good morning i'm natasha brown. mrs. reagan died today in her los angeles home. she leaves behind legacy of public service and fierce devotion to the man she loved. >> so help me god. >> the now well-known love story involving nancy reagan and her husband began many years before he was sworn in as president. they met in hollywood in the early 19 visits when 19 visits. as they settled to washington mrs. reagan launched ambitious renovation of the white house. then moved on to anti drug project that became a part of her legacy. her just say no campaign swept across the country. bringing her to the united nations as the first first lady to address the assembly. several years after her husband left office they revealed he had alzheimers and she devote ted years to taking care of him even after his mind was gone. >> there's nobody to exchange memories with. and we had a lot of memories. >> in the 1990s she was in philadelphia with other first ladies and form me president for the summit for america. in 2000, nancy reagan joined george and barbara bush and gerald and be

we have live team coverage for you beginning with our natasha brown in the sat center. natasha? >> reporter: belgium's prime minister called for three days of national mourning in the wake of the deadly coordinated terror tax in brussels. isis has claimed responsibility and warn of more dark days. carnage and chaos moments after a suicide bomb attack at the airport in brussels. a massive blast blew out windows and collapsed ceilings esterified passengers scurried through a cloud of dust and debris trying to get to safety. >> it was very loud. it was not something... you felt kind of shock. >> reporter: explosives were right in front of me this woman says. belgium police quickly released this photo of three suspects. the two on the left were killed in the blast investigators believe they were wearing only one black glove possibly to conceal a detonator. the third man scene here with the hat has vanish. another deadly explosion rocked a busy subway station about an hour after the airport attack. passengers scramble out of a nearly obliterated train car. security forces raided one

we have live team coverage for you beginning with our natasha brown in the sat center. natasha?> reporter: belgium's prime minister called for three days of national mourning in the wake of the deadly coordinated terror tax in brussels. isis has claimed responsibility and warn of more dark days. carnage and chaos moments after a suicide bomb attack at the airport in brussels. a massive blast blew out windows and collapsed ceilings esterified passengers scurried through a cloud of dust and debris trying to get to safety. >> it was very loud. it was not something... you felt kind of shock. >> reporter: explosives were right in front of me this woman says. belgium police quickly released this photo of three suspects. the two on the left were killed in the blast investigators believe they were wearing only one black glove possibly to conceal a detonator. the third man scene here with the hat has vanish. another deadly explosion rocked a busy subway station about an hour after the airport attack. passengers scramble out of a nearly obliterated train car. security forces raided one ne

that's where our natasha brown is right now with what police and neighbors are saying tonig tonight. natasha? >> reporter: well, we can tell you that the investigation into this shooting is continuing at this hour but what is clear is that this is a neighborhood that certainly not used to seeing this kind of violence. >> i never really worried about save tow. >> reporter: for residents in this queen little village neighborhood violent crime seems world away. an isolated event outside of their parameters. >> this neighbor is known as nice place to live. families, quiet, pretty pleasa pleasant. it's surprising to hear something like that. >> on tuesday evening stunned neighbors heard gunshots. >> i'd heard shouting and i saw the guys punching our neighbor. i didn't see our neighbor punch anybody. he was on the ground being beaten. then i heard gunshots. >> reporter: police say just after 8:30 tuesday night, a 65-year-old man and his wife were walking home near second and bainbridge streets along the way they were met with a 20 and 21-year-old man. police say a verbal altercation quickly

that's where our natasha brown is right now with what police and neighbors are saying tonig tonight. er: well, we can tell you that the investigation into this shooting is continuing at this hour but what is clear is that this is a neighborhood that certainly not used to seeing this kind of violence. >> i never really worried about save tow. >> reporter: for residents in this queen little village neighborhood violent crime seems world away. an isolated event outside of their parameters. >> this neighbor is known as nice place to live. families, quiet, pretty pleasa pleasant. it's surprising to hear something like that. >> on tuesday evening stunned neighbors heard gunshots. >> i'd heard shouting and i saw the guys punching our neighbor. i didn't see our neighbor punch anybody. he was on the ground being beaten. then i heard gunshots. >> reporter: police say just after 8:30 tuesday night, a 65-year-old man and his wife were walking home near second and bainbridge streets along the way they were met with a 20 and 21-year-old man. police say a verbal altercation quickly escalated into a

