medford: people knew her. she had always been around the winter camps and the soldiers knew her and people appreciated her and after she became first lady she was pretty popular but people became to criticize and she doesn't know quite how to behave. all she has is the example of european royaltyy and trying to establish some practices that would be in keeping with what they have been doing in europe. and americans resented that. they didn't want her to go in that direction and had a tremendous burden and all that time during the revolution with her husband supporting her husband, all she wanted is to go back home and be a private citizen. ms. swain: watching michelle obama as closely as you have did you see a growing comfort over the years? ms. thompson: she described herself and her husband told stories he needed to get her blessing. you see her now and brought into the role and talks about it as being a bright spot and whatever she stands in front of the light shines there, how do you use that platform. for

eva pilgrim joins us live from lenape high school in medford. >> reporter: matt, slager attended high school he left south jersey to join the coast guard. a police officer in south carolina charged with shooting an unarmed man in the back grew up in this mount laurel neighborhood. neighbors are shocked to learn that a big national story has ties to the quiet street. >> you surprised me, because i didn't know that it was connected to the cul-de-sac. >> reporter: michael slager was fired from the south carolina police department after the cell phone video shows the final seconds between michael slager and walter lamar scot. slager said things escalated and scot reached for his stun gun but the video shows a different story, it shows scott running from the officer and slager killing scott. scott's devastated mother said she couldn't watch the video. >> it tore my heart to pieces, i pray that never happens to another person. this has got to stop. >> reporter: # -- 33-year-old slager grew up in mount laurel and went to lenape high school. >> it's weird to hear about something like that tha

eva pilgrim is live in front of lenape high school in medford with the latest. good morning eva. >> reporter: good morning, tam. the officer attended high school here at lenape high. neighbors remember michael as the young man who joined the coast guard. else knowns the south carolina police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man. he was a police officer for five years before he was fired. he faces murder charges after cell phone video shows the final seconds between the officer and walter scott. the altercation started as a traffic stop. people in new jersey are shocked to learn that a national story has ties to the quiet neighborhood. >> it surprised me, because i didn't know that it was connected to the community. >> we're to hear about someone like that grew up around here, did something like that that was heinous with no remorse the guy was running away. >> reporter: the mayor of north charleston has ordered 150 embody cameras for every officer on the street has one. dash cam video was rolling and that video is expected to be released sometime later tod

"action news" reporter sharrie williams is live in front of the lenape high school in medford, sharrie. >> reporter: and jim, we have confirmed tonight that michael slager a attended high school here at lenape high but he grew up in the town over in mount laurel. neighbors there tell us that they remembered the slagers being a nice family. they also recalled michael as a young boy who went off to be in the coastguard. a police officer charged with shooting an unarmed a man in the back in south carolina lived part of his life right here in this mount laurel neighborhood. >> i think it is a same what happened. >> reporter: tonight neighbors shocked to learned such a big national story has ties to their quiet street. >> it surprised me because i didn't know that it was connected to the street. >> reporter: michael slager has been fired from the north charleston police department and is now behind bars, facing murder charges after cell phone video surfaced showing final seconds of the fatal encounter between he and 50 year-old walter lemar scott. it started as a traffic stop but slager say

the police officer michael slager is originally from medford new jersey and there is reaction there to what is happening down south chad pradelli is live in medford tonight. >> reporter: jim we haven't met anyone from our area that new slager really well and we talked to some neighbors and some described him as a good kid that never seemed to be in trouble but slager is in trouble now facing murder charges. >> in this newly released dash-cam video you can see walter scott get out of his cruiser and run and michael slager chases and moments later cell phone video captures the two and then scott runs away and slager unloads into scott's back. >> a nice kid he really was. >> to hear what he is accused of? >> pretty bad. >> old neighbors say that after graduating from lenape high school he enlisted in the coast guard before becoming a cop in south carolina. >> when i heard coast guard the only person i knew was in the coast guard was the kid next door. >> slager says scott tried to grab his taser before the shooting and the video shows an object falling to the ground and slager pick its up

live in medford, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> it's going to be interesting to see what it shows us. >>> philadelphia police have arrested a teenage girl for allegedly kidnapping her 1-year-old cousin. she took the child and drove off in the car. investigators tracked down the car because it was equipped with on star. police saw the 14-year-old running down the alley carrying a baby an accompanied by an 18-year-old girl. they handed the baby to a completely stranger a woman sitting on the porch and ran into the woman's home. >> the male and female took their jackets off. the female took her shirt off. >> reporter: the baby was evaluated at the hospital said to be okay. investigators have not determined whether or not the 14-year-old will be charged. >>> the lower merion police department is taking steps to address community concerns about racial profiling. the superintendent issued a report at the board of commissioner's meeting. they plan to review training for officer and beef up community policing. they will reduce institute the citizens police academy. >>> happening tod

