newtown looks as it did the day before that day.outdated; it was founded before the revolution, its flag pole raised after the civil war, and its town hall erected in the great depression. but, for those who know only the name, the history of newtown, connecticut begins on december 14, 2012, when a mentally ill man murdered 20 first-graders and six educators at sandy hook elementary school. ana grace was the daughter of nelba and jimmy greene. have you found people who don't know you, after all these years, expecting you to get over what happened? >> nelba greene: you just took my breath away, because that happens a lot and it is so incredibly painful. it's like losing her all over again. >> jimmy greene: there have been those that have said things like, "you know, so you guys are good now?" or "i hope you've had some closure to your daughter's murder." in the back of my heart, and i know in nelba's as well, it's like our family will never be intact again. our daughter, ana, was six years old. >> pelley: it was in that town hall, fo

. >> the group is holding another vigil tonight in newtown, in support of the victims. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "itness news" at state and center streets last night, at least 100 people joined to denounce racism. organizers say they wanted to make an impression on those passing by. one woman says the attack over the weekend brought back bad memories for her. >> the same thing happens that happened in europe. it is just -- >> folks then headed to the newtown friends meeting house to discuss ways to keep peace in their community, tonight's vigil at 7:30 in the garden of reflection in newtown. >> a man charged with sexually assaulting two children in the in a south philadelphia day care center has a preliminary hearing today. duncan round of medford lakes, new jersey, is charged with rape and sexual assault. police say he is accused of assaulting a five year old boy and girl at sprouts day care center, which he once owned and operated. pennsylvania department of human services has since shut down the center. >> hearing from neighbors in normally quiet community, after a citizen is tied up and robbed

. >> "eyewitness news" at state and center streets in newtown last night, at least 100 people joined in the gathering to denounce racism. organizers say they wanted their rally for peace to make an impression on those passing by. >> there is not a lot of diversity here. but it makes me feel real good about where i'm living at now. i'm so glad to see this. >> the group then marched to the newtown friends meeting house where they discussed ways to keep peace in their community. tonight's vigil is at clock 30 in the garden of reflection in newtown. >>> for the first time since his inauguration, president trump will be waking up at new york city's trump tower. last night thousands of protesters and dozens of supporters were outside the manhattan skyscraper, the president's motorcade bypassed the demonstrators, now the message seems to vary, some calling for impeach. , others denouncing white supremacy, many say they'd been out there all day. >> and coming here today, so we are going to send him message ... that this is what america looks like. >> some of the protesters were critical of t

bloomquist is off and investigators are on the scene in delaware county after a person was found dead in newtown square and septa takes action to keep people safe. the way to report crimes during your commute. >>> and the big story is the the rising racial tension sweeping the nation after the weekend of violence in virginia. the demonstration was the flash point in charlottesville. and now pressure to take monuments down and it's hitting home after someone is demanding the removal of a polarizing statue here in philadelphia. jeanette reyes is here with more on that. >> reporter: well rick, aside from donald trump's comments yesterday setting off a firestorm. it's igniting an ongoing debate in philadelphia. should the frank rizzo statue here be taken down. hours ago the man walked up and pelted the statue with eggs showing of course where he stands on this issue. >> after apparently being vandalized tuesday night. this afternoon in broad daylight. a man stood outside of the newly placed barricades and pelted the frank rizzo statue with eggs. police chased after him and he was quickly arrested. t

then walked to the newtown friends meeting house to talk over the issues. the mother of a woman killed in charlottesville when a man drove into a crowd is talking. she wants the world to know about her only daughter. >> i, um, admired her courage so often in times i would be like, all right, be cautious, be cautious. think about how you say this. no, mom. we have to speak up. we have to say these things. and she did. and i am so proud of the way that she was conducting herself on the day she died. >> susan bro wants her daughter's dental not to be a source for hatred but instead of instead love and compassion and call to end injustices heather heyer would have wanted. a judge denied man to the man accused of killing her. >>> two full days after that violence in charlottesville, president trump is now calling out the white vest him groups behind the riots in that city by name. >> racism is evil. and those who call cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neonatzis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to