natasha brown has more on the video that shows how the officers track him down. >> body camera imagesclear capturing the moment a shooting suspect is captured on a septa bus. >> we got a tip that the shooter was on a route 23 that was on germantown avenue. >> transit police officers had been saturating the area looking for 70-year-old ronald also known as roland graham. he was known to take this bus route and he had been on the loose since allegedly fleeing a shooting at a church's chicken on broad street march 6th. you can see the septa police officer board the bus quickly evacuating riders and calmly taking the wanted man who was sleeping at the time into custody. >> officer makes a decision, he's approaching an attempt murder suspect who may very well be armed and may very well be willing to shoot it out and that officer is quickly and quietly telling people get off. >> 289 septa police officers have been equipped with body cameras since january. another glimpse at their latest crime fighting tool. >> this will show put the police in a great light and it will shine the light on the

at septa headquarters, natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> still ahead this morning, a high school pep rally takes a dangerous turn. see the frightening stunt that went terribly wrong. >> also, an nba star with philly roots gives back to his old community. how he's using generosity to help get through tragedy. >>> also: to my mother i'm sorry sorry sorry ♪ >> check out your screen here. this is one way to ask for forgiveness. hear that convict serenade the judge to see if it got him a lighter sentence. we'll tell you. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> oh, we made it to friday, everyone, enjoy a little katy perry for you. right now, there is snow headed our way this weekend. sorry to report. katie lets you know if you have to break out the shovel on the first day of spring. we'll be right back. my office needs new laptops and a price match guarantee. i took a body language class once and the way you're standing could mean you're hiding something. oh! uh, staples has low prices. okay, now you're shouting... [laughing] we can hear ya! the lowest price. every time. staples. make more happen. >> assa

as natasha brown tells us she has also got the decision toss make on life after high school. >> i'm justn ordinary 17 year-old, from a town in new jersey. >> reporter: sitting do unwith madeline merlino you realize she's no ordinary 17 years old, in fact she's accomplished an extraordinary feat. >> a replied to the naval contacted my, coastguard, west point and air force academy and i was honored to get in all four academies. >> reporter: with more than a 4.0 grade point average madeline has decided to a a tense the air force academy. her record is impressive enough but it is her community involvement, her volunteerism especially with veteran cause that he is sets her apart from the rest. >> being a part of the military family, and showing the sacrifices that our military goes through. >> reporter: madeline's father leonard served 23 years in the air force became the inspiration by a job expo she held. they adopted madeline in china at 11 months old. they had big dreams for a daughter that they say now epitomizes the american dream. >> from that point on, you know, it has been wonderful

good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you very much for joining us. >>> let's get right over to meteorologist kate bilo in the weather center. what's the timing of this looking like. >> through the overnight hours a couple of snow showers may impact the area but then the timing on the warmup comes next week and we'll start to really feel that warmer air starting as soon as monday. take look at a time lapsed video from today. startrd the day way good deal of sun. the clouds rolled in mid afternoon the clouds are in as well. a few breaks of sunshine this afternoon clears out briefly and then the clouds come back in. clouds really increasing right now as the system moves in from the west. this is a weak clipper system. you can see snow showers over portions of western and central pennsylvania. you can also see which way they're headed tracking to the south and to the east. now this could miss us little bit off to the south. best chance for few snow showers may end up being through the delmarva region a come couple tryi

in southwest philadelphia, natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> i love seeing that. >> isn't thatreat. >> this weekend we spring forward when we set our clocks for daylight saving time. >> it's annual ritual that debts back decades. why do we still do it. >> nicole brewer joins us with the answer. >> this dates back to b when he suggested a change in sleep schedules to take advantage of the sunlight. the practice would be i policemenned in the us until until world war one as way to save fuel. made law in 1966 and 50 years later research suggests it actually uses more energy. why do we still do daylight saving time? it's a good question. submitted by more than a dozen viewers as we prepare to spring forward. ♪ >>> any idea why we still spring forward? >> i guess to safe daylight and to save time. >> it's about to be springtime. i don't know. >> farmers almanac. >> i guess to adapt to sunlight. >> i thought it still saved energy. >> we've been trying for 100 years to squeeze a drop of oil out of our clocks and we haven't managed it. >> michael downing is a time zone expert and wrote

natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> the investigation continues tonight into a brutal murder at a south philly restaurant and police say they are looking for a person of interest. authorities are looking for this man who goes by the name noael after the murder of 54-year-old woman. both work at lee's calf if i and bistro on fifth and washington. she was found with a slashed neck in the kitchen of the restaurant last night. there is a $20,000 reward for information leading to the killer. >>> it's been more than 20 years since the world hung on every twist and turn in the oj simpson trial and tonight there is possible new evidence. investigators are now testing a knife that was allegedly found on simpson's former estate in 1998. a construction worker says he turned the knife over to an off duty la police officer who cepit as a souvenir. 1995 simpson was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron goldman. the murder weapon was never found. >> we need to, one, first of all determine is this -- is this evidence and if it's not evidence, how do we prove on

