responding to this corrupt culture. >> reporter: home land security secretary has named joseph clancy a former special agent as acting director and says an independent panel will investigate the september 19th incident. omar gonzales made his first appearance in u.s. district court on wednesday. is lawyer entered a not guilty plea. judge ordered a competency evaluation for the four two-year old veteran. at the white house craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we have learn that retired secret service agent joseph clancy has been named secret service interim director. >> he has a local direction. clancy work for comcast as director of corporate security, philadelphia native graduated from villanova and attended west point. now to that shocking news in the deaths of cooper health ceo john sheraton and his wife, joyce. investigators announced just a short time ago that the fire that killed that couple inside their bedroom was intentionally set. both were found dead in that home in montgomery township

somerset county on sunday morning. now the the exact cause of death is not been determined. the prosecutor's office will only say that the investigation is ongoing and laboratory results are still penning. well, cooper university health released this statement this afternoon and it says we are saddened and shock by what has been reportedded about the death of john sheridan and his wife joyce, their deaths already unbelievably sad are now tragic. our deep condolences go out to john and joyce's family for their terrible loss. also, breaking news today april arrest has been made in the hit and run that injured a seven year-old girl on sunday night a lure maclean suffered a broken foot and ankle, plus some bruises, when she was hit and dragged by a car in west philadelphia. an eyewitness tracked that car and got the license plate and today, 25 year-old jameer banks who you see here turn himself in. he is facing a number of charges tonight. flags are flying at half staff in honor of a fallen

pennsylvania state trooper. he was accidentally shot and killed yesterday during a gun training exercise in montgomery county. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live outside skippack state police barracks, walt. >> reporter: jessica, as they mourned here today troopers talk about trooper david kedra he was so excited about police work wow arrive an hour early for his shift every time. now however the flag is at half staff behind me, troopers wearing black crepe across their badges after that accidental shooting that led to kedra death yesterday afternoon and we are learning more details about just how it happened. moment after the gun shot inside of the montgomery county public safety firing range, that fatally wounded trooper david kedra the commander of the skippack barracks where kedra had served for first two years on the force got the call that all officers, all families, most deeply dread. >> to be honest with you i

could in the believe i got the phone call. i mean, it is a phone call you never want to receive. >> reporter: twenty-six year-old trooper at the range for weapons training shot accidentally by one of his fellow officers police say, sources telling cbs-3 that trooper was demonstrating a new weapon when it discharged. >> message we want to get out he was an excellent trooper and a great individual. >> reporter: county firing range which opened in september 2007 helps train officers from numerous departments but none more dedicated his fellow officers say then kedra. >> the kid loved his job and with that kind of attitude you are determined and bound to be a great state trooper. >> he seemed like someone who was made to serve. he understood the bigger, there was a bigger goal in life. >> reporter: teachers at roman catholic high school from where kedra graduated while running on the cross country team with a 40 average, while it was always clear being a

police officer was in his future, a future cut so terribly short. >> he would have been a great patrol officer, and could have saved lives if he was still a career patrol officer. >> reporter: beyond the barracks here in terms the of the future unfulfilled the trooper and his fiance had recently purchased a house together. today that home sits silent as state police cruiser in the driveway, a loss of a dedicated young trooper that has impacted so many lives here. coming up at 6:00 we will have more, including comment from governor tom corbett. we will see you then live from the skippack barracks i'm walt hunter, cws3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. pennsylvania gaming commission banned hunting in the area where authorities are searching for accused cop killer eric frein. officials made decision after police found two pipe bombs in the woods where frein is believed to be hiding in monroe county. he is wanted for last month's

