>> her name, she tells cockrell, is wendy.w details she provides, rescuers start to piece together the puzzle. >> we believe she was ejected out of the car, and she came straight out of the top. >> out of the top and directly under a concrete pipe used to build sewers and left on the side of the road overnight. it's with almost impeccable timing that the impact of the crash tips up the concrete pipe and wendy slides underneath. the pipe flops back down on top of her pinning her arms and legs in ground soft enough from overnight rain to cushion the impact. it's hard to believe, but she's alive and needs help desperately. >> it looked bad. everything led to serious injuries, everything you can see. >> wendy is wracked with pain. she has bad gashes on her face and head, and cockrell has another concern. >> she was real cold. both of her hands and her feet were blue from, i'm assuming, lack of circulation and the cold weather. >> now it's time to begin the delicate process of raising the heavy concrete cone off her body, but one m

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wendy, what are the details here. >> reporter: jim, in closing arguments today the defense tried to claim that these were consensual sex acts but a jury difficulties a agreed. they found 19 year-old joshua benson guilty on all counts for ten assaults against teenage girls aging in age from 14 to 17 over a two year period. joshua benson's trial which began on monday came to a quick close with all ten victims testifying that they toll him to stop but that his aggressive sexual attacks persisted. >> the jury clearly believed the testimony of these girls, and found the defendant guilty, on all charges, and insured that the public would be safe from him, and called him what he called himself a rapist. >> reporter: initially benson was charge as a juvenile for assaulting five girls when he was a teenager. but then he was charge as an adult as more victims stepped forward when he turn 18 describing a horrible crime spree that range from april of 2011 to may of 2013. >> you don't think he raped these women? >> i don't think so. i don't think he thought he was. i don't really think because it was

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and i think that you understand that, wendy. so tells more about the grand jury process, who gets to present evidence, and how that process plays out. >> you. >> the grand jury is a process where the prosecutors present the evidence, there's no defense, and they present all of the evidence to the grand jury. but it's not like a jury trial. the job of the grand jury is to determine whether or not there's probable cause to support the charges. so these men and women are going to be listening to all of the evidence in this case, which is much more than we as members of the public are privy to. and i have to tell you that one of the first things that the prosecutors are likely to say, fasten your seatbelt. this is a fast moving investigation, and it has taken more twists and turns than a rollercoaster at an amusement park. and it's filled with information, almost daily. and that's what they will have to sort through. unlike other grand juries, they expect it to take a significant amount of time to deliver the evidence that this gran

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wendy lewis. senior vice president for diversity and strategic allian e alliances for major league baseball. to her left we have gary flowers. leaders in the jepson school of leadership studies at the university of richmond and the former vice president for public policy for the rainbow push coalition and i can say gary prayed in the metro junior baseball league for five years. gary flowers. to gary's left we have jeffrey hammond. special assistant for player development for major league baseball players association. graduate of stanford and you played in the league for 13 seasons. jeffr jeffr jeffr jeffrey hammonds. coach terence will. baseball coach, elizabeth city state university. [ applause ] and finally last but not least washington nationals broadcaster phil wood. thank you all so much for joining us today. we have a special guest joining us via skype in a moment. let me start with wendy. looking at this from the perspective of major league baseball, what do they see as being the real issue

those are the days of old. >> i like. >> thanks, wendy. well, coming up after the break, weather and >>> coming up on 4:53. bob, happy friday. >> happy friday tgif. looking liver at one of the traffic cameras focused on one of two fires in camden, new jersey, right now. this is our camera that's on the ben franklin bridge toll plaza. and we kind of moved it around. you can see the smoke coming, this location, at fourth and spruce in camden, new jersey. so obviously still a busy operation, with all of the smoke, the good thing is that it is white smoke. white smoke means at least the firefighters been able to put water and hopefully getting a handle on t but that smoke kind of rolling through the neighborhood, and over toward the river. so probably going to have that smell of fire as you come over that ben franklin bridge. the other fire location over here is sort of right on the border every pennsauken and camden. thirtieth and clinton just watch for some local detours around both of those fire scenes. live look at the schuylkill expresswa

wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. is cutting about thousand jobs. it's part of restructuring urnlt government control. it follows the shooting down of the jet over ukraine and the disappearance of flight 370 over the indian ocean. >>> google is building drones for a package delivery system. a fleet of drones is in development at google's project wing to carry merchandise to customers from its online store. test flights in australia recently delivered a first aid kit, candy bars, dog treats, and water to two farmers. that puts google in a race with amazon to use the unmanned aircraft to deliver packages. >>> here on wall street today concerns about international conflict and european inflation before the end-of-the-month holiday weekend could send stocks lower. the dow lost 42 points thursday, the nasdaq dropped almost 12. s&p 500 lost 3 points. the company makes police body cameras. since the shooting of michael brown and the protests, they have sold equipment to police departments in missouri and they just got a mill

