"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt, is live outside the federal courthousend david,s the next step here? >> well, the next step rahel is federal judge decides, this is the lawsuit that was filed in federal court, 10:00 this morning, jill stein's attorneys used the language through her that pennsylvania's election system an is a national disgrace, now, attorneys were here just about an hour and a half ago, they filed this just a little bit before 10:00 this rnthat the recount is necessary, because voters on theirer 8th, election day, constitutional rights were in jeopardy. large reason for this recount is because according to stein's campaign, parts of pennsylvania sat machines, largely to blame, philadelphia's machines are antiquated but elections officials told myself rail times in the past, being antiquated is actually a good thing, because those machines are not connected to the internet in anyway. so in that sense, election officials good with jill stein's officials but really not good. stein's attorney argue the machines are old, and this is there is not a paper trail after so

more on the new law, cbsphilly.com david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news." >>> strong and proud. david, thank you. >>> after today's bill signing vice president biden held a round table where he discussed the cancer moon shot task force. among those are comedian john stewart and stephanie mcmain, they discuss military and first responders cancer care. >>> breaking news out of hollywood. alan thicke died. he recently appeared on netflix fuller house. entertainment tonight reports thicke suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son. in addition to acting he wrote theme songs for shows including the facts of life and different strokes. alan thicke was 69. >>> bill cosby returns to court in the morning for another round of pretrial motions. it was a tense day in the montgomery county courtroom. cosby is accused of assaulting andrea constand, the prosecution and did he first got into a shouting match over whether 13 additional accuser whose may testify against cosby should be named. >>> west catholic high school is remembering a local victim of the orlando nig

reporting live tonight, i'm david spunt cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. >>> a beth le him pennsylvania man is facing murder charges tonight. this is the suspect who was arraigned in new york city. police say he strangled his ex lover and drowned their four-year-old son. court documents claim he was tired of paying child support and he didn't approve of the way she was raising the child. the woman was fired four years ago if from her job as a new york city public schoolteacher after it was revealed she conducted a sexual relationship with the man who was a student of herself. >>> caught on surveillance video a burglar smashes his way into a kohls. he used a sledge hammer to break the glass on the locked front doors. once inside the suspect went straight forth jewelry counter. the burglar got away with about 60,000 and $1 hundred,000 worth of jewelry and watches. >> he was caring an old style tool bag made of canvas, he was also wearing black gloves, jeans and some distinct sneakers. >> authorities are examining surveillance cameras outside the building to see if the burglar

reporting live tonight, i'm david spunt cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. >>> a beth le him pennsylvania man is facing murder charges tonight. this is the suspect who was arraigned in new york city. police say he strangled his ex lover and drowned their four-year-old son. court documents claim he was tired of paying child support and he didn't approve of the way she was raising the child. the woman was fired four years ago if from her job as a new york city public schoolteacher after it was revealed she conducted a sexual relationship with the man who was a student of herself. >>> caught on surveillance video a burglar smashes his way into a kohls. he used a sledge hammer to break the glass on the locked front doors. once inside the suspect went straight forth jewelry counter. the burglar got away with about 60,000 and $1 hundred,000 worth of jewelry and watches. >> he was caring an old style tool bag made of canvas, he was also wearing black gloves, jeans and some distinct sneakers. >> authorities are examining surveillance cameras outside the building to see if the burglar

david spunt is at the south philly shopping center where the robbery took place. david? >> reporter: hi, ukee, authorities are warning this man is dangerous, they're putting out this video, hoping that somebody recognizes either the man or his car. to try to get them behind bars as soon as possible. 12:30 on sunday afternoon, philadelphia police say the man in the surveillance video drove off after stealing a woman's purse. that 46-year-old victim held on to the suspect's car before falling to the ground. >> seeing something like this is -- i actually can't believe it. >> reporter: she owns a hair salon in the same parking lot where the attack happened. she was working on sunday, november 27th at 12:30 in the afternoon the moment the suspect struck. we showed the video to shoppers. >> reporter: is it safe around here >> not now, as soon as i see this. used to be. >> hope she's ok. but i think it's a really bad thing. >> reporter: according to detectives, the mystery man spent time stalking people as they came in and out of several stores. he pulled up in this gray suv be

