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>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia, this is
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"eyewitness news". >> right now at 11:00 o'clock surprise storms drop drenching rains. ght's fast-moving system. preparing for the world series in williamsport. where they are with the taney dragons on their request for a championship. >> and developing now coast to coast protests. they're filling times square in new york and packing love park. a call to action after the shooting death of an unarmed teenager in missouri. good evening i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. >> people rallied in the streets across the u.s. that are reports that police in ferguson may release the name of the officer who shot and killed 18 year old michael brown tomorrow. >> meanwhile this is the first night that protests in ferguson are being supervised by the missouri highway patrol. the state took over security after count tee police fired tear gas into large crowds and detain journalists. last night's confrontation prompted tonight's national moment of silence.
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"eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco was at tonight's show of solidarity in philadelphia and she's life at love park. diana? >> reporter: chris a people tonight's vigil were very upset by what they have been seeing play out on the streets of ferguson. so tonight here in philadelphia at love park, they took a stand with 86 other cities across the nation holding a mom license and asking for answers and accountability. as tensions rise through police and community members in ferguson missouri here the home a moment of silence and candles for 18 year old michael brown unarm teeniceay crossing the street in the st. louis suburb. >> now is the time for healing. now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of ferguson. no open and transparent process to see that justice is done. >> reporter: from the white house the president did he nouned the violence on the days of unrest. >> every 28 hours every 28 hours united states someone is killed. >> in love park hundreds
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gathered in a moment national of sale license with 86 other industries remembering mike brown and others cold by police. >> i'm here in solidarity of the people of ferguson. >> this is a stand against not only racism but the misuse of power. >> they brought signs and red ribbons after four days of rallies and protests in ferguson turned violent with looting and tear gas being used by police in riot gear. the governor replaced the police force there with the state's highway patrol. in an effort to ease tensions. and the president called for peace. all part of one american family. we are united in common values and that includes belief in ight to pceful public protests. >> reporter: the president also had words for local authorities for rumors that they did not allow journalists to do their jobs there. the organizers of tonight's event say this will be the first
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of many to come. we're live in love park, diana rocco cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> diana thank you. now to the downpours we saw across the area tonight. take a look at the seep in center city on independence mall. an outdoor event quickly became soaked. meteorologist kathy orr with mr. onast moving system that ripped through tonight. kathy. >> were you 5:00 o'clock this afternoon, on storm scan3 we saw some clouds in a weak disturbance right over reading and lancaster firing up a few showers. over the course of the evening as time progressed from 5:00 to about 8:00 p.m., we saw it explode right over that i-95 corridor philadelphia, heading across the river into camden. and this continues to move eastward. it's right about to move offshore move offshore with the rain by through barnegat, barnegat light love ladies and seaside heights pockets of heavy rain but nothing like we saw earlier. ooled temperatures mainly in the 60s with the at 72 and the poconos at
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54 degrees. come tomorrow morning the real cool air behind this will be filtering in. we'll be waking up to and i 40s coming you. ery stweekend. we'll watch over the it slo rebound temperaturen eye on sunday for showers all of that later in the broadcast with the seven da see you then, kathy.d s schools will open on time this year. the school reform commission is set to hold news couldn't friend at 10:00 o'clock. new at 11:00 night parents and community leaders held a town hall meeting they discussed the direct of the district. some tonight pushed for the cittrol after decade of state control. >> we're in a giant mess. a mess that we didn't create. a mess that we didn't create because we have no say. we have no voice in out our schools are run. what we want to do is return schools, return our physical schools to the people who are the most invested in it. >> the district is facing an $81 million budget gap right now. it was hoping to colllions of dollars from a proposed cigarette tax but that bill has not passed the
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legislature. now to the philly lyle league and their request for championship. the taney dragons are in williams port and les hours from their fir series game. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is there tonight with more on how the players andtheir parents are getting ready. >> reporter: it was a beautiful day and some batting practice. phil a few made their way up to williamsport thursday and the rest will follow on friday. cluding the parents of star pitcher. >> the sacrifices that come with her playing sports a lot driving putting off a lot of everything, work vacat >> when they do arrive they'll see a town andives and breathes little league baseball. youht past williamsport. at comes alive when all the kids show up. >> we're here. the big show and su it's surreal. but it's a good timeorter: after practice it was just rest for the taney they didn't close to game time. while they all say the goal is :!to have fun these kids reallywant to win, ament these kids all summer long. they're even staying in separate
