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sky conditions could not be any better and day is shaping up to be absolutely perfect. unlike yesterday when it was a double d, it was dreary and damp all day yesterday. we've got fabulous conditions today. lets take a look and see what we have right now. we've got temperatures in the 30's. 39 degrees in pennington, dover is 47, broomall is 43. but bethlehem is 37 degrees. so we're bookending those numbers with those temperatures in the 30's and we're definitely finding them to the north as well. storm scan three, if you see a included out, it is just an absolutely really, nice looking cloud, it is, interesting, they are placed against powder blue sky and it is a gorgeous start to the the day. 47 degrees in philadelphia, 43 in trenton, 46 in wilmington. 35 degrees up in allentown, it is now you 32 in the poconos and that is 1 degree warmer then it was last time i check with you. thirty-eight in the reading area, so these temperatures are definitely chilly this morning.
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we've got them warming up, all the way to 64 degrees, sunny pretty day to day, you will very much like weather we will find to take and i think you may really like the temperatures we finding this week but sky conditions that go with them, well, maybe you will too we will check that out with the eyewitness weather seven day forecast when i come right back, todd? and new this morning police are investigating two shootings in philadelphia, investigators tell us that a 42 year-old man was shot twice once in the right thigh and left calf and it happened after midnight in west philadelphia in the the 4100 block of west minister avenue, the unidentified, man is in stable condition, this morning. also new this morning a shooting is under investigation in the the west oak lane neighborhood police arrived to the scene of the shots fired in the 2,000 block of medairy avenue at 2:00 a.m. no word if anyone was injured in the shooting. developing right the now police are offering a reward for the capture of two brazen
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bank robbers, thieves held up a td bank in radnor township. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has details the on the investigation. >> reporter: td bank on lancaster avenue opened up for business, at 8:30 saturday morning. just a half an hour after it did, the security cameras captured this. >> two males entered the store brandishing what we believe to be a 9-millimeter handgun. >> reporter: they were there to rob the bank, video clearly showing one of them pointing a gun at the tellers as police say he demanded that they hanover money in their drawers h in this still frame it the shows an employee cooperating, hands in the air, police say that the robber then placed his gun against a teller's neck as he demanded more cash. soon afterwards, it was over as suspects tried to cover up their tracks. >> placed all of the staff, in the rear of the store, in the safe area, and then flee down a local street. >> reporter: police do have reason to be hopeful that the the hair will be caught, they
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say distinct characteristics will help showing our cameras photos of the shoes they are wearing and saying it is likely someone saw them before they committed their crime. >> they were in the area casing the bangor watching the bank and we would like any residents, or travelers through the the area to please call us. >> reporter: as is customary with most bank robberies, officials did not release exactly how much money was taken in this crime. one figure they did throw out there, however, $7,500, that is the the standing reward for any information, that leads to an arrest and a conviction, of these two suspects. we're from radnor township, had the math rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a fire fighter battles a major building fire in westville gloucester county. "eyewitness news" at edge water avenue at deadline drive saturday night. heavy films were shooting out of the two story mars graphics services building when fire fighters arrived. authorities say that the building is vacant, the cause of that fire is under investigation. it took new jersey state police less than 24 hours to
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track down a suspect in the murder in woodbine, cape may county. investigators say this man 20 year-old xavier geisinger of dennisville shot and killed 41 year-old damon, during a argument thursday night. he is charged with murder and related offences and being held in cape may county jail. delaware state the police are searching for this man 47 year-old john fulton, they say he is a home looks sex offend shore failed to register his home less status as required by law. if you have any information, police are urging you to contact them, immediately. a scary wake up call will for a woman in the city's point breeze neighborhood woman tells police she heard someone open up their hall closet, so she investigated and found two mask men one with the gun. she told police she was forced in to her bedroom as the men ransacked her house asking her where to find money and drugs. they left with the black bag and police there are still
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investigating. and breaking news this morning a health care worker at texas health presbyterian hospital has tested positive fore bowl a that is the same hospital where thomas eric duncan was being treated before he died last wednesday. the authorities say that the worker cared for duncan, meantime, travelers from several west african nations are new facing tougher screening to help prevent the spread of ebola. u.s. costumes and health officials are taking temperatures of passengers arriving at new york's jfk and four other airports. the disease has now killed, more than 4,000 people, according to the world health organization, and there are now more than 8,000 confirmed probable and suspected cases of ebola. cbs news correspondent don champion has the very latest. >> reporter: passengers arriving from liberia and sierra leon and through new york's kennedy international airport will face more details scrutiny after landing. >> expanded screening measures provides us a layer of
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protection to the already established protocols to minimize the risk of another case of ebola here in the united states. >> reporter: they are now requires to have their temperatures taken with no touch thermometers, and will also have to answer questions, from the centers for disease control f a traveler has a fever or has had contact with ab ebola patient they will be taken aside. >> then our on site quarantine officer will respond in person and do a details interview of that individual, make a wrist accessment, take additional action as necessary. >> reporter: the cdc says about 150 people a day entered the u.s. from west african countries where ebola is spreading and nearly all of them fly into jfk and four other airports where enhancedded screenings will be done. have travelers give the the new program mixed reviews. >> there will always be people who develop these symptoms later and there is not going to be a fever, in the plane. >> i feel like it is pretty comfortable, that we have been through other out breaks and that we will be able to get through this one as well.