in southwest philadelphia, natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> i love seeing that. >> isn't thatat. >> this weekend we spring forward when we set our clocks for daylight saving time. >> it's annual ritual that debts back decades. why do we still do it. >> nicole brewer joins us with the answer. >> this dates back to b when he suggested a change in sleep schedules to take advantage of the sunlight. the practice would be i policemenned in the us until until world war one as way to save fuel. made law in 1966 and 50 years later research suggests it actually uses more energy. why do we still do daylight saving time? it's a good question. submitted by more than a dozen viewers as we prepare to spring forward. ♪ >>> any idea why we still spring forward? >> i guess to safe daylight and to save time. >> it's about to be springtime. i don't know. >> farmers almanac. >> i guess to adapt to sunlight. >> i thought it still saved energy. >> we've been trying for 100 years to squeeze a drop of oil out of our clocks and we haven't managed it. >> michael downing is a time zone expert and wrote t

"eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown has the teen's story and a special award she's receiving. i'm just an ordinary 17-year-old from a town in new jersey. >> reporter: sitting down with madeleine more lean know you instantly realize she's no ordinary 17-year-old. in fact, she's accomplish an extraordinary feat. >> i applied to the naval academy, coast guard academy, west point and air farce academy and i was honored to get to all four academies. >> reporter: with more than 4-pint zero great point average she decided to attend the air force academy. the senior's academic record is impressive enough but her community involvement, especia especially with veterans causes that sets her apart from the rest. >> being part of a mill tar family has shown me the sacrifice that is our military goes through. >> her father leonard who served 23 years in the air force became the inspiration behind a veteran's job expo she held. >> she adopted madeleine in china at 11 months old. she had big dreams for a daughter epitomizes the american dream. >> from that point on it's been a ride. it's burl

natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> the investigation continues tonight into a brutal murder at south philly restaurant and police say they are looking for a person of interest. authorities are looking for this man who goes by the name noael after the murder of 54-year-old woman. both work at lee's calf if i and bistro on fifth and washington. she was found with a slashed neck in the kitchen of the restaurant last night. there is a $20,000 reward for information leading to the killer. >>> it's been more than 20 years since the world hung on every twist and turn in the oj simpson trial and tonight there is possible new evidence. investigators are now testing a knife that was allegedly found on simpson's former estate in 1998. a construction worker says he turned the knife over to an off duty la police officer who cepit as a souvenir. 1995 simpson was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron goldman. the murder weapon was never found. >> we need to, one, first of all determine is this -- is this evidence and if it's not evidence, how do we prove one

some student speaking out about the shocking detail, "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown has the latest on the investigation at connestoga high school. >> i don't believe this happened, no. >> utter disbelief from connestoga senior, he is a member of the football team and refuses to believe the allegations of hazing that have evolved into a criminal investigation. >> this is just bullying. and in chester county, we won't stand for bullying. >> says the football team conducted hazing ritual the same day every week. they gave it the homophobic term no gay thursday. >> you would have older kid come behind a younger kid and put his genitals on top of the younger kids head. >> but what happened on october 15th of last year in the school's lockerroom, has now led to charges against three team members. the da said they stripped have year old player of his clothing and allegedly held him down screaming, as he was assaulted with a broom handle. >> that order was this exact quote, shove a broom up his beep, it is reported that the victim was yelling and screaming. but did he not have a fri

"eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown shows us how that arrest went down. >> the body camera images are have i ily clear capturing the moment a shooting suspect is captured on a septa bus. >> we got a tip that the shooter was on a route 23 that was on germantown avenue. >> transit police officers had been saturating the area looking for 70 year old ronald, also known as roland gram. he was known to take this bus route, and he had been on the loose since allegedly fleeing a shooting at a church's chicken on broad street march 6th. you can see, the septa police officer forged the bus quickly evacuate g riders and calmly taking the wanted man who was sleeping at the time into custody. >> he's prime an attempt murder suspect who very well may be armed and very well be willing to shoot it out. that office is her quickly and quietly telling people get off. >> 289 septa police officers have been equipped with body cameras since january, another glimpse at their latest crime fighting tool. >> this will show, put the police in a great light, and it will shine the light on the police that are

