i'm joe holden we will tell you how county leaders are figure nothing this heated debate. >>> just a beautiful evening outside but we have a squeeze play thomas showers lift from the south and another line moves in from the west, i'll tell you when showers and storms will impact us and fit clears out for the holiday weekend, ton done. >>> midnight tonight, why it means so much for sixers and flyers, plus the ghost delivers his biggest assist, and doug pederson gets sack find out who thinks eagles rookie is the worst coach in the league, sports up next. >>> well, a land battle is heating up in delaware county. >> is there a fierce debate over what to do with hundreds of acres of prime real estate. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden shows you what is at stake. >> reporter: delaware county officials thursday morning announced acquisition of the little flower manor property, 37 acres bought with grants that will soon be a county park. >> county council will continue to look for ways, to preserve open space in our county. >> reporter: just up the road much higher profile battle is unfo

joe holden is at city hall right now with new information. joe? >> reporter: good evening the whole point of all of this is to try get a better scope of a timeline for this scandal. it is claimed it could reach back to the 70's. newspapers across the commonwealth just about a month ago filed for a judge to unseal all of this. i can tell you tonight there's some stiff opposition to that happening. >> a philadelphia judge late friday ruled insurance settlements between jerry sandusky's victims and penn state will be made public. what's expected in these documents? legal experts say they could provide a detailed snapshot of how long penn state higher ups including joe paterno allegedly knew of improper conduct. newspapers across the state challenge the courts to unseal the records after an allegation leaked out last month where it was claimed a student complained in the 1970s to coach paterno of inappropriate contact by sandusky. >> the only way to move the university forward is to put this matter behind the university. >> tom klein who represented o

live from the sat center, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. >>> south jersey man recounts how he and his best friend became separated trying to escape the gun man's rampage. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is live in orlando with their story of survival, greg. >> reporter: jessica, both men were inside of that club, one was able to escape, the other shot multiple times. he was rushed to orlando regional medical center where the trauma team there began the very tough task, of saving his life. >> all i could hear was shotguns, one after another and people screaming, yelling for help. >> we both fell. >> unfortunately i was shot three times in my leg. >> i started running toward the exit and guy just kept shooting at us. >> reporter: jason gonzales and angel cologne were standing side by side at club pulse the momento mar mateen started firing. not knowing his friend was hurt jason kept running trying to escape. >> once i got to the doorway, people had fallen down doorway, there they were stuck in there they were stuck in the doorway. >> reporter: wildwood

live from wilmington joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thanks very much. >>> jurors they have wrapped up day one of the deliberations in the chaka fattah trial. they did not reach a verdict today pennsylvania congressman ace accused of arranging an illegal campaign loan, and then paying pack part of witt federal grand money and charitable donation. eleven term congressman denies the charges. jury deliberations continue tomorrow. >>> a special graduation for victim of the hit and run in salem county. teenager is walking across the stage with the help of two special angels, he is sharing his story tonight with "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff. >> how does it look. >> reporter: eighteen year-old kyle, has a big smile, a big family, and a big story of survival. >> he was in a coma where he was completely asleep, not even opening up his eyes for a month. >> like the whole town just stopped for like two weeks. >> reporter: at 2:00 a.m. june s riding his skateboard down his pennsville township road when he was struck by a vehicle and left for dead until a neighbor who

reporting live tonight, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, joe. >>> new details on the scare at holland tunnel in north jersey 36789 men on a mission are arrested with a vehicle full of weapons. tonight "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos tells us about the local connection to this disturbing case. >> reporter: less than 30 minutes before port authority police pulled over this not so inn conspicuous pick up for crack in the windshield the driver, john ramsey, posted this to his face book page. going to a hotel to extract a 16 year-old girl, adding her friend died of her heroin overdose, i'm bringing her out of new york today and anybody else in that hotel that wants to go home too. >> shooting, training, instruction. >> reporter: he is owner of the gun range near allentown and two others with him never complete that had mission. port third police arrested the trio moment before they entered the holland tunnel and found the weapons inside their truck, including multiple handguns, one assault rifle, body arm or, knives, night vision goggles and multiple round of ammunit

