we are live in frankford justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> justin, thank you so much. a florida man meantime has been told to stay out of washington d.c. after flying his gyro cop tore on to the lawn of the us capitol. douglas houston home detention after court appearance yesterday. edward laurence has the story. >> doug hughes left a washington, d.c. courthouse, a free man for now. >> did it go like you expect the? >> the 61 year old mailman flew his gyro copter, under the radar, to the washington lawn cap tonight charged with knowingly operating an unlicensed aircraft, violating national defense air space he faces up to four years in prison. hughes has been given home detention in florida and he's been ordered to stay out of the sky. >> they want to effectively de per people from conducting similar missions, but they don't want to waste resources sending 61 year old man who has no violent tendencies to federal prison. >> hughes was delivering letters urging congress to take up campaign finance reform. but for lawmakers, the content every those letters was less import

justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you.ent from muhlenberg college in allentown are studding in nepal this semites err. the school confirm they are safe released a statement we urge members of the community to remember the thoughts and prays zero prayers many who perishing or suffered other losses and support relief efforts when announced. >> weather is expected to hamper the rescue effort. >> that's right, we are dealing right now at least here locally with some quiet weather. i want to gave you a sense what's happening across the world here. let's just go back into time quickly see what happened here. as justin had just reported, it came in on saturday, that strong earthquake, with a 9.3-mile depth to t so numerous after shocks are expected with this. and unfortunately that combined with the poor weather conditions is not going to be helping those rescue crews very much out there. because we continue to see here is your satellite coverage that unfortunate up lift that takes place over the him lay a's so you have variety o

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is here to tell you more, justin? >> began before midnight once they arrived they saw a man running with a gun didn't get far after police shot him in the leg. >> crime tape, cruisers, closing off the 1600 block of pratt street right by the frankford transportation center. >> police say, a patrol was responding to calls of shots fired on nearby akron street. >> one man with a gun sprinting away, an officer followed. >> the officer chases, sees gun in his hand, tells him to drop the gun. does not drop the gun. off the err -- officer fires one shot, two guns recovered off that individual. individual was shot in the left leg. the man did not return fire, but, say this is one of his weapons. which in the wrong hand, could have done a lot of harm. >> glock 9-millimeter with extended magazine that holds approximately 31 rounds, and that male also had involve err on him. >> set to be fully loaded was lodged in the man's waistband. >> one injured besides that man who was shot. taken to einstein medical center and was taken th

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us with the details on this horrible story, justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. the police are in warminster as well as members of the nativity of our lord are wondering who will rob their church. they are hoping someone out there will... to that tape. now this happened between monday and tuesday overnight. police believe around 11:30 monday night. they say this man broke in the side entrance and made his way into the church. that is where he proceeded to go straight toward the donation boxes forcing open those boxes and then making off with cash. >> for us as catholics the church is a place where blessed sacrament is, abe sacred to us. for someone to go in there and do that, it is just disheartening. >> disheartening for sure in doubt about. that we apologize for those audio break ups. we will have more from justin finch throughout our broadcast this morning. >>> mother of the motorist shot and killed by philadelphia police says officers planted evidence to justify the shooting. tanya brown dickerson son brando

i'm justin finch. more coming up in a live report. >> thank you justin.w video from isis shows ancient city reduced to rubble. museum under attack. >> and nippy start out there right now. we have gorgeous sunny day on tap. katie has your forecast, justin drabick checking the roads, we traffic and weather together. we do it on the 3's back at the bottom of the hour. good morning. and just like that the snow is gone. and parkas become jackets. and sweaters go down for a long nap. and off you go. and your backyard gets a whole lot bigger. and you're running... and climbing... and your gear gets lighter and trimmer, and fitter and smarter. and now every frozen second spent willing this day to come is just a warm fading memory. ♪ >> barricade situation ends, when a man surrenders to police. it happened early this morning, at 48th and parish in mill creek. a woman told police, a man sexually assaulted her threatened her with a gun and took $20 from her purse. it ended about two hours later, police are now questioning that man. they say no one was hurt. >>> well

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now at southwest detectives, to bring you up to date on this investigation. justin? >> ukee, good morning, that mother's name is my apparel or now in maryland, and police are working philadelphia police, to bring her back to the city to face charges in her son's abandonment. she is 41 years old, lives in the 500 block of baltimore avenue. she is now facing charges of assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment action neglect unlawful restraint. she also is expected to face those charges. now she is accused of leaving her son for five days in cobbs creek park, her son, 21 years old, quadriplegic, non-verbal, also suffers from cerebral palsy. also left there sometime last monday morning. now, where was parker during that time? well police say through tips, they traced her to her boyfriend's home in montgomery county maryland. she remains in the hospital in maryland at this time. now, at last check she was being treated therefore an undisclosed injury. meantime, her son is being cared for at chop here in philly. he is suffering from nail nutri