more on the new law, cbsphilly.com david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news." >>> strong and proud. david, thank you. >>> after today's bill signing vice president biden held a round table where he discussed the cancer moon shot task force. among those are comedian john stewart and stephanie mcmain, they discuss military and first responders cancer care. >>> breaking news out of hollywood. alan thicke died. he recently appeared on netflix fuller house. entertainment tonight reports thicke suffered a heart attack while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son. in addition to acting he wrote theme songs for shows including the facts of life and different strokes. alan thicke was 69. >>> bill cosby returns to court in the morning for another round of pretrial motions. it was a tense day in the montgomery county courtroom. cosby is accused of assaulting andrea constand, the prosecution and did he first got into a shouting match over whether 13 additional accuser whose may testify against cosby should be named. >>> west catholic high school is remembering a local victim of the orlando nig

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in hershey where there is a lot of excitement, david. >> reporter: hi, jessica yes, there is a lot of excitement at giant center, thousands waited outside. it is a 0-degree wind chill right now in dauphin county, president-elect trump will take the stage, he will be yin by his number two, vice-president elect mike pence. donald trump and mike pence will continue their thank you tour this time this hershey, pennsylvania. two were in wisconsin earlier this week as part of the tour. although future president and vice-president didn't win dauphin county trump pick up victories in other parts of the central pennsylvania. he won pennsylvania and that is reason two will be here tonight. trump is in the news every day but his secretary of state pick exxon chief rex tillerson is garnering some strong opposition for his close relationship with russia's vladamire put even. u.s. intelligence officials this week announced that they believe putin was personally involved with the hacking of dnc e-mails. i spoke with supporters about the allegations. >>

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in wilmington and talk to those mourning her loss including her fiance, david? >> reporter: nicole, it is a sad story here in wilmington. i walked around and heard about this fire fighter, a senior fire fighter that has been with the department since 193 but tonight i spoke to her fiance who could talk about her at home, his fee april say and mother of three. sound of chime blanketed the will mink than sheet where ardythe hope lived but her fiance would over shadow that sound with pain. >> he was a great woman, that she was the best thing that ever happened to my life. >> reporter: derek woods devastated when he learned the love of his life senior fire fighter ardythe hope died after fighting for two months, following this wilmington fire in september. >> it is right now my mind is just so worried about the children. >> reporter: it ponds say artie had three girls and he is close to all have of them. he came into their lives four years ago. he an artie were engaged last year and ready to celebrate their retirement from the department next mont

reporting live tonight from lower makefield bucks county i'm david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> very disturbing, thank you. >>> police need your help catching a man they say stole thousands of dollars from an acme super market in south philadelphia. it was all caught on cameras man seen here this is dark colored sweat shirt walks behind a register, opens up the drawer and helped himself to $3,000 inside. the man, made off in his car, described as light in color with a dark front fender. if you have any information you're asked to call police. >>> police are looking for these two men caught on camera who robbed a right ate and threatened a security guard in hunting park. both were seen placing items inside their wait area and then ran from the store. altercation, continues, with security, in the parking lot, one of the suspects pulled out a knife and threatened the officer. >>> police are also investigating a stolen truck containing $500,000 in coach purses. police responded to a call from southern logistics a distribution warehouse that a commercial trailer carrying designer

reporting live tonight in bensalem bucks county, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. >>> police have taken into custody a person of interest after several packages disappeared on the 800 block of north lawrence street. the homes surveillance victim captured the footage you're looking at right now. you see an unknown male taking the packages and then fleeing. the man apprehended near fifth and par popular. >>> brandon brooks, the offensive line man mentioned two of the thereafter three games, now we know why, don bell joins us with what brooks revealed >> it was an interesting day at the novacare complex. just to reiterate. brandon brookses missed two of the at least games, is because he's been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that causes him to become violently ill for about the last 24 hours, the illness lasts about 24 hour, he's now seeing a psychologist and taking medication. however, the medicine takes weeks to be effective. the 27-year-old believes the illness has caused him to miss two games previously in his career. >> it's an obsession, i can't emphasize it eno

