"eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is at police headquarters right now with the very latest on the crime and the community that is in disbelief. todd? >> reporter: ukee, friends tell me the 5484 old victim was a trusting soul but sadly it was that trust that wound up getting her killed. catherine wilson's badly beaten body was found inside her fishtown home on monday. two suspects 50-year-old james, and his 47-year-old jane johnson have been arrested and charged with murder. >> wonderful lady to get along with but i didn't know she was killed. until just now. she was my friend. >> reporter: wilson known for her sunglasses and sense of humor depended on them for years. they helped her around the hou house. they even became friends. >> the female suspect used to clean her house four or five times week and the male suspect used to do little odds and ends inside the house like handyman type of work roar report those friends be trade her motivate beside money the couple beat the 54-year-old to death likely with a wrench. the gas stove was left turned on investigators believe in an te

but in one school not far away a star wars mystery had our todd quinones, looking for answers in allentown. >> reporter: hard to find anyone who doesn't know what the millennium falcon looks like especially in this school in allentown. from the ground it may look normal but up above a new perception a awakens as school's shape looks oddly familiar. >> if you look at it, it is uncanny. >> reporter: nicole is parkland a's director of community relations. the at what point was this connection even made. >> you you know, i'm not entirely sure. i have been here ten years. >> reporter: designer here of the school isn't george lucas but instead an architect from minneapolis, and yes, he is a star wars fans but it turns out, the design was not meant to look like millennium falcon. when someone first brought this to your attention what was your reaction. >> i laughed. >> reporter: he can laugh all he wants but there is no way to deny there is a bizarre similarity. architect admits perhaps there was a strange force at the work, when he developed the design. >> but what i like about that design is it

reporting from center city todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> what a voice. >>> still aheadnew list is out of the most googled items of the the year and there are some rather interesting searches in our area. >>> also this is all too familiar, a another charred hoverboard hear about the family's very close call as they charged the hot holiday toy. >>> and lebron james makes a young fans night when they share a special moment, see why the the basketball star pick that teen out of the crowd and stand in his shoes. >> ♪ >> that neighborhood looks ready for santa looking live at haddon avenue knew in collinswood. it doesn't feel like santa is on his way yet. kate will let you know when cooler wet are returns. we will be right back. >>> an suv crashes at area torresdale frankford hospital, and that driver was rushing a shooting victim to the hospital at that time. >>> another shooting victim actually ran the to the hospital. >>> nine presidential republican candidates took the stage in las vegas last night the for their last debate of the year. it focused almost exclusively on fo

todd quinones is live in ardmore where it all started for kobe. todd?> reporter: yes, indeed jessica. why not? of course, the kobe bryant farewell tour will kick off right where his career beg began. kobe bryant received a rock star welcome. >> feels good to be back. >> brian hit up one of his favorite stories larry's steaks next to st. joe's campus. caused a bit of a stir. >> there's always rumors that go around kobe is here. everyone is emergency around i actually walked in and i saw the cameras and he was actually he here. >> reporter: bryant and lakers teammates arrived at the ritz carlton in center city for tuesday night's game against the sixers it will be the first time the stomper lower merion super star will play since announcing his retirement from the nba on sunday. >> that's the joy and the pride come from because you watch that person grow up. you watched him progress in life. you know what i'm saying. >> real man jeff dock wilson along with owners spoke highly of bryant. >> his experience is one of the best people i ever make in my life. >

todd quinones is live in ardmore where it all started for kobe. todd?reporter: yes, indeed jessica. why not? of course, the kobe bryant farewell tour will kick off right where his career beg began. kobe bryant received a rock star welcome. >> feels good to be back. >> brian hit up one of his favorite stories larry's steaks next to st. joe's campus. caused a bit of a stir. >> there's always rumors that go around kobe is here. everyone is emergency around i actually walked in and i saw the cameras and he was actually he here. >> reporter: bryant and lakers teammates arrived at the ritz carlton in center city for tuesday night's game against the sixers it will be the first time the stomper lower merion super star will play since announcing his retirement from the nba on sunday. >> that's the joy and the pride come from because you watch that person grow up. you watched him progress in life. you know what i'm saying. >> real man jeff dock wilson along with owners spoke highly of bryant. >> his experience is one of the best people i ever make in my life. >>

