously the one in philadelphia turned out to be bogus. they want people to pay attention until they catch this guy fbi and other law enforcement are looking for safe to spos stevens who killed a 74-year-old man on video and posted it on facebook. >> steve is still out there some place we don't know his condition of course right now we don't know his lobe. it happened easter sunday and was completely random. >> police say 4-year-old robert godwin senior was minding his own business when stevens came up and said this. >> you can say joy lane. >> joy lane is steven's exgirlfriend. >> she's are the an this is about to happen to you. how old are you? >> this afternoon, 400 miles away from crime scene a swarm of police officers descended on philadelphia fairmont park after someone said to police they spotted stevens nearby. >> they're really looking for this guy. hopefully they'll catch them. >> 35 philade

i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. that woman is now being treated for serious injuries.et's go to "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff. she's outside temple university hospital with the story. alex? >> reporter: we are told this woman appeared to be in her 30's and once again she was rushed here to temple university hospital in the back of a police cruiser immediately after she was backed over by one. on a paved walking trail on the 3,000 block of f street, police say that a police cruiser was parked while officers conducted an investigation. that investigation became secondary around 4:30 p.m. when a department spokesperson said an officer attempted to move that vehicle. >> they went ahead when they doesn't matter. ran over her. >> reporter: unknown to that philadelphia police officer >> female was behind the vehicle and the police vehicle struck the female. >> reporter: an eyewitness caught what happened. two officers jump into action, moving the seemingly unconscious woman to the back of their cruiser in order to get her quick medical attention. >> the officers

good evening time jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. >> ukee washington has the night off. this tragedy comes as san bernardino tragedy comes after terror shooting a year and a half ago. shooter identified as 53-year-old cedric anderson walked no a special needs class ram north park elementary school and opened fire on hisses strainksed wife karen smith. township student and 8 and 9-year-old were critically wounded and 8-year-old later died and 7-year-old girl inside that classroom describes the carnage. >> i saw blood across the room. and i ran fast as i can. >> she lost her shoes. >> i lost my shoe. >> police say anderson stopped to sign in at the office claim heing was dropping off something for his wife. they were separated after a few months of marriage. anderson had previous run ins with the law. >> it's a video the world is watching. a map dragged off overbrook united airlines flight. >> this is wrong, oh, my god, look at what you're xwiping r doing to him. >> incident happened after the flight from chicago to louisville was over booked and air line officials asked f

. >> i'm jessica dean. >> roger goodell introduced us to the newest eagle. >> the first around pick, the philadelphia eagles select dext rek barnett. >> university of fen ten defensive end derek burnett with the 14th overall pick. 6' 3", 229 pounds he broke former eagles great reggie white record at tennessee. >> and don bell joins us with the latest from the eagles. don. >> reporter: guys, i tell you what, it's been a really exciting night here on the ben franklin parkway. we're pretty much on the steps of the arts museum and yes, a little while earlier today the commissioner made that pick and five minutes ago go, we talked to derek barnett. >> how about the reception from the philly fans. >> it was great. i was nervous at fivrment i got a great welcoming and i like the fans i was a little nervous. >> what is your relationship with the eagles lieding up to this did you have a feeling had you a chance coming here. >> i knew it was a possibility you know how the draft works you never know. i was not in a lot of contact with them. i met them at the combine but i n had no clue where i

. >> i'm jessica dean. >> roger goodell introduced us to the newest eagle. >> the first around pick, the philadelphia eagles select dext rek barnett. >> university of fen ten defensive end derek burnett with the 14th overall pick. 6' 3", 229 pounds he broke former eagles great reggie white record at tennessee. >> and don bell joins us with the latest from the eagles. don. >> reporter: guys, i tell you what, it's been a really exciting night here on the ben franklin parkway. we're pretty much on the steps of the arts museum and yes, a little while earlier today the commissioner made that pick and five minutes ago go, we talked to derek barnett. >> how about the reception from the philly fans. >> it was great. i was nervous at fivrment i got a great welcoming and i like the fans i was a little nervous. >> what is your relationship with the eagles lieding up to this did you have a feeling had you a chance coming here. >> i knew it was a possibility you know how the draft works you never know. i was not in a lot of contact with them. i met them at the combine but i n had no clue where i