mohawk trail in medford lakes. one person lives inside that house. when firefighters arrived smoke was billowing from the windows as you can see from chopper six and the woman who lives there we're told was still inside trying to get the situation under control. now first responders quickly got her outside and it didn't take long for crews to ring a seconds alarm. several fire crews ended up responding and it still took them about an hour and a half to get it under control. we confirmed three firefighters ended up suffering minor injuries along the way and as you can see a lot of trees in this area and the home is an old mostly wooden structure so today's windy conditions were a factor. >> the wind will feed the fire and fan it to places you don't want it to go so it was a factor in the suppression operations yes. >> reporter: all right back out live all three injured firefighters are expected to be okay. one was already released from the hospital. fire crews is still on the scene checking for hot spots. the fire marshal is on the scene but if all in

. >>> medford new jersey may be going into the cemetery business. town council tonight voted to enter a non-binding letter of intent to purchase the parkview cemetery. officials have a 45-day period to work out an agreement for purchase and can still back out. medford looking for new ways to generate revenue following a $6 million deficit they have been digging out of since 2012. >>> mlbajor league baseball stadiums came a long way from selling just peanuts and cracker jacks. and the new menu and more. a new season of food fashion and fun for phillies fans. >> baseball and good eats go hand-in-hand. ask connor wilkinson. >> i ate a pretzel, pizza and doughnut and popcorn. >> and new food for the phillies fans heading to citizens bank park. season ticket holders with a sneak peek at what is new at the party at the hall of fame club. >> the sandwich with the fried egg was very good. >> there you knew hot dogs like the new england dog. and old favorites like the south philly dog and cheesesteak dog. >> i ate everything. i will pay for it later, but jus

laurel and medford, where michael slager was a teenager, over here, just across from church street. even the police officers here telling us that it is the talk of the town, and it is the talk of facebook, everybody's sharing his old year by photos, from the lenape high school class of 2,001. and all of the years before that, back and forth on facebook. and it is where lenape high school sports teams play, and right now, everybody out for their morning run and walk, just amaze that such a big national even international story started right here in the little nice neighborhood. while his old neighbors couldn't believe the connection, when they first heard, now local respected law enforcement leaders around philly say it is just another case that is making their job of accomplice officer way, way tougher. >> as far as the task force goes, i mean, you know, obviously we took a look at this whole issue of trust and legitimacy in a community, use of force, policy, training, all those kind of things. but in today's world, with social media, and how fast things spread, you know, the fact t

. >> and coming to us from our new jersey news room the town of medford may be getting into the cemeteryoted to enter a nonbinding letter of attempt to purchase the park view cemetery. officials have a 45 day period to work out a final agreement for purchase and they can still back out. medford was looking for new ways to generate revenue since it needs ways to deal with a $6 million deficit that they've been facing since 2012. >>> the south jersey fire chief caught on camera dropping his pants has resigned. atlantic city fire chief dennis brooks was put on paid administrative leave earlier this month when the video was released. a female security guard told investigators she asked brooks to remove all metal items. instead as you see there he dropped his pants. the incident happened in february at the atlantic city public safety building. >> happening today pennsylvania governor tom wolf will be in west philadelphia to talk jobs. wolf's jobs that pay tour will be making a stop at the west regional center and the community college of philadelphia. he'll discuss workforce development and h

that's also pushing away now from medford and medford lakes, marlton also starting to dry out and if i go ahead and give you that wide view, there is another batch of rain still pushing up through lehigh county, northampton county and berks county and another batch pack in harrisburg, so the northern suburbs may still be teaming with this for another hour hour and a half but philadelphia in the process of probably seeing the last of the main drops as we speak. as we take a look outside, we have cloudy skies overhead and of course even where the rain has tapered off we still have wet roads and that could slow you down a little bit this morning, what with the spray on the highways. 59 degrees in philadelphia, 58 in wilmington, 54 in allentown, 56 in trenton, 60 in sea isle city. behind the rain some spray and perhaps a little lingering drizzle for awhile this morning. as we take a look at the storms from last night we did have that tornado watch i just mentioned but no tornadoes developed in our area. in philadelphia county and new castle county we did have some reports of some hail an

