. >> trang, thank you. let's get check on how the overnight accident may affect your morning commute. >> for more on that, here's meisha johnson, traffic report er. >> we just turned the bumm being of it from trang. just to recap where we are right now, yes, we have the accident involving two norristown high-speed line trains at the 69th street terminals, trang had pointed out around 12:15 a.m. so, 42 injured, all together, service is expected to resume. it is actually expected to resume right about now. so just a heads up. if i were you, training will be running every 15, 20 minutes, and if i were you would mostly deaf expect delays. check the schedules, again, trains running every 15, 20 minute, should be resuming right now, that's the good news, matt becomes 4:30 in the morning and very, very busy in the world of travel. over to you. >> it really sounds like it, it will be relatively busy weather day as well, not because we have any kind of real bad weather coming our way but we do have a high heat , hig

we'll tell you trang? >> reporter: we will get to trang after the break. >> she was taken over by the climbs. this group of men had to be rescued by the coast guard, what they were doing that makes this a specially memorable experience. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ watching cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning, or any of eventhten days , you know, today is the day the moon will cover the sun. it is eclipsefest all day long on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," on, we'll show you how some procrastinators are gettingread we will be right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ >> support hearings want to keep in center city are having a rally. good morning, trang. >> reporter: good morning, jim , rahel. sources within city hall told "eyewitness news," that there were fears that the rally could turn violent. now, those fighting to keep the statue in place, are hoping that a meeting with mayor kenney will help all sides come to a compromise. >> calls to take down the city statue of former mayor frank rizzo, are nothing n

trang, good morning. >> well, good morning, rahel and joe. this gathering appears to be organized by the same group every teens responsible for last month's cook out, that just got out of control in this very same location. this time, police had to arrest three people. >> arrested donees ends every people lonnie young center east germantown where some 300 teens gather, police say they had no choice but to break up the group around 10:00 p.m. some until the crowd began to get wrought >> i arrested three people for lands very much to patrol cars >> similar scene unfolded at the same rec center, cook out advertised on social media, attracted some 400 teens, videos posted on line show young people banking on cars and talking -- taunting police officers. police say some of the kids began hurling bottles at them. officers did not make any arrests. and the crowd eventually dispersed. police had message for parent then, a good reminder once again, after the second disturbance at lonnie young in a month. >> i know it is nice to have the fresh air, and

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, liver outside the haddon township police department with a sketch of the suspect. trang, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel, joe, and that sketch is extremely detailed. thanks to that young girl. police also released a surveillance image of the car they believe the suspect was driving. >> haddon township police are looking for this man, in connection to attempted luring of a child. he's described as a white male , in his late 30's, to early 40's, with a light complexion and dark hair. he was wearing an orange short sleeve college shirt, and thin silver frame glasses, with noticeable wrinkles at the corner every his eyes and above his nose. sunday a girl riding her bike on the 200 block every addison avenue westmont reported that a man pulled up to her, and said her parent sent him to take her home. the girl quickly road away. investigators released a surveillance em and of the car they believe the suspect was driving. they describe it as 2003 gold or tan four-door hyundai elantra gls with new jersey tags. police say the driv

live from einstein mad call center, i'm trang do, " eyewitness news," back to you >> trang, thank you. testimony is expected to testimony today about a central pennsylvania courtroom >> that's where 16 penn state fraternity brothers are facing charges in the alcohol fueled death after pledge. yesterday, the judge heard testimony from a detective who alleges someone purposely deleted basement video footage from that february night the night piazza died. talking outside of court you. >> saw the video of upstairs. and if had he choose to delete that video, which a logical person might say it must be worse, then what could it possibly show and why would you delete it unless it shows culpability toward some crime? >> now, the judge in this case is trying to decide if there is enough evidence to send this case to county court for trial. attorneys for the fraternity brother are arced their clients did not force piazza to drink and should not be held responsible for his death >> father reunited with his three year old son after carjacker takes off with the toddler still in the back seat "eyew

"eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at the scene. good morning, trang. >> well, good morning, jim, rahel. as meisha mentioned we did get the update from septa within the hour the norristown high-speed line is back up and running. but 15, 20 minute, between trains and no express service, but we take you out here to the scene here where you can still see the trolley involved has that police tape across it now, despite all of the injuries, very minimal visible damage to the cars involved. but take a look, at the scene overnight. this happened just after midnight, at the norristown high-speed line trolley pulling into the 69th street station. that's when the trolley crashed into an empty car, park on the tracks. in all, 42 people, including the operator, are hurt, four of them critically. now paramedics transported the injured hospitals. here is witness account from raymond woodard pass inning here was just released from the hospital. take a listen. >> i fell asleep coming from work, the train, i hear the train going real fast, like supe