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at chester police department and joe, you spoke with this child's family. >> reporter: jessica and ukee, the family is very upset and as for police right now they have no suspects, they have no met i have, there is no indication why this happened, except for the fact that police say that it is a case of mistaken identity, one that nearly killed a five-year old boy. >> i can't figure it out. >> reporter: mark andrews junior is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound to his shoulder. chester police say somebody drove wye, and shot up his home. >> me and my kids hit the floor. wasn't nothing else we could do. >> reporter: chester police captain called it a scene from war. detectives say from as many as 30 shots were fired outside in the 400 block of winnington place on monday night. le to be a said she just came home from work and was cooking. mark was hit while he and his family crouched on the floor trying to take cover. >> he said mom, i'm shot. that is what he said, like, so my kid, my solar, honor role students they don't hang out

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live outside federal building with more on today's verdict, joe. >> reporter: good evening to you. jury assigning blame on everybody involved in this, lets talk about those key players. there was the money man there was woman responsible for concealing the documents. there was the brains behind the operation. then central figure congressman chaka fattah, this all dating back to a nine year long running scheme congressman fattah's long fall from grace which started in 2007, then looking for a new job he ran for mayor of philadelphia on the campaign trail federal agents say fattah received an illegal million-dollar loan, prosecutors alleged that the democrat lawmakers would root money through non-profit programs and grants to conceal loan's repayment. prosecutors described the scope of the corruption and racketeering a white collar crime spree. >> in short, chaka fattah senior and his co-defendants betrayed the public trust and under mind our faith in government report rorrer injuries or spent two days deliberating the fate of four co-defendants

reporting live from feasterville i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> funeral plans have yet to be announced for an 18 year-old philadelphia one killed in it or land owe nightclub shooting. akyra murray was recent graduate and headed to college with a scholarship before she was killed on sunday. also tonight new details are emerging about the shoot are omar mateen. a law enforcement the source tells cbs news that he was a regular in on line chat rooms specifically searching to meet up with both men and women. cbs news also reports that a search into mateen's electronic history he posted his allegiance to al qaeda on facebook right before carrying out the attack. he called 911 and tv station, and texted his wife during the police standoff. >>> "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have more on the developments coming out of orlando, that is coming up, at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> montgomery county woman is charged with murder in the death of her elderly neighbor. authorities say that elizabeth floyd attacked 96 year-old albert payne in his drivew

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is outside a wells fargo bank in plymouth meeting hit by this serial robber, joe. >> reporter: ukee and jessica, good evening. this guy has been operating the fbi says for four years. they call him a smooth operator. get this in one day, just a couple years ago they say he robbed a bank, and dye pack exploded, so he robbed a second bank. he studies locations a and that has allowed him to get away without making too many mistakes. >>> and, pillowcase over his face, baseball caps, and, back robber, fbi describes is a professional was first known as straw hat bandit when he struck at colonial american bank in horsham. >> always wearing some type of a hat, mask, range between suits, sweat pants. it seems like he is trying to blend in the environment. >> reporter: since that first robbery agents say same guy has rob nine other banks across bucks and montgomery counties as far west as limerick. he answered wearing surgical gloves and small black semiautomatic handgun drawn. fbi says he operates very carefully, they believe he watches bank locations and does