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us where engineers are expected to survey that area later today. justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. homeowners, have been watching this problem develop for years. land underneath their homes here literal willly crumbling and falling into the delaware. you cannot tell from the front but the the problem is way out back there and it has gotten worse in the past few months. lets show you video now. yard's condition neighbors say has worsen in the past two weeks. there are two hems here roughly 10-yard. these homes on the 500 block of east front street in florence township. homeowners say in recent months these recent heavy rains and snow have worsen the the problem here, loosening that soil and cause ago this dramatic drop that we saw just yesterday. homeowners say they have reach out to the township and the response that they say they got was that it is their problem to fix and that is until this recent erosion uncover something else, take a listen.

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now from southwest detectives, to tell you more about >> reporter: ukee, good morning, passerby found that male in a pile of wet leaves covered with a blanket and bible on his chest. he can't speak. so his family identified

our justin finch will have much more in a live report coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news". >> education was front and center as philadelphia's democratic candidates for mayor squared off. cbs philly team upped with the philadelphia association of black journalists who host forum for the candidatement i helped moderate the forum at the community college of philadelphia. some of the conversations centered around funding and the school reform commission. >> i am hopeful the governor wolf will do the right thing and make sure that our children have enough money from the state which has been limiting the amount of money going to philadelphia for far too long, cheating our children out after first class education. >> with tours schools, we have to change the curriculum. we've got an antiquated model preparing student for jobs that no longer exist in manufacturing, not feeding their entrepreneur spirit. >> i will work with the governor to make sure that we end the src and that we establish parental control and that the mayor be the most responsible individual in making sure we fi

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live at southwest detectives this morning with much more on this, justin, good morning. >> reporter: diana ukee, good morning, as that son recovers, maryland police working with philadelphia police to bring his mother back to the city, to face a hearing and possible charges. forty-one year old nia paul is her expected to face a list of charges, including assault kidnapping, false imprison. neglect, unlawful restraint. she is accused of leaving her 21 year old quadraplegic son for five days in a cobbs creek park. he was helpless for days in those element there he was found by a passerby on a friday night. now, police say it was in the baltimore maryland area visiting her area, and tips helped police find her thereon friday. now, at last check she was in a hospital in the maryland area being treated for undisclosed illness. her son was taken to chop hospital, for treatment of dehydration, malnutrition, a cut to his back and several vision injuries with his family now by his side, police say, he's in better care than he was before. take a listen. >> s

live at police headquarters, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> justin, thank you. two teen girls recovering after their struck by car on roosevelt boulevard. investigators say the two girls, ages 15 and 18,. >> were walking southbound lanes tyson avenue, forward circle. police say they both suffered broken bones. learn the driver initially kept going but then returned to the scene after circling the block. he is now cooperating with detective. >> this woman now facing attempted murder charges for love triangle hit-and-run in logan. police say the 29 year old precious richardson coleman intentionally crashed her suv into pea trist expense friday afternoon. expense was pinned against a building and doctors were forced to amputate one of her legs. detectives tell us that pence and coleman were romantic rivals. >>> new this morning the secret service arrest as man who climbed a fence outside the white house with a suspicious package. they checked out the package and realized it wasn't dangerous. just last week, officials talked about adding steel spikes to the white ho

live here in crescentville justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. right now 5:33, we want to check in with katie. at least a brighter day flight. >> exactly. should be hint milder than yesterday was. so still going to be 11 degrees below average. but we do expect to see temperatures ease up a little bit. still stuck in the mid 50's, however, and it is still courtesy of the persistent northwest push of chillier air, that is just getting funneled into the region. we take you outside, you can tell that, just by looking at the streaks of yep lake enhanced snow. most of which is having difficult time reaching the grounds at this point. but yes snow has been a theme across central and western pa for two days straight, for us thankfully it has not. but we are expect to go see these clouds currently in place, break and yield for more sunshine. that said, right now we still have a freeze warning in effect across basically the northwest half of our area, freeze watches basically everywhere else, say for philadelphia county, delco cape may county, then delawar

we are live here in colwyn borough, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. happening today the philadelphia woman accused of abandoning her disable son is expected to appear in court for an extradition hearing. nia parlor currently in the custody of maryland police, she had been receiving medical treatment there. police say that parlor left her quadriplegic son in the woods near cobbs creek then took off for maryland with her boyfriend. >> authorities in monmouth county new jersey are investigating a swatting incident captured live on line. now there is man who will only id himself as fist pump, he was live streaming video when heavily armed police officer arrived at his monmouth county home sunday. key port police say that they've received anonymous call claim ago man was holding hostages, than he had stabbed his girlfriend. after checking things out they determined that call was a hoax. >> another coyote attack in north jersey to tell you b bergin county man says he was walking his growing a coyote bit him on the leg second attack this month. man went to t