. >> trang, thank you for that live report. philadelphia police have yet to release the name after man they say fired at officers, nearly hitting a family inside their home. a mother and her kids were watching a movie in their north fairhill home yesterday afternoon, right outside police say a man was threatening to use his gun, when officers rushed to the scene, we're told, the mangan shooting. now, he didn't hit anyone, but a bullet flew through the mother's bedroom window, her kids were inside. >> we heard the bullet go through the window. and she started screaming. and i immediately got up, because the kids were outside playing. >> i was in my mom's room watching it. v. the bullet came flying in the window. yep, it is scary, you never know what's going to happen. >> well, police returned fire striking the suspect. he's now in the hospital facing multiple charges. >> a man is hospitalized after crashing head first into a building in philadelphia's talcony section. according to police, the driver smashed into the keystone los

i'm trang do, live with a witness account of the scary incident. >> plus, electric shock? when there is too much on your yesterday the cards. >> norristown high train accident cleared, but do very much dates there, also couple every accident causing delays, as well as construction, all of the updates coming up of the first we'll take a break, stay right where you are, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back. >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> good morning, i'm gem donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. just about 630:67:89 here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute today august 22, 2017. >> dozen of people are hurt, after an accident at 69th street terminal. a train crashes into a parked train. >> there is that heat advisory through the i59 corridor, 98 to 103 for our heat index values today. make sure you're keeping yourself safe throughout the afternoon. >> raised hell in our neighborhood. >> my father was not a race us >> more than 100 people gather along jfk boulevard in center city. so call for the removal of the frank rizzo statue. meanwhile

"eyewitness news" trang do is live at norristown farm park with more on the investigation what is the very latest, trang do. >> reporter: jim and rahel, police do not have a whole lot to go off of so they are appealing to the public for information, to help get this dangerous man off the streets before he attacks again. a heinous attack in broad daylight on tuesday triggered a shut down and manhunt around norristown farm park. >> that is crazy in the something would i expect there so, like i said, i'm here all the time. >> reporter: around 10:50 a.m. a 19 year-old woman called 911 to report she had been sexual ly assaulted at gunpoint inside the park. what man said she was running when a man pulled her off of the trail in the wooded area. >> it could have been me, or anyone else. >> reporter: account hit too close to home for 18 year-old felicia saunders who wrapped up a run at the park just 20 minutes before the attack. >> i can't believe i missed it by 20 minutes. it is really just nerve rack to go me. >> reporter: police closed 690-r evidence. nearby norristown state hospital was a

out chaos, trang, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe and rahel. this appears to be organized by the same group of teens responsible for last month's cook out in this very same location, but this time, police had to arrest three people. philadelphia police ushered dozens every young people along chelten avenue away from the lonnie young recreation center in east germantown. where some 300 teens gathered sunday night. police say they had no choice but to break up the group around 10:00 p.m. when some of the crowd began to get rowdy and throw rocks at police. officers arrested three people for vandalism to patrol cars. a similar scene un fowl dollars three weeks ago at the same rec center. a cook out advertised on social media attracted some 400 teens. videos posted on line show young people banking on cars and talking -- taunting police officers. some of the kids began hurling bottles at them. officers did not make any arrests and the crowd eventually dispersed. police had a message for parent then, a good reminder once again after the second distur

joe live at the lonnie young recreation center , another cook out has turned chaotic, trang, perhapsd to believe, the same rec center but what are police saying? >> well, police aren't saying much. but they did arrest three people. but people in this neighborhood are saying that here we go again. someone on facebook live actually called this the lonnie young rampage part two. >> philadelphia police ushered dozen of young people along chelten avenue, away from the lonnie young recreation center in east east germantown, where some 300 teens gathered sunday night. police say they had no choice but to break up the group around 10:00 p.m. when some in the crowd began to get rowdy and throw rocks at police. officers arrested three people for vandalism to patrol cars. a similar scene unfolded three weeks ago, at the same rec center, a cook out advertised on social media, attracted some 400 teens, videos posted on line show young people banking on cars and taunting police officers. police said some of the kids began hurling bottles at them. officers did not make any arrests, and the crowd ev

trang, thank you. new this morning, fire fight remembers trying to figure out what sparked hospital fire in montgomery county. they say the fire broke out in the basement of and inning ton lansdale hospital. the call came in just after 2:00 a.m. we are told the fire was contained to the basement. it was quickly placed under control. there were no evacuations, and in one was injured. >> also new overnight, police are investigating after an s.u.v. slams into a house in south philadelphia. this is 13th and christian streets. as we can see here, there is some pretty significant damage to the house and a window there. we're told one person was taken to the hospital. there is no word yet on the victim's condition. >>> turning now to south jersey, police are investigating an incident whether a driver, either fell, or jumped out of her moving car. chopper three was over route 42, north in depford, police say the car was going around six off miles per hour at the time. she was rushed to the hospital with seriou

>> thank you, trang. new this morning crews rush to the scene of hospital fire in montgomery county. authorities say the fire broke out in the basement of abington lansdale hospital. that car came -- that call came in after 2:00 a.m. fire contained to the basement , quickly placed under control. there were no evacuations, no one was injured. authorities still trying to figure out what sparked that fire. >> well, in lighter news this morning, football back in south philly but the birds have some questions to answer for the game's start to count. >> the offense continues to struggle, but the defense look good. birds and bills last night at the linc. the eagles new cornerback, ronald darby, had an interception. he pick off a pass and returned 48 yards. darby just joined the eagles from the bills in the trade for jordan matthews. on the offense side of the ball, the birds could not convert a third down. carson wentz best drive of the net ended fumble, lots every penalties in this game, as well, the birds wind

