today, it is wednesday objecting eighth good morning i'm natasha brown. i'm erika von tiehl. here are stories we are following today, happening today, some students in philadelphia say they are going on strike, to protest cancellation of the teachers contract. we have been live from district headquarters. new dangers in the fight of ebola virus, why the pentagon says u.s. troops may come into contact with the deadly disease. allegations of a sex assault at trump taj mahal in atlantic city and suspect are police officers. more on those stories coming up. but first lets get our forecast from katie, man that rain overnight. >> i had branches on my car. >> oh, no, just little ones. >> that is good. >> but clearly there was a

sign there was some storms. >> there were gusty thunderstorms that did rumble through. they are done. i must have slept like a rock because i didn't hear any of it. i woke up, it rained, right? the whole thing. but, yes it did rain and now yes, it is out of here. you can see that starting to pull away here over my shoulder on storm scan three. we will take you on a storm of storm scan three to show over what has happened and what is yet to come which is a break in the action, but this is a system that is on the move. we will have more rain to talk b we will stick around for the forecast. for now guys back to you you. >> well, some philadelphia public school students are threatening not to go to class today, they say it is their version of the strike. to show support for their teachers who recently had their contracts canceled. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us from school district headquarters with that story, jan. >> reporter: as teacher union prepares to challenge in court

what the src has done officials say don't plan on teachers going on strike. but that doesn't mean students aren't planning something of their own, they have been organizing a demonstration on facebook and they are asking philadelphia students not to go to class today instead stand outside in support of their teachers. now this demonstration comes just two days after the src suddenly and unilaterally canceled its labor contract with the teachers union and on monday the district announced it would force union members to pay into their health care benefits. the the change starting in december will amount to $55 to $150 a month based on the teachers salary. src says this will send 44 million-dollar back to school this year and two hub million-dollar over the next four years, a steady source of funning that the district desperately needs and move, now being back by the mayor. >> the the action unfortunately was necessary given that the fact that the system is broken. there is no more money to be had by anywhere.

>> i'm in disagreement with the mayor. i think just like they expect us, as teachers, to constantly be recreating how we will work with less and still be expected to dot same. i will expect more of my politicians. >> reporter: teachers say they were blind sidedded by the move even calling it disrespectful and cowardly. pft plans to challenge this in court over next 20 some days. students plan to make their voices heard later today as they don't go to class and many of them say they will stand outside of school, protesting what the src has done. that is they say that starts at 8:00 this morning. we are live outside of district headquarters in spring garden, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". lets get back to katie and it is certainly windy out there. >> it is, we are dealing with the persistent southerly flow but it will turn more westerly throughout the day but remember a lot of times for us to see a big drop in temperatures behind a cold front you need wind flow to

shift. we will not see too much chilly wind flow. right new on sky cam three the classic shaking of the camera to indicate we have wind out there but even in atlantic city skies are clearing out nicely. let me show you storm scan three where we have rain and storms that rumbled through overnight. some of them were gusty at times and, potent across atlantic county, burlington, ocean county where we did in fact have a severe thunderstorm risk posted but that is all clearing out. out to the west we are seeing skies do the same which bodes well in time for our lunar eclipse happening later this morning. we have got that wind flow starting to shift, basically out of the southwest right now but this is your sustained wind, 13, 14 miles an hour, you will definitely notice. that i notice add lieutenant of leaves strewn about the roadways and they could be damp. so may be a few slick spots. rain is gone. sixty-five at the airport. we are in the 60's around the board. despite passage of the cold front we have a pretty mild

day underway here because of that westerly flow that will take over. seventy-four is the spec high in philly despite passage of the cold front. clearing skies. it will be breezy but should be a nice day overall. the vittoria, good morning. >> good morning, katie. good morning everyone. if you are traveling on all of our majors we are moving well out there. ninety-five, schuylkill expressway, vine street expressway, wide open, nice and clear. looking at 95 around south philadelphia you will notice in either direction north and southbound only a few vehicles out there and nothing to worry about. it doesn't matter if you are traveling on i-95 in south philadelphia, northeast fail or delaware county, it looks great. schuylkill expressway does. traveling on 76 around downtown philadelphia, this shot here not too far right across the street from boat house row looking great in either direction. speed sensors are reflecting still that good news. fifty-five is your average on 422, same thing on 202 and traveling on 76 right around 476 and the pennsylvania turnpike, 55 is still our

