and track together, katie will have more. >> i certainly am and we are seeing some clouds out there but we were worried about this cold front skewing our view, of that eclipse and now cold front is retreating but it looks like we will get better viewing conditions with time here. we will have details on that and we will talk about with the weather had has in store full details straight ahead, vittoria. >> we are waiting on the moon, rush hour traffic, to have happened because really, things are pretty quiet out there. as we take a quick look outside the schuylkill expressway notice that in either direction, not too far from the girard avenue, it looks great but definitely things will pick up, so we are waiting on that. in the meantime back to the desk. >> torey, thank you. right now 5:30 and some philadelphia public school students are planning to protest the the district by refusing to go to class. >> they say their way of showing support for teachers who had their contracts

canceled. >> jane carabao is live at school district headquarters with that story, jane. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and erika. the teachers union is planning a challenge in court to the src's decision that happened early this week. they said don't expect a teachers strike but that doesn't mean students are in the planning something of their own. they have been organizing this on facebook and planning a strike of their own. organizers asking students not to go to class and instead stand outside of their school in support of their teachers this demonstration comes just two days after src suddenly and unilaterally canceled its labor contract with the teachers union and on monday district a announced would it force union members to pay into their health care benefits. the change starting in december will amount to $55 to $150 a month based on a teacher's salary. src says this ill with send 44 million-dollar back to school this year and 200 million-dollar over next four years a steady stream of fund ago this the district

desperately needs. a move now being back by the mayor. >> the action unfortunately was necessary given the fact that the system is broken. there is in more money to be had from 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'm going to expect more of my politicians. >> reporter: teachers have said they were blind sided by the decision the pft also calling the src's move disrespectful and cowardly, again, pft plans to challenge this decision in commonwealth court in the next 20 some days. the students still plan to have their voices heard today as they stand outside their schools instead of going to class in support of their teachers and they say that will start at 8:00 this morning. reporting live outside school district headquarters in spring garden, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile a penn football player stands accused of

punching another student athlete. our walt hunter was the only reporter there when he walked out of court. >> reporter: can you tell us what started the fight? we understand there may have been racial slurs that may have been thrown. >> i have nothing to say at this time. >> reporter: cameron countryman a junior wide receiver is accused of punching a fellow student injuring his eye. at rest report claims another student yelled at countryman, across the street and then shoved him, and the injured student was just trying to intervene. countryman has been suspended from the team. traffic and weather together on the three's good morning, katie. >> good morning, everybody. good morning, guys. we can expect to see certainly some clearing skies out there as the day progresses but for now, we will take you back in time and show you what rolled through the overnight. we can go full screen here on storm scan three. what we are looking at is yesterday at 5:30 in the afternoon. you can see cloud rolling in for our area meanwhile toward evening split came, heavier

bound of rain, look at nasty storms that rumbled through d.c. area and with team it all came through our area stronger gusty storms over atlantic county, ocean county and new we are sitting pretty. things cleared out nicely for our area lets look at current wind because that is most noticeable feature of is what left at this point a obvious southeasterly component that will turn more westerly as the the day goes on but because it is not turning northerly we have actually kept some relatively mild air. we are still in the 60's and we have not seen cooler air catching up. live neighborhood network temperature readings at the moment here in the lower 60's in hammington, bethlehem, list goes on in drexel hill. you can expect a mild afternoon overall but just breezy but bright and sunny. 74 degrees. keeping it 70's down the shore. pock necessary always odd ball out cool spot of the pack but other than included for anybody this morning skies will clearly clear out and we

will even up with a nice afternoon overall. problem is we cannot keep hold of this quiet weather for long, because we are eventually going to be tracking a fresh round of rain and that could come as early as friday, and it looks like it might linger in the weekend. we will have more details later in the the show, torey over to you for now. good morning everyone. if you are traveling on our majors right now it is still very, very quiet. traveling on i-95, schuylkill around center city, western suburbs it is a breeze. take a look at schuylkill expressway not too far from girard avenue both sides of the commute east and westbound looking beautiful. not only around center city but western suburbs. we have good news out there taking you elsewhere this is i-95 in delaware county. not delaware county so much. but right around area have 420. traveling in either direction of i-95 it is looking great n delaware county around south philadelphia and philadelphia international airport and moving your way to the north east and bucks county.