deadly ambush at the state police barracks in blooming grove. breaking news now chopper three live over a very tragic story here, a six year-old boy has died after being trapped underneath a car. this happened on north 15th street in the nicetown section of philadelphia. we don't know right new how that child got trapped under the the car but we have a crew on the way to the scene and we will have more details later in the broadcast. well, bomb threat was made against connecticut school and many of those forced to evacuation lived through the massacre of sandy hook elementary school. police orderedded students and teachers out of the school in monroe, connecticut which is called sandy hook elementary school. police searched but found nothing out of the ordinary. after the december 2012 massacre at sandy hook in newtown, students from there began taking classes at sandy hook elementary in monroe. a canadian firm won

bankruptcy court auction for failed revel casino hotel in atlantic city. toronto based brookfield u.s. holdings submitted winning bid of 110 million-dollar. the company says that it plans to operate the boardwalk property as a casino. >> exciting news, we have had a tough time if you haven't noticed in at atlantic city and we are looking for hitting the bottom so we can start moving upward. >> this company should know what they are doing, they also own hard rock casino in las vegas and atlantic paradise island in the bohamas. troubling new details in the ebola out break, man diagnosed with the first case of ebola in the united states came in contact with children. official his in dallas where that patient is being treated say five students at four different schools came in contact with the unidentified man. they are now being machine toward but they are showing no symptoms of the disease. >> let me assure these children have been identified and they are being monitored and the disease cannot be

transmitted before having any symptoms. >> the cdc says patient flew to the u.s. from liberia on september 19th and began to have symptoms four or five days later. so far 18 people have been identified as coming in contact with the patient and they are now being monitored. well, sparks flew here at cbs broadcast studios when pennsylvania governor tom corbett went head to head with his pal eveninger tom wolf. the the breakfast with the candidates event was carried live on our sister station cw philly and on our radio partners kyw news radio 1060. both candidate came out swinging. >> the most pointed exchange came 45 minutes into the debate when the democratic challenger tom wolf accused the republican governor of using bogus numbers to balance the budget. >> last years budget, 2013/2014 budget suffered from what a 700 million plus dollar revenue short fall so you obviously, you know, cooked the books to make it look like

it was balanced. >> cooked the books. >> yeah. >> are you accusing me of a criminal act. >> i'm accusing you of overestimating what the revenues were going to be in the last years budget we were 700 million-dollar short. >> candidates also argued about how to solve the philadelphia schools budget the crisis and about who is to blame. wolf says corbett cut money to public education, statewide. >> services have been cut, i mean i'm not sure how you can look at what hawes happened in public education in pain say you have been a friend to education and that things are better, they're not. >> reporter: governor says that is misrepresenting the numbers. >> you are trying to convince the people of pennsylvania and the teachers unions of pennsylvania, are trying to convince people that i cut education. >> but did you. >> no, i didn't. it was done in the year before in the two years before. it was reduced, it was taken out, replaced with federal money. >> reporter: candidates discussed last month attack on the couple in philadelphia, it spotlighted the fact that pennsylvania does not include sexual orientation in its hate

crime laws. something that the lgbt community says must change. >> i think they would be right to be mystified by that. we should be welcoming to everybody. >> interest ago this we did have a law, that was overturned and it was overturned really on a technicality and the general assembly gets that bill passed i'll sign it when it gets to my desk. >> scrappy debate today. coming up at 5:30 we will catch up with the candidate following the event. >> pennsylvania is in a sorry shape and we need to turn this state around. >> voters are worried where he doesn't know how much he will tax and where his tax plan is. >> our pat ciarrocchi will have more with governor corbett and tom wolf coming up at 5:30 today. if you did not get to see the debate this morning we will rebroadcast it this sunday at 1:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. we will post the event in its entire on our web site at dress is cbs philly.com.