>> reporter: it is in medford all the kids in mt.aurel, they all go to high school out in medford, which is just about five, ten minutes away, these two towns border each other, separated by route 70. and boy this is real a double shock for the people here in burlington county when they found out that the real center of this lead story throughout the country and that video it went from south jersey waiter to south carolina cop. michael slager's old neighbors and classmates here in mt. laurel and medford already like the rest of the nation sad ends and so stunned at the shooting then have the shock here across from laurel acres park on church street where he grew up heightened even more, when they learned the police officer was the nice kid they new who graduated back in 2,001 from lenape, and local police department leaders around philly say this now just adds to all of the height and mistrust among so many in the country who in this already tough time to be a police officer is now making their jobs even tougher today. >> this type o

d 2:30 in the 100 block of mohawk trail in medford lakes. it has since been brought under control. you can see heavy black smoke churning. the firefighter were taken to the hospital. we're told their injuries are not serious. >> officials believe the fire may have started in the kitchen but the investigation continues tonight. >> in other news philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a delivery man in the city's crescentville section. >> police say the 49-year-old victim was shot while making a delivery at an apartment complex. "action news" reporter chad pradelli in live in crescentsville tonight where the driver crashed his vehicle chad. >> reporter: yeah, rick we're here at adams avenue and bingham street this where the driver finally came to a stop. , see he came up here on this grass, took up some of the turf went into that fence and finally came to a stop. he was found dead by police and now they are looking for his shooter. this is the vehicle where the 49-year-old was found shot and killed around 10:30 last night. police say a dozen shots were fi

skyfox over the scene of a house fire in medford lakes just a short time ago. the situation quickly deteriorateing leaving two firefighters needing help themselves. >> fox 29's brad sattin arrive at the scene tonight. brad how did all this start? >> well most importantly chris we want to let you know the firefighters are okay. one had to be taken to the hospital. the other one was checked out so they are okay. in fact as we look behind me now, the scene is in process of being cleared out. this fire is now over. there were at least eight fire departments here. they are in the process of leaving. you see the home here pretty serious damage here on the 100 block of mohawk trail this is medford lakes. a woman cooking in her kitchen when this fire started. a police officer the first to the scene here, was not able to put the fire out. it grew out of control. several fire departments then arrived. this is pretty wooded area. it was windy as you know. earlier today at around 2:30 when the fire started. they began tackling the fire several on the inside, a couple of th

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we are at johnson corner farm in medford new jersey, the easter bunny you hide eggs if the field fornd find them on the hay ride and you give them a prize too a bag of goodies you got. also here at johnsons corner farm you can get your fresh baked goods for the holiday, i heard are you decorated cookies lets hop in lets decorate cookies. we'll have the accuweather forecast. time to go eat. absolutely. thank you. also the pope shares a spotlight with a precocious toddler. >>> reverend robert shuler, the father of mega church died today in california after a long fight with asophageal cancer then with his hour of power television program, he constructed this soaring crystal cathedral shuler was 88 years old. >>> pope francis continued his holy tradition today in rome he visited the main prison complex, he washed the feet of six men and six women and asked to be cleaned of his scenes. >> one child crawled on to the alter steps and laid down. >>> jeff skversky has the latest on the phillies in the sports center. >> the phillies are on their way home after finishing spring training lets h

the police officer michael slager is originally from medford new jersey and there is reaction there toad pradelli is live in medford tonight. >> reporter: jim we haven't met anyone from our area that new slager really well and we talked to some neighbors and some described him as a good kid that never seemed to be in trouble but slager is in trouble now facing murder charges. >> in this newly released dash-cam video you can see walter scott get out of his cruiser and run and michael slager chases and moments later cell phone video captures the two and then scott runs away and slager unloads into scott's back. >> a nice kid he really was. >> to hear

