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68 degrees for our eventual high temperature today. future weather, not much going on. so we keep it fairly quiet around here just chance of sprinkle through the poconos, otherwise it looks like everybody else dealing with the sun and clouds as we go right through this evening. but it does get chilly around here. when i come back, i will let you know exactly what those temperatures will be for the upcoming week, nicole? >> carol, thank you. investigators are hoping surveillance video will lead them to gunman who opened fire on victim outside a hunting park bar. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson live at police headquarters where detectives are questioning eyewitnesses, steve? >> detectives on the case, police say, it is early in the investigation, but they have a lot to work with. i want to take you back to the original crime scene. this is eighth and hunting park, we have video from this incident t took place shortly after 10:00 o'clock last night, there police say 22 year old man coming out after local bar, when shots suddenly rang out. they got on scene. they found that man laying
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outside of the bar. he had several gunshot wounds. they try to take him to temple hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly before 10:45. police say in this case, they are looking for single shooter, the good news here, is that they have enough material to work with. they were interviewing witnesses throughout the night. they do have shell casings they found on the ground. they've been can advancing the neighborhood where they believe the suspect ran off after the shooting because of the surveillance video, that they do have. and so, we spoke to police captain, on how they're putting altogether. >> we have a bunch of witnesses, homicide on the scene, we do have good surveillance video that actually shows the shooter running, toward the corner of franklin street, franklin hunting park and passing a gun to somebody else. >> report we've not seen the surveillance video but police say it shows from a local business, showing the suspect running off beyond the bar into series every houses in a local neighborhood. so, that's where police are
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picking up their investigation, they're trying to get warrants, track down, so they can track down the suspect in that neighborhood. it is the latest from police headquarters, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". steve, thank you. and now to the latest on the ebola outbreak. president obama has appointed a former white house official to be the person in charge of the us response. this as cbs news correspondent craig boswell reports, miss steps in the initial response, are now requiring more focus attention. >> ron is not a medical doctor. and doesn't have any experience in healthcare. but, vice president joe biden's former chief of staff is now charged with healing the us response to ebola. >> what we were looking for is not ebola expert, but rather, implementation expert. >> the first concerns about the federal ebola response came three weeks ago in dallas. thomas eric duncan, liberian national, with ebola symptoms, was sent home from texas health presbyterian hospital
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two. days later he was admitted and died october 8th. two of the nurses cents who treated him then became infected, raising the alarm about the hospital's protective measures. centers for disease control director tom blamed breach in protocol. after second infected nurse was allowed to fly a commercial airliner, some lawmakers lost confidence in him. >> the reason why the country's so concerned about this is because this director's not doing a good job. >> the first patient to contract ebola in the u.s. is now here, at the national institutes of health, doctors say, nurse nina pham is in fair but stable condition. texas health presbyterian released video of pham shot just before her transfer to nih. some of her colleagues held a rally friday for pham and the other infected nurse, amber vincent, who is being treated at emory university hospital in atlanta. in bethesda maryland, craig boswell, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> officials across the
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delaware valley want the public to know that they are prepared for ebola. this as we learn another philadelphia hospital could soon be on the front line to fight the virus. our natasha brown has the details. >> the hospital of the university of pennsylvania will care for medical workers who contract ebola while working in west africa. the hospital has conducted refresher training, and says, it is able to safely and effectively isolate suspected cases. >> pennsylvania currently does not have any positive cases cents of ebola. >> urging calm, trying to eli fears, state and local leaders are appealing to pennsylvania residents, assuring them that steps are in place to deal with the ebola crisis. this on the heals of news that three people from northwestern pennsylvania were on the frontier airlines flight monday from columbus to dallas, that carried nurse amber vincent who has ebola. >> at this point in time, they are showing no symptoms. in addition to having daily calls with those residents, we will be continuing to have themself monitor. >> governor tom corbett says