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we are back at "eyewitness news" as search for victims in the saturday eruption in japan resumes. death toll is at 48, and 12 more bodies, were discovered

today, and the mountain unleashed a huge, cloud of ash on saturday morning that billowed down this mountain side and then engulfed tankers in its path. they warn that another big eruption could take place in the coming days. well, as you veil use captures a rare moment as two great white sharks attack one another. >> take a look, diver says the bigger shark became at aggressive shark when smaller shark tried to eat some bait this rare moment unfolded near neptune island off the south australian coast. >> they have never seen figure like this before in a couple of decades so that is a unique experience for them as well and they were freaking out. smaller shark managed to swim off in one piece. shark experts say while it isn't rare for a larger great white to assert their authority, an attack like this is very rare.

rough start to this afternoon's commute. we will go outside to our cameras here in new jersey where typically heavy spot for afternoon commute but starting early today. headed southbound toward ac expressway we are starting to pick up volume. there northbound side just a few minutes ago was heavier, even then this point so we can expect that to be on and off at afternoon rush gets underway headed toward 295 into philadelphia, heading north bound we will see problems later on. same story for i-95, at girard avenue. you can see completely slammed, lot of slow go where headlights are squeeze nothing there heading southbound towards center city. really moving same speed at same thing on the other side north bound towards north east philadelphia. now, we have some down wires out in west philadelphia forty-third and chester avenue. that is going to be affect ago lot of things even on septa normally this track this runs a lock the track on chester completely block. detours on wood land avenue. forty-first to forty-ninth street so expect that route 13

tolly trough small delays there an accident in north philadelphia, 15th street completely closed at another i avenue your alternate, to get around that mess while crews clean that up, take broad street. majors slow already 422 from 202 into oaks westbound heavy trip there can take you 16 minutes and schuylkill expressway as we know it starting to slow up heading eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway and taking you about 23 minute trip. current willly no problems at philadelphia international airport. we will keep you updated. chris and jessica back to you. still to come on "eyewitness news" it is beginning of the the new month. >> what will october bring news terms of the weather, justin in. fountain here at love park has turn pink to kick off breast cancer awareness month, yes, it is october. we will talk about what weather you can expect for the month coming up in the forecast, leslie. relief is on the way for offensive line another key loss could spell trouble for defense, i'll have details loss could spell trouble for defense, i'll have details coming t

welshing we have a mixed bag today. >> well, a little will sun, cloud, back and forth and that was it. >> it was that in the nutshell. >> sun was out and feeling really good. temperatures seasonal and lower 07's. way it is supposed to be for beginning of october. we will take it, outside we are looking at a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures that are in the 70's, still, late this afternoon, we have

less than two hours of daylight left so enjoy it while we have it. looking very nice in center city philadelphia you can see kutztown looking very well, live neighborhood network takes us to the middle school where temperatures are in the upper 60's, the wind out of the east at 7 miles an hour. i just love this picture because it is just so picturesque and you can see, the kids on the field, practicing soccer, the skies, still brighten though we have these cumulus clouds just a very picture perfect afternoon, temperatures are pretty much in the lower 70's where they have been most of the day, we have an area of low pressure off shore and then counterclockwise flow is pulling clouds back into philadelphia and mainly, through central, northern new jersey, and into bucks county, even into parts of the montgomery county and that is where we are seeing cooler temperature almost in the cut off line from north to south and trenton still in the 60's but inland, you can see more sun and allentown 71. atlantic city in the 60's.

sixty-nine in millville and, mild inner wilmington where we have had more sun at 72 degrees. cool pool of air through great lakes and northern planes and all working toward the east and international falls, afternoon high 55. that frontal boundary will progress east ward, during the day on thursday, we will see some sunshine, area of low pressure pull as way and allows that front to progress eastward. friday a rain free day, plenty of blue skies and temperatures in the 07's. rain comes in after midnight, on friday, into saturday, and you can see right around noon some showers, maybe even a few thunderstorms rolling through philadelphia and then front will clear and then rain will come to an end. behind that front, that cool air that we looked at in the northern plains will be moving in. right now in time for the weekend. for eagles game on sunday it will be, very nice, football weather, indeed. overnight skies mostly cloudy and school. low temperature of 56 degrees. the elsewhere across the region mainly in the 50's,