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>> reporter: officials say passengers who have fevers or symptoms will be quarantined on a local hospital. in new york, don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". philadelphia groups are joining effort to help ebola victims in west africa. e nan tabernacle baptist church is hosting heart for liberia services day in germantown this weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson has the details. >> this is the stuff of the church. often we want to cover the other stuff. this is church. we will gather together to worship but today and be the church, this is the day that we're doing church. >> reporter: enan on a mission, dozens of people taking actions. >> someone can do something about this. >> reporter: senior pastor allen waller says saturday game plan is simple, find a need, collect supplies, get it all shipped within 48 hours and become a direct agent in the fight beginse bowl a they
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will end up with more than 200 boxes. >> everything you see on the news, it is true but it is a thousand times worse. >> reporter: it is action that directly impacts church member margaret crawford from liberia. >> i have family there. we're trying to get a visa to allow them to come to the united states for a few in months. >> reporter: saturday's mission is direct aid through community action. saturday's surmon is community action through faith. >> don't tell god how big ebola is, tell ebola how big god is. >> reporter: in north philadelphia, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". manhunt for trooper killer eric frein prompted authorities to cancel a annual halloween tradition. frein was last seen in the bear township area on tuesday and in light of this the township has decided to postpone its 50th annual halloween parade and trick or treating. police are concerned that frein could use the the opportunity to blend in with
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trick or treaters and make his escape. meantime the state gaming commission is allowing hunters and travelers back into parts of the woods in blooming grove. some part of the pike county land were reopened as well. areas were previously shut down as crews actively searched for eric frein. law enforcement the has narrowed their search area. and in syria, isis fight's peer closer then ever to seizing the the town of cabani. fighters say isis controls half of the town after over running the headquarters of the kurdish security forces. u.s. war planes, launched ten new strikes in syria and iraq late thursday and early friday. the those strikes, which are aim at rolling back gains made by the the terror group appeared to have done little to blunt their on slaught which began last month. a freak accident kills a teen but eyewitnesses thought it was part of the show, we will explain, and then it looks something like out of the hollywood movie, we will explain this scene in the
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thought it was all part of the show. witnesses say a teen was running when he fell in front of the bus and was run over. the the corn maze will be closed throughout the weekend. two dozen people are hurt when haunted hey ride overturned at gauntlet haunted night ride in maine. authorities say 23 people were injured when a jeep pulling a flatbed trailer missed a turn, struck a tree and jackknifed. two were hurt badly enough that medical helicopter were brought into rescue them. >> there were a lot of people just laying around. i don't know how they got off of the ride, if there was, you know what i mean, we really don't know. we have to talk to people. >> the accident remains under invest inveighsgation at this hour. sun seems to be getting in the halloween spirit, check out this spooky image of the sun taken by nasa, the the same day moon cast a glow over the earth. felt owe is made up of thousands of pictures taken that day, from the space
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agency and they say the bright spots are markers of an intense, complex set of magnetic fields hovering in the sun's atmosphere. a powerful tie fun is bearing down on the coast of japan, and at least 35 people have have been reported injuries. hundreds of thousands are already evacuated. thinks the second strongest storm to hit the area in less than a week. three u.s. air men were kill in the typhoon last week which swept them out to sea. this typhoon is packing 110-mile an hour winds. well, carol, much better day ahead of us today, then yesterday. >> oh, you know, it would be hard to be worse than the day we saw yesterday. it was glummy the entire day. today we are brightening up. in fact, lights are already on. it looks beautiful out here. we have temperatures though that are cold and they are in the 30's in some locations. storm scan three is showing that the rain is gone, and a few clouds remain and they are not much and they are pretty