county line road at newtown road here in upper moreland township watch for crews on the scene with thatne. whenever you have a downed pole sometimes it takes a little longer to clear but this one has just cleared on cherry lane at mos erode in pottstown. traffic is moving a lot better. in morrisville route one northbound at oxford valley. police are telling us it's an accident involving a vehicle that drove off into the woods here so we have crews on the scene dealing with that accident as well. outside live on the vine street expressway no overnight construction. the vine is opened. we've got light volume. we're still dry here. good to go at least on the vine. matt and jeanette. >> thank you, karen. >>> the rain continues to fall in the houston area and throughout the night there have been scenes like this one up on the screen playing out. >> volunteers continue their rescue efforts using dump trucks and boats to get to the people still stuck in flooded neighborhoods all over the city. >> houston's convention center is at capacity but will not turn people away. as of early this morning

. >> "eyewitness news" at state and center streets in newtown last night, at least 100 people joined the gathering to denounce racism. organizers say they wanted to rally for peace in the community, and one woman said it really made a lasting impression on her. >> there is not a lot of diversity, but this makes me feel rooked good about where i am living at right now, i'm so glad to see this. >> the group then marched to the newtown friends meeting house where they discussed ways to keep peace in their own community, tonight's vigil 7:30 garden of reflection in newtown. >> philadelphia police on manhunt for suspect who targeted earl he will earlly woman for a home invasion. investigators say the man broke into the house around 2:00 yesterday afternoon, and tied up a 84 year old woman in her basement using belts. he then got away with cash. the woman managed to untie herself. >>> had her tied up in the basement. she untied herself. went up and yelled fire. the woman is a seen just, a friends, i've always admired her. >> police don't have much after description, only the suspect thin w

newtown at 74. clay month 70. smyrna 71. dover 75. coast and cape may 78.nsville in the lower 70s. we are starting to dry out. this is the plethora of activity we were tracking today. warnings north and west of philadelphia, all of the moisture falling apart as it works its way to a relatively stable atmosphere. sunday, sunny and low humidity. we'll max out tomorrow in the upper 80s. the solar eclipse takes play monday. if you are in oregon, you are in the path of totality, 100% chance of seeing the money eclipse the soon. here in philadelphia, we see 80% of the sun eclipsing the moon. you need proper glasses. might be a good idea to find a watch party or hope for a sunny sky. it will be a sight to see in the sky come monday. the last solar eclipse in 1979. it's a nice day, high of 83. the ocean temperature in the lower 70s. the poconos tomorrow, a high of 77. lots of sun and a pleasant afternoon. here's the seven-day forecast, tomorrow, mostly sunny, a high of 86. sunny and warm monday, a high of 89. a high of 91. on wednesday, it's humid with thunderstorm

extremely disappointed because i happen to be jewish and i was in connecticut, which i'm originally from newtown, connecticut the last weekend my visiting my family there. i heard more news when i got home. know if c-span ever invited -- i know you've had jewish people on talking before, but with the charlottesville think my don't know if you've invited anybody from the anti-defamation league or a rabbi or some other jewish person to come on representing a group. , butawful with the kkk it's also awful with these not nazis marching-- down in charlottesville. it was a horrible thing to see such a thing in 2017 in the nine states of america. dust in the united states of america. to see such a thing in 2017 in the united states of america. i haven't seen too many jewish commentators talking. and respect the black commentators that have come on, but i don't know why -- all the jews and people of color that are in the trump administration really should resign after what he said. i'm glad steve bannon is gone. himself in my opinion is a sympathizer to these groups. that's how i feel. wimps.e especiall

and yardley road at newtown bypass. we are watching a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound direction in malvern and speeds in the 30s west of valley forge. but in hamilton township 130 southbound is blocked single digit speed as approaching the closure point and head for the new jersey turnpike southbound where the crash there is gone. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt. >>> stepping outside thousand with a live look from sky 6 hd giving us the view in cape may. looks like a bit of water here on the camera lens. >> kind of windy too you can tell from the flag under the label there. meteorologist, cecily tynan, has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. "feeling alright" plays ] with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're all right with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling all right, baby? ♪ with simply