reporting from south philadelphia, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, not everyone is in the holiday spirit. philadelphia police are looking for a grinch caught stealing christmas decorations of all things. a surveillance camera got a good look at this man accused of stealing a wreath from the home on the 2400 block of aspen street last weekend. police say the same thief also hit another house just a few blocks away. detectives think he is taking wreaths to sell them. >> that is crummy. >> isn't that mean it is a wreath, come on now. >>> 5:35. in business news a 90's flavor is kind of making a come back. >> a 90's flavor. >> and why stocks keep dropping. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange. there is nothing funny about the stock situation, jill, good morning. >> reporter: no, good morning, nicole ander contact markets fell for a second day for a second day the reason falling price of oil. it is near a seven year low, yesterday dow jones dropped 162 points and nasdaq fell three. the energy companies but good for drivers, at least 40

in light of the terror attacks todd quinones shows us why some say finding a solution has much more at stake then just impact on the environment. >> reporter: direct link between terrorism and climate change, may be a difficult one to see, and despite criticism, it is a connection president barack obama ace exists. >> whenever people are desperate, when people start lacking food, when people are not able to make a living or take care of their families, that is when things arise that are dangerous. >> complicated. >> reporter: joel is an associate professor of politics and global studies at drexel university. he contend further recruiting ground can arise from desperate struggles over food, water, natural resources and environmental instability. >> anytime you are doing something that is really destroying or changing the planet's environment and changing peoples ability to make a living, then, you know, that has potential to lead to conflict. >> reporter: in a one on one interview with cbs nora o'donnell the president laid out his argument. >> as human beings are placed under strain, th

reporting in south philadelphia, todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> great work. >> indeed. >>> the shore isn't just a place to go in the summer. in fact the holidays are perfect time to head to the beach. >> there's onsie side town that transports visitors back to the victorian era. you'll feel like you stepped into a dickens village. vittoria woodill check it it for you. >> in cape may we're celebrating holiday lights and history. i'm vittoria woodill coming up a tour and i don't want to miss the trolley. >>> plus, the time has come. hollywood roles out the red carpet for the world premier every new star wars movie. the lengths diehard fans have gone to be among the first to see the force awakens much kate. >> as the rain moves out of the area tonight, temperatures remain in the 60s but they will begin to drop. once we clear out the rain it does turn cooler. one punch and then a second punch of cooler air coming in later this week. i'll have your full seven forecast coming up. >>> also, some jaw-dropping video should show you. two hotel employees narrowly escape a pickup truck

reporting in south philadelphia, todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> great work. >> indeed. >>>he shore isn't just a place to go in the summer. in fact the holidays are perfect time to head to the beach. >> there's onsie side town that transports visitors back to the victorian era. you'll feel like you stepped into a dickens village. vittoria woodill check it it for you. >> in cape may we're celebrating holiday lights and history. i'm vittoria woodill coming up a tour and i don't want to miss the trolley. >>> plus, the time has come. hollywood roles out the red carpet for the world premier every new star wars movie. the lengths diehard fans have gone to be among the first to see the force awakens much kate. >> as the rain moves out of the area tonight, temperatures remain in the 60s but they will begin to drop. once we clear out the rain it does turn cooler. one punch and then a second punch of cooler air coming in later this week. i'll have your full seven forecast coming up. >>> also, some jaw-dropping video should show you. two hotel employees narrowly escape a pickup truck c

"eyewitness news" report todd quinones shows you how the award will help one special organization. >> all of our funding comes from the generosity of people like you. >> a $10,000 grant for sunny, and her group, will go awful long way as part of the garden state underwater rescue, she divers when other won't, were canned. >> at love people ask me, how do you do it? how do you not do it? >> exactly one year ago to the day, it was a volunteer with the garden state, that recovered the body of shane montgomery in the schuylkill river. the 21 year old disappeared thanksgiving morning. >> we all have day jobs. we all spends a lot of time, you know, doing normal stuff and then on the weekends we come in and help where we're needed. >> monday night at citizens sense bank park, thought the volunteers de severed recognition and much needed financial support presenting them with $10,000 grant at their charity's holiday giving party. >> we're tide together by the fact that we dive, and that this was our community service. >> the divers pick up searches after police and rescue divers have to move