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farrah part as he well. we will get lots of blue sky, lots of sunlight already this morning and it is a really nice start the two day, but look at how cold it is, 32 in the poconos, 35 in allentown. 39 degrees in reading, it is 40 in lancaster, we will start to warm up when we hit i-95 corridor, 47 in philadelphia, 46 wilmington. 43 degrees in trenton and we will keep those temperatures in the 40's as we move to the south. we have visability though that have been reduced and in fact they have just come up a little bit in reading. we are up to two and a half miles of visibility there, but just know that some spots you could be finding with all of that moisture yesterday reduced visability. this is definitely the weekend's better half. we have temperatures that will be in the 60's, yesterday they stopped in the 50's and it was 57 degrees for the high temperature in philadelphia yesterday, and today we will probably be adding some 7 degrees to that. so a nice, mild at least milder day, today and it gets a lot more warmer. if you liked warm weather and
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just cannot bear to have it leave, i know, someone, talking right now feels that way, we are going to be finding that on that eyewitness weather seven day forecast. we are close to the 07's by the the time we get through to tomorrow and then we will be well in the 70's for much of the rest of the week. so this is going to be a mild within coming up. future weather what do we see, we will see beautiful wet ter day. we will see a few clouds starting to move in and this computer model has just changed and delaying when the clouds arrives. so it has them holding back even at 10:00 o'clock tonight they are this is really in the philadelphia area but they will start to move in overnight and does that mean by noon time tomorrow there is a shower scattered about? i think that there are clouds, a lot of clouds, tomorrow but otherwise, just a scattered shower here or there. and then by the time we hit the afternoon hours, same deal, tuesday, i think generally should be dry, and as you can see this computer model says no, just a tiny brief shower, wednesday we may be seeing more in the the way of that but still these temperatures will be warm, as
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we watch, some very warm air moving in here in advance of the another little system and that little dip right there is what will be possibly triggering those showers by the time we will get to thursday. now, and wednesday. and now ber mood, you've got a tropical storm as three to 5 inches of have rain expected today, 70 miles an hour winds from fey. fey is moving away from bermuda and away from the united states. sixty-four in philadelphia. sixty-five at the shore. poconos 58. it is sunny, bright, beautiful in every single will location today. comfortable temperatures. tonight we will drop down to 50 degrees. we have a few more clouds rolling in. it looks like it will be a cloudy day around here object monday with a chance of the shower, scattered around. tuesday, 79 degrees, and let's just call it partly sunny at this point and warm, and wednesday, could there be a shower, thursday. thursday could be there a shower? but look at those temperatures well up in the 70's on wednesday. thursday and friday we're still right around that 70-degree mark and even next saturday the way it looks right now, not a bad forecast, whatsoever. todd?
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not bad at all, carol, thank you. time to see how traffic is moving. here's ann evans in the cb is s3 traffic center good morning, ann. >> weather wasn't bad an traffic isn't bad either, todd. we are looking at i-95 at the airport heading to the airport this morning you should encounter in delays or problems n fact i-95 looks good here and through philadelphia and its suburbs. we will move the traffic cam again, this is the the schuylkill at spring garden street, no delays or problems on the schuylkill, it is behaving itself today. if you look to the right that is martin luther king drive that is shut down between ben franklin parkway and falls bridge like it is every weekend through october for recreational activities. you can see bikers, walkers, and joggers in fact. is there a biker to your right. we will move traffic cam one more time, to the walt whitman bridge, mid span, there you go, no delays or problems on the walt whitman this morning. it is in fine shape. ben franklin looks good if you are taking the walt whitman to the white horse pike, however, there is an accident there, the right lane is block on the white horse pike route 30 eastbound at somerdale road and a down pole and wires to
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boot. also if you are traveling in center city this morning arch street is shut down between second street and fourth street for the olde city festival, and set to shut down for set up and festival goes from noon to 6:00 p.m. today. a note from septa media elwyn line shuttle busing replacing trains today, through november, every weekend. the that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans now you todd, back to you. okay, ann thank you. carol answers your pet questions in this weeks ask the vet. >> coming up with doctor jerry geffen how you can be your own vet, how to go through a head to tail exam of your pet. o, i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer.