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good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. of oil is down and the price of benchmark u.s. crude fell $2 to $95.58 per barrel thursday. that's because of concerns of economic weakness in europe might lower the demand. wall street they'll be watching new data on production and u.s. consumer sentiment. the dow jones gained 661 points, nasdaq 18 and s&p 18 points. auto loans jumped to their highest level. they issued $101 billion in the second quarter. that was driven by a big increase in risky subprime borrowers. coca-cola buys part of monster. the world's biggest soda maker wants to benefit from the surging popularity of energy drinks. coke is acquiring a 16.7% stake in the energy company monster beverage. the deal is 12 billion. you might know some. >> yes, certainly. i probably should buy some stock. wendy gillette at the new york stock exchange. >>> straight ahead, your weather. in sports, little leaguers in chicago take another step toward their dream of a championship. even gary here. [applause] berocca has guarana and caff

good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie. here on wall street investors are waiting for the report on july unploichlt yesterday the marketed had their worst one-day drop since february. invests were worried about weak corporate earnings and the approaching end of the federal reserve's massive bond buying program. the dow plunged 317 points erasing all of the gains for the year. the nasdaq dropped 93 points. many traders say the market rally was just getting tired and some are hoping that today's jobs report is not too positive so the fed won't raise interest rates. >>> the runoff on wall street affected the asian market. japan's nikkei dropped just over a half a percent while china's hang seng dropped about a point. >>> the wisconsin supreme couou upheld the conontroversial law ending collective bargaining for most public workers in the ststate. the courtt ruling means state worker u unions can only bargai for base wage increases and requires for health and pension costs. >> a surprising new offer to buy team mobil from a fre

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wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more.od morning, anne-marie. home construction in the u.s. rebounds. the commerce department reports construction of new homes increased 15.7% in july. that's the fastest pace since november and followed declines in may and june. that fueled gains here on wall street. the dow gained 80 points tuesday. the nasdaq was up 19. and the s&p 500 gained 9 points. >>> apple helped push up both the nasdaq and the s&p with a new record. apple stock closed tuesday at just over $100 per share, a new high on a split adjusted basis. the company's stock has surged since its seven-for-one split in june. >>> former microsoft ceo steve ballmer is stepping down from the company's board. ballmer says he plans to devote more of his time to the los angeles clippers. he bought the nba franchise for a record $2 billion last week. ballmer is the largest individual shareholder of microsoft stock. >>> and parking attendants, beware. big brother is watching you. ♪ taking a joyride like the two valets in "ferris bueller

brian. >> hi, wendy. the united states and united kingdom has some of the same fears about foreign fighters, but the reactions are quite different. as the united kingdom elevated its terror threat level, prime minister david cameron warned isis extremists may reach far beyond iraq and syria. >> we are in the middle of a generational struggle against a poisonous and extremist ideology that i believe we'll be fighting for years and probably decades. >> reporter: he wants to limit travel and revoke passports of british jihadis to prevent attacks at home.

money watch's wendy gillette joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, wendy. >> reporter: good morning, that the tasha. ford recalling more than 160,000 vehicles. the largest recall involves 159,000 focus st and escape vehicles from 2013 and 14. a wiring problem could cause engines to hesitate or stall. >>> here on wall street, investor will be watching janet yellen's speech today at the annual reserve conference in jackson hole wyoming. yesterday the s&p 500 hit new record high. dow gained 60 points, the nasdaq was up five. (applause). >> outside the nasdaq, members of tumbler took the als ice bucket challenge yesterday. inside, for the nasdaq opening, the als association celebrated the record amount of donations this year because of the ice bucket challenge. >>> and if a monkey takes a selfie in the forest, who owns it? the us copyright office way in and rules no one does. all started when the company behind wikipedia posted these pictures, in a library of public dough plane photos. the photographer who supplied the camera claimed to own the rights, but accordi

