>> quite a moment inside that hospital room just a short time ago. nina pham arrived in maryland. she'll on treatment inside an isolation unit at the national institutes of health. earlier her fellow nurses gathered outside that hospital in dallas as she left. they cheered. they held signs and they wished her well. meantime, in washington, the president said tonight he is not ideologically approveideologicao banning travel from west africa. but he said experts he's spoken with say it would be counter productive. >> well philadelphia's readiness for the ebola virus was top of mind for the city's top leader today's. >> city firefighters among those talking with city council today. they showed council members protecprotective suits that medd firefighters now have.

fire officials say that they do meet federal requirements, but the union says they simply would not provide enough protection from something like ebola. >> they should bewaring the bio hazmat chemical suits and that's what we assumed wrongfully so that that's what the department was going to be outfitting our members in. >> news tonight the main health officer in trenton told city council there that he wants to create a list of questions for 911 operators and health care workers to ask of potential ebola patients. well of the three cases now in the united states, all involve adults but wasn't if a child were to be infected? >> well we learned today that chop is now one of the few hospitals in the country designated to handling any possible weed pediatric cases. "eyewitness news" matt rivers joins us live from chop with that part of our coverage tonight. >> reporter: chris and natasha, hospital officials tell us they've been preparing for this since august. the hospital could treat us children being evacuated from

west africa or care for children diagnosed while on u.s. soil. whatever the situation are the children's hospital of philadelphia says it is ready. >> items from the cdc if we had to care for a child with ebola. >> they created an internal ebola task force to institute guidelines of treatin treating e disease and making sure it's other patients are cared for. it instituted a screening protocol to identify at risk patients and ensured possible protective equipment or ppe is available and continued to employ on-going staff training on the proper and reliable use of ppe. the use of that equipment highlighted after two nurses in dallas, texas who treated and ebola patient contracted the disease themselves despite wearing protective gear. chop officials say in their hospital, that would be prevented. >> education is critical and it's something that needs to be repeated again and again. so we have to developed policies and procedures around the safe

management of the a patient with ebola. >> doctors stressed us the chances of an ebola outbreak of children in her hold is extremely low. her hospital will be ready just in case. live in university city tonight, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> matt, thank you very much. make sure you stay with "eyewitness news". we'll have continuing coverage for you of ebola in the u.s. and also overseas. all the new developments you need here on tv and also online at cbsphilly.com. new information tonight in a road rage incident involving a schoolbus full of kids. a student was injured when a suspect pulled out a baseball bat and broke a window of the bus. chopper three over levick and the boulevard in the northeast. a gray chevy tahoe with four women inside blocked the bus. it's the bus you see there with two people standing right next to it. there were 21 students on board that bus. police telling us tonight that women who got out of the tahoe

sprayed mace at the bus while other broke wer a window with a baseball bat. a 15 year old student was cut by the broken glass when that accident happened. a startling scene on the pennsylvania turnpike today. the cab of this tractor trailer dangles off bridge after the truck jackknifed. the driver got out on his own and was not injured. the accident happened on the westbound lanes in bensalem. no other cars were involved in this crash. investigation is currently under what. >> developing now hunter biden son of vice-president joe biden was discharged from the navy reserve after testing positive for cocaine. the navy confirmed the reason for biden's discharge tonight. now he failed a drug test last year and was discharged earlier this year. a us official says the navy never contacted the vice-president's office about the incident. in a statement hunter biden said "it was the honor of my life to serve in the us navy and i

deeply regret and am embarrassed my actions led to my administration discharge. i respect the navy's decision. with the love and support of my family, i'm moving forward ". >> that news broke today after the vice-president visited philadelphia to tour the latest phase of the delaware river dredging project. vice-president biden did not comment on his son's discharge. philadelphia teachers block broad street angry at the src and cancellation of their labor contract. some parents and students joined those teachers for the protests late this afternoon. the school reform commission canceled the teacher's contract a couple of weeks ago. forcing them to contribute for the first time to their health care premiums. the district says that will allow millions of dollars to go back in to schools but the teacher's union calls it a pay cut. >> it's a shame it's come to this. like nobody wants to be here. were want to be in the classrooms and with our students, you know, but this is our livelihood. this is what we do, and we have

to be there for our kids and we have to be there for own families. >> that rally was held ahead of tonight's src meeting the first since the contract was cancel. students and parents and teachers rather called for the src to be disbanned during three hours of public comments. we have new details now in a story that you saw first here on "eyewitness news". parents of 250 students are now scrambling to find a new school. their kids were forced out of their charter school which says it can no longer afford their education. and there could be hundreds of additional cuts to come. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has more on the lottery where many came out on the losing end. >> reporter: outrage and heartbreak for parents with kids on the losing end of the lotte lottery. >> it's going to hurt him. >> it hurts you, too. >> reporter: some parts say they believe school administrators new this day was coming.

