reporting live, i'm rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will keep you updated, rahel, thank you. >>> a driver cause aid fiery crash and tonight we are learning what may have led to the accident. >>> getting in the holiday spirit and putting the giving in thanksgiving. how these volunteers are battling the clock to get those turkey meals out on time, kate. >>> coldest day we have felt in quite sometime even a few snow flurries in the poconos earlier today but will it stay cold for your thanksgiving who will will day still in's have full seven day forecast coming up, don. >>> eagles aren't who we thought they were so now what, time for radical changes or should they stay the course. chip kelly has some explaining to to do don't miss what the head coach has to say later in sports. blank facing dui charge after an early morning crash in 295 in west deptford. twenty-six year-old eileen dougherty of boothwyn was driving northbound in t southbound lanes when her prius smashed head on, into a pickup truck. that driver was able to escape before his truck burst into flames. the highwa

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is live with more on this, rahel it was a little girl's feel hockey coach who nominated her the award. she has come to practice with a smile on perfect face. margaret stewart has probably been dealt more hard ship in just her 11 short years then most. >> it is really hard to live in a shelter. >> reporter: she and her mom have been living in home less shelters in philadelphia for the the last two years. her situation is reality for many, according to project home, 12,000 people, including families, live in shelters each year. >> we're grateful because if we didn't have our children we would be on the street but part of us get taken from that because we cannot give our children what we want to give them. >> reporter: lately their luck has changed, monday two local stylist offered free hair and make up, ahead of monday night's recognition. because when you do good you want to look and feel good. >> every game we do a strong kid of the game award, sixers strong kid. what we recognize somebody who defies the odd. somebody who represents perseveranc

reporting live rahel solomon, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> just disturbing, rahel, thank you. turning to the weather, tracking more rain today, we want to check in now with meteorologist, kyla grogan in the weather center. working out for your commute, sounds like, kyla? >> that's right. good news it came in after our morning commute started and it will be kind of out of here before the afternoon commute. but there -- >> always a but. >> right? today the wind will start kicking up everybody, and it will stick with us not just today but tomorrow, even into saturday. and it is a little bit nasty. looks like headlines for today, and that's it it is gloomy out, there still mild, temperatures low 60s, wind will be with us through saturday and cooler temperatures, 50's on the way. let's take live look at storm scan3, you can see the lighter showers, some just rolled through philadelphia, we will get few more, but they will be out of here relatively soon. so not bad on the front of rain. but we are going to get the wind kicking, right now not bad, 57 degrees, live look at center city

"eyewitness news" reporter, rahel solomon, joins us with more on the big decision, what it means for the future of policing in philadelphia. good afternoon, rahel. >> good afternoon, many people expected today announcement, first deputy commissioner richard ross, he is a philly guy, born and raised, and he's been with the police department since 1989. so while many people expect's today a ands. no what's still unclear what's next for the police department. what changes may be coming. now, ross is here now, i just spoke to him, he says this is not about him. he says he is very excited for the city. we are hearing there could possibly be some mention at today's meeting of the stop and frisk policy, mayor-elect jim kenney, has made it very clear he does not support the highly controversial policy, and feels it create division between the community and police. ross' bio states he is believer in community policing but whether he will do away with stop and frisk which critics say unfairly targets minorities, and oftentimes, does not result in arrests, again, is unclear. currently, ross ove

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us with the shocking figures, rahel, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ukee. i should say that philadelphia police say 2014 was a historically low year for violent crime. that said numbers for 2015, some might find shocking especially when you consider the the number of teens being charged for murder has significantly gone up. >> my son walks out, sunday morning, i never in my life thought that he would be dying that day. >> reporter: she will never see her son's smile again. she will never see him play basketball. she has only memories. her only child, 16 year-old salem west was gunned down earlier this year while riding a bike in strawberry mansion. the suspects are two other teens, ra him feaster and tyre johnson. >> he was taken away. >> reporter: according to police figures obtained by "eyewitness news" more and more families are losing loved ones at the hand of the juveniles. 2014, three teens were charged for three different murders. so far this year 12 teens have been charged for nine murders. hamilton and brandon smith we

