good evening everyone i'm natasha brown thanks so much for joining us. in of the last hour the ntsc held a press conference here is what we know. the crash happened shortly before 8:00 this morning at six and booth streets in chester. investigators say the train crashed into a backhoe with two workers inside. in addition to the two fatalities there are 35 injuries tonight. they were taken to local hospital. some service is affected on north easter corridor. and the train has not yet been moved off the track. we have live team coverage. let's begin with eyewitness news reporter a knee too oh at the scene with it latest on the investigation. anita. >> reporter: hey good evening natasha. after that deadly crash this morning, still few answers but a lot of questions remain of the biggest one being if amtrak dispatch must november workers where and when trains will be passing why was anyone on the tracks? >> like most days you hear the amtrak train rolling through pennsylvania. but sunday shortly before eight a.m. it was the sound of a crash that startled the

coming up next the latest from >>> well to an expanded edition of "eyewitness news" tonight i'm natasha browny very latest on our top story. the search on for a gunman who police say abducted a woman and sexually assaulted her in cobbs creek. the woman told police she was forced into the suspect's car at 49th and lancaster around 4:00 o'clock this morning. she says she was then tied up and sexually assaulted. the vick testimony was able to free herself around 3:00 o'clock this afternoon at 57th and large wood and she was taken to the special victims unit. tonight, the community is on edge. >> i'm just glad she got some help 'cause because that's scare reach stuff like that don't happen around here. >> just after that i went to grab my sister from somewhere, and it's like i told her stay where she was, wait for me. you want to be careful. there's too much going on out here. >> police are still searching for the suspect. they say he has dread locks an long beard. >>> meantime pop super star prince has been laid to rest two days after his sudden death zen shock waves around the world. crowds gat

natasha brown is at the pennsylvania convention center now where clinton gathered with her supporters about an hours ago. natasha? >> reporter: as you can see behind me the party is actually wrapped up here at the pennsylvania convention center. not without much fanfare for hillary clinton, she won big here in the state of pennsylvania and throughout the northeastern primaries. the party began the moment she hit the stage. hundreds celebrated a double digit victory in pennsylvania, helping to solid fi at becoming the democratic nominee. >> our campaign is about restoring people's confidence in our ability to solve problems together. by delivering results that help people volunteer their own dreams. that's why we're setting bold progressive goals. backed up by real plans. that will improve lives. >> reporter: clinton rallied the crowd. he health care, education, raising wages and protecting civil rights. she even rallied bernie sanders supporters on the heels of her major primary victories. >> whether you support senator sanders or me, there's much more that that unites us than divides

natasha brown is at the pennsylvania convention center now where clinton gathered with her supporters about an hours ago. natasha? >> reporter: as you can see behind me the party is actually wrapped up here at the pennsylvania convention center. not without much fanfare for hillary clinton, she won big here in the state of pennsylvania and throughout the northeastern primaries. the party began the moment she hit the stage. hundreds celebrated a double digit victory in pennsylvania, helping to solid fi at becoming the democratic nominee. >> our campaign is about restoring people's confidence in our ability to solve problems together. by delivering results that help people volunteer their own dreams. that's why we're setting bold progressive goals. backed up by real plans. that will improve lives. >> reporter: clinton rallied the crowd. he health care, education, raising wages and protecting civil rights. she even rallied bernie sanders supporters on the heels of her major primary victories. >> whether you support senator sanders or me, there's much more that that unites us than divides

natasha brown is live in north philadelphia with more on what the outrage was all about. natasha? >> reporter: you know this town hall was all about stop and frisk and the policy as it relates to philadelphia police. it was meant to open up a dialogue about this policy. instead it opened up plenty of emotional outbursts. >> town hall meeting on the city stop and frisk program quickly spiraled out of control. >> anger, frustration and pain from community members gathered at this church in north philadelphia. many feel the policy is unfair and targets african-americans. >> in philadelphia, we have stopped on average about 200 to 300,000 people a year, and of the two or 300,000 people about 80% of turned up that they have no contraband, they're not doing anything illegal. >> reporter: explosive emotional outbursts led to many leaving the meeting. >> you have to work together. you know what i'm saying. you have to love one another. instead of going about hating everybody. >> we came here to get some answers from the mayor and from the police commissioner. we want to hear them. i mean,

natasha brown is in south phil right now with more on the search for the suspect. natasha?> reporter: well, police say this victim was certainly in the fight of her live on that particular night. meantime, they tell us that this suspect is still out there somewhere. so as you can imagine nerves are still rattled here in this neighborhood. >> i walk past here all the time to go to work so it's really kind of disturbing. >> reporter: dana jordan's walk to work has much more unnerving on the heels of attempted sexual assault that occurred along her normal path. >> she was in the fight her life. >> reporter: police say 1984 old woman found herself in fierce fight with a man who was trying to rape her. she was walking home wednesday at about 1:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of wharton street when she noticed a man following her. detectives say that's when she quickly trapped p grabbed her mace. >> she was aware that she was being followed she thought she was and as a precaution she took it out and correct in doing so. if it wasn't for that, who knows what would have happened. >> repo

