natasha. >> thank you justin.e'll see you soon. >>> there were demonstrations outside the sports complex today. inside lincoln financial field the eagles lost a critical game to the seattle seahawks. let's can check in with beasley reece in the sat center with more on this game and what happened out there beas. >> the eagles had a chance to show that they are an upper echelon team but it was a seahawks showing why they are still the champs. let's take a look at it. eagles knew they had to contain russell wilson. easier said than done. second quarter trent cole bit and 26 yards later it's a touchdown. the super bowl m.v.p. wilson threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns and seattle's defense held the eagles offense to a chip kelly career low of 139 yards the final score 24 to 14 and still the champs seattle. >> establish the run. thought we could do a better job up front. didn't get that starter the way we wanted to get it started. we had a couple shots there. we got them with our one play but besides that there wasn

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us.st responders from all around the country gathered in west oak lane to honor a hero. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson was there as the city said goodbye. >> reporter: full honors for a fallen hero. on this december saturday morning, hundreds of people family and friends officials and dignitaries firefighters and first responders from across the country came to honor one. 11 year philadelphia fire veteran 36-year-old joyce craig. >> when you lose one, it affects everyone 'cause we are family. >> reporter: craig died doing what she believed in, battling a fire to save a life. >> she died a hero. so it's a beautiful thing to have known joyce. >> reporter: she lost her life fighting flames in west oak lane early tuesday morning leaving behind two children and a legacy of care and diligence. >> always made us feel like family. >> reporter: her funeral service saturday a somber highlight reel of praises for a woman described as gentle and tough as nails by the people who knew her b

good evening, i'm natasha brown.t least two people including the baby were rushed to the hospital. now, this fire broke out on east colter street in germantown. syma chowdhury spoke to the homeowner who fears someone is being targeted. >> as i came down the steps and got right here all this was full of fire. >> reporter: danny his family are picking up the pieces after a suspicious fire ripped through the front of their germantown home. he led our cameras inside to show the damage. it happened on east coulter street early sunday morning. firefighters rescued at least six people including a four month old infant. the fire was quickly placed under control. fire officials are investigating claims that someone may have thrown a fire bomb. on december 1st, another fire bomb may have been thrown next door. arson investigators are looking into both incidents. danny believes someone is trying to harm one of the women in the house. >> this is the second time my window got broke, now the fire bomb. we've been getting threats a

for indicate lee, lesley, i'm natasha brown. for indicate lee, lesley, i'm natasha brown. you at 11:00 what are you doing? i'm sitting over here today. why? i don't know. i never sit here. it's a new perspective. whatever. ok, enough. could you just come sit over here?

we're live in mayfair tonight, natasha brown, "eyewitness news" at 10:00 on the cw philly natasha thankou. >>> there's new reaction tonight to this image posted on instagram by a philadelphia paramedic. it shows two black men pointing handguns as a man posing as a white police officer. i spoke to mayor michael nutter about this photo earlier today. >> it's offensive and, you know, as much as we believe in the support of free speech, i think it's also clear that there are limits to speech or expression of those kinds of actions. at any time that kind of posting would certainly be inappropriate as it relates to any of our police officers. >> the image is from a music video made in protest of the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. that paramedic has apologized for posting the image. >> well, it's another cold night out there t "eyewitness news" on broad street in philadelphia where plenty of folks were bundled up on a friday night but still out and about. kate bilo joins us now with the first forecast. kate. >> thanks, chris. the good news is at least it's dry, we're not tracking any

. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us. this was a brutal loss for the birds who needed to beat the redskins on the road at least to keep pace with the rival cowboys but when it mattered most the eagles could not get it done today. sports director beasley reece is in the sat center with more p. a tough loss, beas. >> that it was. turnovers grounded the eagles again. they had a chance to put pressure other cowboys in the race for the nfc east but it was desean jackson and rg iii making enough plays to beat the birds. game tied in the final two minutes, eagles with the ball, mark sanchez throws behind jeremy maclin. washington gets the interception at their own 42. that set up a 26-yard field goal for the victory with five seconds left. eagles playoff chances are now clearly on life support. a if i'm score 27 to 24. >> you're not going to win a football game that way. we left them on the field too many times on third down where we got penalties. extends drives you felt like you got to stop. 13 penalties and two turnovers aren