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live at the scene with an update now from fire officials, trang, good morning , what are they saying? >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel, jim. those injured people include two people who live in the building as well as one firefighter. an officer here on scene tells us one of those injured is a woman who had to be revived by cpr. but take a look here, still very active scene. at this apartment complex, right by the northeast airport , it took crews almost an hour to get this fire under control. dozens of people were inside these apartments when the fire broke out but fortunately we're told the alarm system in the building was working, but take a look at the scene just few hours ago there is fire started just before 12:30 a.m. inside the canterbury court amounts on the 9900 block of academy road. firefighters arrived finding heavy fire coming from second story apartment. paramedics transported two people, one person inside the apartment and another person in an apartment next-door to area hospitals. medics also transported a firefighter to the

i'm trang do, cbs3 eyewitness news. rahel and jim back to you. >> and cities and states across the country are removing confederate monuments. cbs correspondent is live at one controversial site. >> president trump's refusal to place blame for the violence in charlottesville on white supremacists has sparked national outrage. meanwhile hundreds came together at the exact spot where the clashes took place to denounce racism overnight. here's seth lemon with the latest. ♪ and the home of the brave >> reporter: hundreds gathered wednesday evening at the university of virginia for a candlelight vigil denouncing the violence and racism that was on display over the weekend in charlottesville. >> we don't want this anger and hate. >> being here tonight was a way of reclaiming the city. >> reporter: protests continued throughout the country. this one outside trump tower in new york was organized by a jewish group. even in santiago, chile, outside the building where vice president mike pence gave a speech, there was a show of so

trang do just arrived and she will have a live report, coming up. >>> this is where the frat, this is the frat house where authorities say that 19 year-old timothy piazza was left to die after a hazing ritual this morning 16 of his classmates will be in court as judge hears arguments on whether or not they should be sent to trial, we will have a preview. >>> huge flames erupting overnight in bucks county what is burning and where this is all happening. >>> today, it is thursday august 10th, good morning, i'm jan carabao. jim donovan's off. >> i'm rahel solomon. we have a lot of breaking news overnight but first lets get you out the door with katie and meisha. >> good morning, guys. gateway to the weekend. good news is this morning we have nice dry roadways that will help us out and no accidents. that is great too. >> yes, my goodness. totally quiet, it will stay that way for another day, hotter then yesterday and with time we will see or more specifically, feel a little bit more humidity as morning and especially tonight progress. we will take a quick peak at storm scan not much going

we are live outside 69th street station i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and rahel, back to you. >>> 5:37. in business news sales are going stale for a fresh food provider. >> money watch's roxana saberi joins us live with that and more, good morning, rocks san a. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. will stocks keep up their rally today? they surged yesterday after a shaky couple weeks, dow jones rose 196 points and nasdaq finished 84 points up. >>> blue apron is putting in a hiring freeze for salary workers. company delivered boxes pack with fresh ingredients and recipe card to make meals at home. since going public in june its shares dropped 50 percent. company says it is laying off 14 recruiters as part of the organizational restructuring. >>> state department is warning americans to think twice about visiting several popular spots in mexico. issued an advisory warning of the spike in homicides in resort towns including cancun and playa delcarmen. state department says turf battles between criminals group led to violent crime in areas frequent

trang, what can you tell us? >> good morning, jen, jim, still very active scene here, the 1600 block of northwest end boulevard, also known as 309. now, if anybody's getting up, getting ready to go to work, definitely avoid this area. take a look at the scene, still tons of crews out here, and we can see the pool store directly across the street. now, right now, tow truck is getting ready to tow that car that was involved in this crash, as you mentioned, that driver has died. now, crews remain on the scene , because this was very challenging fire, lot of hazards to deal with. this is a pool store. take a look at this video from earlier this evening. now there is fire started just after 2:00 a.m., at 1618 northwest end boulevard in quakertown, the pool pro. state police say someone was driving on the road here, but for unknown reason their car left the roadway, crashed into the building again part of pool pro, pool supply company. now the building then caught fire. as you can imagine, lots of hazards to deal with

do , cbs 3, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you so much, trang. >> justprere, the second accident that septa 69th street station this year. the you may remember february 21 an accident injured four people, authorities say the train operator activated the emergency mode at the last moment, in hopes of preventing the crash. the broad street and market frankford line do have atc or automatic train control, supposed to prevent accident, at this point forks word on what caused this crash. happening right now, city-wide outage at the philadelphia police communication center has just ended. this is video from police headquarters, outage affecting the real time crime center, as well as commodore barry pewters deal with the one system. 191 was working throughout the outage, for the time being officers patrolling in two person units. >> bill cosby heads back to norristown today for his pretrial hearing. >> comes day after the entertainer announced his new legal team. "eyewitness news" reporter rosss center more on the cosby case, good morning, henry. >> good morning, announc

"eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in bell a vista with the very latest, good morning, trang do. >> reporter: good morning jan and jim. duncan round was arraigned on felony charges related to the sexual assault of the two of the 37 children entrust they had into his care here at sprouts day care. in the event hes been posted bail, he has been ordered to stay away from the building. duncan round of medford lakes, new jersey is facial unthinkable charges for a dare care operator, rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviant sexual interest scoring and endanger welfare of the child. they stem from the investigation initiated on july 25th after a five-year eld boy and five-year eld girl who attend sprouts day care in bell a vista began behaving differently. >> we conducted immediate forensic interviews at children's alliance, and both children disclose that had they written deed sexually a ultimate sad. >> reporter: the captain says the assaults happened multiple times at the preschool. investigators uncovered physical evidence during a search of the building. parents picking up the

"eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at 59th street station with more and trang do you have beene since 4:30 yesterday morning. what do we know right now. >> reporter: that is right, rahel, train operator has already submitted sample fos blood and drug and alcohol testing rather but investigators will be out here over next several days gathering evidence, still, it will be sometime before we have any answers. ntsb investigators combed tracks at 69th street terminal after a terrifying crash between two norristown high speed line railcars, one pulling into the station, other park on the track. the accident which happened just after midnight on tuesday injured 33 people, including the train operator. >> i see that we have 69th street why are we going so fast, just take the train, boom. >> reporter: ntsb investigator rubin says agency hats an eight member team on the ground in upper darby. >> they will be collecting evidence in their specific disciplines which includes mechanical, operation, signal train control, crash worth iness, emergency response and human performance. >> reporte

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in margate with more on is what at stake, trang do, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jan. atlantic county judge issued that restraining order to stop work here, to this dune project that you see here, this massive, mess, margate officials say it is not only a eye sore but health hazard that is temporarily closed many of the beaches here. for people live in margate summer 2017 has been marred by the formation of the body of water they never asked for. >> health has air, inconvenience, definitely not ideal. >> reporter: dubbed as lake christie the massive pools of water formed as a result of the governor's controversial dune construction project have blocked off beach access in parts, and has been breeding grounds for harmful bacteria. >> our fear is that this is the new normal for mar gate. we're being asked to essentially live with this. >> reporter: governor christie ordered dunes be built following hurricane sandy but city officials who have opposed project from day one says construction has been hit by drainage iss

good morning, trang. >> well, good morning, jim, rahel. both the climber and the city say they do not want to see any kind of copycats. this daredevil photographer took advantage of renovation work that happened just once every ten years. he climbed scaffold to go get a view, some 550 feet above the grounds. it is a video that no doubt shows incredible insider views of philadelphia's iconic city hall. from inside the tower, right to up william penn himself. youtuber who uses posted evidence of his heart stopping and i will legal feat on his account sunday. the video is take friend his perspective shows him traversing ladders, staircases , and scaffolding, ultimate birds' eye view of the sit. >> i inside of billy penn. >> taking you there before, cbs-3's joe holden highlighting the once in a decade painstaking cleaning work just completed on pennsylvania's 37-foot bronze founder. but king managed to take his video completely undetected sometime in the past two month he says he does it to document history, and take care of damage or vandaliz

for now we are live at 69th street terminal i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" back to you. >>> meanwhile in other news new jersey politicians are offering their condolences following sudden death of the state senator jim whelan, whelan represented atlantic county in the new jersey legislature for more than a decade. before that the democrat was the long time mayor of atlantic city, a city schoolteacher and life guard. whelan did not seek reelection in november. he had kidney surgery last month, no word on his cause of death, jim whelan was 68 years old. >>> in a statement governor chris christie said i came to know jim as a forthright, honest leader whose word was his bond. the current come back of atlantic city is due in no small part to the efforts and passion of jim whelan. senate president stephen sweeney said jim was rarely one to raise his voice but was a advocate for atlantic city a city he loved dearly and was determined to see it thrive. >>> new this morning a man is fighting for his life after he was shot in south philadelphia this happened at 16th and le tonia street

trang, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe , rahel, this girl was able to give a very detailed description of the suspect down to his hairy arms, silver ring on his left hands ring finger. based on description, police were able to develop a sketch. take a look. haddon township police are looking for this man, in connection to an attempted luring of a child. he's described as white male, in his late 30's, to early 40 's, with a light complexion and dark hair. he was wearing an orange short sleeve college shirt, and thin silver frame glasses, with noticeable wrinkles at the corner every his eyes and above his no, sir. sunday girl riding her bike 200 block of addison avenue in westmont reported a man pulled up to her and said her parent sent him to take her home. the girl quickly road away. investigators released a surveillance image of the car they believe the suspect was driving. they describe it as 2003, gold or tan four-door hyundai elantra gls with new jersey tags, police say the driver side rear panel supply been newly painted and may not match the rest of the car. anyone wi