our natasha brown joins us now with southwest detectives with more on who police believe is behind theiolence. natasha? >> reporter: well, ukee, we can tell you there have actually been three random attacks on innocent people just going about their daily lives. we spoke with one mother earlier tonight who tells us that her son was nearly beaten to death and she wants justice. >> i couldn't even look the my child, that looked like it was my child. >> heart pounding are heart wrenching moments for shantel sexton seeing her 17-year-old son lying in a hospital bed barely recognizable. on tuesday, jaffee sexton became the victim of a random attack while he was waiting at a trolley stop at 65 and and elmwood. police say as many as five teenagers stomped, kicked and beat him unconscious for no reason. >> five or six young males punch him in the face and knock him to the ground, start kicking and purging and knocked three of his teeth out and leave him on the ground. >> reporter: just three blocks away, a day before, police say there was another random attack on another teenager at a trolley s

natasha brown is in south phil right now with more on the search for the suspect. natasha?> reporter: well, police say this victim was certainly in the fight of her live on that particular night. meantime, they tell us that this suspect is still out there somewhere. so as you can imagine nerves are still rattled here in this neighborhood. >> i walk past here all the time to go to work so it's really kind of disturbing. >> reporter: dana jordan's walk to work has much more unnerving on the heels of attempted sexual assault that occurred along her normal path. >> she was in the fight her life. >> reporter: police say 1984 old woman found herself in fierce fight with a man who was trying to rape her. she was walking home wednesday at about 1:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of wharton street when she noticed a man following her. detectives say that's when she quickly trapped p grabbed her mace. >> she was aware that she was being followed she thought she was and as a precaution she took it out and correct in doing so. if it wasn't for that, who knows what would have happened. >> repo

good evening everyone i'm natasha brown. let's get right out now to eyewitness news reporter david spunt he's live in north wales where he's been tracking the story all day long for us. >> reporter: authorities originally announced this as an active shooter situation. the suspect neutral liesed seconds after pulling that trig gear. right now you are going to hear from a woman sitting a few rose and sadly witnessed everything that happened inside this church behind me. >> a fight broke out and the guy pulled the gun. >> reporter: breeana somers, was sitting around 11:00 sunday morning when things quickly got out of control. >> we are wore shiping and you here three different gunshots everybody kind of went on the floor and was hiding. >> reporter: authorities told eyewitness news a male church member walked into the service, pulled out a gun then shot 27 year old robert braxton. he was rushed to a hospital in lansdale where he was pronounced dead. >> first thing that went through my mom i have a six year old i'm a single momm

our natasha brown joins us now with southwest detectives with more on who police believe is behind theiolence. natasha? >> reporter: well, ukee, we can tell you there have actually been three random attacks on innocent people just going about their daily lives. we spoke with one mother earlier tonight who tells us that her son was nearly beaten to death and she wants justice. >> i couldn't even look the my child, that looked like it was my child. >> heart pounding are heart wrenching moments for shantel sexton seeing her 17-year-old son lying in a hospital bed barely recognizable. on tuesday, jaffee sexton became the victim of a random attack while he was waiting at a trolley stop at 65 and and elmwood. police say as many as five teenagers stomped, kicked and beat him unconscious for no reason. >> five or six young males punch him in the face and knock him to the ground, start kicking and purging and knocked three of his teeth out and leave him on the ground. >> reporter: just three blocks away, a day before, police say there was another random attack on another teenager at a trolley s

natasha brown is live in fishtown with more on what clinton told her supporters to night. natasha?> reporter: well, before even definitelying into the issues hillary clinton starte started a very personal note tonight talking about her late father who grew up in scranton pennsylvania and her many visits throughout the state in her youth. she's hoping that her message reallreally does resonate with s days before the peps primary. thunderous applause for hillary clinton as she took the stage at the fillmore in fishtown. >> thank you. >> in a speech punctuated by cheers and chants from the cloud clinton got right to the point continuing to harp on issues that have driven her campaign for president. education, job creation, raising wages, equal pay for women and promoting the affordable care act. >> i will defend a woman's right to make her own health care decisiodecisions. she really captured a reality of what we need in this country and where we need to go. >> reporter: clinton touted herself as the best advocate to defend voting rights, civil rights and the lgbt community. >> i will