david spunt is at the south philly shopping center where the robbery took place. david? >> reporter: hi, ukee, authorities are warning this man is dangerous, they're putting out this video, hoping that somebody recognizes either the man or his car. to try to get them behind bars as soon as possible. 12:30 on sunday afternoon, philadelphia police say the man in the surveillance video drove off after stealing a woman's purse. that 46-year-old victim held on to the suspect's car before falling to the ground. >> seeing something like this is -- i actually can't believe it. >> reporter: she owns a hair salon in the same parking lot where the attack happened. she was working on sunday, november 27th at 12:30 in the afternoon the moment the suspect struck. we showed the video to shoppers. >> reporter: is it safe around here >> not now, as soon as i see this. used to be. >> hope she's ok. but i think it's a really bad thing. >> reporter: according to detectives, the mystery man spent time stalking people as they came in and out of several stores. he pulled up in this gray suv be

reporting live tonight at federal courthouse in philadelphia, i'm david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> new jersey governor chris christie has shown interest in one role within the trump administration, chairman of the republican national committee, but sources familiar with the transition have said there is no knowledge or interest in christie holding the position. >>> today trump chose another former republican rival to join his cabinet. 's thensed ben carson will be his administration's secretary of housing and urban development. trump says carson has a brilliant mine. >>> historians in atlantic city want to open up a museum dedicated to president-elect trump. press of atlantic city is reporting organizers are seeking artifacts and stories from people who work at trump's properties over the past three decade. some local business owners hope the museum will bring visitors to the city in the same way that melania trump's hometown in sill vein use has seen more tourist. >>> toll brothers is planning to double in height its plans jewelers row condo towers project which would also m

reporting live tonight in bensalem bucks county, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. >>> police have taken into custody a person of interest after several packages disappeared on the 800 block of north lawrence street. the homes surveillance victim captured the footage you're looking at right now. you see an unknown male taking the packages and then fleeing. the man apprehended near fifth and par popular. >>> brandon brooks, the offensive line man mentioned two of the thereafter three games, now we know why, don bell joins us with what brooks revealed >> it was an interesting day at the novacare complex. just to reiterate. brandon brookses missed two of the at least games, is because he's been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that causes him to become violently ill for about the last 24 hours, the illness lasts about 24 hour, he's now seeing a psychologist and taking medication. however, the medicine takes weeks to be effective. the 27-year-old believes the illness has caused him to miss two games previously in his career. >> it's an obsession, i can't emphasize it eno

reporting live tonight from the federal courthouse i'm david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a preliminary hearing for suspect in the june shooting of a folcroft police officer has wrapped up, in darby township. according to officials dahntay brooks island is being held on all charges with the arraignment scheduled for january 18th. prosecutors say that the three three-year old fired seven shots at officer christopher dorman, and dorman was responding to a call about a drug deal. >>> and conshohocken police say a woman was stabbed to death by her wheelchair wound nephew this morning. that violence happened at ninth and hallow well street. investigators tell "eyewitness news" that the victim was stabbed more than 20 times. she had a troubled relationship with that nephew, and he is facing charges tonight. >>> one person is dead, and another is injured, after a early morning fire ripped through a home in the cobbs creek section of the city. crews rush to the home on the 1200 block of south millick street just after 4c a.m. heavy wind caused fire to spread to two other homes on th

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt was there as family and friends pay tribute to the rookie trooper. >> on a night dipping into the low 30's, trooper franky williams was the only thing on the mind of hundreds who came out. >> my son was a sheriff. he was born february the 14th, he was my heart from that day. >> the late trooper's mother, victoria william, thanked the crowd. the 31 year old was killed in a head-on crash earlier this week. >> i taught him the most important thing is to love and share, but love everybody, and do your best. >> williams was responding to a call of irradic driver on 55 in cumberland county. police say the driver later identified as 61 year old lloyd ruddily controls dollars the median, killing williams, and himself. >> that troop is her in heaven looking down upon us and saying don't worry, i'm okay. >> williams grew up in florida, but later called new jersey home. >> just absolutely senseless and terrible. >> ruth ann fox and her husband didn't know trooper william but felt compelled to come out and learn more about him after hearing about the tragedy. >

eye witt the necessary news reporter david spunt has story of an eight year-old from south jersey at the ceremony because of his own health battle.. >> we are bringing a reality of possibility of new break throughs to some of the greatest health challenges of our time. >> reporter: twenty-first century cures act now a law invests approximate thely $6 billion, for cancer research, opioid abuse and mental health issues just to name a few over the coming years. >> it is really exciting, to see the president. >> reporter: eight year-old max schill from williamstown, new jersey was invited to be at the ceremony. he has noonan syndrome a rare genetic disorder that effects how his body develops as he ages. the how are you feeling? >> strong and proud. >> reporter: last april around the time he made his round on capitol hill, to fight for the open act, aimed at repurposing drugs for rare diseases. he visited 83 senators in just two days. he convinced new jersey's two senators to get on board. >> very happy. >> reporter: open act provision did not make it in the final law, white house officia