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the three unidentified pennsylvanians are still in texas and have been told by the cdc not to travel for 21 days, the government nor was flanked by state health officials during press briefing, secretary of health, michael wolf, reiterating that the ebola risk to the general public is very low, but preparations for potential cases also ongoing. >> what we are doing now, evaluating all of the procedures to determine if there are any gaps or elements that may need to be changed based on news from texas. >> from governor corbett to philadelphia mayor michael nutter mayor tried to yell fears among city residents, officials say, protective gear for first responders, healthcare workers, and hospitals, is being upgraded in case the threat of ebola reaches within the boundaries of philadelphia. >> the best we can do is to be as best prepared, as we can, with nothing going on at the moment. >> natasha brown, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". the liberian community is unite to go raise money to help fight ebola. "eyewitness news" at the african cultural center in southwest philadelphia last night is about two dozen
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people learned about the philadelphia foundation's new liberia-ebola relief funds. money raised used to provide medical supplies in the hardest hit areas of liberia. well, we're wait willing for daylight in bermuda to get idea of the damage left behind from hurricane gonzalo, category two storm, spent all night lashing the tiny island. some video from overnight, now, you have to see the extent of the damage here, but earlier in the day, you could see heavy surf nearly 10-foot tall storm surges. right now, there is word that the island's main hospital is damaged. much of the island is still without power. but so far there is no reported injuries. so, some good news there. the search on now for hit-and-run driver who side-swiped a new jersey state police cruiser in monmouth county. dash cam video shows the close call for two troopers. wow. now, they were conducting vehicle stop on i195 in upper freehold last saturday. when a light colored jeep wizzed by, and struck the driver side of the vehicle. the troopers were not injured.
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well, police question and release two women in connection with a road rage incident that involved a school bus full of children. detectives may have located the suv that blocked the bus during thursday's attack in northeast philadelphia. eyewitnesses say a passenger got out and sprayed mace at the bus. this, while another woman, used a bat to break the bus window. a 15 year old student suffered cuts. so far no arrests cents. well, trooper alex douglas left geisinger community medical center police escort thursday, and was taken to rehab facility. he had been hospitalized since the september 12th ambush at the state police barracks in up-state pennsylvania. despite sitings and some evidence discoveries, suspect eric frein continues to he will leud police. trooper brian dixon was killed in that attack. well, police want to know if the driver of this tractor-trailer was under the influence when he sped down norristown streets, blue through red lights, and crashed into parked cars. an officer gave chase and fired at the driver fearing for the life of people on the
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streets. the 26 year old driver was shot in the arm and taken to the hospital in handcuffs. a local student athlete is taking matters into his own hands when it comes to battling bullying. he is helping to keep people from being pick on. as is our new jersey reporter cleve bryan shows us, he started a group, that's rapidly growing. >> a swift cross-over and sweet jumper may help junior point guard with his games, but his passion goes beyond the court. >> you guys all know we did last week, how do you guys feel that went? >> david started a club last week called athletes against bullying. he was inspire by former eagle desean jackson's anti-bullying campaign, and he didn't like some of the stuff he had seen playing sports. >> well, the general trends was cents that the better players would be picking on the knot as good players. >> the club is rapidly growing at cherry hill east high school, one new reason is the cancellation of the football season in sayreville, new jersey, after allegation of hazing so severe, that several
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student face criminal charges including sexual assault. >> a lot of the kids thought that it was crazy, especially because, you know, top football team. >> having athletes take up the anti-bullying cause can be specially effective because they're in the lockerroom and often some of the most influencial people in their schools. >> anything that student generated means that their passion is in it, and they will get the people to come. >> cherry hill east high school has won a lot of championships over the years, but assets like david say real winners look out for their teammates. that means speaking out against bullying and hazing. >> i think that by educating the athletes of the harmful effect of bullying, that it will be in the back of their mind, when or if they were going to do something that bad. >> david's hope is that athletes in other high schools will start their own anti-bullying club. in cherry hill, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". cross fit isn't just an exercises program forfeit necessary buffs. coming up next on "eyewitness news", how the high intensity work out is helping veterans
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>> cross fit workouts, now, wounded warriors have found special place in the cross fit community. as kylie atwood introduces us to vet who credits fitness program with helping get his life back on track. >> watching brendan push himself to the limit, you would never know what shape his body was in. eight years ago, suicide bomber struck his base in afghanistan. the army sergeant suffered traumatic brain injury, and shattered every bone in his face. he lost his left arm, site in one eye, most of his hearing. it took 500 stitches and more than 40 surgeries to get him back on his feet. >> i start today just abuse my medication little bit, a lot of alcohol, cigarettes, not a healthy route. >> his dream to become a fitness coach was wade down by depression and an extra 40-pound. until his girlfriend suggested cross fit. a specially designed high intensity work out, and competitive sport.