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon is in wayne to tell you more, rahel, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ukee. there have been sexting scandal in colorado, new york and here at home chester county d.a. says no more different. four young boys are facing charges, some felonies a and we want to remind you some language you may hear are offence i have. >> that ho over there. and the most hated girl in school. >> reporter: word so ugly, so, traumatizing it may be hard to believe that prosecutors say a 13 year-old girl was, subjected to this day after day. >> they isolated her, they made fun of her, they did everything that they could to make her life hell on earth. >> reporter: bullying began after the victim sent suggestive photos to her then boyfriend. after they broke up he sent those photos to his friend who also shared it. thursday a statement from the victim was read. >> bullying and harassment are never okay, on any level, norris supporting bullying. >> reporter: chester county d.a. tom hogan says sexting a among children effects nearly every school in every district. ty

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has more from the gloucester county police department rahel. >> reporter: police say dad reported biting into some chocolate and finding a needle in it. ultimately they have decide that had was a fakery. but when they asked him why he lied, he reportly said he was just trying to teach his son a lesson. >> i was like, why not just throw canned a way. >> reporter: it is a a child's worst fear after what many will tell you is parent's worst nightmare. >> reportedly found some needles inside a candy bar. >> very, very scary. >> reporter: sources tell me this is facebook post that alarmed neighbors but police say once they have started asking robert le drew questions, they have realized it was a hoax. >> he eventually admitted and confessed he tampered with the candy himself. >> reporter: we tried to speak with le drew ourselves but in one answered the door. meanwhile, law enforcement the and kenneth square chester county are investigating reports of the six pieces of canned which needles inside. late monday police told "eyewitness news" they are st

rahel, happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: erika, happy thanksgiving. and what a happy thanksgiving it is, of course, so many people out here, in a good mood, because of the holiday, but what's up with this weather it is so warm out here, sun is out, it is shining, and a lot of us aren't even wearing coats. so what a happy day it is. but as you mention, the parade is just now starting to wrap up. the santa float came by about ten minutes ago, santa came little early this year, so people out here feel like they've seen it all, feeling very happy, and having a happy thanksgiving. can i ask what you're thankful for this year? >> i'm thankful for a loft stuff. first i'm thankful for my beautiful family and i'm just thankful to be here too. i had a beautiful time. >> oh, that's wonderful. he said 'd beautiful time. really hearing that so much today, people just so thankful for their family, for their friends, to have food to put on the table, and so it is really just such a beautiful day out here. now, i can tell you that what is a thanksgiving day parade wi

solomon looks at policy changes we can expect with this new administration, rahel, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ukee. a as you mentioned the a announcement has been made, no major surprise there, many people expected first deputy commissioner richard ross to assume the role but attention is turning to what happens after the new administration is sworn in. >> foundation here. >> reporter: with the leader of the local naacp to his right and first deputy commissioner richard ross to his left, mayor-elect jim kenney made it known that ross will be philadelphia's next top cop. >> i don't think we had to go anywhere. >> reporter: focus of the announcement held at cbs broadcast center quickly shift todd possible changes in department policies, including stop and frisk. >> we obviously cannot arbitrarily stop people for no reason. >> reporter: kenney has been highly critical of the policing method. while he wouldn't say he would completely do away with it, he said more training is needed. >> better training on the police side, better information on the public, better interaction

the "eyewitness news" reporter rahel son monday joins us from 22nd and the park which with that story tonight, rahel. >> reporter: at 9:45 in the morning you can only imagine how many people were watching this unfold, in shots. i spoke to two men who were on the sixth floor of the building, just behind me just overhead, where all of this happened, they say they have heard a lot of booms, came to the window and just below them saw a shoot-out between one of the suspects and state powe lease. >> i looked outside the window and sure enough, it was a exchange of gunfire. >> how many shots. >> i'm guessing probably 30. >> reporter: witnesses say moment a after moments on tuesday morning on this stretch of the vine street expressway, simply it was surreal. >> it was quite amazing. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police say while trying to stop this white sedan the the driver began firing at a trooper before crashing into this school bus. the ensuing smoke could be seen for miles away. >> it was accelerating, tires were smoking, you could hear engine revving throughout the gun fire and withi