natasha. >> thank you so much justin.n her short live hannah inspired alleges laying in pennsylvania requiring hospitals to screen for a very rare disease caused crabbe today hannah lost her balance. her parents say it gives them comfort to know through anna's law her name will live on. tears, hugs, sincerest condolences for a family experiencing the heartbreaking loss of their child. little hannah just 23 months old wasn't just any child. she changed lives and laws during her short journey. she was adored baby who couldn't move, eat or communicate because of an extremely rare and deadly degenerative 'tis order known as krabbea. >> she has a support system. she changed the world and we're so blessed to have everybody here for us. it's something you can't go through alone. >> she lost her battle with the disease just three days after christmas. candles burn brightly at this vigil. illuminating the somber faces of those who cared most about her. >> she knew we wanted christmas and she stayed. it was time. she was tired. >>

"eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> natasha thanks for the upday.reaking news out of northeast philadelphia where a 13-year-old was shot. police say he was inside his home sitting at the dining room table when this happened. that teenager was taken from the scene in wissinoming to saint christopher's hospital in stable condition. we know two male suspects are still at large. >>> tonight we are also watching a developing weather situation. more snow moving through the area right now and kathy orr is here with more. kathy. >> we hope this is the last band of snow. it appears to be. we have a large circumstance lakes -- circulation around our nor'easter that's moving through maine. this patch of snow shifting toward the north and east filling in on our radar. one burst of snowly in montgomery county and you can see it from reading berks county into northern montgomery moving to the south at 20 miles an hour dumping light accumulation where you see that dark purple between pats town and upper salford. this is stretching down towards norristown, 202, gle

we're live in bensalem tonight, natasha brown, "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> natasha thank youery much. >>> well, tonight there is joy in havana and outrage in miami. president obama's decision to restore diplomatic relations with cuba is drawing criticism and praise in the cuban american community. it is a historic move no doubt, a deal negotiated in secret with the help of pope francis. it was all capped off with an extended conversation between president obama and raul castro and the release of the american contractor alan gross today. gross had been a prisoner in cuba for the last five years. the president says that he hopes to open an embassy in havana ease travel restrictions and allow for more business between the two nations. >> i believe that we can do more to support the cuban people and promote our values through engagement. after all, these 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. it's time for a new approach. >> now only an act of congress can completely end the embargo against cuba that has been in place since 1961. >>> reaction from philadelphia it's cu

we're live in manayunk tonight, natasha brown, "eyewitness news" at 10:00 on the cw philly natasha, thankou. >>> new tonight, two suspects are in custody after a student is stabbed on drexel university's campus. investigators say six students were involved in a fight, one of them was stabbed in the back. the altercation happened outside myers hall in the 3300 block of race street around 3:30 in the morning. the student was treated and released from the hospital. >>> also new tonight at 10:00 take a good look at the white sedan in these surveillance photos. police say the occupant had just committed an armed robbery inside the deptford mall. detectives say the male suspect pulled out a gun inside the macy's on monday night and ordered an employee in the lingerie section to empty the register. that suspect got away with over a thousand dollars and is still on the loose tonight. >>> funeral arrangements are set for philadelphia firefighter joyce craig-lewis, the first female firefighter killed in the line of duty. this morning investigators returned to the scene of yesterday's fire on middle

good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us.ur break from this rain isn't going to last very long. we've gout our eye on a developing coastal storm. let's get you right over to meteorologist justin drabick. he's tracking the cold and the wet weather i guess heading our way. hey, justin. >> that's right, natasha. right now it's cold and breezy. we have that north wind overtaking the region. >>> that's what dropped the temperatures with highs in the 40's. that winds continue out of the north to northeast sustained at about 13 miles per hour. northeasterly wind flow a problem for the coastal areas. a coastal flood watch remains in effect tomorrow morning. we have that east to northeast wind that will start backing up the water, that combined with the full moon over the next few days we have potential for tidal flooding at times of high tide. certainly tomorrow morning and again tuesday as we watch a developing coastal storm move into the region. here we go with the temperatures right now. 30's, still some 40's showing up. 42 offici

hey, katie. >> hey, natasha.uch a warmup but enough that it may be more noticeable for you by tomorrow storm scan this evening it's quiet and speckles of green that you find here as we are find argue round say i-78 for example, it's all just ground clutter at the radar site, it's not actually precipitation being picked up but we have cloud cover out there right now and we're going to find that through the better part of the evening and through the overnight as well. around the region we go here taking a look at some of the area temperatures. we've generally leveled off into the mid and upper 30's generally for the region as a whole. we're at 31 degrees up in mount pocono right now and those northwest winds are still blowing, not that you can notice them but it's not as hash, as we've seventeen in recent kate days. around the region once again, generally most sunshine down by the shore points but there will be sun everywhere and it should be a brighter day for you. headlines are as such. tranquil pattern for now.

