blinking at crown point road crossing as a freight train, like this one, approached, just before 12:30, surveillance cameras then showing an suv driving across, slammed by the freight train which drags the the car for 60 yards down the track. >> i was in the kitchen and i heard this big boom like a pop actually look a pop. >> flasher there on crown point and river road were activatedded from what we were told and from what we're gathering she tried to beat the train. >> reporter: fortunately police say the car spun out from in front of the engine, sliding on to an adjoining street, before it was totally crushed under the train which rolled for another 200 yards before coming to a stop. >> something must have, kicked underneath and a railroad tie hit a tie or something like that we don't know at this time. >> they had her in the ambulance at that time. >> reporter: mike raymond who ran to the crash site with other neighbors say they were relieved to see, the the driver, who is the only passenger was responsive, as

she was removed to the hospital. following, the incredible, impact of the train collision. >> it could have been a whole lot worse, the whole lot worse, yeah, that woman was quite fortunate. >> reporter: no word from cooper medical center officials on the exact condition of the driver. conrail officials who operate this stretch of freight track also did not respond to our request for a comment. coming up at 6:00 more of that incredible video and the moments right after the accident happened here in west deptford. live from west deptford i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. laid off casino workers in atlantic city are hoping to find a new career and with resumeness hand thousands as tended a job fair at the atlantic city convention center. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan was there. >> reporter: eager job seekers pack the atlantic city convention center wednesday for job fair geared toward laid off casino workers.

>> i'm excited people coming to you and hopefully you know someone will like my resume and i'll get a job. >> reporter: in the ten days since revel and show boat closed department of labor has received 2,000 unemployment applications. >> it is rough, i mean bill collector don't care if you don't have a job so they want their money and i need to find a job so i can give it to them. >> reporter: sixty employers with 1500 open position as tended the job fair. state labor officials say casino closings this year are one of the biggest challenges they have faced and requires a multi level response. >> we have put everything we had into this and from working with the resource center and making sure we had our team here we had wrapped response team in the casinos before they closed. we were as prepared as we could be for this. >> reporter: with resume on hand and a lot on the line unemployment casino workers say they are open minded about changing job fields just as long as there is a steady paycheck. >> this gives people an opportunity to get a job. i'm feeling optimistic about getting a job.

>> reporter: event organize are estimate well over a thousand people attended this job fare. there is so much interest both on the employer side and on the job seekers side that they say they will have more fairness atlantic city and county in the near future. in atlantic city aim cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> developing right now new york daily news is reporting an unplanned biopsy performed during a routine procedure led to joan rivers death. newspaper quotes sources say doctors perform a endoscopy discovered a growth on rivers vocal cord, and that another doctor, in rivers enter age asked to do a biopsy right then and there. the report said that the comedian's vocal cords seized during that biopsy cutting off her airway. she never regain consciousness. joan rivers died september 4th. is there breaking news in the ray rice domestic violence case, law enforcement source is telling the associated press tonight that a video showing rice punching his fiance was sent to an nfl executive back in april.

the official says that he received a voice mail from a woman from the nfl office confirming that video arrived, however that law enforcement source cannot confirm if anyone at the nfl watched the video. of course, yesterday the commissioner roger goodell told cbs news that the league never saw the footage before imposing a two game suspension on the former baltimore ravens running back. of course that tape raise add lot of questions in our area about the case, how the the case was handled originally in atlantic city. new jersey senate president is calling for a new investigation. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry has more. >> we witnessed something that was of a very violent nature and then a law enforcement process that treated it like a traffic ticket. >> reporter: new jersey senate president steve sweeney is upset ray rice didn't face jail time because he was allowed into a pretrial intervention program for first time offenders. >> that was a very violent act and for mr. rice to get caught on film.

