diana rocco was there. this meeting was as loud as it was brief. >> reporter: yeah, chris, in a rather short and unorganized meeting many parents seemed to leave without the information they came for. while the high school here is now closed, its doors will remain opened to help kids find another place to go. what was supposed to be an information mal meeting for parents of walter palmer charter high school quickly not heated. >> i'm talking to you. i'm talking to you. >> you're not going to yell at me. hundreds showed up for answers after getting a voicemail sunday the high school was closed. >> high school students should not report to school on monday october 27th. >> reporter: within minutes organizers lost control and many left not knowing where their kids will end up. >> we paid for uniforms. that's outrageous. five pair of pants, five shirts, two pair of shoes, two sweaters like come on. is he going to reimburse me. >> reporter: michael maddox's son is a freshman. he showed up to school monday like d

diana rocco is live there for us tonight with the latest breaking details. diana? >> reporter: chris, at this hour that shooting is still under investigation. but what i can tell you that 26 year old trooper david kedra was pronounced dead shotly after his arrival here at temple university hospital. and win the last hour, there were some very somber moments as his family and comrades saluted him as he was taken to the medical examiner' office he is cored by police motorcade. not a word was spoken as the body of 26 year old pennsylvania state trooper david kedra taken from temple university hospital before his distraught family and motorcade and under the salute of his physical low comrades and loaded into awaiting hearse. he was shot in the chest during a training exercise tuesday at the montgomery county public safety training campus in conshohocken. the incident happened around 4:45 in the afternoon. chopper three overhead as he was removed from the facility and airlifted to temple where he was pronounced dead. police investigators guard the scene in the back of

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco checks it out tonight. >> reporter: philadelphia's two dollars a pack tax on cigarettes has smokers leaving the city. >> i think they're picking on the weak. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> reporter: while philly stores say they're seeing less of their regulars, just over the city line store owners liken mandalia says business has been booming since october 1st when the tax took effect. he owns ace news and tobacco on the bensalem pike n3 weeks business has tripled. >> it is very good business pick up. before business very slow. >> can you order me a carton of the e menthol 120. >> reporter: he has hundreds of new customers, all looking for one thing. >> four packs, okay. one, two, three and four. >> reporter: he went from selling 100 packs a day to 40 cartons. at nearly $80 each that adds up. >> i buy a carton 'cause i'm traveling all the way up here. >> reporter: down the street at wawa the parking lot is full and the line wraps around the counter. smokers say they're saving hundreds a month by crossing the city lines. >> it's a lot cheaper. i g

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco joins us live from the constitution center with the latest, diana a. >> reporter: as you mentioned at just 17 years old malala's message is a very simple one, children deserve an education. it is something that she believed glowing up in pakistan and something she feels so strongly about that not only an attack has stopped her. one child, one teacher, one book one pen can change the world. words of malala yousafzai as she accepted 204 mobile peace prize. she was youngest recipient ever. in a few hours she will accept philadelphia's liberty medal of honor at the national constitution center. six years ago she was shot in the head in her home country of pakistan targeted by the taliban for saying that she wanted an education and writing about life under taliban rule. she was 11 years old and riding a school bus when she was shot. speaking at the convention center tuesday, at 309 under 30 summit she talk about what an honor the liberty medal is. >> it is a good feeling after doing good work and relief you get in your heart. you cannot find it anywhere.

live from the sat center, i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wow, thank you very much. >>> troubling news for a family hoping for answers, after an autopsy, and nearly eight months of testing, officials cannot determine the cause of death for a woman found dead in a car near 30th street station. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at 30th and market with this exclusive information, walt? >> reporter: well, chris, sadly this mystery is deepening, tonight, it was about eight months ago to the day that nadya mallic was found in the car right here at 30th and market. but after an autopsy and months of testing officials revealed to me the cause of her death is undetermine. nearly eight months after body of nadya mallic a 22 year old mother was found near 30th street station the sad mystery deepens. police now revealing an autopsy by the medical examiner, along with numerous tests performed since last february cannot determine what caused her death. >> after extensive testing and review of the case medical examiner has come back cause of manner to be undetermined. >>