i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> that victim is talkin talkins conclusively with "eyewitness news". police are hoping surveillance cameras in the area of 20th and oregon in south philadelphia will help them in their search for the suspects. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers spoke exclusively with the victim tonight who says his frightening ordeal could happen to anyone. >> reporter: natasha the victim tells us that he parked parked his van along the 1900 block of oregon before 6:00 p.m. on saturday. he was going to get groceries. when he left his van he had for got 10 his wallet april side the glove compartment. when he turned around to go get it he saw the group of people rushing towards him. >> he asked that we not identify him for fear of retaliation. but he described what happened next. >> they ran toward me and bomb rushed me, hit me, symptommed and me and kicked knee in my head. >> reporter: pinned down to the sidewalk and surrounded there was little he could do. >

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us.o when are we finally going to dryout that's been my question all day. let's get over to meteorologist justin drabick he's tracking the rain for us. >> i'm sure a lot of people are wondering there 'cause it is the weekend. good news, sunday looks like we keep things dry. back edge of the rain moving through western areas of delaware county, give it another two, three hours to come through philadelphia and improving conditions after midnight. we have drier air moving in from the north. you can feel the difference with that northerly breeze starting to kick on up but again, still steady rains continuing across delaware, new jersey and parts of philadelphia. how that rain did we get so far today? decent amount? it has been instead all day long. areas in green extreme southeast pennsylvania, parts of central new jersey up to an inch of rain so far so many areas may be getting over an inch of rain before the storm system moves on out of here through the overnight hours. here's what to expec

we're live at southwest detectives to night, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> natasha, thank you. >>> more breaking news now. this out of wissonoming where 13 year old was shot. police say he was inside his home sitting at the dining room table when this happened. a 34-year-old man was on the porch. the suspects attempted to rob that man and that's when he ran into the house and tried to shut the door. shots were fired through the door and the teen was hit. that teenager was taken to saint christopher's hospital. his condition is stable tonight. >> the 34-year-old resident was able to slam the front door on these two perpetrators while shots were being fired. at least one of the shots went through the front door. the 13 year old boy was on the first floor in the living room at the time when he got struck in the stomach. >> the suspects are still at large. >>> we're dealing with wintry weather moving through parts of the area right now. snow showers causing some icy concerns out there. meteorologist kathy orr is tracking the latest round of winter weather. what can we expect t

good evening, i'm natasha brown.eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has been following the very latest developments in this story and he is live right now in the cbs3 sat center with more. matt. >> reporter: natasha, australian prime minister tony abbott gave a short statement not long ago asking australians to remain calm giving a short update on the situation and asking everyone to hope that this situation can end without anyone getting hurt. >> reporter: you see a gunman lead a hostage inside the cafe with her hands up. it appears that man is the lone gunman inside the lindt chocolate cafe. the situation is unfolding in martin place a plaza in the heart of sydney's financial and shopping district typically packed during the holiday season. a black flag with white arabic lettering can be seen in the window at one point during the standoff. >> we don't yet know the motivation of the perpetrator. we don't know whether this is politically motivated although obviously there are some indications that it could be. >> r

natasha?> reporter: well, chris, a short time ago we were able to speak with the two officers who witnessed and interrupted last night's violent attack on a 38-year-old woman here in southwest philadelphia. they do tell us that they were extremely happy to be in the right place at the right time. veteran patrol officers anthony britain and jim ballmer were already on high alert. canvassing the university city area in search of a man terrorizing and attacking women. little did they know thursday evening they would catch him in the act of committing another assault. >> as we were turning on 41st street from baltimore avenue, we observed a male that we information from walk up behind a female and strike her in the back of the head. >> reporter: suspect hit the 38-year-old u penn grad student not once but twice with a bicycle lock. that's when these two plain clothes officers quickly gave chase. >> myself mine partner exit our unmarked police vehicle and identified ourselves as police officers. at