>> reporter: pti includes counseling for behavior that led to the incident such as anger management. >> pti is a good choice to give somebody a second chance but some people need to be receiving the punishment they are due the first time around. >> reporter: once program is completed criminal charges are usually dismissed and arrest record expunged. >> it seemed like it was light and lenient celebrity. he is a celebrity. >> reporter: i team reporter charlotte huffman spoke with the former atlantic county assistant prosecutor. he said pti program gives the offender the help they need instead of just throwing them in jail. >> whether it is domestic violence counseling, anger management, drug or alcohol or rehab, that can be a important mitigating factor that would help somebody get into the pti program. >> reporter: sweeney is now asking the state's attorney general to review the the pti process. >> to me the bigger concern was just okay, just do it this way, this is how we do it, no. it is not acceptable.

>> sweeney says pti program should be reevaluated if a violent crime is involved. the the atlantic county prosecutor's office has denied our interview request but officials there say they treated rice like any other first time offender and they stab by their decision. live from the sat center, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. later tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 ray rice fall out spreads across social media. hash tag why i stayed is a growing movement as women on line expressed their reasons they stay in abusive relationships. we will have those stories and show you where to get help if you are a victim. developing right now a town hall meeting just wrapped up at philadelphia veterans affairs medical center where veterans and their families voiced concerns about the treatment at the facility. health reporter stephanie stahl joins us live outside the center with their reaction, stephanie. >> reporter: jessica lots of angry veterans turnout for

this town meeting. va officials say issues were being addressed, changes made but that did not satisfaction many in the crowd. >> this is a joke. you are a joke. you are a joke. you're all jokes. >> okay. >> reporter: frustration during town hall meeting for veterans and their families. >> i'm going to get vicious, before someone decides to get serious. >> we spent billions of dollars to bomb some country but we don't have enough money to hire professionals to treat our veterans who are coming home now because i served my country and my country now needs the time to serve us. >> reporter: this forum is in response to the audit released in june of the philadelphia va medical center that uncovered long delays for veterans trying to get medical appointments and staff admitted records were falsified to hide delays. report says hundreds of

veterans waited 90 days or more for their first appointment, many were ignored all together. >> it has taken us many years to get my dad benefits and now you will pull benefits for what has new been diagnosed as post traumatic stress syndrome. >> reporter: now, during the meeting va officials listed a variety of changes that have been made, mainly to fix a scheduling problems here and that included expanded clinic hours. live at the va stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> stephanie, thanks very much. in willingboro police are investigating theft of ipads from an elementary school. 12ipads were stolen from twin hills elementary in a theft that was reported yesterday. it is believed that it occurred sometime over the summer. value of that missing hardware estimated at around $4,800. the defense rest in the cristina regusters kidnapping trial. regusters is charged with abducting five year-old girl

from bryant elementary school in west philadelphia in january 2013 and sexually assaulting her. the girl was found the next day on a upper darby play ground. regusters did not testify on her own behalf, the jury will get the case when prosecutors finish their closing arguments. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 philadelphia is closer to becoming america's largest city to decriminal ice marijuana, we are live with what a new deal between mayor nutter and city council could mean for you. then president obama slam for taking on isis, what you can expect to hear in his prime time address on the nation coming up, kathy? tracking showers and some thunderstorms as they helped toward the delaware valley, they will be here tomorrow, we will track them in and out of your neighborhood coming up. plus a big cool down coming our way. it is all next

tonight president obama will address the nation outlining his strategy for taking on the sunni militant group known as isis. isis has over run parts of the syria and iraq and responsible for beheading two american journalist. correspondent craig boswell is at the white house with more on what we can expect from the president. >> reporter: members of the president owe bam's national security team joined him in the oval office, in the hours before he unveils his plan to take on the sunni militant group known as isis. >> he has the opportunity to layout a clear strategy, for destroying perhaps the the

richest, most well armed terrorist group on the planet. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that president obama plans to expand u.s. air strikes against isis in iraq and eventually syria but pentagon is still working to develop targets there. the president will ask congress to authorize $500 million to support moderate syrian opposition forces fighting the militant. >> we need to train and equip syrian rebels and other groups in the middle east that need some help. >> reporter: another key component of the president's plan is help from international the partners. secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east working on. that secretary kerry arrived in wag dad this morning where he pledge u.s. air support as iraqi forces work to recapture territory lost to isis this summer. >> the united states and the world will simply not stand by and watch as isol's evil spreads. >> reporter: more u.s. troops are heading to iraq but president has pledge they will not be used in the combat