. >>> i'm jessica dean, i'm nicole brewer. the warning was sent to sanctuary cities across the nation and of course, that includes philadelphia >>> david spunt is live at city hall with reaction from local leaders. david? >> reporter: good evening, there's been a lot of talk about sanctuary cities over the last year or so, especially during the presidential campaign, a sanctuary city like philadelphia is one that protects immigrants that do not have legal status. there are other cities that gotly same letter, new orleans, chicago and new york >> anyone entered the united states illegally subject to deportation >> he did not hide his feelings about immigration and sanctuary cities like philadelphia >> it's our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and love us >> the department of justice sense this letter to jim kenney warning him to comply with federal law or lose funding. in the letter, acting assistant attorney general wrote failure to comply could result in the withholdin

>>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in cape may with more on this incredible serve eiffel story, cleve. >> reporter: well, jessica, heart attack working up on a roof would be the war, possible place. but, for this man, he said, it was exactly where he needed to be. >> i think i was dead. >> reporter: brandon mcbride said surviving a heart attack is one miracle but set of circumstances made for somewhat of a perfect catastrophe. it happened four weeks ago repairing roof of the uncle bill's pancake house in cape may. >> at one point they asked me if i was all right, they said i just grabbed my chest, and then, mumled a couple of speculatives and fell backward on to the cedar. >> reporter: co-worker dashed over and caught him by his sweat shirt as he dangled off the roof another man lowered him to the ground who happened to be a former emt and immediately began cpr. when they called 911 a cape may ambulance equipped with the defribillator happened to be three blocks away. his b

. >> she looks just like jessica dean. well, it is jessica dean. that is her dog fin.r rescue story. it is on her face book story and cbs philly facebook page. we are collecting these stories from pennsylvania spca and legalitying other people share their stories. jessica adopt that had dog when she was working in arkansas. there was an ice storm. well, fin now you can imagine, the lap of luxury, at jessica dean's house and she just loves her dog and loves that she was able to save that dog. that is what people love to do they love to be able to say, look at the life i was able to change. because that doggies changing your life too and for the better. >> yes. >> lives could be very different if they had not found each other. >> totally agree. >> you have a cat. do you brush your cat's teeth. >> i never her of such a thing , my cat riley will not let me near his mouth. >> well, you have to be very careful. one of the things we will talk about this morning is the need to do tooth brushing on your pet, a lot of people don't do it. if you don't, obviously the advice is to

good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt just arrived on the scene and what can you tell us. >> reporter: jessica and ukee terrible scene at north styles , and i want to back out of the way. we got an update from james clark about 10 minutes ago at philadelphia police, he tells me this happened after 3:30 this afternoon, and four people shot, two are pronounced dead, all four were taken to the hospital, and he said he is not going to get in the specific circumstances but we do know that it happened at 11th and north styles in north philadelphia just after 3:30. we are told those four men were standing outside, on a sidewalk, when a car came up, fired multiple shots, at lee 21 shell casings on the ground

good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> aim jessica dean. reporter greg argos is live in rittenhouse square. you caught up with drivers who use the app what did they have to say. >> reporter: i did, jessica. p pa say 20,000 people down loaded and used this app and basically here it is, the meeter up app, use it to pay for parking from a distance. it is shutting down at 12:01 and many people say they are simply frustrated. meter up, mobile parking lot is shutting down. >> i will move my car more often, and then in the middle of the meeting you cannot extend it, move your car or you will get a ticket. >> reporter: app allowed drivers to pay for parking from their phones, convenient way that kept many from running back and forth to their cars or looking for quarters. >> i use the all the time because i'm always in the city people don't have change all the time or sometimes don't work and use credit card. >> reporter: in a statement the executive director of the p pa says company which operated the app tango has had financial problems, which is w

video that may show suspects wanted in the a tack. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica deaness news" reporter greg argos is in hunting park where precautions are being taken at that carnival tonight , hi there, greg. >> reporter: that is right, jessica. the carnival opened autopsy 5:00, we are told by manager there will be extra security people stationed throughout the area meanwhile police have not made any arrests from that tuesday fight here, at the carnival and we have obtained some new video which may show some of the same sus pecks. watch the girl in the pink, punches start flying and then the kicks, the boyfriend jayla santana a north philadelphia carnival tuesday night. boyfriend miguel hernandez says he was also beaten. >> it was a flash mob, you know, they totally picked us out at random. some girl came up behind my girlfriend and hit her. >> reporter: they were going on their first solo date when they were suddenly attacked. >> everybody, started going in , whatever, swinging at us, back and forth and it escalat ed real quickly. >> reporter: police are looking for