some student rent now speaking out about the shocking details, "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown with the latest on the investigation at connestoga high school. >> i don't believe this -- no. >> utter disbelief from connestoga high school member of the football team, refuses to believe the allegations of hazing that have now evolved into a criminal investigation. >> this is just bullying. in chester county we won't stand for bullying. >> district attorney says the football team conducted a hazing ritual the same day every week. they gave it the homophobic term no gay thursday. >> would you have older kid come behind a younger kid and put his genitals on top of the younger kids head. >> but what happened on october 15th of last year in the school's lockerroom has now led to charges against three team members. the d.a. says they stripped a 14 year old player of his clothing, and allegedly held him down screaming, as he was assaulted with a broom handle. >> that order was this exact quote shove a broom up him, and the victim was yelling and screaming. but he did not have a friend in

good evening, i'm natasha brown. over to meteorologist, lauren casey with the very latest on the track of this system. lauren? >> now looks like it will kind of in two batches, one, already dealing with right now, really not too impressive. storm scan3 showing us earlier in the evening did have light rain, snow mix in the across parts of southern new jersey another batch of precipitation, continuing to move off to the north and east, so could be seeing few snowflakes hitting the grounds, then secondary batch toward baltimore, washington, try to tracks its way to the north and east, so we could see moisture moving newspaper wilmington as we head into about the next hour so what to expect overnight tonight? patchogue err areas, light rain and snow mix, tomorrow morning actually mainly dry, few spotty light rain showers, and then precipitation becomes little bit more widespread, as we head into tomorrow afternoon, falling as light rain, and snow, at times, and i think our best chance to see all snowfall, potentially mea

good evening, i'm natasha brown, thank you for joining us. the shooting happened near a police station in land over maryland outside of washington, dc. we've learned now that the officer was 28-year-old jacie colson grew up in boothwyn delaware county and graduated from chichester. police in maryland say a gunman attacked him without warning and colson was killed during the shoot-out. >> the officers are devastated and my first duty in this time was to spend some time with them. but the community needs to know that one of your defenders has been lost. >> the boothwyn community is also in shock tonight. we spoke with colson former high school football coach. he told us colson was a leader on and off the field. >> he led the team obviously. this is a sad day. god rest the soul of a great one. >> the alleged gunman had killed him was wounded and arrested. a second suspect is in custody. the motive behind the attack still unknown at this point. our other top story tonight. murder in rittenhouse square. a 24-year-old man is stabed to death. source

our natasha brown shows us how they bonded with children in the neighborhood, over a feature presentation. >> yeah. >> reporter: twelfth district police officers transformed their roll call room in the kid friendly entertainment center. children age five through ten years old are getting the vip treatment equipped with the red carpet entrance into a grand movie night experience. >> the movie that they are seeing tonight is minions, everybody loves that. i love it myself. so we thought kid would really like it. >> reporter: this is first time that the 12th district played host to the community movie night as part have of the program called cops and kids. a inly mentoring initiative meant to create bonds and trust between police officers and neighborhood children. >> this is something that we're doing to break down barriers, that the police and the community have. so this is something that the children will remember, you know, 30 years from now they will drive by district and saw the first movie there. it is just something we want to do as an extension of goodwill towards our community >> i

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us.ice and local officials released balloons marking the exact moment wilson lost his life. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff joins us live from the ooh 22nd police district with the latest. alex. >> reporter: natasha, family and friends are calling this more of a celebration of life but also a reflection on what 365 days can mean here in the city of philadelphia. >> march fifth around this time you a crying like a baby but still had to do the job. >> reporter: damien stevenson was with his partner officer robert wilson when he was shot inside of the game stop store on the 2100 block of lehigh avenue. so, today on the hours that officer wilson had succumbed to his injuries one year ago the community paid tribute to his life. >> sadness of him going into the store to buy a birthday present for his son, his birthday i think is tomorrow, his valor in moving the shooters away from the customers in the counter and basically giving his life for others. >> i think of broad smile and his

good evening everyone i'm natasha brown. thank you very much for joining us.ead and another in the hospital. right now tensions are running high in the neighborhood where all of this happened. "eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff has more. >> it was the report of a vehicle matching the description of a stolen one that started what soon became a deadly he can change. >> when i got out of the car i seen they poured over the silver whatever that car was. >> she had just stopped on parker street and union around 4:00 in the afternoon and saw officers begin to approach car. they were telling the people in the car to surrender with their hands up and stuff. >> reporter: according to police the three occupants of the vehicle remained inside but were uncooperative. >> it's our understanding someone from the car began shooting at the police. police returned fire and we now have a situation where we have policeman in the hospital shot. we have a deceased party from the car and we have an injured party from the car also at the hospital. >> reporter: family of occupants f