in tuckerton beach i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> also this morning an investigation is underway to figure out how this happened, a rocket on the way to the international space station explodes just seconds after launching in eastern virginia. unmanned rocket crashed and burn at the launch complex in virginia. it was carrying a cargo ship pack with hardware supplies and space walk tools for six crew members aboard the international space station. >> what we do from this is we learn what happened. we can diagnosis this problem. figure on the what the problem was and fix the problem. >> the rocket failure now leaves space x as the only american company that can supply supplies to the international space station. >>> 5:33. here's traffic and weather together, katie. >> today will be a transition day for our area as we see the next cold front moving in and what it will do is trigger nothing more than just a late day shower. some could see a shower sooner then others for example the western most edge of berks county getting clipped by a hint of wet weather here. thinks jus

i diana rocco has the individual you'll only see on "eyewitness news". diana? >> reporter: jessica, police say this man was confronting a group of kids on bikes when one of them attacked him from behind. tonight it is believed that this may be the same group that has been causing some instances of harassment and vandalism in the city over the last couple of weeks. as witnesses tell me tonight this video is hard to watch. the eyewitness individual is chilling. a 24 year old man is attacked from behind and left unconscious lying in an intersection after he confronts a group of kids on bikes. by the time i got to him it was about maybe 32nd later so we had regained continues very disoriented. pretty clear he had a concussion and pretty large injury on his face. >> i didn't see think that it would get to the point with all the cars around that there actually would be an altercation in the street. >> reporter: couple who asked not to be identified watching from their apartment wip dough was able to rush to the man's aid while calling police and shooting this cell ph

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco live at the national couldn't stewing center now. diana? >> reporter: chris, 17 year old malala is experiences and words are well beyond her years. tonight she was given one of the city's highest honors for a fight that nearly killed her. >> 2014 lib dee medal. >> reporter: touching tribute to freedom and education, 17 year old malala the youngest nobel prize winner received this year's liberty medal for her fight for children's rights to education. >> i speak for those without voice. i spoke for every child whose right to education has been neglected. >> reporter: at 11 she began writing published journal entries living under the taliban rule in pakistan. and against keeping women out of school. >> i had two options. one was not to speak and the second was to speak and then be killed. and i chose the second one, because i did not want to live in that situation of oppression. >> reporter: six years ago, three taliban gunmen boarded her schoolbus and shot her in the head. >> i realized that liberty comes at a high price and the taliban they

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm diana rocco. natasha brown is off tonight. the ebola scare has officials on high alert at airports across the country. a united flight from j.f.k. was diverted to lax after a passenger vomited and explained of flu like symptoms. she was isolated and a hazmat team was called in. it was learned she had not been exposed to ebola. hazmat teams spent the day at the home of the nurse who tested positive for ebola. she has been in isolation since friday. there was a breach in protocol that the cdc isn't clear how she was infected since she was wearing full protective gear. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us the nurse is the first person in the u.s. to be diagnosed without ever traveling to africa. >> reporter: the preventive measures were supposedly all there, the hospital worker was wearing a mask gown gloves and other protective clothing while she helped treat ebola patient thomas duncan and yet she was still infected by the virus. >> how disturbing is it that even after those precautions this person still contracted t

i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> diana thank you. >>> tonight we're hearing the emotional words of a father dealing with the sudden loss of his young son. four year old eli waller was the first child to die from enterovirus d68. that's the respiratory virus that's been sweeping across the nation. his father said eli went to bed and the next day he was gone. >> he is like the little puppy dog who just looks at -- you know, looks at you and wants to make you happy. kissed him on the forehead, gave him a hug, told him he'll lay let's have a great day tomorrow. and he just said i will, daddy, i l you have to make a choice. and that choice is, are you going to just sit and languish and be sad for the rest of your life or are you going to make something good happen? >> eli's father announced today the creation of the first day of school foundation. it is to help children with special needs like eli. >>> a dallas hospital is making procedural changes as authorities evaluate its handling of thomas duncan's ebola case. the liberian national is the first person to die

