so we sent out steve paterson who is live with us in the suburbs, steve, i'm not sure where you are,ou can tell me. >> we are at 13th and race in the city, one of the few times in the it i's history we can stand in the middle of the street and not worry about getting hit by on coming traffic. we have been saying it all night, some of the security restrictions making this feel like parts of the philadelphia are a ghost town but in those suburbs what about the the highways, that surround this city, for a closer look at that we took a look inside the command center at penndot, listen to this. just as some parts of the city felt empty on friday, so did some of the highway surrounding it. >> the road look great right now. what it tells us is that everybody has heard our message. >> reporter: pennsylvania department of transportation secretary leslie richard says good, road clear ahead of the papal visit is exactly what penndot want. >> we want people who want to come to the event to be able to come, enjoy in a safe way, get where they need to go and of course we want people to know who do

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live on the parkway. steve, where you are, it is going to be pack tomorrow. >> reporter: absolutely pack, jessica. you said it, a huge crowd expect for made in america this weekend. 70,000 people, both days, two day festival, both days, they expect, 70,000. so we wanted to ask residents what they thought about having all of this commotion, around their neighborhoods, and whether or not they thought that would translate to when the pope shows up, listen to this. >> ♪ >> two case, five stages, 62 acts, 70,000 people, each day, with all of the hype, lights, loud music we asked residents one question. >> is it worth the hassle. >> well, let's see, personally, it doesn't cause me hassle except i want to go to whole food. >> reporter: fair enough nearby resident, says, neighbors here are veterans after the same set up, they have learn how to deal big events in the big city. >> it is nice to have things going on in the city. >> reporter: in three weeks that may be an under statement. city officials calling one of

it is very latest from chester, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thank you. live team coverage continues with "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt who is live with new information about how the officer is doing right now, david? >> reporter: jessica, the good news is we're told that overs will be okay. he had had a cat scan ban hour ago. we're told he is talking, he ace leather but authorities still trying to find out who that person is they are asking that officer if he remembers anything, if he was able to get any type of a description on anything. the obviously that will be hard to do i had a chance to speak with chester mayor john linder who tells me he is very frustrated and upset that somebody would hit an officer on a motorcycle and then leave the scene. this is kind of the thing that he does not want to see in chester. this video right here though is of the scene. as steve paterson mentioned we are told that officer went 30 feet from his motorcycle. things could have been worse. he was rush to chester crozer medical center where he was taken for a c

reporting from lower merion, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> amazing work there. >>> massive brush fire in burlington county is now about 55 percent contained, chopper three over the scene in wood land township, this is in the area of woodmancy road north of route 72. fire had been burning since yesterday. it spread about 1,000 acres. fortunately there are no homes or structures in danger here. officials say they believe the fire will be contained by the end of the day. >>> just 18 days and counting until the visit of pope francis and excitement across our region is growing about this historic visit. tickets for pope's speech at independent mall were up for grabs and they were gone in just two minutes. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us from independent in mall with more, greg. >> reporter: let's talk numbers. 10,000 tickets, gone in just two minutes and archdiocese says that some 394,000 people logged on to the web site trying to get their hand on some of them. >> good morning saint monica's. >> reporter: good morning, jena had her handful, literally.

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has that story. >> reporter: grief, anger. >> i'm hurt. i'm angry. i'm upset. he was only three. >> reporter: john grogan says that there is plenty of both emotions but that the a anger is stronger. grogan believe that his nephew 13 year-old ethan shoemaker was killed because of negligence, not mischief. >> there has got to be something, some precaution, some safety precaution to keep kid out of there and not honor riding equipment. >> reporter: police say ethan and five friend broke into this warehouse owned by paper manufacturer newman and company. one of the teens tells cbs-3 they peeled back a rusted opening in this fence at 9:00 sunday night and slipped through an unlock door. the teen says the keys were in four forklifts and that the kid drove around until a 13 year-old girl smashed hers into ethan's. >> we just want answers. we just want to know what happened. >> reporter: the 14 year-old boy you are about to hear said he operated one of those forklifts and this isn't the first time kid have broken in but now he hopes it is the the

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live near the event stage with more on the rocking time and the cradle of liberty. have you seen beyonce yet, steve. >> reporter: no, not the yet, pat. here we are at what should be, you know, any given year would be the biggest event of the summer. made in america festival, 70,000 attendees expect to be here for some of the biggest events, in the world. but as we know, as we have been covering very diligently in three weeks, that is all about to change as the pope is coming to philadelphia. of course, this is huge, but now city officials are viewing this as a precursor to a much, much bigger event. not to skip over this though, i want to show you video, some shots we have, this event is massive. we're talking this is the fourth one and by far the biggest, mia festival this year, five stages up from four, 62 acts in total with headliners performing simultaneously. there are so many stages. headliners like beyonce, nick jonas, meek mill, the weekend, j coal and the list goes on and on and on. two day mega a event that has been sold out for s