trang, good morning, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jan, right now police do not yet have a motive for this very strange shooting in which they say both the shooter as well as the victim were driving in opposite directions on the same street. but take a lock at this video of the scene overnight. this happened just after 11:00 d several 911 calls about a man shot near the intersection of somerdale avenue and cheltenham avenue. officers arrived to find 24 year old man lying down next to the open door after volvo, with multiple gunshot wounds to his left side and his left arm. now, there was another person attempt to go render first aid medics rushed the victim to einstein medical center in very critical condition. now, chief inspect store scott small says witness accounts, anibal is i can evidence says the shooter and victim were in the driver seat of their cars head in the opposite directions on somerdale. he says the victim was stopped at a light, gunman, pulled up, opened fire. >> the driver door wind

good morning, trang. >> good morning, jim, rahel.nately officials say none of those injuries are life threateningment i'll take you right to the train where you can actually see the trolley car involved off in the distance with police tape across it. now, despite all of those injuries, there is very minimal visible damage to the cars involved. but, take a look at the scene overnight.

trang, what's the latest? >> so far police do not have a motive in this shooting, the driving in opposite directions on the same road. look at the video of the scene overnight, happened just after 11:00 p.m. police received several 911 calls that a man shot near the intersection of somerdale avenue and cheltenham avenue. officers arrived to find 24 year old man lying down next to the open door of a volvo, with multiple gunshot wounds to his left side, as well as his left arm. there was another person there attempt to go render first aid medics then rushed the have i victim to einstein hospital in very critical condition. is shot squawls says witness account, balistic evidence shows the shooter and victim were in the driver seats of their cars head in the opposite directions on somerdale. he says the victim was stopped at a light, gunman pulled up, and opened fire. >> driver and passenger windows shot out. we found projectile in the driver seat of the victim's vehicle. so it appears that he was sitting in the d

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do, has more on the dangerous stunt. >> it is a video that no doubt shows incredible insider views of philadelphia's iconic city hall. >> from inside the tower, right up the william penn himself. >> a youtube here uses the named carson king posted evidence of his heart stopping , but exploring with accounts sunday. >> the video is taken shows traversing ladders, staircases and scaffolding, to get the ultimate birdseye view of the city. >> sign every billy penn. >> take you there, cbs-3 joe holden highlighting the once in a decade painstaking cleaning work, that was just completed on pennsylvania's 37-. >> but, king managed to take his video completely undetected, sometime in the past two month. he does it document history not to damage or vandalize. he also managed to get himself down. zero? response to the video, mike dunn said ex memely concerned by this video. it is dangerous and i will legal, and posing their own safety. king agreed saying he's not encouraging others to follow what he did san strongly advises against t i'm trang do , "eyewitness n

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do has been at the scene all morning long, trang, good morning. what do we know now? >> reporter: good morning, that firefighter you mentioned had minor injury, but officer on scene tells me one of those two injured residents had to be revived by cpr. but take a look, i'll move out of the way so you can see this apartment complex. five crews just now starting to pull away from the scene here. they've been here for hours. after putting out this fire, just checking out this building, we are where dozen every people written side when the fire broke out. fortunately we're told the alarm system inside the building was working but take a look at the scene few hours ago, fire started just before 12:30 a.m. inside the canterbury amount, 9900 block of academy road. firefighters arrived to find heavy fire coming from second story apartment. paramedics transported two people, one person inside the apartment, and another person from an apartment next-door. to area hospitals. medics also transported a firefighter to the hospital with a minor injury. in all, 50

good morning, trang do. >> reporter: well, good morning, rahel and jan. scene here speaks for itself. we will take a look here, an atlantic county judge issued a restraining order to halt work on this project after seeing these images. federal judge will hear the same arguments for and against continuing work later to day. for people living in margate summer 2017 has been marred by the formation of the body of water that they never asked for. >> health hazard, inconvenience, definitely not ideal. >> reporter: dubbed by locals as lake christie massive pools of water formed as a result of the governor's controversial dune construction project blocked off beach access in parts and has been breeding grounds for harmful bacteria. >> our fear is this is the new normal for margate, that we are being asked to essentially live with this. >> reporter: governor christie ordered dunes be built following hurricane sandy but city officials who have opposed from day one say construction has been hit by major drainage issues after heavy period of rain. >> one-third of ou

our trang dough spoke to the man who started petition to keep the mark ferguson stopped by the municipal services building to check on the statuay. tuesday night, he saw the news that it had been vandalized with an anti t egged. someone who grew up with the rizzo family, ferguson feels the monument. >> it's about prep. >> reporter: that's why he startedet to gather support against efforts to take it down. >> thisbol of hate. >> there's a long-standi racisme bout about. >> reporter: councilwoman at large helen gym calling on the statue of the former mayor and police commissioner to be removed. gym and others say they're troubled by allegations that african-americans were routinely targeted and brutalized during rizzo's tenure from the late ' '60s to 1980. >> symbolizes racism. take it down. real simple. walking past the rizzo statue today and for hem itsivisive. >> at that time and that pennsylvania and in philadelphia we needed tdt. that. i like the statue. >> i think they should leave it there because ius or whatever, and when i'm out here >> reporter: in center city,y i'm trang dough,