. >>> aim jessica dean.mp hosted 30 year-old aya hijazi at the white house this morning. she spent three years in captivity on charges of child abuse. human rights group dismissed as bogus. >> we are very happy to have a ya back home, and it is a great honor to have her, in the oval office, with her brother. >> president trump met with the egyptian president at the white house earlier this month and helped negotiate hijazi's release. >>> we are joined by face the nation host john dickerson. john, always great to see you on friday. >> good to be with you, jessica. >> i want to talk about president trump who will soon reach his 100 days in office, metric so many use to judge an administration and how it has been moving from campaigning to governing, how do you think he is being judged in washington as we come up upon that 100 day mark. >> well, first of all presidents hate the 100 day mark because it started with fdr and he had a big emergency that gave a sense of urgency to everything happening in washington

i'm jessica dean. >>> aim nicole brewer. ukee's off.onight new leadership at west chester university. >> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live on campus where a new university president will be inaugurated tomorrow, joe. >> nicole and jessica, in all 14 state system universities are under review, that is because since 2010, when enrollments peaked they have been dropping ever since. a new president here at west chester university and attention to what is happening at other state universities. in less than 24 hours west chester university will inaugurate a new president. >> renovations finish record record doctor christopher fiorentino and times are challenging. state run universities across pennsylvania landscape have struggled with declining enrollment and state fund ago this continues to to evaporate a review could trigger consolidations, some schools are in danger of closing. story at west chester, however , is different. >> we are looking to launch a new strategic plan over course of the next year, we are launching a new gen

good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> aim jessica dean.sports director don bell and leslie van arsdal live from the red carpet and the excitement is building, guys. >> yeah, excitement is definitely building. behind us we have prospects coming through on the red carpet, we have a big crowd here, and lining the carpet, of course, it is a heavy eagles crowd, a lot of green in this crowd. >> yes, who need oscars when you have this going on behind you. >> pretty cool. one of the things people are doing here is giving eagles a chance no math shore comes on the red carpet. earl today we saw carson wentz , coming out here today in the to the red carpet but make his way around philadelphia. some might say he was on the wentz wagon, do you remember when they started three and zero last season, evebo

good evening, i'm jessica dean >>> aim ukee washington. cherri gregg from kyw news radio shows you how the learning excursions is transforming, young scholars. >> reporter: meet a lay a jordan and dane, sixth graders here at global leadership academy charter school and just three of the 39, who spent a week on the road. >> i just felt it was my job. >> it was very exciting. it opened me up to the possibilities. >> reporter: scholars visited civil rights landmarks in atlanta, georgia, birmingham, alabama and memphis, tennessee making stops at key sites like ebonieser baptist church where doctor martin luther king preached as well as his childhood home. >> seeing where he grew up at and the church that he went to , it just, impacted my life. >> reporter: they toured historically black collegers, explored the birmingham bus boycott and took a tour of the lorraine motel where doctor king drew his last breath. >> it was a very sacred place, and really sad because everything was still there from that day. i felt like i saw him right there in fro

also, an autism myth, debunked >>> and our good friend and collogue jessica dean going hollywood on us, we will show you her big debut, on the talk >>> grab an uber and fly, literally fly, where uber wants to test out sky-high taxis, that is in our next half an >>> and back to our breaking news right now, a delaware state trooper was shot and killed, today. outside a wawa convenient store in bear new castle county delaware. chopper three is over christiana hospital right now where that officer's body will soon be taken out of the hospital, you can see the officer's lined up outside as procession will begin, shortly delaware state police delivering very difficult news , about 15 minutes ago, that the trooper had died from his injuries. the trooper's name has not been released. we will continue to stay on top of this breaking story, throughout our newscast. >>> right now though jessica dean, of course, would usually be right here on our set but instead she's in los angeles. >> yes, jessica was a guest host on the talk, many saw it right here today at two. jessica joined ladies on the ver

ukee washington has the night off. >>> i'm jessica dean.hat suspect joseph meyer is on behind bars on one million-dollar bail. joe holden is live at lower providence police department with what led authorities to make this arrest, joe. >> reporter: jessica and nicole, good evening. police say this was discovered when joseph meyer wife showed up to the hospital with the broken skull and that is when they learned that the victims were more. they say his two children who had been home schooled had been abused for years, dating back to when they were toddlers. >> cruel, unusual punishment unfolded behind the doors of this lower providence home. joseph meyer of a married father of two is charged with unleashing a disturbing, several years long series of beatings on his children, that