. >> up here 413 in newtown, off 413 in new on? >> 413 and 332 the bypass, on the corner. >> why don't you start on back down there. check out this gigantic slip and slide. >> this has to be the highlight of the summer? >> absolutely, 100-foot slip and slide, go whipping down here, that is blast. >> should i come down the slide? >> yeah! >> let's do it, come on, hole on, somebody hold this. okay, here you go, hon, holds that. >> okay? you ready? >> on the count of three, here >> oh, man. >> count of three. ready, one, two, three. >> watch your sacroiliac. >> yeah! >> oh, my goodness. >> yeah! >> that's -- >> now he doesn't have to shower. that's good. >> but let's watch him get up. watch this. >> (laughing). >> here you go. >> oh, he's good. >> i never could have gotten up. >> he drove me from margate to the station and back to newtown. wow. >> he get paid by the mile. >> yes. hour and 45 minute total. >> one of our photographers, best in the business. you know he does 200 pushups every day? >> is that true? >> with one hand. >> wh

. >> for those who know only the name, the history of newtown, connecticut begins on december 14, 2012 mentally ill man murdered 20 first-graders and six educators at sandy hook elementary school. ana grace was the daughter of nelba and jimmy greene. >> one of the most compelling sermons i've ever heard was given at my daughter's funeral. it talks about jesus being with us in every season of our lives, and that ana's death would signify the beginning of a long and hard winter season. >> is it springtime yet? >> i can't imagine a day that it will be spring. >> accusat t

>> an investigation is underway in delaware county after the discovery of a body inside a home in newtown square. the body was in the house for an extended period of time there was an odor coming from the home on the 200 block of overbrook drive. neighbors say two brothers in their 50s lived in the home and kept to themselves. >> last week when i was pulling out, the one brother was pulling out and he waved at me, which was weird because they are not very social. so he waved at me, i waved back, there was the last i saw them. >> the medical examiner's office was not determined a cause of death. >>> new this morning, allentown city council is making moves to force he had polowsky out of office. the mayor was indicted last month on 54 criminal counts and charges he directed a pay to play schemes with city contracts were traded for donations. he refuses to step down and running for re-election. >>> the man who killed an 18-year-old girl in a road rage incident is still in jail. a highway confrontation escalated on june 28. we'll have a live report from the site of the preliminary hearing in

. >>> after a body was found in a newtown square home. police were called to the home to perform a wellness check on two brothers. police immediately smelled a decomposing body. we still don't know many of the circumstances surrounding this. we'll keep you updated. >>> runners are trying to keep attention on an unsolved sought case. they raised money for the county's victim's services. early this month a man came up and attacked her at gun point. police have not made any arrests. >> we support the victim and we're not going lo allege anyone. make us want to run somewhere else. >> i hope they know they can't come out and do this to people. >> there's a $10,000 reward for information in the case. >>> now to five things you need to know before you head out the door. >> federal appeals court is denying the request to stop the request. officials have argued the officials have argued that ponding water has created a safety hazard. >>> and the powerball jackpot balloons to more than $50 million. but remember, just because you did hit the jackpot

but, it does have the right lane taken out on i-95 northbound newtown. now, we've got foggy conditions, all over the place, as we try to look at this shot from the new jersey side of the ben franklin bridge. we can see it, but through a lot of haze, we've got a look at the vine street expressway, construction in both directions, that is still going on for another half hour or so. that overhead bridge work continues on this wednesday morning. karen, thomas? >> i didn't wait long. i didn't wait long. i didn't wait long. i wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what i said was correct, not make a quick statement, the statement i made on saturday, the first statement, was a fine statement. but you don't make statements that direct unless you know the fact. >> got pretty heated there on the trump tower yesterday. the president clarifying his comments again about the deadly violence in charlottesville. >> the president speaking on the tragedy for the third time yesterday, during a news conference, that was supposed to be about transportation. presi