. >> as "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows us tonight, that boy has spent months helping one of their own. >> one by one, they came down sunset street with lights and sirens. but this was no emergency. it was a chance to thank a five year old by giving him the surprise of his life. avery gram new something was up when he saw about 50 police officers and half of his neighborhood in front of his home. but he didn't expect this. a hug from officer steve addmack, a man fighting stage four cancer who just came back to work after weeks of treatment. little avery started selling bracelets earlier this year to help his officer friends. tonight, he wanted to thank avery publicly. >> for him to go this far, i had to give something back. >> and give back he did. avery got his own treanor police uniform. he went inside to change, and just few minutes later, he was back outside with a absolute to all of those who came to watch. >> once i washed the tears away, i finally got to see him. amazing. >> avery was little nervous in front of the crowd, but did stop to tell us this. >> i like my u

david spunt, eyewitness news. >> and over brook man is behind bars tonight. police charged him with homicide by vehicle in the death of 8-year-old giana powell. paul woodland bore road the car that struck powell 6 and plans down as she walked home from school november 18. he was arrested last night after police found heavily damaged car at a body shop in fraser, chester county. >> this little girl lost her live life and he did not bother to stop. >> it was horrible what he did ander reresponsible and callou callous. he had no regard for human life. >> neighbors say there should always be a crossing guard at the intersection so a tragedy like this does not happen again. >> authorities officered a large reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. tonight, we are learning where that money is going. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hof is looking to see who determines what gets what. >> the owner of the auto body shop was the one that that tipped off police about the suspicious vehicle. the city offered a $10,000 reward for in the

. >> the bombing last month left a man seriously injured, "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt joins us from olde city with a closer look at surveillance video and investigation, david? >> reporter: hi there ukee. big break that has people puzzled in the past week about this case. tonight police are looking for a bigger break, they are hoping you can help, if you can you might get paid for it. >> police believe this is a man or woman that delivered a homemade bomb to a resident at 18th and pine just a few days before thanksgiving. investigators released this surveillance video hoping for a break, at one point, the person drops the package, in front of the door. >> i don't want anybody out there thinking there is some random person delivering these things, that is not the what we believe has occurred here. >> reporter: sixty year-old jim alden seen here recovering from his injuries opened up an envelope he thought was medicine. he is currently out of the hospital and told investigators that he doesn't recognize what they say appears to be an asian person, of interest, late teens to la

david spunt was there as family and friends played tribute to the rookie trooper♪ >> reporter: on a night dipping to low 30s. trooper frankie williams on the only thing on the mind of hundreds who came out. >> my son was a hero from the day he was born. he was born february 14. he was my heart from that day. >> reporter: the late trooper's mother victory williams thanksed the round. he was killed in a head on crash earlier this week. >> i taught him the most important thing is to love and share, love everybody. and do your best. >> reporter: williams was responding to call of erratic driver on 55 and cumberland county. that driver later identified as 61-year-old lloyd ruudly, crossed the median killing williams and himself. >> that trooper is in heaven looking down upon us and saying, don't worry, i'm okay. >> reporter: williams grew newspaper florida and later called new jersey home. >> it's absolutely sense isless and terrible report ruth and fox and her husband didn't know trooper williams but felt kol peld to come out and learn about him and the tragedy. >> i think it's a lot of quest

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt was there, as family and friends paid tribute to trooper franky williams. >> ♪ >> on a night dipping into the low 30's, trooper franky williams was the only thing on the mind of hundreds who came out. >> my son was a hero for the day since on the force, born february the 14th, he was my heart from that day. >> the late trooper's mother, victoria williams, thanked the crowd. the 31 year old was killed in a head-on crash earlier this week. >> i taught him the most important thing, is to love and share, but love everybody, and do your best. >> williams was responding to call of erratic driver on five an in cumberland county. police say that driver later identified as 61 year old lloyd ruddily crossed the median, killing williams, and himself. >> that trooper is in heaven looking down upon us and saying don't worry, i'm okay. >> williams grew up in florida, but later called new jersey home. >> just absolutely senseless and terrible. >> ruth ann fox and her husband didn't know trooper williams, but felt compelled to come out and learn more about him.