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get a free quote at progressive.com. time for ask the vet, thank goodness and doctor jerry geffen, our great friend from the boulevard animal happies here once again and has been for decades and fluff, our model, and our location is paws spay newter and wellness center 2900 grays ferry avenue and they do also adoptions, our paws does. i want to you pretend that thinks your dog and people at home, can do the very same thing to check out their dogs health in a minor so. so what would you do if you were alone. >> i'm at my friend house. i am hanging with the dog, watching tv and i can't help myself. first thing i'll do is look to see if the teeth are cleaned, and i can look and see the gums and then look at the eyes and see if they are clear, no tumors on the eye leads. look in the ears, if there is an infection it will smell or have debris.
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i will remember them to see if there is any lumps or bumps. run their hand through the coat to see if there are flees, pick up the tail and look up under the rear even to see if it is soiled or matted fur, sometimes they will gel tumors. role them over, make sure there is no sores. it is something you can do in a minor less. the it is a habit i have. most people will observe things and makes sure that their dogs and cats, always seem to be normal. >> would you basically do the very same thing with the cat, you wouldn't look for anything different on the cat. >> pretty much the same kind of thing, yes, exactly the same. >> so seeing you roll your dog over saying i don't remember that, do dogs sometime develop freckles and different things in different stages of life. >> they get lots of things that are benign and not cancerous but still a good idea. sometimes people will show me things i know have been there for weeks or months because it is human nature. they never looked to find out f you check your pedestrian
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pet over you will know it is newest specially if you are looking on the underside places where you may in the normally look. >> so this is in the some scientific thing only a vet can do but something would you recommend people do, just do that head to tail check, and every couple of weeks thaw can keep up on. >> why not, everybody has time while they are watching tv or whatever they are doing just to give a minute, and check their pet over. >> cats better than dogs at hiding their pain and discomfort. >> i think they are. cats are more stoic and sometimes it is more challenge to go find out what is bothering a cat then what is bothering a dog. >> if you notice behavior changes or eating changes overtime, that is when your exam that you have done every couple weeks, coupled with noting the behavior changes. >> very important. like i said always ask is your pet eating, is it drinking more or less than normal, getting around up and down steps, what is its activity, those are things important to know if they are healthy or not. >> you notice changes, it is
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time to dial up the old vet. >> through go. >> okay, or the young vet. >> doctor jerry geffen thanks so much for being with us. if you have questions, love to hear them so we can get them over to doctor geffen and e-mail erickson at cbs-3.com or send it to my facebook page car will ol erickson's pet page on facebook and we will see you next time. and viewers, we need your help, we've got to find this dog, louie, he is a black lab-type dog, stolen, carjack actually, along with his owner's red honda crv with d.c. plates. the it happened on thursday at the home depot on columbus boulevard. this doggies timid, his owner is frantic. and please go to carol erickson's pet page on facebook with any information, and if you know, where louie is, we need to get this baby back. >> well good luck to louie and his owners there. search is over for this little dog stolen during a burglary in july. it is now back with its owner chichi and owner nia corea
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were reunited in the barber shop in the 1500 block of broad street yesterday. "eyewitness news" in north philadelphia, a barber shop employee purchased this dog from a student, and then contacted corea after hearing about her stolen dog. chichi was taken from a home on west girard street during a burglary and corea is happy to have her dog back. >> it was tough, like i could, i did not the know what to do because i had to lay low because i didn't know if the people that were mad enough to hurt they are. i don't know if she was being taken care of and things like. that i knew i would get her back. >> we're happy to report that she was not harmed by the burglars but that they still remain on the loose this morning. a soggy saturday wasn't enough to keep dog lovers away, eighth annual paws mud strut took place yesterday at the navy yard. paws is philadelphia's largest no kill shelter. the event raises money and awareness for paws efforts to save philadelphia's homeless, abandon, and unwanted animals.
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there is still much more ahead in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news", we will have the the the latest on a daring heist inside of a man line bank. and then finally free, a woman is released from jail, 14 years, after she was sentenced. >> how her convictions was finally overturn. and also ahead a chicago marathon is this weekend and this runner has a unique story, we will explain that. carol has your forecast and more when we continue on "eyewitness news" at 7:30. 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.