our average speed sensors are in the 50's. fifty-one on i-95 even through construction zones of cottman and girard. definitely take advantage of that this morning at least this early because things will change. fifty on the schuylkill. fifty-five on 476 and lots of green traveling around mid county tolls. northeast extension, pennsylvania turnpike, so on and so forth. traveling the pennsylvania turnpike this is really kind of out there, eastbound at reading, it is closed because of an accident. your best alternate toys take 322 but lets head back to the desk, erika. >> torey, thank you. new this morning two police officers from new york are accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside the trump taj mahal in atlantic city. that woman told police that the new york police officer and state troop's tack her back in april. both officers are expect in court this morning. also happening today members of the maine casino workers union in atlantic city will protesters get rid of the pensions and health care at

taj mahal to do that some members of the local 54, plan to block traffic near the casino. trump entertainment resorts says it is losing seven million-dollar a month and taj will close without major concessions from the unions. in business news this morning what does this year neiman marcus cat lag. >> can't wait to see. what company plans to go public this week, and you know the the name. jill wagner joins us from new york stock exchange, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika and in a cash a we will see if the sell off continues here on wall street today. there is concern about economic growth in europe especially germany. yesterday dow jones tumbled 272 points, biggest one day drop since july. nasdaq fell 69 points. americans want healthier options at restaurant and it turns out that the big chains are listening. a new stud friday johns-hopkins looked at 66 large chains and found that the menu items introduced in

203 had 2 percent fewer calories on average then previous year. restaurants are often more salad a options. here is an ipo kerry brad shaw could get behind, high end shoemaker jimmy choo plans to go public next week on the london stock exchange. so far the company is valued at a billion dollars. high end shoe market is within of the fastest growing categories when it comes to luxury goods. speaking of luxury items neiman marcus is out with the annual christmas book, eighty-eighth addition fantasy gifts and experiences, including his and her squad skis priced at 50 you this dollars a piece, trip to the academy award which comes with tickets to vanity fair's celebrity packed after party, that is $95,000, and a race car with an authentic scale model of your favorite track, that will cost $300,000.

erika and natasha i'm all about the vanity fair after party. >> yes, definitely. >> you just pick up the tab we will happily go. >> take care. >> reporter: i may get guests. we have an update we are happy to bring you this morning. south philadelphia music legend bobby rydel had has his missing suitcase full of music back this morning. it is all thanks to an "eyewitness news" viewer. rydel got a call from steve taylor of havertown shortly after our story aired last night on cbs-3. rydel lost music on saturday driving home with his wife from a performance at the a local school when his cars hatch opened up and bag fell out. rydel told us his life was in that bag. >> wild won, we are talking somewhere in the vicinity of like 25 to $3 worth of charts. it is my life, my career. >> wow, rydel tells us that taylor pick up the bag within

minutes of it falling out of the suv and had been trying to find its owner. rydel promised to reward taylor when he meets him later today. >> how about that. >> happy ending. >> gland it work out. >> absolutely. 5:40. big names are flirting for a run for a white house in 2016. find out who warren buffet is putting his money on to win. plus stepping up the fight against isis, fbi needs help identifying this mask man, why he is a wanted man this morning. a train knock off tracks after crashing in the truck, we have to see the violent collision caught on tape, we will be right back.

here's today's headlines on cbs-3. some students at philadelphia schools say they will be on strike today and staying out of class. students are protesting the school reform commission's decision to cancel the teachers union contract. an american solder deployed to liberia could come in contact with individuals suffering frome bowl a soldiers will be manning mobile ebola testing units. is there a lunar eclipse in the the next hour called the blood moon because during eclipse of the moon it will appear orange or red, moon will be obscured by earth's shadow peak visibility katie tell us will be at 6:27, very specific. >> 6:27 promptly. >> yes. >> all right. developing at this hour the pilot of the fire fighting plane is killed when a plane