allentown, reading in the mid 50's. mount pocono 51. mild inner dover in the lower 60's. during the day on thursday temperatures bounce up, partly sunny and seasonal but a cool breeze out of the north at ten to 15 miles an hour putting a little boy of the chill in the air. three day forecast shows friday at 72. holiday pleasant evening. rain comes in overnight. saturday, some showers and breezy conditions and here is our break down, rain around, a half an inch around saturday, heavier in the morning and heavier rain coming through right around noon hour, winds gusting to 30 miles an hour and after that, turning much cooler, october has arrived, and this month we can see all kind of weather. meteorologist justin drabick is live in philadelphia's love park where they are ushering in october by going pink high justin. >> it is starting to look like october in center city and big attraction in love park is fountain. through have have it, it has turned pink to kick off breast cancer awareness month and

this goes on through the entire month. it will be pink. people coming by snapping pictures, cool side here. this is a fountain that day buy color many times for special events. breast cancer awareness month will keep this pink. through the remaining month of, october. lets talk about the weather though what can we expect for the in month of october and we will check out temperature outlook across the u.s., there is no signs of cold air, except the upper midwest and then northern planes but look the at both coast, temperatures above average. zooming in closer to the delaware valley, you average out the the temperature for the month we are predicted to stay above average, actually much above so yes, we will see some cool shots of air every now and then this month but overall expected to be on the warm side through at least the start, first half of fall and then lets talk about october highlight what do we typically tiehl with around here october 1st average high in the lower 70's. end of the mow in lower 60's. we had .3 inches back in 2011,

late month, don't see any snow coming up any time soon and we see fall color peeking as well as our first frost. rest of the month here we will see pink fountain and a lot of pink lights also across the city. reporting live from center city i'm meteorologist justin drabick more

help may be on the way for eagles offense with lane johnson but there could be new concerns on defense. brandon boykin sat out of practice. he got an mri earlier in the week. right now his status for sunday's game begins st. louis is questionable. running back darren sproles was named nfc special teams player of the week for

his 82-yard punt return on sunday, the longest return of his career, in week two he was name offensive player of the week and that makes him first player in nfl history to receive both honors in the first month of the season. get readied for a big match up, in the nfc north tomorrow night we have minnesota vikings taking on aaron rodgers and the packers and green bay. catch all of the action right here on cbs-3, preshow coverage beginning at 7:30. with the return of captain claude giroux flyers beat rangers four -two in the last home game of the preseason. team will take on capitols tomorrow night in washington. the regular season begins next wednesday, against the bruins, so excited to have hockey back. >> yes, next wednesday, unbelievable, bring it on, all right leslie, thanks very much. still to come in the next half an hour new cigarette taxis now in effect here in philadelphia we will tell you what smokers have to say about that. you saw it live on our sister station cw philly and heard it on kyw news radio

106o now our pat ciarrocchi has more on the pennsylvania gubernatorial debate, between governor tom corbett and

theredelaware just like us. fire companies in the state of something went wrong with the new health care law that threatened to shut us all down, and then chris coons got involved. chris did one heck of a job. he got senators in both parties to see that there was a problem. they fixed it, so now volunteer fire companies can stay in service. most guys in washington just want to argue. but our chris coons got results. i'm chris coons and i approve this message. it's not easy to get things done in washington, but i'm working hard to find common ground. eye fire at the whom where cooper ceo and his wife has died has been called arson. investigators say the fire was intentionally set in the bedroom of john and joyce sheridan in their montgomery township new jersey home on

sunday. the director of the secret service, julia pierson, has resigned amid multiple security lapses at the white house this comes a day after her appearance before a house committee. pierson had worked at the secret service for 30 years. and a canadian firm won bankruptcy court auction of the failed revel casino hotel in atlantic city. toronto based brookfield u.s. holdings submitted the winning bid of 110 million-dollar. the company says it plans to operate the boardwalk property as a casino hotel. kate? thanks, chris. good evening, we have within dealing with cloud cover out there today but showers have mainly stayed away, across portions of southern new england. headlines for the rest of the week pleasant and piled conditions continue through late friday but it is a soggy start to the weekend. we are tracking a steady dose of rain early on saturday. we will time that out coming up. then it is october but a taste of fall finally in the eras cooler weather arrives by part two of the weekend and i will