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we will continue to follow breaking news this morning. a health care worker in texas has tested positive fore bowl, it is happening at same hospital where the country's first ebola victim thomas duncan, was treated and then later died. the authorities say that the latest victim provided care for duncan, and we have learned that the victim began running a low grade fever friday night. preliminary tests confirming the infection came back late last night. today, it is sunday october 12th, good morning everyone, i'm todd quinones. meteorologist carol erickson is on the cbs-3 sky deck with eyewitness weather. >> beautiful out here. this is the day you will want to get up early. maybe not, it is sunday but if you do you will be glad you did because it is gorgeous out here this morning.
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and it is certainly maybe even feels better and looks better because of the way, yesterday looked. let take a look and see, you can look at that unis rise. the this his in cut town. 34 degrees though. notice what happens when skies clear and the wind are light? these temperatures can really bottom out. it is cold out there. it is in the just there that it is cold but cold in a lot of locations but it is dry. right new we have got just a band of clouds and you cannot even see them. they are so high that they are not obstructing anything and they are moving through the philadelphia area but we will be left with sunshine today, temperatures are at the freezing mark at the poconos. 32 degrees there. thirty-six allentown. thirty-seven in reading this morning. forty-seven in in philadelphia quite a warm up. not warm but a warm up compared to what things are to the north. we will be finding the frost advisory going until 8:00 o'clock this morning throughout the poconos, and that is for the growing season, and obviously, bringing in your tender vegetation and, of course, if you are bringing in your
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plants you are bringing in your pets as well this morning. the it is cold, in a number of locations. but by the time we get to noon we are at 60 degrees and then by 3:00 we are at our high right around 64 degrees. the it looks gorgeous out there and when i come back we will talk about that eyewitness weather seven day forecast, todd? okay, carol, developing right new police are offering a reward for capture of two brazen bank robbers. thieves held up a td bank in radnor township at around 9:00 yesterday morning at branch located on the 200 block of east lancaster avenue. investigators say robbers pointed guns at tellers and demanded some cash. >> placed all of the staff in the rear of the store in the safe area and then flee down a local street. >> officials did not release exactly how much money was stolen but police are offering a $7,500 reward for any information, leading to the capture of those suspects. and a man is found shot dead inside of a car in north
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philadelphia, early saturday morning. police responding to the report of a person with a gun, a arriving on the scene at 25th and nicholas street to find a man dead inside of a car, and a with man shot in the leg. she is in stable condition, and no word on suspects, or a motive. governor chris christie delivered the keynote dress at new jersey's naacp convention lunch in par sip any. christie spoke about civil rights and the importance of cooperation across political lines. >> compromise is not a dirty word, but what i need from all of you, talk to your senators. you want more african-american judges on the bench, i'm all for it. have senators bring more african-american candidate to you to me. you want more hispanic members, i'm all for it. bring more hispanic levels at the the senate, do that as well. >> the governor added quote, we can come together on these
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things. seven football players face sexual assault charges over hazing rituals at a new jersey high school. six students from sayreville war memorial were taken into custody on friday. a seventh student turn himself in yesterday. entire football season, is now canceled and parents are seeking lawyers. cbs news correspondent jericka duncan has this story. >> reporter: late friday police charge the seven students with crimes ranging from aggravated sexual assault to aggravated criminal sexual contact. prosecutors say that the alleged hazing incidents happened four separate times last month and in each case one or more of the students charged allegedly held a victim against their will while the others touch the victims in a sexual manner. earlier this week the school board voted to end the season until the investigation is complete. governor chris christie expressed his concern about the the allegations, before the students were charged. >> the the idea that kind of conduct could be permitted if
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tree is absolutely unacceptable. >> reporter: but the football hazing controversy has divided a community that takes pride in the program that has won three straight sectional titles in the last four years. john davids doesn't think the district should have ended the rest of the season. >> if you punish somebody, punish individuals, not all of the kids. >> reporter: this father feels differently. he has two daughters in the school district. >> we have to protect our kids. that is what we pay our taxes for in this town. we are super busy. they have to watch over our kids. >> reporter: a sem willably man john wisnieski represents sayreville and understands outrage than both sides. >> i understand anger that some parents have but also let make sure that the anger is properly directed. it should be direct at the students, who caused this. it should be directed at the the coaching staff that allows this to happen. >> reporter: prosecutors say that the teens charged will appear before a family court judge but no hearing has been scheduled. sunday night hundreds of people from the area, plan to attend a vigil in support of