at the garden of reflection here in newtown. reporting in bucks county, alexandria hoff. >> two more ceos have quit a white house advisory council. late today both under armour and intel ceo announced their decisions to resign. earlier in the day the ceo of merck announced he was leaving the group. he announced a statement saying america's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy. he is one of the few african-americans to lead a fortune 500 country. president trump fired back saying he will have time to lower rip-off drug prices. >> a man caught on video disgracing a synagogue. take a look at this video in northeast. early sunday morning that man approached the synagogue doors, made an obscene hand gesture and urinated on the synagogue. >> his intention was to go there. he chose the synagogue. >> the man fled the scene in a white 4-door sedan. if you have information, contact police. >> police say they have found more than 100 marijuana plants growing insid

it begins in newtown. stay with nbc 10 for the latest develops in charlottesville. you can see a gallon arrir rga d pictures and vigils. >>> someone tied up an 84 why would wom would-year-old woman with fish scene. >> reporter: it happened at this home on south front street. this corner house here and police say that the suspect went around back and broke in through a door or window and tied her up using belts. she was able to escape. this 84-year-old woman was not harmed, just shaken up after a man broke inside her home around 2:00 this afternoon. >> he had her tied up in the baft a basement and she yelled fire. >> reporter: he grabbed her from behind and used belts to restrain the woman on. she yelled fire and he ran off. >> her arms were red and she was screaming indicating that someone is in her home. >> reporter: police took pictures of the property and news quickly spread. >> sounds like a defeat comple n anoma anomaly. >> seems like a freak are thing around here. >> reporter: neighbors say stories like this make them think twice. >> make sure that i lock the

right along newtown road. wednesday the pa turnpike. looks good so far. westbound and eastbound. speeds into the high 60s. >>> 5:02. 66 degrees outside. breaking right now. dramatic look at a new video into the newsroom. # another round of rain in store for soaked and battered southeastern texas. thousands of people forced from houston homes. floodwaters there rise to three feet. the center of the storm has moved off the coast and is expected to track back inland tomorrow. which means periods of torrential rain and more flooding. tropical storm harvey has been blamed for three deaths. several people missing includen an entire family. floodwaters chest deep are stretching the resources thin. hundreds of volunteers are using their own boats to save people from the water. >>> these guys are heroses to me. we were just over there struggling. >> we're not heros or anything. just here to help people. >> tens of thousands filling area shelters. including houston's main convention center. mayor called it a total care operation. death toll appeared to jump by six yesterday news that a van

in newtown there was a walk and vigil in response. the organizers say they don't like the tone patriot and racism sweep iing across the u.s. >> there are so many people that are still say hitler is all right. that's why i came out to fight against. going. >> take a good look here. that's her prisoner number when she was locked up in a concentration. >>> police want to know if you have been stalked by a peeping tom while shopping. he was az cued of following women into the target store and video taping her in a fitting room as she changed. police believe he's done the same thing to 100 other women. >> really scary and creepy because you think that you're shopping for your own stuff privately in a dressi ining rood you're being exploited. >> search warrant to analyze the data to find out where else he may have recorded women undressing. >>> six minutes after 5:00. we have a cloudy start with a few showers in the area. that's a live view from center city. . it's going to be a cloudy view through the morning and for most of the afternoon.

newtown at 79. there's the high clouds coming up from virginia, but there's no groan or yellow there. just clouds. western pennsylvania has a few little showers, but the big thunderstorms are up near chicago and coming around this upper air low in minneapolis. that's of the system that's going to be coming our way and also affecting green bay. you can see some of the storms that have been going on there, but it's tending to be drier to the west. a couple storms to track. we'll check that in a pregame show. now on friday, we're starting off dry. we have clouds. maybe some showers by late in the day in the lehigh valley. berks county in the western areas. it stays away from much of the region for much of the day and night. but saturday comes and especially in delaware and south engineer e see, you have some of these periods of heavy rain, some showers and even during the afternoon a possibility. keeps the temperature down. not a day. maybe not a total washout, but it's not a a great day. especially co