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson spoke to the family about the opportunity. >> reporter: culturef collegiate learning in grades school. >> our goal, to get our kids to and through college. >> reporter: mission statement from kip cooper norcross academy director drew martin, who oversees more than 500 elementary and middle school students in one of the first renaissance schools. this year, kip in camden became first to open up its brand new brick and mortar. >> our average kindergartener was testing at 25th percentile nationally in math and in the end of the year 64th percentile just through the roof growth. >> reporter: it is a hard to place a renaissance school, somewhere between public and charter, the system ace proved by the the i but run eventually, proponents say it is opened to the public taking neighborhood kids who wouldn't have access to quality education without a lottery, detractors, that there is currently no high school so neighborhood kid will likely wind upright back in camden public right before college, not to mention the location. >> are you serious? are you cr

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live at that scene where tonight a memorial grows, steve. >> reporter: and the very end of this fatal roll over crash where police have mark where the truck rolled over, time and again, until they nearly struck this pole. now adorned by flowers in memorial for that teen that lost his life. we spoke to the neighbors who spoke up to this and called 911, just moments after it happened, and how they say, this isn't the first time and it probably won't be the last time it happens. at the bottom of this roadside memorial the phrase never forgotten painted in bright yellow. eyewitness catherine herb says forgetting anything about sunday morning is impossible. >> my heart has been hurting the last few days, my stomach feels sick. >> reporter: catherine says she called 911 when at 1:15 sunday morning she and her husband heard a crash in their front yard. >> i grabbed my phone and he helpedded out because that is what we have done in the past. >> reporter: police say four teenage boys were traveling along limekiln pike in this blue pick up early sund

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is on campus right now with the details, steve. >> reporter: ukee, big news on campus. take a a look at the student newspaper, these headlines just part of the conversation being held here, we asked how this is affecting student life and what the university is doing about it. one in three. >> to feel fear in a place where you are supposed to feel the most safe is unsettling. >> reporter: students responding, a new survey released this week by the university of pennsylvania, says that one out of every three under graduate females say they have been touched, harassed, or far worse. >> as scary as i thought it could have been me if i was a little more careful. >> reporter: survey released by the american association of universities is touted as one of the largest of its kind, more than 150,000 students, were polled, and 27 major universities. at penn 27 percent have of female under grads reported some form of sexual assault, one in five students on campus, said that they had no idea where to turn for help. >> i have a lot of, you know, friend her

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is along ben franklin parkway with more on what we all can expect at the event's fourth year, steve. >> ukee, only in philadelphia, can one of the biggest inner city music festivals in the country be called a dry run but that is exactly what city officials are labeling this labor day weekend, ahead of the pope's visit because they are using some of the information that they get from 70,000 flooding the parkway to an estimated 1.5 million in about three weeks and we asked the deputy mayor just how they will do. major music festival or precursor to the pope, city officials, they see it as both. >> this year it will be sold out, to a higher number. it is 70,000 people. >> reporter: for fourth year the made in america festival is taking over the the parkway and it is bigger than ever. 70,000 people each day, watching 52 acts on five stages, including, yes, beyonce, for the sold out one day celebration. >> not only do we own the fourth of july but we now own labor day as well. >> reporter: deputy mayor everette gilson says size of the crowd in prox

that is where "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson joins us to tell us more, steve. >> reporter: ukee, it is an all day struggle for answers for family of a 13 year-old boy who snuck in the warehouse behind me, and was killed, in that forklift accident but as that struggle continued we spoke with one of the children that snuck in with him and watched his friend die. >> the emotions came in waves, first sadness. >> i'm hurt, i'm angry, i'm upset. he was only 13. >> reporter: and anger. >> angry because this building, it is left in shambles. >> reporter: victim's uncle john grogan says he is upset with the owners of this building for not to go enough to secure property from curious kids and that his nephew is dead because of it. >> maybe my nephew would still ab alive today. >> reporter: family identifies the victim as 13 year-old ethan shoemaker. ethan and five friend broke into this warehouse owned by paper manufacturer newman and company one of the teens tells cbs-3 they exploited an opening at 9:00 sunday night and slipped through an unlock door. he said keys were already in fo

in center city, steve paterson for c about s3 "eyewitness news". >>> u.s. military has launched air strikes on northern afghanistan to help afghan forces take back control of the city. hundreds of taliban fighters stormed the town today, taking over a hospital, and prison. they then raised the taliban flag. this is first time they have captured a major city since 2001 and most u.s. forces withdrew from afghanistan last year. nearly 10,000 american troops remain. >>> president obama chaired a u.n. gathering of the world leaders to discuss countering terrorist groups like isis. president obama also met with cuban president raul castro. cbs news reporter jamie ukiss has more. >> reporter: president obama and cuban president raul castro posed for cameras ahead of their joint meeting in new york, their first official summit, all they both men have been talking since last december about breaking down trade and travel barriers. their meeting comes days after each met with pope francis. vatican played a key role in relationship between the two countries n just the

