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right now at 11:00 the us conduct more air strikes on iraqi militants. and president obama stops short of giving any time line on america's involvement in the conflict. good evening, everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us, four air strikes carried out today took out armored carriers firing on civilians. early indications suggest the strikes were successful. meantime president obama
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addressed the conflict just before he left for vacation. cbs news correspondent wendy gillette has more. >> the us military announced saturday night that war planes conducted four more air strikes against islamic militants. earlier in the day, the us made a second humanitarian air drop of food and water to thousands of iraquis, who are trapped in the mountains of northern iraq by the militants known as both isis, curbed i shall television showed kurdish forces delivering additional aid to the stranded curds. they are members of religious minority group under attack by the extremists. a small number of the refugees were able to scramble aboard the plane as it took off. some cried overwelmed by their ordeal. president barack obama addressed the crisis before leaving for a two week vacation on martha and vineyard. >> we feel confident that we can prevent isis from going up a mountain and slaughtering
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the people who are there. >> the president also said an international effort is underway to figure out how to rescue the thousands of stranded curds. the us launched air strikes on friday against the insurgents near the iraqi kurdish capitol of erbel. >> i don't think we will solve this problem in weeks if that's what you mean, i think this will take some time. >> the president called the military campaign long-term project, but has promised combat troops won't join the fight. wendy gillette, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the crisis in iraq, and the united states involvement. you'll find updates any time at cbsphilly.com. also, tonight, a north philadelphia neighborhood gathers to remember the victims after deadly carjacking crash. three children were killed and their mother just died from her injuries on thursday night. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has more. >> reporter: there has been a lot of good-byes in this neighborhood lately. too many. saturday, it was for keisha
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williams. >> love you, keisha. >> keisha the 34 year old mother of five, struck in that fatal hit-and-run, just over two weeks ago. she died thursday night. just three days earlier while she lay in the hospital, her family and friends laid three of her children to rest. key air a was 15, joseph, ten, and terrence, seven. >> i just want to just ask everyone to continuously play for our family, because we need it. >> saturday's vigil remembered all four, who died selling fruit on the corner for their church. the suspects in the car that hit them face multiple murder charges. >> i can't even find words to describe what our family is feeling at this moment. >> keisha left two other children behind, just 12 and 13 themselves. >> that was their only mom. that's the only person they new. how can you explain it? you only get one mom. >> as the sunsets, candles were lit, as they had been each night since july 25th. keisha's passing the final chapter after terrible story. >> the hugs and the crying and
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we're going to get through this, just one day at a time. >> there have been half dozen or so vigils at the scene of the crash there is will likely be the final one, as this community tries to begin to move on. live in north philadelphia, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". take a look at this eyewitness cam photo, a car crashed into a building in west cape may new jersey, about 10:00 o'clock this morning. the professional property services office on the 600 block of park boulevard was damaged. police say 59 year old sylvia bird light nerve was behind the wheel. no injuries, and crash is still under investigation. and turning to our weather, we have been enjoying a beautiful stretch of summer days lately. "eyewitness news" in south philadelphia, tonight, outside the sport complex. question is how long will this lovely weather last. for the answer we turn to meteorologist, justin drabick. >> yes, it is hard to believe it is early august, but good news is this nice weather continues through the rest of the weekend. if you miss that on today's
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nice weather, you will get your shot tomorrow. still pretty mild outside. upper 60s, low 70s across the delaware valley. look at mount pocono. comfortable 59 degrees, looks like some suburbs could get down to the upper 50's again. quakertown, 63 currently, pottstown, also, at 64 degrees. so nice night. you can keep the windows open, humidity levels on the lower side, and again, we check the dew point temperatures, and pretty nice for august. fifty's, low 60s, indicating drier air mass, so it is pleasant. not much happening on storm scan3, mainly clear skies, we will keep our area rain free, into your sunday, so waking up tomorrow morning, 60s possibly upper 50's, to start off your sunday morning, it will be warm afternoon, though, we do get up to 88 degrees for philadelphia, plenty of sun, low eight's at the shore, low 80s also in the poconos. key thing here is the humidity levels stay on the low side. keep the pleasant forecast around for sunday, how long does it last, we'll talk about our next storm chance coming
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up in the seven day forecast all coming up in a few more minutes. we send it back over to you. >> justin, thanks so. people in parts of hawaii, picking up pieces following hurricane iselle. but the islands is bracing for a second soaking from hurricane julio. cbs news correspondent begat shaban has more. >> ice over here -- >> hundreds lined up in hard hit had a we's big islands for free water and ice after tropical storm iselle was through. lost electricity two days ago, and supplies of water and ice ran out. made her mark along the big islands east coast. wind gusts up to 85 miles per hour, uprooted trees, and brought down power lines. leaving large rural swat of the island in the dark. utility crews are out there on the big island repairing downed power lines, while taking advantage. the area is expecting more rough weather, when hurricane julio is expected to pass just north of hawaii.