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden spoke tonight to the victim of this brutal attack. joe? >> reporter: jessica, ukee, good evening. the victim in this attack he wants one thing he wants each and everyone every those men in that video placed under arrest. this attack both violent too violent police would not show us the video and it happened police say it was unprovoked attack. police say it was a five on one fight outside joan notice and patrick cane never stood a chance. >> i got punched in the nose, then i got punched in the back of the head. then when i was kind of like bent over a couple upper cuts in my face. >> reporter: philadelphia police are hoping you can help then identify the five men on your screen. early saturday june 11th cane from jenkintown said he, his wife and some friends stopped for a steak after a wedding. >> my wife's girlfriend asked the guys at the table, does anybody have cigarette i can bum. off they went. the guy just lost his mine. got real angry yelling at us. >> reporter: cane says the violence quickly escalated one of the men he says claimed

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden spoke tonight to the victim of this brutal attack. joe? >> reporter: jessica, ukee, good evening. the victim in this attack he wants one thing he wants each and everyone every those men in that video placed under arrest. this attack both violent too violent police would not show us the video and it happened police say it was unprovoked attack. police say it was a five on one fight outside joan notice and patrick cane never stood a chance. >> i got punched in the nose, then i got punched in the back of the head. then when i was kind of like bent over a couple upper cuts in my face. >> reporter: philadelphia police are hoping you can help then identify the five men on your screen. early saturday june 11th cane from jenkintown said he, his wife and some friends stopped for a steak after a wedding. >> my wife's girlfriend asked the guys at the table, does anybody have cigarette i can bum. off they went. the guy just lost his mine. got real angry yelling at us. >> reporter: cane says the violence quickly escalated one of the men he says claimed

we're live from frankford tonight, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> now delaware county police hope they will catch a break in, daytime shooting. >> a man was shot around 12:30 in the the 1200 block of allison road chester township and is now in stable condition. police do the not have a description of the suspect but they are checking around to see if a camera caught any activity. >> check for video, hopefully we're getting the subjects on video, and take the investigation. >> victim was taken to crozer-chester medical center for treatment. >>> and a huge police operation in berks county nets guns, drugs and 42 arrests. this bust focused on a drug ring out of reading. sixteen of the suspects are dealers, other 26 are buyers and ring allegedly trafficked cocaine, heroin, marijuana and prescription pills. police have been investigating since january 2014 and they say today's bust send a message to drug dealers in berks count that i police will use every available resource to bring them to justice. >>> a school bus crashed in east oak lane with ten children on board. it happened

"eyewitness news" joe holden is live in our stat center with what we know tonight about omar meehan. >> reporter: good evening, right now the hunt is on for a motive. om omar mateen's father said he had been outright disgusted at the sight of two men kissing. we know he was a security officer. the weapons were legally purchased in the last week. he had twice before drawn the eye of federal investigators, in 2013 coworkers claimed he made inflammatory remarks saying he knew the two brothers responsible for the boston marathon bombing. the fbi thoroughly investigated the matter including interviews of witnesses, physical surveillance and records checks. >> reporter: cbs what you told the short lived probe was closed. but ma teen would be back on investigators radar. >> in 2014 mateen again came to the attention of the fbi because of possible ties to abusalha an american suicide bomber. >> reporter: investigators apparently found nothing. mateen's parents were born in afghanistan. in calls to 911 early sunday morning, the 29-year-old pledged allegiance to isis. that was before he entere

joe holden is at city hall right now with new information. joe? >> reporter: good evening the whole point of all of this is to try get a better scope of a timeline for this scandal. it is claimed it could reach back to the 70's. newspapers across the commonwealth just about a month ago filed for a judge to unseal all of this. i can tell you tonight there's some stiff opposition to that happening. >> a philadelphia judge late friday ruled insurance settlements between jerry sandusky's victims and penn state will be made public. what's expected in these documents? legal experts say they could provide a detailed snapshot of how long penn state higher ups including joe paterno allegedly knew of improper conduct. newspapers across the state challenge the courts to unseal the records after an allegation leaked out last month where it was claimed a student complained in the 1970s to coach paterno of inappropriate contact by sandusky. >> the only way to move the university forward is to put this matter behind the university. >> tom klein who represented o