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housing here in williamsp. for some of the parents who are time they'll be seeing their kids in a few days will be asield for friday's game. we're in williamsport matt reference cbs-3 oy witness news. >> it is exciting stuff and you can now get your taney merchandise to show your support for the hometown team. taney t-shirts are available at three modell store philadelphia on schneider avenue, oregon avenue and ué chestnut street. and get 100% of the proceeds are donateed black to the league. show your support by cheering the dragons from city hall tomorrow afternoon. a pep rally will be held at 2:00 o'clock then the game will be broadcast on a building screen in the city hall core yard at 3:00. >> well surprising revelationbp today in the william.ay t his wid actor he early of parkinson's disease. she said her husband had stayed sober after going through rehab earlier this summer. robin william died in his california home on monday. investigators say the 63 year old hanged himself. >> it's not unreasonable that is
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sued sigh could be connected to parkinson's disease. with mohammed ali, you see that his face is frozen. you know, perhaps mr. williams was afraid that that mitt happen xpression is so much a part of who he is and what he does>> there was a study publish last year that found people diagnosed with depression are three times more likely to develop parkinson's but there is no evidence that parkinson' social security caused by depression. >> well as more details emerge about the death of robin williams there's warning to note for in one who is logging on to learn more. in about 10 minutes from now jim donovan will show us how scam artists are taking advantage of this tragedy possibly leaving u as a victim. >> well tonight philadelphia police are remembering a friend. a fellow officer who died in a motorcycle crash in central pennsylvania on monday. >> now his friends and family are on a request for unique tribute. natasha brown has the story. >> reporter: it was a dream trip for philadelphia police
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officer seth stall fox navigate nang his way across the country on his motorcycle. he do you meaned the breath taking views allowing friends back home to observe the moments >> seth being seth. he was posting pictures on instagram and facebook and talking about his trip and his journey back and the bad weather. >> the weather may have been the factor that turned his cross country bike trip into a tragedy tragedy. just 2.5 hours from returning home on a rainy night outside of harrisburg, he was killed when his motorcycle crashed on the pennsylvania turnpike. >> we hear of a tragedy like this off duty on vacation enjoying himself it's just difficult to, you know, wrap your headway ron it. >> sudden death of the 11 year veteran of the 39th police diss track sent shock watches through the force. friends left now with memories and one request for one of his favorite country music singers. fellow officers are hoping country star luke brian who will be performing in philly on friday will dedicate a song to
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officer stall fox at his concert concert. >> he liked concert music and especially like this artist. it would be a nice trick. >> many fellow officers will be attending the concert hoping to hear tribute to an officer described as compassionate, were the tee and intelligent. a young officer gone far too soon. >> he was definitely one in a million. we won't be able to replace him. he was a part of our lives and we're a little bit grayer i guess in the 39th diss track for his loss. >> officers tell us that they have made an official request with luke brian's manager and still waiting to hear back whether he will indeed dedicate song to their fallen colleague. at the 39th police diss track natasha brown cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> members of the democratic convention committee are off to phoenix tonight but the city of philadelphia hopes they'll be back in 2016. the empty tee members stopped by the art museum for a farewell reception late today. the 18 member group spent their
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final day in the city talking about logistics security and how the city will raise $80 million. top city officials are competent that philadelphia will host this convention. >> it's all about the ds. about the delegates it's about the donors, it's about the democratic nominee and it's about details and i think that they understand this sight committee understands that we have all of those bases covered. >> philadelphia is competing for convention with phoenix brooklyn birmingham and columbus ohio. well the city is also of course hoping for a visit from pope francis and he is in south korea tonight. we'll tell you why his trip there could have an impact on his decision to come to philadelphia. >> plus a close encounter with a shark way too close to home. see that is shark scare caught on camera. >> then scammers are using death of robin williams to gain access to your personal information. our jim donovan will show was to
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watch out for. >> and babies on parade. we'll tack down the shore for this year's ocean city baby parade.