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the hazing victims. jericka duncan for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". more than a thousand people rallied in missouri this weekend, a second day of protests over police shootings. marchers gathered in downtown st. louis, winding their way through the the streets, soon to be crowded with baseball fans that were attending the national league championship series. organizers are calling this ferguson october, planning four days of protests over the august 9th death of 18 year-old michael brown, it was black and unarmed. they are demonstrating for 18 year-old von derek myers, shot and killed this past wednesday night. his parents say he was unarmed when he was gunned down by an off-duty police officer. >> he wasn't doing anything wrong he was just getting something to eat. we supposed to be planning a graduation, not a fun
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contractual. >> police say the march embraced other causes as well, including same sex rights and the israeli/palestinian conflict susan mall on has been behind bars in california for a decade and this morning she's a free women. kara evans was there with her emotional reunion with her family. >> reporter: this is what true freedom looks, and sound like. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: it was the first time since 1997 that susan mallon could embrace family members she had never met. her children just seven and nine when she went to jail are now you in their mid 20's. >> susan mallon was quick of killing a homeless man and setting his body on fire, there was just one apparent witness, a woman who was later found to be a pathological liar. that witness said mallon, who was a ex-girl friend of the victim, confessed to the killing. her testimony, convinced the
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jury to put mallon away for life. >> i was in prison, but freedom was in me. i was free on the inside. >> reporter: for 17 years the justice system forgot about mallon but her family never gave up hope and this year convinced attorney o'connor and her organization, innocence matters to take the case. >> it is really hard to get people out in the open to see that they might have made a mistake. >> reporter: but on friday l.a. superior court judge mark arnold did just that. >> i believe just what ivoried is that she's innocent and for that reason i think the criminal justice system failed. >> to hear the judge say those words. >> i'm overwhelmed. it still has not hit me yet. >> reporter: even when it does sink in, mallon says she has no anger. >> i don't want to be bitter. i just wanting to home. >> reporter: but home has change. is that your first cell phone. >> i never got one. >> reporter: little things, once taken for granted. they are suddenly new again.
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>> i'm in a car. >> reporter: one day did not undue 17 years. but this. >> i love you. >> reporter: came pretty close. carter evans for cbs news, torrence, california. troubled actress amanda bynes has connect in the treatment center in los angeles according to reports from people magazine and tmz. the news comes just hours after bynes went on a twitter rant accusing her father of sexually, verbally and physically abusing her as a child, although tweet where is soon deleted. tmz reports that the actress has been placed on a psychiatric hold. former olympian oscar pistorius will learn his fate tomorrow. pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide ape lesser firearms charges in what the court determined was an accidental killing will of his girlfriend reeva stein scam seven. pistorius may take the stand in the sentencing phase which is expect to last for days. some feel that the judge may
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show leniency, since pistorius is a first time offender. the city of philadelphia is celebrating a milestone, we will tell you all bit, also ahead, at first glance, they may look delicious, but wait until you hear what is inside of these chocolate candies. and may be more than just a trick, maybe more rather of a trick than a treat, and, we will be right back.
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bark now on "eyewitness news" with the rally on philadelphia, members of the transgendered community gathered in center city, dozens chanted and carried signs as they marched to a rally a at love park. the goal of the event is to promote unity and awareness of transgendered issues, this is a fourth year for that march. a big turnout for the the 2014 hispanic choice awards in philadelphia the 11th anniversary show was held, at the miriam theater last night, it was a chance to celebrate leaders and organizations, making a difference in the latino community, and i was proud to be there abe among to be some of the priers, cbs-3 is a response or of hispanic choice awards. the the city of brotherly love showed some sisterly affection, it is 50th anniversary of philadelphia's sister cities relationship with florence, italy. a special ceremony was held at the italian market, mayor michael nutter join deputy mayor of florence to renew the sister cities agreement.
