In philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. I can drown a drink of water and kill a dead tree. Wait until you see muhammad ali. And saw him we D Muhammad Ali the greatest boxer whoever lived captivated the world with his amazing skill, larger than life personality and unyielding commitment to civil rights and tonight were remembering the legend who passed away at the age of 74. Good evening everyone, im Natasha Brown. Thanks for joining us. Ali died in an arizona hospital surrounded by his family. The champ was an artist between the ropes bringing speed and grace never before seen among heavy weight boxers but it was his actions outside of the sport that will truly come to define his life and tonight were remembering an american original. Diane vault calleD Muhammad Ali louisville can end kens the greatest. He was for all people. Reporter she told us shell never forget what an honor it was to meet him not once but twice. He just was the sweetest man i ever meant. Reporter she was on
Problems. He battled parkinsons disease for decades. Jimmy isaac fought back tears as he remembered the boxing 11 gent. With all the violence, killings, muhammad ali doesnt want all that. Reporter this memorial built in his honor newspaper a celebration of his life that impacted fans far beyond this city. Born Cassius Clay Ali changed his name converted to islam and then refused to serve in the vietnam war. It was a decision that saw him exiled. He started as one of the most despised and hated men in the country and our children need to know the real story. Everybody was not on alis side. Reporter basketball great Kareem Abduljabbar who faced criticism for his conversion to islam counted ali as a men to. I may be seventwo but i never felt taller than when standing in his shadow. Im the greatest. Im a poet. Im a movie star. Im a actor. Im a fighter and most of all, im pretty. Reporter ali wasnt known for his humility. Long before he became a threetime heavy weight champion, he knew he w
Anita. Reporter yes, natasha, just a few minutes ago we found out what investigators have been finding inside that home. They have been searching that home photographing and cataloging everything that they found. Were told that Police Actually found a very elaborate train set worth tens of thousands of dollars in the basement of that home along with mattresses as well as violins and clarinets so they believe as well that the kids inside may have been home schooled because they found several pieces of homework and instruments as well. As you can see investigators are on the scene right now, again theyre combing through to find anything to help them with this investigation. Were also told that cadaver dogs have been out on the scene searching for any potential bodies that may have been buried there but police say right now they have not found anything of that sort. And the homeowner had previously told neighbors here that no children lived inside of that home but he now faces Sexual Assa
Philadelphia international airport. Now al onow approaching to inch. Were now nearing 5inches of rainfall for the month of may. Hard to believe. Wilmington were picking up about an inch and a half of rainfall, wildwood over a half inch, closing on a half inch in plymouth meeting. National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for the next if yo couple hours alog the i95 corridor where we could see small stream flooding. Storm scan3 showing us the trend. This is a three hour loop. This rain swath doesnt budge. Some of the heaviest rain falling along the i95 corridor. Moderate to heavier pockets of rainfall starting to spread east a little bit where we had drier conditions across parts of gloucester camden and Burlington County. That rain starting to push into mount laurel. Shower activity starting to work its way into parts of central Burlington County where weve had the driest conditions throughout the evening hours. Rain full intensity starting to let up especially across berks and
Center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. The ocean city boardwalk is bustling tonight as memorial day weekend kicks off with a beautiful evening after what was a very hot day but a change is coming. Tropical storm bonnie is churning toward the east coast as we speak and she is already bringing heavy rain to parts of the carolinas. Good evening, im rahel solomon. Natasha brown has the night off. Lets get right to meteorologist lauren casey in our Weather Center to help us time out the rain that is heading our way. Lauren. Thanks so much. Yeah, today was certainly a scorching day. 90degree heat in may and not just today. This is three consecutive days in a row and that defines a heat wave. So, its officially, yeah, heat wave in philadelphia. Our average High Temperature 77 degrees. Remember most of the month of may . Dreary, wet, cool conditions. Wow, what a transition over the last several days and it is extremely mild at this late our getting a live look at Center City Phi