cherri gregg, been bringing us updates, what can you tell us now? >> good morning, rahel, the medical unit is still on the scene, and those marine units are still busy working searching the river for the person or persons believed to have been inside of this silver buick rendezvous that was pulled from the delaware river, around 5:30 this morning, man, just spoke to police, just left the scene. he says, police told him, they believe it was his brother's vehicle that was located. captain says they got the call just before 3:00 a.m. this morning, two witnesses say they saw a vehicle speeding down oregon avenue vehicle crossed south columbus boulevard ripped through the gate here at the shipyard ren crashed into the delaware river. police and fire officials arrived and divers immediately began searching the water, and within minutes poppled silver suv severely damaged from the river, front bumper ripped off. the windshield smashed, three tires missing, the vehicle literally broke apart as rescuers pulled it from the water, which i understand is only 20

live in south philadelphia, cherri gregg, "kyw news radio" for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri gregg, thank you, we will check in with you throughout the show. >> we are getting a idea of the living conditions inside bucks county home for the 12 girls rescued from there last week, shows us the feasterville home totally self-sufficient, so the homeowner never had to let anyone come in or anyone go out. >> they were living down in the basement, they were hiding in the chicken coup. >> that's the living condition investigators found 12 young children living in, inside this feasterville home on old street road. none were enrolled in school, and police have not found birth certificates for any of the children. >> you look at the house, i mean, one boarded up, windows always closed, little strange. >> the homeowner, 51 year old lee kaplan, now faces multitude of charges including sexual assault. after police say he fathered two of the children with the eldest girl, who was only 14 years old when she first conceived. she is now 18. >> mr. kaplan had her living there as some casino of retain

live from west philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri, thank you for the update. >>> authorities in florida still are trying to figure out why a gunman shot and killed rising star cristina grimmie. the 22-year old marlton native was signing autographs after her performance friday night at the time. police say 27 year-old kevin james loibl fired shots and was tackled to the ground by grimmie's brother. loibl then turned the gun on himself. loibl went to the show intending cristina but they do not know why. as police continue their investigation a south jersey man who knew cristina spoke with "eyewitness news" about the friend that he lost. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do has this tv exclusive. >> ♪ >> reporter: at just 22 years old cristina grimmie rose to be marlton, new jersey's brightest young star. she gained internet fame as a teenager through pop covers and original songs that she posted on her you tube channel. powerful voice and talent undeniable. >> ♪ >> reporter: pete, met cristina at marlton middle school, attended chero

for the 12th annual try rock philadelphia triathlon. >> cherri gregg is live at the park and cherri, experts call this one of the best in the u.s.a. it is happening right here in philadelphia. >> this is one of the best ones because you get to take a scenic route of philadelphia a, plus when it is all over, 3,000 athletes put their bodies to the test this morning. leg one is complete, the swim. you can see they are currently coming out of the schuylkill river and they are running to the next leg. they go underneath a banner here and that is where they jump on their bikes for a 25-mile bike ride. once that is done they do a 6-mile run but they could not do this without the cheering squad, good morning, everybody. good morning. they are right here. another big part of what they do is because of their coach. i'm with teaming in training coach todd, you are from washington d.c. you started training when. >> we started in january. so they have been going about five months. >> reporter: wow. tell me is what the training schedule like, what do you do and what are the levels of athletism amo

cherri gregg from sister station "kyw news radio" is live along columbus boulevard, where cherry, marine units, divers, were involved in the search? >> you can see they're still working, using the boats, in and out of the water since about 5:00. so, women before 5:00 this morning, now, we spoke with captain mark overwise from the thirds police district, and what he told us is that they got the call two witnesses saw cars speed g down the boulevard, ripped through the gate here at the shipyard, then crashed, with a huge splash, into the delaware river. the witnesses dialed 911, and police fire, officials and the marine unit came to the scene, and within about ten minutes, they pulled what they discovered, what looks to be a silver suv, in the merky water, the front of the vehicle when they pulled it out just around 5:30 this morning, the vehicle, really severely damaged, front bumper ripped off, and the whole entire front hood was smashed, three tires missing flying by, not sure of the model, comes flying by, so not paying attention, i heard a crash, i think it crashed into another car. i

live, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> lots of luck indeed, thanks, cherri. >>> new this morning philadelphia police are investigating a a home invation in southwest philadelphia police tell us that two armed men broke in the home on the 200 block of 66th street, pistol whipping a woman and knock out her front teeth. armed suspect reportedly got away with $3,500 worth of the drug percocet. >>> new this morning fire raced through a commercial building in bucks county. it started a around 2:00 a.m. inside this office campus inside 200 block of swamp road in doylestown. fire officials say two suites inside simply beautiful smiles dentist office is damaged no one was inside at the time, the causes under investigation. >>> a very sad update to a fire rescue we told but last week, five-year old girl has died from her injuries after a house fire in northeast philadelphia. the sophia olson and perfect mother were critically injured in the fire that started before 5:30 inside their home on hereford lane. sophia was trapped in her bedroom and her mother could not get

"kyw news radio" reporter cherri gregg also donate add outfit to the organization, and a lot of fun. >> that is a great organization. >> there is cherri gregg. >> you both look lovely, as always. >> helping women get back on their feet. coming up after the break, we'll get another check on weather and traffic. >> lauren says we will be breezy and warm today. but will we see storms tomorrow? her forecast when we come >> good friday morning to you once again, off to really pleasant start, 40 minutes away from sunrise in philadelphia, 5:32, already seeing little bit of twilight in the scene now, getting live look at our neighborhood network, kutztown, beautiful conditions. 55 degrees, so little cool this morning, but we will be warming things up as we head into the afternoon. and if you are going to be lucky enough to be spending the weekend down the shore today, beautiful day, sunshine little breezy, but nice at 78 degrees. more humid as we head into tomorrow. some sunshine to start, watching out for some scattered storms in the afternoon. could be a little on the stronger side, but su

cherri gregg from sister station "kyw news radio" take us to the scene in south philadelphia. >> it is unbelievable, unreal, you know, you don't see something like this every day. >> reporter: was waiting here at stop light at the intersection of south columbus boulevard and oregon avenue. just before 3:00 a.m. sunday morning. >> signature, at the light, at the intersection, so a light, i mean, a car comes flying by, silver, not sure of the model. >> reporter: moments later, a crash. >> i look over. i seen the gate missing, then i heard a splash. so i told my friends in the car, yo, somebody just went into the water. >> reporter: he says he ran to the water to help to no avail. >> i seen all of the debris, fender hanging off over there, everything, and nothing else, nothing in the water. >> reporter: he dialed 911. police, fire and marine unit soon arrived it, took divers just minutes to locate the silver buick suv. and an hour later when they hauled it out with twisted metal, busted windshield, police new the next step would be recovery. >> it is possible, possibly the body rejected i

cherri gregg from kyw news radio is live in manayunk at the start of the race. okay. well, we will check with cherri in just a moment but meantime switching to other news this morning, family of muhammad ali has outlined his funeral plans made by the boxer himself. they include a procession and public memorial service. ali of course died friday night at the age of 74. this is ali's hometown of louisville where three time heavyweight champion got his first boxing lesson. >> reporter: boxing ring muhammad ali brought grace, power,. >> i will be picking and poking, pouring the water on his smoking. >> reporter: his witt packed a punch as well. >> float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. >> reporter: he passed away in an arizona hospital. he died of septic shock due to unspecified natural causes. ali was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in 1984. his funeral will be in his home town of louisville, kentucky friday and opened to the public. >> mow maine was the peoples champion. it will focus on races religion and background. >> reporter: he was born cashus clay junior in