. >> it is a very busy friday, natasha, looking behind me, on 16th street, lots of cars, people ready to get that week even started and in the sky a few breaks in the clouds, a sign of good things to come. on storm scan three we are looking at satellite not precipitation, don't be concerned with that tonight and you can see over south jersey where we have darker cloud or i should a say darker return that is a clear sky, all that whiteys more intense, cloud cover. so, for the rest of the night we will see mostly cloudy skies and skies will be partly sunny tomorrow, temperatures coal. twenty-six in the poconos. thirty-six in allentown. 39 degrees in philadelphia a so this evening, with the mostly cloudy sky, temperatures will be falling, through the 30's, with brisk northwesterly breeze by 11:00 o'clock, we will sit at 34. as you mentioned sun will be on the increase this weekend and temperatures will be above normal for a change, we will take a look at that with the seven day forecast when i join you inside. >> sound good kathy we will see you then, thank you. >>> well, city of philade

justin. >>> that's right, natasha.going well above average as we head into christmas eve. however, though, big storm will bring rain chances that could impact your holiday travel coming up but until then, it's dry, it's cold tonight. look at those temperatures at or below freezing in many spots. suburbs 29 in allentown. 26 degrees currently in millville, new jersey, some of the northern suburbs 27 degrees in quakertown. 23 chilly degrees in pottstown this hour. reason we have clear skies over us right now but clouds will start to move from the south overnight into tomorrow. so temperatures should level off over the next few hours. we'll talk about rain chances returning later tomorrow evening and certainly through christmas eve. so morning temperatures on monday dress warm. waking up everyone is below freezing even here in center city philadelphia. looking at a low tonight of around 28 degrees. here's your monday forecast clouds will be on the increase still cool for this time of year watch out for a few late day showe

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us.nd women in blue, they lined the streets of queens to say goodbye to officer rafael ramos. the service was attended by several dignitaries including vice president joe biden. cbs news correspondent wendy gillette has more. >> reporter: a heartbreaking exchange outside christ tabernacle church in queens saturday morning. the widow officer rafael ramos accepted the u.s. flag that was draped over his coffin. >> ♪ >> reporter: inside family fellow officers and politicians including vice president joe biden honored the officer who was is that so naderd in his police car along with his partner officer wenjan liu one week ago. >> when an assassins bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and it touched the soul of the entire nation. (applause). >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio got a plight reception in the church. >> new york city has lost a hero. >> reporter: but outside hundreds of police officers turned their backs when the mayor spoke. siding with union officials

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. tonight he's telling us exactly what led up to this attack.t started last night as he walked to his car at 20 and oregon in south philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers a live there tonight with more on the victim's story. matt. >> reporter: natasha, the victim says he parked his van along the street here in the 1900 block of oregon just before 6:00 p.m. on saturday. he was going to get some groceries. he left the van but then when he was leaving he realized he had forgotten his wallet in the van. when you turned to get it that's when he saw the group of people rushing towards him: he asked that we not identify him for fear of retaliation but he described what happened next. >> they just bum rushed me, hit me, stomped me and kicked me in my head. >> reporter: pinned down on the sidewalk and surrounded he says there was little he could do. >> like this. trying not so much as putting my 50 up but trying to protect myself. i was trying to stay alive. i was doing the best to protect myself. nervous, scared. >> reporter: eventually a

we're live in runnemede tonight, natasha brown, "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> natasha thank you. >>> its a photo that sparked outrage. tonight there's an apology from a paramedic and a response by a fire department after a picture showed up on instagram. >> "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones joins us live from spring garden where fire officials responded later today. todd. >> reporter: and, jessica, at this point it's not clear if this paramedic will face any kind of disciplinary action but it is clear the fire commissioner is not too happy about it. he contends the paramedic crossed the line. picture posted to the paramedic's instagram account shows a white police officer with two black men that have guns pointed at them. the post then states our real enemies need to stop pointing guns at each other and at the ones that's legally killing innocents. that has people upset within the philadelphia police department and thursday night fire commissioner david sawyer says he personally apologized to police commissioner charles ramsey and jones bee. >> i thought it was disgus