role. that is craig boswell reporting for us tonight. president's address to the nation is tonight at 9:00 o'clock. of course, you can watch it live right here on cbs-3. good afternoon everyone. it is 54:00. rush hour completely in full swing. we have jams all across the board, this is blue route just past route 30 right here northbound side moving along seeming to be a little bit nice but southbound approaching broomall pretty much stop and go. you can see stopping pretty much the whole time approaching broomall. head from the schuylkill expressway back up to route one. not doing much better outside on i-95 at ridley park northbound moving nicely there but heading southbound stop and go there as well all the way up towards commodore barry bridge. 422, from 202 into oaks, westbound a heavy trip there, taking you a long time 14 minutes. twenty minutes on the schuylkill expressway from the vine street expressway in the blue route heading westbound still really slow there. off ramp is closed from bucks

county route 13 and tyburn road due to an accident. your best bet we cannot give you an alternate but go up to the next exit turnaround and come back. otherwise out in new jersey 295 southbound right at 561 a crash there taking out right lane. this is already jammed solid from 430 on as rush hour begins to get underway, heavier this afternoon. mass transit a great alternate this morning, this afternoon, new jersey transit and dart all running on time with no reported delays and currently, in delays at the philadelphia international airport. jessica, back over to you. >> all right, jessica, back over to you. still ahead new research that could keep you up at night. concerns about a possible link between sleep and anxiety medication and a deadly disease. an internet slow down, it is not your connection, your route error your computer but we will tell you what is to blame when "eyewitness

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this was a pleasant day. people were saying it feels good to be outside. >> i guess after last week we will take anything. >> yeah, it was nice. >> the clouds as ovulate made it a little bit dreary. sunshine in abundance this morning some clouds rolling in but they are not going to last all that long. we have warmer more humid air coming in. if you think it felt like fall today we will flash back to summer, tomorrow. take a look outside, we are

looking at some clouds shrouding center city philadelphia from our sky cam three. down the shore from sun, mixing in, looking at a very pleasant day there as well, as our storm system, coastal storm moves well off shore the new england shores. storm scan three we have some clouds and we have some rain to talk about. a line of showers and thunderstorms associated with a cold front, that will be moving through our region tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. right now philadelphia enjoying an afternoon at 80 degrees in wilmington. trenton 77. millville 75. poconos a very cool, 69 degrees. the average high is 81. we are right on track with those normal temperatures. during date tomorrow that front approaches. we have a warm humid day with highs at least in the mid 80's. it will be sticky. not a great hair day. this cold front moves through we will see showers and thunderstorms. behind it air is cooler, but not too cool. we will be in the upper 70's. it will be even cooler over

weekend, however. for your friday we have sunshine and northerly breeze. saturday temperatures in the lower 70's with some clouds, watching for a chance of showers during the afternoon. as we track the storms and watch cloud cover we will see clouds continuing to thicken in late tonight. during the day tomorrow in and out of the clouds. partly sunny morning. the clouds will continue to move in during the afternoon with some spotty showers through the poconos through noon hours. mess of us not seeing any rain until later in the day. here is 5:00 o'clock computer model right through i-95 corridor but the greater dynamic was this storm going towards the north of philadelphia i think we will have align of showers and then are storms right now not expecting anything severe and then by 6:00 o'clock a few spotty showers and storms. some down the shore as well. it quickly clears out by nine or 10:00 o'clock it is out of here and that will set stage for a nice friday good way to even the workweek. overnight partly cloudy and muggy. during the day, tomorrow noticeably more humid and really feeling like summer

with a high of 86. those showers and storms coming in the afternoon and evening. thunderstorm in the poconos, friday and saturday looking decent, cool with a chance of a shower late on saturday. on the exclusive eyewitness weather three day forecast 86 on thursday. friday comfortable. another chance of a shower on saturday with an afternoon shower but not a thunderstorm on the saturday. temperatures pretty cool in the lower 70's. that is you're witness weather the lower 70's. that is you're witness weather forecast we will be back with

we have more on our breaking news, two young children a brother and sister we have been told have been hit by a out of control pick up on academy road at byberry road in the northeast. >> we will go now to

