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i'm sure. >> you don't. i will cover that in a couple minutes. lets head outside to the ben franklin bridge moving nicely in there, even though you can see two lanes out for that ongoing construction project. still moving great heading in the city. westbound we will cover that water main break in a couple minutes. ukee and natasha, good morning. updating breaking news that broken water main is still flooding this neighborhood in center city. this is a live picture from seventh and locust streets in washington square west as hundreds of gallons of water continue to spill into the street. now water department crews are on the scene, right the now working to turn off that broken main. there is no word on if residents in that area have suffered any water damage at this point but this is continuing to cause some traffic problems, so again, you do want to avoid that area, of washington square area center city philadelphia. >> once again not in our shot. once again department is on the scene.
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>> yes. investigators release surveillance video hoping to identify suspects wanted in connection with an alleged hate crime in center city. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live in central detectives with the video that police really want to you see at this point. good morning, jane. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and ukee. police tell "eyewitness news" that tips have been flooding their tip line since this surveillance video has been releasedded. it seems it is just a matter of time before these suspects are caught because of the crystal clear quality of this video, but still these victims every speaking out telling their story to "eyewitness news" in hopes that something like this does not ever happen again. it is crystal clear surveillance video, that shows a group of a dozen men or women, a group police are searching for in connection with the assault of the gay couple in center city. many say it is a surprising group of suspects. >> it is also strange to see according to what you have shown me here it is people of my generation as well. >> what is everybody so mad about, i just don't get it.
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people are entitled to their lifestyle and how they choose. >> reporter: one in it or range vest, another in the button down. they tribe them as clean cut and well dressed but for men brutally beaten they say looks can be deceiving. >> i mean, yes, this is my boyfriend. they say so you are dirty fing. >> i said what if i'm a dirty fing. >> then they just started pummeling me, knock me to the ground. i hit the ground hard and i was out. >> reporter: this video was taken minutes before the incident around 11:00 p.m. looks thursday when the couple was attack on 16th street south of walnut ape chancellor. twenty-eight year-old victim was so badly beaten he was hospitalized for more than three days and his jaw will have to be wired shut for eight weeks. his 26 year-old boyfriend has bruce toes his face. >> us, as i city, we are trying to be more progressive and that is absolutely horrible. i cannot fathom the thought. >> reporter: to add insult to injure as they were beaten the
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couple says gay slurs were hurled at them as well. >> we have ignorant people out there that choose to do this conduct... unaudible. >> reporter: police strongly urge those people who are seen in this video but did not throw a punch to come into police to talk to police before it is too late before everyone is caught. there is a combined $11,000 reward for information, leading to the suspects. we are live outside central detectives, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". lets talk to katie now, good morning. >> good morning, everybody. nice crystal clear start to the morning, in terms of cloud cover, virtually none, that has allowed these temperatures to start dropping off yet again and in some spots it is down right chilly outside. we are definitely going to need a extra layer. we will start off with a quick check of storm scan three which you can imagine is quiet. couple clouds showing up here out over open ocean water but that is it. now i do think you might end
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up with fog up toward northern new jersey, pocono region. basically if you are a new york commuters keep that in mine. it should bring rain in quickly with high pressure in place. lets talk with the tropics. edward still churning away. it briefly became a category three in other word first major hurricane of the season and first since sandy, the the first major hurricane since sandy if you can believe that but it is bringing in larger swells. you can see that high surf and it does start to drop off, of course, further from the center of that storm but we're talking about waves that could peak 5 feet today. even though it is off season at the shore it will be a great excuse to go to the beach. be smart about it if you are planning on taking a dip. 51 degrees is current temperature in ac and chill any mount pocono at 39. quick check of the eyewitness weather day planner we have wall to wall sunshine. what a beautiful day. great excuse to have a picnic at lunchtime. sandwiches and sunglasses.