tonight that woman's family is speaking out and talking to our rahel solomon. she's live from southwest philadelphia with more, rahel. >> reporter: jessica, septa officials tell me route 11 trolley would have been pacing 54th and wood land about every ten minutes yesterday morning. but powe police say one driver decided he would not wait, and he is facing a long list of charges, three young boys are without their mother. the driver would have likely saved himself a minute, maybe two, but because of that impatients 38 year-old miriam wilson a mother of three is dead. all i have left. >> reporter: monday morning around 9:30 miriam was trying to cross 54th and wood lannon her home. the authorities say the driver, 23 year-old mal kay armstrong decided he would not wait, speeding around the left side of the trolley, through a red light, hitting and killing the friends call meme before striking another car in the opposite direction. >> it appears that he was trying to get away from the scene initially. >> would i say probably just from the fact he was in the rush to

in this sexting controversy was a student, rahel. >> reporter: good evening. we're told that victim is now a a high school student. she was apparently like to start speaking out to other young victims of these crimes but chester county d.a. says she has been a very brave girl but no one should have to endure what she did. prosecutors needed a a flowchart just to explain how it all happened. >> boy one and girl are going out, and that is the victim. >> reporter: boy asked for suggestive photos, a girl agrees. things go south for young relationship and those pictures are shared among friend, shared among classmates, and then shared some more. >> they went after her on line, they went after her on social media, they went after her in school, as well. >> reporter: bullying here is believed to have happened last spring when the three boys and female victim were still in middle school at valley forge. the thursday a statement from the victim was read. >> if you are being bullied, don't be afraid and don't lose hope. you are stronger then you think. ask for help. >>

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has details from the pennsylvania convention center, rahel. >> reporter: good evening, guess contact we have been speaking to all types of business owners to day, some have just started, others hoff been doing this for quite sometime. but we also talk to a local mom who said she started baking cookies as a need for her daughter and now she hopes her product can help others. like many great ideas patty learner's was born out of necessity. >> i started to bake for kara because after going out in the stores i could not find anything healthy. >> reporter: kara has severe food allergies, although patty started toying with ingredient until she whipped up what can only be described as creamy, delicious cookie dough that unlike many similar products can be baked. >> it is all allergen free. >> reporter: bucks county mommies part of the growing trend, according to one recent report, would the man are looking to start their own businesses. a according to the study, some of the reasons why include lack of fair pay, or promotion in the work place. somethi

rahel solomon has more. >> we checked our -- went find any in the snickers only in the twix. >> reporter: instead of eating his candy he's trying to help police understand why his twixhad a needle in it. >> how could anybody do anything like that? that's unbelievable. >> reporter: police say around midnight they received a report of sewing needles in five twix bars. he first saw a post on facebook about a needle in a snickers bar, he and his friends checked theirs and made the apparent discovery. >> there were four kids involved. they're not all related. two separate families. before a but they went trick or treating together. >> reporter: police tell "eyewitness news" they investigate all complaints as legitimate until proven otherwise, but the report was enough to prompt police to send out alerts early sunday morning warning neighbors. >> they just said they should check the candy again. >> reporter: by sunday afternoon another child came forward, he found a needle in in his snickers bark they do not think that 12-year-old went trick or treating with mic gel and the others. >> we were

reporting from the steps of the art museum, rahel will solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a favorite local holiday tradition in the city returns tonight. >> i love this. the the lights will be turned on for franklin square holiday festival, yep, it that is time already. more than 50,000 lights synchronized to music will castle visitors at the park at sixth and race streets. lights will be turned on at 5:00 tonight with special performance by the philly pops if you want to check it out. >> so beautiful. >> still ahead, owner of the sixers ruffled feathers a a at a youth soccer fan. >> hear why he is a apologize to go some kid. >>> okay, maybe you are not, are you ready for wintry weather, nicole. >> no. >> you may not be but road crews certainly are. what they are doing to prepare for snow covered road. >>> plus people are cleaning up this morning in the midwest after he severe storms flowed through. we will show you more damage left behind. >> ♪ >> that rain and wind is heading our way, justin is tracking the storm, he hads details on your forecast today and how forecast is looking.