mom couldn't fondled the school president and founder when her son wasn't picked. >> if you knew you did not have the funds and things was going on illegally you shouldn't have accepted no knew stunts at all. none. >> empty chair of prelude what's to come on monday there will be 250 less students here. parents helplessly watched lottery unfold. if your child's name was pick they stayed. their education boiled down to a game of chance. >> oh, my heart is so beating fast. i didn't want my kids back in the school district. so, yeah, i'm very happy. >> walter d palmer the president and founder of the charter school that bears his name. his school schools in lorn libes frankford out $300,000 a month he claims after recenting losing a court battle with the philadelphia school district. the two sides have been arguing for years over the reimburs reit money and the cutting here may not be over. >> our school is as broke as the school district is broke. less broke than they are. we have to take a look at the high school. >> the school had about 1200

students in grade k through 12 the philadelphia school district said the greed cap for reimburse many for the city charter school is 675 kids. and so the district successfully argued in court it does not have to reimburse palmer charter school for the 525 students over the cap. several other charter schools were here tonight signing up some of those kids who were cut from school here. in addition to that the philadelphia school district has been working with some of the parents to help them enroll their kids in public school if they so chose. reporting from northern liberties, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> well, new details meantime in the death of legendary comedian joan rivers. medical examiner released his findings today. says rivers died from low blood oxygen. the 81 year old died on september 4th 1 week after she went into cardiac arrest during a routine medical procedure at a manhattan clinic. >> also tonight, bermuda is bracing for a very powerful storm. hurricane gonzalo is huge and it

is heading right toward the island. meteorologist kathy orr is in the weather center with a closer look at this storm. kathy. >> look behind me you can see the swells are growing. this is an angry ocean as the hurricane is getting closer tropical storm force winds will be felt early tomorrow morning. this is hurricane gonzalo expecting a significant storm surge. hurricane fabian a major category storm also produced storm surge of 10 feet. the same thing could happen with this storm tomorrow afternoon. here's the very latest on the track of gonzalo packing maximum sustained wind of 140 miles an hour. it is moving quickly to the north northeast at 14 miles an hour. that puts the center of the storm very close to or passing over bermuda tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. as a major storm category four or a strong category three. producing significant damage and flooding and then racing toward the north and east. we'll continue to follow this major story in the weather also coming up we'll talk about our

major weekend cool down. that's in the seven day later in the broadcast. chris? >> kathy, we'll see you then. also, on the way tonight they put the sizzle on the eagles side line. they are cheerleaders who might make you think you're seeing double. our lesley van arsdall follows the twins from the linc to the swimsuit calendar. >> and two major announcements from apple. the new gadget that is said to be one of a kind. plus, when the new iphone could start to replace your wallet. >> and another diet myth busted. some brand new research that may anyone looking to losing weight changing their approach. "eyewitness news" continues right after this. "eyewitness news" continues right after this. ♪ i knew my life as i knew itr, would never be the same. everything stopped. and i just said, "i'm going to beat this." and that's when i found living beyond breast cancer. purchase a specially marked bottle of pink lemonade 5-hour energy and a portion of the proceeds will help survivors like me with a much needed community of support. living beyond breast cancer is a lifeline for so many people.

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shows at home or on the go. it's called cbs all access. this is web delivered tv that let's you watch cbs-3 live from anywhere. cbs all access also includes countless current and classic prime time shows on demand. >> i think it's a really great opportunity to deliver more content for our super fans. we have complimentary to netflix or hulu plus or amazon prime. >> the new service will cost 5.99 per month. >> great game on that you are night football tonight. lesley joins us now. we're actually going to talk first about something that's happening on the side line of the linc with the eagles. this really has nothing to do with football itself. >> no, this is all about the cheerleaders. you might think this season you're seeing double and that's because you are. ♪

>> besides the game this is what people are watching. the beautiful women dancing on the side lines. but wait. is that the same woman? >> nope. they're twin sisters rare current the team's cheerleading squad. gabriella and sage. >> growing up in south jersey they've been dancing together a long time. >> we started dancing when we were two. so for 22 years we've been dancing. >> even then, they love the green and black. dancing all the way to college on drexel dance team. now they're still inseparable they they're an apartment in philly. sage is in sales and gabriella does marking. >> they're true love better where better than on the ultimate stage lincoln financial field. >> it's the next step. we did it all of our lives. we did it in college and what happened after college? we stop or we do something bigger and better? >> i mean our whole families are eagles fans. >> yes. >> we couldn't not do it. >> but things didn't go as

planned. after the first try out only sage was picked. >> the day that we found out who made it i was really excited for myself i didn't want to upset her. >> when tryouts for the following season came around gabrielle la wasn't sure she wanted to go through it again. >> hearing how much she loved it and you have to try out again. you have to do it. >> and she made it. now they're both on the squad. practicing twice a week performing at all home games. >> and having double the fun in the caribbean sun eagles website says gabrielle la and sage pose on a mexican peach for the annual cheerleader swimsuit calendar it's had ard to tell them apart but at least the team choreographer can. >> they do have their own sense of self and it just takes a moment, you know, one has a different glimmer in her eyes. one has a little bit smile. >> i have a rounder face. >> i feel like her cheek bones and jawbone is char sharper.