"eyewitness news" reporter diana rock he live at the scene in park wood, diana. >> reporter: chris and jessica, those two children were crossing the the street here on academy road when they were struck. they were originally taken to torresdale hospital, we have just been told by police that seven year-old boy is now on his way to st. christopher's, both listed in critical condition. eyewitnesses tell us tonight they were in the crosswalk about 3:15 when a 20 year-old driver making a left-hand turn tried to beaten coming traffic in the 2003 dodge pick up she was driving. she said she didn't see the kids hitting a ten year-old girl and her seven year-old brother. eyewitnesses say they saw children fly several feet before coming to rest in the street. witnesses got out of their car, immediately to help the kids, and they say they were talking to them. they actually used a ten year-old girl's girlfriend to call their mother. here's what the witnesses had to say. >> i told her to stop the car. i got out.

she ran over. she came behind me. i went to the little girl. she went to the little boy. we stabilized them and basically we were just concerned about if they were going to be okay. >> i ran to the little boy and tried to keep his head still but his eyes were closed and he was screaming i want to get up, i want to get up, so -- i'm just really concerned for them. >> reporter: what you are looking at is 2003 dodge pickup that police say did hit those children. new about an hour and a half ago here on academy road. again those two kids a brother and sister are listed in critical condition. it does appear that 20 year-old driver will not be charged. we are live from the northeast tonight diana rocco cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you, diana. philadelphia is one step closer to decriminal icing mar juan, we will have a live report. a chilling confession to a sickening crime a father says he killed his five children and led authorities to their

bodies. we will have the latest. celebrity stepped in after a local waiter claims he only got a 20 cents tip from eagles running back lesean mccoy, wait until you hear hoist getting involved now next.

i'm chris may. "eyewitness news" has exclusive video of a train slamming in the suv, this accident happened on crown point road in west deptford, gloucester county. police say it appears the woman tried to beat the train across the tracks.

the she's hospitalized. new york daily news reports that an unplanned biopsy performed during an otherwise routine procedure led to the death of joan rivers. the paper quotes sources saying that the doctors performed an endoscopy, discovered a growth on rivers vocal cords and then another doctor, in river's entourage that asked to dot biopsy right then and there. thousandsness atlantic city casino workers got a chance to find new jobs today. they attend aid career fair in the atlantic city convention certainty. more than 50 companies were on hand looking to fill a thousand positions. kathy? it is a nice afternoon chris, but we're tracking showers and thunderstorms on storm scan three. coming up we will talk about the heat and humidity returning to the delaware valley. we will time those storms and talk about a september cool down in the seven day, that is coming up later in the broadcast, jessica. >> the kathy, thanks. >> new 59:30 after much debate mayor michael nutter is pledge to go sign a bill that decriminalizes the use and possession of small amounts of

marijuana in philadelphia. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live at city hall with the details, todd. >> reporter: this bill is not meant to be an introduction and okay for people in philadelphia to start smoking marijuana openly. marijuana will still be illegal, you just won't go to jail for just a small amount of it. >> small amounts of marijuana will not result in an arrest, or a criminal record. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter and councilman james ken agreed to an amended version of kenny's bill which says in philadelphia, someone caught with 30 grams or about an ounce or less of marijuana will pay only a $25 fine and police catch who is smoking a small amounts that would be only be a hundred dollars fine or nine hour community service. kenny argues saying marijuana is a gateway drug to other drugs, is bogus. >> the worst message we can send is you have a criminal record, now to carry with you because you made a mistake. >> reporter: kenny contend his