tonight victims talked exclusi exclusively with diana rocco. >> reporter: while they slept someone was watching. >> robberies while people are home puts an uneasiness with yourself, your wife, your children. pretty scary. >> reporter: it has neighbors in lower gwynned township out to talk about how to protect themselves. burglars hit four homes last week. stealing rolex watch worth more than 20,000 and tens of thousands in diamond jewelry. >> i woke up to my husband calling to me in a way that like i could just tell something was wrong. and he said we were robbed. >> reporter: amy found her purse and its contents scattered across their yard. the thieves also took two laptops, a kindle and her hub's phone which he tracked back to philadelphia. >> it got off at the temple university station. rf live report roar it appears the burglars went from home to home during the early morning hours while they were sleeping trying door handles and cutting screens but when they found an alarm system, they would move on. >> we believe side door was open and they were able to open it up and walk throug

in lower gwynedd township, diana rocco, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> tonight a chester county priest is under arrest on child pornography charges. mark haines is assigned to saint simon and jude parish in westtown township. prosecutors say that he used instagram to possess and distribute child pornography. haines allegedly posed as a 16-year-old girl on the social media site and exchanged graphic e-mails with a 14-year-old girl. >> you now need to identify the girl and follow up on that investigation. we are looking to see if there are any other victims out there. we would like them to call the chester county detectives and let us know. >> well, the philadelphia archdiocese says it's cooperating with law enforcement and remains committed to preventing abuse and protecting young people entrusted to its care. >>> it's unclear tonight if charges will be filed in connection with the football hazing allegations at central bucks west high school in doylestown. some new team members were reportedly forced to grab the private parts of other players. so the remainder of the jv and varsity footba

at the state police barracks in philadelphia, i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly there are troubling new developments tonight in the ebola out break. >> their questions about why the man diagnosed with the first case of ebola in the united states was not admitted to the hospital earlier. the patient first visited the hospital in dallas on september 26th with a fever and abdominal pains. a nurse using a checklist asked whether he'd traveled from africa. he answered yes but he was still released. the cdc says the patient flew from liberia to the u.s. on september 19th. >> regretfully that information was not fully communicated throughout the full team and as a result, the full import that of information wasn't factored into the clinical decision making. >> health officials in north texas are monitoring as many as 18 people who might have had direct contact with that that patient and that includes five children. they have not shown any symptoms of ebola. >> well, the pediatric case of enterovirus has showed up in camden county. officials have not provided details abo

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco went to check the out. >> reporter: philadelphia's $2 a pack tax on cigarettes has smokers leaving the city. >> i think they're picking on the weak. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> reporter: while philly stores say they're seeing less of their regulars just over the city line store owners like ken say business that is a been booming since october 1st when the tax took effect. >> i'm happy. >> he owes a tobacco store on the bensalem pike. in three weeks business tripled. >> business pick up. before business very slow. >> reporter: he has hundreds of new customers. all looking for one thing. >> he went from selling 100 packs a day to 40 carton. at nearly $80 each, that another up. >> i buy a carton because i'm traveling all the way up here. >> reporter: down the street at wawa the parking lot is full and the line wraps around the counter. smokers say they're saving hundreds a month by crossing the city line. >> it's a lot cheaper. i get them for my friends. >> while i'm up here i grab cigarettes. no brainer. roar report the city does anticipate that c

tonight he spoke exclusively with "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco. >> i have a fractured jaw. >> reporter: 24 year old shane kerry has difficulty talking and can't eat. thursday a vicious attack left his jaw wired shut. >> we're just taking it a day at a time. >> reporter: cell phone video shows shane unconscious in the street after a group of teens on bikes threw water in his face and hit him from behind. it happened last thursday on the corner of 19th and fairmount. >> saw a bunch of kids on bikes and they were beating in side view mirrors on parked cars. >> reporter: shane confronted the group and told them to stop when they began to follow him and call him names. >> they started threatening me, all the kids on the street corner, pointing at me. >> reporter: and within seconds he was hit without ever seeing his attacker. the teens scattered but a couple living nearby ran to help. that's the next thing shane remembers. >> my head was being cradled by this woman and i couldn't really understand what was going on but she was putting gauze to my head so i wandered to thank her

outside the constitution center, i'm diana rocco cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right, diana thank you very much. >>> also new tonight a giant in the world of journalism has died. ben bradlee the long time editor to steered the washington post through watergate and the pentagon papers died after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. in 2012 bradlee was awarded the congressional medal of freedom by president obama. he was 93 years old. >>> a philadelphia city council committee advanced a bill that adds hate crimes to the city's code. the public safety committee held hearings on the bill that would cover crimes motivated by hate based on sexual orientation gender identity or disability. the bill was born from a crime that stunned many in the community back in september, a group of young men and women accused of assaulting a gay couple while allegedly yelling gay slurs. >> watching that shameful video as a member of city council, for me the next question is, and what can the city do about this? >> now, the bill would amend the city code to add penalties on top of crimes. 90 days could b

