for now live in whitpain, steve patterson cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you nicole. >> steve, thank you. new jersey senator robert menendez has said to be in the cross hairs of federal prosecutors. and informed sources say a long investigation of menendez and close friend will result in charges every corruption. "eyewitness news" anchor chris may has the latest. >> hours after a law enforcement official told cbs news the justice department is preparing to file criminal charges against senator men end owes he called a news conference to fight back. >> let me be very clear very clear, i have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. >> the democrat from union city has drawn scrutiny for his relationship with eye doctor solomon melgen. want to know if menendez used to advocate on behalf of the melgen business interest, and if so if if he did so for gift, including free flight to the dominican republic. during the news conference, he acknowledge add two year relationship, said they exchanged birthday, holiday and wedding gif

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson live in whitpain township. e, firefighters had dealing with not just fire but also the e really cold out there? >> that's correct, been here several hours trying to knock down the flames in the two story stricture, see back to the top floor. that's where they've been focused all morning dumping dousing water on top there the fire spread through the walls and shot up through the roofment it is under control as you can see but because of how much water they had to dump through the structure that met a loft ice on the gown. base it spread so quickly it led to several problems. fire broke out as we mentioned, firefighters were inside when it started but they had to quickly evacuate because of the flames, that casino of spread throughout the structure again very quickly, and then dealing with once again when they were outside, dealing with all of the ice on the gown actually one firefighter sustained an injury slip and fall, during the fire, another one burned his hand, because again of how quickly this spread. so no

steve patterson with more. >> four alarms, three and a half hours, 65,000 square feet. saturday the numbers stacked against philadelphia firefighters, as they work to take out aggressive flames. >> firefighters arriving on scene at about 2:30 saturday morning, to this fire consuming vacant metal manufacturing plant, as the battle intensifies alert jumped from two alarms to four. >> this fire was pretty difficult to reach. >> philadelphia fire commissioner derrick sawyer says there were number of issues in the way of getting this contained. chief among them, a large crumbling structure collapsing on all sides. >> that amount of fire will cause collapse at some point. >> said start from the defensive posture, both to keep constant water pressure from overhead, and to keep the team on the grounds safe. >> vacant property. >> another complication, this, a septa regional rail line running right in the back of the structure cutting up a crucial access point for firefighters. they really just had to focus on hammering the top of the building with constant water pressure. meanw

new castle delaware steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> developing now, a woman is fighting for life after a man shot her eight times and then turned the gun on himself. it happened late this morning on the 4500 block of spruce street in west philadelphia inside an apartment home. police say the gunman and the woman were neighbors and that the man was angry over her making noise as well as other issues over their two years of rendering at that apartment home. >>> now, new information about a deadly car crash in mercer county, new jersey. police say the two people who died were coast guard cadets who immigrated from the country of georgia. a third cadet 21-year-old joel mcarthur was injured in the crash. mcarea that your from berks county pennsylvania. two cars collided on route 31 saturday morning in hopewell township. the cause is still under investigation. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news," 50 years later thousands of people crowd an alabama bridge commemorating a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. >>> plus an unsolved mystery one year after the disappearance of m

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has the story from whitpain township. >> reporter: it is onehing to battle a fire, another to battle ice. but to battle both at the same time. >> it's just brutality it's brutal. >> reporter: firefighters alert towed whitpain township at about 3:00 saturday morning. this three story home in flames. >> they made an aggressive interior attack. but at that point it had run up into the third floor and got up into the roof area. >> reporter: center square fire chief lee miller says the home was unoccupied but after battling flames from the top down crews controlled the smoke. the problem this was all playing out in subfreezing temperatures. >> it was a difficult fire to fight. we were looking at about 10, 15 degrees out here this morning. so obviously everything turned to ice right away. >> reporter: for every ounce of water firefighters had to dump on top that of ice they had to consider what it was doing to the ground. so as much as this was a firefighting operation it also became a salting operation. four firefighters were injured three from fall