bill would relief taxpayers of paying for police, court, prison cost is associated with small amounts of marijuana but the bill does true the line. >> you can still ab rested for the following issues: selling or distributing marijuana, possessing more than 30 grams of marijuana, driving under the influence or not giving correct identification or some other none in cooperation with the police. >> reporter: police department indicates that the old rules would still apply if another crime is involved. >> you are not going to walk away with a summary citation if you are carrying a firearm or robbery or anything like that, no. >> reporter: at mended bill should go before city council next week and it is expect to pass and could become law as early as october 20th. reporting live tonight from city hall, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> todd, thanks very much. search for five children who have been reported missing by their mother in south carolina has come to a tragic end. their bodies found in alabama.

their children were last seen with their father. police stopped timothy ray jones for allegedly driving under the the influence in mississippi. that is when they discover another crime had taken place. jones reportedly direct police to a lot in alabama, where the bodies were found. >> i'm a father and i'm a grandfather and in all of my years of law enforcement, i have never seen a case like this. >> jones is facing murder charges tonight. police suspect that the kids age one through eight were killed in south carolina but they have not established a motive. a verdict is expect tomorrow out of the south africa in the trial of blade runner oscar pistorius. pistorius could face 25 years to life in prison if convicted. the olympian and double amputee is charged with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pennsylvania supreme court

heard oral arguments on the legality of the type of electronic voting minute widely used across the commonwealth. as reporter sharrie greg of our sister station kyw news radio tells us, voting rights advocates say the machine leaves too much room for error. >> reporter: the machines are called direct record owe electric tronics or dre, with a press of the button or turn of the wheel, voters can choose the next governor but data recorded to a hard drive. >> computers date ace by tea sign alterable. when voting machines are opened at the beginning of the day it can be altered for the the whole time that the polls are opened. >> reporter: attorneys for two dozen voter plaintiffs say dre's do not comply with pennsylvania's east lex code because they don't produce a paper record of each vote. >> that you can compare them to the electronic record to make sure there was not a bug or error or some malicious code there has neff been a instance of tampering. there has never been an instance of the machine causing a problem.

>> reporter: lawyers for the commonwealth says if the battle is paper verse date, data wins, dre's have been used since 2006, they have been tested, verified and just as good if not better that be other options. attorneys for the commonwealth say voters can reza shourd their ballots will be properly counted in november. the pennsylvania supreme court is likely to rule on this issue were the end of the year. in center city cherri greg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". philadelphia's mayor michael nutter spent part of his day visiting schools in the city as part of the education week. "eyewitness news" at roman catholic high school in center city where mayor stopped for a tour this morning. he visited classrooms and also took time to speak to the students. septa is teaming up with montgomery county emergency services to help prevent suicide. signs explaining where help is available were posted at boarding areas of the norristown transportation center. septa says 50 percent of the

fatalities on the rail system every year are ruled suicides. the transit agency plans to roll role on it sign system wide next year. good afternoon, just 5:35a lot have of problems to talk b we will start off with a jam on the ben franklin bridge, you can see this is from the new jersey side. all toll lanes are opened and pretty much jammed the entire span of the bridge from this point all the way up. this is a combination of rush hour volume, in addition, we also have two lanes out for construction for that ongoing construction project. the not looking better on the schuylkill expressway just at gulph mills where you can see on ramp right there jammed solid and completely jammed two lanes heading eastbound toward the city as well. the rest of the majors pretty much same story, 422 from 202 into oaks on a 15 minute trip there and 36 minutes on the blue route from the schuylkill into 95 heading southbound. the that is normally a 15 minute trip. you will be setback quite a bit there. montgomery county an accident

at 611 just at fair way just use some caution there the disabled trolleys for september, 101 trolley and 102 trolley suffering from small delays. we don't have any minutes yet but as soon as we have updated information we will be sure to let you know. new jersey transit is report nothing delays there and in delays at philadelphia international airport. chris, back over to you. >> jessica, thanks very much. still to come on "eyewitness news", a link between alzheimer's and medications, thaw can use for anxiety and sleep. we will tell you what you need to know. then why two dare devils repelled into an active volcano, must see video coming up next, kathy. we're tracking showers and thunderstorms on storm scan three producing tornadoes out west, what will they mean for us, we will show you

a business manager. and a stickler for homework. i'm john kane running for state senate. dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] he's a great dad who sees taxes going up but schools not getting the funding they need.