live in fairmount park, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> joe, thanks so much. also, this noon, we're hearing from the hospitalized victims of the orlando massacre, while the death toll at the pulse night club shoot something shocking and heart breaking experts say it could have been worse if a level one trauma center was not nearby. don champion reports on what surgeons and survivors had to say within the hour at orlando regional medical center. >> everyone applauded when the medical staff at orlando regional medical center arrived to answer questions about caring for the night club massacre victims. angel cologne was treated at the medical center, he was shot three times, in the leg, and trampled over, before the shooter circled back. >> he shoot the gun next to me and i'm just there laying down thinking i'm next, i'm dead. >> colon, one of 44 patients brought here. >> we quickly got about five patients, and that was a lot for us, and we thought maybe that was going to be it, as they were being dropped off in truckloads, and then ambulance loads. >> surgeons h

"eyewitness news" joe holden is live in our stat center with what we know tonight about omar meehan. >> reporter: good evening, right now the hunt is on for a motive. om omar mateen's father said he had been outright disgusted at the sight of two men kissing. we know he was a security officer. the weapons were legally purchased in the last week. he had twice before drawn the eye of federal investigators, in 2013 coworkers claimed he made inflammatory remarks saying he knew the two brothers responsible for the boston marathon bombing. the fbi thoroughly investigated the matter including interviews of witnesses, physical surveillance and records checks. >> reporter: cbs what you told the short lived probe was closed. but ma teen would be back on investigators radar. >> in 2014 mateen again came to the attention of the fbi because of possible ties to abusalha an american suicide bomber. >> reporter: investigators apparently found nothing. mateen's parents were born in afghanistan. in calls to 911 early sunday morning, the 29-year-old pledged allegiance to isis. that was before he entere

live from the sat center, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, joe, thank you. >>> fbi is working to see who shooter omar mateen had contact with and if anyone had knowledge of his plans. sources tell cbs news mateen's wife had been interviewed at least twice and that she took a polygraph test. they are looking into whether the couple recently visited the night club's tack n an address over national security president obama offered his well wishes to the orlando massacre victims and their families, and then challenge congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban. >> i'm talking about being tough on terrorism. actually be tough on terrorism and stop making it easy as possible to buy assault wep opposite. reinstate at salt weapons ban, make it harder for terrorist to use these weapons to kill us. otherwise... >> the president will travel to orlando on thursday to pay his respects to those victims. >>> also today the president reacted to donald trump's accusations he is not tough night in fighting terrorist groups. remarks fall on primary day in washington d.c., a race tha

live from media joe holden for cbs-3 eyewitness news. >> joe, thank you. >>> back to the top story, image has gone veial as people try to identified the man accused of throwing a bottle at ryan howard. while no arrests have been made the man singled out by internet solutes say accusations is impacting his life. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live outside ballpark in south philadelphia to explain, anita. >> reporter: fan outrage, continues to grow after someone allegedly threw a beer bottle at ryan howard after saturday's game begins the brewers. many now taking still, and trying to track down the person responsible but problem is they may be identifying the wrong man. >> runner goes, pitch is back off the glove. >> reporter: as ryan howard made final out with the brewers on saturday things took an ugly turn. >> this guy, chucks his beer at howard's feet and then that caught ryan's attention and he was not happy and the guy immediately after hopped over the row behind him and took off. >> reporter: before monday's game howard opened up about what happened. >> i don't care how bad,

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at federal building with that part of the coverage, joe. >> reporter: good evening to you. there is no question that chaka fattah with the power broker in philadelphia politics for decade. he took what he knew of philadelphia and took that to washington. there is no question he brought a lot back to philadelphia and this region but tonight under the microscope it is how he went about it. >> very tough day. >> reporter: from the start chaka fattah's federal racketeering case blew open a sub culture of political pay to play. fbi wheated through years of allegations and the with the support of two coconspirators who already pleaded guilty, prosecutors sketched out the portrait of a thief. >> very important to how insiders see criminal activity going on. they were able to give that inside view and jury believed that inside view given by those individuals and that was key to our success. >> reporter: trial me anderd through thousands of documents and e-mails implicating long time serving democratic congressman in the scheme where grants were di