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson has that story from whitpain township. >> it is one thing to battle a fire, another to battle ice. but to battle both at the same time. >> it is just brutal. it is brutal. >> firefighters alert today whitpain township at about 3:00 saturday morning there is three-story converted home in flames. the 800 block of dekalb pike. >> they made an aggressive interior attack, but at that point, it run up into the third floor and got up into the roof area. >> center square fire chief lee miller, says the home was unoccupied, and after battling flames from the top down, crews controlled the smoke the problem there is was all playing out in sub freezing temperatures. >> it was difficult fire to fight. we were looking at about ten 15 degrees out here, this morning. so obviously everything turned to ice right away. >> for every ounce of watt their firefighters had to dump on top of that house they also had to consider what it was doing to the grounds. so as much as this was a fire fighting operation it also became a salting operation. four firefighters we

steve patterson has that story. >> reporter: three alarm 65,000 square feet.aturday the numbers stacked against philadelphia firefighters as they worked to take the out aggressive flames. firefighters arriving on scene at about 2:30 saturday morning to this, fire consuming a vacant metal manufacturing plant. as the battle intensifies the alert jumps from two alarms to four. >> this fire was a pretty difficult to reach. >> reporter: philadelphia fire commissioner derek sawyer says there were a number of issues in the way of getting the scene contained chief among them a large crumbling structure collapsing on all sides. >> when you have that amount of fire, it's going cause interior collapse at some point. >> reporter: sawyer says his operation startd from a defensive posture both keeping constant water pressure from overhead ton keep the team on the ground safe. >> it's a vacant property. we don't risk life for vacant property. >> reporter: another complication, this, a septa regional rain line running right in the back of the structure cutting up a crucial ac

as "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson shows us, the focus of this investigation is now on another vehicle discovered just down the road. >> reporter: the investigation into what happened sunday morning starts with what's under that yellow tarp. >> there were numerous bullet holes in the side of the vehicle, yes of the. >> reporter: delaware state police corporal jeff hail says a passerby found this great mini van in a ditch along northbound route 13 in new castle at about 5:00 sunday morning. the samaritan called police when they saw what was inside. >> it appears that the mail and female were both shot. >> reporter: police say a 33-year-old wilmington man was found slumped over the passenger seat and pronounced dead. the driver a 33-year-old wilmington woman was taken to the hospital. she's in stable condition. >> as soon as she's well enough to be interviewed they will be talking to her. >> reporter: then sometime during the investigation police made another discovery. >> secondary vehicle was located on i-495 northbound just south of route 13. >> reporter: that puts the second

reporting from west philadelphia steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> for more on the tributephiladelphia police officer robert wilson iii go to our website cbs phil p.m. cot many. >>> our weekend it did start out a bit soggy and now the second half is about to get windy. "eyewitness news" in old city tonight where soaks were able to leave the umbrellas behind at least. meteorologist justin drabick joins us now with a first forecast. hey, justin. >>> natasha better news for the second half of the weekend also great news nor the parade tomorrow as we're dealing with dry conditions like you said the winds will be kicking up much here's the of the last rain moving through far eastern new jersey. another half hour most of that should be offshore. now, still some areas of fog. especially north and west of the city up towards berks county and lehigh valley region. eventually those winds will start to kick up and scower out the fog. this is a doppler radar estimate of the rainfall we saw from the system. pretty good healthy rainfall amounts basically south of the city northern delawa

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"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson was at that emotional service. >> ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a finalr one of philadelphia's finest ever. saturday morning a march through west philadelphia, officials dignitaries joining with the city's force the very tip of the sphere that would your nerve thousands friends, family, citizens and officers from departments across the country all coming together to pay respects to one man. philadelphia police officer robert wilson iii. >> officer wilson was willing to take the heat and sacrifice himself. >> reporter: on march 5th 2015 officer wilson was buying a gift for his nine year old son at this game stop in north philadelphia. inside by himself he fought with two armed robbers drawing fire away from patrons, using his very last breath to save other. >> he laid down his life for people in that store. >> reporter: inside the palestra saturday afternoon tributes from those who witnessed his heroism. >> i've been in policing for 46 years and i've never witnessed an act of bravery like i saw that day. >> reporter: wilson's friends and fellow officers re