average. we have a water main break in new jersey. in moorestown and mount laurel. it is a pretty licensing stretch of real estate that is closed. if you are traveling around this area hartford road would be your best alternate at this time. also in new jersey, on new jersey turnpike north bound right around exit 7a, i195 we had an earlier truck fire extinguished but may still have remnant on the road there. on the pennsylvania turnpike watch out for construction in either direction between fort washington and bensalem, you may notice lane blockage or two but still not causing too much of a problem. mass transit, there are no delays at all, natasha. a five car crash in north philadelphia send two people to the hospital, this was the scene just before 2:00 at second and erie. a 23 year-old man is hospitalized with a broken leg, 26 year-old man was also hurt and is in stable condition. no word what caused this accident. happening today an arraignment for jeremiah jackson man accused of murdering a woman and stuffing

her body in the duffle bag. twenty-three year-old lauer an arujo was robbed, beaten and strangled in july and then her suv was torched. police say that the suspect and art institute graduate lived in the same west philadelphia boarding house. a new york state trooper and nypd officer are both under arrest this morning accused of sexually assaulting a woman at trump taj mahal casino in atlantic city. three two-year old andre torres and 35 year-old devon thomas face a host of charges including aggravated sexual assault. incident happened in april. the the victim is a 34 year-old from new york state. we're now tracking latest developments on enterovirus in our region. >> there are five new confirmed cases in new jersey with the total number of garden state cases at 14. here in philadelphia there are five patients at chop awaiting test results to see if they have the virus. all have muscle weakness that may be link to the virus.

meanwhile philadelphia school district is ready to combat enterovirus, if necessary. district has brought these special wipes, that are capable of killing the virus. crews will use them on commonly touched surfaces like doorknobs and desk tops if there is an out break. turning to the ebola out break u.s. military says some u.s. troops deployed to liberia may come into contact with the virus some military personnel have been stationed at mobile testing labs and they could encounter infect people. pentagon has already sent three of those mobile labs to liberia so far and expects to send more in the coming months delaware grieving mother design for a mom's grave stone. she buried her son donnie three years ago at gleeb cemetery in new castle. he bought and designed a $7,000 head stone with pictures of his children and favorite team logo.

emmanuele piss pal church on the green, cemetery's owner reject her tea sign because they say it has too many pictures and etchings. >> there are many out here, over 50, at my last count that have pictures, carvings. >> these are people who are buried here. this gives their family comfort. >> the agreement, they signed when she bought the the plot a approval is needed for all headstones. church pastor says it will draw up more specific guidelines to avoid any other future conflicts like this. penn football player ace rested and suspendedded from the team after punching another student athlete. >> our walt hunter was only reporter there when he walk out of court. >> reporter: can you tell us what started the fight we understand there may have been racial slurs, that were thrown. >> i have nothing to say at this time. >> reporter: cameron countrymen a junior wide receiver is accused of punching a fellow student, injuring his high. it claims another student yelled at countrymen across

the street and shoved him and injured student was just trying to intervene. classes resume at widener university a day after a freshman was accused of threatening to shoot up the school. this is the the threat, investigators say was posted on the social networking side yik yak by louise andre fell a, everyone who bullied him and referencing columbine high school. police used an ip address to track him down and he was arrested on campus. he is charged with making terroristic threats, harassment and other computer crimes. coming up on "eyewitness news" this morning new developments in the disturbing allegations against steven collins. >> collins estrange wife is claiming about her husband, we are back in two minutes.