jessica dean is on assignment. >> i'm ukee washington. our top story, cbs hit show survivor making headlines as one contestants outs eras transgender. >> it caused outrage on the show, and off the show. entertainment tonight's kevin frazier joins us tonight with more. >> ukee and nicole, it was unbelievable, latest cast off is jeff barner, he tried to save himself by outing his rival, as transgender. we talked to jeff, today, he is still reeling from the shocking moment. >> why haven't you told anyone thaw are transgender? >> i didn't want to be the trans survivor player i wanted to be the survivor player. >> reporter: today when we spoke to jeff barner, he was extremely sorry, emotional for outing seek smith. that tribal council was recorded 10 months ago. >> he and i have spoken several times over last 10 months and i thought we were in a good place. i'm hearing different reaction from him. i'm hearing bigot, hate in my heart and that is just so unfortunate because that is not who i am. >> reporter: zeke appeared last season and told co

i'm jessica dean >> i'm ukee washington. authorities say fraudulently obtained license plates are at the center of this scam. >>> alexandria hoff is live in the cbs3 stat center to tell us how the thieves pulled it off. >> reporter: if you will, imagine if you could rent a pennsylvania license plate and never have to worry about paying for insurance, parking or tolls again. well, according to the state attorney general, that is exactly what two dozen individuals and businesses did ripping off taxpayers in the process. according to a grand jury report, the so-called levy organization headed by a man named raphael levi illegally obtained 1,000 fraudulent pennsylvania license plates >> our office today filed charges against 12 persons and 14 businesses that operated a major, major organized crime ring here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> josh shapiro explained that this sophisticated process began with submitting forged documents to penndot to obtain license plates. according to the report, those phony plates would then

good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at the art museum and been there all day. joe, crews are hard at work and people have plenty to say bit. >> reporter: jessica, ukee, good evening. of course we're talking about the pluses and minuses of the nfl draft. this will be a boom for philadelphia, for business, and for people live here. but one of the things we have heard a lot right here in this area is the steps are off limits, the rocky statue is very busy right new but nobody on the steps, so to speak. the first to the build up of the 2017 nfl draft in philadelphia, it is fail tourists, who are bumped out. >> only thing we came here for >> reporter: those famous rocky steps are knocked out for next few weeks, ronald st fuss fresh in from holland on the holiday. >> you just want to climb those steps but they told you that is not happening. >> it is not happening. it is because of the tradition of the draft. >> reporter: nfl draft will be big, a star studded event, to be held outs

i'm jessica dean. >>> i'm ukee washington.t has been nearly a year and a half since the three-year old was found in cooper river park. david spunt is in camden tonight with the latest legal developments in this case, david? >> reporter: ukee, we have new developments tonight. it has been a long journey for all parties involved, a lot of people have been talking about brandon creato and what happened, it has been a mystery over last year and a half but as jessica said we are closer to a trial, jury selection begins in just a few days. dj creato has been in police cud i held on three-quarters of a million-dollar bail in a year and a half. he walked in and said nothing. attorneys for camden county prosecutor's office argued for jury to be able to travel to the exact spot where brandon's body was found. >> it is not anything other than the location and the path that it is traveled to get down there. it is issue in the case. >> reporter: creato's attorney , fired back, saying having jury go to the site where brandon's body was foun

with a possible attempted abduction inside a center city duncan donuts, i'm ukee washington, i'm jessica dean. video shows a man putting his hands on baby before a couple interconvenience. >> alexandria hoff is outside police headquarters with why authorities need to talk to that couple. >> reporter: ukee. they need for them to come forward to help piece the case together. this footage taken sunday shows a couple with a child inside of the duncan donuts on the 1400 block of locust street when a strange places his hands on the baby >> it appears to be an attempt to abduct the baby. >> reporter: the plan and woman with the child react and chase the suspect outside. he was still there when police arrived and was temporarily detained. >> it's a rather peculiar set of circumstances. we're asking for the parents or who we believe the parents to come forward and give us a better idea of what happened. >> reporter: a witness who was the one who called police did provide us with a better idea. she told "eyewitness news" off camera that the man is a regular. known for strange sometimes lewd acts. she s