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. >>> let's get right to diana rocco who is live at the police special victims unit tonight. die nan? >> reporter: chris and jessic jessica, that suspect was picked up this afternoon and taken here to special victims unit where he was questioned for several hou hours. tonight 29 year old brandon menially has been charged with rape, robbery, attempted murder and a slew of other related charges. a rape and robbery suspect now in police custody. 36 hours after police say his vicious attack was caught on tape. >> she was attacked, um, she was sexually assaulted, and robbed. also was struck over the head and sustained some injuries as a result of unknown instrument or metal object. >> reporter: the assault so brutal it's hard to watch. but the video so detailed it led police to make quick arrest. their suspect 29 year old brandon menially. he was charged monday night after police spent the afternoon questioning him. sources say menially was picked up at a homeless shelter on the 900 block of hamilton street after he was identified from this video. police say he walked into an art

live in darby tonight, i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> thanks for that diana. >>> a bicyclist clashes with a university of pennsylvania police officer after running a red light and now she's leveling serious accusations. >> this is an "eyewitness news" exclusive. our syma chowdhury shows us part of the confrontation that was caught on video. >> you're going to pepper spray me. >> reporter: sara rodriguez asked the university of pennsylvania police officer that after he stopped her for running a red light. she was riding her bike wednesday morning around 10:00 on 38th street near woodland walk. she said she noticed the officer waving but didn't realize he was asking her to stop. >> i see a cop wave and i look at him and i was like whatever and i keep going. >> reporter: but the officer who was also on a bike followed her. >> he comes by me, he was chasing me the whole way hit me with the back of his bike and i fell sideways, took my headphones off. >> reporter: that's where the video picks it up a witness named larry started recording the incident on his cell p

how you hear from the victim in his exclusive interview with "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco. >> i have fractured jaw. >> reporter: 24 cereal shane kerry has difficulty talking and can't eat. thursday a vicious attack left his jaw wired shut. >> you feel violated really. but these are children and why? >> reporter: cell phone video shows shaken unconscious in the street after a group of teens on bikes through water in his face and hit him from behind. it happened last thursday on the corner of 19th and fairmount. >> saw a bunch of kids on bikes and they were beating inside view mirrors on park cars. >> shane confronted the group and told them to stop when they began to follow him and call him names. >> they started threatening me. all the kids on the street corner pointing at me and starting to shout at me. >> within seconds he was hit without ever seeing his attackers. the teen scattered but a couple living nearby ran to help. that's the neck thing shane remembers. >> my head was being cradled by this mother and i couldn't really wands was going on, but she was putting gauze

good evening, i'm diana rocco. natasha has tonight off. she's the only u.s. patient to receive

our diana rocco spoke with the shore town's mayor who says it took him 17 months to get back home. >> the roof had buckled, as you walked in, it was just a first floor rancher, living room area had dropped 7 inches. >> a new monmouth university survey finds only one-third of sandy survivors said they were satisfied with the state's recovery effort, one in five reports that the process of taking a toll on their mental health. >>> ten have after 6:00 in the morning still ahead on "eyewitness news" disturbing discovery couple digging hole for a swimming pool finds human remains in their backyard. find out what officials are saying about it this morning. >>> plus it effects millions have of americans, it is often not taken seriously until now, head in the healthwatch new evidence that chronic fatigue is real and what might cause patients to feel the way they do. >> ♪ >> taylor swift stops by the late show with david letterman to talk about her new album, her move to new york and why she has been inviting fans into her own home in macarthur's world, he opposes new laws to ensure women re