david spunt was there as family and friends played tribute to the rookie trooper♪ >> reporter: on a night dipping to low 30s. trooper frankie williams on the only thing on the mind of hundreds who came out. >> my son was a hero from the day he was born. he was born february 14. he was my heart from that day. >> reporter: the late trooper's mother victory williams thanksed the round. he was killed in a head on crash earlier this week. >> i taught him the most important thing is to love and share, love everybody. and do your best. >> reporter: williams was responding to call of erratic driver on 55 and cumberland county. that driver later identified as 61-year-old lloyd ruudly, crossed the median killing williams and himself. >> that trooper is in heaven looking down upon us and saying, don't worry, i'm okay. >> reporter: williams grew newspaper florida and later called new jersey home. >> it's absolutely sense isless and terrible report ruth and fox and her husband didn't know trooper williams but felt kol peld to come out and learn about him and the tragedy. >> i think it's a lot of quest

david spunt, eyewitness news. >> and over brook man is behind bars tonight. police charged him with homicide by vehicle in the death of 8-year-old giana powell. paul woodland bore road the car that struck powell 6 and plans down as she walked home from school november 18. he was arrested last night after police found heavily damaged car at a body shop in fraser, chester county. >> this little girl lost her live life and he did not bother to stop. >> it was horrible what he did ander reresponsible and callou callous. he had no regard for human life. >> neighbors say there should always be a crossing guard at the intersection so a tragedy like this does not happen again. >> authorities officered a large reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. tonight, we are learning where that money is going. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hof is looking to see who determines what gets what. >> the owner of the auto body shop was the one that that tipped off police about the suspicious vehicle. the city offered a $10,000 reward for in the

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at federal courthouse with more on today's developments here at home, david? >> reporter: hi, yes, sir contact this is federal lawsuit i want to read first sentence under introduction. it says that the pennsylvania election system is a national disgrace, that is way jill stein and her attorneys are framing the election system, here in pennsylvania, basically, the stein's team is blaming the machines in pennsylvania, especially philadelphia, saying that they are antiquated, they are out of date, and they believe that these machines have a very good chance have of being hacked. locally lex officials have said numerous times on the record it is impossible to hack these machines, because they are not connected to the internet. the stein team just doesn't believe that. >> they are old. they use 1990's technology. it is childes play to hack into this. we have sophisticated nation states out there that we're concerned about. >> reporter: essentially stein's team told me they believe if there is any technology available there is a way to hack into

. >> as "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt shows us tonight, that boy has spent months helping one of their own. >> one by one, they came down sunset street with lights and sirens. but this was no emergency. it was a chance to thank a five year old by giving him the surprise of his life. avery gram new something was up when he saw about 50 police officers and half of his neighborhood in front of his home. but he didn't expect this. a hug from officer steve addmack, a man fighting stage four cancer who just came back to work after weeks of treatment. little avery started selling bracelets earlier this year to help his officer friends. tonight, he wanted to thank avery publicly. >> for him to go this far, i had to give something back. >> and give back he did. avery got his own treanor police uniform. he went inside to change, and just few minutes later, he was back outside with a absolute to all of those who came to watch. >> once i washed the tears away, i finally got to see him. amazing. >> avery was little nervous in front of the crowd, but did stop to tell us this. >> i like my u

. >>> a bucks county man is behind bars for killing his mother, i'm david spunt what authorities have to say about the investigation. >>> just grateful and thankful they can do that and in their heart they want to do that. >>> christmas comes early for hundreds of shoppers at a pennsylvania store, the huge amount of money a secret santa donated to pay for that are presents. >>> good morning, everyone i'm jan carabao, it is cold out there. you have to bundle up heading outside or hopefully you are still under blankets this morning. the meteorologist justin drabick is live on the skies deck with eyewitness weather. i wish i could just crawl under those covers. the just one of those days. >> good advice, my add rise stay under blankets. the wait a few hours. it is one of the coldest morning or it is coldest morning we have had so far in philadelphia down to 27 degrees so far. forty-five minutes away from sunrise. that sunnies not going to do a whole lot today. it will feel like mid-january, not early to mid december. but check it out, temperature wise, temperatures holding generally in t