live in crescent ville justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you for. that will also, new this morning, septa bus catches fire. happened around 1:30 this morning on south broad street and paterson avenue right in front of an at&t station. driver and passenger on the owl service bus got off safely. no word yet what may have caused that fire. >> a beloved south philadelphia resident dice in a house fire. "eyewitness news" on the scene on federal street. that fire started in the second floor bedroom, of 69 year old joseph derosa. he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. choking back tears here, long time friend says derosa was the casino of guy who would give you the shirt off his back. >> it wasn't a person, he didn't say hello to, because he would always be sitting outside on the bench outside the club, or on his step, and the people right now know me, see me, ask me, and when i tell them they're kind of like sad to see because just the hello that he gave them made them happy. >> neighbors say derosa was a heavy smoker, but it is unclear right now h

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now at 69th street transportation center with the the latest details, justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. we have within checking throughout the morning but no signs of those controversial ads just yet but by week end we are told 84 septa buses will feature those controversial so-called anti muslim ads and mounted on to bus sides despite protest from septa and local clergy. lets take to you video. ads from the afdi who are based in new hampshire and septa says afdi bought the the the ad space for $3,000. ad features a photo in 1941 of a meeting between hitler and a palestinian arab activist who backed the nazi regime. now critics called the ad campaign anti muslim, for saying it supports muslims supporting jewish people rather and septa has tried to stop the ads but a federal judge did resume they can resume despiting loop hole in septa's policy because just recently a adopted a a policy that said septa has the right to refuse controversial ads. inter faith leaders gathered yesterday with mayor nut tore call for calm

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is outside southwest detectives with more justin good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. true mystery police don't have have much to go on in this case but they are calling it suspicious and they are pursuing it as a death investigation. the just behind the runway at philadelphia international airport long side the 4700 block of fort mifflin road a honda accord was found on fire. the leads are slim. >> we're unsure as to what happened here. the there is no witnesses. no video cameras. this is a public roadway but it is not really traveled. >> reporter: time 3:30 tuesday a afternoon when philadelphia fire arrived on the scene. this fire so intense, foam was used to stop the burning. later would reveal a single victim. >> as they extinguished a fire in the front driver's seat of the car there was a meal, body was charred all the way down to the bone. >> reporter: although car was badly burn the the tag was still visible. investigators say it has been traced to a south philadelphia address. as the the investigation continues yesterday, disco

that's where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now to tell you more about it, justin, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. that's right, game one of two of the on-deck series between the phillies and the pirates here at the park, soft open for the season, also for safety, under these red covers here are new way to walk safely into citizens bank park. starting friday, fans surviving the citizens bank park will see the phillies new play for safety. walk through, first stop, even before tickets taken fans can expect to empty their pockets and have the bags check too. and may require additional screening. >> you only need to take out your cell phone camera, keys, you can leave coins in your pockets, you can leave your belt on, you can leave your shoes on, it is not like going to the airport. but it will pick up dense metal. >> call their stepped up safety standards their new normal. protocols put in place after consultation was homelands security, towards the ends of last season phillies ran small pilot testing the security system at the right field gate.

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now in our satellite center. he is tracking the latest developments in all of this, justin, good morning. >> good morning, the number of dead as you said now totals more than 3600 people after what's being called the worse earthquake to hit nepal in more than 08 years. among the hardest hit areas the capitol of kathmandu. as you mention, the rescue efforts around the clock are underway right now and time is critical when life can be the difference between seconds and life and death. though the death toll continues to rise, chinese rescue team found a manna life in rubble sunday. this search for survivors remains active. three days after the magnitude 7.8 quake struck, and now a series of powerful after songs have made the rescue effort a menacing mission. victims by the houses are vacating their homes to set up camps in the streets. meantime thousands of injured are congesting hospitals. >> head injuries, like many people suffering from head injuries, and spine injuries, abdominal injuries. >> relief coming in fro

live in frankford justin finch, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> justin, thank you so much. meantime, there is some new surveillance video in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a two year old little boy in kensington this week. police released the video hoping that someone recognizes the car. it is a white infinity sedan moon roof, and broken front headlight. police say the car struck 19 year old josephine riviera a and her son and the boy died yesterday after he was removed from life support. >> time is 5:34. in business news, new concoction from ben and jerry's. >> how much more expensive is your monthly rent? money watch's jill wagner joins us live, from the new york stock exchange, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee, that the tasha. stocks could finish this week on high note. goal man sach's, citigroup posted some of the best earnings in years. even that wasn't enough to push the markets higher yesterday. dow fell seven points, the nasdaq down three. well, no surprise to people who rent their apartment. rent are on the rise. and the bad news is it is pr