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"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live outside federal courthouse in center city where closing arguments got underway today, joe. >> reporter: jessica, lot of closing arguments very long winded at times but defense attorneys for chaka fattah say prosecutors, in building their case, have destroyed a man's career, while those same prosecutors say that fattah had so many schemes going they had to number one and they called it a white collar crime spree. fattah and his four co-defendants have been on trial for four long weeks, attorneys today, have been making their closing arguments to the jury, government alleged that fattah a long time congressman was architect behind a racketeering conspiracy, using campaign cash, including a million-dollar loan, from his 2007 failed bid for mayor, to bankroll personal expenses. it is charged fattah took bribes in exchange for political support. two people connected to the investigation pleaded guilty and testified against fattah and his co-defendants. when arriving in court, fattah his wife, shifted gears, and instead offered thoughts on the m

that is the very latest, live in north philly, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> thank you, so much, joe. well the federal aviation administration investigating a plane crash at new garden airport in chester county, the small plane smashed into a hank aaron the airport property this morning around 9:00 a.m. unclear if the aircraft was taking off or landing at the time, two people suffered minor injuries, one of them was taken to christianna hospital in delaware for treatment. >> people in philadelphia are making sure their voices are heard, during protests at school district headquarters. >> they gathered concerned about school funds willing, they want greater accountability about how academic resources are distributed in the city school system. >>> well, turning now to weather, joani this sunday i mid-week break while it lasts. let's get first look at the forecast with meteorologist, katie fehlinger, liver on the cbs-3 skydeck. how is it looking like, katy? >> nothing but blue skies out here, jim. good afternoon, everyone, let me be one of the first to wish you very happy mete

joe holden is live from the sat center with more on police preparation, joe. >> police officials insist today was a surprise demonstration, with very few surprises on their end. they trained for these incidents all the time, admitly this was a very small protest with limited disruptions, but still we have got the chance to observe up close and personal how police negotiate with demonstrators. >> reporter: traffic at a stand still on the broad street exit ramp, human chain of four people is linked together by p.c. v pipe, chicken wire and duct tape. their demonstration created a come minute necessity effect of congestion in center city. >> i want to stand up for people because it is not ferreter report veronica perez tells us the group of 75 people wants immigration, customs enforcement dismantled. >> we are upset, angry. we want justice. if they are taking that away from frustrates, at least they can stop deportations. >> reporter: back along 15th street police officers are flooding the area trying to negotiate with the protesters. >> if you do not unblock the highway you will be subjec

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is at police headquarters with more on how this all went down, joe. >> reporter: good evening. the lots of questions about this officer involved shooting, in north philadelphia, very late last night, and we are talking to the man he is telling his story, only to cbs-3 about being caught in the middle of all of this gunfire. >> right in front of my car he flew across, that is when i decided, this man is dead, he hit us hard. >> reporter: eduardo valleys say he and two others were picking up a friend when a met or cycle will collided with his green monte carlo at broad and tioga man was thrown off. it turns out he was an off-duty officer from the 22nd district. what happened next velez says something out of the wild west. >> popped out, point the the gun and shoots right inside of the car. is what wrong with you, we have to take off, i cannot stop there will you kill me. >> reporter: police say unidentified office who are got off work drew his weapon after sensing danger. >> when he gets up to approach the vehicle, he believes that someone is pulli