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hawaii electric lights has outages in some areas, and could last into next week. for now business owners and nearby hilo are getting back to work. kyle manages popular fish market. he says the storm forced him to close up shop for two days. and now he's trying to avoid taking another financial hit. >> with our product, when we get it, it is usually about 18 hours old. so from there we have about 72 hours to move it, so right now the last, so today prices were about half of what they were couple every days ago. >> sumner hoping to sell his fresh fish before it goes bad. and before hurricane julio threatens business. begat shaban, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". well, the search currently underway for gunman who shot 24 year old man in the face four times in north philadelphia. the shooting happened on the 2900 block of north park avenue, at 9:00 this morning. the victim was rushed to the hospital, and is currently in critical condition. now, police are working to try to determine a motive behind
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this shooting. and former willingboro teacher patrick mcguire charged with tell to go lure former student in sexual relationship. prosecutors say mcguire talked the now 15 year old girl when she was a student in eighth grade at memorial middle school. detective posted as the girl and set up meeting with mcguire on thursday, he was arrested and now being held on $100,000 bail. also, former eagles player, irving fryar, must soon decide whether to plead guilty or go to trial on mortgage fraud case. faces five year sentence under plea deal in burlington county. his mother, has been offered a three year sentence. now, they have until august 21st to except the plea deal, prior is charged with conspiring to steel $1 million through a mortgage scam run by william barksdale, who has been sentenced already to 20 machines in federal prison. stay with us, everyone, still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, now considered one of the toughest curfew laws in the nation.
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but not everyone is on board with this. we'll tell you which east coast city is now making the parents pay if their kids aren't off the street. plus a python problem. this large snake was slithering around praying on people's pets. how authorities finally caught one that reptile. justin? >> and warm and pleasant conditions through the rest of the weekends. how long will the streak last? well, i'll show you next coming up in the seven day forecast. >> straight ahead in sports, big honor for charlie manuel. he's the newest member of the phillies wall of fame. leslie has more on the billing cere
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strikes hit houses, mosks, and training sites. egyptian led efforts to secure long-term cease-fire are now in doubt as officials said israeli team would not rejoin negotiations unless rocket fire from gaza stops. and eight firefighters meantime who suffered burns while battling wild fire in northern california have now been released from the hospital. the crew was injured on friday night, while fighting the fire in medseeno county. evacuation ordered erred. flames threatening buildings and homes across six communities. blaze broke out july 30th after lightning strike. now, a judge denies general motors motion to dismiss wrongful death case against the auto maker. a trial date is now set for april 2016. the family of a 29 year old nurse who died in 2010 in a car crash near atlanta sued gm, alleging that a faulty ignition switch unexpectedly shut off the engine and caused
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her to lose control. they settled last year with gm for $5 million. but this case exposed how the auto maker let millions of cars stay on the road even after discovering the flaw. it has been linked to at least 13 deaths. now, one of the toughest curfew laws in the country is now in effect in baltimore, maryland after 20 years, kids are no longer allowed to just roam the streets until midnight. this new law requires teens under 14 to be home by 9:00 p.m., 14 to 16 year olds, they must be in by 10:00 p.m. on school nights, 11:00 on the weekends, baltimore's mayor says getting kids off the streets takes them out of harms way. the parents say the curfew is just a bad idea. >> they could be harmed, they could do harm to someone else, and we're supposed to turn a blind eye to it? no. >> re criminalizing parents instead of help, providing another source for the families. >> bad idea with good intentions. >> well, if kids aren't off