cherri gregg from kyw news radio has been live there all morning and cherry, you have been speaking to athletes with inspiration aal stories, have you registered yet for next year. >> reporter: that is right, people have many, many reasons why they are out here today, competing in the swim, bike, run challenge, it is 12th annual try rock triathlon and the first leg began earlier in the day this whole area here was filled with bikes. but now it is empty because those swimmers came in, grab those bikes and hit the road for a 25-mile ride. now runners are beginning to come through. i wanted to both nancy and bruce over here. they participated in the swim one whole mile in the schuylkill river. i give it to you. bruce from our area nancy came from atlanta. what was it like. >> i loved it. water was great. 80 degrees. schuylkill river get the a bad wrap, beautiful, nice and calm. perfect for a whim. >> that is right. >> nancy why would you company something like this. i mean it is like jumping in the schuylkill river. dangerous yet safe because they have body guard out there but why would y

live from west philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri, thank you. >>> police are investigating a homicide in the grays ferry neighborhood. officers tell thaws two men were shot around 11:00 o'clock last night. bullet casings, then littered the streets near 18th and tasker. one man died at the scene, other was shot in the stomach. he is in critical condition. investigators tell us that the rick tim that died had heroin and thousands of dollars in carbon him. they believe it was a robbery gone bad. >>> police are also investigating a double stabbing, this time in center city. officers tell thaws two women got in the fight near 13th and locust streets. both were rushed to the hospital with stab wonderful to the face and chest, and both victims are in stable condition. >>> police are investigating after two men were found shot one fatally in the the cities wissonoming section. it happened around 10:30 near ditman and devereaux street. one man was found dead inside of a car with a gunshot wound to the back of his head, another was found around

. >> reporter: building stage for history n center city cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> less than 40 days. >> i know. >> we will be right in the middle of it. >> yes. >> in the meantime. >> we're talking money. >> yes. >> big money. >> mad cash. >> yes. >> a lot of dollars every where. >> yes. let's talk bit this guy totally deserves it at this point. fletcher cox is just 25 years old and he has 103 million reasons to smile. earlier eagles signed pro bowl tackle to a six year contract extension. last season cox had a career high 9.5 sacks he did it while playing in the defensive system that didn't utilize his skills. that will change this season when team switches to a four-three scheme. meanwhile cox spoke to the media about his new deal and he talk about what he did after it was finalize. >> real excited, first person difficult call was my mom which was most important personally think that wanted to know, she was real excited about it. whole family is excited about it. the whole community is excited bit. of course, me. >> i would say so. >> june 6th, event, 2

her father spoke to "kyw news radio" cherri gregg by phone about the heart breaking call he got from his daughter inside the club. >> she was screaming and said daddy i'm bleeding, i've been shot. she said come get me. we on the vest way, rushing, flying, doing 90, 100, cop must have been going to the scene in that area from different counties, so pretty much followed the cop down. >> that's awful. murray also played three seasons with the summer basketball team here in philadelphia, last night the league held a game in her memory at the eastwick rec center. >> murray and the other victims were remembered at vigil outside city hall last night. thousands were there, prompting philadelphia police to shut down jfk boulevard to traffic. mayor jim kenney even got emotional when he talk about murray. >> i can't tell you how devastating it was that she was in that club. so make sure we grab each other, hole onto each other, we'll get through this altogether. >> members of murray's west catholic high school basketball team held a vigil around city hall. >> the center in university city light

in southwest philadelphia, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> keep it up. >>> pop star justin beiber got in the fist fight in cleveland and it is all caught on cell phone video. ninety-second clip posted by tmz. you can see singer standing face-to-face with the man much bigger then he is. it is unclear who swung first but fight ended with beiber and other people on the ground. this whole dust up happened last night at a downtown cleveland hotel, according to tmz beiber was in town for game three of the nba finals between cavilers and warriors. >>> veterans are getting a helping hand in delaware county today. dozens came out to learn more about benefits and services available to them. "eyewitness news" at east lansdowne boro hall. financial, housing and health organizations taking time to assist vets. it was hosted by margot davidson. >> it is not just for veterans but also for veterans and their families. their families are welcomed to come here and get information that may help a veteran in their life. >> in many cases veterans were able to apply for serv