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at the airport with the the very latest on this justin good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. hundreds are expect to include wheelchair attendants baggage hand letters and aircraft cleaners. they are picketing for higher wages, health insurance and paid sick leave. they have rallied here before most recently in november and january these rallies are planned by local seiu32bj. these strikers are not unionized they are employed by agencies that are subcontracted by airlines like u.s. airways at the airport, workers say they currently make $7.25 an an hour. this is almost a year after they say the city voted to a have prove a 10.88 cents hourly wage for city workers. they point to mayor nutter just last year signing off on a $12 hourly wage for city subcontracted workers and back out here live, they are setting up as we speak to to march at 6:00 o'clock and go well in the afternoon and evening. is there a rally set the for 2:00 p.m. at city hall in center city. we are live at the airport i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

we are live outside federal courthouse i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev is quick for his role in the deadly boston marathon bombing two years ago. now the question is will he be sentenced to death? "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins news our studio with reaction to the the verdict and what comes up next nicole good morning. >> reporter: after finding dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty on all counts that same jury will decide if the 21 year-old terrorist will be executed or sentenced to life without parole. with folded arms tsarnaev fidgeted his way at the verdict looking down at the tea fence table as jury read his fate. after two hours they found him guilty of all 30 counts including conspiracy and deadly use of the weapon of mass destruction. bomb tsarnaev planted with his brother tamerlan claim three lives and injured more than 250 people, nearly two years ago. richard donahue an office shore was injured during a shoot-out that led to dzhokhar's arrest says justice was served. >> it is not a day to celebrate. you can call it a bitter sweet victory. i

outside the christie rec center, justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> easter services almost end in the tragedy at a new jersey churr of when part of the ceiling came crashing down. this is the aftermath here of the collapse at methodist church in raleigh union county. as many as 100 worshippers were praying yesterday afternoon, when a huge chunk of the plaster sealing collapsed causing people to run for cover. people inside that church say it is a miracle no one was killed. >> i need to get out of here and first thing came to my mind. when i got out my first concern, if everyone else got out okay. >> fourteen people were hurt, although all but one of the injuries are considered minor. the church now off limit while crews clean up that mess but really incredible no one was killed. wow. now, it is 5:13. and i'm happy to say we get to go down to south philly to katie fehlinger. >> looking ahead to beautiful day weather wise. what perfect way to kick off opening day than with nice weather we didn't have the luxury that far last year, if you recall, but out on the ballpark, right now

>> busiest airports, lads dollars number two i'm justin finch. being done to get us off that list. >> justin, thanks. also, one of the worse kept secrets in washington. now we're getting better idea of when hillary clinton will officially launch her campaign for president. >> and vittoria and katie return with your traffic and weather together. you know we do it on the 3's back at the bottom of the hour. happy friday, family, see you in a bit. and just like that the snow is gone. and parkas become jackets. and sweaters go down for a long nap. and off you go. and your backyard gets a whole lot bigger. and you're running... and climbing... and your gear gets lighter and trimmer, and fitter and smarter. and now every frozen second spent willing this day to come is just a warm fading memory. ♪ around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place - including one right here at the shop - now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! ♪ with the fastest in

i'm justin finch live update, coming up. >> thank you justin, see you in a bit. rather frightening reports. another coyote attack in new jersey. >> and justin and katie return they've got your traffic and weather together on the 3's. a live look outside right now it is clearing out that rain moving away, we should have nice day. fingers crossed. katie has details coming up. new flonase allergy relief nasal spray outperforms a leading allergy pill. most allergy pills only control one substance, flonase controls six. so go ahead, inhale life. new flonase. six is greater than one. this changes everything. >>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good tuesday morning, to you, and check that out. if you consideration brushing your teeth, pouring some coffee gorgeous sunrise down at the shore. after stormy night we're drying out the last of the showers making their way out of the area, and this view is just proof of a better forecast ahead. that just make you want to get the day going. >> absolutely, gorgeous sunrise, kate

. >> justin finch joins us, to tell but the quake's impact on local family. good morning. >> they have two children living in nepal, and they have families now in that area. siblings are okay, but as you might imagine, in the duration. quake, mother and father in hatboro are quite nervous. >> though their home is in hatboro, ned and valerie rogers say their hearts and minds are in nepal. >> we have feeling of anxiety we can't help them, see them. >> couple's oldest son and daughter would be as missionaries outside the capitol of kathmandu for more than ten years siblings had cared for more than 20 children and two orphanages, and have their own families. saturday's 7.8 quake hit about midday in nepal and almost four days later the rogers say their children are living outdoors. feeling safer in the open air than in their now structurally unsound homes. >> around the clock rescue effort continue, crews using shovels, and even their bear hands, to search for survivors a mid mounds of rubble. teen found this manna life, discovered trapped beneath layers of wrecka