have that in the seven day forecast in a bit, chris and jessica. now to the update on breaking news tonight. we do know a child is dead after being trapped underneath a car. >> we will go now to our natasha a brown live from the scene in nicetown, natasha. >> reporter: well, we can certainly tell you a sad scene played out here this afternoon here in the 3100 block of north 15th street. accident investigation teams are still here on the scene of what has turnout to be a tragic accident that killed a six year-old little boy. we than stan the child, who was apparently heading home from school after 4:00 this afternoon, wandered out between these parked cars right in the path of this brown buick le saber. the six year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene. driver stop immediately and is cooperating with police. speed did not appear to be a factor neither did drugs or alcohol. according to the captain here on the scene, again, he is telling us this appears to be just a tragic accident, at this point in time. his mother was here, boy's

mother ran to the scene, she was taken away. the driver is understandably shaken up as well. of course, we will stay on top of the scene here and bring you very latest as we get more information. reporting live from nicetown, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right, natasha, thank you to that are. gubernatorial debates are part discussion of the issues and part theater this second face off today was billed as a breakfast with the candidates. both tom corbett and tom wolf calling the debate a good one. "eyewitness news" anchor pat ciarrocchi has more. >> reporter: the sun was barely up when democrat tom wolf, have navigated his way to the front door, a street distance from his followers, but an elbow away from the sign carrying supporters of the tom cover bet. the theater, in breakfast, just debate. one hour live on the cw philly and kyw news radio. the hot button, school funding was up first. >> first of all, he is saying he did cut funding.

>> no, i never said that. >> reporter: cherry greg's lightening round with questions and one word answers, insight. >> starting with you governor frenchfries or chocolate. >> frenchfries. >> mr. wolf. >> frenchfries. >> mr. wolf steelers or eagles. >> penn state, i'm from york. >> governor. >> steelers. >> all right. wine or beer. >> beer. >> mr. wolf. >> beer. >> mr. wolf do you have a tattoo. >> no. >> governor? >> no. >> i lost a bet. >> after the hour just off the the set governor corbett told me he felt voters won today. >> i think i got points across i wanted to make. obviously the voters are worried, they don't necessity where his tax plan is. >> reporter: then with chris may wolf, who has been heating in the preelection polls reiterated his determination to change school funning. >> message is we need to do better. we need to have schools that are not hallowed out. pennsylvanians have a real choice in this election in fourth. >> reporter: outside studios a

group of clergy staged a pray in asking for moral leader ship in finding a way to fully fun the states schools. parents and sheila armstrong came to pray. >> that is what i'm praying on god touch their heart and they do right thing not just for me or anybody, just for all children that is native of pennsylvania. >> reporter: after being kept at a distance other reporters crowded candidates with questions of their own. it is politics, election day is november the fourth. pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, if you did not see the debate this morning we are going to rebroadcast it for you this sunday at 1:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. it is also posted in full on our web site cbs philly.com. philadelphia's new cigarette tax to help fund philadelphia public schools is now in effect. $2 per pack taxis in addition to the state tax and it only applies in philadelphia. the 45 million-dollar generate by taxis already incorporated in to the school

district's budget for the year. it will help philadelphian 80 million-dollar budget gap and today we spoke with smokers affected by the price hike. >> think just built a casino down here on delaware avenue, what is that casino doing to help the schools instead of taxing people for cigarettes why don't they charge them more taxes? >> it is killing people that smoke so what are you going to do, that is what we have to go through but this is my last pack of cigarettes today. >> we will have have more reaction from store owners impacted by the new tax, that is coming up at 6:00. fire investigators in atlantic city are looking for cause of this three alarm fire that forced a dozen people from their homes, and burned for several hours and damage several buildings. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is live in atlantic city with more on the latest on that, cleve. >> reporter: chris, here we are almost a day later and the the fire department still pouring water on this structure right now that were