[ john ] so i'd put back the billion dollars corbett cut from education and make sure corporations and natural gas drillers paid their fair share. time to close the loopholes for the tax cheats. dad thinks a lot about education. i'm john kane and it's about time harrisburg did too. several major web sites like netflix and four square are protesting propose ed changes to net and traveling rules. the the sites won't actually be rubbing slow, now it is a symbol i can thing. the web sites will display spinning wheels and other message toes show what the web will look like if providers can charge sites, for faster connections. charlie sheen inserts himself in the uproar over a tip left by eagles running

back lesean mccoy. now here is the receipt from a stop that shady and his friend made at northern liberties burger joint. you can see mccoy's name and signature are on the receipt and then the tip for 20 cents. 20 cents, on 60 plus dollars. well, so far, no comment from shady, or the eagles on this but charlie sheen is weighing in and he says, he wants to give the waiter a thousand dollars. he tweeted out, dear tommy, up at pyt in philly. please tell rob k i'm pledging a thousand dollars for him for the tip debacle just want to help, c. trend to go day, a film maker dives into a volcano, girl meets a uni corn and a record setting golf club. take a look at this, you cannot get any closer. a man specializes who captures extreme forces of nature, i think this qualifies, descended 1200 feet to the

bottom of the volcano pit in the bottom of the south pacific. he got so close to that lava splashes melted his fire resistant suit. six year old girl from georgia gets her magical make a wish moment. this is addison, battling leukemia, and she dream of visiting hawaii where she believes uni corns live in the rain for es. make a wish foundation with the help of local actors created a fairy tail world for little addison there, look at her. the actors led her on a magical quest where she ultimately met her unicorn. thinks the world's longest usable golf club, carson moss of germany made the club measuring 14 feet, 5 inches. >> wow. >> right. >> although he is very proud of his, record breaking club you won't see him on the green with it because of the weight and length of the club makes stretching the ball existing, and he doesn't have a caddy. he has to drag that behind him. >> hit the thing 3 miles, that is some serious torque.

>> you could do some damage with that. >> i wish beasley was here to talk about that. >> he would have a opinion. >> beasley is out today, of course, because week two of the nfl continues tomorrow. it is debut of thursday night football right here on cb. three certainly going to be a good one, pittsburgh steelers taking on the ravens in baltimore. beasley is at m and t bank stadium tonight to give us a look behind the scenes. >> reporter: all right guys, this is it, you guys have done all this work, all this promotion, all these commercials, the big meeting in the broadcast center and new we have a game. >> we got a game. >> heck of a game. best rivalry in football i think and with everything that took place last week and important answer baltimore has you don't want to start zero and two and losing two home games in your division this will be a electric game tomorrow night. >> let's talk about just specifically thursday night now, this is the big kick off of the big night in football. >> it is, it is first game of

the week. we all know importance of that. when you start putting divisional games in there. we understand magnitude of. that you cannot afford to lose those home divisional games. you sit there and look at a team and we talk about baltimore. second divisional home game and they lost their first one. we know significance of losing your first two games, 12 percent go to the playoffs. i'm not going to say must win but this is very, very critical game tomorrow night. you take a rivalry that has been there and i think best one in football, it will be electric, intense, it will be to another level. >> that is perfect, thanks to coach, tune in tomorrow night and there is more news after this time out.