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the streets on time, their parents will be fined up to $500. >> also, a python that was causing some trouble in one florida neighborhood is finally caught. take a look at this picture. port st. lucie police are holding this huge 12-foot, 120-pound bermise python, that they believe was actually killing cats in the neighborhood. police captured the snake from ways high brush, and authorities believe that python was actually once a pet. this particular snake is banned in the state of florida. and, from snake to bugs, insect were the center of attention at bug fest at the academy of natural sciences. visitors were able to take a very close look at unique live insects, and also, see some bug artwork and jewelry. and for those who are brave enough, even some treats made with insect ingredients. there is still time to check this all out. the bug fest does continue tomorrow. many of the best of the best fishermen in the world
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are in our area putting their skills to the test. "eyewitness news" on delaware river, in talcony today for day three of this four-day, 2014 bass master elite competition. the anglers are trying to real in the big ones, daily way in's of the fish are at penn's landing, philadelphia native and eight time champion, mike ikenellie the odds on favorite to win. >> well, there is a home river advantage, and home river jinx. about 90% of the time if it is your home fish require, you don't do well. so i am trying to overcome the jinx. but experience does help. i know a loft places in this river. i know what to do when things get tough. and that's a bonus for sure. >> he is in the lead right now, heading into the last day of competition tomorrow. justin, great day for fishing, great day to just be outside. >> good stuff. we will keep it going for the rest of the weekends. yes. perfect for the weekends, warm, with low humidity, a lot of sunshine, bright skies.
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bright skies out there this evening, check it out. shot of the moon, yes, how about that? we have a super moon that's headed our way tomorrow. so you may have noticed the moon looking little bit brighter, also, little larger, as we are approaching the full moon tomorrow afternoon. and it is called super moon, because will pass pretty close to the earth. the closest as it will do all this year. so let's talk about that little bit. so again the full moon will occur tomorrow afternoon at 1:44. that's whether it makes its closest pass to the earth. first we check out the shore. and the boardwalk, looking real good in ocean city right now. very comfortable temperatures there, in the 70s, keep things quiet, excellent beach weather tomorrow. so again the full moon tomorrow coming in at 1:44 in the afternoon, makes close pat path to the earth, just over 221,000 miles, will be 14% closer than the normal full moon, appears 30% brighter, viewing conditions out there right now, certainly tomorrow night.
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also, meteor shower will be going on, the best viewing time for that, midnight to 5:00 a.m. that will will peak sunday all the way through next wednesday, we could see 40, 50 meteors per hour, but the problem is this moon will be so bright, it may impact some of the viewing there of the meteor shower. now, temperatures very comfortable today, we in the mid 80s, low humidity, low 70s across most locations of the delaware valley, 60s in south jersey near 70 at the atlantic city airport. high pressure carving out clear skies over new england, and the mid-atlantic, clouds well to the south over the carolinas, some showers elsewhere, nice and dry, high pressure area remains in control tomorrow, it means more sunshine, little warmer, but at least humidity levels stay on the low side. upper 80s for the high temperature. monday, same story, it will be warm, comfortable, plenty of sunshine, tuesday, we watch our next storm move into the region. clouds start to build, showers later during the afternoon, and also potential for few thunderstorms.