. >>> as we mentioned michael slager grew up in south jersey and when to lenape high school in medford chad pradelli has more on his local roots in a live report colling up at 5:00. >>> one man is dead after a deadly crash in buck county and police say that alcohol may have been a factor. it happened at 2:30 this morning on mechanicsville road, brian halstead went into the northbound lanes to pass a car in front of him but as he moved back into the southbound lane he lost control and went off the road and hit a utility pole, he died at the scene but they are still investigating, they say he may have been drinking. the road is back open. >>> with roads rails and bridges in critical need of renewal. an influential group of leaders calling for children in the infrastructure, this was led by former governor ed rendell, urging lawmakers to come up with a funding bill for infrastructure and that the economy will suffer without one meanwhile penndot and leaders are trying to keep the streets safer for pedestrians in philadelphia, a new campaign it's road safety not rocket science, it's a seri

flames shot from the roof of the home in medford lakes last night. fire officials say the two-alarm blaze started in the kitchen the person who lived there was able to get out safely. >>> a police officer shot in the line of duty was released from penn presbyterian hospital with his wounded arm in a sling. daniel kostic was shot westbound side knight at 51st kershaw. the alleged gunman was shot and in stable condition at hanheman. he has a lengthy arrest record with 13 priors. daniel kostic returns home to celebrate his son's second birthday. >>> services are being held at saint dennis church in havertown at 11:00 a.m. the 15-year-old freshman collapsed during football drills last saturday. he had no preexisting medical problems and played football since third grade. >>> bruce jenner sat down for a a one-on-one interview with diane sawyer. we have more on what was revealed plus an exclusive extra. >> come into my house. >> reporter: bruce jenner emerged from the shadows. >> for all intents and purposes i am a woman i was not genetically born that way

officer in south carolina he grew up in burlington county and graduated from lenape high school in medford. cleve bryan spoke to the former classmates of slager and joins us at the high school with what he had had to say, cleve. >> reporter: erika, i spock with a classmate that graduated with slager back in 2001 from lenape high school. she says even as shooting incident happened far away it hits close to home. >> it is just sad. his family has to go through a lot of pain for something that shouldn't happen. >> reporter: thumbing through her lenape high school year book christie remembers sitting in class with michael slager. >> i was weak in a subject he would be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had, any violence or toward anyone. >> reporter: he says slager was quiet the a and in the in the least intimidating. >> i get very small build so i was shocked to see how broad he was. >> reporter: video showing slager a white officer shooting an unarmed black man in the back has sent a shock wave through lenape circles. it upset her many are questioning if he had a racist

laurel and medford kids do, he graduate in the 2001. he left south jester when he joined the coast guard. and that's another sad coincidence, we learned he and the victim walter scott both served in the u.s. coast guard. getting a lot of reaction around here from this. and including from charles ramsey, who just led the president's commission on all the problems that we've had in this country between police and people, and here is commissioner ramsey's reaction to this story. >> it was very shocking. i think that the actions on the part of the both the department and the mayor in north charleston was a prepare row at. >> i'm a proponent of the body cameras. one of the issues we have when you look at some of the video especially video taken from cell phones and so for the something happens to attract an individual's attention. and then they turn on the camera, and they start to film. but you don't know what happened, what led to that particular point in time. a body camera that an officer is wearing will capture the entire event from sta

medford lakes you have that, as well. mails landing and salem -- mays landing, and salem, new jersey. light rain and a couple of pockets coming down heavier. although it's raining lightly in philadelphia, no travel days. we're looking at rain in atlanta, new york city, no travel delays right there. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're mild with early showers it's predonl nanltly an early -- predominantly an early morning event. passing showers this afternoon nice high of 70. >> heisman trophy winner jameis is -- winston is facing legal trouble by an accuser of raping her in 2012. winston was not charged after police investigated. >>> a local pastor accused of engaging in illegal activity with an underaged girl. >>> a man is accused of shooting with two guns, we're live with the investigation at 6:00 a.m. >> a temple student is recovering from a vicious attack inside a 7-eleven near campus. take a look at the surveillance video from the shop last month on the 1500 block of west cecil b. more avenue. a man cha

widespread outrage and the officer involved has connections to south jersey, let's head to eva pilgrim in medford she's got more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning michael slager attended high school here and neighbors remember the family as a nice family and michael as a young man who joined the coast guard. he is knowns the south carolina police officer charged with shooting an unarmed man. slager was a police officer for five years after shooting and killing a man. the altercation started as a traffic stop. people in new jersey are shocked to learn that a national story has ties to their quiet neighborhood. >> it surprised me, because i didn't know that it was connected. >> we are to hear about something like that that grew up around here and did something heinous, and showed no remorse the guy was running away. >> reporter: the mayor has ordered 150 body cameras so every police officer-a-camera on their person. we learned that the dash cam in the officer rasp car was rolling -- officer's car was rolling and we're going to see that dash cam video later on today. >>> the court hearing sch