in the train crash at 69th street station i'm trang do live with who investigators will speak to today>>> then it has happened again another cemetery in our area vandalized we will tell you where these headstones were toppled, chelsea. >>> things are looking much better as we head in the weekend, ready fortes of fall? that is what is heading our way. high temperatures will be in the upper 70's, we can give ac a break, we will also have some low humidity, more details in the ful >>> chelsea and meisha will be along in a moment but first here's what you need to necessity to start in our morning minute is wednesday, august 23rd. >>> police in phoenix fired gas and flash bang grenades as angry protesters took to the street as president trump held a campaign style rally. >> we are fully, totally committed to fighting for our agenda. >>> we will be on the scene for four or five days. >> ntsb continues continue on investigate tuesday's crash at 69th street terminal. today they will talk to the conductor of the train. >> politician as cross the garden state are remembering jim whelan, who died

i'm trang do, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> okay, trang. thank you. >> this morning a tense barricade situation ends without incident. police say they wrp responding to a call from a woman who claimed a man was inside her home and threatened to open fire if police were called. >> when police arrived on location, they saw a 43-year-old female on the second floor roof of the house. she was on the roof hiding from a 46-year-old male that she had just served a protection order on. >> the suspect did eventually surrender and no one was hurt. >> a break-through in that case of a deadly hit-and-run in center city last week. police say they have found the vehicle involved in that crash. police located the jeep parked at a business. police say the vehicle struck and killed 53-year-old ann broderick. an anonymous tip led them to the vehicle. a source tells eyewitness news the jeep's owner may not have been driving. >> a second lawyer is asking the court to be removed from bill cosby's defense team. the lead defense attorney asked to leave earlier thi

good morning trang. >> reporter: good morning. the barricades to protect the statue first came out yesterday morning after a man was arrested for egging it and overnight we saw that protection really beefed up. there were about two dozen officers out here and three sets of barricades. but now that has been reduced. just a handful of officers here outside the statue with one set of barricades. last night there were a number of people who gathered here at this statue demanding it be torn down after attending an antiracism march. a cross-section of philadelphia a thousand people strong marched down broad street wednesday night to be a collective voice against racism. this in the wake of a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia over the weekend that turned violent. >> racism has no place in our society. in our nation. and we will fight to uphold the laws of freedom. >> they had such a long way to go. i've been marching in marches like this for 50 years. i'm old but not tired. >> reporter: the march brought a number of di

. >> live at the scene, trang, good morning, what's the latest here? >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. those injured people include two people who live in the building as well as one firefighter, in fact officer here on scene tells us one of the injured residents is a woman who had to be revived by cpr. but take a look, very active scene even hours after this fire here at this apartment complex, right next to the northeast airport. now, this fire started just before 12:30 a.m. inside the canterbury court and the on the 9900 block of academy road , firefighters arrived to find heavy fire coming from second story apartment. paramedics transported two people, one person who was inside the apartment, where the fire started, and another person, from an apartment next-door, to area hospitalization. now, medics also transported a firefighter to the hospital, with a minor injury, and all, again, 50 people are displaced this morning. >> emergency management, one of the partners, red cross on scene, and also building management, and all of those together ar

. >> three people including a firefighter injured, trang do, resident to have happily safely escaped. >> i saved my dog, the fist thing i grabbed, barefooted the whole time. >> tony and his chihuahua max made it out of their canterbury court apartment complex seconds before building g became engulfed in flames around 12:30 a.m. >> we heard the alarms going off. came outside. >> 302nd later flames out of g 5. >> he says the fire appears to have start in the his neighbor linda's second floor apartment he saw firefighters carry her out on a stretcher. deputy fire commissioner said she was one of three people hurt. >> we made one occupant transport today a local hospital. second occupant, also transported from adjoining apartment. and we had one firefighter suffer minor injuries. >> say the fire contained to the one apartment but the other nine in the building sustained extensive smoke and water damage. the red cross is assisting the 50 people displace the. staff kept resident on septa bus, until they could arrange accommodations. >> anything we needed, they had. they were great. >> hours

but for now we are live from bell a vista i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jan and jim, back to you. >> thank you. >>> in other news search is on for cold hearted thieves who stole from habitat for humanity in salem county. take a look, tools used by the group to build homes for those in need, were stolen from a construction site in pittsgrove, and the theft was discovered on monday when volunteers returned to work on the road where two homes are being built. they saw a lock to their construction trailer was broken and every single tool inside was gone. >> even our first aid kits, t-shirts, i mean they took everything. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. it is really sad, because we know what the habitat is all about. >> reporter: habitat says that the tools were recently purchased and cost the organization over $4,000. >>> community members in west philadelphia held a rally with toy fight against open air drug markets in their neighborhood. several civic group and public officials came out last night on the 700 block of north holy street. organizers say they wan