gutted by fire. i spoke with the code enforcement who said all four buildings will have to be demolish. fire fighters say this was a very difficult fire to control. a line of hoses verse a tower of flames overnight in atlantic city. it took about nine hours to get the fire under control and when it was over homes and livelihoods in ruins. five families lived in the apartments above the businesses on the 1100 block of atlantic avenue, many of the victims were members of the korean church whose in members pack up belongings of their distraught friends. how are they doing? >> i just could not even ask them, just so sad. it is very tough. >> reporter: the fire startedded in the alteration shop in the center of the block around 10:00 o'clock tuesday night. it spread north damaging a massage parlor and south taking out an adult book store

and vietnamese restaurant. residents were evacuating the fire trucks arriving. >> i could hear guys say get out, get out, fire, fire, my gosh there was be in walking around here. so i decided to call 911 and get them some help but it was really bad last night. >> reporter: officials say buildings are well over a hundred years old. fire fighters were limited in operation because it wasn't safe to attack the fire from the roof. even though several walls collapsed, no one was hurt. biggest problem containing the the fire was the wind. >> we had heavy wind blowing and the worst possible direction and the way it was blowing it was from the burned to the unburned. >> reporter: white siding on the storefront there is the the alteration shop where fire fighters say they are concentrating their investigation. right now they say they cannot rule out that this fire could have been suspicious. they say first thing is ruling out accidental and then at this point it is all speculation. live from atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you. breaking news now health

officials have confirmed a pediatric case of entero virus 68 in camden county. that is a respiratory illness spreading all across the the nation and there are now seven confirmed cases of entero virus 68 in new jersey. drexel university tests its emergency readiness by conducting a mass casualties exercise. twenty student volunteers and 10e ms workers took part in the drill. scenario here was a hazmat event close to the campus and point of all this was to assess drexel police and emergency medical services response during a potential disaster. two environmental groups announced their intent to sue over valley forge sue i can spill. trout unlimited announced they are providing a 60 day notice of the intent to file suit begins tredyffrin township, against tredyffrin township and its municipal authority. group says that the township violated the clean water act when raw sewage spilled in the will valley creek following a sewer main break back in

march. in addition to the march spill group says this pipeline ruptured two previous times and they say it will likely happen again. with the release of the every iphone many people dumped old ones and upgrade to the new one but before you get rid of the phone you might want to check to make sure you removed all of your personal information. >> very important. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan has advice to keep your information safe. >> reporter: for many introduction of the i phone six means it is time to say good bye to the old. but are you and your iphone making a clean break. >> customers come in and don't realize they need to reset their even if and not thinking from the security perspective. >> pay pal account there is a chase card account that suggest a pass word reset on that account. while i have this phone before it has been reset make purchases on their behalf. >> reporter: what do you need to do before you upgrade? do a factory reset on your phone to do that on an i phone

go to settings, general, reset and then reset all settings. you can also erase all content and settings from your screen. ctia, a wireless communications industry group, says a factory reset may not wipe everything clean from all phones. it all depend on your phone maker and model. in addition to the reset tia says we should all considering down loading a data erase toe help wipe phone or remove sim or sd card before selling or returning it. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. well, if you suffer with allergies you will want to listen up this toothpaste could ease your allergies, our health reporter stephanie stahl explained exactly how. >> very interesting. these tablets making children's future, computer wiz kids are they helping them do that? how a new app is helping them do that, kate. we are looking at cooler weather. we have a few more warm days and then some rain, for saturday but i'll tell but the