reporting live in the sat center i'm david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. despite opposite side of the conflict russia and turkey brokered cease-fire now in effect in syria and russia and president putin were backing seenian govrming and turkey is up porting the rebels. there's been six years of figh fighting that left a quart he of a million americans dead and triggered fighting across usua usual. peace talks will take place next month. >>> german authorities believe automatic braking system may have saved lives in the terror attack in before lynch the truck used during december 19 attack stopped after 90 yards because of the system. the truck system impact and automatically applied brakes. automatic brakes are required under union regulations. >> security for new york famous new york eave celebration will be extra tight this year. sanitation trucks loaded with tons of extra sand will line the perimeter of times square. 65 trucks will be position todd stop vehicles from driving into the crowd and police will use 10 0 patrol cars as blocker vehicles and the

. >>> reporting live tonight from wilmington david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thank you, david. >>> cause for the fire that damaged a row of homes in allentown and left nearly two dozen residents homeless. three alarm fire started around 8:00 in the home of the 400 block of north fulton street, then spread to five more homes. it took fire fighters about four hours to get it all under control, two other homes suffered smoke and water damage. >> everybody was outside. the whole building, it was all on fire. >> fortunately no one was hurt. red cross is assisting 23 displaced residents. >>> kensington mother is facing charges tonight as police continue to investigate the death of her son, as possible child abuse. twenty-three year-old andrea worrell has been charged with child endangerment and obstructing justice. officers found her two-year old son zyair worrell, unresponsive on the 600 block of college even tine treat tuesday night. he died, later at st. christopher's hospital. investigators say that the boy had chest and liver injuries, and tested positive for thc, a chemi

"eyewitness news" reporter david spunt talked to the community in mourning including her fiancee. >> the sound of chimes blanketed the quiet freeport where hope lived but her fiancee sounds in pain. >> she was a great woman. whatever happens to my life. >> derrick was devastated when he learned the love of his live, senior firefighter artery hope, died after fighting for two month following this wilmington fire in september. >> right now my mind is just to worry about the children. >> says artery had three girls, he's close to all of them, he came into their lives four years ago. he and ardie were engaged last year. and he was ready to celebrate her retirement from the department next month. she was just finishing school and had plans to be a nurse. >> every day i watched ardie go out and try to save lives. >> that's exactly what she was doing on september 24th, when she got the call about this fire in wilmington. two of her colleagues, captain christopher leach, and lieutenant jerry died from the fire. ardie held on in a local hospital. >> we love ardie hope. and we will always reme

. >>> three officials have been charged with money laundering, "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live in front of the federal courthouse with more on this complicated story, lot of parts here, david. >> reporter: jessica, there air lot of parts. these three officials are from bucks county working on a detail report for 6:00 o'clock tonight but i want to give you a review. all three men why in federal court behind me here, one is a bucks county judge, the other two are members of the law enforcement. these three bucks county officials could spend the rest of hear lives in jail, bucks county judge john walled man, long with lower southampton public safety director robert hoops seen here from an unrelated, interview with constable bernard rafferty are accused of laundering money to the tune of half a million dollars. the three men allegedly laundered $400,000 in cash, the money was represented by under cover agents, to be proceed from illegal drug trafficking, and health care fraud. the men also allegedly took $80,000 in money laundering fees. it was a sting operation and federal

today a two-hour tribute on capitol hill, at david spunt explains was a bipartisan fair well to delaware's favorites son >> on behalf of our entire state of minnesota, that has loved you forever. >> call eight political roast of praise for vice president joe biden on the floor of the united states senate. its second home for all 40 years. >> he is exactly the same person today as he was more than 40 years ago. >> reporter: senators from both sides of the aisle spent two hours honoring the out going vice president as he sat and listened to each of them. >> he's been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle. >> reporter: image mcconnell was card strong political opponent >> i don't always agree with him but i do trust him. >> reporter: many in his party hope biden has a public future >> he was a public official with integrity. we hope he is again when he might consider public office again. >> reporter: on cbs3's late show with stephen colbert, host poked fun at biden's answer to a reporter on capitol hill earlier when the vice president was asked if he would run for presi