natasha brown is live in fishtown with more on what clinton told her supporters to night. natasha?> reporter: well, before even definitelying into the issues hillary clinton starte started a very personal note tonight talking about her late father who grew up in scranton pennsylvania and her many visits throughout the state in her youth. she's hoping that her message reallreally does resonate with s days before the peps primary. thunderous applause for hillary clinton as she took the stage at the fillmore in fishtown. >> thank you. >> in a speech punctuated by cheers and chants from the cloud clinton got right to the point continuing to harp on issues that have driven her campaign for president. education, job creation, raising wages, equal pay for women and promoting the affordable care act. >> i will defend a woman's right to make her own health care decisiodecisions. she really captured a reality of what we need in this country and where we need to go. >> reporter: clinton touted herself as the best advocate to defend voting rights, civil rights and the lgbt community. >> i will

good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us.t is a star-studded day on the campaign trail. familiar faces are helping the candidates to get o it the vote. our coverage begins tonight with "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan. he's live in ambler montgomery county where bill clinton appeared today. cleve. >> reporter:. >>> natasha, it's amazing how fast they can break down from one of these events but less than an hour ago almost 500 people were here in the wissahickon middle school gym to hear former president bill clinton. now, this wasn't just a random spot. president clinton trying help now presidential candidate hillary clinton do better in the philly suburbs than when she ran for president back in 2008. >> we cannot afford a right wing supreme court and right wing congress and a right wing president. the country cannot afford it. we've got to grow together and we've got to live together and we've got to be citizens together. >> reporter: president clinton made his first speech of the day at the swarthmore rutledge school

. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown.ou for joining us, this is starting to feel a lot more like winter, let's get right over to kate bilo in the weather center. kate, what's snapping. >> i feel like winter self took it pretty easy on us. now that spring is here, now we're dealing with the winter weather. we storm today of course that brought accumulating snow to much of the region, even to the coast here, and we're almost in mid-april. let's take a look what's going on right now, just few scattered snow showers right now, once again, in south jersey. that's the area that just can't seem to catch a break here today. not much in the way of additional accumulation, cumberland county a coating perhaps as snow showers continue to move through overnight tonight. they will be dying down, and then skies will be clearing very quickly here, you can see how skies are already clearing to the north and west, as skies clear, temperatures will really plummet overnight. here is a 12 hour loop. see the banding that's set up today again o

here now is natasha brown with more on prince's legacy and how he's being remembered locally. >> reporterto many the artist forever known aspirins was music royalty. icon whose sudden death sent shock waves throughout the music industry and reduced fans to tears. >> this is tragic. this is sad day. >> local radio stations like w wdas have been saturating the air waves from music with prince allowing ventnor to accept, to mourn, to celebrate his life through his songs. >> hearing great stories and memories. >> they even allowed me to share a moment as diehard prince fan. >> i've got a co-host she happens to be prince fan as well. >> moment ago you made my absolute favorite song the seven time grammy winner burst on to the music seen in the late 70s. music legend kenny gamble like many are still absorbing the tragic news. reflecting on the impact one artist had on the music indust industry. >> he's one of those great talents that only come along every now and then. once a generation. >> mike tyler who performed with prince here says his music transcends generations. >> he's got so much unhe

natasha brown is live in north philadelphia with more on what the outrage was all about. natasha?> reporter: you know this town hall was all about stop and frisk and the policy as it relates to philadelphia police. it was meant to open up a dialogue about this policy. instead it opened up plenty of emotional outbursts. >> town hall meeting on the city stop and frisk program quickly spiraled out of control. >> anger, frustration and pain from community members gathered at this church in north philadelphia. many feel the policy is unfair and targets african-americans. >> in philadelphia, we have stopped on average about 200 to 300,000 people a year, and of the two or 300,000 people about 80% of turned up that they have no contraband, they're not doing anything illegal. >> reporter: explosive emotional outbursts led to many leaving the meeting. >> you have to work together. you know what i'm saying. you have to love one another. instead of going about hating everybody. >> we came here to get some answers from the mayor and from the police commissioner. we want to hear them. i mean, a

in darby township, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> welcome chief price. >>> tonight presidentbama says the fight against isis is going well but there is still work to be done. he receives a detailed briefing about the terrorist group at cia headquarters late today. >> isil hopes to weaken our collective resolve. once again, they have failed. their barbarism only stiffens our unity, and determination to wipe this vile terrorist organization off the face of the earth. >> pentagon officials say us air strikes have killed 25,000 isis fighters. millions of dollars stolen by isis has been incinerated. the attacks have helped iraqi and curdish forces recapture 40% of the ground lost in the isis surge. >>> tonight 40,000 union knifed verizon workers are on strike in our area and all along the east cove. land line and cable employees walk off the job this morning. they've been without a contract since august. and say their main sticking point is job security. verizon is using non-union staff in place of the striking workers and it's unclear right now when both sides will head back to t