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69 degrees, and cloud, ban, spread ago cross the entire sky. wind east/south east at 5 miles an hour. much different then yesterday. on storm scan three all is dry at home but you can see this comma shaped signature on our radar, and that is a sign of the strong area of low pressure, and trailing cold front, that cold front setting off some severe weather through parts of the midwest. the right new we are looking at a high threat of severe weather through the cleveland, canton areas in ohio, we do have have tornado warnings, one tornado on the ground and this is lifting towards the northeast. the good news is more severe part of the storms where greater dynamics strong to severe storms are riding to the north of the region tomorrow but we still will be seeing some thunderstorms. right now, in philadelphia it is 80. sixty-nine, pretty cool in the poconos. warm to the south and west, little rock, 91 and piece of it will be moving toward the delaware valley. we will warm it up and then later in the seven day forecast, we will cool it

down. nothing like bismarck or billings, which is expect a lit light snow at 42, but it will be noteably cooler during next week. we are tracking this area of low pressure, they are storms associated witt, moving east ward, during the the day tomorrow our best chance of seeing showers and thunderstorms toward dinner hour into the evening, so five are six or 7:00 from the philadelphia and south and east and then dries out very quickly and sun will be returning early friday morning, drying it out, so that dinner hour into the evening will be our best chance of seeing some showers and some strong thunderstorms, in those scattered strong storms, some gusty winds, heavy downpours and frequent lightening. so please be aware of that if you have plans tomorrow afternoon or early evening. here's how it will feel over next couple of days, heat returns tomorrow and so does the hugh made head of those storms, after that front, friday and saturday, very pleasant, just nice days to go outside. overnight partly cloudy, muggy low of 68. tomorrow storms in the afternoon and evening.

high temperature of 86. on the exclusive seven day forecast and shore cast you could see cooler air friday, saturday a few more showers only 73, after that, temperatures really staying in the mid to upper 70's with a shower almost every other day, down the shore staying cool as well, with temperatures, in the lower 70's. you may not note necessity this but we are halfway through hurricane season. it has been a quiet one so far. meteorologist justin drabick shows us why it has been less than active this year. >> thanks, kathy. >> typically this time of the year we have seen most activity in our tropical season but so far as expect we have not seen a whole lot this year. this is a shot of the first named storm of the season, that was hurricane arthur but today marks peak of the hurricane season september 10th and we will be on that downhill trend but watch what happens in later october we will see another little spike in activity. obviously we are in the out of the woods just yet but so far part of the reason for inactive season is an increasing el nino which is warmer than average ocean water in the eastern pacific

ocean. we have had four named storms in the atlantic, three of those were hurricanes, up to today we averaged six named storms. we are below that. but right on target with three hurricanes for the average. but usually when we see, less activity atlantic city, pacific is very active and that has been the case, 16 named storms so far, ten of those hurricanes. what is happening right now outside in the atlantic, not a whole lot. two systems to watch. one out in the far earn atlantic this does have have have a 70 percent chance of forming over the next five days and continuing to track off to the northwest, closer to home, one disturbance over bohamas, very small chance of forming over the next few days. hurricane season does run until november 30th. i'm meteorologist justin drabick in the cbs-3 studio. on the healthwatch, a long term use of pills, for anxiety and sleep problems could be linked to alzheimer's disease. researchers in france, canada examined 9,000 patients. they found those who took the pills three months or more had

a greater risk for alzheimer's. they also found with risk increased -- that risk increased with longer drug use and more powerful pills. tomorrow, of course, is september 11th, and 13 years after the terror attack on america thousands of first responders, and survivors, continue suffering health problems this were exposed to toxic dust and debris at ground zero. cbs news correspondent allison harmlen looks at a program that monitors new york city fire fighters, and e ms workers. >> reporter: retired new york city fire fighter lieutenant terence jordan requires oxygen 24 hours a day. he has severe lung disease. >> i developed copd, emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, sleep apnea. >> reporter: he spent days at ground zero searching for survivors, and even helped rescue a fellow fire fighter. >> that is our job, you know, we're there to help people, save people. >> reporter: in the past 13