roaring from center city, todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> oh that does my heart good to seeng people involve in the art. >> outstanding he's making quite a wave. >> that he is. recently i sat down with mark wahlberg and will ferrell to talk about their new film daddy home. mark was there on stage when bobby performed for the pope. he shared this story with will while we listened to oh, holy night. >> i'm hosting the pope on the festival of familiar unless philadelphia good right, right. >> and this young boy comes out to sing and i mean voice of an angel. >> right. >> ♪ >> asked him to sing on moment's notice. >> in front of the pope. >> wow! >> incredible. >> incredible indeed. much more with mark and will neck week on their new comedy and their full length conversation on young mr. bobby hill. isn't we'll be saying bobby hill's name for while. >> we are even though he wears the green jacket and i started with the red jack. we go at it back and forth. >> that's great to see. >> holidays mean shopping, decorating and of course baking. >> and there's one treat that takes the

"eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones was there. >> reporter: it was a violent head on collision. two people were killed. pemberton road was shut down for ours new jersey state police collected evidence. the two males who are dead were both in the volkswagen passat. >> witness statement stating that the volkswagen traveling high rate of speed possibly improperly passing vehicles entered the lane of the bus striking it head on. >> reporter: there were 20 students from the lenape on the bus, as well as two teachers, a bus aid and driver. the crash happened just before 5:00 on pemberton road just east of ridge road in southampton. >> it was the lenape swim team traveling to a sporting event. >> reporter: names of the two ills males who were killed have not been released pending notification of next of kin. fortunately of those nine people taken here to the hospital, all of them have only minor injuries. reporting from mt. holly, new jersey, todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> tonight chicago's mayor is promising change after firing the city's top cop. gary mccarthy resigned at

i'm todd quinones with that story coming up. >>> one of the hottest gifts this holiday season is too to fly, why those popular hoover board are banned from several major airlines. >>> and then new at 6:00 this goat is about to make his debut as a mascot a at tomorrow army/navy game so why was this four legged celebrity treated at an area vet hospital. this troubled medical history tonight at six. we will be right bac >>> dogs who were cast a aways are now getting a second chance and making a difference thanks to compassion faith volunteers. "eyewitness news" continues a at 5:30. hello, i'm's ukee washington. >>> aim natasha brown. the it is all thanks to the throw away dogs project. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has the the story. >> reporter: this is king. >> we want to stimulate his drive. >> come on. >> chase a sleeve and desire to go out and grab it. >> good, good report are report dogs are not type dog you want to cuddle will with on the couch. >> i want to approve that jumper dogs are not throw away dogs. >> reporter: carol started the throw away dogs project, two ye

roaring from center city, todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> oh that does my heart good to see people involve in the art. >> outstanding he's making quite a wave. >> that he is. recently i sat down with mark wahlberg and will ferrell to talk about their new film daddy home. mark was there on stage when bobby performed for the pope. he shared this story with will while we listened to oh, holy night. >> i'm hosting the pope on the festival of familiar unless philadelphia good right, right. >> and this young boy comes out to sing and i mean voice of an angel. >> right. >> ♪ >> asked him to sing on moment's notice. >> in front of the pope. >> wow! >> incredible. >> incredible indeed. much more with mark and will neck week on their new comedy and their full length conversation on young mr. bobby hill. isn't we'll be saying bobby hill's name for while. >> we are even though he wears the green jacket and i started with the red jack. we go at it back and forth. >> that's great to see. >> holidays mean shopping, decorating and of course baking. >> and there's one treat that takes the ca

i'm todd quinones, i'll have that story coming up. >> today is saturday, december 12th, good morningu. so glad you're with us. i'm nicole brewer. it is 5:30 right now. let's check in with katie fehlinger out on the skydeck. love having you with us on a saturday morning. you have some really good news. >> always a lot easier to handle work ago weekend when you have got to deal with gorgeous weather. so, so beautiful out there. it feels really comfortable here on cbs-3 skydeck too. when do you in fact get out and about today, you will notice that it just feels more like either october or april. take your pick really. but we are expecting to easily challenge if not break a handful of records. let's see what the numbers would be to beat today. out at the a.c. airport you have to hit 67. in reading, 66. here in philadelphia, six after is the number to beat. now, i have to tell you, i think we've got real good shot to do. that will that's what we are in fact forecasting, storm scan, nice and clear on the radar, we throw the satelite coverage on top here, not finding too much other than som

"eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is in new castle delaware with that story, todd. >> reporter: ukee, police here are concerned if these guys didn't want it before they got away, they likely will try it again. surveillance camera captured the the heartless crime, suspects followed a ups truck, through a delaware neighborhood, and package was dropped off, one suspect simply stepped up to the front porch, and pick it up and walked a away witt like it was his. >> it is very sad, you know, you spend a lot of money these days for things and christmas gifts that are being taken. >> reporter: robin wells tells me her neighbor's daughter is now out of the pair of boots, thanks to the thieves. new castle county police indicate tuesday afternoon just after , a group of men were seen riding in a silver minivan with temporary delaware tags. when no one answered the door and delivery man left the boots at the home on the road, one suspect described as an african-american wearing dark colored hooded sweat shirts and got out of the van and simply stole it. >> we just want a citizen of new cas

reporting live from the sat center, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right todd, thanks very much. >>> foreign leaders are weighing in on trump's controversial comments. including one who plans to meet with trump later this month. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he rejects donald trump's remarks about muslims saying his country respects all religions but netanyahu still plans to meet with the candidate in israel, later this month. >> jeb bush who was campaigning in new hampshire said trump a's proposal could put israel in danger. >> it pushes the way allies necessary essential toss destroy isis and to bring about security in the middle east. >> reporter: bush has condemned trump's comments but refuses to say if he will support the businessman if he wins the g.o.p. nomination. former home land security secretary and pennsylvania governor tom ridge, campaigning with bush, was more blunt. >> the public will in the vote for him ever. i think he demeans the process. i think he is an embarrassment to the party and embarrassment to my country. >> reporter: k

reporting live from trenton, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right todd, thanks very much. >>> coming up at 6:00 it is newspaper front page that is getting plenty of reaction. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff headed out in philadelphia to hear from people about this controversial front page. >>> still to come it is other red meat. there is a tasty healthy alternative that is explode nothing popularity. health reporter stephanie stahl tells us why bisonnies popping up on more and more dinner plate. >>> also seeing the beauty in ugly christmas sweaters, why the trending look is worth millions. >>> also meteorologist kate bilo is live in rittenhouse square for the the annual tree lighting, she will is live with that and her forecast coming up. is giving you more.america's best-selling brand the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing fo

our todd quinones will explain, coming up, at 6:00 o'clock. check it out, stay with us for that. >>> well, i would be excited about that, that is great. what is not great thinks weather. >> dreary. >> i was coming up 95 i could not see the sports complex. could not see it. >> it is foggy, bit hard to see, even three car lengths in front of you even though rain is pushing out, fog remains. so waiting for someone to get home expect it to be a long wait. >> be careful. >> keep dinner warm on the stove.careful. it is a mess on our local roadways. we have ponding, we have puddles, we have low cloud, we have fog and it will stick around through the next couple of hours. the rain moves out tonight but we have got colder air waiting in the wings, some will be happy for chilly weekend. let take a look to a time lapse video kutztown area middle will school all day. camera completely clouded over, it has been gray, glummy, rain steady through midday hours a as we told you yesterday, heaviest rain between 11 and three and four. rain has started to move on

"eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live at the wells fargo center with more on this, todd. >> reporter: the boston police department wants anyone who may have gotten involved in that fight to come forward. the video released by tmz shows evidence of the second violent confrontation involving jahlil okafor, after an exchanged of word video shows sixers rookie parentally getting involved in a fight. the the camera quickly pans away but later shows a man, bloody on the ground, struggling to come too. last week tmz released another video of okafor fighting outside a boston nightclub on november 25th, 19 year-old had just apologized for that incident. tmz says fight shown in the new video occurred after the first altercation. we caught up with 49 wip sports radio program director spike eskin to talk about the video. >> would i imagine somebody with the sixers knew he got in more than one fight that night. it is a little, he doesn't seem like that kind of guy. it is weird to see him so violent i guess. >> reporter: boston police tells "eyewitness news" that they are actively invest

"eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has that story. >> reporter: tis the season for holiday travelts, combination though hasn't been a issue before right now. >> i think they look cool. is there two options. you can do all green and red. >> reporter: jen parker bought these laser lights at bed, bath and beyond for $40 to light up perfect ridley park home which is just a few miles from the airport. >> lazy lights. >> it is what facebook is calling them. >> pretty much anything they hit lights light up like a christmas tree and they are so easy to install, it has made them a very popular item, this christmas season. the problem is a pilot a approaching dallas fort worth international the airport reported seeing a laser at 15,000 feet. >> i don't think that anybody who buys one of these little devices is putting it up with even the first thought that it might have an enough power to hit a aircraft in the school. >> reporter: faa says lasers can light up an entire cockpit making it tough for a pilot to see. >> if the box is aimed high, some of the laser light will not hit the roof of t

as todd quinones tells us, the effort came up short. >> the gun control debate in america is heating up in the wake of the killings in california, president obama is calling for common sense gun safety laws. >> will everybody please stand for moment of silence for the tragedy yesterday in california. >> in coincidental timing the democratic controlled new jersey state assembly fight to go over right governor and presidential hopeful chris christie's veto, over approval legislation dealing with guns, and mental illness, debate fell along party lines. >> to talk about california, this is action? this isn't action for that situation. >> if one other person in the state of new jersey who has mental health crisis issues pickets a gun and shoots an innocent person and they are found to have a mental health crisis, that's on all of us. >> assembly vote was suspended after falling short of votes needed to override the republican governor's veto. the bill would require potential gun buoys seek to go expunge mental health record to first notify law enforcement of their petition before getting

i mean, i am not sure that the pictures always really that simple. >> in university city, todd quinoness-3, "eyewitness news". >>> well it, looks like there is progress in harrisburg this morning regarding the budget stalemate. governor tom wolf told pit burying newspaper that a proposed deal will include historic increase in education funding. lawmakers are also focused on state pension benefits and alcohol sales. they are expected to work through the weekends on that budget. >> well, some big changes are in store for a landmark hotel down the shore. the golden innn in avalon has been sold to chester based company that plans to transform it into luxury resort. here's "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter, cleve bryan. >> reporter: for more than 50 years, sure visitors have checked in avalon's goal end inn foresee side getaways, when the property sold this week to philadelphia based eye kona resorts, there may have been concerns about what would become of the block wide property. but today they invited us in to say the future is big and bright. >> they plan to invest more than $10 milli

reporting life tonight from philadelphia international airport, i'm todd quinones cbs3 "eyewitness news >> all right, todd, thank you for that. >>> police interrupt a suspected drug deal and that leads to a chase through northeast philly. it all started at cottman and torresdale avenues around 9:00 o'clock tonight. the suspects struck two police cruisers as they tried to get away. the chase ended at torresdale rhawn street in holmesburg. there the suspects tried to run away but officers caught up with them. one of the suspects suffered a cut to his head he wasn't taken to torresdale hospital. a philadelphia police officer suffered minor injuries after a crash in juniata. chopper three over the scene at castor and erie avenues. you can see the police cruiser collided with a fire truck. again the officer was not seriously hurt. no word op what caused that crash torments night donald trump says he has no regrets about his call to temporary bar muslims from entering the u.s. as part of the fight against terrorism. presidential candidate controversial comments are sparking outrageous from fe

conference on climate change is wrapping up in parisment coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 todd quinones shows us why president obama says ignoring the the issue can have a much more sinister consequence on the global landscape. >>> is there news of progress in harrisburg over state's five month budget stalemate. governor tom wolf sailed a proposed deal which include a historic increase in education funding. the terms lawmakers are focused on major changes to state pension benefits and state wine and liquor sales. they are expected to work through the weekend to hammer out an agreement. >>> the big changes are in store for landmark hotel down the shore, golden inn, in avalon has been sold to chester base cod that plans to transform tonight to a luxury resort. here's "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter, cleve brian. >> reporter: for more than 50 years shore visitors checked in avalon's golden inn foresee see side getaways. when the property sold to philadelphia base iconea resorts there were concerns about what would become of the block wide property but today they invited us into say

that is story live tonight from north philadelphia, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will get back to you just as soon as we can, todd, thank you. >>> developing, a judge declares a mistrial in the first of the six police officers charged mountain death of freddie gray. cbs news correspondent craig boswell is following the case and is outside the courthouse with the very latest. >> reporter: jury was not able to come to the verdict in the case of the baltimore police officer william porter. after three days, jurors sent the note to the judge saying they were dead lock and mistrial was dies cleared. porter was within of six office are charge mountain death of gray who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody last april. he was not the arresting officer but was present at five of the six stops police van made as it was transporting gray to jail. prosecutors argue porter ignored gray's request for medical help, and broke police policy by not securing him with the seat belt but defense terence say that porter did tell his supervisor that gray needed to go to t