and -- 80 degrees in medford an potter land oregon.e watching the severe threat today and tomorrow. >> reporter: we're being at a warm day in philadelphia. no rain obviously and nothing but sun. 79 degrees is the high. some urban centers could go 80. 64 tomorrow. a deep sea dive in the gulf of mexico. that is a sperm whale, friends. get your "moby dick" book out and revel in that. >> oh, wow! >> can we move on the -- >> you're hearing some of the scientists from nautilus live. this is a remote operated vehicle. >> wow! >> unbelievable. they're at 2,000 feet. >> this is really rare, too. >> they can dive as much as 3,000 feet. they can hold their breath for 90 minutes. you never see this thing. >> they can hold their breath for 90 minutes? >> yes. and they're toothed whales. they eat squid and things that live way down there. >> and probably ron's pretzels. >> probably so. >> their lungs are probably the size of a prius or something like that. i try to put it in scientific terms. being around a meteorologist. >> i appreciate that. that

in tight we have shifted to the south and pushed south of the delaware river around philadelphia, medfords the next spot about to give that up. wilmington still wet and chester county with the last of the sprinkles, some of that clipping philadelphia and the move is to the south and the former south you move towards the delaware bay just a little bit of yellow and the chance of steadier rain coming in across areas from smyrna south through millville and cape may county and southern atlantic county in the afternoon. as we look outside on the action cam, we were down the shore looking kind of dank and gray as the action cam shows the condition there's. 57 in philadelphia and the winds out of the north at 6, we hope we will get a southerly draw, a little later in the afternoon, areas south of philadelphia, millville and dover have bumped up into the 60s, having a hard time achieve that in philadelphia, driving down from the north in just a bit there they are at future tracker 6, kind of hope be to get a southerly flow. by 3:00 we are looking at continuation of that rain to the south, maybe a

it included performances of chuck todd and edna green medford and lucas. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is bob vogel and i am the regional director of the national capital region of the national parks service. and it's my great pleasure to welcome you this chilly march morning to the lincoln memorial as we xhemt rate the 1150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's second inauguration as president of the it's 37 abraham lincoln's first inauguration was held beneath the gathering clouds of war as the 10th stand off as ft. sumter in charleston harbor continued, both the north and south anxiously looked to the inauguration and the inauguration for signs of what was to come. and lincoln's inaugustal address was filled with ominous warnings against secession and promises to meet the use of arms by the seceded southern states with force on the part of the united states. but four years later, on march 4th, 1865 despite four terrible years of civil war, president lincoln viewed his second inauguration as a cause for apt mimp with high hope for

flames shot from the roof of home on 100 block of mow hawk trail in medford lakes. authorities say the two alarm fire started in kitchen and resident was able to get out safely. >> philadelphia police officer daniel costik was released from penn presbyterian hospital this morning wounded harm in sling. costik was shot last night allegedly by suspected drug dealer. the alleged gunman 35-year-old william nobodylynn is in stable condition. he has lengthy arrest record with 13 priors. the officer was sent tomorrow home to celebrate his son's second birthday tomorrow. >> 19 district police officers gathered tonight to remember another shooting five blocks away that took the life of a young man. jerell say was killed four years ago today. the wincoat academy student was on his family's front porch when a man came look are for him and shot him. at tonight's vigil his family sid they launched love and laughter foundation to teach chin ever the danger of weapons. >> the search continues tonight for gunman that shot and killed a food delivery than crescentville section of phi

north charleston, south carolina but brew up in mount laurel and graduated from lenape high school in medford. his neighbors were shocked to learn the connection. >> it's weird to hear about someone like that who grew up around here and did something that heinous, the guy was running away. >> we expect dash-cam to be released from the deadly shooting of the unarmed man in south carolina. meantime the mayor of north charleston is taking steps to make sure nothing like this happens again. we turn to karen travers live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: good afternoon sara there are many questions on what exactly happened in north charleston on saturday was there really a struggle over the stun gun and what does officer dozen after walter scott fell to the ground and there is a dash-cam video that may shed light on this encounter. michael slager sits in a jail cell charged with the death of walter scott. >> i am praying for peace and piece for the community and the family. slager's wife is 8 months pregnant his former bosses say despite his dismissal they will continue to provide health insurance

looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan, most of the rain south of philadelphia and fairly light at medford lakes and wilmington and open space in smyrna and parts of cape may county and we'll be fairly damp in south jersey and delaware for the rest of afternoon with this rain line shifting towards the coast and getting off the coast at 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. this is what it looked like before dawn, we had rain north and west of the philadelphia and now of course it has patched through and you can see more to the west of us in baltimore and more that needs to get through, and temperatures on the cool side, 57 in philadelphia and waiting for the winds to turn around in a bit for the northeast and we are struggling to get into the 60s and we'll wind up though in the low to mid-60s later on one good thing about this rain we had extremely high pollen counts yesterday and today in the green zone with low to medium range pollen, it shoots back up tomorrow as we wind up with dry conditions and warmer air in place, 66 by 2:00, we expect that the rain is over and the temperatures will jump a bit and

he grew up in medford, burlington county.rged him with murder. >>> the northt( charleston police department fired slager aftere1 this video w3áu)faced. slager fired eight shots with five of them striking scott in the back. his father believes that's the reason he was running from the police because he didn't want to go to jail.Ñi protesters say this isq just the latest case of a white police officer using excessive force on a person of color. >>> now to news in our area the chaos in delaware county could %) t( herself after being told she wast( fired plans to return to work. she stayeduzÑinside the borough hall for nearly 24 hours. she had food delivered tow! office window and keptÑi working after being told toet out. elected officials convinced brown to come out yesterday afternoon. she told us the borough needs a court order to fire her. >> i'm still working. >> you're still working? why did you decide to leave them? >> i need a shower. >> good reason. >> you will come to work on monday? >> absolutely. >> the borough coun

. >> edna medford, this is not a new phenomenon. we have an image from the polk administration. we will go back in time and escrow anthony said this was a time when women were supposed to stay in their sphere. but mrs. pope didn't stay in her spare so well. could you tell us about it? >> no, she did not. this was when women were really appendages to their husbands. they were not supposed to have political ideas of their own. they certainly were not supposed to voice those ideas if they did have them. mrs. polk had those ideas into force them at least to her husband. and she reviewed his speeches. she actually tried to influence people to do things his way. you try to influence them as well, and she did influence him as far as we know. so she's definitely stepping outside of that role of the average or typical woman during that period, or what was expected of the woman during that period. she and other first ladies of that era did not always follow that pattern of you are to be you would to be the hostess at a party, and it's okay to give these parties because they are political.

. >>> chopper three over a two alarm fire in medford lakes burlington county. fire broke out in a home at 136mohawk trail. we know two fire fighters suffered minor injuries. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> another cold night, is ahead of us in, fact, a freeze warning piss in effect for parts of the area lets go out to meteorologist kathy orr standing by with her jacket and her scarves, on the cbs-3 sky deck with that friday night forecast. >> can you put a waste your winter gear. >> i did. i don't know where it is. >> you will need it at least another morning widespread freeze warning in effect, a frost advisory for philadelphia a and still we have gusty wind, if you are in the sheltered location like i am on the sky deck it is comfortable. when that wind blows it is not. lets take a look, right now 29 in philadelphia, gusting to 30 in wilmington. gusting to 30 miles an hour in reading. we have a freeze warning in effect. temperatures will fall below 32 where we see purple to the north and west and south and east of philadelphia we are looking

burlington county new jersey, with more on that lets go to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao in medford, jan, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. thinks lenape high school in burlington county. officer slager attended here as a student in the the late 90's and graduated in 2001. this morning he sits behind bars facing a lifetime in prison or worse, as you mention charged with murder. take a look at his picture. "eyewitness news" was able to speak with neighbors as he was growing up here in south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenape high school picture from his on line year book. now he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charge with killing walter scott. he was unarmed on at day in north charleston. neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. he was a friendly young person went to high school and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and eventually the north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> he moved here when he was ab

laurel and graduated from lenape high school in medford in 2001. "eyewitness news" spoke to officer slager's former classmates. >> if i was weak in a subject he would be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had any violence toward anyone. >> but it is these actions on videotape that could put michael slager away for the rest of his life. >> give then set of circumstances, i think a strong case could be made that that's murder. >> walter scott's family said that he fled the scene from officer slager because he was behind on some child support payment, and worried about getting arrested. officer michael slager behind bars, if he is convicted co-face 30 years to life, possibly, the death penalty. david spunt cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, today members of the clergy in vineland, new jersey, are hosting prayer gathering, hope to bring the community together after a man died in police custody. thirty-two year old phillip white died after going into respiratory distress following his arrest on march 31. his friends say police used