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do has a look and why officials say it was a dangerous fire to fight. >> reporter: relatives, neighbors now without homes, comforted one eras crews worked to put out a massive fire that claim their apartment, a business below, and driver of the car that spark the flames. >> it was honestly scary. >> reporter: tyler moyer was inside his apartment at 2:00 a.m. when he heard car smash in the pool supply store on route 309 in quakertown. he and his neighbors all got out safely. >> when i looked outside my window, i didn't see anything but smoke, you know, i went to put on shorts and i looked at it again, just engulfed in flames. >> who control somehow. >> reporter: bob height of richmond township fire rescue said a driver was traveling on 309, who control, and then slammed in the building. that person was then killed. as they doused the flames fire fighters had to take extra precaution, dealing with the pool chemicals. >> chlorine attacks the rest of the system and can burn your lungs, so we just make sure they stay there. >> it is like lightening st

"eyewitness news" reporter trang do, live stue of the munil services building.ng, jim, rahel. police tiannamen to monitor th s overnight, several patrol cars , now just one. meanwhile, those push to go keep this statue in place hope a meeting with mayor kenly help all sides come -- calls to take down the city statue of former mayor frank rizzo, are nothing new. but a tweet last monday from councilwoman helen gym re ignited debate over the controversial monument. she wrote quote all around the country we're fight to go remove the monuments to slavery and racism. take the rizzo statue down. >> i look pretty goody i believe. >> two term mayor was known for his larger than life personality. and tough law and order policing. his critics argued that african-americans and the lgbt q community were unjustly targeted and brutalized under his ten ooh. not so says rizzo personal former secretary. >> in the row home neighborhoods, blue collar neighborhoods, he was the champion. >> barbara one every thousand who are calling for the rizzo statue to be left alone, petition for the call start

so trang do, what can you tell us. >> reporter: well, jim and rahel, montgomery county d.a. 's office and east and west norriton police are handling this police do not have much to go off of so they are appealing to the public to get this dangerous man off of the streets before he attacks again. a heinous attack in broad daylight, on tuesday triggered a shot dunn and manhunt around norristown farm park. >> that is crazy, nothing would i expect here, so, like i said i'm here all the time. >> reporter: around 10:50 a.m. 19 year-old woman called to report that she had been sexually assaulted at gunpoint inside the park month. man told police she was running when a man pulled her off of the trail in the wooded area. >> it could have been me, it could have been anyone else. >> reporter: it hits too close to home for 18 year-old, saunders who wrapped up a run at the park just 20 minutes before the attack. >> i can't believe i missed it by 20 minutes. it is really just nerve rack to go me. >> reporter: police closed the 690-acre park to search for evidence. nearby norristown state

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live near that scene, trang do, neighbors are waking up wondering is what going on, i'm sure. what is the very latest. >> reporter: rahel and jan we have a big update for you now. a lot of the intersections were closed in this particular area have since reopened but you can see here on the scene still a couple police cars remain and that is because police say that car you see there, that kia that is car the suspect was driving when spotted by police. 's abandoned that car and police are still looking for him in this area we are right around cardinal avenue and overbrook avenue but here's what we do know about what happened. police say around 2:20 on the 200 block of west mt. airy this person had invaded a home and assaulted female home owner. he then tried to use an atm at seventh sixth and city avenue just around 3:00 a.m. police spotted him, around 4:20 when they stopped him in this area of cardinal avenue and overbrook avenue pulled him over when he jumped out and ran into a wooded area. he has not been since ever since. he told woman he had a gu

for now we are live in bell a vista i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and jan back to you. >>> police are investigating this deadly accident on kelly drive late last night. chopper three over kelly drive and brewery hill drive where police say a four three-year old man's motorcycle hit a car making an illegal left turn. the driver of the car and a teenage passenger remain at the scene and police say they are investigating. >>> good news for commuters in south jersey, service has resumed on a new jersey transit atlantic city rail line. service had been suspended between philadelphia and cherry hill after a truck hit a bridge in pennsauken last friday, and the crash seriously damage the track on the bridge, workers fix the problem a week ahead of schedule. >>> search is on for cold hearted thieves who stole from habitat for humanity in salem county. tools used by the group to build homes for those in need were stolen from the construction site in pittsgrove, the theft was discovered on monday when volunteers returned to work on gershall road. they saw

overnight, trang , good morning. >> well, good morning, rahel, jim. now the situation here, just constantly changing over the hour, but, take a look, i want to take right over here. where city crew has come out, has gun to remove the graffiti , that was tagged on the statue, overnight. also, overnight, a woman you see there, had come over here to cover up that graph eat way blanket. before this city crew arrived. but sometime late thursday night, someone walk up to the statue, former mayor, and police commissioner frank rizzo, spray painted the phrase black power on t it was the third day in a row that the statue was vandalized following call for it removal by council women helen gym, and police brutality against african-americans was ram ted during the tenure. woman who identified herself as debbie came out overnight, and covered the blanket, rather, the statue, with a blanket saying those who are criticizing rizzo, did not know him. >> i just was real upset somebody would take the time out to do hatred like they just did to a statue to a man who has