live at philadelphia police headquarters, justin finch cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. police have filed attempted murder charges against woman accused in a violent love triangle attack in logan. investigators say, 29 year old precious richardson coleman intentionally drove her suv into another woman. beatrice spent, drove away. happened friday afternoon 4400 block of 17th street. police say that pence and coleman were romantic rivals. doctors had to amputate pence's leg. coleman turned herself in to police on saturday. >> investigators say two girls, ages 15 and 18, were struck last night on roosevelt boulevard, at tyson avenue, in oxford circle. we're told they suffered broken bones. police say the driver is cooperating with this investigation. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, today is the boston marathon and security is tight. >> also, millions of americans take an aspirin every day to reduce their risk of heart attack. now, some new research shows it could also cut your risk of certain cancers. we'll tellwe'll tell you which ones, coming up in the

. >> lets get out to that scene where justin finch just arrived, justin good morning. >> reporter: goodorning. by all accounts this officer should be okay. he was taken to aria torresdale hospital with a head injury. that is what we are told. the lets take you to chopper three overhead to the scene of this crash. this is krewstown road south of the rising sun avenue. we are told that this officer lost control of his cruiser and struck a guardrail the air bag did deploy. we are told the officer may have also hit his head on the windshield of his car. he was able to look for help as fellow office are respond and got them to the hospital this morning. this happened just after 4:30 or so this morning and krewstown road near rising sunnies closed at this time for investigation of this crash. how did this happen? we are told the officer was responding to a robbery call at a nearby lenient store. he lost control. that cruiter and struck that car hitting his head. he was able to radio for help and he is also walking and talking but the head jurist the question for doctors at this point because

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us outside the federal courthouse with more justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. thomas was taken, from her home, last friday, and she was hatching a terror plot and thought to be very dangerous for her on line support of ice is and that is what raised red flags saying little last week keonna thomas learn she's accused of trying to travel overseas to join islamic state or isis and sacrifice her own life in the process. prosecutor say that she planned to fly to barcelona spain and make her way to turkey and then syria and join isis. thomas's lawyers were tight-lipped. >> i don't have any further comment. my office was just appointed. we will be prepared next week to proceed on her half. >> reporter: fbi task force and philadelphia police teamed up to take her down. neighbors said cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this cell phone video of thomas cuffed and put in the cruiser. we have obscured faces of the agent. thomas is 30 years old and also known as fatayat al khalifah, and on line as a young liones. the she's said to have made sev

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us outside southwest detective with the details, justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. when this car was found yesterday it was completely on fire. the once those flames were brought under control a body was found inside, body of the man. who he is, how he got there and how he died this morning is all part of the death investigation. the just behind the runway of philadelphia international the a airport alongside the 4700 block of fort mifflin road a honda accord was found on fire lead are slim. >> we're unsure as to what happened. there is no witnesses no video camera. this is a public roadway but not really travel. >> reporter: time 3:30 tuesday afternoon when philadelphia fire arrived on the scene this fire so intense, foam was used to stop the burning and later revealed a single victim. >>> they extinguish the fire in the front driver seat of the car there is a male body is charred, all the way down to the bone. >> almost kind of, you know, taken back i said what is going on. >> reporter: joseph keener works a mile fr

i'm justin finch live with what neighbors are doing to save these houses. >>> justin thanks. >>> also we are getting lots of reports of coyoties on the prowl in you been is divisions of large cities and that one right there is cause ago lot of concern. we will tell you where he was spotted. >>> is there word of a freeze watch and warnings in effect, katie has your chilly forecast when we do traffic and weather together, when we come back at the bottom of the hour. see you new a bit. >>> good morning, thanks for joining us. the here's what is going on, would be robber picks a wrong target a off-duty police officer walking his dog. the it happen on the 5800 block of malvern avenue in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood. when the officer saw a gun in the suspect's hand he pulled out his own gun and fired eight times, that suspect got away. the the officer was not hurt and unknown if the suspect was hit. >>> this morning residents are forced to evacuate after their homes teether near a giant sink hole in florence, new jersey. >> they are dealing and they are dealing with the harsh reali

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now in the cbs-3 news center with the latest on. l justin, good morning. >> that's right, greek live has come un fire this year, from the penn state frat cam pa delta to on on radio chant at the university of oklahoma. rutgers with record of one student depth due to alcohol in a frat this year, banning party at greek houses, they say out of caution and concern. >> i don't think it is really fair everyone should be punished for poor decision after few people. >> student reaction at rutgers after word the university has banned parties at all 86 fraternity and sorority houses until the end of the semester. >> a loft us looking bettering the community inch kid of being mad or upset about it. >> rutgers leadership says the move comes in light of number of alcohol related incidents this year, involving greek organizations. sophomore caitlin kovax died last september after attending a party at the delta cap an epsilon alcohol related. then reports of under age drinking led to sigma few epsilon fraternity to shut down. >> definitely can get