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is there in the neighborhood with more on what police are trying to do, and also trying to figure out hoist responsible. >> reporter: it would appear these vandals drove up memphis street making quick work out of the smashing out one window after the other. it is a terrible thing to wake up too. >> reporter: close to two dozen car windows smashed. >> just the aggravation. >> reporter: trail of the random destruction, spanning a couple of blocks of memphis street in fishtown. >> that is like, three or four long blocks. >> you know, just annoying, one of the senseless crimes. >> reporter: neighbors say it happened around 4:00 this morning. >> i didn't hear anything. sometimes i can sleep through it, an atomic blast. >> reporter: unfortunately for bill curse, this is second car window he has replaced in seven months. >> i had my driver side window shot out, right before thanksgiving. >> reporter: meg got her window fixed in a few hours after it had been shattered. >> it is not personal, they were doing to it do it. >> reporter: she spent under a hundr

live in the satellite center tonight, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. after years of saying no, new jersey lawmakers are considering a hefty increase to the state's gas tax. right now the proposal to pay for road and bridge work is undergoing it first legislative test. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan shows us how much more lawmakers want drivers to pay at the pump. >> the time is running out for new jersey lawmakers to replentish the transportation trust funds. june 30th, the funds will no longer have money for new repairs on aging roads and bridges. thursday the senate and assembly budget committee scheduled hearings to discuss funding tran takes needs by raising the gas tax about 23 sent per gallon. it is a bipartisan plan, but doesn't have governor christie's support. >> are we there yet, not yet. are we getting closer? closer every day. and we're running out of time. unfortunately sometimes things seem to get moving fats err when you're under a deadline, and we're definitely under a deadline right now. >> to gain republican support

joe holden with our affiliate kyw there. all three adults are being held on $1 million bail each. >>> a 5-year-old boy is recovering in a denver hospital after he was attacked by a mountain lion. it happened last night near aspen, colorado. the local sheriff's office says the boy was playing outside with his older brother, when the lion attack. the boy's mother ran outside the house and pulled him away from the animal. this is video of the type of mountain lion we're talking about. the one involved in this attack was hunted down by authorities and killed. and we know the boy is in fair condition now. and his mother was treated for minor injuries and released. yes, moms -- will fight whatever we have to for our kids, won't we? thank you so much for watching our coverage of the terror attacks in orlando. our continuing, we're going to turn it over to our colleague, fredricka witfield, who is there in orlando. fred, good morning to you. >> thanks so much christi. it is indeed a very heavy, tough day, because yet again, many peo

live in eddie stone this noon, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thanks, joe. >>> there is a potential break through this noon in the battle of the zika virus with a company in local times, pharmaceuticals based in plymouth meeting developed experimental vaccine. they just got approval to start testing the vaccine on people in a few weeks. researchers though will help boost the immune system to fight the mosquito born virus, which is linked to birth defects. >> and police in west philadelphia hope you can help them finds the two armed men who targeted the walnut food market in west philadelphia. it happened last tuesday, about 3:00 in the afternoon. one of the suspects used a pink handgun to hold up a employee while another suspect grabbed about $500 from around the counter. if you recognize these suspects, call police right away. >>> police continue their search for five men wanted for a vicious beating of a south philadelphia man. the attack tap eude on surveillance video, but investigators say it is too violent to show. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo has the latest on the in

that is the latest life in feasterville, joe holden, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. >>> she was south jersey's rising star. family and friends say goodbye to christina grimmie at a memorial service in medford burlington county. natasha brown shows us how her hometown remembered the singer tonight. ♪ >> reporter: christina grimmie may not have been physically present but her voice, her images, her spirit filled the room at fellowship alliance chapel in medford, new jersey. >> ♪ >> reporter: hundreds gathered for a public memorial honoring the 22-year-old singing sensation who was shot to death last week as she signed autographs after a show in orlando. >> she was never a star to my family. she was always that cute innocent little cousin daughter, niece, nephew, everything. >> reporter: family members -- >> i looked up my last text message from christina. it was "aunt cathedral send more ginger bread cookies". >> one by one, memories of a young woman whose life was cut far too short came rushing back on those who knew her best. like childhood friends sarah and lauren descr