tonight diana rocco has a look at how they operate and who they're trying to find. >> reporter: police are looking for this man, part of a burglary rink targeting elderly in several states. >> you feel invaded. >> reporter: bob manual says before lunch last week a money knocked on his door saying he was from the electric company. >> he said, take a walk around i'll show was we're going to do. >> reporter: while bob was in the back, police say the suspect radioed to two men in awaiting car. the first stalled bob while the other two ran into his apartme apartment. >> he had papers in his hand and everything, and he was writing some stuff down on papers and all, you know. >> did you believe this guy's story, that he actually worked for the electric company? >> yeah, because the way he was and the way he talked. >> reporter: police were alerted by a witness while basketball was still in the backyard. they pulled the two men out of his apartment. >> when cops got there they got the gun on the other guy. >> reporter: larry mitt mitchell, robert mitchell and ricky parker wanted in two states

diana rocco for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >>> someone else believes they may have seen eric frein on the run for allegedly killing a pennsylvania state trooper. state police focused their efforts near 390 in barrett township monroe county where a man reportedly spotted frein yesterday afternoon. it is a possible lead on the manhunt now in the forty-seventh day. man who reported the possible sighting described what he saw. >> the pine tree down there, i seen a figure pop up and down. basically thought a that was suspicious good frein is accused of opening fire outside blooming grove state police barracks september 12th killing byron dickson and wounding trooper alex douglass. our nicole brewer has very latest coming up at 7:30. >>> meanwhile philadelphia police searched the the schuylkill river for a weapon as part of their investigation of dion jordan. police believe that jordan, who is behind bars this morning, may have killed as many as six people. most recent victim was 50 year-old dallas long who was gunned down october 17th. his body was dumped at eighty-second and lionness s

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco was there for some heated exchanges, between parents, and school officials. >> reporter: was cents cents what was supposed to be informational meeting of parents of water palmer high school quickly got heated. hundreds showed up for answers, after getting a voice mail sunday, the high school was closed. >> high school student should not report to school on monday october 27th. >> reporter: within minutes, organizer lost control, many left not knowing where their kids will end up. >> we take the uniforms, that's outrageous, buy a -- five pair every pants, five shirts, two sweaters, shoes, come on, are you going to reimburse me? >> michael maddux's son is a freshman, showed to up school and turned away. >> i want to know what about my son's he hadding? >> it is not right. these kids work hard. >> walter palmer charter only allowed 675 kids by the district grades k through eight. but they have 1300 on their roles through 12th grade. in two locations, court ordered palmer to drop 600 student friends enrollment, two weeks ago, 300 elementary schoolers w

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco went to check it out. >> reporter: philadelphia's 2-dollar per pack tax on cigarettes has smokers leaving the city. >> i think you're picking on the weak. >> seeing rest of regulars, just over the city line, store owners like ken, say business has been booming since october 1st when the tax took effect. >> he owns knees and tobacco there is three weeks, business has tripped. >> very good business pick up, good for business. >> can you order me a carton of menthol 120's. >> he has hundreds of new customers, all looking for one thing:, went from 100 packs a day to 40 cartons. that adds up. >> i buy carton because i'm traveling all the way up here. >> down the street at wawa, the parking lot is full, and the line wraps around the counter. smokers say they're saving hundreds a month by crossing the city line. >> a lot cheaper, i get them for my friends. >> while i'm up here i grab cigarettes. >> still expect to bring in nearly $50 million, and say that will help tie up the school district's $81 million budget gap. diana rocco, "eyewitness news" on th

now hear from the victim in this exclusive interview with "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco. >> twenty-four year old shane kerrey has difficulty talking and can't eat. thursday a vicious attack left his jaw wired shut. >> has to are children. and why? >> cell phone video shows shane unconscious, in the street, after group of teens open bikes, it happened last thursday, on the corner of 19 answer fairmount. >> saw kids on bikes, and beating in side-view mirrors. >> shane confronted the group and told them to stop when they began to follow him and call him names. think started threatening me, the kids on the street corner, pointing at me. >> and within seconds he was hit without ever seeing his attacker, the teens scattered but couple living nearby ran to help. that's the next thing shane remembers. >> my head was being cradled by this woman, and i couldn't really understand what was going on, but she was putting gauze to my head. so i wanted to thank her for doing that to me. >> it was a parent's worse nightmare. but i just want to thank her because it sounds like it could have b