for justin lesley, all of us here, i'm natasha brown. see awtd 11:00 actually a little later over on cbs3 after csi tonight. have a good night. >> ♪ find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! it's gorgeit's a great way to get ino christmas. >> soaring through the air lighting over the rails. lighting up fountains. >> just beautiful. >> you can see and hear the sights and sounds of the season. the magnificent trees it even smells like christmas. it's a symphony more the senses and escape from the every day. it's a long wood christmas. >> happy holidays. i'm jessica dean. >> i'm chris may. >> we're at longwood gardens in kennett square, pennsylvania much eighths very popular place this time of year and for many families out there it's a tradition. >> it's a great tradition inde indeed. people of all ages can enjoy longwood gardens whether it's inside this amazing 4-acre conservatory or outside among half

good evening to you, i'm jest kay dean. >> i'm natasha brown in for chris tonight. right out to meteorologist, kathy orr, on cbs-3 skydeck tracking last remnants of snow, also the colds wet their doesn't seem to be going anywhere, kathy? >> no but in the # day it will. looking at colds night across the delaware valley, winds still gust to go 30 miles an hour, and here on the skydeck in center city philadelphia, few flurries, moving through. on storm scan3, you saw that wide circulation, our nor'easter over northern new england, but all rotating around t and we're seeing snow originating in toronto, going through buffalo, through central p a and diving down to the southwest of philadelphia, we have new snow showers moving through ourio

natasha guinane reports. >> they fate persecution if they leave and death if they stay. central african republic. killed by christian militia. >> they slit my father's throat. first they cut his foot with a machete then they slit his throat. >> reporter: since february 42 people many of them children have died from malnutrition and other diseases including to human rights watch. twice a week u.n. peace keeperss escort a convoy to cameroon but won't offer the same protection to people who been displaced. the muslim transition government says it wants to prevent ethnic cleansing. >> these people are from this country and they have the right to stay and we don't want to see that either however they have the basic right to decide what they want to do. >> reporter: if they try to leave the country on their own, the displaced muslims worry they will be slaughtered buy christian militia. dr. babakar gay acknowledges the conditions in the camps are horrible and the people are free to leave. >> provided to them by the humanitarian community, i agree with you, that the government

natasha ghoneim takes up the story. >> reporter: this hole is where a car bomb blasted into the iranianmbassadors residence in sana'a. al-qaeda claimed responsibility, saying it detonated the car bomb remotely when the am boss dor left his house. >> translator: the explosion was terrible. it shook the entire neighborhood. most of the houses have broken windows. >> reporter: government officials say no diplomats are among the victims. >> translator: there were lives lost. two bodies have been removed from the scene. a body of a child, and the body of a man. >> reporter: a source tells al jazeera the iranian ambassador wasn't at home at the time of the attack. he was only appointed to his post earlier this week. >> the new ambassador is known to have good links with the houthis who are now in control of sana'a, so this could have been al-qaeda linked. >> reporter: this not the first time iranian diplomats in yemen was attempted to be killed. iran is believed to be backing the shia rebel houthis. they horsed the president to form a new government with more power sharing among groups. they

. >> i'm natasha brown in for chris tonight. right out to meteorologist, kathy orr, on cbs-3 skydeck tracking last remnants of snow, also the colds wet their doesn't seem to be going anywhere, kathy? >> no but in the # day it will. looking at colds night across the delaware valley, winds still gust to go 30 miles an hour, and here on the skydeck in center city philadelphia, few flurries, moving through. on storm scan3, you saw that wide circulation, our nor'easter over northern new england, but all rotating around t and we're seeing snow originating in toronto, going through buffalo, through central p a and diving down to the southwest of philadelphia, we have new snow showers moving through our region right now, through the suburbs, few of the flurries making their way as i mentioned into the city of philadelphia, as we put it into triple scan mode, you can see, not a lot out there right now. but we could be seeing a few more flakes during the overnight region. and, we are going to be seeing an addition, on top of totals, espec