reporting from southwest detectives, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you.>> the video is alarming. a car goes airborne and flips several times. what is more, there is a pregnant woman inside, amazing that she and the baby survived. cbs news reporter don champion has more on the video and how mom and baby are doing. >> reporter: looking at this video it is almost hard to believe anyone could have survived this accident. watch again as this car flips, several times. here you can see the husband and wife inside getting ejected. >> i'm jittery. >> reporter: brittany turner was in the the car, he said brittany and her husband dennis were on their way home from the doctor's appointment tuesday when the accident happened, dennis, was driving at the time. >> he just said there was a car that push him off the road and into a pole and he said it was like the car was coming at him faster for some reason instead of trying to stop. >> reporter: photos show moments when help got to the scene, even more concerning, brittany was eight months pregnant. hours later at the ho

reporting live from fairmount park, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> rahel, thank you. >>> no one was injured in an overnight fire thanks to the quick actions of fire fighters and neighbors. that blaze started on the 2900 block of memphis street just before 2:00 a.m. it took crews about a half an hour to get it under control. today's scene sent residents running to safety, and warning others, about the the danger. >> i come outside and all i see is a fire. i'm like i ran inside to get her. >> i had to come running, no shoes, no jacket. >> some of the blocks residents who spoke to "eyewitness news" believe this fire is suspicious. they say it is fourth time in six months that they have watched flames burn homes in this neighborhood. the official cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> your a's looking at a car fire at a gas station, this is caught on cell phone video. temple university police car caught fire near the pumps a at the bp station at broad and girard. fire fighters quickly got the flames under control, thankfully no one was injury. >>> overturn trac

rahel solomon joins us more on what the new appointment means for future policing here in the city. rahel, good evening. >> reporter: as you mentioned it has been called one of the worst kept secrets for mayor-elect jim kenney but today officially announced that many long expected came down. >> i'm very, very proud to introduce our next police commissioner richard ross. >> reporter: fifty-one year-old first deputy commissioner richard ross is a 26 year veteran of the department. originally from the fernrock area he graduated from central high and later penn state and then st. joes. after a press conference at cbs broadcast center ross says he doesn't plan to reinvent the wheel per se but wasn't ready to release specifics. >> right now it is more about an announcement the not about laying out specific plans but i assure you we will work with the collaboration with the mayor-elect you will get more than enough. >> reporter: ross does plan to continue community policing efforts with foot patrols, increase pilot body camera program and speak more with groups like black lives matter. >>

reporting from ben franklin parkway, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> how about that. >>y thing to do but it is a amazing when you see that little boy when he explains about the flowers, candles, you can see he gets it. it is an amazing interaction to watch. >> teach the children well and change can happen. it starts there. >>> penn state university is beefing up security at saturday's football game in the wake of the terror attacks in paris. there are in known threats against michigan but school officials are not taking any chances. beaver stadium will open up at 10:00 a.m. for the the noon game. that is 30 minutes earlier then usual to give staff more time to search fans, as they enter. >>> caught on camera some bizarre road rage in southern california. now motorcyclist in the los angeles a area posted videos of himself punching the side mirrors of cars. he then speeds away after doing the damage. one driver who had a run in with the biker says he got upset, thinking that the driver cut him off. >> the mirror swivelled back and snapped back and hit the the car really lo