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has his inspirational story >> let's go defense! >> truman high school senior, stave year thomas, has asperger syndrome. two years ago, the tim it sophomore was asked to join the football team, without ever stepping on a field. and, in just two seasons, he's quickly become one of their side line superstars. >> health ' scrimmage, knock somebody done, hen them back up. >> shows my school spirit. >> he spent the off season in the weight room with teammates n and seen billing improvement in his academic performance. his coach calls him an inspiration. >> had tough practices cents, he becomes the levity sometimes. sometimes seeing that little cheer from him, something from him, come on, guys, gets all of the kids saying hey this is fine. >> don't let all of the negative stuff. >> he says it is his team that's lifted him up. >> make sure nothing comes between you and your dreams. >> my dream to be on the truman football team for my friends and team and coaches out here. >> whether he's in the game or on the side lines, xavier says not ba

outside the constitution center tonight, i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >> lets get your traffic and weather together with katie. >> good morning, ukee, good morning everybody. lets start off in the tropic where we have a new depression. latest is ninth we have seen form here. this is what you want to focus on. do you see things blossom over the bay here. there are currently tropical storm warnings issues for that region and it does look like this depression may become our next tropical storm which would be hanna, as the day progresses. we will let you know how that system evolves. it is expect to stay south of of cuba we will keep an eye and let you know fit becomes a u.s. threat. storm scan three we have these round of rain rolling through and man, it is all or nothing with this, really. we have seen breaks in the clouds just a little bit of sunshine, or wise other spots dealing with soaking rain. we have seen that generally be the story all morning long south east of the i-95 corridor through northeastern maryland. so, just depend on your location and what you

in williamsport, diana rocco. >> it has been over a month, the manhunt continues for the suspect who ambushed a pennsylvania state police barracks killing one trooper and injuring another. police were able to determine eric frein's travel directions cents, through evidence collected at camp site. they were even able to spot him, but, he was cents too far away. falling leaves means less protection, fewer hiding spots, however, officials remind us it works both ways. police will see better, but also, be seen by this suspected killer. >>> legs looking for suspected aaron is. investigators tell us they found evidence to session that fire at the bucks county dance studio in bensalem was intentionally set. no one was injured. >>> new jersey school superintendent threatening, seven football players at vare ville war memorial high school face sexual assault charges. prosecutor alleges they held their teammates against their will and touched them in a sexual manner. now the status of the entire football program is in limbo. >> i played football in high school, played football in college, i co

outside central detectives, diana rocco, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> prosecutors in north jersey file charges against seven student at say err ville high school. six of those students are in custody this morning, it all stems from allegations cents of hazing on the school's football team. the middlesex county prosecutor filed aggravated sexual assaults, and criminal restraint charges against three of the students. the other four facing aggravated criminal sexual contact charges. you may recall, the football season was canceled, when hazing allegations came to light earlier this week. >> a grieving father is sharing the raw emotion of losing a son four year old eli waller was the first child to die from enterovirus d68, and at pass ciarrocchi reports, waller's father shared with us how he is turning tragedy into action, and, in turn, keeping his son's memory alive. >> my wife and i are just heart broken. and we miss eli a great deal and we love hitch very much. >> stood by the media bravely telling the store i have of his four year old son eli, one of his triplets, to died from the ent

some of the victims spoke only to our diana rocco. >> reporter: while they slept someone was watching. >> robberies like people in our homes puts an uneasiness yourself, your wife, your children. it is pretty scary. >> reporter: it has neighbors in lower gwynedd township out to talk about how to protect themselves. burglars hit four homes last week stealing and rolex watch worth more than 20,010s of thousandsness diamond jewelry. >> i woke up to my husband calling will to me, in a way that like i could just tell something was wrong. he said we were robbed. >> reporter: amy chen found her purse and contents scattered across her yard. thieves took two lap tops, kindle and her husband's phone which she track back to philadelphia. >> it got off at the temple university station, r5 line. >> reporter: neighbors say it appears that these burglars went from home to home during early morning hours while they were sleeping trying door handles and cutting screens but when they found an alarm system they would move on. >> we believe a side door was opened, and they were able to open it up and wal