. >> good evening i'm ukee washington >> i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean. a short time ago. they identified him as corporal steven ballard. he was an eight and a half year veteran. he was gunned down in the parking lot of a wawa on pulaski highway in bear delaware around 12:10. he was responding to a suspicious vehicle when one of the two men inside shot him multiple times. authorities tracked the gunman to a home in middle town delaware. i remains barricaded inside and firing at the swat team. the other man in that vehicle was arrested at the convenience store. >> corporal ballard died at christiana. a long line escorted his body in wilmington. motorists pulled over and paid tribute as salutes as the procession made it's r way along i95. corporate ballard's casket was carried into the medical examiner's office. we have live team coverage. it shows you how a community is paying tribute to the trooper. shriv . >> reporter: i just spoke two state troopers they told me both new corporal ballard. it is a devastating night for the police family the situation going on it's been go

track down who they're calling a heart less monster, i'm ukee washington >> i'm nicole brewer, jessica deanour-year-old was kidnapped in pike creep delaware, found a few hours later. >> natasha brown is at new castle county police headquarters tonight with the latest. natasha? >> reporter: new castle police tell us that make no mistake this is a top priority and will remain that way until a suspect is caught. >> it was just very, emotional. something like that that happens >> he fights back tears, emotion is running high in new castle delaware hours after a four-year-old girl was abducted and sexual assaulted. the child was outside playing with friends in the fright00 block of sugar plum court when a man approached her at 7:00 p.m. thursday. >> they were approached by a white or hispanic male, who drove up in dark-colored sedan vehicle and engaged a four-year-old in small conversation. >> reporter: police say the man walked the victim to his car and sped off. child's gave chase but couldn't catch up >> little girls always are screaming and doing things like that and we didn't think anything

track down who they're calling a heart less monster, i'm ukee washington >> i'm nicole brewer, jessica dean the 95 off. four-year-old was kidnapped in pike creep delaware, found a few hours later. >> natasha brown is at new castle county police headquarters tonight with the latest. natasha? >> reporter: new castle police tell us that make no mistake this is a top priority and will remain that way until a suspect is caught. >> it was just very, emotional. something like that that happens >> he fights back tears, emotion is running high in new castle delaware hours after a four-year-old girl was abducted and sexual assaulted. the child was outside playing with friends in the fright00 block of sugar plum court when a man approached her at 7:00 p.m. thursday. >> they were approached by a white or hispanic male, who drove up in dark-colored sedan vehicle and engaged a four-year-old in small conversation. >> reporter: police say the man walked the victim to his car and sped off. child's gave chase but couldn't catch up >> little girls always are screaming and doing things like that and we didn't

. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live outside fire fighters union headquarters in spring garden with the details and new report and also some reaction. joe? >> reporter: jessica, good evening. one of the key findingness this report is that a piece of fire fighters lieutenant joyce craigs breathing equipment that failed, dating back to 2003. report shows that the fire department, had replacement available at the time of this fire but they had not been distributed. federal report two and a half years in the making spotlights response tactic california and equipment issues, it suggest ultimately led to the death of philadelphia fire fighter joyce craig. it was december 14th, 2014, those living at this west oak lane row home, called 911 to report a basement fire. the intense heat, burned through some of the craigs breathing equipment. cause of the death listed on her autopsy report was suffocation. a time line shows engine companies and ladders were dispatched at 2:49 in the mornin

. >>> i'm jessica dean. that suspect joseph meyer is on behind bars on one million-dollar bail. joe holden is live at lower providence police department with what led authorities to make this arrest, joe. >> reporter: jessica and nicole, good evening. police say this was discovered when joseph meyer wife showed up to the hospital with the broken skull and that is when they learned that the victims were more. they say his two children who had been home schooled had been abused for years, dating back to when they were toddlers. >> cruel, unusual punishment unfolded behind the doors of this lower providence home. joseph meyer of a married father of two is charged with unleashing a disturbing, several years long series of beatings on his children, that investigators say resembled torture. his two children, arrest record show, endured punching, kicking, choking, bruising and use of an electric shock collar meant for a dog. despite facts that he is in jail on one million-dollar bail, we went looking for more information. neighbors didn't want to talk to us, many of them appeared to be