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make sure you have them both ready to go for what promises to be nice weather today, jessica, back into you. >> good morning, i like it. sandwiches and sunglasses. i'm getting my sandwich in a couple minutes. 5:05. good morning everybody. we will go outside to our cameras on the ben franklin bridge. everything is moving nicely. two right lanes taken out for ongoing construction but this is still heading westbound from the new jersey side into the city still moving great the though. outside on the blue route mid county you can see same story there, headlights north bound, southbound toward schuylkill expressway moving along great there as well. out in center city that road closure, seventh street, completely closed, due to that water main break. crews trying to get that cleared up and out of the way. just for your alternate take ninth street. new jersey a truck fire right lane completely block, new jersey turnpike southbound just near exit six at pennsylvania turnpike. ukee, back over to you. big development overnight in the national football league.
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minnesota vikings deactivated running back adrian peterson while he resolves child abuse charges. peterson must remain away from all team activity. he sat out last weeks loss to the patriots and was reinstated and now out again. prosecutors say peterson beat his four year-old son with a switch. meanwhile nfl players association is appealing the indefinite suspension of former ravens running bank ray rice. league suspended rice after video surfaced of his assault on his then fiance janay palmer in the atlantic city revel casino. players association claims a quote lack of fair, impartial process in the nfl's suspension. developing right now a manhunt is underway for a gunman whom pennsylvania state police say is armed and extremely dangerous. the suspect is a man accused in a ambush that left a state trooper dead and another seriously hurt. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco has more. >> reporter: manhunt has never stopped, but police now know
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who they are looking for. pennsylvania state police say this man 31 year-old eric matthew frein, gun down two state troopers on friday night concealed in the woods outside the blooming grove barracks. >> what i want to emphasize to everybody is that this fellow is extremely dangerous. we have no idea where he is in this community. he has been describe as a survivor list, he has a lot of training in that particular area. he has made statements about wanting to kill law enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder. >> police searched frein's home where he lives with his parents but he is still at large. inside they have found shell casings matching that at the scene. law enforcement has been canvassing the area for days but break came when a man walking his dog 2 miles from the barracks found a car submerged in the upon. the vehicle will is believed to be freins. >> also found in that vehicle
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the defendant's social security card, a game commission range permit for the defendant, camouflage face paint, a flashlight, black hoodedded sweat shirts, two empty rifle cases, in military gear. >> reporter: corporal brian dickson was killed and alex douglass was seriously wounded when frein fired on them during a shift change. >> currently there is an intensive manhunt underway. we have this individual entered in the system with law enforcement, again in this area, a across the the state and across the country are now actively engaged in finding him and i'm confident we will. >> police are still asking for the tips from the public on frein's whereabouts but warning he may be armed and is very dangerous. asking people to keep their distance. in the sat center i'm diana rocco for "eyewitness news" at cw philly. happening today karen thompson, day care owner accuse odd leaving five young children alone in the carries due in court. back in july philadelphia
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police found the children inside of an air conditioned suv in a parking lot on aramingo avenue. they range from six months to nine years, luckily in of them were hurt. thompson faces self counts of child endangerment and reckless endangerment as well. this man jeremiah jackson is in a philadelphia courtroom, will be this morning, for a preliminary hearing. he is accused of killing 23 year old art school graduate laura araujo in july. her body was found stuffed inside a trash bag in a north philadelphia lot. jackson faces murder, robbery and related charges. also the preliminary hearing for delaware county school bus driver charged with child endangerment is scheduled to begin. fifty-four year-old bus driver is accused of, ordering at least 17 young students off the bus blocks away from their drop off locations. he told police he was not the regular bus driver and could not find some of the spots licensing his route. police in delaware county are asking students to stay alert this morning as they
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investigate an attempted abduction, a 12 year-old girl told investigators she was pulled in the van in west rodgers and harrison street in ridley park. young girl was on her way to school, at the time but they believe she was able to escape and find a crossing guard called police. the the girl's uncle explains to "eyewitness news", how she got away. >> when they got approximately three to five minutes down the street she realized she was probably at a red light because van was stopped for an extended period of time. she was able to open up the back door of the van and exited the rear and take off running. >> girl described her abduct eras a 6-foot tall black male wearing an are range shirt, blue jeans and driving a white van with the red ladder. your time is 5:10. dangerous respiratory virus affecting hundreds of children across the country has arrived in philadelphia. find out how to protect your family when we come back.