and also watching in upper moreland for a crash on county line road around newtown road. katie, back to you. >>> fourth straight day of heavy rain is expected in houston. >> the death toll from harvey is at least three. could be nine right now. . president trump will tour the coast in corpus christi where harvey first made land fall as a hurricane. stretching the resources of response teams. hundreds of volunteers using boats to save people from in the water and from rooftops. the death toll appeared to jump yesterday with news a van carrying this elderly couple and grandchildren was swept away by floodwaters: officials have not confirmed it. when it comes to search and rescue; just about any vehicle that can cut through high water is being utilized. >> these guys are heros to me. >> we're no heros or anything. just here to help people. >> tens of thousands are filling area shelters. including houston's main convention center. mayor called it a total care operation. >> houston emergency crews getting a much needed lifeline from anyone with a boat who is willing to help. w

at the garden of reflection here in newtown. reporting in bucks county, alexandria hoff. >> two more ceos have quit a white house advisory council. late today both under armour and intel ceo announced their decisions to resign. earlier in the day the ceo of merck announced he was leaving the group. he announced a statement saying america's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy. he is one of the few african-americans to lead a fortune 500 country. president trump fired back saying he will have time to lower rip-off drug prices. >> a man caught on video disgracing a synagogue. take a look at this video in northeast. early sunday morning that man approached the synagogue doors, made an obscene hand gesture and urinated on the synagogue. >> his intention was to go there. he chose the synagogue. >> the man fled the scene in a white 4-door sedan. if you have information, contact police. >> police say they have found more than 100 marijuana plants growing insid

disable military veteran gray along with two other families in this stretch of newtown homes was abouto enter a brave new world. homeownership. thanks to volunteers at habitat for humanity of montgomery and delaware counties, and his own hard work. in welcome home. participate in this program they must meet financial qualifications earning under the county's median income while proving they can make mortgage payments. all participants must contribute 200 hours of sweat he can quit. literally helping to build their own homes. >> it's a sense of pride, because, you know, you're building something with roar own hands. >>> they take classes in financial literacy how to pay their bills and perform basic home repairs and maintenance. they are now part of a communi community. >> that's part of our education as well making sure they understand that it's a big transition between rendering and owning a home and that you're responsible for your land and your up keep and making sure you're being a good neighbor to other people. >> this is nice, right. >> reporter: house tour brought smiles to the

police are keeping people away from the 200 block of overbrook drive in newtown square.ody was found inside of a home there. one investigator appeared to be putting on a hazmat suit before entering the property. it is unclear how long the body may have been there or how the person died. >>> police in allentown continue to search for three people who were part of a deadly robbery attempt on sunday morning. this happened on the 1300 block of linden street. four armed intruders burst in and before it was over, 39-year-old jermaine taylor was shot and killed in front of his eight-year-old daughter. police have tracked bloody footprints to the home of 29-year-old isaac navarro and he was placed under arrest. >> a jeep wanted in connection with a deadly hit-and-run in center city was found in collingdale, delaware county on tuesday afternoon. "action news" was there as philadelphia police arrived to secure the evidence. police believe this is the jeep involved in the crash that killed a woman as she crossed race street in the early hours of august 6th. investigators continue t

officials in delaware county launched a suspicious death investigation after a body was found in a newtown square home. police were called to the home on overbrook drive yesterday to check that everything was okay. neighbor reported they hadn't seen two adult brothers who live there. police found the younger brother in his 50s dead in the bedroom. the older brother was taken to the hospital. >>> new at 11:00, prayers and calls for peace. philadelphia police organized this prayer vigil and peace walk in manchua after a shooting at a block party injured four people over the weekend. the shooting happened sunday night as officers tried to break up a party involving hundreds of teenagers near 39th and mellon street. neighbors say the violence has to stop. >> black killing black, white killing white. black/white. it don't even matter what color you are, you know what i'm saying? police around here every day now. thank god. eni don't want to get hurt. >> police are still searching for the gunman in that shooting. >>> prosecutors say jealousy may have motivated a south jersey man accused of killi

police are keeping people away from the 200 block of overbrook drive in newtown square.hat's where a body was found inside a home. investigator appears to be putting on a hazmat suit before going into that property. it's unclear how long the body may have been there or how this person died. >>> police have made a potential break in a deadly hit-and-run in center city. they say a tip led investigators to a white jeep rangler in collingdale delaware county yesterday afternoon and police believe this is the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that killed a woman in the 1300 block of race street back on august 6th. the owner claims he was not the one behind the wheel. police want to question three other men captured on surveillance video on the night of the incident. >> an alligator discovered in an atlantic city motel is being cared for this morning at the cape may county zoo. the 3-foot long reptile was found during a raid at the bay view inn and suites. a resident said the animal's owner abandoned it and levittown. bay view has been condemned forcing 33 people to find a new