rahel solomon, cbs. >>> and big question, police commissioner priorities, we will talk to him, when he stops by our studio coming up in the next half an hour, erika. >>> republican presidential candidates continue to spar over hot button issues. donald trump doubled down on his immigration plan saying he would have a deportation force removed undocumented immigrants. the as don champion reports trump is facing criticism from his rivals. >> reporter: republican front runner donald trump continues, selling his controversial immigration plan on the campaign trail. wednesday, during an appearance on "fox news", he once again, invoke a program used by president dwight eisenhower in the 1950's. viewed as a dark time in american history, it ended with a deportation of millions of mexicans. >> i have heard it both ways, i have heard news reports, we would do it in a very humane way. >> reporter: trying to gain momentum from the last debate jeb bush took trump to task during an event in iowa. >> is that the america that represents the the extraordinary country? are those the values that people

reporting from north wales, montgomery county, rahel solomon cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> what a story. >>> no more secrecy regarding dirty dangerous restaurants in philadelphia a the health department is coming clean with inspection reports, that have been kept secret for a movement it has been a issue for one chinatown restaurant with the long history of troubled reports. >> it is a story health reporter stephanie he stall has been covering for months now and you are here with this update. >> reporter: this regard all restaurants but we're focused on this one. philadelphia health department is reversing a long standing policy of keeping restaurant inspections secret for a movement most other major cities and local communities make them available immediately. well, inspections have been an ongoing problem for one restaurant we first told but in september. joyce an institution in chinatown has well over 250 health code violations over six years. some, deemed serious, a public health nuisance. >> hi, how are you, stephanie he stall with cbs-3. >> no, no, in. >> reporter: a history the m

"eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon shows that you special moment the girl and her mother receivedbig moment. >> margaret stewart has probably been dealt more hardship in just her 11 short years than most. >> it is really hard to live -- >> she and her mom have been living in homeless shelters in philadelphia for the last two years. and there is their situation a reality for many, about 12,000 people including families live in shelters each year. >> we're grateful because if we didn't have our children, we would not -- we would be on the street. but part of us get taken from that, because we can't give our children what we really want to give them. >> but lately, their luck has changed. monday two local style i cents offered free hair and make up, ahead of monday night's recognition. because when you do good, you want to look and feel good. >> so every game we do a strong kid of the game award, where we recognize somebody who really defies the odds, somebody who rep cents perseverance, determination, and, you know, sometimes there are some challenging circumstances. and if you look

two zebras on the lambment animals broke free from a circumstance us, as eyewitness neutral reporter rahelon shows us, now turning heads when rounds the up. >>> it was a daring escape, and for a brief time, sunday afternoon, two zebras almost got a way with it. >> the animals had broken out of the universal circus near the man center for performing arts. this one was found some two and a half miles away,. >> came around, came around, and shot right -- it went shot a krass, i'm like is that a zebra? >> spokesman for the circus said those animals were not hurt during their escape. meantime animal activists who had been out here the entire time the circus has been in philadelphia say the zebras could have easily hurt themselves, they do have caused serious traffic accidents. >> they took a ryan if your for it, traffic, people honking at them, almost causing accidents if they didn't cause accidents. so overall it is a horrible incident. >> now said to be out of the hospital, and recovering. >> in a statement, the circus said it is investigating sunday's escape. >> i saw a zebra. like, all righ

. >> professor rahel mishelle works to create molecular filters, even though right now she says there'so scientific evidence that recycled water poses a risk, especially when used on agriculture. >> but we have this -- evasive pollutants, they have a variety of names, that slip by the system. that's where we come in with our specially tailored materials to trap them, to trap them. >> the desalination plant is a three-stage process. >> then this is the most expensive and energy using technology of all, desalination. taking ocean water and turning it into drinking water. >> mark run these plant in carlsbad outside san diego and took us on a tour. >> sea water desalination could perhaps become 20% or 30% of the water portfolio. >> it is the largest plant of its i'm kind in north america, cleaning 54 million gallons of sea water every day by forcing the sea water at high pressure through long tubes with a process called reverse osmosis. >> it's water that's always going to be there. >> desalination is so important. marion, director of the solutions department at ide israel took us on a tour