fall chill that arrives on sunday coming up

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breaking news now from pottstown, montgomery county, this photo sent to us from john stricter at the pottstown mercury, where we're told a plane over shot runway at pottstown municipal airport, no one was injured. well, on the cbs-3 healthwatch tonight, imagine being able to brush away your allergy symptoms? well, three on your side health reporter has more on a unique way to find relief. >> derek cabiba is brushing his teeth and treating his allergies at the same time. >> there is nothing about it that seems any different than an ordinary toothpaste. >> thirty-one year-old is allergic to dogs, cats, trees, dust, one of dozens of patients testing toothpaste

calleddallerdent, custom made for patients and, contains extracts of what they are allergic too. >> so you can contact those extracts with the lining of mouth then you candy sensitize a patient to those allergens ande sessionally cure them of their allergies. >> reporter: doctor william rice developed the toothpaste and studying whether it is more effective then we cannily allergy shots or daily allergy drops. it contains f.d.a. approved extracts and already available by prescription in pennsylvania and in new jersey. >> people forget to do it and it is difficult for small children to keep liquid under their tongue for two minutes. >> reporter: derek says it has helped and he is sleeping better and snoring let. >> i can breathe through my nose, almost all morning. >> working for him. now toothpaste can treat up to ten different allergies at one time. there can be some minimal side effects including itching and tingling in the mouth. doctor hopes to eventually seek f.d.a. approval so more people can benefit. i have a feeling people might be interested in this and i

will make sure to get information for you on facebook and twitter. >> so easy, it is great. >> a two for. >> we like that. >> yes. >> stephanie, thanks. well, in weather, it has been an interesting week. we have been in and out of the clouds tracking showers here and there but they are few and far between. take a look at the time lapse from the west vincent elementally school in chester springs and you can see they start off with brew skies, clouds rolled through and blue skies break back out, it was a battle between sun and clouds today. clouds ultimately won but again you can see sun shining out there right now at 68 degrees in chester springs at the moment. not too bad this afternoon. we are seeing more clouds and more rain up across portions of southern coastal new england but that system is moving away. shower rotation coming around the back edge here of these bands, win bands, off the ocean and northeast wind, producing a couple showers. a few popped up in our far northwestern suburbs, can't even call them suburbs

portions of north central pennsylvania really. rest of the region just seeing some clouds here this afternoon, can't rule out a stray shower drift nothing up near bloomsberg and pottsville at the moment. in the meantime temperatures are comfortable, 71 at the airport. seventy-one in wilmington. sixty-nine in millville. trenton at 68. ocean whatever temperature still comfortable 70 degrees. it does turn cooler heading in the weekend. it doesn't feel like october. calendar says it but we have a hard time believing it stepping outside when it is warm and humid. tomorrow temperatures are seasonal low 70's with a good deal of sunshine as that system stays off shore but lane creeps towards us. it looks like friday stays dry but not so for the first part of the weekend especially first half of the day saturday, it looks like we will be seeing rain and cool down will follow that. again can't rule out a couple showers drift nothing this evening or tonight, mostly staying dry, but tomorrow sun and clouds, more clouds down the shore, maybe even a stray

spring there will as that system still lurking off the coast but you here's 3:00 o'clock friday afternoon an we have nothing but sunshine and clear skies across the entire region, late friday night and saturday morning that this front starts to work its way in. so here's 3:00 a.m. rain off to the west, heavier rain looks to be around noon time on saturday, 11:00 a.m. rain and embedded thunder and then that systems tries to lift out and any sunshine we see late saturday will be a bonus and wouldn't headache any big outdoor plans saturday but maybe late this is day things do i am have prove. lets talk about daylight, it is getting darker, earlier tonight sunset at 6:43. look at this end of the daylight savings time november 2nd, sunset time will be 4:57 p.m. by in 30th we are looking at a sunset at 4:36. does that sound miserable to anybody else or just me. 6:43 is feeling earl bye we are losing two and a half minutes of daylight each day and we will fall back november 2nd. here's tonight's forecast mostly cloudy and cool at 56 degrees, for tomorrow,

partly sunny nice cool breeze, pretty pleasant october day all things considered. we are at 72 for the day time highs. now here is you're witness weather seven day forecast and we do cool things down, friday looks good, friday also the beginning of yom kippur at sundown. that last into saturday. say day starts out wet but may clear out late in afternoon. sunday cool and sunny but we will jump backup in the 70's heading in the start of next week, chris and jessica back to you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a happy puppy now but won't believe what this dog looked like just a few weeks ago. >> his amazing journey back ago. >> his amazing journey back to health after being found in