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>> it was a goal that i had before i got hurt anyway when i got back, i wanted to get my certification. i ended up knocking out one of my life goals after all of this. >> big applause for brendan from yellow ribbon -- >> now, he is a cross fit coach. he competed in obstacle race in brooklyn few weeks ago. veteran jason stern was on his team. >> like being in the military, you are a part offing. >> that something was cents a physical challenge so tough, it helped heal a soldier's heart. >> it made me feel like where i lost the military when i got out, it made me feel like i still have a piece of it, that was a big deal to me. >> recruiting fellow vets, encouraging them to pull themselves up off the couch with cross fit. kylie atwood, cbs news, new york. all right, 6:14, right now, let's see how it is feeling outside this morning, hey, carol? >> not bad out here this morning, last saturday, it was raining. so that didn't feel so great. but today not raining.
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we've got decent sky conditions at this point. they'll get better as soon as is that sun comes up. we have temperatures that are in the 50's, 59 degrees, in philadelphia, right now, 53 in trenton, 56 in wilmington, if you like a fairly mild morning, this is your morning. they start to drop. these temperatures do over the next couple of mornings, and it will be getting very chilly around here. so, let's enjoy the temperatures in the 50's, by sunday afternoon our highs might not even be as high as what we are looking at right now as the temperatures tumble courtesy of front moving through. storm scan3, showing that front, and that front is well off to the west. just couple of sprinkles associated with it, mostly what you will find will be drop in the temperatures, and breeze picking up, as we move through the afternoon hours. but it is a fine day to do anything that you want. how have the temperatures been over the last couple of days? we'll have brief recap. it was 77 degrees wednesday, 72 on thursday, 73 yesterday, today's high probably 68 degrees, and still that several degrees above where we
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should be at 66 degrees, and tomorrow, we will stop short of that. we will find these temperatures that will be in the 50's, because this weekend we do start the cool-down. we will be finding some of the coolest air we've seen this year, coming in here, or at least this season, by the time we end up getting to probably sunday night and early monday morning, and let the push of some cold air coming in behind behind front. temperatures today in the 60s, upper 60s, high pressure builds in here. and the air comes from the northwest, and we will find temperatures tomorrow in the 50's, and then about 60 degrees by monday. our computer model that says we are looking at couple of rain showers, to the north, and that is it, otherwise we should be staying dry around here, in our area. so, we're going to hold the weather to that. as we go through tomorrow, and monday, things are looking fine, but by tuesday, i think, not reflected there so much, but by tuesday we could be dealing with some showers. they could be starting as late as early morning hours on tuesday.