reporting live from southwest philadelphia, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> very hard day, thanks steve. >>> we know two people hid and kit wild a cab earlier this morning after attending made in america concert in philadelphia one of the victims is, local, police say 25 year-old amanda a girlamo of even if inningsville was killed at broad and arch at 4:30 this morning. a 25 year-old baltimore man was also kill. police say cabdriver stopped after that crash. >> he did in the leave the scene. so, we have a lot more then we would have, for all of those that do leave. >> witnesses tell police they saw the cab speeding prior to the accident but that is still under investigation. it is unclear, now who had the right of way, no charges have been filed at this time. >>> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" west point officials vow to take disciplinary measures after an annual event turns violent. pillow fight where pillows were filled with american just feathers. >>> and students go back to school, many parents are trying to tea side at what age they decide to give their chil

claim the life of the bucks county teenager is bringing new attention to an old problem, i'm steve paterson, why neighbors hearsay this road, it is so dangerous a and what they'd like to see happen, that is next. >>> and potential danger inside your home, your car, maybe even your gym bag, many use hand sanitize tore kill germs but doctors say they are seeing more kid drinking it, either by accident or on purpose. details on the healthwatch when we come back. >>> it is burning out of control a deadly wild fire continues to torch drought stricken communities north of napa value. >> 67,000-acre fire has destroyed nearly 600 homes and hundreds of other buildings. cbs news correspondent chelsea edward shows us the the destruction. >> reporter: devastation is painfully clear in middleton, california and other parts of the lake county. left behind despite mandatorye vac orders. he and several others residents are taking fire fight into their own hand, determined to save is what left of their community. >> we are just over here trying to do what we can to whatever we can handle. >> people trying t

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has this story. >> reporter: this morning a battle. >> we had to get him out. >> reporter: time. >> we weren't sure how long he was down there. >> reporter: nature. >> five to 6 inches of water. >> reporter: against doubt. >> it was actually surprised he was as live to be honest with you you. >> reporter: a against all odd lower merion police said one of her officers spotted a strange shape in the creek tuesday morning shortly after 4:00. police say a man in his 20's veered off the road at grays lane and mill creek road, car destroyed, the driver opinion in just as he had been since 7:00 o'clock, monday night after nine hours of darkness the scene flooded with light, a little hope and more than 50, first responders from nearly a half dozen apartments. >> we will roll up and no matter how bad job is our fire fighters come out and get the job done. >> reporter: job is not easy. >> they give him first aid stabilize the car, cut the roof and doors off to get to the individual. once we did that then rescue companies had to get the dashboard unrolled

for new we are live from fairmount i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> they will onlyusier, thanks very much. >>> philadelphia's chinatown is home to a new affordable housing development, being named after the holy father. "eyewitness news" at francis house of peace, at eighth and arch. the nine floor building was developed in partnership with project home and named in honor of pope francis and his dedication to improving condition for those living in poverty. a complete date is set for early november. >> one, two, three... >> students at this school in north philadelphia practicing today as they prior to take the stage during the festival of the families this weekend. hundreds of thousands will perform a swing dance and tango, a special dance in honor of the pontiff's home country of argentina. >> the the pope's favorite dance. >> i'm always dance nothing front of my family and this is my first time dance nothing front of the crowd. >> the 44 participating students are part of the program called dancing with the students, which aims to teach teamwork, manners, and res

for now report aring live from chester, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thank you for that. >> team coverage continues as crozer-chester medical center where officer was taken, for treatment. that is david spunt, david? >> reporter: ukee, considering what happened we're told this officer is going to be okay. we don't necessity his name yet, but they say he is a five-year veteran just finishing out his week. heading back to headquarters at a time when this happen. he ironically investigates accidents lake this but he is now part of this accident. he has been here for last several hours. he haded a cat scan. authorities say that cat scan looked good. i had a chance to speak with the mayor john linder in chester who said he is frustrate that had somebody would hit an officer basically leave them for dead and then just take off. take a listen to the mayor. >> anytime, anyone, hits somebody, has an accident and they leave the scene that is very frustrating because it will take a lot have work for to us find out who did it but we will find out. >> reporter: good news