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calling on all chocolate lovers at contacted my of natural sciences is the place to be, chocolate, the exhibition, opened up the saturday at drexel university. the the exhibit traces the origins of chocolate as a unique tropical rain forest to the sweet treat that we enjoy today. check late the exhibition, runs through january 24th. and a different kind of fun exhibit at audubon butterfly garden in new orleans. instead of being own display, bugs were on the menu. believe it the or not visitors are flock to go try delicacies including crickets, wax worms, dipped in cascading chocolate. there is a a coffee made with bug legs and meal worms and fudge with crickets and marshmallows. of course, you cannot leave without trying spicy crickets. okay. the chicago marathon is taking place this weekend, many of the participant will be running for a cause. and david kunis no different.
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he is running for his granddaughter who is fighting cystic fibrosis. what makes david unique? he lost his eye sight after an accident with the drunk driver and he talks about his passion for the cause. >> i can quit any day i want. i can just say today is it, i'm going home, i will live my normal relaxed life again. >> the 61 year-old is on a in mission to run a total of 11,000 miles, he is hoping to raise some $50,000 for cystic fibrosis research, that equates to running roughly 425 marathons, so far, kuhn has run close to 2,000 miles, what a story there. and it is a beautiful take, it is cool, dry, but skies are clear. >> it is a beautiful day for anything, and if you have plans outside or yesterday you thought lets cancel the whole weekend. the put them back on. we've got beautiful weather out the here this morning. it is crisp, clear and it the
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will stay nice the entire day, which is even nicer. lets see what we have right now. you can see a beautiful picture here in kutztown but notice temperature of 34 degrees. i also talk about a band or two of clouds coming by. through see one of those bands. go down to cape may courthouse middletown ship we are milder there, closer to the coast, 47 degrees, beautiful looking start to the day there, and the beach patrol headquarters down in margate it also looks just, stellar this morning. so no matter where you are we are dealing with some great weather conditions. storm scan three is there you can see it if you look closely there you can see some of the clouds that went through kutztown and approaching philadelphia but it is so nice out there just plenty of blue skies. 47 degrees is our temperature right now. allentown has pick up a degree or two but still in the 30's. 36 degrees. reading 38. poconos at 32 degrees. we have another, 15 minutes left of that frost advisory that is covering the area up there. forty-three in trenton. forty-five in millville.
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48 degrees in dover this morning. we have temperatures, that are on the weekend's better half today, getting into the lower to middle 60's, and a perfect looking day, high pressure in charge of the weather. the the trouble making weather system is out of here and we're left with nice weather. now, tomorrow, we will start to see these temperatures come up just a little bit, and they will be close to 70 degrees tomorrow but a few more clouds as well, coming in as that front that was out there comes back in the warm front. our future weather is looking lovely, now, it looks great, even through 11:00 o'clock tonight according to this computer model. not really that much in the way of clouds through philadelphia, but they do start to filter in overnight and by the time we will get to tomorrow morning we will have a chance of a couple of showers, scattered around. mostly it is just the the clouds, so temperatures will be comfortable tomorrow, and the showers, will be generally light, so, don't let that get in the way of your day tomorrow. by monday afternoon it looks like a lot of these should be moving on out. tuesday, i think, could and
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should be dry, and this computer model disagrees a little bit but if you see anything at this point it looks like it should be in the much with some sunshine, we will see on tuesday. and we will find temperatures close to 80 degrees. so this is some warm weather. ber mood, warm there too but three to 5 inches of rain, from fey, and that is going to be this morning until that system gets out of here. you can look at the leaf change, love the leaf changes specially to the north, where it is a high change through the poconos. otherwise looking for temperatures today in the 60's here in the shore, poconos upper 50's after an absolutely stellar day, and 64 degrees, tonight we will drop down to 50 and a few clouds and then this week will be a very, very mild one, todd, almost 80 degrees, by the time we will get to tuesday, and so a comfortable looking week ahead, todd? looks pretty good, carol, thank you. time to check road and highways lets go to ann evans in the cbs-3 traffic center, good morning, ann. >> good morning, todd. this is schuylkill at spring
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garden. it looks kind of foggy out there but we don't have foggy conditions. it could be just the the camera. schuylkill looks fine no delays or problems. looking to the right you can see that construction on spring garden street that is spring garden on ramp and that is shut down for that long term construction project, schuylkill is fine, looking to the left, a martin luther king drive shut down between ben franklin parkway and falls bridge. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now todd, back to you. all right, thank you. volunteers are making sure children will be warm this winter, we will light a coat drive-in south philadelphia, that is coming up. the giants arrive for their sunday night showdown against the eagles, we will preview next up in sports but first, here's a look at what is on cbs-3 tonight.