that is the latest life in feasterville, joe holden, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. >>> she was south jersey's rising star. family and friends say goodbye to christina grimmie at a memorial service in medford burlington county. natasha brown shows us how her hometown remembered the singer tonight. ♪ >> reporter: christina grimmie may not have been physically present but her voice, her images, her spirit filled the room at fellowship alliance chapel in medford, new jersey. >> ♪ >> reporter: hundreds gathered for a public memorial honoring the 22-year-old singing sensation who was shot to death last week as she signed autographs after a show in orlando. >> she was never a star to my family. she was always that cute innocent little cousin daughter, niece, nephew, everything. >> reporter: family members -- >> i looked up my last text message from christina. it was "aunt cathedral send more ginger bread cookies". >> one by one, memories of a young woman whose life was cut far too short came rushing back on those who knew her best. like childhood friends sarah and lauren descr

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live at chester police department and joe, you spoke with this child's family. >> reporter: jessica and ukee, the family is very upset and as for police right now they have no suspects, they have no met i have, there is no indication why this happened, except for the fact that police say that it is a case of mistaken identity, one that nearly killed a five-year old boy. >> i can't figure it out. >> reporter: mark andrews junior is recovering in the hospital from a gunshot wound to his shoulder. chester police say somebody drove wye, and shot up his home. >> me and my kids hit the floor. wasn't nothing else we could do. >> reporter: chester police captain called it a scene from war. detectives say from as many as 30 shots were fired outside in the 400 block of winnington place on monday night. le to be a said she just came home from work and was cooking. mark was hit while he and his family crouched on the floor trying to take cover. >> he said mom, i

we're live outside city hall, i'm joe holden cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> president obama consoled survivors in the families of those killed in the orlando massacre as the investigation intensifies. today we learned the gunman tried to buy body armor at a gun shop and sources say he was texting his wife during the rampage. >>> all of this as we're getting a look at what happened during the attack. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has the video from inside the club's bathroom and we do want to warn uh-uh might find it disturb. not everyone in that bathroom survived. >> reporter: thursday new video shows the terror, the pain those inside pulse nightclub experienced as they hood in the woman's bathroom trying not to draw shooter omar mateen's attention. >> we had to be quited. >> reporter: it was recorded while more than a dozen people squeeze flood one small stall. some already shot and injured sharing a glass of water and trying to keep calm. miguel recorded the video. >> everybody who was phone was ringing and any noise he heard he was going in that direction and just shooting people an

we're live outside city hall, i'm joe holden cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> president obama consoled survivors in the families of those killed in the orlando massacre as the investigation intensifies. today we learned the gunman tried to buy body armor at a gun shop and sources say he was texting his wife during the rampage. >>> all of this as we're getting a look at what happened during the attack. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has the video from inside the club's bathroom and we do want to warn uh-uh might find it disturb. not everyone in that bathroom survived. >> reporter: thursday new video shows the terror, the pain those inside pulse nightclub experienced as they hood in the woman's bathroom trying not to draw shooter omar mateen's attention. >> we had to be quited. >> reporter: it was recorded while more than a dozen people squeeze flood one small stall. some already shot and injured sharing a glass of water and trying to keep calm. miguel recorded the video. >> everybody who was phone was ringing and any noise he heard he was going in that direction and just shooting people an

. >> outside pottsgrove high school, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> the search is on for vandal caught on camera slashing tires in philadelphia's mayfair neighborhood. check out this surveillance video, authorities say the vandal damaged 11 cars along tyson avenue thursday night. it happened between batters bee and crispin streets and anyone with information is asked to call police. >> no arrests made in the deadly hit-and-run after edison high school student. surveillance video shows the driver of a stolen prius never stopped after hitting 18 year old kevin mal donato of olds york road. investigators found the pre is abandoned few blocks away and the driver witnesses say ran away from the scene. >> still have stock that someone can do something, just need someone in the middle of the road, you know, we're grieving. >> police say they are looking for a heavyset black woman, wearing a white floral print dress, who was last seen running west on pike street. >>> take a look at this photo of a water main break near the king of prussia mall. this was on mall boulevard. chopper three