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson spoke with the pilot's friend who saw it all happened. >> reporter: it doesn't feel real. >> it really hasn't sang in yet. >> reporter: bad enough to witness a plane crash just feet from your home, worse is even the pilot moments before his death. >> the plane smashed up against a tree. >> reporter: unthinkable to realize that pilot is a close family friend on his last flight. >> i waved to him and then it looked like he came back around to see him outside. >> reporter: saturday unlike any day for eyewitness richard, who watched a man he knew most of his life, slam into a wooded area about 150 feet from his home. police identified that man as six five-year old pilot, david seas. >> not every day that a good friend crashes their plane in your own yard. >> reporter: police say seas took off from camden county airport in his sesna150 and was flying over atco, numbering at 11:30 saturday morning. the moment his plane dipped in the wood add year just behind the backyard and crashed. seas, the pilot and only person on board, was killed. final farewell, ric

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson spoke with the pilot's friend who saw it all happen. >> it doesn't feel real. >> really hasn't sank in. >> reporter: bad enough to witness a plane crash just feet from your home, worse to see the pilot moment before his death. >> planes just smashed up against a tree. >> reporter: unthinkable to realize that pilot is a close family friend on his last flight. >> i waved to him and looked like he came back around, and seeing him outside. >> reporter: saturday unlike any day for eyewitness richard crave even who watched a man he knew most of his life slam in the wooded area about 150 feet from his home. police identified that man as six five-year old pilot david seas. >> not every day someone a good friend crashes their plain in your own yard. >> reporter: police say seas took off from camden county airport in his sesna150 and flying over atco, new jersey at 11:30 saturday morning. moment when his plane dipped in the what thed area just beyond the backyard and crash. seas, the pilot and only person on board was kill. final farewell richard calls

when are you going to take me out on the plane. >> reporter: steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> this is the the second small plane crash this week a moon i m20 went down in the atlantic ocean off the coast of atlantic city on thursday. coastguard suspend its search for missing pilot on friday, radio transmissions revealed air traffic control lost contact with 68 year-old michael moore after two hours, after he took off from gaylord, michigan. >>> a wild fire that broke out in northern california, is burning out of control, sending four fire fighters to the hospital with burn injuries, and forcing hundreds more to flee. reporter wendy gilette has that story. >> reporter: roaring wild fire exploded over past few days in northern california. the flames, have have destroyed more than a dozen structures and are threatening thousands of homes. >> gentlemen had just left said that everything is threatened right now but we're hoping for the best. >> reporter: 3,000 fire fighters are in place and more are on the way. >> yeah, it is pretty close. >> reporter: fire forced hundreds to

steve paterson spoke with the pilot's friend who saw this will all happen. >> reporter: it doesn't seem real. worse to see the pilot moments before his death. >> the plane smashed up against the tree. >> reporter: unthinkable to realize that pilot is a close family friend on his last flight. >> and i waved to him. >> reporter: saturday unlike any day. he watched a man slammed into a wooded area. police identified that man as 65-year-old pilot david sees. >> it's not everyone crashes a plane in your front yard. >> he took off in his cessna 150 and was flying over atco, new jersey about 11:30 saturday morning. the moment when his plane dipped into an area and crashed. sees the pilot and the only person on board was killed. too close, too soon and too sad. >> he loved to fly and i asked him when are you going to take me out on your plane. >> still a lot to learn including just what brought that plane down and the pilot's destination all of which now the subject matter of a federal investigation with the faa. reporting from waterford township, cbc 3, eyewitness news. >> this is the second s

as soon as we learn more we will bring you more here, for now we are live in chester, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also in chester a fire in the commercial building not far from the commodore barry bridge. twenty-nine alarm fire near second and yarnel street broke out around midnight and fire fighters gained the up are hand. we are told there were no injuries. >>> well, we are drying out after yes, a soaking rain that flooded some areas road. i want to show you route 45 right here in berkley road in mantua township camden county. road was closed but then water receded and route 45 is back opened. have have we got terrific news for your friday. kyla outside on the sky deck much nice tore day then yesterday, kyla, how is it looking. >> it is nice to feel the sunshine. it is also nice to feel the less humid air, when we walk outside, just feels more fresh out here, and we also have a breezing on. that is helping. lets take a look at the wind, we have right the now, at the north and you can see 12 miles an hour wind there in philadelphia. that is ushering in this coole

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson will have quite the view for him, how does it look from where you are. >> reporter: it looks a amazing. and now we are starting to see energy shift, from independence mall and now over to the parkway where we're standing here. you mentioned those mike checks. we have been hearing them all night. some of these head lining acts performing their musical performances before tonight. there was an amazing moment but pope coming up on one of these big monitors over here so everybody on the parkway is huddled under the monitors, they are watching, the pope come to independent mall, to make his remarks, and andre bocelli starts doing his a audio check and it is like the music is coming up with the pope on stage. amazing moment. some of the people i'm standing with here started tiering up. crowd cheering. almost like a mini performance we had right here during the audio check completely spontaneous and just one of these amazing moments here for the festival of families. speaking of that, let's talk about the concert tonight. we heard so much about t