jessica dean has the night off.id spunt is live at police head quarters with more on the search for that attacker. david? >> reporter: nicole and yukee, it's a disturbing story. what sets them apart is both victims in this case are complete strangers to the suspect. they hope the suspect is caught as soon as possible. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: 86-year-old william is afraid to answer his front door after police say this man stalked, beat then robbed him inside his west philadelphia home. >> he pushed me down. on the couch. start punching. >> reporter: authorities say the korean war veteran walked to this local grocery store to pick up a few things last wednesday afternoon. he also hit this lottery store across the street. he bout $50 to $60 in lottery tickets. this's when police say the man in the video harassed him for money. >> he pulse out a rards blade and demands the victim's money. >> reporter: the suspect follows. he threw the man on couch and punched him several times. >> he had him pinned down on the so

. >>> cbs3 "eyewitness news" with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo, nicole brewer and don bel bell. >>> holiday is mourning the death of actor and stands-up comedian charlie murphy, the older brother of eddie murphy but a comic in his own right he died in new york after a battles with leukemia. he was best known on shapell, show. he was also credited as a writer. he was 57. >>> we learned today that the mother of david letterman passed away. dorothy became an unlikely celebrity when she began appearing on her son's cbs late night show. her most popular contribution was her coverage of three different olympic games. dorothy was 95. >>> the crater of wall street famous charging bull sculpture said the fearless girl statue violates his rights. the artist said the new statute changes his bull into something negative. his lawyers say fearless girl exploits the bull. the statue of the girl with her hand on her hips was us placed on the island march 7th. >>> the resting place of one of the philadelphia's most iconic figures is getting repair, christ church burial ground as crews work

. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows us tonight officials say a simple search on a ancestry when site broke this case wide open. >>> the u.s. government has charged john vincent with aggravated identity theft. this all started in 1996, and when he decided to walk through, a texas graveyard. for more than two decade this man john vincent was known as nathan, the problem is, nathan lessowsky was a texas babe hoy died months after being born in 1972. >> we were able to discover that in fact, nathan was really john vincent, an escaped convict from texas living under this identity. approximately since 1996. >> reporter: assistant u.s. attorney amanda says vincent escaped from the halfway house in 1996, went to a graveyard and found lescowsky's tomb stone with a similar birthday. >> using that information he obtained a birth certificate for the real nathan, he then proceeded to go to social security, and he was the real nathan and actually had a social security number issued under th

. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt just arrived on the scene and what can you tell us. >> reporter: jessica and ukee terrible scene at north styles , and i want to back out of the way. we got an update from james clark about 10 minutes ago at philadelphia police, he tells me this happened after 3:30 this afternoon, and four people shot, two are pronounced dead, all four were taken to the hospital, and he said he is not going to get in the specific circumstances but we do know that it happened at 11th and north styles in north philadelphia just after 3:30. we are told those four men were standing outside, on a sidewalk, when a car came up, fired multiple shots, at lee 21 shell casings on the ground right now, police looker looking through them right now i asked captain clark if this may abe drug deal. we spotted pill bottles on the ground. he did say it vice early until the investigation. >> right now we don't know what we have. we have four individual standing there. we believe tha

. >> good evening i'm ukee washington >> i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean. a short time ago.y identified him as corporal steven ballard. he was an eight and a half year veteran. he was gunned down in the parking lot of a wawa on pulaski highway in bear delaware around 12:10. he was responding to a suspicious vehicle when one of the two men inside shot him multiple times. authorities tracked the gunman to a home in middle town delaware. i remains barricaded inside and firing at the swat team. the other man in that vehicle was arrested at the convenience store. >> corporal ballard died at christiana. a long line escorted his body in wilmington. motorists pulled over and paid tribute as salutes as the procession made it's r way along i95. corporate ballard's casket was carried into the medical examiner's office. we have live team coverage. it shows you how a community is paying tribute to the trooper. shriv . >> reporter: i just spoke two state troopers they told me both new corporal ballard. it is a devastating night for the police family the situation going on it's been going

with a possible attempted abduction inside a center city duncan donuts, i'm ukee washington, i'm jessica dean. video shows a man putting his hands on baby before a couple interconvenience. >> alexandria hoff is outside police headquarters with why authorities need to talk to that couple. >> reporter: ukee. they need for them to come forward to help piece the case together. this footage taken sunday shows a couple with a child inside of the duncan donuts on the 1400 block of locust street when a strange places his hands on the baby >> it appears to be an attempt to abduct the baby. >> reporter: the plan and woman with the child react and chase the suspect outside. he was still there when police arrived and was temporarily detained. >> it's a rather peculiar set of circumstances. we're asking for the parents or who we believe the parents to come forward and give us a better idea of what happened. >> reporter: a witness who was the one who called police did provide us with a better idea. she told "eyewitness news" off camera that the man is a regular. known for strange sometimes lewd acts. she s