in darby township, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> welcome chief price. >>> tonight presidentbama says the fight against isis is going well but there is still work to be done. he receives a detailed briefing about the terrorist group at cia headquarters late today. >> isil hopes to weaken our collective resolve. once again, they have failed. their barbarism only stiffens our unity, and determination to wipe this vile terrorist organization off the face of the earth. >> pentagon officials say us air strikes have killed 25,000 isis fighters. millions of dollars stolen by isis has been incinerated. the attacks have helped iraqi and curdish forces recapture 40% of the ground lost in the isis surge. >>> tonight 40,000 union knifed verizon workers are on strike in our area and all along the east cove. land line and cable employees walk off the job this morning. they've been without a contract since august. and say their main sticking point is job security. verizon is using non-union staff in place of the striking workers and it's unclear right now when both sides will head back to t

good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown. villanova 95-51 vick story at the largest in final four history on monday they will face the north carolina tar heels who have just defeated the syracuse orange. live team coverage for you tonight. lots to talk about. alex hoff on the campus where the party has only just gun. but let's begin in houston, texas where it all went down earlier tonight with lesley van arsdall. lesley. >> reporter: natasha, villanova was just unbelievable. they shot 71% which is unheard of. choke that again monday night, i think they have a pretty good chance of winning the whole thing. let's go back to that amazing game today. villanova had lost to the sooners back in december. they wanted revenge and that he got it first half ryan arcidiacono with the three. that put up nova up by 14. and they're just getting warmed up at this point. final play of the first half, josh hart on fire. hits another one of his threes notify veigh were 14-point lead at the half. he shot a team high 23 points in the second half

in havertown, natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> okay, i'm stating the obvious here, but howare those little kids? but i also want to say, way to go villanova guys. when you're in a place of power, and you can use it, to really capture the heart of little kids like that, i mean, such a small gesture for them, but it makes such a huge impact. you have got to see. that's the kind of stuff you should be doing. >> they'll remember that forever. >> novanation continues to impress us. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", flying frustrations, what is behind the longer lines at airport security. >> plus local school hit the graduation lottery. we'll show you what president obama will deliver at commencement speech this spring. >> and meet a real life candy man, if you have a sweet tooth like meisha over here, you will want to find this place, it is just one stop on her dream drive. lauren? >> and we are in the midst of a sunny stretch, but will it persist into the upcoming weekend? the answer in your eyewitness forecast, coming up hey, we're opening up and we need so

in havertown, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> wonderful.laze is a little champion no doubt about it. >> i wonder how daniel fit in that playhouse. >> got him in there. >> how big is that house. >> it was great to say villanova take home the champion. >> the flyers facing off the washington capitals tonight in the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. lesley is in don tonight. just game one. >> just game one. >> no panic tonight. >> emotional hard hitting game from the very beginning. the team may have lost a key player in the process. the caps coming out as advertised looking like the best team in the league. before the game a classy move by the capitals a moment of silence for flyers owner ed snider who was a washington area native. very emotional night for the flyers for sure but the offense just couldn't get going for the flyers down one to nothing in the third the capitals will make it two to nothing on the goal rye here the flyers lose game once to the caps two to nothing it is not over yet. eighths best of seven series. coming up i

in the sat center, natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> thanks a lot, that the tasha.th with "eyewitness news" new details emerge in the prince. cbsphilly.com. >>> in other news, grief counselors will be at wilmington's howard high school of technology today a day after a teenage student was killed at the school. a vigil last night remembered 16 year old amy joiner who was us a at dollars inside the school yesterday morning. joiner's injuries were so severe she was air lifted to a. i. dupont hospital where she died. police interviewed several students, and took two of them to police headquarters but no charges have been filed. >>> new video just in, one person is in critical condition after police say they were hit by a car that was itself hit by a suspected drunk driver. police say a vehicle spun out of control near huntingdon park, hunting park, and germantown avenue, about 3:30 this morning, hit parked car. parked car rolled over, hit two pedestrians. one pedestrian is the victim in critical condition. three people in the striking vehicle were also taken to einstein

in havertown, natasha brown cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> wonderful.laze is a little champion no doubt about it. >> i wonder how daniel fit in that playhouse. >> got him in there. >> how big is that house. >> it was great to say villanova take home the champion. >> the flyers facing off the washington capitals tonight in the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. lesley is in don tonight. just game one. >> just game one. >> no panic tonight. >> emotional hard hitting game from the very beginning. the team may have lost a key player in the process. the caps coming out as advertised looking like the best team in the league. before the game a classy move by the capitals a moment of silence for flyers owner ed snider who was a washington area native. very emotional night for the flyers for sure but the offense just couldn't get going for the flyers down one to nothing in the third the capitals will make it two to nothing on the goal rye here the flyers lose game once to the caps two to nothing it is not over yet. eighths best of seven series. coming up i