natasha gname, al jazeera. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the re3 journalists fp who were jailed on as far as charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> roman i can man ya /* /-ia gathered to pays respect to victims who died in deadly street battles. the unrest followed when he was executed on christmas day. >>> kirkstan has enough coal to power the country for sentence trees but doesn't have the infrastructure to get it from the mines to the markets. a man who is trying to change that. >> meet vladimir smir november. his job was to look for gold. he had to look in secret. it was like being a kgb agent. his work brought him to the outer ages of the soviet state and what he find was better than gold. coal, he said, provides stability. buricked under mountains, it isn't easy to get to but the potential is too big to ignore. the biggest problem: there are no roads. so smirnoff built one. >> in the country last year, we mined 1 million tons of coal. 20s years ago, it was 5 million tons each year. as you can see, it can be mis

natasha brown picks up the story from there. >> reporter: when sergeant dan murray and his 18-year-old son darted into the cvs at ninth avenue and the black horse pike in runnemede on monday evening, it was to pick up a few personal items. little did the off duty know he would come up close and personal with a robbery suspect trying to make a get away. >> when i was at the counter checking out and getting ready to walk out the door, i observed a mail walking up the aisle with a mask on like halfway up his face. >> reporter: suspect had just robbed a pharmacist at the back of the store at knife point toting at least $11,000 worth of oxycontin and percocet towards the skit. >> there was another customer runnemede chasing hill asking me to stop him. >> reporter: surveillance video captured the scuffle that came next. sergeant murray in plane clothes his son tackling the robber before he made it out the door. >> i started wrestling with him. my son jumped in and helped me and we detain the subject until the uniformed police officers arrived. >> he went just to being like a cop you can tell

our natasha brown was there as people prayed and pleaded for more to be done. >> i know she's lookingown on us right now. >> reporter: candles highlight the faces of grief stricken teenagers mourning the loss of a friend. >> it's impossible for me to think that i'm not going to see her ever again. s it's not fair. >> me being this young i'm only 14 i would have friends and i would like be losing some. like it's hard to cope with. >> a somber group of students from bensalem high school gathering in the shadows of the intersection where senior old sophomore mow net lost her life. police say she was en route to her waiting schoolbus at 6:40 a.m. before sunrise at the intersection of bensalem boulevard and bridge water road. that's when investigators say the driver of this suv allegedly disregarded the stopped bus. >> a bronco suv vehicle was traveling westbound on bensalem boulevard. disregarded the schoolbus activation lights and the stop sign and proceeded through the intersection striking and dragging the child for some distance. >> she's gone. >> reporter: inconsolable friend and fel

i'm natasha brown. we start with breaking new at 11:00 o'clock tonight.ndonesia's metro tv is reporting air asia plane with 162 on board is missing after take off from indonesia on the way to singapore. officials say ground control lost contact with this plane when it was believed to be over the java sea. the airline says search and rescues operations are current underway. we're staying on top of lat test developments here. we'll bring you more information as we get details throughout the show. also at cbsphilly.com. >>> also tonight -- (playing taps). >>> mourning the loss of a hero. thousands converged a queens church to honor a new york city police officer raphael ramos. he along with his partner were killed in an ambush shooting. many police officers from all around the area lined the streets outside the church to pay their respects to their fallen brother. dignitaries including vice-president joe biden were also there for this very somber memorial. tony from our sister station wcbs in new york has more. >> reporter: the flag draped coffin of raphael

and natasha reports. >> reporter: for the first time after being warned to leave, the salem family camee but hardly a welcome anyone would want. their home was looted and their village in western libya destroyed after a battle between rival malitia. >> everything taken away and we are very upset and what can i say, thank god my children are safe. everything else can be replaced. >> reporter: and villages in libya is the focus of battles for the last two weeks. the fighting is leaving civilians struggling to avoid the cross fire and people here say under former leader gaddafi they suffer and now they suffer again. in an attempt to end the misery the special representative for the u.n. support mission in libya met in tabrook on monday and forced from office recently when the supreme court anulled the parliament but remains international recognized and under the congress in tripoli criticized the u.n., accusing it of being bias and insisting it should respect the court's decision and u.n. official says the organization is not representing anyone in particular and that the path the country

in mayfair, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> meantime in new york, demonstrators took to thetreets in support of the nypd. but they were met with a rival demonstration by critics of police policies. the pro police rally was held as a counter point to the recent protests against police brutality. >>> there was new reaction tonight to this image posted on instagram by a philadelphia paramedic. it shows two black men pointing guns at a white man posing as a police officer. under the picture the paramedic wrote in part "our real enemy" i spoke to mayor nutter about this photo earlier today. >> it's offensive, and, you know, as much as we believe in the support of free speech i think it's also clear there are limits to speech or expression those kinds of actions. at any time that kind of posting would certainly be inappropriate as it relates to any of our police officers. >> the image is from music video made in protest of the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. the paramedic has since apologized for posting the image online. >> a cold night is on tap as we head into this fir