>>> aim jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in rittenhouse square. you caught up with drivers who use the app what did they have to say. >> reporter: i did, jessica. p pa say 20,000 people down loaded and used this app and basically here it is, the meeter up app, use it to pay for parking from a distance. it is shutting down at 12:01 and many people say they are simply frustrated. meter up, mobile parking lot is shutting down. >> i will move my car more often, and then in the middle of the meeting you cannot extend it, move your car or you will get a ticket. >> reporter: app allowed drivers to pay for parking from their phones, convenient way that kept many from running back and forth to their cars or looking for quarters. >> i use the all the time because i'm always in the city people don't have change all the time or sometimes don't work and use credit card. >> reporter: in a statement the executive director of the p pa says company which operated the app tango has had financial problems, which is why the app is being suspended a spokesperson for th

. >> jessica dean on assign: pentagon said they dropped the massive bomb to destroy isis tunnels andcaves in afghanistan the remote location s means it was unlikely civilians were around. president trump declined say if he signed off on the use of the 20,000 owe bomb. >> weapon recent news on syria and russia the 11 ton bomb caught many by surprise. that's the way president trump said he intends to fight terrorism with no warning. >> this 2003 video shows a test of the bomb dropped in afghanistan hours ago and the target terrorism. >> we are so proud of our military and it was another successful event. >> 21600 pound aimed at isis complex detonated at 7:32 in the evening afghanistan time and bomb seen here is strategic weapon with letters moab on the side. john gagliano is a former navy pilot who flew over afghanistan and now he's an attorney. >> people take those and make you know play on words and say, moab, mother of all bombs. >> bomb is pushed out of the back of a plane as seen in this maybe test video. >> the moab itself is a guided bomb so they know where they're going to want

. >>> i'm nicole blur in for jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live in wilmington where police are issuing a warning as they hunt for the child predator, alycia >> reporter: ukee and nicole, authorities are visibly shaken at a news conference earlier when they had to tell us the four year-old girl was in fact sexually assaulted during two hours she was with her kidnapper. police believe she was left in this park. now they are on the hunt on the heartless monster who took her but they will need community's help to catch him. police in new castle county are looking for a child abduct or one who attacked a little girl, late last night. >> every member of new castle county police department, is committed to solving and apprehending this heartless monster. >> reporter: last night a four year-old girl was abduct here on sugar plum court just outside her home. >> it was quick, very quick. >> reporter: witnesses and police say little girl was riding bikes with half dozen other children when she was snatched by

. >>> aim jessica dean. we will go right out to sports director don bell and leslie van arsdal live from the red carpet and the excitement is building, guys. >> yeah, excitement is definitely building. behind us we have prospects coming through on the red carpet, we have a big crowd here, and lining the carpet, of course, it is a heavy eagles crowd, a lot of green in this crowd. >> yes, who need oscars when you have this going on behind you. >> pretty cool. one of the things people are doing here is giving eagles a chance no math shore comes on the red carpet. earl today we saw carson wentz , coming out here today in the to the red carpet but make his way around philadelphia. some might say he was on the wentz wagon, do you remember when they started three and zero last season, everybody got all fired up, this became philadelphia wentzsylvania. >> he tweeted this earlier today one year ago i got that call, crazy how fast, best of luck to those boys waiting to hear their names this weekend. #fly eagles fly. h