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#. now there is a new report and electronic devices can lead to accidents, when teens are walking. and, cbs correspondent, it is a distraction that can become deadly. you know, the the age that she passed away, it was still hard to deal with.

>> gwenn ward lost her daughter cristina two years ago. fifteen year-old was crossing the street on the daily walk to school. she was wearing headphones and looking at her smart phone and believed she never saw the car that hit her. >> the the doctor came out and said she was hit and killed. she didn't make it. >> a new report from the group face kids says that every hour a teenager is hit by a car while walking down the street, cristina was within of 284 teens killed in 2012, another 10,000 were injured a big reason is they are used to smart phones and other devices. >> we are found in one in five high school students was distracted while crossing the street. >> many see surveys that admits they use their smart phone while they cross the the street. music, listen to my play list. >> and, and, watch where i am going. >> my daughter in lost her

life because being distract while walking to school. >> reporter: ward hopes her daughter's story will convince other kids to put down their devices when walking. jericka duncan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". animal rescue crews spring into action when they see a puppy covered in tar. >> puppy is okay new but we want to warn you you could find that video disturbing. puppy got stuck in tar that spilled out of construction site in northern india. crews used vegetable oil to loosen the tar, after about four hours they finally pulled the dog out. it took several days get that tar off but as you can see now this puppy, perfectly fine, happy and ready to be adopted. a coyote pup injured last may in a california wild fire is running wild, once again, look at him look at her go. she was released after being nursed back to health a few weeks old, when she what had burned she had severe burns and given 50 percent chance of survival. for now she will be trapped to make sure she's able to

survive on her own. >> that is it for "eyewitness news" at i'll explain with the seven day, coming up. >> plus today marks the beginning of breast cancer awareness month, there is a new experimental treatment being tested right here in philadelphia. we will tell you how it is giving patients a new hope, now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. breaking news at 6:00 o'clock, a six year-old boy is dead, after being hit by a car. >> chopper three above the

accident in the 3100 block of north 15th street in nicetown. >> lets get to our natasha brown she's live at the scene with the breaking details here, natasha. >> reporter: well, we can tell thaw accident investigation teams are just about clearing away the scene here but what remains is the car, involved in what it turns out to be eye tragic accident killing a six year-old boy in the 3600 block of north 15th street this afternoon. lets look at video from moments after this accident happened at 4:05 this afternoon, we understand that the child who was heading home from school, wandered out between park cars along the block and right in the path of this boone buick le saber. six year-old boy was pronounced dead here at the scene. driver did stop immediately and cooperating with police. we spoke with a man a moment ago tried to free the child are underneath the carjacking up the car. he is visibly distraught and says that he saw something that in one should clearly see, that is how tragic of the situation this was and how

dramatic it was for him. an image he will not be able to shake. the mother of child was able to rush here to the scene. she saw her child here as well, as you can imagine, she was inconsolable. we spoke to police who are telling thus does appear to be just a tragic accident, no drugs or accident. and he is still cooperating with police at this hour. we are live in nicetown, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> there are breaking developments tonight surrounding death of cooper health care ceo john sheridan and his wife. investigators say fire at their home was intentionally set. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live in montgomery township somerset county with new details, todd. >> reporter: jessica, the update from the prosecutor's office today certainly create is a lot of questions, in fact, as i said, this fire was intentionally set, who set it, and why. there was a fire here early