years 89 new york city fire fighters and emergency medical services workers have died, from illnesses related to their exposure on 9/11. what do we know about what was in the air that day. >> world trade center dust is a complex mixture. >> reporter: doctor david, heads up the world trade center health program that monitors 16,000 fire fighters, and e ms workers. >> we do treatment for both respiratory conditions, mental health conditions. >> reporter: cancer is also a big concern, the program is seen more than 800 cancers related to ground zero, exposure. >> and, we can improve, their quality of life. >> reporter: jordan says program helps them get rehab for their lungs. >> i have seven children, my lovely wife, grandchildren. >> reporter: you are not going anywhere. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: in fact he is training in the 9/11 fund raise they are month. allison harmlen for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". fire fighters world trade

center health program says that respiratory problems forced some 2,000 fire fighters and e ms work tours retire. >> we will be right back.

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j lo, mickey and miranda for them fashion rock. beiber got booed. >> tough night. insider's thea andrews joins us from hollywood with more, thea. >> reporter: chris and jessica, last night at nbc we were at fashion rocks where there was one clear theme a night of bootyful fashion. >> when i look at your coke bottle shape, coke bottle for those who don't know. >> yeah, the shape. >> yeah. >> that is what they call tonight the hood. >> jennifer lopez in vera arriving with her former ex casper smart. >> it was black for nickie menaj we hear you are dropping major booty how do you get to it look sophisticated and sexy other times. >> you have to know how to dress up.

>> reporter: and then there was the anaconda performance that may have gotten too steamy for network, we will have nickie's candid response in a second but first, beiber gets booed. >> he arrived on stage to a barrage of boos, the, he instagramed just stripped on national television, haha. it wasn't planned, lm theao. he did the pose. >> and then nickie's sensor strip show. >> unlike j lo's performance nickie's may have been too bootyful that is what the rapper claims after cutting to the audience while her anaconda was released on stage. network deciding there was a little too much nickie there, in my opinion though, there was no such thing as too much j lo she rock it last night. chris and jessica, back to you guys. >> for more on the day's entertainment news tune into the insider tonight at 7:30

right here on cbs-3. >> never a dull moment on cbs. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 an "eyewitness news" exclusive a train slams in the suv pushing that vehicle 60 yards. the driver survived, and it is all caught on tape. also there is stunning new developments tonight in the ray rice case, we will talk about that, plus the growing social media movement letting women express why they have stayed in abusive relationships. kathy is tracking storms, kathy. >> right now they are bringing severe weather to ohio where tornado warnings are in effect, for us, we will track scattered showers and storms moving through tomorrow afternoon at this time. i'll show you what it means for our region coming up. unraveling the mystery of math, so many children struggle with their 123's but maybe they are just learning it the wrong way. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. break news at 62:00 children a

brother and sister, hit and injured by a pickup truck this happened a short time ago. good evening i'm jessica dean. aim chris may. diana rock he is live at academy road in the northeast, diane, what do we know. >> reporter: chris and jessica, both of those children have now been taken to st. christopher's hospital and they are listed in critical condition at this hour. police told us they were coming from decatur school, and in the crosswalk here, at academy road when they were struck two children struck cross ago contacted my road this afternoon. police say around 3:00 15a ten year-old little girl and brother were in the crosswalk when a 20 year-old driver making a left hand turn tried to beaten coming traffic and struck the kids. she was driving the 2003 dodge pickup. eyewitnesses say she was saying she didn't see kids when she hit both of them, they saw children fly several feet before coming to a rest in the street. witnesses stopped their car and got out to help the

children using the ten year-old girl's cell even if to call their mother. >> i threw through my car in park and shut it off and it was sitting in the middle of the street. me and him ran to the kids. that was our concern. >> little girl was talking. she was more concern about her mom and brother making sure he was all right. she kept asking why she was crying. she wanted to know if she was beautiful. i told her she was beautiful. >> reporter: those two eyewitnesses are now being questioned by police. according to police that 20 year-old driver was not at fault here. she may be given a citation but it does not appear that she will be charge at this hour. she has been allowed to leave the scene. we are live from the northeast, diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for the update. breaking new developments in the ray rice domestic violence case, a law enforcement source now tells the associated press he sent video that shows rice punching his