. >>> cbs3 "eyewitness news" with ukee washington, jessica dean, kate bilo, nicole brewer and don bel bell. >>> holiday is mourning the death of actor and stands-up comedian charlie murphy, the older brother of eddie murphy but a comic in his own right he died in new york after a battles with leukemia. he was best known on shapell, show. he was also credited as a writer. he was 57. >>> we learned today that the mother of david letterman passed away. dorothy became an unlikely celebrity when she began appearing on her son's cbs late night show. her most popular contribution was her coverage of three different olympic games. dorothy was 95. >>> the crater of wall street famous charging bull sculpture said the fearless girl statue violates his rights. the artist said the new statute changes his bull into something negative. his lawyers say fearless girl exploits the bull. the statue of the girl with her hand on her hips was us placed on the island march 7th. >>> the resting place of one of the philadelphia's most iconic figures is getting repair, christ church burial ground as crews work

zooming through construction zones this operation, stems from a tragic loss, good evening, i'm jessica dean. >>> i'm natasha brown in for ukee washington. only "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden was with pennsylvania state police, today, he joins us live from upper merion, tonight to explain this initiative. joe? >> reporter: state police say this is not just about enforcement but also about education. it is nearly three years ago that a pennsylvania turnpike worker was killed out here, because somebody was speeding. mile marker 330.2 on the pennsylvania turnpike, and state troopers lie in wait. >> got one. >> on this busy stretch of roadway a construction crew has taken out the the third lane. speed limit drops from zero seven to 55, traffic still goes by. state police launched what they are calling operation orange squeeze a speeding sting operation. state trooper sitting in a construction vehicle further down highway monitors speed. >> silver minivan from new jersey. >> reporter: chopper three captures a series of traffic stops. routine is repeated over and over. one car was clocked g

. >> jessica dean on assign: pentagon said they dropped the massive bomb to destroy isis tunnels and caves in afghanistan the remote location s means it was unlikely civilians were around. president trump declined say if he signed off on the use of the 20,000 owe bomb. >> weapon recent news on syria and russia the 11 ton bomb caught many by surprise. that's the way president trump said he intends to fight terrorism with no warning. >> this 2003 video shows a test of the bomb dropped in afghanistan hours ago and the target terrorism. >> we are so proud of our military and it was another successful event. >> 21600 pound aimed at isis complex detonated at 7:32 in the evening afghanistan time and bomb seen here is strategic weapon with letters moab on the side. john gagliano is a former navy pilot who flew over afghanistan and now he's an attorney. >> people take those and make you know play on words and say, moab, mother of all bombs. >> bomb is pushed out of the back of a plane as seen in this maybe test video. >> the moab itself is a guided bomb so they know where they're going to wan

. >>> i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden has the exclusive store friday delaware county. >> reporter: representatives from cardinal o'hara, and religious sisters will talk to me on camera. one sister did express there is anxiety but says that living in a religious community, moving around is a part of life. religious sisters from four different congregation that is called cardinal o'hara high school campus in springfield home for decade. the sisters, many older will bid farewell to the four convents where they have lived , according to documents obtained by cbs-3, conventing will be refurbished and transformed into housing for international high school students. many of the school community were unaware of the sisters pending departure. affect are sister servant of the immaculate heart of the marry, sister of mercy, sisters of st. francis. they say they would not comment. >> i think it is a little rough to tell these sisters to , vacate. >> reporter: in a lengthy statement in response to

jessica dean has the night off.id spunt is live at police head quarters with more on the search for that attacker. david? >> reporter: nicole and yukee, it's a disturbing story. what sets them apart is both victims in this case are complete strangers to the suspect. they hope the suspect is caught as soon as possible. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: 86-year-old william is afraid to answer his front door after police say this man stalked, beat then robbed him inside his west philadelphia home. >> he pushed me down. on the couch. start punching. >> reporter: authorities say the korean war veteran walked to this local grocery store to pick up a few things last wednesday afternoon. he also hit this lottery store across the street. he bout $50 to $60 in lottery tickets. this's when police say the man in the video harassed him for money. >> he pulse out a rards blade and demands the victim's money. >> reporter: the suspect follows. he threw the man on couch and punched him several times. >> he had him pinned down on the so

. >> i'm jessica dean., wirnd around thunderstorms we're going to see them all the next few hours and lauren casey is tracking the storm as it rolls through the area overnight. >> we're seeing the rain overspread the area and the intensity starting to pick up overhead in center city philadelphia. we see these pockets of yellow greens back into the airport, chester into media, seeing that rain coming down steadily and more moderate in nature and as i mention the intensity even over just the last hour starting to pick up quicker and we'll see that trend forth next couple of hours. a heavier bands moving through up not egg harbor mystic island area. we are going to be dealing with fairly steady rainfall especially over the next several hours. heavy at times and we could see thunderstorms as well. the wind will be kind of gusty, breezy at times throughout the overnight period, mild conditions and we do have a flood watch in effect for parts of the area as we head into tuesday evening. that includes north easter