crashes near yesemite national park, this is a picture of the burning wreckage in the remote area just outside the park. plane was helping to fight a wild fire when it slammed in the cliff. pilot was the only person on board. check this out, a freight train carrying dangerous goods catches fire in central canada sending flames 100 feet in the air, officials say 26 train cars derailed some of which detained hydrochloric acid and other flammable materials. out of a precaution evacuation where is ordered near a small town of claire, luckily in injuries reported, cause of the derailment is still under investigation. violent collision near a train and tractor trailer caught on camera in louisiana, take a look at this big rig driver trying to cross tracks and gets stuck, luckily, he escaped just in time, two of the train operators were seriously hurt in the crash, this isn't the first incident

we understand. officials say there have been several accidents at that particular crossing. just past 5:43. we will get traffic together and hear more about the total eclipse. >> yes, total eclipse, in the of the heart but rather of the moon, i hepp we cue that song up at sose point this morning because it will be stuck in your heads. we might as well here it. it will be happening in the the western sky where you want to be looking and that is good further west you look the more clearing we should see here in the wake of the front which we are talking about but it will be setting in the western skies and by the time the sun comes up we will get that reddish, orange t int to it. 6:27 is when it begins, we will have our best viewing through about a half an hour from that point. so as late as 6:55 or so you will have a nice view of the blood moon. hopefully clouds will skew it too much. we should have fair viewing conditions for. that here's frontal boundary for. that if you look closely we

with than these thunderstormsd across southeastern new england but cold front for us is gone. we will zoom it way out. what i want you to look at here is a trailing front and if you look closely you can see thin veil of clouds trailing across oklahoma and kansas border. then you've got moisture with what is left of tropical storm simon and that will get fed in and eventually that whole thing will start to become our next disturbance which will eventually be bringing us wet weather. today still mild courtesy of the westerly component and bright, sunny and breezy. tomorrow is beautiful. uppe60's and sun and then comes that next area of low pressure developing. we will see showers picking up friday afternoon, and likely some of this turns into steady rain from philadelphia on south as we go into saturday morning with temperatures holding in the mid 60's. that is where we are right now. current air temperatures in the mid 60's. little bit cooler as we clear out more though, up toward

mount pocono, out towards lancaster and northern suburbs already in the 50's like quakertown for example. you're witness weather seven day forecast looking good overall despite the breeze, nice day. thursday looks nice. friday saturday watching for some more showers or steady rain. i could see a shower sunday. we will keep it operate mystic and go with some sun as we head into sunday. do you love watching weather. we want to you join our eyewitness weather team of watchers. you can sign up for cb. philly eyewitness weather watchers program by heading to cbs philly.com/watchers. what else? torey, over to you. >> thanks very much, katie. keeping a watchful eye on the traffic we are in the seeing too much problem just yet. this its i-95 that does seem to be a few more vehicles traveling southbound downtown philadelphia. but again for the most part speed sensors are still reflecting high numbers in the 50's, traveling on 202, this shot here at 29 southbound and north bound moving well, even

through construction zone that makes things narrow but here are those numbers, 45 is your average on 95. fifty on the schuylkill. fifty-five on 476. we are in the green every where. however traveling on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound around reading, it is closed at reading. your best alternate 322 as a result of the accident g news no delays for mass transit, erika. happening today minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson is due in the texas court to face child abuse charges. he is accused of hitting his young son with the switch. charges face up to two years in prison. vikings have deactivated the 29 year-old until his legal issues are resolved. also later this morning nfl commissioner roger goodell meets with the leagues owners in new york. at the the top of the gend air planned changes to the nfl personal conduct policy. goodell is under policy for his handling of the ray rice case and other player arrest for domestic violence.

two other items are the sale of the buffalo bills and the possibility of a new team in los angeles. fall out begins for hollywood actor steve up collins under investigation for inappropriate sexual contact with children. collins was fired from ted two the the same day tmz released an audio tape admission about the abuse. tmz says his wife recorded a therapy session in 2012 where collins admitted to exposing himself to under age girls. nypd is investigate bug no charges have been filed just yet, natasha. fbi is appealing for help from the public to identify a isis militant who could be an american. as chris van cleve explains this comes as within of the country's closest allies joins the fight now against the islamic state. >> we're here with the soldiers. >> reporter: listen closely to this voice. >> this is the end. >> reporter: fbi is asking for

your help to identify this masked isis fighter switching between eveningish lynn arab he is seen organizing an execution in the propaganda video. they posted it on their web site as part of the larger effort. fbi is seeking public's help to identify americans trying to join fight or who are among a dozen americans believed to already been fighting with terrorist in syria. claire ward interviewed this foreign fight shore called himself jillmad, he join the fight against the syrian government. >> even if it was my own fault, i am fighting. >> reporter: he does not fight with isis but does not condemn the group. foreign fighters have western government concerned they could return home and launch attacks. >> please say yah. >> reporter: canada's parliament voted tuesday to join u.s. led coalition begins isis a a approving six months of air strikes in iraq.