medford lakes, browns mills still picking up some showers and there is still a little prong of showerivity popping through chester county that could make it all the way into philadelphia before it finally gets out of here. looks like norristown is about to get wet. if we go out wide allentown in the mix for just some light showers right now and another little batch that may be falling apart a bit as it pushes east but generally speaking over the next hour, hour and a half i would expect some additional showers to pop through parts of the region. obviously things are getting better. as we take a look outside we have cloudy skies out there. damp conditions down below even where it has stopped raining because obviously it takes awhile for those roadways and air fields for that matter to dry out. 59 degrees in philadelphia, the temperature has dipped a little bit in the half hour. winds out of the south at 5 miles per hour. not all that strong. we did get a lot of rain yesterday and in fact, set some records in philadelphia and remember, most of this fell during morning commute when it wa

with more on that lets get to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao in medford, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. officer slager attended lenape high school here in burlington county in the late 90's. he graduated in 2001 and as you mentioned he is sitting behind bars accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man in south carolina take a lot this video in his old neighborhood. "eyewitness news" caught up with neighbors who knew michael slag inner south jersey. they remember him as a nice young man. this is his 1999 lenaim high school picture was a some of the more then. now he is making headlines for a graphic video. slager is charged with killing walter scott. police say slager fired eight shots at scott unarmed on saturday in north charleston but neighbors here remember slager growing up in mount laurel. they say he was friendly and lived in the area before joining the coastguard and then north charleston police department. one neighbor asked not to be identified because he was friend with the slager family. >> we moved here when he was about 12 i guess and left about fiv

. ♪ >>> two alarm house fire in medford lakes new jersey injures two firefighters treated for smoke inhale one at the scene and the on the at the hospital. the fire started 3:00 o'clock this afternoon in the kitchen of the home on 100 block of mohawk trail. the homeowner escape without injury. >> philadelphia police are looking for two men who they believe are responsible for nearly a dozen robberies throughout the city. cops say these guys are armed and they want them off the streets. fox 29's joanne pileggi outside of police headquarters tonight. cops say these guys know what they're doing. >> reporter: they do, chris. these seemingly experienced armed robbers have been bounce aig round in different parts of the city doing the same thing. using a gun and getting a lot of cash from close to a dozen businesses. and police are now hoping the public can help break this case. >> it didn't register to me these guys were coming to rob me me. it license register they had the mask over their face. only time i realized something was going on when they shoved their barrel of the silver gun out his

fox 29' is that so bean in a kuriakose spoke with people who know him much she's live in medford, newy, and sabina, what are they saying about what he was like in high school? >> reporter: well, dawn, they say he was quiet that he kept to himself and at four years here at lenape high school he barely made a ripple. a stack of year books detailing every year lenape high school grad and now former north charleston south carolina police officer michael slager spent on this campus. yet win these books and on these streets and now infamous native seemingly leaving little trace. >> kind of shocking that somebody that lived this close by could be capable of doing what we all saw on that video. >> that video of slager allegedly begunking down 50-year-old father of four walter scott as he flees from the officer now leading to slager's firing from the police force and charges of murder. the quiet mt. laurel neighborhood where people say slager once lived in shock. >> just don't think stuff like that happening around your neighborhood. >> it's hard. whoa really? >> i feel very sad by all of it.

been charged with murder so now fired cop, grew up in south jersey attending lenape high school in medfordwing up in this quiet mount laurel neighborhood. >> he was a nice kid. really was. >> reporter: today's slager's emotional mother spoke out for the first time. >> i hope god takes care of everybody involved, not only my family but the scott family because i know they are grieving too like i'm grieving. i want them to know that. >> reporter: the north carl topo lease department said officers tried to administer first aid and c pr. that witness we heard from in the story mr. san tan, he said did he not see that happen jim. live from the satellite center sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >>> bullet holes riddled a car near 24th and wolf this afternoon in south philadelphia. a law man recovered the vehicle at 39th and wide land in university city. police have yet to locate the second vehicle. one gunshot victim is in the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. a possible suspects was being held by university of pennsylvania police. >>> a chester county bus driver has been

laurel and graduated from lenape high school in medford in 2001.eyewitness news" spoke to officer slager's former classmate. >> if i was weak in a subject he'd be right there to help me. never would have thought that he had any violence towards anyone. >> but it's these actions on video tape that could put michael slager away for the rest of his life. >> given this set of circumstances, i think a strong case could be made that that's murder. >> reporter: walter scott's family says he ran from officer slager because he had been behind on some child support payments and feared getting arrested. sleigh good was fired from his job earlier this week season in jail tonight. live in the digital center, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >>> breaking news out of the midwest tonight. officials say that a large twister touched down near the central illinois community of rochelle. the violent weather in that area has left one person dead and damaged several homes and businesses. now that same strong storm front is moving east tonight and