reporting live, right now from bucks county david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> montgomery county woman has been charged with drug delivery resulting in death, and involuntary manslaughter. this is the suspect three two-year old gwenn lynn marie of, he sold the drug, fentanyl. pastor reno believed he was buying, heroin but was given the much stronger and deadlier fentanyl. the two drugs, look nearly identical. prebish could be facing up to 40 years in prison. >>> the search is on for this peeping tom, philadelphia police a is lurking near temple's campus. you can see the suspect climb over a fence and then peak in the window. police say that is window of the 20 year-old woman who spotted the man outside snapping pictures, as she got dressed. when she saw him, he ran away. if you have any information, call the police. >>> and, governor christie has ordered all flags at state build to fly at half staff on monday in honor of new jersey state trooper frankie williams. williams will be laid to rest on monday, a viewing is scheduled at boardwalk hall in atlantic city friday 8:00 until n

today a two-hour tribute on capitol hill, at david spunt explains was a bipartisan fair well to delaware's favorites son >> on behalf of our entire state of minnesota, that has loved you forever. >> call eight political roast of praise for vice president joe biden on the floor of the united states senate. its second home for all 40 years. >> he is exactly the same person today as he was more than 40 years ago. >> reporter: senators from both sides of the aisle spent two hours honoring the out going vice president as he sat and listened to each of them. >> he's been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle. >> reporter: image mcconnell was card strong political opponent >> i don't always agree with him but i do trust him. >> reporter: many in his party hope biden has a public future >> he was a public official with integrity. we hope he is again when he might consider public office again. >> reporter: on cbs3's late show with stephen colbert, host poked fun at biden's answer to a reporter on capitol hill earlier when the vice president was asked if he would run for presi

reporting live in the sat center i'm david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. despite opposite side of the conflict russia and turkey brokered cease-fire now in effect in syria and russia and president putin were backing seenian govrming and turkey is up porting the rebels. there's been six years of figh fighting that left a quart he of a million americans dead and triggered fighting across usua usual. peace talks will take place next month. >>> german authorities believe automatic braking system may have saved lives in the terror attack in before lynch the truck used during december 19 attack stopped after 90 yards because of the system. the truck system impact and automatically applied brakes. automatic brakes are required under union regulations. >> security for new york famous new york eave celebration will be extra tight this year. sanitation trucks loaded with tons of extra sand will line the perimeter of times square. 65 trucks will be position todd stop vehicles from driving into the crowd and police will use 10 0 patrol cars as blocker vehicles and the

reporting live from olde city, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> another big case we have been following, tonight in overbrook, a community is reacting to the arrest charged in the deadly hit and run of the eight year-old girl. police say suspect only lived about a few blocks from the scene of the crime, but they found the car in chester county. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live with all of the details, anita? >> reporter: well, nicole we have stopped by an address listed for paul woodlyn on the 200 black of marlon avenue in overbrook, no family members came to the door but that is a mile way from the hit/run scene on 63rd and lansdowne avenue. now thanks to this arrest the powell family may now get some closure after losing their eight year-old daughter jayanna for nearly two weeks they marched... they pleaded. >> to you have a heart, if you have a mine, a soul, just turn yourself in. >> reporter: now there may be justice for jayanna, eight year-old girl killed pie a hit and run driver in overbrook on november 18th. >> that was horrible what he did, irresponsibl

reporting live, david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> quite a story david, thank you so much. you can see more of the interview with karen kline and her husband on this incredible rescue tomorrow on cbs this morning and that gets started 7:00 right after eyewitness news this morning. >> and a south jersey family hopes someone has seen two family members that vanished saturday barbara briley and her granddaughter left mays happeneding friday and they were drive to see family in north carolina. barbara called them 5:30 saturday to tell them she stopped for gas outside richmond, virginia. no one has heard from them since. if you have information call police. >>> temperatures are on the rise but before we enjoy the warmer weather we'll see a few showers. meteorologist lauren casey is keeping her eye on rj chas headed our way, lauren. >> thanks, jessica, temperatures are rising as we speak and getting a live look at center city philadelphia or trying to. and you cannot even see the sky line because of fog settling in with warmer and warm moist air mass contributing to a temperature

reporting live tonight from coatesville in chester county, i'm david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> comedian bill cosby will be back in court tomorrow for a pretrial hearing. prosecutors are expected to argue assault allegations by other women should be included. he is charged with drugging and assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in january of 2004. >> quest diagnostics the lab company says it's investigating a big data breach. it exposed the personal information about about 34,000 people. eye wetness news reporter joins us with more. good evening. >> reporter: well, yukee, good evening to you. more than 30,000 people as you mentioned have been compromised. their personal information is somewhere out there and right now many are left to wonder if their information is ever really secure. on november 26th, the data security breach at quest diagnostics compromised the information of 34,000 people. >> i think it's unfortunate but it looks like we don't have a foolproof way of guaranteeing everybody's cyber security. >> quest diagnostics has discovered an unautho