i'm rahel solomon charges for driver and the pain of this family. >>> and temperatures, dropped today way back up, just briefly. we're also talking rain, wind, abe then pretty noticeable cool down in the weekend. lots to talk about in weather all right the now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> developing right now at 6:00 o'clock chopper three over moorestown community house on main street. the fire fighter continue to battle a two alarm fire that broke out there about an hour ago. the the building is a historic landmark in the moorestown community. no injuries have been reported. >>> also tonight, heightened security in the wake of the par ace attacks in germany threats led to the evacuation of the soccer stadium. that evacuation prompted by what officials called a serious bomb threat. good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. of course all this is happening as french officials investigate deadly devastate ago tax in paris. here's the latest. no explosives were found and no a arrests were made in the germany threat. french police say they are searching for a second fugi

. >>> simple football is currently ranked, 21st to be part of the increase in applications, i'm rahel we are talking to the admissions department and perspective students. >>> also, body cam video shows a woman ramming her vehicle in the the police car. hear the the story of how the officer survived a high speed a attack. >>> new at 6:00 tonight the return have of the toy, experts say old school toys are making a big come back. why they say toy makers can expect their best sales in deca kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >>> temple university band wagon is figure up, the football team's winning ways is helping the the school score, off the feel. "eyewitness news", continues at 5:30. hello, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. temple university said it had its largest fall open house in school history this weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter, and is learning about why. >> as temple university foot the ball team, continues to have a historically great season, the university admission department continues to have a historically great

here's now from "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon. >> reporter: it was a daring escape, and fort got away with it the animals had broken out of the universal circus near the man center for performing arts. >> this one was found some two and a half miles away,. >> it was they came around, came around, shot right -- it went shot across. i was like is that a zebra? >> reporter: spokesman for the circus said the animals were not hurt during their escape. animal activists out here the entire time the circus has been in philadelphia, say the zebras could easily hurt themselves, and they could have caused serious traffic accidents. >> they saw a chance to escape, took a run for it, and tended up in traffic, people probably honking at them, causing accident, if they didn't cause accidents. so overall it is a horrible, horrible experience. >> sunday ace incident was the second major event in philadelphia for the universal circus. late last month police said trapeze artist fell some 30 feet during performance. he's now set to be out of the hospital and recovering. in a statement, the circ

tonight family is counting their blessings, "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has more. >> i don'thing. i just remember the hospital. >> reporter: it was monday, october 19th at about 4:23 that evening. two high school soccer teams duking it out when all of a sudden. >> behind the play, trever collapsed. >> fourteen year-old trever newhouse went into cardiac and, family and friend, was in the, and ran out to help. >> awful. >> trever has been air lifted to chop where he was staying for two weeks. he wases put in the medically induced coma and his mom patty learned he had a preexisting heart condition, it is devastating. i honestly, said i did not think my son was coming home with me. >> reporter: trever had been playing sports for ten years, annual checkups, never caught his condition. preventive sports cardiologist doctor david shipon says more and more cases like trevers are being reported. >> in general, this sport that has more a roane i can, components to it, ie, sports like basketball, and there is a high incidence of sudden cardiac arrest. >> reporter: patty new house says s

for now, reporting live, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will sue then, thank you. >>> chopper three over a crash involving a september bus in northeast philadelphia a it happened around 12:30, on the 7,000 block of oxford avenue in fox chase. route 17 double bus collided with a truck hauling heavy equipment. both slamming in the front of the two businesses. eyewitnesses say that the truck had a police escort as bus made a wide turn at the corner. >> i just saw a giant white truck, stuck into the side of my building, the corner of my building, and then i immediately just thought how glad i was that it didn't come right into me. >> i don't understand how a driver like that can miss that giant of a thing, it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: bus driver and two passengers were taken to the area hospital for non-life threatening injuries. >>> tonight police are searching for four suspects, in connection with the deadly shooting of a teenager riding a bike in strawberry mansion. and tonight, we're hearing from a 15 year-old who escaped that gunfire unharmed. the violenc