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"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at slager's old high school in medford with new information. david? >> reporter: chris, used to walk the halls here at lenape high school. he graduated in 2001. tonight we go back to michael slager's new jersey roots and we spoke to a man who knew slager while he was growing up. this class photo from online yearbook shows michael slager in 1999 when he was a sophomore at lenape high school. now the 33-year-old is behind bars charged with killing walter lamar scott. >> when i saw my son running and i saw the policeman behind him i couldn't take it. i had to turn away. i couldn't ain't. >> when you're wrong you're wrong. and if you make a bad decision, don't care if you're behind the shield or just a citizen on the street, you have to live by that decision. >> reporter: the video is graphic. police say slager fired eight shots at an unarmed scott on saturday in north charleston. >> it's not nice to say. i don't like to see anybody get hurt. >> reporter: this neighbor asked us not to to be identified but says the slagers were his friends when the

people in medford and mount laurel said they're trying to grasp that it's slager on the cell phone video they're seeing. meanwhile, the man who shot the cell phone video said he felt compelled to turn the images over to scott's family. >> i thought about his position, their situation. if i were to have a family member that would happen i would like to know the truth about this. >> now, slager told his lawyer that he felt threatened by scott, but after the video surfaced, slager was arrested fired by the police department and let go by that lawyer that originally was appointed to him. live in the digital operations center, i'm vai sikahema nbc 10. >>> shocking. >> that's how police commissioner charles ramsey described the video. ramsey is leading president obama's task force on 21st century policing. the goal is to build more trust between police and minority communities. ramsey explained to nbc 10 how much policing has changed just within the last few years. >> but in today's world with social media and how fast things spread you know the fact that now you have not just a story being to

people in medford and mount laurel said they're trying to grasp that it is slager on that cell phone video shooting walter scott in the back as he ran away. >> i don't understand. i don't understand. to think that somebody out of this neighborhood could do something like that, i just don't understand. >> larry and helga shea told us slager grew up on their block and went to high school with their children. now, michael slager told a lawyer that he felt threatened but after that video surfaced he was arrested. he was fired from the force and let go by that lawyer. live in the digital operations center tracy davidson nbc 10 news. >>> and philadelphia's police commissioner called the video of that police shooting in south carolina shocking. ramsey, of course is leading president obama's task force on 21st century policing. the goal is to build more trust between police and minority communities. ramsey explained to nbc 10 just how much policing has changed just within the past few years. >> but in today's world with social media and how fast things spread you know the fact that now you h

southern new jersey as well as the northwestern suburbs looking at jenkintown and bump over the river to medfordg, a frontal boundary is coming in to usher in the chilly air and that is igniting the showers this evening, the action cam before the showers push in in philadelphia and parking lot fairmount park. and the foreground, you see the forsythia bushes beginning to show a little bit of color. right now that was the high temperature for today 8 degrees above normal and the 90 for 1929 is the earliest since philadelphia hit 90 degrees on the year on this particular date of april 7th and beyond this date we see many 90s for records, 50s already and allentown 55 and 53 in trenton, we were in the 60s the last hour, and 44 in beach haven the southeasterly winds keeping it milder for lancaster and wilmington and the winds continue to switch from the north to the east over the next few hours the boundary is draped over the region kind of helping to fire up the region and they are on and off through the end of the week. for the night turning chilly with northeastly winds kickle up and lows 20 to 24

." >> chopper 6hd was above the mohawk trail in medford lakes.rs doused the flames. the two-alarm fire started in the kitchen. the person was able to get out safely. >>> a police officer shot in the line of duty was released from penn presbyterian hospital with his wounded arm in the sling. couldcoulddaniel kostic was shot by an alleged drug dealer who was shot and in stable condition at hanheman. he has a lengthy arrest record with 13 priors. daniel kostic returned tomorrow to excel vertibrate his son's birthday today. >>> today -- to celebrate his son's birthday today. >>> funeral services for ryan gillyard are being held at saint dennis' church at 11:00 a.m. he collapsed during football drills. he had no previous medical problems and playing football since the third grade. >>> bruce jenner has broken his silence in a highly anticipated interview with diane sawyer. the olympic champion salt down for -- sat down for a one-on-one interview. >> come into my house. >> reporter: bruce jenner emerging from the shadows. >> for all entities and purpose