the reporting live from the frankford section of the city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. >>> it is official, president obama has endorsed presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton and before that announcement he had a meeting with the runner up bernie sanders but sanders is not stepping out of the race just yet. weijia jiang reports now from the white house. >> i am with her. >> reporter: president obama endorsed hillary clinton on thursday. >> i know how you hard this job can be, and that is why i know hillary will be so good at it. >> reporter: clinton campaign released this video less than two hours after president obama met with bernie sanders at the white house. two talked about sanders a progressive agenda that he has campaigned on throughout the election. >> these are the issues that we will take to the democratic national convention in philadelphia at the end of july. >> reporter: sanders promised to meet with clinton and talk about how to defeat donald trump in the general election, but he has yet to endorse clinton, himself. >> donald trump

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is outside a wells fargo bank in plymouth meeting hit by this serial robber, joe. >> reporter: ukee and jessica, good evening. this guy has been operating the fbi says for four years. they call him a smooth operator. get this in one day, just a couple years ago they say he robbed a bank, and dye pack exploded, so he robbed a second bank. he studies locations a and that has allowed him to get away without making too many mistakes. >>> and, pillowcase over his face, baseball caps, and, back robber, fbi describes is a professional was first known as straw hat bandit when he struck at colonial american bank in horsham. >> always wearing some type of a hat, mask, range between suits, sweat pants. it seems like he is trying to blend in the

i'm joe holden, one school board members sales the law is against it, but i'll tell you why other boards members say that shouldn't matter. >> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> new tonight, at 6:00 a woman found dead in a chester county ponds is identified and tonight the district attorney has a strong message for the person who killed her. >> swimmers found the woman's body on memorial day. good evening, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. the 24 year old victim was pre k teacher and well liked. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt just spoke with the chester county district attorney and brand new details in this investigation. david? >> reporter: jessica, ukee, in that district attorney tom hogan here is angry, in fact, he is furious, he said that someone through ryan benjamin, 24 years old, who lived in pottstown, through her in the water like a piece of trash. now, we were on scene after her body was discovered in east coventry township, pigeon creek specifically, in about 4 feet of water. >> this happened on monday

. >> no arrests have been made, coming up at 6:00 "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden will tell us how police plan to tackle the increasing violence in that community. >>> also, we now know name of the women found dead in fairmount park yesterday, police say someone killed 26 year-old choy charta bryant of chester and they dumped her body near man music center. she was handcuffed, stabbed multiple times and shot in the back of the head. no arrests have been made just yet. >>> we are also now seeing surveillance video of the car involve in the hit/run that killed a local teenager. police say car that fatally struck 17 year-old marcola jackson could be seen here traveling north on roosevelt boulevard just before the accident. police are looking for this silver early 2,000 model chevy venture minivan, excel academy senior was struck late monday night while crossing at adams avenue and lawncrest, there is no description of the driver at this time. >>> turning to campaign 2016 in the wake of the orlando massacre guns and national security are taking center stage on capitol hill and the

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden picks up the store. >> i late friday ruled settlements between the victims and penn state will be made public. what's expected in these documents, legal experts say they could provide a detailed snapshot of how long penn state hire ups, including legendary coach joe paterno, allegedly new of improper contact and sexual abuse of children by sandusky. newspapers across the state challenged the courts to unseal the records after allegation leaked out last month where it was claimed a student complains in the 19 70s to coach paterno of inapropriate contact by sandusky. >> the only way to move the university forward is to put this matter behind the university. >> attorney tom kline, who represented one of sandusky's victims, forcefully spoke out against this move. >> the victims are the ones who are caught in the middle. the victims are the ones who become the folk us. >> the courts have said any release of information will not include victims' names. the late coach's son, scott paterno, took to twitter writing about the un vetted allegations, clothe,