. >> natasha brown said she too lost her entire down payment when she tried to build a custom home in prince george's county. >> 52,000 to put my daughter through college. >> both signed contracts wi toll brothers which list itself on its web side as leading builder of luxury homes. i want sells more homes here in the d.c. virginia and maryland region than anywhere else. it owns its own mortgage company, tbi mortgage. edward and natasha said they could have used another lender but decided to go with tbi because they were promised free upgrades. >> if you don't take the mortgage lender you lose all the goodies. you lose the chef kitchen. you lose the finished basement. you lose whatever it is offered in closing. >> but after signing contract they were told they didn't qualify for their original financing offer. instead, they say they were oft or no loan at all meaning they lost their dream home. and their down payment. >> i was told that my debt to income ratio was too high. >> after you had signed the ch after. >> they say they were never preapproved for a loan and the news4 i team fo

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justin. >> that's right, natasha, enjoy the dry weather now 'cause i'm tracking coastal storm on ther the work week. i'll have the details. >> developing at this hour, a die-in demonstration that could cause chaos after the eagles game. etts set to take place very soon here at the northeast corner of broad and pattison. we're live. >> reporter: if you had a problem using one of these kiosks in the city to park. there's a reason for that. we'll tell you what the >> ♪ >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> holiday shoppers don't have to carry their umbrellas today but they do have to bundle up tight. it's dry at least for now but more messy weather is heading ou

natasha ghoneim has the story. >> reporter: detonate this suicide bomb or be buried alive, that's theyear-old says she was given after her father handed her over to boko haram. >> translator: i was asked if i wanted to go to heaven, when i answered they said i have to go on a suicide mission. and if i attempted to run, they would kill me. >> reporter: the girl says she and two other females were sent to this text tile market in in mid december. the others detonated their bombs killing four people. but the girl says when she saw the carnage being she couldn't flip the switch on the bomb strapped to her. >> translator: when he can came cot north one of united states said we should so separately. but i refused after my friend detonated her vest i was injured. >> reporter: boko haram ram has been used girls and women as weapons to kill and insight fear. as it tries to impose an islamic state in nigeria. since june, female suicide bombers have launched five other attacks. girls continue to be at rick of kidnappings and forced marriage, the boldest example was the kidnapping of 276 girls fo

natasha? >> all right.s, thanks so much. >> a good samaritan who tries to render aid to a disabled motorist is in critical condition tonight after being hit on the highway. pennsylvania state police say daniel cal away a trained emt and volunteer firefighter from wilmington, delaware, got out of his car to help another driver who had hit a guardrail. this happened along 95 south near exit nine in tinicum township. an suv then hit the disabled car just before 5:00 o'clock this morning sending it crashing into the 31-year-old firefighter. >>> police also now investigating a homicide in southwest philadelphia. investigators say a sketch-year-old security guard was found tied up with facial injuries and side avanta storage facility. a manager found him dead shortly after 3:00 this afternoon at locker room self for storage in the 2200 block of 62nd street. his identity has yet been released. >> and new at 11:00 o'clock, one person is taken to the hospital after fire rips through a kensington home. it happened in

in manayunk, natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> new tonight, take a good look at the white sedan in these surveillance photos. the person inside had just committed an armed robbery inside the deptford mall. detectives say the male suspect pulled out a gun inside the macy's monday night and order an employee in the lingerie section to empty the register. that suspect got away with over thousand dollars and is still on the loose tonight. >> a surveillance camera set up and side philadelphia home captures a robbery in progress. the problem was, the homeowner was an hour away eating thanksgiving dinner. take look and watch as the hooded suspect entered a home on the 1200 block of rodman street in washington square west. he took jewelry and a dresser organizer before leaving the same way he came in by scaling a high patio wall. using an app linked to his alarm and surveillance system the home own are in received an alert asking if he wanted police called. that homeowner spoke exclusively with "eyewitness news". >> the app, rolled the video back actually saw the burglar in the house go