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live at special victims units with these late breaking details. diana. >> reporter: jessica, that suspect was picked up at a homeless shelter this afternoon and brought here to special victims unit where he was questioned for several hours. tonight police have charged 29-year-old brandon menley with rape, robbery attempted murder and a slew of other charges. a rape and robbery suspect now in police custody. 36 hours after police say his vicious attack on a business owner was caught on tape. >> she was attacked. she was sexually assaulted and robbed, also struck over the head and sustained some injuries as a result of an unknown instrument or a metal object. >> reporter: the as salt so brought at a it's hard to watch but p the video is so detailed it led police to make a quick arrest. their suspect 29-year-old brandon menley. he was charged monday night after police spent the afternoon questioning him. sources say menley was picked up at a homeless shelter on the 900 block of hamilton street after he was identified from this video. police say he w

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is in the sat center tonight with a look at how they're preparing. diana. >> reporter: jessica, as world health organizations take a look at this virus, tonight in philadelphia first responders for the first time are changing their protocol. in philadelphia, first responders will now be asking patients with flu-like symptoms if they've traveled to west africa. symptoms if they've traveled the emergency crew and special protection will be worn. >> it will allow them to put on the full encapsulated suits prior to entering any premises. >> reporter: changes are memo obtained by "eyewitness news." the president of the firefighters union says 400 suits like these seen in dallas have been ordered to increase the city's reserve supply. meanwhile delaware county officials put together an ebola task force. they held closed door meetings to discuss a county wide response. >> people are understandably nervous in this day and age. a contagious virus is only a plane ride away. >> viruses do not have borders or boundaries so we have to be prepared. >> reporter: f

diana rocco is live in the sat center with these late developments. diana? >> reporter: today before a congressional sub committee officials from dallas presbyterian hospital apologized for the mistakes made in treating ebola. but tonight, some local nurses aren't so sure things would have happened much differently here. >> the infection of a second nurse with the ebola virus has left many on the front lines of the fight feeling vulnerable. >> in liberia, ebola is now called the nurse killer disease. so that gives me great cause for concern. >> reporter: on couldn't friend call with more than 11 thus san health care workers, the largest union of registered nurses is demanding higher standards from hospitals. crozer-chester nurse kathy toomey was on that call. protocol at host hospitals is sub par or non existent. >> we're the front line. we're the people that are going to be going in and if you don't have the proper protocols in place, one mistake is all it takes. what i am afraid of is being try trying to short cut your protection and ending up like dallas.

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco will be live with the latest. >> and it was a massive scam with local advertisement millions taken from victims including this woman. but when she smelled a rat, she fought back. three on your side's jim donovan has her story tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 over on cbs3. >> hm. all right and one last look at the weather before we go. >> okay. we're going a little downhill now but still comfortable. wednesday we'll see a chance of a shower. we have mostly cloudy skies during the day, the high 74. but no real big issues weather-wise. thursday pleasant with partly sunny skies. friday we'll go 75 with a mix of sun and clouds. the rain comes friday night into saturday morning. that's our cold front and we'll cool it down after that. the real chill comes sunday, cooling down monday and even tuesday with highs in the 60's. >> whoa. >> we're not supposed to get that cool that fast. it's going to happen. good football weather for the birds on sunday. >> kathy thanks so much. thank you for watching "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> for kathy, les

diana rocco for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >> someone else believe they may have seen eric frein who has been on the run for allegedly killing a pennsylvania state trooper. state police focused near 390 in barrett township monroe county where a man reportedly spotted frein yesterday afternoon. possible lead on the man hunt is now in the forty-seventh day. man who reported the possible sighting described what he saw. >> in the fine tune tree line down there we seen a figure popping up and down. i thought it was suspicious. >> frein is accused of opening fire outside blooming grove state police barracks on september 12th killing trooper brian dickson and seriously wounding alex douglass. our nicole brewer will have the latest on the manhunt at 8:30. >>> philadelphia police searched schuylkill river for a weapon as part of their investigation into dion jordan. police believe jordan, hoist behind bars, this morning may have killed six people. most recent victim was 50 years old dallas long who was gunned down october 17th. his body was dumped at eighty-second and lionness southwest p