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the eagles final game before the bye week taking on bitter rival from up the new jersey turnpike giants in prime time and birds looking to stay on top of the division. here are the giants arriving the at team hotel, they are on a roll winning their last three games by an average of 35-point. they trailed the birds by a game in the division and lots of bad blood between both teams. you can expect this game to be very physical. >> they're on a roll, we're on a roll. just two division teams that have have a lot of history and necessity each other. physical game. >> anytime you face a division team, it is always important,
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and you know, they are playing good football. they are winning games. winning in different ways. always talented. they have good players. so we know we have to play our best football. >> we will get you ready for nfc east battle at 11:30 this morning. join beasley reese, me and 94 wip morning show, plus beasley will have his weekly chat with cbs-3 contributor shady in mccoy. flyers at the center taking on montreal, the orange and black still looking for their first win of the season. flyers wore their alternate uniform same one they used in the winter classic. the first period flyers with the puck, to beat carry price. flyers with the one to nothing lead. second period the flyers on the power play, wayne simmonds, rebound off vinny lacavalier his second goal of the game, three to nothing flyers. then in the third period they just fell apart, montreal taking advantage and scoring three goals in seven minutes and 35 seconds to tie the game, and we will go to the shoot-out. in that shoot-out ray emery
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cannot make the save. flyers fall to zero and three for third straight year, four-three the final. college football home coming weekend for temple taking on tells, second quarter the owls line up for field goal, nope, it goes to connor riley who take it in for a score. temple with the late score and walter drops back and takes a hit, throws it, complete to fitzpatrick for a 30-yard score. later walker throws a screen pass to thomas and gets a block, and it is gone. temple in moves to four-one for the first time in four years, 35-24 the final. penn state visiting michigan, playing first prime time big ten game at the big house, nittany lions are coming off a bye week. wolverines need a win, zero and two in conference play for the first time since 1967. second quarter penn state trailing by a point christian hackenberg drops back and find desean hamilton and nittany lions take the lead. late in in the game penn state down by three hackenberg
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sacked, wolverines would score a safety and beat penn state 18-13. sixth ranked villanova a hosting rhode island. wildcats kevin taking the hand off and he is gone, 31-yard run, 23 to nothing in the second quarter. john robert son with another four touchdown afternoon, right here, he will connect with gary underwood, that is for a 16-yard score and villanova wins, 44 -21 for their fifth straight victory. they have scored 40 or more points in five consecutive games which is a school record. to soccer and a must win for union facing columbus at p pl park. they have a two goal lead with 15 minutes left to play and then columbus rallied scoring three goals in ten minutes. they have the game win your right there. the crew end the union's playoff hopes with that three-two win. that is all for sports i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great day. organizations in south philadelphia, team up for a coat drive to help residents
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there stay warm this winter. "eyewitness news" at the nicholas center at 22nd and tasker, where volunteers collected coats, and uniforms. the items will be distributed to children in the the community, and those who contributed, received free tickets to the universal soul circus, and a 76ers game. "eyewitness news" on the campus of temple university where the liacouras center is glowing pink. the the pink lights on buildings all across our area are a reminder for woman to schedule a mammogram. october have of course is breast cancer awareness month and cbs-3 and the cw philly have team up once again with susan g komen philadelphia for the lights for the the cure campaign. that is it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00, here's is what coming up at 8:00. if the government says you are dead when you are clearly still alive. three on your side jim donovan reveals a big problem that could have have you declared dead, this is a story you do not the want to miss. plus breaking news on ebola in the u.s., preliminary
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a live look outside at a much better morning then yesterday, rain has moved out, and it the is much chillier start. today, it the is sunday october 12th good morning everyone i'm todd quinones. the cant complain now that the rain is gone, meteorologist carol erickson is on the cbs-3 skies deck with eyewitness weather, carol. >> difficult enough complaining yesterday so today, no complaining and in complaints, i'm not hearing any complaints at all. >> no. >> that is because weather is so nice out here this morning. we've got sunshine. temperatures are cool enough. you'll be in a jacket. otherwise day will shape up absolutely classic fall. we have some beautiful conditions, this is down in margate. look at how nice it is and you can see overnight, whatever made those track is still out there. but, it is really nice start to the day, 47 degrees through center city philadelphia right now. note that is just a few of these high, thin clouds and then you can see them out there but they do not m
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