chris van cleve, cbs news, new york. 5:49 right now. everyone is one fairing hillary clinton will run for president in 2016 and new one of the world's richest men is wig to bet on it. warren buffet the said he will bit bet money that hillary will run and win too. we have to wait two more years if buffet can cash in on that bet. before you walk out the door this morning we will check another check have of traffic and weather on the three's for you. what would you pay for this run down house? the owner has an offer he hopes the buyer just can't refuse but one item he wants in exchange for his house and it is not cash. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

well a reason why a lot of philadelphia to atlantic city is because it's so close, it's like a quick getaway. the ocean is a big draw. you can come and get some exercise, get some ice cream. love to come to the casinos, get some good food, put your feet in the water, and of course fishing. i love to fish off the pier. i'm a great fisherman. flounder, sea bass, striped bass, you name it, i'll eat it. and you can, like i say, be home within an hour. done it many times.

with tom corbett, things keep getting worse. september 16th. budget deficits force pennsylvania to borrow $1.5 billion dollars just to keep the lights on. three days later, pennsylvania's unemployment rate goes up for the second straight month. under tom corbett, we've fallen from 9th to 47th in job creation. and on september 25th, pennsylvania's credit is downgraded for the fifth time in two years. why would we give tom corbett four more years?

how long at the moon this morning, it is a full moon and, it is a total lunar eclipse, that will be happening later this morning around 6:30. the peak is coming up in the next hour so pop your head outside, the moon is hiding from frustrates, in the very thoughtful. >> hiding behind the clouds. >> also sunrise happening at the same time which makes it extra special. >> that will be a beaiful shot there. >> oh, yeah. >> 55:00 36789 lets get to katie. we necessity about the moon. how is the forecast looking. >> not too bad, breezy out there, but skies are clearing out nicely and we were worried about this frontal boundary skewing our view. i saw tweet from his our sister station w cbs they are having trouble seeing their lunar eclipse camera right now because clouds haven't thinned out in new york yet. we are getting lucky here in

that regard because even though breeze is out there, clouds are starting to thin and with time they will just keep doing. that overall a nice day out there. just note that is breeze 74 degrees the expected high, on thursday with the beautiful day here, lots of sunshine, smidge cooler and by friday our next system moving in with showers and clouds to limit the the amount of warming that can take place, vittoria. good morning. still a quiet ride. we are starting to see a touch of traffic built up on i-95 making your way in to center city with you other roadways like traveling the the blue route looks good. in delays north or southbound this shot not too far from macdade a great commute on the blue route ape speed sensors are reflecting lots of good news every where 50 on the schuylkill, 525 on 476, you are in the clear but things will change, that is why you have to stay with us, we will be right

a man trying to sell his house in detroit is lowering the asking price. >> he will give it to you for an apple iphone. three bedroom, one and a half bathroom colonial is a fixer upper. it is listed at $3,000, or, the new apple, 32 gigabyte iphone six. one catch buyer has to pay back taxes of about $6,000. >> yes. >> where is the deal.

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cancel their teacher contracts. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us a at the district headquarters with that story, jen, good morning. >> erika and natasha, good morning. teachers union says despite the the decision don't expect a strike from the teachers, student however are planning a little strike of their own. they have been organizing this on facebook and organizers are asking philadelphia students today not to go to class instead stand outside, in support of their teachers. minutes after the school reform commission suddenly and unilaterally canceled its labor contract with the philadelphia federation of teachers outcry was heard from student, parents, union members alike calling the move disrespectful even cowardly. >> it is lake they can to almost whatever they want. >> it was just one more hit we have had to take from a system that doesn't seem to care about what we do. >> reporter: teachers were blind sided on monday src announced it will force union members to pay into their th