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at city hall with the very latest on that justin. >> reporter: erika, rallies being called by philadelphia coalition for racial and legal justice, that is why they are calling it, they say because what they see happening in philadelphia is not unlike what they see in baltimore and they say in many ways, philadelphia is baltimore. from denver to seattle houston to new york, demonstrators showing solidarity for ongoing protest in support of the freddie gray n new york city the the crowd swelled and swamped busy city streets. >> these are our streets. >> they don't want to you march in the street. why are you leading the marchers in the street. >> this is what justice is looking like that has to happen. >> reporter: tension where is high monday in walt in more where peaceful protest transformed into acts of anger, looting and fire set the businesses. city's mayor left frustrated. >> i know we are much better than this. what he know that the world is watching. we cannot allow our city to go into chaos. >> reporter: national guard is oz on t

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has details. >> reporter: wednesday's build philly sponsor's forum focused on development and city of philadelphia. there was focus on former philadelphia d.a. lynn abraham and that live on stage collapse at tuesday's mayoral debate. >> i was prepared for this debate, i was prepared for last night's debate. i will just keep on rolling. >> reporter: she's one of six from the democratic nod for mayor, two were missing at forum at national museum for american jewish history. also presumptive g.o.p. nominee melissa daily. it push to overhaul offices of licenses and inspections. >> do i believe that l and i has been given so much of a burden to enforce so many different things. >> reporter: abraham made her case for a strong mayor approach to city leadership. >> philadelphia cannot be manager, run led by cabinet of 17 people with at mayors an a pen age. >> reporter: nelson diaz calls for revisiting cities wage tax which he fears is hurting more than it helps. >> the wage tax tend to be a very regress i have tax which runs most of our opportunities o

we are live in upper darby i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> justin, thank you. >>> inrts now, after a great season, temple bows out on of the nit after a tough loss in the semi finals at madison square garden last night. the the owls held the the heed until shellden mcclaren, got hot. my man was on fire. he had 16 including 12 in the second half. owls kept it up will cummings got wild shot, the ball, but they he could in the close it out. had trouble shooting from the three-point line. miami wins 60-57. >>> miami plays stanford for nit title tomorrow night. congratulations to coach dunphy ape the squad for a wonderful season. >>> sixers are in washington to play wizard tonight but yesterday they used their off day to check out the the white house. this picture was posted by jason richardson on his instagram page. reports are squad had a great time touring the executive mansion but didn't catch up with the president. lets hope they get invited back after a championship run and plan is completed and let hope that happens in the near future. great shot. >>> flyers aren't

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is at a the the scene where engineering are expect to survey that area today, good morning. ukee good morning. experts as well as neighbors will soon be out here. the sun has come up to survey that sin hole and do what can be done to save these home. here's a look from the sky from chopper three that cliff cutting close to two, nearby homes, now 10-yard away. eroding land falling into the delaware river below. >> the rain was just, water was just pouring through there and it was a steady stream of water down to the river. >> reporter: over the years chris and lynn owe dell and their neighbors have watched their backyard backslide and crumble. this picture shows their backyard before and here it is today look, not much left, in the past few months, they say it has only gotten worse. >> we're at the the mercy of whoever and waiting. >> reporter: homeowners said they have reach out to local officials to no avail. then came monday's storms which uncover later the soil and the revelation of a public storm drain and that caught the eye of the townshi

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us in olde city where that forum will be taking place. >>> and, she collapsed in front of her five fellow individual contenders. on the stage, five mayoral hopefuls vying for a stage to lead the city of philadelphia i want to create jobs, create opportunities for people. >> unless we are in public service to make peoples lives better we will never be happy or successful. >> we have to grow our tax base. the the answer is with young people. i seek to represent them their interests but i seek to do it on behalf of the entire city. >> i got involved in politics and i have done heavy lifting. i have taken on the groups, i have taken on housing, issues. whether you are a police officer or person who lives in the community dignity and peace, experience and humanity is part of the city. >> reporter: one contender was missing, ten minutes in former philadelphia district attorney lynn abraham collapsed on stage. her rival state senator anthony hardy williams was at the mike and quickly rushed to her aid. other scrambled too. >> lights went out. >>

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at citizens bank park, with this stepped up securitystin, good morning. >> erika ukee, good morning new season, new reals here at the citizens bank park here. when you come here, starting today, tomorrow, new routine for you. go through these mag in a tomorrow terse here, covered with the red cover there. you will go in there empty your pockets, as well. all before taking your seat here at the park. >> ♪ ♪ starting friday, fans arriving at sit sent bank park will see the phillies new play for safety. walk through mag tomorrow terse, first stop even before tickets taken, fans can also expect to empty their pockets and have those bags checked too. may require additional screening. >> you only need to take out your cell phone camera, keys, you can leave coins in your pockets, you can leave your belt on, you can leave your shoes on. it is not like going to the airport. but it will pick up dense metal. >> mlb officials call their stepped up safety standards their new normal. protocols put in place after consultations with homeland security.