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otherwise, 68 degrees sun, clouds, breezy today, lots of sunshine at the shore, 68 degrees, breezy there, too. in the poconos, mostly cloudy with that slight chance of picking up a shower. our sun finally decides to wake up today about 7:14. the winds out of the west, 15 to 20 miles an hour. so that's going to make that 68 degrees temperature feel slightly colderment tonight 48 degrees, mostly cloudy, we have that breeze tonight. but it gets stronger tomorrow. the winds gust tomorrow could be around 30 miles an hour. temperatures will be about 56 degrees, by the time we get to sunday. that's the high temperature. and then, dropping down into sunday night, early monday morning, some of these temperatures will be getting into the 30's, and that's going to be even through center city philadelphia. so, the cooler air is definately going to be thereon monday our high temperature maybe we get as high as 06 degrees, we could stop at 58. partly sunny skies, on monday, and then late monday, really more likely early tuesday, and then from tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we've got some chances cents of some showers
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with those temperatures upper 50's, and lower 60s at this point by next friday. we should be fine again with a temperature of 64 degrees. nicole? >> carol, thank you. well, choosing the right college can be a daunting task for many high school seniors. don't worry, we have you covered. kara tsuboi shows us how you can use high-tech tools to help get things started. >> there are thousands of colleges and university in the united states. how do you find one right for you? website admittedly could help narrow down possibility by putting student through series every questions to figure out the best matches. from there, find admissions cents cents information about that school and your chances every getting in. link in the also has set of tools aimed at high school student to help them choose the right school to set them up for good jobs in the future. using the university outcome ranking feature, students can search by desired career and see which schools produce the most and best graduates in that field.
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once a student has short list of schools, time to plan the campus visits. free app quad to quad gives all of the pertinent tour information, will even route itinerary for schools that want to map out schools in the region. can help find millions of dollars of scholarship monday anyone place. san francisco, kara tsuboi, cnet.com. cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> from batman to bird man, new movie starring actor michael keaton out this weekend, we'll have preview for you coming up. stay with us.
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for playing iconic superhero, who was trying to regain some of his old glory. now, it is something keaton knows a thing or two about. suzanne takes a look. >> reporter: michael keaton place hollywood has been trying to make come back in the new movie bird man. >> you're a bird man. >> keaton's character tries to distance himself from his iconic role as the superhero bird man, by directing and starring in a broadway play. >> i'm an actor playing an actor who is also in the scene and while he's in a scene acting he's also watching the directors because's director. there was a lot going on. >> keaton of course is best known for playing batman in the late 80s. but he says, he has little in common with this character other than they are both actors and they both wore superhero costumes. >> popularity this bloody little cousin, my friend. >> edward north on place pom pus fellow actor, says it was fun, celebrity and the media.
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>> you can do some sitter i can things, you can reference other actors, that you grew up on. >> the movie was shot in broadway's st. james theater. north on, and co-star, emma stone, say the location enhanced their performances. >> you know, you weren't looking up and seeing beams like you do on a lot. >> convictions of it forced all kind of creativity. >> movie written and directed by alejandro gonzalez, oscar nominated director of babble. suzanne marquez, cbs news, hollywood. >> all right, and coming up next, a "eyewitness news", the battle to contain ebola means isolation, quarantines, and self monitoring for people who may have been exposed to the virusment coming up how those people are being batched closely to see if symptoms develop. and, the command nerve chief credit card denied. why it happened. who helps pick up the check. when "eyewitness news" continues. we'll be back.