new information this morning about actor steven collins. in a legal filing his estrange wife, fey grant, claims seventh heaven actor had been living a secret life that

included sexual relationships with children. this is after tmz reported the 67 year-old had confessed to molesting three young girls. the alleged confession came during a secretly recorded therapy session with grant back in 2012. the couple is now going through divorce proceedings. 4:43. canada is getting involved in the fight against isis. yesterday the the country's parliament authorized strikes against military group following a request from the u.s. this motion allows for six months of air strikes but no canadian troops in iraq. it doesens of country have joined with the u.s. led coalition to fight the islamic state. 4:43. we will get our forecast and we heard rain overnight but you slept right through it. >> i was sleepy. >> clearly. >> but, we did have the rain and now it is gone and new we will get a chance to clear out. i noticed leaves that got blown off the trees all over the road. it could still be damp out

there,ergo it could be slick in spots. the or than that we're in the clear and breeze is very noticeable too. we have that going on too out there. we are clearing out nicely and we have a lunar eclipse here this morning which we will bring to you live and the viewing conditions will be fair. even though this system is pulling away we have included cover with it. we will see it through the clouds but you can see storm scan three emptying out over our area. retreat of the system is definitely very obvious, and what is interesting is despite this being a cold front, it is not a cold front that is able to live up to its name because of the wind flow. our wind flow will stay more westerly, in other word, coming from the west, it is not coming from the chillier place. temperatures are still mild today believe it or in the but that breeze is noticeable. by tomorrow temperatures take a hit back in the upper 60's with high pressure and sunshine, enjoy it while will you have got it and we are tracking a new area of low

pressure developing along a frontal boundary and bring in next round of rain lead nothing to saturday morning. it could be bring instead i rain. looking at current wind gusts peeking here in philadelphia, new castle, wallingford, wayne, 20's at least here. breeze, again, very noticeable for you here but generally will max out at 25 miles an hour gust with the sunshine, taking over as time progresses. mainly clear skies tonight and under that clear sky you know what happens the the temperatures can drop off readily. we will drop down to a much more seasonal 50-degree low. tomorrow despite being a smidge cooler, looks nice with high of 68. on friday temperatures get held back with clouds and showers returning to the forecast, natasha, back to you. well, eagles take on new jersey giants sunday night in prime time bird are tied with the dallas cowboys for the top spot in the nfc east, despite their four-one record fans are direct ago lot of negative attention on the birds offense

and particularly at quarterback nick foles. he has five interceptions, so far this year, he had two, all of last year. the up yams colts tomorrow night will be looking for their tenth straight divisional win when they take on the texans in houston. pregame coverage starts at 7:30 tomorrow night at cbs-3. now to the baseball playoffs cardinals math the math adams got to dodgers ace clayton kershaw for three run home run in the seventh inning and that spells difference in nlds game 46789 cards beat l.a. three-two. they move on to the national league championship series for fourth year in a row. in the other game, giants rookie joe panic scored on a seventh inning wild pitch to give giant a three-two lead on the nationals and then giants made it stand up. giant beat the nationals three-two to win series three games to one, san francisco meets cardinals in st. louis for nlcs game one on saturday

night, erika. natasha, thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" the world's largest retailer slashes health care benefits for thousands of employees what that could mean for workers at other large companies in the u.s. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3. hi. i'm shawn johnson of the 2008 u.s. gymnastics team. i'm here with our friends from "veggie tales" to say... all: be a player. get up and play an hour a day. besides gymnastics, how do you stay in great shape, shawn? i love to dance and rollerblade. cool. cool. you don't have to be an olympian to be a player. just do the things you already love to do, like jump rope, ride a bike, or even play freeze tag. now, that's something to flip for. well done. for fun ways to get healthy, visit www.smallstep.gov.

here's one more look at this morning's headlines. some students at schools philadelphia school district say they will not go to school today. they say they won't attend a scheduled half day to protest a cancellation of teacher contracts by the school reform commission. u.s. military admits that some troops deployed to liberia could encounter people infect withe bowl a the virus has killed more than 3,000 people in west africa since march. the service members are manning mobile testing labs. it is now 4:49, time for a

check have of business news. >> jill wag more joins us from the in new york stock exchange and jill, world's largest retailer we hear they are cutting health care for workers what are you telling us. >> reporter: wal-mart is cutting health care coverage from 30,000 part-time employees in the united states, who work 30 hours or less. wal-mart will be raising premiums for its other 1.3 millworkers. so that means they will have have to pay more for coverage this follows similar moves by target and home depot but wal-mart is the biggest private sector employer in the united states so is there concern other companies could follow suit. this comes as companies get ready for 2015 deadline under the affordable care act, erika and natasha. also americans want healthier options at restaurant these days and now it looks like big chains are listening to folks, right. >> that is right. new stud friday johns-hopkins looked at 66 large chains and it found menu items introduced