we are live in crescent ville justin finch cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you. now, new this morning septa bus catches fire, it happened around 1:30 this morning on south broad and pattison avenue right in front after at&t station. the driver and passenger on the owl service bus got off safely. no word yet on what may have caused that fire. >> well, washington township police are asking for help to find two people captured on camera robbing a gas station. please take a look at this video. happened early yesterday morning, at the gas plus service station on black horse pike. police say the suspects pulled out a handgun, and stole cash, cigarettes and lottery scratch-off tickets. the suspects are a man and a woman, and you can see close up image of the man right here wearing a black -- tsi sweatshirt and ban dan a woman wearing black north face hoodie with pink lettering at the time and a pair of gray phillies sweat pants. anyone with information is asked to contact the police. >> 6:07 right now. dozen of student injured after a stage collapses during a performanc

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch has the latest on the search. >> reporter: what was a normal saturday afternoon at the christy recreation center broken by the blast after bullet. and a fearful escape that followed. >> i just got home from the grocery store. and we were unloading the grocery's from someone's car all the sudden there was gunfire. and all i saw was people scattering, all over, from the rec center. >> from across the street, neighbor gary bateman saw the panic unfold. moment before, two team basketball teams were scaring off. police say sat about 1:30 p.m., the home team's coach saw the opposing team 26 year old coach arguing with spectator two, coaches had words, and the younger coach began to walk away. backward, toward the exit. on his way out police say the away team's coach reached into his waistband, pulled out gun and fired one shot. >> getting crazy these days, with the shootings. >> this used to be a peaceful place. >> my grandkids could have been there, you know, at that time. you know like i said, they play in this playgrounds all the time every day th

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us from florence, new jersey with more justin, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. worse indeed. just yesterday they were told to evacuate their homes by experts and engineers. they were able to leave. this morning they are hoping something can be done to save their houses. these cracks cut so close to these two florence township house that he is engineers advised them to evacuate on wednesday. >> when we walk away we could walk away for good and losing everything. >> this is our home. we have put a lot of effort into this. i put a lot of love in this house. >> reporter: what was once a delaware river view for odells and their next door neighbor now deem an imminent danger. >> when lives are at stake we don't take any chances. >> reporter: about two years ago odells notice significant erosion and it lit they had to call in township and burlington county officials. >> we reached out for some help we were basically told that it was, our issue, mother nature. >> reporter: monday came those he have i rains. odells say ground gave way, u

sus continue finch is in our news center to tell you more about it justin?good morning rutgers says the current climate of controversy including college week life was a major factor in their decision. broke the news to greek leaders last week and now the talk of campus. >> i don't think it is really fair that everyone should be punished for the poor decisions after few people. >> student reaction, at rutgers, after word the university has banned parties at all 86 fraternity and sore at this at this houses until the end of the semester. >> a loft us don't agree. now we are looking more pro-active at this than bettering our community than mad or upset about it. >> rutgers leadership says the move comes in light after number of alcohol related incidents this year, involving greek organizations. sophomore caitlin died last september, after attending a party at the delta cap an epsilon fraternity. her death was ruled alcohol related then last month reports every under age drinking led to a fraternity shutdown. >> definitely they can get out of hand. but there are

>> erika nation's top 30 busiest airports, coming in at number two i'm justin finch (phl wants to move down that list when we come back. >> justin, thanks, also, several student hurt after their bus ends up on its side. now seeing the terrifying crash through the drivers eyes. vittoria and katie return, with your traffic and weather together on the 3's. got to get through messy friday to get to beautiful weekends. katie has your forecast, coming >> twisters destroyed every single building in the town every fair dale. that's 80 mice 0 miles west of chicago. one couple says they made it to their shelter just in time. >> we pulled in here, ran inside, got couple of pictures of the tornado right across the street from us here, and the went in the bailsment, went down in the basement, 12 of us in the basement until finally got us opened to up come out. >> tornado destroyed rochelle restaurant. emergency work hers to pull survivors from the basement there. as you can see if you are looking at your screen, that storm powerful enough to lift a