at police headquarters, natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police are searchingay care burglar, wait until you hear what he stole, the candy given to children. at night on february 25th, he stole lolipops from the around the clock day care at fifth and tabor. about 15 minute later, two blocks away, the same manna parentally robbed the little explorers day care stealing money from the register. in that case police believe the suspect after diapers and formula. >>> all right, and, turning now to weather, so, little cold out there, roads are wet, but light at the ends of the tub snell. >> certainly looking ahead to nice warming, nice warming trends will take place. but earlier, the here and now, what everybody wants to focus on. what a.m. gig to run into when i get out the door here right? thankfully nothing too terrible. i think it will be more of big fat nuisance than anything. decent snow ability, we go full screen with that graphic right here, see forward, delaware, you already got close to 4 inches on the ground, primarily unpaved surfaces northern cape may 2 i

right now actually good evening everyone i'm natasha brown we didn't get the type of accumulation weall. it's not over right away. meteorologist lauren casey is in the weather center. >>> we had a little bit of measurable snowfall. mount holly picking up a 10th of an inch. grace in knew california county. trace in philadelphia as well.

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good evening everyone i'm natasha brown. thank you very much for joining us.also left one person dead and another in the hospital. right now tensions are running high in the neighborhood where all of this happened. "eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff has more. >> it was the report of a vehicle matching the description of a stolen one that started what soon became a deadly he can change. >> when i got out of the car i seen they poured over the silver whatever that car was. >> she had just stopped on parker street and union around 4:00 in the afternoon and saw officers begin to approach car. they were telling the people in the car to surrender with their hands up and stuff. >> reporter: according to police the three occupants of the vehicle remained inside but were uncooperative. >> it's our understanding someone from the car began shooting at the police. police returned fire and we now have a situation where we have policeman in the hospital shot. we have a deceased party from the car and we have an injured party from the car also at the hospital. >> reporter:

our natasha brown was this years mistress of the ceremonies, the a ward is presented as the highest honorhe person who exemplifies the spirit and values of the former civil rights leader. >>> and still to come on "eyewitness news", dead ringer, not only does everyone have a twin, we will show you someone who many think looks just like presidential candidate ted cruz and wait until you find out his occupation. >>> plus are you up for an add venture? cherri gregg is at the fill travel and adventure show with cool travel ideas for you, hi there justin. >> hi there we are talking about spring snow. i will let you know when it arrives and who will see most weather when we check eyewitness weather when we come back. we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and that builds communities. and a better future. for all of us. because making something in america means so much, to so many. weathertech. proudly made in america. >>> today, it is sunday march 20th, good mor

county residents and outstanding trailblazers for their dedication to the community, our very own natasha brownyou there was this years mistress of ceremonies. the award was presented as the highest honor for person who exemplifies the spirit and values of the former civil rights leader. >>> president obama and the first family are getting ready to leave this a afternoon for a historic visit to cuba. it is expected to usher in a new era of openness between u.s. and communist country. already cuban and american companies are preparing for what could be the most dramatic changes to cuban life in generations. cbs's chris martinez is in havana with the story. >> walk around havana and change is hard to miss from the renovation of hotels to the opening of new restaurants, cuba seems poised to begin a new era of tourism, one with americans on the guest list. >> enough of this embargo between cuba and the united states. >> reporter: tour groups are every where, many from the u. is, havana's biggest port, once pollution plaqued has been largely cleaned up and welcomes luxury cruise ship weekly. as u.s.

seven county residents and outstanding leaders for their dedication, to the community, and our natasha brown. the c delores tucker award was presented as highest honor for people who exemplifies the spirit and values of the former civil rights leader. >> president obama and first family are getting ready to leave for a historic visit to cuba it is expect to usher in a new era of openness between the u.s., a community is in country. cuban american companies are already prepared for what could be the most dramatic change in cuban life in a generation. cbs's chris martinez is in havana with the story. >> reporter: walk around havana a and change is hard to miss from the renovation of the hotels to the opening of the new restaurants cuba seems poised to begin new era of tourism one with americans on the guest list. >> enough of this problem between cuba and the united states. >> reporter: tour groups are every where, many from the u.s., havana a's biggest port, once full of pollution, has been largely cleaned up and now welcomes luxury cruise ships weekly. as u.s. airlines await green throughout