here now is natasha brown with more on prince's legacy and how he's being remembered locally. >> reporterto many the artist forever known aspirins was music royalty. icon whose sudden death sent shock waves throughout the music industry and reduced fans to tears. >> this is tragic. this is sad day. >> local radio stations like w wdas have been saturating the air waves from music with prince allowing ventnor to accept, to mourn, to celebrate his life through his songs. >> hearing great stories and memories. >> they even allowed me to share a moment as diehard prince fan. >> i've got a co-host she happens to be prince fan as well. >> moment ago you made my absolute favorite song the seven time grammy winner burst on to the music seen in the late 70s. music legend kenny gamble like many are still absorbing the tragic news. reflecting on the impact one artist had on the music indust industry. >> he's one of those great talents that only come along every now and then. once a generation. >> mike tyler who performed with prince here says his music transcends generations. >> he's got so much unhe

natasha brown cbs3s? . >>> philadelphia city council held the first of seven community meetings. focuseds on hern and hope yes, i did. >> the solutions are challenging but i think it's important for us to try to relook at how we're approaching this problem and what we can do to better coordinate our different entities in trying to revolve and dress the drug addiction. >> a resolution passed called for the development of a strategy to address the hern epidemic. a six-month investigation called operation spring cleaning results in arrest warrants for more than 100 drug dealers, authorities say they sold crack heroin and other illegal drugs to undercover officers. they hope they will lead to a decrease in violent crimes. >>> septa has new measures. follows the death of two amtrak employees. septa workers will wear arm bands which will beep and flash in a train approaches, also sending a code on their phones. until the crew activates that phone, dispatchers cannot use the track >>> animal abuse is heartbreaking and tragic when veteran entertaineds are accused. >>> one local woman is

natasha brown cbs3s? . >>> philadelphia city council held the first of seven community meetings. focuseds on hern and hope yes, i did. >> the solutions are challenging but i think it's important for us to try to relook at how we're approaching this problem and what we can do to better coordinate our different entities in trying to revolve and dress the drug addiction. >> a resolution passed called for the development of a strategy to address the hern epidemic. a six-month investigation called operation spring cleaning results in arrest warrants for more than 100 drug dealers, authorities say they sold crack heroin and other illegal drugs to undercover officers. they hope they will lead to a decrease in violent crimes. >>> septa has new measures. follows the death of two amtrak employees. septa workers will wear arm bands which will beep and flash in a train approaches, also sending a code on their phones. until the crew activates that phone, dispatchers cannot use the track >>> animal abuse is heartbreaking and tragic when veteran entertaineds are accused. >>> one local woman is

"eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown talked to that victim's mother. >> i couldn't look at my child. >> heart wrenching moment for sean tell sexton seeing her 17 year olson lying in a hospital bed, barely recognizeable. on tuesday, joffe sexton became the victim average dom attack while he was waiting at trolley stop at 65th and well many wood. police say as many as five teenagers stomped, beat him unconscious to no reason. >> five or six young males knock them to the grounds, knocked three of his teeth out, leave him on the grounds. >> just three blocks away, a day before, police say, there was another random attack, on another teenager at a trolley stop. and a few days earlier, in that same area, a 52 year old man was hospitalized after a random and unprovoke attack while he was walking down the street. police believe all linked to rogue and violent group of teenagers in we need these people off the street. creating a loft damage. >> joffe has learning visibility, just ventured out to learn how to catch public transportation on his own. he is still wearing the scars from the vicio

"eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown tells us, the meeting came to abrupt end. >> a town hall meetingthe city stop and frisk program quickly spirals out of control. >> anger, frustration, pain, from community members, gathered at this church in north philadelphia, many feel the policy is unfair, and targets african-americans. >> in philadelphia, we have stopped on an average about 200 to 300,000 people a year. and the two, 300,000 people about 80% of them has turned up that they have no contraband, not doing anything illegal. >> he can locals i've meisha until outburst led to many leaving the meeting. >> do you have work together. do you have love one another. it goes by hating anybody. >> we want to hear him. i mean, a dialogue is when people talk, the other people talk. and then we try to come in the middle, here, it is not, it is more emotional, you know, you want to scream and holler over each other. >> several calls for calm finally allowed for brief conversation between the community, police commissioner rich armed ross, and mayor jim kenney, kenny said unequivocally he would en

"eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown shows you the big surprise that made his day. >> as a reporter you're taught never relinquish the microphone during a interview. >> v for villanova ♪ >> unless it is to four year old dave hoist wants to sing us the villanova fight song. >> ♪ fight fight fight ♪ ♪ >> key caught one blaze, his little sister, lucy and his parents inside their newly renovated basement. equipped with blaze's brand new villanova themed playhouse, both of his parent are villanova alumni. the playhouse, empty now, but just 24 hours prior? >> oh, my god. >> take a lack at the two surprise guests who showed to up greet blaze, who was recently diagnosissed when cancer. that's ryan arcidiacono and daniel owe chef ooh, fresh off their ncaa championship win. >> something we will never forget. >> what turned out as minor renovation project to play and recover for the ram bunks us four year old who is under going cancer treatment, turned into elaborate space, the contractor who knows the family well, took it upon himself to i am provise, and to get two of villanova star basketba

"eyewitness news" reporter, natasha brown, talked to the victim's mother. >> i couldn't even look at my child. could that look like it was my child? >> heart pounding, heart wrenching moments, for chantel sexton, seeing her 17 year olson lying in a hospital bed barely recognizeable. on tuesday joffe sexton became the victim average dom attack while at 66th and elmwood. as many five teens stomped and beat him unconscious for no reason. >> five or six young males, punch him to the face, knock him to the grounds, knocked three of his teeth out, leave him on the ground. >> just three blocks away, a day before, police say there was another random attack on another teenager at a trolley stop. and a few days earlier, in that same area, a 52 year old man was hospitalized after a random and unprovoked attack while he was walking down the street. police believe all of these cases are linked to an r ogue and violent group of teenagers in we need these young men off the street. they are creating a lot of damage. >> joffe has a learning disability, and just ventured out to learn how to catch publ

the suspect is still believed to be on the run this morning, "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown explains how neighbors are making sure they do in the become the next victim. >> i walk past here all the time to go to work so it is disturbing. >> reporter: dana a jordan's walk to work has become much more unnerving on the heels of the attempted sexual assault that occurred on along her normal path. >> fight of her life. >> reporter: police say a 19 year-old woman found herself in the fierce fight with the man trying to rape her. she was walking home wednesday at 1:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of wharton street when she noticed a man following her. detectives say that is when she quickly grabbed her mace. >> she was aware that she was being a follow. she thought she was. as a precaution she took it out. if it wasn't for that, who knows what would have happened. >> reporter: surveillance video provided police with clear images of the suspect, also a glimpse of the victim struggle, her hand seen here around the suspect's neck. >> the man rush up behind her, tackled her to the ground and

good evening everyone i'm natasha brown.questions tonight why was the backhoe on the tracks and how will it effect the morning commute. it happened rt shortly before 8:00 this morning. and tonight federal investigators are examining date tan video from the train to determine what went so terribly wrong. now here is what we know at this hour. train 89 was down bound from savanna georgia to new york. two a.m. track employees were killed when the train slammed senate backhoe. people on board including conductor hospitalized. we do have life coverage. we begin with anita e live in trainer near the crash site. anita? >> reporter: good evening natasha. officials say they guilty a call about a crash in chest. then quickly realized the train had come to a stop not too hard behind me in trainer where investigators have been trying to piece together what happened. so far very few answers and a lot of questions. while their work may be over the investigations far from it. >> trains are moving again now. but all service along the northe

. >> good evening everyone i'm natasha brown.his shooting has sent shock waves throughout the kensington community as friend and family grapple with the loss of a little girl they loved so much. alexandria hof is life at police headquarters with new information i think the case for us. alex. >> reporter: the mother's boyfriend is inside of police headquarters right now. he had been wanted for questioning all evening. police say the gun that killed his child was his but that it was likely in the hands of a four year old victim's five year old sibling. there's nothing quite as painful as having to use a child's name in past tense. >> she was a great loving little girl. she was full of life. she was always willing to help. she was a big sister to her little brother. she was always, she was just very -- >> reporter: the godmother of four year old, the child known by many who loved her as tie tie just two 30 p.m. the young victim was pronounced dead the result of a gunshot the 200 block of may field street. >> is that is crazy. >> rep

good evening everyone i'm natasha brown.ng the questions tonight why was the backhoe on the tracks and how will it effect the morning commute. it happened rt shortly before 8:00 this morning. and tonight federal investigators are examining date tan video from the train to determine what went so terribly wrong. now here is what we know at this hour. train 89 was down bound from savanna georgia to new york. two a.m. track employees were killed when the train slammed senate backhoe. people on board including conductor hospitalized. we do have life coverage. we begin with anita e live in trainer near the crash site. anita? >> reporter: good evening natasha. officials say they guilty a call about a crash in chest. then quickly realized the train had come to a stop not too hard behind me in trainer where investigators have been trying to piece together what happened. so far very few answers and a lot of questions. while their work may be over the investigations far from it. >> trains are moving again now. but all service along the