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plus disturbing new information about the doctor who performed a biopsy on joan rivers vocal cords what he is accused of doing while the beloved comedian was under anesthesia. fire fighters are battling a dozen wild fires including this one that doubled in size and just a matter of hours, katie? very extreme weather a across the western united states, but here at home it is so, quiet, and it looks as though it is set to stay that way despite a series of different pattern change's long the way, we will explain and have have your pollen report coming up on the other side.
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staff member claimed rivers personal doctor took a selfie with the star while rivers was sedated. the source says that the doctor then performed a biopsy on rivers, without her prior consent. that is when investigators believe rivers vocal cord swelled leading to cardiac arrest. time for a check of traffic ape weather together. good morning, katie. >> good morning, everybody. we have made it halfway through the week and we are still in the middle of a really nice weather pattern. no large or significant changes as we move forward in the forecast, say for a little bit of the cooler air mass that will still in. you can actually figure out where that will cool air mass is starting to move, just by looking at the latest cold front here on storm scan three. yep, that is snow. by the time this crosses over the canadian border, it is cool but we are in the talking about any snow. that is good news. but eventually it will be the very same weak front by the time it reaches us responsible for knocking temperatures back. we have very low pollen levels and it looks like that will
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keep going right in the early part of the weekend here with ragweed, grasses, chenopods continuing to be dominant pollen. this is a gorgeous day. make the mess of it. we have light wind, low humidity, a good hair day if i ever saw it. a plus all the way around. later tonight we will drop down just below 60-degree mark with clouds and it will be cool and comfortable. meanwhile over the course of the next couple days that next cold front does start to drop in knocking temperatures back, we will take more noticeable hit by friday where a lot of spots barely hit 70. then we will rebun right backup this weekend, jessica, over to you. you see lots of good hair days. >> thanks. >> good morning, everybody. >> so nice. >> good news all the way around for ladies every where. 5:15. we are going outside to the camera on the schuylkill expressway. you can still see moving long great at south street headlights heading westbound toward king of prussia area eastbound still moving great there as well. same story on the 30 bypass
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you can see headlights eastbound toward downingtown moving along really great there still as well. that is same story for center city seventh street closed due to that water main break at locust street. crews trying to get that cleared up and out of the way. your alternate take ninth street to get on through. truck fire in new jersey on the new jersey turnpike heading southbound near exit number six, at the pennsylvania turnpike taking out right-hand lane, ukee, back over to you. entero virus 68, respiratory virus affecting children nationwide has spread to philadelphia children's hospital of philadelphia has confirmed four cases of the virus. now the children who were treated at chop have been discharged. doctors say it is spreading quickly now that children are back in school. >> children cared for that we know had this virus have very typical picture of respiratory viral infection, so fever, cough, wheezing, and for some, some of those required
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hospitalization, a bit of of difficulty catching their breath. >> there is in treatment or cure for the virus, most children will recover on their own but some may need to be hospitalized, if they have trouble breathing. here's a look at today's headlines on cbs-3, breaking news, minnesota vikings have suspended running back adrian peterson over child abuse charges. vikings reversed field in their decision making. peterson has to be reactivated for this weekend's game, he had been, and then deactivated again. lets look live in center city as crews are on the scene of the water main break at seventh and locust. water continues there, to bubble from the ground. there are several streets closed in that area while it being work on a place to definitely avoid in that area this morning. developing story police say tips are coming in after viewers see this surveillance video, investigators are searching for this group, in connection with the beating of
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a same sex couple in center city. >> your time 5:17. healthcare.gov still has major security flaws, we will tell you more on the other side. plus a growing number of mothers are coming under fire on line, it is called mommy shaping and what hurts mess is who is dulling out insults. we will tell but that coming we will tell but that coming