reporting from wilmington, david spunt, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> new developments in the murder case against former wrestler, jimmy super fly snuka in lehigh county. yesterday his attorney told the court he only has six months to live. snuka appeared in court via face time from florida during competency hearing in allentown, six months ago the judge ruled spike a was mentally inch kent to stand trial in the death of his girlfriend, defense says the 73 year old suffers from stomach cancer and dementia. but the prosecution argues snuka may be faking memory loss symptoms. >>> montgomery county detective are making a plea to help solve a cold case, 23 years after a young woman's murder. julie's body found at the lansdale septa conrail yard 23 years ago yesterday. the 18 year old was taking the train from philadelphia, before she disappeared, her body was found three weeks later. there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to her killer. >>> the camden county police department is trying to return stolen items to their rightful owners, 91 bikes found in the base p of small groce

reporting live tonight from coatesville in chester county, i'm david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> comedian bill cosby will be back in court tomorrow for a pretrial hearing. prosecutors are expected to argue assault allegations by other women should be included. he is charged with drugging and assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in january of 2004. >> quest diagnostics the lab company says it's investigating a big data breach. it exposed the personal information about about 34,000 people. eye wetness news reporter joins us with more. good evening. >> reporter: well, yukee, good evening to you. more than 30,000 people as you mentioned have been compromised. their personal information is somewhere out there and right now many are left to wonder if their information is ever really secure. on november 26th, the data security breach at quest diagnostics compromised the information of 34,000 people. >> i think it's unfortunate but it looks like we don't have a foolproof way of guaranteeing everybody's cyber security. >> quest diagnostics has discovered an unautho

spunt was there. >> donald trump spoke more than an hour tonight. he was going by number two vice-president elect mike pence and he chose pennsylvania as part of thank you tour because state helped put him over the top for the white house. >> thank you to the incredible people of pennsylvania. thank you. >> president-elect don bell greeted thousands of supporters at the giants center in hershey thursday. >> you're drive, dedication and love for country pushed across the finish line and boy did we get across that line right? >> he's on a thank you tour, visiting important states that helped him win the president densey last month. and in trump's eyes the keystone state certainly delivered while hillary clinton won philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs trump performed well in the central and northern parts of state. >> mostly i'm here as fellow american to say thanks to the people of pennsylvania, thank you for voting to make america great again. >> trump spent much of his speech talking about jobs and putting more americans to work. >> i will neve

reporting live, david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> quite a story david, thank you so much. you can see more of the interview with karen kline and her husband on this incredible rescue tomorrow on cbs this morning and that gets started 7:00 right after eyewitness news this morning. >> and a south jersey family hopes someone has seen two family members that vanished saturday barbara briley and her granddaughter left mays happeneding friday and they were drive to see family in north carolina. barbara called them 5:30 saturday to tell them she stopped for gas outside richmond, virginia. no one has heard from them since. if you have information call police. >>> temperatures are on the rise but before we enjoy the warmer weather we'll see a few showers. meteorologist lauren casey is keeping her eye on rj chas headed our way, lauren. >> thanks, jessica, temperatures are rising as we speak and getting a live look at center city philadelphia or trying to. and you cannot even see the sky line because of fog settling in with warmer and warm moist air mass contributing to a temperature

spunt was there. >> donald trump spoke more than an hour tonight. he was going by number two vice-president elect mike pence and he chose pennsylvania as part of thank you tour because state helped put him over the top for the white house. >> thank you to the incredible people of pennsylvania. thank you. >> president-elect don bell greeted thousands of supporters at the giants center in hershey thursday. >> you're drive, dedication and love for country pushed across the finish line and boy did we get across that line right? >> he's on a thank you tour, visiting important states that helped him win the president densey last month. and in trump's eyes the keystone state certainly delivered while hillary clinton won philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs trump performed well in the central and northern parts of state. >> mostly i'm here as fellow american to say thanks to the people of pennsylvania, thank you for voting to make america great again. >> trump spent much of his speech talking about jobs and putting more americans to work. >> i will neve