in 2013 had 12 percent fewer calories on average then previous year. that comes down to about 60 fewer calories in each item which experts say can make a big difference when it comes to fighting obesity. restaurant are offering more salad options, now one example of a food that was introduced with fewer calories, chiles introduced a 580-calorie man go chile chicken sandwich, sound like a lot but chiles average entree had 894 calories. little changes can add up there. >> oh, yeah. >> when they put it on the menu you notice it too. >> yes, thank you. well, that will make you think twice. coming up after the break weather and traffic on the three's for you.

let's get traffic and weather together. good morning, torey. >> good morning, erika. good morning everyone. it seems to me that things are quiet and really, this is how they should ab approaching 5:00 a.m. we should not have too much problem anywhere. ben franklin bridge looking great no delays in either direction making your way in philadelphia or back into new jersey. both sides of all of our bridges are moving well, and i-95 same story 95 looks great commuting in the southbound direction out of the northeast philadelphia, through center city, south philadelphia, delaware county, wide open for you. northbound we have that same story. as we continue in the western suburbs, speed sensors are high up and green all over the place. fifty-five is your average on 422, same thing on the blue route, 202, pennsylvania turnpike, good news, it is what we have in pa. one piece of bad news in new jersey if you are traveling between moorestown and mount laurel road we have a close another at union mill red because of the water main break. your best alternate is hartford road ongoing since

last night and we had an earlier truck fire on the northbound side of new jersey turnpike right around 7a but that has cleared itself out and don't worry about that any longer and mass transit moving well. we have had that rain overnight so things are slick but it looks like we are in the clear for rest of the day. >> would i say that is fair, yeah. we are still seeing a couple clouds, granted but we need that frontal boundary to get further away before the skies can clear out. we have a handful of cloud and a full moon, sort of anotherly peeking through you some of that cloud cover but storm scan three is emptying itself out and that is good news. it means we will have more sunshine as day goes on. notice wind though, it is definitely still noticeable. it is a southeasterly breeze so not a chilly breeze necessarily but does make it feel cooler. we are also off to a mild start here mid 60's from the airport down toward ac and we expect to claim back in the 70's despite passage of the cold front. that said we will get more sunshine and end up with a

nice day just breezy out there, natasha, back to you. now lets check some of the stories our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is following. jury deliberations are expect to begin in the trial of the man accused of murdering a ten month-old baby and her grandmother. a big test for philadelphia's convention sent they are week as infectious disease society of america comes to town. a look at how protestors in hong kong are finding ways to communicate as government throttles internet access. check it out on kyw news radio 1060 on the am dial. coming up next we will have more e on the protest keeping some students out of the classroom today. plus brand new this morning a passenger kick off a flight in philadelphia, why that women says social media got her booted from the plane. and the case of the missing music, it is solved for teen idol bobby rydel. how an

happening today, some students have had enough of the school budget christ i and now they are planning to make their voices her. also new this morning five cars are all smashed up after an overnight accident, we have got new information, about the people, who were hurt in this crash. good morning, today is wednesday, october 8th, i'm erika von tiehl. i'm natasha brown in for ukee washington. also a passenger booted off a plane in philadelphia overnight, why she says social media got her in big trouble. also take a good look at the moon, this morning, check it out, lunar eclipse is happening right now, when is the best time to see that dazzling display in the sky, katie. >> it will be at its max

viewing potential later this morning. we will have details there in the meantime we had a cold front crossing through where clouds are still coming from but rain is out of here and we will eventually have more to track. we will break down details coming up, torey. good morning, everyone. your commute right now is pretty wide opened and looks great however. we have a few, snags in your commute. we will talk about that in a bit but things are looking like vine street expressway, erika. >> torey, thank you. happening today some philadelphia public school students are planning to stay home from class, it is their version of the strike. >> they are hoping to send a message to the school district that they support their teachers whose contracts were canceled by src. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live at school district headquarters to explain this for us, jan. >> reporter: natasha and erika, good morning. teachers union says don't expect a teachers strike because of what the src has done but that doesn't mean students don't plan to take action of their o.