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we break it down for you. through overnight hours into sunday, looks great. nothing but clear skies. maybe few fair weather clouds develop sunday afternoon. monday, same story. nice, pleasant conditions. now here come the clouds in from the west, on tuesday. most of the showers should hold off until the afternoon, leak like heaviest rain will occur later at night, into very early wednesday morning. temperatures are on the rise, inland spots, again, mid, maybe even upper 80s, nice refreshing breeze coming in off the ocean for the jersey shore, delaware beaches tomorrow, highs there, right around 80, 82 degrees mark. to monday we go, slightly cooler, still very nice for early august, certainly enjoy it if you k so the forecast overnight, stays comfortable, mostly clear, center city, 66, some suburbs will get down to the 50's again, and then for your sunday, plenty of sunshine, warm day, but pleasant, 88 for the high temperature, south breeze at 10 miles per hour, another great looking beach day at the jersey shore, delaware beaches, 82 the high temperature, ocean water is nice, 76 degrees, uv index
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very high, breeze out of the southeast at 10 miles per hour. so we go into monday. we keep skies mainly sunny, 86 the high temperature, tuesday clouds, showers, maybe thunderstorm, that will cool us down little bit with high of 80. lingering showers possible early wednesday. and then some clearing skies, mid 80s, still staying very nice by the ends of next week, low 80s, sunshine, low humidity. >> boy, that is nice. i would have never thought in toeing would look like that. no complaints! appreciate that. we got to look out for the super moon, great, we're on it. >> super long night at the ballpark, phillies hosting the myths. charlie manuel got the call to the wall, and the eagles have to fix a few things after last night's pre-season opener. sports is
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judge phillies continue their four game series at the mets, cole hamels on the mound for the phils. before the game the team honored former manager charlie manuel, inducted into the wall of famement charlie the most successful manager in team history, and had this message for the fans. >> today, when i talked to you, i love talking to you, i signed all the autographs i possibly consideration i look forward to meeting you, i talk to you all the time. you have been the greatest. i love everything about you. i'm going to shut up because i want to see the game, okay? ann love up. i just got one thing to say. listen, this is for philadelphia.
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>> to the game now, no score in the fifth, the fly to left, dominick brown and jimmy rollins go for ball. can't make the catch. that will would lead to the mets first run of the game. then, in the seventh, carlos ruiz, likes the pitch, dillon that pitch over the wall left field for his first homerun in over two months, the game is tied, the game will go into extra innings, bases loaded, for lucas, with the single, draws in run, and right now they lead two-one, bottom of the 11th. well, the eagles will hold their last public practice tomorrow at a sold out franklin field, chip kelly and his staff have a lot to fix after last night's pre-season 34-28 lost to chicago. offense out every saint nick falls through two interceptions, match his toll al from all of last season, plus four penalties in the first quarter. foles foles and kelly both say something they can build off of, and hope for better outcome next friday against the patriots.
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>> stick feeling in your stomach, at the same time i know i can correct those, i will go back to work and get better because of it. >> so, you know, that part of the game doesn't change. >> okay, some bright spots here. wide receiver josh huff to played for kelly in oregon kick off 102 jazzer for score, mark sanchez all of last year sat out with a shoulder injury, looked good. >> rough stuff out there. wasn't perfect, trust me. plenty things to work on, plenty of things to improve on. but i just expected to play like i've been practicing. i feel like i've been barak at this zero testing well. do you have take that drill work, practice stuff for the games. you know, i thought it went well. >> to soccer, union hosting montreal, big game for sabastian. he scored twice, as the union beats the impact two-one, keep their playoff hopes alive. they will take on dallas in the u.s. open cup certainly i
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finals on tuesday. >> third rounds of the pga championship, the chip off the green, would almost go into the cup. he shot six under 65 on the day. one shot behind. >> this guy, roy mcelroy, hottest golfer on pga tour, he makes the put. shot four under 67. rory look to go win his second major of the year and third straight tournament. you can see the final rounds tomorrow right here on cbs-3. we'll be right back w huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know the great wall of china wasn't always so great? hmmm...what should we do?
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kids in the delaware valley a chance to experience a fire engine, old faxed milk wagon. "eyewitness news" at the prom made at sage more for the tenth annual touch a truck fund razer, a event for the ronald mcdonald house of southern new jersey, now, kids are invited to climb on the truck, sit in them, explore them, tooth the horn, even that, organizers hope to raise nearly $20,000 for the camden non-profit. and it in haddonfield, the perfect day to take in history, arc logical dig at the site of the historic indian king tavern coming to a close. visitors to the site were able to see what historians found around the 270 year old building on kings highway. >> even glassware from the 18th century. stay with us, back in a
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