good morning, wendy. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie.t appears bank of america will reach a record settlement with the government. the bank is expected to pay almost $17 billion to resolve an investigation into the sale of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis. the deal would be the largest settlement arising from the economic meltdown. >>> a data breech at some ups stores. the company says a computer virus was found on systems at 51 of its stores in 24 states. the exposed information includes names, card numbers, and postal and e-mail addresses from about 100,000 transactions. ups says it's not aware of any fraud related to the attack. >>> the massive data breech at target is still hurting company earnings. target says its second quarter earnings plunged more than 61% and the company slashed its annual profit outlook for the second time in three months. >>> investors will watch the meeting of central bankers. the dow gained 59 points, the nasdaq was down 1. the s&p 500 rose almost 5 points. >>> and the tooth fairy

. >>> stay with us here on "eyewitness news", wendy gilette joins with us a look ahead for the day at wall street. >> but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. >>> here's one more look at the morning's headlines, taney dragons making their game at last vegas tonight at 7:30 in williamsport . there is another pep rally and viewing party at city hall. >>> another night of protest in ferguson, missouri following fatal police shooting of an 18 year-old boy, it was calm after midnight, officers chased down several people and others threw bottles at police. >>> a driver rescued from her car after it plunged in the philadelphia's cobbs creek is in guarded condition. police say a good samaritan pulled her out of her suv, flipped down an embankment on the cobbs creek parkway. >>> 4:50. time for business news. >> wendy gilette joins is now from the new york stock exchange and we are hearing a food recall to talk about, i'm sure people want to hear about this before they eat breakfast, good morning. >> reporter: yes, definitely. voluntary recall is for nut butt their could be contamin

ukee, erika. >> wendy, thanks so much. appreciate t coming up after a short break. traffic and weather together, we do it on the >>> just past 4:53. good morning, bob. >>> live look at the ben franklin bridge, coming into philadelphia. no problems or delays at all. they got one lane open, though, headed into new jersey, all part of the overnight construction there, the schuylkill expressway, good morning, to south philly, right near passyunk avenue. this is the 26th street tunnel. and they're packing stuff up here out along passyunk there, so we should be good to go this morning. no problems at all coming in from the suburbs in king of prussia. they're working on the northeast extension on the overnight northbound near lansdale. get ready for some concert craziness this weekend, tonight, jason al dean and the florida georgia line at citizens bank park, tomorrow night, billy joel, and i across the street, i don't know whose bright idea this was, miley cyrus come in on the same night as billy joel in south philadelphia. then monday and tuesday, ukee's going to the kat

ukee, err dismay. >> wendy, thanks so much.h. appreciate t well, coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together. we of course will do it on the 3's, we'll be right >>> hey, just turned 4:53, how about that, bob? >> aren't we very punk youth this morning 4:53, i'm here. good morning everybody hello south philadelphia. they're still doing some paving here. they'll be out here for another maybe half hour or so. the westbound schuylkill leaving south philadelphia heading in toward downtown philly there only that one lane is open. route 896, accident out here, chester county, outside of kennett square, 896 at limestone road. also police activity in coatesville, first avenue is closed right at oaks. use route 82 out of the gate this morning otherwise good shape. roads little damp and wet from some of the rain we had last night. south on 95, no delays through the work zone. 202 looking good. look out on the schuylkill eastbound, the power grid is out, right near girard avenue. so you're driving in through the dark here, bet

investigative reporter wendy saltzman has preview. >> reporter: our investigation found a local schoolistrict hiring known felons and lacks laws that could have allowed criminals to work lands in hand with your kids. >> it's not a matter of them not doing background checks. they're doing the background checks and seeing the felonies and still hiring these people. >> reporter: tonight we have one senator's push to prevents this from happening in your school district and our in depth investigation uncovers other convicts working in our schools. >> that's outrageous. >> reporter: i'm wendy saltzman. i'll have our exclusive investigation tonight at 11:00 on "action news." >> i'm a little bit like the kids. i don't want to see those big yellow school buses because they clog the traffic. >> i like them because the house is empty. [laughter] >> we're on different papers with that but we'll enjoy our bus free traffic for the next few weeks. here we're looking at center city where it remains mostly dry this morning and this ramp from the vine eastbound to 95 southbound has reopened. it was clos