hopefully you are excited, rahel and i will keep everybody updated, live, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri, thanks. we are very excited. hopefully weather holds up. >>> public funeral for me mow will be held friday for his hometown of louisville, kentucky. boxing legend died friday night in an arizona hospital surround by his family. ali was known as greatest boxer whoever lived. he captivated the world with his amazing skill, larger than life personality and unyielding commitment to civil rights. our natasha brown remembers now the champion. >> reporter: dianne, called muhammad ali louisville kentucky's greatest. >> he was for all people, it didn't matter what color your skin was. >> reporter: she told us she will never forget what an honor it was to meet him not just ones but twice. >> he was sweetest man i have ever met. >> reporter: she was just one and steady stream of fans who left flowers outside muhammad ali center. ali died fred night after suffering from respiratory problems. eye cop had battled parkinson's disease for decade. jeanie isaac f

cherri gregg is on the way to the scene and we will have have a live update as soon as she gets there. >>> breaking news, gunfire erupts at a gay nightclub in orlando, florida earlier this morning. there are reports of multiple injuries. a posting on the night club's facebook page urged people to get out of the club and to keep running. orlando police warned residents to stay away from the area multiple emergency vehicles have been reportedly responding including the orlando fire department's bomb squad and hazardous materials team. once again a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in orlando, multiple people hurt. we will follow this this morning and bring you this breaking news as soon as more becomes available. >>> this shooting comes after another shooting in orlando that left new jersey state singer cristina grimmie death. authorities are trying to figure out why a gunman shot and killed the rising star. 22-year old marlton native was signing autographs after her performance friday night at the time. police say 27 year-old kevin james loibl was fired the shots and tackled to the grou

in northeast airport, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> so happy to hear about that. >> that is wonderful. >> is there a new treatment for skin cancer, that does not include major surgery. we have got that coming up on "eyewitness news". >>> also putting a stop some something we all hate, robo calls, we will tell but a new push to stop those annoying calls even the ones you get on your smart phone. >>> it was surreal. it was honestly something that should never happen. >> kanye's concert chaos and a mob of frustrated fans, why his show ended, before he even had a chance to take the stage, kate. >>> a warm, sunny start to the weekend will be turning even more comfortable as we head through the weekend, we will tell you when temperatures drop and humidity drops more and when we can track showers and off this week, when we come right back. you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours. you know what it means. so does pat toomey. toomey got rich working on wall street. then he got elected and kept working, for wall street. voting to let banks continue their risky pr

. >> reporter cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio spoke to her father and joins us now with what he had to say, cherri. >> reporter: good evening, rahel and guess contact i just spoke with albert murray, he confirmed that the with the fbi his daughter akyra murray a recent graduate and wet catholic prep high school was shot and killed at pulse nightclub. the entire family was in orlando, on vacation. here's some of my phone interview with him. so what happened? >> like i said, we were at the house and kid wanted to to go out. so they, looked up on line, orlando to find a place and they looked forward four and a half stars. they wanted to go there. i took them. >> reporter: you got a call from them. >> yes, she was screaming said daddy, i'm bleeding, i have been shot, come get me. we were 30 minutes away. we were on the road. i was doing 90 or a hundred. some different counties and whatever. we followed the cops down. so we got there, 30, 35, minutes. >> reporter: what do you know at this point. >> we just confirmed that she was at the club. we have not talk to fbi, nobo

"kyw news radio" reporter cherri gregg also donated an outfit, also modelled, it was a lot of fun, and good organization, because these are things you don't think about, how important they are, when someone is trying to do better for themselves. >> we'll be right back with three to go. poallergies?reather. stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. >> what you need to know for today's three to go. >> searching for attack here slashed woman on the forehead yesterday. this happened while the victim was walking along the schuylkill river trail. >> boxing great muhammad ali will be laid to rest today in kentucky, passed away last week after decade long battle with parkinson's disease. >> with first pick if the draft, the phillies chose mickey moniak, but, before he walked into citizens bank park, he must first walk at his high school graduation today. that's three to go. >> and let's get last check on weather and traffic. lauren? >> b