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>> back now on eyewitness news with a way too close encounter with the ocean's most dangerous predator many this video was shot last month by a fisherman off the coast of ocean city, maryland. that is great white shark circling the boat. it even tried to take bite of the motor at one point. that fisherman says it's not unusual to so sharks off the coast but he normally doesn't see great whites. five more arrests have been made in the kaseen 93 heist at caesars atlantic city and investigators do believe this was an inside job. state police say that isaia plumber are aarons evans e add side door on july 21st and stole $180000 in cash. plum her had been an employee at the hotel and cass soon know but was fired by caesars just a few weeks before the heist. so far eight suspects involved in the robbery are behind bars. police say they recovered much of the money in either cash, property or drug.
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>> pope francis is in south core tonight it's the first papal visit to the asian nation in a quarter century. new video of the holy father greeting the faithful. he later celebrated mass with an audience of 50,000 at a soccer stadium. earlier the pontiff made a public speech in english for the first time. >> may god bless you and all -- the first of four scheduled remarks the pope is prepared to give in english while he's in south korea. some say this could be practice for a possible trip to philadelphia for the world meeting of families in september september 2015. the philadelphia archdiocese released a statement saying once again a trip here not yet confirmed "we still expect that any official confirmation will come approximately six months prior to the event and we remain confident that the holy father will be present with us quote would. >> well the death of robin
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williams sun the entire world. millions of people logged online looklooking for more information including all of us. now tonight there's warning about scammer trying to take advantage of that curiosity. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan shows you how to avoid becoming a victim of click jacking. >> this is not test. this is rock and roll. >> reporter: comedian robin williams was loved by millions and when word of his death spread people immediately began posting messages on facebook and twitter. but some of those posts aren't what they appear to be. >> social media posts are being provideed linking to videos, claiming that it's unreleaseed police footage from the time of hess death or information where you can see his last words before he died. >> reporter: but if you click on those links it takes you somewhere you don't expect. it's known as click jacking. >> if you do click it will either likely lead you to a video player where it asks you to download the latest version in order to view the
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information. you're really just downloading virus. or it may take you to a survey that you have to complete by doing that they'll have your information that they can sell to companies for solicitations and you'll just end up being put on a number of different spam lists report roar click jacking isn't something new and it doesn't always involve a sad news event like robin williams death. there were similar exams last year when kate middleton gave birth. reporting for throw on your side, i'm jim donovan. >> well it was an durable day on the ocean city boardwalk where the 105th annual baby parade was held. ocean city the oldest parade of its kind and dozens of children infants to age 10 hit the boards in their best costume. among all the different costumes there was one called be sure to see oc. >> that one took the prize and of course because it is the year of frozen there was a frozen and kathy was there. you got to see all those sweet
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babies. yes, it was let it go with warm hugs in the summer. >> oh, mr. if he can. >> can't go wrong with frozen the girl had an ex he can tension of that -- >> elsa hair. it was writ from the tee cool. >> that's awesome. >> we hundreds turning out maybe thousands of spectators and now it's just pretty cool down the shore. you can look at some of these. look at this little guy going through in his buggy there choo-choo train. they even had a two little concern two toddlers there's your bee. >> bee sure to see ocean city. >> there she is. >> there's elsa. look at her. >> with the ice behind her all of that white was crystals like her ice castle. >> great work. >> pretty cool. >> well done. well done everyone. congratulations to everyone who came out today to support them. let's take look down the shore. what cutty. we'll tack you to the steel pier where there's lot of action going on tonight. temperatures are in the 70s down the shore. but it is cooler inland where we saw some rain.