money watch's wendy gillette joins us now from new york from the stock exchange, hi, wendy. >> reporter: good morning, ukee, erika, all eyes on wall street will be focused on the unemployment report that the labor department will release later this morning. the july jobs numbers could help determine if the market will begin to recover from yesterday's big dip. the worse one day drop since february. dow jones lost 317 points, nasdaq tumbled 93. analysts say there are a number every reasons for yesterday's drop. including weak corporate earnings, the approaching end of the federal reserve's massive bonds buying program, and fears that the markets were sailing up too high. if you like soda, you will not like this proposal. a connecticut canning women sweet act would institute national 1 cents tax on every teaspoon of caloric sweetner in soda like sugar or high fructose corn syrup. money would be used to help fight obesity and diabetes. >>> more people in zambia will be going on line. now, that facebook's project called internet.org has launched app there. the app allows subscribers of air

wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie.han 160,000 vehicles. the largest recall involves more than 159,000 focus st and escape vehicles from 2013 and 2014. a wiring problem could cause engines to hesitate or stall. >>> a fourth straight monthly rise for existing home sales. in july home sales rose 2.4% to their highest level in almost a year. that's evidence the u.s. housing market is rebounding after a weak start in 2014. >>> here on wall street investors will be watching janet yellen's speech today at the annual federal reserve conference in jackson hole, wyoming. the dow gained 60 points thursday. the s&p rose 5 to a new record high and the nasdaq was up 5 points. >> 3, 2, 1! >>> outside the nasdaq, tumblr employees took the als ice bucket challenge. inside the als association celebrated record donations this year bus of the viral campaign. >>> united airlines is upgrading its first class meals. in a drive to win over business travelers, united will improve its menu options and it will provide hot meals on flights of at

thanks for joining us, wendy. appreciate it. >> always happy to be here. >> you just got an idea how big social media companies are trying to address some of these problems and it seems a little bit ad hoc for the time being, it's a brave new world as they say. but i want to talk about us parents. what is the obligation to protect? it's going to be different in every household, i know, but what are your thoughts on that? >> well, i think the obligation is enormous, but the task is daunting. the problem is as soon as you put this little box in the hands of a child, they have access to virtually any piece of video or information in the world. it's very difficult to put parental controls on iphones specifically. and pretty much just because of parental need it's a necessity for us now to have our kids sort of digitally wired for us so that we can reach them, so i think more than anything it's about teaching kids what is appropriate, what is not, what is acceptable, what is not, and how to self-regulate and also to ke

what do you think, wendy?m sure that suicide was his very, very last resort to end his pain. but there are other ways. there are ways to get the help, either through good, subtle psychopharm, good therapy. there are ways to get the help so you can remember the bright lights and day again. you can remember the sunshine and glory that is life that we all want to experience. >> to terri, you initially didn't want to see the daylight and i'm sure this happened, i don't know, for years with you. finally, you saw the daylight, accepted that help. but that has to be a very crucial step, the accepting of the help before your life change with a therapist. >> yes. no, it is the acceptance of the help. and my background is in social work. so i knew what the signs were. but somehow or another when it impacts on you directly, you don't really see it. you know? and what i know is that sometimes sharing your story with someone else helps, as well. because we tend to think that we're the only ones who are suffering. or not ta

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jay. >> you know, wendy, jim, always good to talk to you.sable from protesters, it's been loud, it's been constant since michael brown was shot and killed. today we are learning more about support for the officer involved here, darren wilson. he is on the other side of the controversy here. >> return to order is slowly taking hold in ferguson. the roads are now open, and so are businesses. in an area that has been gripped by violence and chaos for more than a week. captain ron johnson talked about the changes put on the frontlines of the protests. only seven were arrested, compared to 70 on monday. >> today we have a good -- let's enjoy the day and know that we're headed toward a sense of peace for our community. >> reporter: it's an end to the push for answers. the memorial, the spot where it happened is growing. along with donations to help his family as they try to move forward. the same website is also accepting done aings for officer darren wilson's family and his legal defense. more than 5,000 people have done it add ated more than $20