. >> reporter: robin mackintosh, marcia rhodes, dick standish, trudy haynes, dick sheeran the faces and voices that created the brand, still carry that passion, that define their careers. >> "eyewitness news" was a family, it was a family broadcasting to families in the delaware valley, and it work, and reason it work it was family to family. >> you can get it over air internet, it is every where and it is still very hard to think of something that is more powerful, to reach people, and then to help them, educate them. >> reporter: trudy haynes broke color barrier as first black woman on the air. marcia rose broke gender barrier, first woman anchoring the news. >> it was an exciting time, to be the first would man doing things that other people weren't doing. >> reporter: birthdays need a cake and family pictures. "eyewitness news" born in philadelphia, and still coming of age in a community that we love. pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, we stand on their shoulders a lot of familiar faces that still inspire all of us. >>> coming up in the next half an hour two days aft

legendary staffers who started it all got together, robin mackintosh marcia rose, dick standish, trudy haynes, dick sheeran, news directorial primeau, so many great friend and mentors to all of us and thank you to all of them and to you for watching for all of these years. >>> "cbs evening news" is just a couple minutes away. >> scott pelley joins us with a look ahead scott. >> here's the "cbs evening news" tonight, texas is under water as remnants of the tropical storm bill now target midwest. we will report from the flood zone. >>> plus a high tech tool for police is heading to the classroom, how gunshots spotting technology, could help in another school massacre. and, a crustation invasion, we will show you why beach goers in california are seeing red. that and more on the "cbs evening news". >>> the team featuring seven players from the taney dragons including mo'ne davis left for a civil rights tour of 20 sit toys day and riding on a 1940's style bus, in the negro league was no bathroom and no air conditioning. team will make stops at the white house selma alabama and will be meeting wit

marsha rose, our buddy tom lamaine, dick standish, trudy haynes dick sheeran and the news director al primeau who created the ground-breaking concept of "eyewitness news". >> we sent these reporters out to do health, politics, transportation no one ever did that before. and within weeks these reporters were coming back with stories ahead of the newspapers. >> it is a concept that spread around the world and endured through 50 years and once again we are proud to say it all start started here and all with those great people that you see on your screen. >> legends. >> pioneers really. they really created the medium as we know it today. >> and they all look great. >> yes. >> they could come back and do it again. >> they don't age. >> they don't. >> if you guys are down the shore make sure you find me. if i'm down there run into robin i run into dick. >> tl. >> t in ac. it's great to see everybody what a distinguished group we love them all. wow. we're looking at interesting changes in our weather over the next couple of days. temperatures are going to be cooler and we're going to be seei