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson was at the emotional service. >> ♪ ♪ >> a final farewell for of philadelphia's finest, ever. saturday morning a march through west philadelphia. officials, dignitaries joining with the city's force the very tip of the sphere that would usher in thousands. friends, family, citizens, and officers, from departments across the country all coming together to pay respects to one man. philadelphia police officer robert wilson iii. >> officer wilson was willing to take the heat and sacrifice himself. >> on march 5th 2015, officer wilson was buying a gift for his nine year olson at this game stop in north philadelphia. inside by himself he fought with two armed robbers drawing fire away from pray tons using his very last breath to save other. >> he laid down his life for people in that store. >> inside the palestra saturday afternoon, tributes from those who witnessed his heroism. >> i've been in policing for 46 years and i have never witnessed an act of bravery like i saw that day. >> wilson's friends, fellow officers remember that warm smile and carin

"eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson with the emotional service. >> a final farewell for one of philadelphia's finest ever. saturday morning, a march through west philadelphia, officials, dignitaries joining with the city's force the very tip of the spear that would usher in thousands. friends, family, citizens, and officers, from departments acro the country all coming together to pay respects to one man. philadelphia police officer robert wilson iii. >> officer wilson was willing to take the heat and sacrifice himself. >> on march 5th 2015, officer wilson was buying a gift for his nine year old son, at this game stop in north philadelphia. inside by himself he fought with two armed rob remembers drawing fire away from patrons, using his very last breath to save other. >> he laid down his life for people in that store. >> inside the palestra saturday afternoon tribute from those who witnessed his heroism. >> i've been in policing for 46 years. and i've never witnessed an act of bravery like i saw that day. >> wilson remembering the warm smile and caring nature, and the ones he

reporting from over brook park, i'm steve patterson, cbs3 eyewitness news. > it's cold. indeed cold but i bet it tasted very good. you can also do abilene din i with snow. >> although custard would be better. >> you know what, our eyewitness weather watches are always working 24/7 and here is a great idea that ilene had. this is what she did with her mango water ice. take a look. >> gilbert said she measured the snow with her rita's water ice. hard at work and you'll see their observations at the bottom of your screen. we are looking at conditions that are cold out there tonight. temperatures are falling through the 30s and we are going to be seeing temperatures bottoming out in the 20s and 30s, but blow freezing during the overnight and that means any precipitation that fell during the day today, the slush, the sleet, the rain that is going to be refreezing. some he we say goodbye to winter and our storm. we say hello to spring and we leave behind some decent snow accumulations. let's go state bi-state pennsylvania, six inches, balkin wood 5.8 and philadelphia internati

fire in montgomery county we've been covering for this morning the chief thereon scene tells our steve patterson they're battling fire and ice on this 800 block of dekalb pike in whitpain township. now, four firefighters have suffered minor injuries, most of them, from falling on ice the fire is under control. but crews are still battling some hot spots. >>> now, let's get a check on the forecast with carol. morning, carol. >> as bright as it is out there, we are dealing with ice, because the temperatures have fallen, of course, overnight, but looks gorgeous out there. look at the ben franklin bridge, blue skies love it, the sun's up, and working good strong march sun angle. but we still are dealing with temperatures below freezing and well below in fact, 14, in philadelphia, 12, wilmington, eight in trenton and when you factor in the wind it, feels even colder feels like four in philadelphia, and minus two in allentown, expect temperatures though to get above freezing, 38 degrees, today. tonight, we change those clocks, and we've got nice looking day tomorrow with late sunset, 46 on sunday. nic