outside the constitution center tonight i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. >>> your time is coming up on 7:17. here's katie. >> we will continue to track developing low pressure that will gather strength move north east and pummel portions of new england. what we even up getting out of this is residual effects of it, as it is still developing we are only looking at round of rain, rotating through the region, a very obvious rotation with this storm system and also a lot of lightening currently being picked up on the doppler indicators here, out over the opened ocean water. we have had a couple nasty thunderstorms rumbling through new jersey. a couple of storm reports to tell but even as of yesterday in seaside heights there was a waterspout reported via social media and hail reports that came with this too. latest of which came in laci township in ocean county where we did pick up a quarter inch of hail based on social media reports. lets walk you through to future weather and show you what is to come as of this point. still expect to go see round of rain, now while n

outside central detectives, diana rocco, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> prosecutors north jersey file charges against seven students at say err ville high school. six of the students in custody this morning it, all stems from allegations cents of hazing on a school's football team. middlesex county prosecutor filed aggravated sexual assaults, and criminal restraint charges against three of the students. the other four facing aggravated criminal sexual content -- contact charges. you may recall the football season was cancelled when hazing allegations came to light earlier this week. >>> emotional father talked about the sudden loss of his young son from enterovirus d68. four year oley lie waller the first child to die from the respiratory virus that's been sweeping the nation. his father said eli, student at yardville elementary in hamilton township, mercer county, went to bed and the next day he was gone. >> he is like the little puppy dog who just looks, you know, looks at you and wants to make you happy. i kissed him on the forehead, gave him a hug, gave him his knight, i said, you

good evening, i'm diana rocco. natasha has tonight off. she's the only u.s. patient to receive the diagnosis without ever traveling to africa. officials were at the dallas home of the unidentified nurse to calm neighbors' fears. she has been in isolation since reporting a fever on friday. the test came back positive late last night. the cdc says there was a breach of protocol but they aren't sure how since the worker wore full protective gear. they've recommended texas health presbyterian hospital designate a full-time infection control supervisor. >>> and president barack obama wants answers and has asked the cdc to fast track their investigation. cbs news correspondent brian webb has more. >> reporter: a hospital worker helping to treat ebola patient thomas duncan was infected with the virus while wearing a mask, gown, gloves and other protective clothing. >> how disturbing it is that even after those precautions this person still contracted the disease. >> we're very concerned. >> reporter: officials at texas health presbyterian hospital are not releasing

in lower gwynedd township i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a judge revokes bail of the suspect accused of murdering a montgomery county man he met on craigs list. chad wilcox ace accused of slashing manual's throat in his, norristown home and stealing his car and wallet. police tracked wilcox to tennessee and kentucky. the montgomery county d.a. says that about a week after at alleged murder wilcox surrendered to police in north carolina for unrelated charges of have raising a child for which he missed his court date. she said every on line interaction should be treated with caution. >> i think this case is a cautionary tail about the dangers of the internet. one of the key lessons there is you don't know who is on the other end of this screen. >> wilcox is due back in norristown court for a preliminary hearing on november 7th. >>> a repeated former boss of the philadelphia moneys heading back to prison. a federal judge sentenced joey merlino to another four months in prison for violating his parole. thinks video of merlino from his last court appearance from earlier th

in the news room i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >>> pennsylvania state police released chilling details of the note eric frein left behind detailing his deadly ambush. the the note found it at a campsite reportedly indicated that he took aim at brian dickson killing him and fire at trooper alex douglass leaving him seriously injury. he was surprised at how quickly they fell. there was also a section about his escape. >> hit a roadblock, i didn't expect one so soon, it was only 15 to 20 minutes. i did a k-turn a quarter mile from them and pulled into a development i knew had unfinished access road. hearing them i used my marker lights, missed the trail around a run off pool and drove straight into it. disaster. made half attempt to stash ak and ran. >> authorities released pictures showing what frein might look like with the mohawk and a beard. additional charges of possession of weapons of mass destruction have been found begins frein for pipe bombs that they took into evidence. >>> time is 7:00 156789 lets get traffic and weather together, good morning. >> i'l