natasha brown thank you so much for joining us everyone. pennsylvania is the 24th state to legalize the drug for medicine decimal purpose. anita e tells us when patients can expect the new treatment to become available. >> reporter: pennsylvania governor tom wolf signed senate bill three legalize medical marijuana in the state. >> we rock. >> reporter: bring years been years in the making especially for families like the elise whose five year old son suffers from uncontrollable seizures. >> this is huge. this could potentially safe his life and the lives of so many children. >> reporter: the law covers 17 conditions that can be treated using medical marijuana in slewing, seizures, als and chronic pain. >> this will ease the pain of many many people. >> reporter: lawmakers expected it will take up to two years to implement a program in state. provision kicks in win 30 days, parents using medical can in a bus to treat kids for approved conditions are protected from prosecution. >> there was no big money. there was no big lobby firm. these wer

reporting live, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> natasha and nancy, thanks very much. >>> on the republican side donald trump is expect to win all five states tonight where voters are heading to the polls including pennsylvania and delaware. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt checks in from election central, david. >> reporter: donald trump wants a clean sweep and get this race over with. he is looking forward to november but his opponent john kasich and ted cruz say they are not giving up. republican front runner donald trump is hoping for a clean sweep today and he made it clear he wants john kasich and ted cruz out. >> they ought to both drop out of the race so we can unify the republican party. >> reporter: polls suggest that trump will win all of today's contests, he has criticized deal made by cruz and kasich to slow him down. kasich will continue to new mexico and oregon, cruz in indiana. >> if you don't want to see hillary clinton as president and nominating donald trump ensures hillary clinton wins the general, i would ask governor kasich support tours stand with

reporting live, natasha brown for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> natasha, thank you. >>> bernie sanders is holding two events tomorrow, first he will make a stop in reading berks county for a town hall meeting and then rally with which supporters at greater philadelphia expo center in oaks, montgomery county. >>> on the republican side ted cruz shrugged off his third place loss in the new york primary and met with supporters at a museum in hershey, dot son county. he didn't stay very long. he is preparing for a g.o.p. fund raise inner indianapolis tomorrow. >>> john kasich is stumping hard for votes in pennsylvania as well. allegheny county native is planning two local appearances tomorrow. one will be a town hall on penn state's brandywine campus in media. other is a republican dinner in king of prussia. >>> front runner donald trump is taking his campaign to harrisburg tomorrow. then on friday he will rally with supporters at delaware state fair grounds in harring are harrington kent county. >>> philadelphia d.a. and committee of 70 will be keeping a close eye on the polls. they say a

good evening everyone i'm natasha brown thank you so much for joining us. this shooting happened about two hours ago the officer is hospitalled at penn presbyterian. craig argos has been following the details all night for us, greg. >> reporter: natasha grandparent evening we just heard from commissioner, he tells us the injured officer is a two year veteran of the philadelphia police department. he was shot in the left leg currently in stable condition here at penn presbyterian hospital. this all happened around nine o'clock tonight at the intersection of market and 59th street that's when the officer 24 year old james mccullough was approached by a woman who said two men were trying to steal her karma cul la and his partner went up when the that's when one of the suspects opened fire. shot in the left leg like i mentioned once again he is currently in stable condition. take a listen to how police commissioner ross explained what happened and how mccullough may have safed his own life. >> as they approached the two males exited the vehicle they started to

natasha brown, cbs news. >> and a bucks county mother is behind bars and facing child abuse charges after her daughter died at the hospital. detectives say 24-year-old kayla moore of morrisville admitted kicking her 2-year-old daughter in the head and body several times over the weekend. that girl died at children's hospital monday. >> it is very disturbing to see the small child in condition she was in. from some of the statements, if you can take this, the people at chop that deal with children all the time, they were horified at the condition of the child. >> and a second child in moore's home was removed and she is currently held without bail. >> and the family of a 16-year-old killed in the local high school bathroom says examiners are trying to benefit from the teenager's death. amy joiner francis died after alleged attack in girls bathroom howard high school of technology in the bathroom last week. there are bonus donation pages popping up online. parents say it is disturbing. >> they need to stop that and get arrested too. what you all put -- why are you all doing this. >> so far

natasha brown, cbs news. >> and a bucks county mother is behind bars and facing child abuse charges after her daughter died at the hospital. detectives say 24-year-old kayla moore of morrisville admitted kicking her 2-year-old daughter in the head and body several times over the weekend. that girl died at children's hospital monday. >> it is very disturbing to see the small child in condition she was in. from some of the statements, if you can take this, the people at chop that deal with children all the time, they were horified at the condition of the child. >> and a second child in moore's home was removed and she is currently held without bail. >> and the family of a 16-year-old killed in the local high school bathroom says examiners are trying to benefit from the teenager's death. amy joiner francis died after alleged attack in girls bathroom howard high school of technology in the bathroom last week. there are bonus donation pages popping up online. parents say it is disturbing. >> they need to stop that and get arrested too. what you all put -- why are you all doing this. >> so far