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♪brings me nothing but more shame ♪ ♪turning every turn until i find something right♪ ♪and it...takes my breath away time to choker your philadelphia job market report. >> "eyewitness news" jobs expert steven greenburg is here with more. >> pennsylvania is aging, rapidly. the number of people over 65, will jump by nearly 20 percent in the coming decade and that is true for most of the country as well. that is great news for the health industry and anyone qualified to work tonight 56789 and a half million new jobs are project in the health industry in the next six years. that includes hundreds of thousands of new jobs statewide. in philadelphia, it is estimated to be more a quarter million job openings between
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2010 and 2020. will grow at 14 percent verse 11 percent for all other state jobs. the here's the the best part, it is not only doctors and nurse necessary demand. more than half of the new health care jobs createdded in pennsylvania will be in supporting rolls that should pay well, therapists, technicians and aids require some training but not a four year college degree. physician assistant only need a two year degree to begin working. according to the bureau of labor the average salary is more than $82,000 a year in pennsylvania. make a point to do research in the health care industry, it might be the cure for your ailing job search. i'm steve greenburg for cbs-
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>> goodorning, in a cash a lovely day than way here. we are off tie nice clear start where temperatures have dropped readily. it will be one of those days where you want to dress in layers but later this afternoon really comfortable conditions. much like what we have seen for better part of the week thus far. storm scan three quiet as you might expect, we will look at those areas temperatures and we are flirting with 40's in warrington, millville, may actually get there in the pine land, just because they tend to be cooler obviously in the wooded area pennington at 46, and at the moment, meanwhile as we move forward with the forecast in philadelphia, bright a and sunny. 75 degrees. if you are going to cher watch out for rip current but still nice weather. sun block is still required even those these days are getting shorter, jessica, over to you. good morning, everybody. 5:24. we will go outside to our cameras here on i-95 at girard where you can see rush hour starting to come to us a little bit sooner then we
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thought. you can see headlights and taillights on the left-hand side north bound, right-hand side headed southbound looking great. otherwise in bucks county right at route one, trenton, morrisville bridge, everything is moving great there as well. headlights north bound toward new jersey. center city that water main break crew on the scene trying to get that out of the way. seventh street closely closed at locust street. now we will send it over to ukee with sports. thanks, san diego native cole hamels gets his start in the hometown tonight as fills continue their west coast swing. you may have been asleep for last night's late start out west. freddie galvis hit his third home run in the fifth inning, and fightin phillies will, were briefly, briefly in front of the padres but san diego's alexei, hit one of his own a inning later and padres went on to win five-four. san diego the final score. to the philadelphia union hosting the finals of the u.s. hosting cup at ppl park in chester. maurice ado puts union in the lead early but seattle
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sounders are a a good mls team. u.s. national team champion clint dempsey scored one of three unansweredded goals as seattle beat union three-one. seattle has won four u.s. open cups. flyers traded their hockey sticks for golf clubs for the team's annual alumni golf outing. this year it was at trump national golf club. it benefits ed snyder youth hockey foundation. they open up in hamilton ontario monday night begins the mapel leafs. and then tomorrow, yeah, fat ball back on cbs-3. tampa bay buccaneers in atlanta to play falcons in the big south match up, afc south match up and we have hometown guy in this one falcons quarterback matt ryan grew up in exton and later penn charter. coverage begins at 7:30 tomorrow night right here on your home for thursday night football. cbs-3. we have a lot of public art in philadelphia from the murals and statues to the love
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in love park. >> we do but in new york city even the public artist different. there the is installation called storming time square and incorporates people and video. it is filming participants crawling across a green screen in midtown, manhattan and transferred into massive movies, on the billboards around times square. >> that is pretty wild. >> cool. >> i can see folks bum pink into each other looking up at that. >> i was going to say, sorry,. >> pretty wild. coming up, on "eyewitness news" this morning we are live with the developing story. here's jan carabao. >> reporter: police could be getting closer to catching suspects in the brutal beating case in a center sit a begins that gay couple, i'm live outside central detective we will have a full update coming up. there is help for thousands of workers left without a job after closing of four atlantic city casinos this year.
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good morning, you could call it mommy wars. parents trashing other parents on line, one comment at a time, we're talking to a counselor about why mommy shamus really nothing new. but first lets check on traffic and weather together with katie and jessica. good morning. >> i'll tell you what it is a cooler start then yesterday was but yesterday what he h
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