>> if you want to date them, you better be able to tell them apart. >> number one rule. >> that they have to -- if they can't tell us apart. if they confuse us ever -- you're done. >> you're done. >> done. >> cheerleading keeps them busy from three hour practices to the games and countless community service events. they get a break with the eagles on the bye week. we'll have the latest on the flyers and sixers coming up in sports. >> strength in numbers and they're doing great job. yeah, they are. >> the fans are certainly the winners. >> thanks, lesley. >> all right. kathy, so tells about the forecast for tomorrow. i know you've been tracking the big storm. locally how will we be affect. >> we're looking at pretty decent weather. from gonzalo rough surf and rip currents busy we're not down the shore with the summer season. right now we're looking at cool conditions and it's just going to get cooler as the weekend progresses. take look outside where temperatures are falling. very quickly through the 60s and

into the 50s. and we'll bottom out in the 50s overnight tonight. come tomorrow morning as well on storm scan3 looking at a partly cloudy sky. just a real quiet night across the delaware valley. in philadelphia hanging on to 60 degrees but elsewhere pretty cool. allentown 54. 53 in the poconos and 59 in trenton. to the west temperatures much cooler in state college, pittsburgh and even cleveland so you can see what's moving on eastward. during the day on friday look for sunshine, temperatures in the 70s. no weather issues. watch this area of low pressure to the north. try to pull down some cooler a air. saturday temperatures will be bordering 69, 70 degrees. but the big push of the cool air moves in for sunday. we're talking about morning lows in the 30s 40s. highs only in the 50s and once we get down into that 50, 55-degree mark, we're going to be sticking there for little while. it's going to be slow to cool keeping an eye on the jet stream. staying pretty status quo for the next couple of days but then

taking a major dip saturday night through sunday and that will make big changes in our seven day forecast as we see those cooler temperatures really linger for the longest stretch we've seen since last spring. overnight patchy clouds. it will be cooler. the low temperature 54 in the city. cooler in our suburb. for your friday mostly sun know great day to be outside the high temperature 71 degrees. if you're heading toward the poconos, to view the peak fall foliage it's going to be a beautiful weekend. friday, 62. saturday 58. but look at sunday. not just sweater weather but fleece weather with high temperatures only in the 40s. lows around freezing. and on the exclusive "eyewitness weather" seven day forecast, 69 will be the high on saturday. sunday look for a high of 57. monday the coldest morning yet. 40 in philadelphia. 30s in our suburbs. monday's high 58. tuesday more rain and then wednesday and thursday still looking at some cool temperatures.

wednesday, 59 degrees. thursday 62 degrees. we want to remind everyone that we are starting an "eyewitness weather" watcher program. if you love the weather, have your own weather station, real fool it, we want to you join our team. go to cb cbsphilly.com/watcherso sign up. we'll give you a call. we'll send you an e-mail. we'll chat. we'll get to know you. >> yeah. >> invite you to the station. >> we need your help. >> we need your help. especially this winter. we're not -- >> oh yeah. >> that prepared for it but working on that winter forecast as well. >> absolutely much the bigger the better. all right, kathy. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> we'll be right back.

>> the sixers playing with heavy hearts tonight. topic know he will embiid's younger brother passed away today in of a forty three a brett bound did in the attend the game. he and gm sam hinkie with with joel. chad filled for brett tonight who was there but allen iverson.

they could have used him. celtic shot lights out in the first half. they shot 56% led by 21 points at the half and never looked back. elliot william led the sixers with 17 points. they lost their fourth game of the preseason 111-none. but of course everyone thoughts were with joel. >> very sad. our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. you know, just puts everything in perspective at the end of the day we're playing a game. >> it's looking more and more like defenseman brayden colburn could be in the flyers uniform when they play the stars in dallas saturday night. he went through a second day of practice and wearing protective 68 guards after suffering a lower body injury. the flyers have yet to win a game this season. they're winless after four games since 2008. hitting the road might be a good thing for the team. >> every time you go on the road with a team for a couple of da days, it kind of gets the team closer and obviously we're looking for our first win and we're starring that feel good about our game. how we're playing and things are

slowly picking up right now. >> the flyers have lost last two contests in a shootout. they typically do not do well in shootouts. they have the lowest winning percentage in them. touchy subject for the head coach. >> practicing a lot. you act like we don't practice it. come on. don't put so much emphasis on it. you need to win regulation gam games. >> game five national league championship series between the cards and giants bottom of the ninth game tied. not any more. giants hitting a 31 walk off homer. san francisco advances to the world series with a six-three victory. they take on kansas city tuesday night. all right. the vote is in. winner of the friday football frenzy game of the week is saint augustine versus absegami. beasley reece will be there live tomorrow starting at 5:00 o'clock for the matchup. your team, your town, your kids on tv the friday football frenzy. we'll be right back. ♪

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