say the detective and an officer noticed the suspect tampering with equipment at a gas station on newtownnue. the officer's ordered the suspect to stop. well, that's when he allegedly drove his atv toward them, hitting the door of the patrol car before striking that detective. the officer also injured in the incident, both were treated at the hospital and released. >> it appears us secretary of state, rex tillerson, managed to @ void meeting with top diplomate at summit of southeast asia nations. tillerson skipped aedine their both men were scheduled to attend, over the weekends, the united nations security counsel voted to enact new sanctions on north korea following tests every inter-continental balistic missiles which have the potential to carry nuclear weapons. cbs this morning will have more on this sanctions, at the 7:00 right after "eyewitness news" this morning here on cbs-3. >> well, president trump is staying at his property in somerset county new jersey, while the white house gets a make over. the executive mansion long overdue for major upgrade. there has not been a renovation

it happened at 6:30 this morning at saint david road and mill view lane in newtown square. investigators say a 20 year-old man who control of his vehicle and crashed in the fence. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> softball field has been re dedicated at the jones community center in wilmington members of the cedar heights bell dear community showed up at unveiling of the new signs for george william connor peel , the 70's and 80's mr. connor dedicated much of his free time to the local softball team. original sign bearing his name has been taterd by years of snow, rain, and wind. >>> and an honor of national peace month it is peach festival time at peddler's village. of course this event features locally grown peaches and just about everything you can dream of making with peaches from jams, butter, pastry and pie. festival continues tomorrow. >>> this festival is not so sweet, if you prefer things that slitter and crawl, bug fest, yes, i say bid buggies for you at this drexel university. hundreds of live, winged and multi legged creatures are on kiss play. there are

. >> i'm the owner of the newtown athletic club in pennsylvania. cochair of the largest trade organization for fitness industry, and an advocate through my business of the right to try bill. i would like to ask both of you, what are the experiences you have had that you would like to share, some of the do's and don'ts that would be beneficial to us today? mrs. mcmahon: every entrepreneur goes into business knowing they are taking a risk. you have to manage the downside risk. one of the ups and downs, i have been bankrupt. my house was auctioned in my car repossessed. seven months pregnant with our second child. when i talked to entrepreneurs with failing businesses, some referred to it as a bad patch. they are determined to come back. one of the most inspirational things to me is to listen to entrepreneurs, how they get through the tough times. i've often said it is not how you fall, it is how you get back up. [applause] mrs. mcmahon: -- ivanka: i've had an interesting experience. i'm an entrepreneur, having started my own business, also worked in

. >>> an overnight investigation in newtown square where a body was found in a home.s of the victim's death. >>> and an announcement from septa. how it could change the way you think about your daily commute and of course we've got your weather and traffic. "action news" is just ahead. >> ♪ 91 today in atlanta. >>> as we await the impending arrival of the great american eclipse, we take a look at how much things have changed in the 38 years since the last one was visible in the u.s. >> abc's maggie rulli shows you the best apps to experience this once in a lifetime event and tips for taking the best photos. >> this is the best picture we've had yet. >> reporter: a lot has changed in the last 40 years since we last saw a total solar eclipse in the u.s. >> the big difference now you're able to have this instantaneous conversation. you can send them pictures. you can see what they're seeing. something we never had before. >> reporter: dan ackerman says thanks to social media, the eclipse could become the most shared event in human history and technology is making it easi

color="#ffff00">>> for those who know only the name, the history of newtownf00">connecticut begins on december 14, 2012, when a mentally ill man murdered 20 first-graders and six educators at sandy hook elementary school. ana grace was the daughter of nelba and jimmy greene. >> one of the most compelling sermons i've ever heard was given at my daughter's funeral. it talks about jesus being with us in every season of our lives, and that ana's death would signify the beginning of a long and hard winter season. >> is it springtime yet? >> i can't imagine a day that it will be sp