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joyce us from philadelphia international airport to tell you more about it justin? >> good morning list put together by the associated press. they found by studying security and parameters at airports across the country that we come in at number two. that's where we don't want to be on a list like. >> this take a look. the associated press report uncovers 25 breaches of security, at philadelphia international airport. making phl number two out of more than 30 major us airports that took part. >> seem to be truthful, now it doesn't surprise me. >> back in 2012, kenneth was sentenced to more than year in prison after driving his jeep onto phl runway at 100 miles an hour. speeding as a plane was landing, and 75 more circled above. that breach and others led to changes. >> we did have extensive and expensive perimeter hardening that went into effect. >> nineteen breaches reportedly involve vehicles and perimeter fencing crashes. phl says if stepped up its perimeter safety, now using extra cable guardrails, and beams, with cameras and increased patro

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch will have a live report from the scene in about 30 minutes. >>> happening today the trial is set to start for the self proclaimed philly ten. they are charged with disorderly conduct after a mala in a town hall meeting in lawncrest last month. they were protesting district attorney's seth williams decision not to file charges against two police officers who fatal willly shot brandon tait brown last december. now, also happening today michael brown's family will file a civil lawsuit against the city of ferguson. brown's shooting death in august by officer darren wilson led to some type of a violent protest in the st. louis suburb. they were renewed when a grand jury decided to not charge wilson. >>> a major endorsement for one of philadelphia's candidate for mayor black clergy will announce its support for state senator anthony hardy williams, one of the several democrats running in the may 19th primary. williams is expected to be the at the formal will announcement this morning. >>> well, how much times have you thought to your early is, i just

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch will have a live report coming up in the next hour. >>> seven million-dollar settlement has been reached in the beating death of the 23 year-old man in philadelphia's olde city section. twenty-three year-old kevin kless was beat ten death by three drunk men near fourth and market. two defunct nightclub lucy's hat club and g lounge agreed to pay seven million-dollar to settle a wrongful death wrong suit. they served three men that kless, passed the point of intoxication. two were under age. all three are now in prison. kless family sent "eyewitness news" a statement which reads our son will be alive today if those bars, their managers and their employees had just followed the law. we hope that this lawsuit will spur the industry to follow the laws and spare any other family from suffering the devastating preventable loss that we have even during. >>> former new england patriot star aaron hernandez is in the maximum security prison this morning just miles from gilette stadium where he used to play. jury quick the former tightened on first degree m

we are live from olde city, justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> you can hear from the democratic candidates at a special forum. join me and panel of journalist saturday night at 11:35 as i moderate moving philadelphia forward. if you miss it then you can catch it at 11:00 sunday morning on the cw philly. >>> still ahead this morning is bigger better, we will let you know which fast food chain is super sizing its burgers. >>> rebuilding the revel casino new owner shares his vision for property in the television exclusive when we come right back. pennsylvania governor tom wolf becomes the new state treasure. wolf nominated tim reese to finish term of the former treasure are rob mccord. easies a temple graduate and managing partner at ambler based forge intellectual capitol. if confirmed reese with remace mccord who resigned in february after pleading guilty to extortion charges. his term end in january 2017. >>> time to check your philadelphia jobs market report and here's cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> reporter: we celebrated world health day this week and worth no

"eyewitness news" reporter just continue finch joins us at city had hall with more justin. >> reporter: good morning. about a thousand people are expect this afternoon at city hall at 4:30, they say they will be standing with baltimore going as far as to say philly is baltimore in many ways. they are protesting the death of freddie fray in baltimore police custody earlier this month. lets take you now video of the scene in baltimore. we have seen it erupt since monday. we have seen protests there turn to looting and fires set to businesses. curfew has been called there. residents are heed ago this curfew we are told. the nard guard is on the ground there as well. we saw rallies erupt ago cross the country from new york to seattle, houston denver as well as ferguson. the these crowds are demanding to know what happened to gray after his april 12th arrest an arrest in which gray suffered a spine injury. now some accuse police of that but new report says gray may have injured himself in the police van april 12th. that is coming from the prisoner who says he was in the van with gray on tha

our justin finch has a live report in the ads coming up in the the next half an hour. >>> former volunteer fire fighter is behind bars after holding fire fighters hostage in the montgomery county firehouse. police say paul jordan armed with the gun walked into the firehouse in elkins park yesterday morning. jordan who was recently fired in the the department held four fire fighters hostage. "eyewitness news" spoke to the women who said that she's friend with jordan. >> i can't believe he did it. i just can't. there is nothing i would say, even if i thought he did it, because i don't think he would be able to do something like that. >> authorities managed to convince jordan to release hostages. he later surrendered without incident. no one was injured. >>> authorities in new jersey are investigating the death of the the vineland man while in police custody. there was an altercation between police and man identified as three two-year old philip white that happened yesterday after afternoon. recorded scanner traffic indicate a officer yell the man was trying to grab his gun. vineland police a

"eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us now in our satellite center. he is tracking the latest developments in all of this, justin, good morning. >> good morning, the number of dead as you said now totals more than 3600 people after what's being called the worse earthquake to