trang, what's the latest? >> well, good morning, jan, jim, southbound lanes, just now, just at this moment, northbound lanes have now reopened to traffic, this fire , is out, but it is still smoldering. take a look, i'll get out of the way so you can see. what we are focusing on here, see the massive hole in the side of the building. that's where the car went into the building. that will car has since been towed. but the biggest mystery left, is why that driver lost control, and slammed into the building, investigators say, there were no brake marks on the road, or in that parking lot there. but take a look at this video of the scene overnight. this fire started just after 2:00 a.m., at 1618 northwest ends boulevard, also known as 309, in quakertown. now, state police say someone was driving on the road, here, when they, for unknown reason, their car left the roadway, crashed into pool pro, which is a spool supply company. the billing then caught fire. as you can imagine firefighters dealing with lot of chemic

trang. >> reporter: good morning, jim , rahel. sources within sit zero city hall told "eyewitness news" there were fears this rally would turn violent. those who have postponed their rally are hoping the meeting with mayor kenney will help all sides come to a compromise >> calls to take down the city statue of former mayor frank riz row nothing new. but, a tweet last monday, from councilwoman helen gym reignited debate over the controversial monument. she wrote, quote, all around the country, we're fight to go remove the monuments to slavery and racism. philly, weaver work to do. take the rizzo statue down. >> i look pretty goody believe >> the former police commissioner, and two-term mayor, known for his larger than life personality. and tough law and order policing. his critics argued that african-americans, and the lgb t community, were unjustly targeted, and brutalized under his tenure. not so, says rizzo's former personal secretary, jody. >> in the row home neighborhoods, blue collar neighborhoods, he was the champion. >> bar

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do with more on the dangerous stunt, also what the mayors is now saying about it. >> shot iconic city hall, from inside the clock tower, right to up william penn himself. a youtube here uses the, posted evidence of his heart stopping and i will legal feat , on his account sunday. the video take friend his per spec testify shows him traversing ladders, staircases , scaffolding for the ultimate birdseye view. >> inside of billy penn. >> taking you there before, cbs-3 joe holden highlighting the once in a decade painstaking work just completed on pennsylvania's 37-. but king managed to take his video completely undetected sometime in the past two months. he says he does it to document history and take care not to damage or vandalize anything. he also managed to get himself down. a week ago, two other photographers needed help from police, after climbing to the top of the ben franklin bridge to take photos. those men are now facing several charges. in response to king's video, mike dunn said extremely concerned by this video. what this person did was d

i'm trang do, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> in other news this morning, a police standoff ends peacefully overnight. eyewitness news on the scene on the 2100 block of homer street. police say they were responding to a call from a woman who claimed a man inside a home threatened to open fire if police were called. >> when police arrived on location, they saw a 43-year-old female on the second floor roof of the house. she was on the roof hiding from a 46-year-old male that she had just served the protection order on. >> no shots were fired and the man surrendered without incident. >>> an update now, philadelphia police say they have found the vehicle in last week's deadly hit and run in center city. they located the jeep that struck and killed 53-year-old ann broderick who was crossing the street at 13th and race. a source tells eyewitness news the jeep's owner may not have been the one driving during the hit and run. if you in any information you are urged to contact police. >> another lawyer wants to leave bill cosby's defense team before his november retrial. angela agrusa is the second

. >> bob, trang -- thank you. >>> bill cosby hires a new high profile defense attorney and miami comes top south philadelphia. the dolphins are here for a joint preseason practice with the eagles. cecily. >> summer heat returns tomorrow. in fact, we have excessive heat advisories posted from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. along i-95.this is where it will feel about 100 degrees but this heat and humidity won't last long. i'll explain in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> chopper6 was over a deadly crash today in winslow township, new jersey. police say one person was killed when a motorcycle collided with a car along the white horse pike near mc mcdougle road. the victim identified as 20-year-old augustine aceve from hammonton was operating the motorcycle. the driver of the other vehicle was not hurt. the white horse pike remains closed in both directions as police continue their investigation. >>> bill cosby has new legal representation for his retrial in november. attorney tom mesereau who won an acquittal for michael j

but the forecast not entirely trang which will a as you can see thunderstorms here in the sierra. showers off shore. could any of this factor in the sunday plans pl we'll look at that when we come back. >>> new tonight, a deadly crash in sonoma county. this happens willie happened at 40 this morning in fosterville around river and martin he willy road near the river. a man was seen standing in the rey. he was struck by multiple cars, including a big rig. he was pronounced dead at the scene. officers say at least three cars were involved. river road was shut down about three hours while investigators there collected evidence. >>> check out the video from early this morning here you can see a sinkhold underneath the front of the car there that suv. that is because flooding there from a water main break. the flooded the streets around downtown at 16th street and mission and sand pablo. firefighters tried to keep the water from flowing into homes. firefighters say they don't know when the roads there will reopen. >>> update tonight on the grass fire in oakland hills. the oakland fire