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here's a look at our skycam3. tack to you our live neighborhood network rehoboth beach, delaware, the boards were busy late in the afternoon. testimony cher is 70 right now but as night fell temperatures have cooled understand wind out of the south southwest at 8 miles an hour. we have dry conditions right now now. the shower activity moving offshore. computer models underestimateing the explosiveness of those downpours with the disturbance moving through this evening. that will be moving offshore and cooler air will be filtering in. right now in philadelphia 67. 63 in allentown. 54 in the poconos. and down the shore some warmer temperatures. around 70 degrees. barn barnegat some rain and the item which are at 70. dew point temperatures are the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. still a little bit on the muggier side with a 62 dew point philadelphia. drier in reading and lancaster we see dew points in the fours and that will be the trend overnight tonight. so when you look at the dew point right now sitting at 62. tomorrow's dew point temperature will be 46. and that puts us in the awesome
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range for friday. so very dry conditions. deep blue skies. and cooler temperatures. so 70s for your friday. saturday high pressure drifts to the south. that means we get into a more southerly wind with temperatures in the 80s. and then all eyes on our neck frontal system moving in for late sunday. that's our next chance of showers. map maybe heavy downpours. any too many it rains around here it seems like it pours. were he have to keep an eye on everyone of these system. temperatures will be in th on sunday. so overnight mainly clear. almost chilly. and fall like with low of 59 in the city. cooler in our suburb. for friday feeling like september. with high temperatures only in the upper 70s. a beautiful day in the poconos. but only 68 for friday. 70 saturday. on the exclusive "eyewitness weather" seven day forecast and shore cast. saturday 84. sunday 87 with some showers late. and then you can see temperatures stay in the 80s next week but we see a few showers and storms sprinkled in between. that's a look at the seven day
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forecast. we'll be back with beasley and sports right after this.
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>> preseason game number two tomorrow night for the eagles and patriots. the starters should play until the second quarter. jeremy maclin sat out the walk through practice today. he has sore hamstring. questionable for the contest. riley cooper will miss his second game recuperateing from that injured foot with receivers down the tight ends may be more involved. especially sacks are he had amp and a good week of work against the patriots. >> he's consistently caught the ball better through the training sessions and then he displayed an ability to make may the other night. we hit him on some passes down
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the field where he caught the ball and ran with it. so um, like i mentioned earlier in the month here, i think he's developed in his total game. >> fans looking to see better outing from nick foles last week he through two interceptions to chicago, and he'll be going against one of the best shut down corners in all of football durell revis. >> conceptionally just running the play, being smart with the football. they'll run their coverage and try mick plays. they're going to try to lure me into thing much that the why they're great. they're able to jump on the football entice quarterbacks. just in my reads going through the play and throwing the football. >> the phillies resume their five-game california road trip tomorrow in san francisco. cole hamels takes the ball for the fightings. they lost last notifier hiv three to the angels. the phillies have lost five of the last six. the game can be heard op 98.1wogl. and 1210wpht. first pitch at 10 sol 15. >> rob man tread will be your
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new baseball commissioner taking taking the reigns from row touring bud selig in january. he help bring labor tees piece to baseball for the first time since the 70s his first charge speed up the game and make the more attractive to the younger generation. >> ice bucket challenge continues dad with phillies general manager ruben amaro jr., and former eagles head coach andy reid all to raise awareness for als. we'll be right back. ♪ have you seen tom corbett's ads attacking me... get real. it's tom corbett who's been sticking
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it to the middle class on taxes. corbett cut a billion dollars from education... ...now almost 80% of school districts plan to raise property taxes. meanwhile, we're the only state that doesn't charge oil and gas companies an extraction tax. but corbett raised your gas taxes through the roof. i'm tom wolf, i'll be a governor who stands up for the middle class for a change. ahhh! what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh... weird... seriously? what? they're magically delicious (yawn) (ding!)
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♪ >> new at 11:00 thousands of people flocked to west philadelphia for food trucks and other fun at the summer's newest night market in philadelphia. >> "eyewitness news" at 35th and lancaster for the food trucks 15th night market of this year. the night market mission to highlight unique vibrant and and comeing neighborhood in our city. along with the food it featured musical performances and great artwork. we'll be right back. ♪
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>> thanks for watching cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. "eyewitness news" returns in the morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and erika von tiehl many for beasley kathy and everyone here at "eyewitness news" i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. remember you can always find us at cbsphilly.com. the late show with david letterman is neck with tonight' guest chris pratt. have a good night. we'll see tomorrow. ♪
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