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us.ennsylvania's medical marijuana law has created a brand new type of industry and a whole lot of people are trying to get in on the ground level. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is at the conference center in olde city, the conference where organizers tell us the potential for profits really is sky high. >> reporter: even from up close, this appears like any other tech conference because, well, it is. >> this is an industry like any other industry that wants to operate in the open, that wants to operate with transparency. >> reporter: medicinal marijuana professionals melt in olde city for philadelphia's first ever cannabis business conference with the focus on innovation. >> we provide equipment and solutions lighting. we'rlighting. >> we allow patients to look at existing studies done on cannabis so they can understand how they can engage in that conversation with their doctor. >> reporter: this is two of more than a dozen companies represented today. all have been banking

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown.hanks for joining us. >>> the shooting happened about two:30 this afternoon on east mayfield street in kensington. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is there tonight. she's got the latest on the investigation into this extremely sad story. alex. >> reporter: yeah, natasha, this is kind of scenario where you hear four years old and you wish you heard it wrong but that is indeed the age of this young victim shot and killed today just moments ago her body removed from the home behind me. it was around 2:30 when the young victim known as tai-t. i was pronounced dead the result of a gun shot in the home on the 200 block of mayfield street. the four-year-old had four sisters and three brothers and lived in the home with her mother and father. she was described as a sweet child full of life who loved barbies and coloring. there are still many questions at this hour, first and foremost who pulled that trigger and under what circumstance as police continue to secure the scene. we are h

good night captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> natasha brown next on eyewitness news a deadly amtrak crash in delaware count. >> i seen a couple of people with things in their legs. >> we have our reporters spread out all across the area with live team coverage. win the last hour we've learned new information about the accident. eyewitness news starts >> a couple of the windows were broken out a lot of the seats were moved around. >> 72 it was crazy. nothing like this ever happened. it was crazy. like i was speechless. >> passengers describe the terrifying moments that at the amtrak train they were

. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown much thanks for joining us much police took the womano the special victims unit to interview her after she somehow managed to break free from her captor. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do tells us the west philadelphia neighborhood is on edge. >> reporter: neighbors who live on the 5700 block of large wood avenue in cobbs creek say nothing ever happens on their street until today. >> it was crazy. i didn't expect to see nothing like this. >> reporter: around 3:00 p.m. a 20-year-old woman beaten and bloodied escaped from a car where she was being held against her will. monique wright heard the commotion outside her window. >> i heard her screaming. i her, you know, i her her saying get off me, get off me! that's what made me come down i her another guy a pedestrian say get off of her! >> i heard yelling and iran to the window and saw a black car speeding off. >> reporter: investigators say around 4:00 this morning a man forced the woman into a vehicle at gun point near 49th and lancaster. described the car as black sedan with tinted win

good evening, i'm natasha brown. it all happened at the keystone fellowship church in north wales. greg argos shows us there is still plenty for police to figure out. . >> montgomery township police. >> usually go to the morning service at 9:00. i actually was studying for finals. >> reporter: during the 11:00 a.m. service. >> the shooting. the keystone fellowship church. >> we were worshipping and you hear three different gunshots right after. everybody kind of went on the floor and was hiding. >> fight broke out between two church members at the keystone fellowship church in montgomery township. >> the active shooter 427 stadium road. >> reporter: we know the man killed is 27-year-old robert braxton of north wales. we still don't know exactly why braxton was shot. >> there was a disturbance that escalated into an altercation between two church members. at least one shot was fired by a church member involved in the altercation. >> reporter: kevin steele says the shooter has not been arrested and is cooperating with police. >> we're going to have to determine whether the shooting w

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us.ay wright's squad is minute away from tipoff at the final four in houston and we've got live team coverage for you tonight. alex hoff is on the nova campus. lesley van arsdale is in houston. lesley we'll start with you of course. a huge night for nova nation. >> reporter: oh, you know, natasha it doesn't get much bigger than this. we had the vice president just pull up here a few minutes ago with his wife who is a villanova grad and the kids know how big this is. they're enjoying the moment but jay wright has done such a great job of keeping this group focused and, hey, they are ready for oklahoma. oklahoma may have handed villanova their worst loss of the season back in december but they're a different team now. still, they're not taking the sooners for granted. >> they're a great team. they're in the final four for a reason. they smacked us earlier in the year and we've continued to learn from that game. >> don't take them for granted. what happened in hawaii and it's a new game, a d