Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News right in you at 11 00 oclock, a north Philadelphia Community is in shock after a hitandrun that left a local woman dead. Good evening everyone im natasha brown. Thanks for joining us. Neighbors tell us the woman was a veteran who had fallen on hard times but she was a fixture in the fair hills community. Eyewitness News Reporter trang dough picks up the story now live at police headquarters. Trang . Reporter natasha friends tell me she had been homeless for years. Was days away of getting off of the streets and into a home before her life was tragically cut short. Shes always, always here every morning. She sleeps here rain, shes always here. Reporter until police say a man driving under the influence took her away. My heart is broken. You know even though shes a homeless lady, it hurts. Reporter 37yearold woman known as elaine was a fixture in fair hill for years. Just yesterday i said, no one tells you th
Well. Thank you for joining us this saturday morning. Im eric looper. Im cayly lasalle. Today we wont be seeing that kind of weather out there. We have a cool start to the day and highs below average, only in the 70s. Drier air is moving into the state, very stormy yesterday. We picked up a good amount of precipitation, which is great news fo pressure is going to keep us very dry but as we said, its a cool start to the day, only 47 degrees at the airport. Humidity is high but that will drop throughout the morning hours. Downtown denver right now, 51 degrees. Elsewhere across the state, upper 50s across the weapon, 40s across the Eastern Plains. New this morning, one person is hurt after getting hit by a car last and california. The driver was arrested for suspected dui. No word on the victims condition this morning. Its not clear what led to this accident. A man was hit by a light rail train near the Convention Center yesterday. Hes in serious condition. Brighton police are asking for
Feet in the air . Early today starts right now. Good morning, everybody. And thank you, rio. 17 days of eyepopping competition involving 11,000 of the worlds best athletes, the carnivalinspired closing ceremonies carried on in the wind and in the rain in a dazzle display of color and dance. Amid the celebrations, a notable athlete remained absent. Back in the u. S. 12time medalist ryan lochte sat down by Nbcs Matt Lauer on saturday and apologized for his now defunct tale of a run point robbery in rio. What im trying to get at, the first story you told, ryan, is much more about the mean streets of rio. Yeah. And the version were hearing now is much more of a negotiated settlement to cover up some dumb behavior. And thats why im taking full responsibility for it. Is because i overexaggerated that story. Despite the embarrassing capturing gold on the court with an emotional Carmelo Anthony americas alltime leading olympic scorer to cap off his fourth olympics. A bizarre incident marked th
Athletes looking ahead to tokyo in 2020. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 22nd. From abc news, this is world news now. Counting down to the games in tokyo. Only 14 00 days to go, plus. We begin with politics, and donald trump. His latest effort to reset his campaign. With only 77 days to go before election, trump is heading to ohio after what his campaign and Top Republican leaders are calling a great week. Trump has used his last few rallies to reach out to African Americans, but his choice of words not really sitting well with many black voters. Its your voice, your vote. Heres mary bruce. Reporter donald trump refining his message to minority voters. I want our party to be the home of the African American reporter after this pitch to African Americans sparked outrage. Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell dioo you have to lose . Reporter making the case before a predominantly white c
Home once stood today. This was matthews fencing equipment workshop. Now they need to find out how to rebuild. The grill almost survived. That was the front of the house. Reporter karen and Matthew Porter kind of knew what to expect when they returned to their home, but it turns out nothing could fully prepare them. Coming to see it, difference between knowing it mentally and when you come and see it, thats when it kicks in the stomach. Its hard. Reporter with every step, another memory. My bandshaw, some of the stocks and computers. That was a table saw. That was a tree she planted when her husband passed. It really gets you in your gut when you can recognize pieces i think. That makes it a little worse. Reporter still, the porters are surrounded by signs of hope, like karens goddess figurine from portugal. I take it as a positive sign that everything is going to get ready. Reporter this row of redwoods that are now a sign of resistance and rebuilding. Redwoods are good at coming back