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from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a shooting at a bar last night turns deadly. police on the case, i'll tell you what surveillance video reveals that may help them. that's next. and, a make or break decision for the future of the
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taj mahal casino and thousands of its employees, the judge's ruling straight ahead. first though, today is saturday, october 18th, good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm nicole brewer. coming up here on 6:30, which means, it is time to take a look outside with meteorologist, carol erickson. carol, i have to say, it is great to be back with you, what, 12 weeks? >> i know, how is jack? >> so great. he is perfect, perfect, perfectment hopefully i can find a picture of the little guy and share it with you coming up here. >> so great having you back. >> thank you. >> and little baby left at home, but i'm sure your husband is up to it. >> oh, ya. >> up to the task. >> they're both watching. so -- >> good, i'm glad. hello, jack. we are looking at some weather that's really nice today. so this is a weekend that there are fall festivals, that sort of thing, would you like to get involved in. this is your weaken. it will feel fall like out there. it will look pretty out there. just little bit breezy. so, anything that you are doing out there, just make note of that. it looks nice out in reading right now, what we can see of
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it. it is in the 50's, there. it is dry. we aren't dealing with any fog this morning. that certainly is part of the good news. storm scan3, notice, few showers, they're off to the west, and just couple might want to go through maybe the poconos, but that is associated with a frontal boundery that's going to be changing our weather around here, it will be dropping these temperatures, and picking the wind up, the temperatures right now, are pretty mild, in advance that far front. 59 degrees, in philadelphia. and as i mentioned earlier, that temperature, the one that we're experiencing right now, may be higher than what we find in the height of the afternoon temperatures on sunday. so, things are definitely cooling down. fifty-three in torn ton. 56 degrees in wilmington this morning. fifty-three up in the poconos. we do have 61, and that's down in wildwood this morning. so, temperatures are as mild as we're going to be finding them in the morning over the next couple of days as loot he is. by noon, 66 degrees. we could be finding a little breeze going on at that point. we have sun and clouds today. and these temperatures getting
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into the upper 60s. now, one of the wonderful things to do this time of the year, and we're definitely noticing the change on these leaves, and in the poconos, a peak change going on. so just some really noticeable color there. it is past peak, even farther to the north. but, still, through the poconos, peak change. high change in the leaf color do you know through the allentown area, in our area, moderate change so i am sure you have notice add lot these trees are starting to shed their summer green sweaters, and put on the yellow and the oranges of fall. we have temperatures this afternoon, with sunshine and breeze, get to go about 68 degrees, and when i come back i'll talk about some rain chains cents we find them on that eyewitness weather seven day forecast, nicole? >> carol, thank you. now to the latest on ebola. doctors say nina pham that first texas nurse diagnosed with ebola is resting comfortably, despite the fact her condition has dropped from good to fair. meantime, researchers at the national national institutes of health where pham is being treated say they're working
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feverishly on posse bowl a vaccine. president obama has named ron claim, former chief of staff, to vice president's joe biden and al gore, to serve as ebola czar. as for the cruise ship caring dallas healthcare worker being monitored for signs every ebola is headed back to texas. that will ship refused to permission to dock in cozumel, mexico, as worker and others monitor themselves for symptoms. reporter brian west with a look at how the quarantine works. >> reporter: people infected with ebola are not contagious until they show symptoms. that is the reason many family members, healthcare workers and others, who may have been exposed are being closely watched. quarantine means that i'm really worried about you, you come in contact with a patient that's sick, and actually need to separate you physically from the rest of the population. >> the fiancee of bee bowl -- ebola patient thomas duncan, three other relatives have, been under quarantine for nearly three weeks. several people who had contact with dallas nurse amber
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vincent right before she was diagnosed are also in quarantine. vincent, and nurse nina pham, are in isolation, while receiving treatment. people are put in isolation when they are confirmed sick. the nurses pick up their symptoms early through self monitoring. that means, checking your temperature twice a day, and reporting symptoms including headache and vomiting right away. typically monitored for 21 days, most worried they'll develop ebola like symptoms. >> experts say it is to up local and state health departments together with the cdc, to assess the potential exposure and determine what level of precaution a person needs to take. brian web, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". you can stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of ebola, we've as. recall on line resource guide to help keep informedment find it on our website cbsphilly.com. philadelphia police spent the night investigating a deadly shooting outside a local bar.
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now, they hope surveillance video will lead to an arrest. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson live at police headquarters with more on. that will steve, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. police say they're looking for a single shooter in this case, detectives are on the trail, and they have much to work with this morning, as we are learning, but first we take you back to the scene. we have video from the scene there, at hunting park and eighth street, 10:00 o'clock last night, police say, 22 year old man, coming out of a bar, when shots start today ring out. when they got the call they got on scene they found that man laying outside of the bar. he had multiple gunshot wounds. they took him to temple hospital where he was pronounced dead sometime shortly before 10:45. the good news here again, police have a lot to work with. they have the shell casings found on the gown. they have witness that is they were interviewing throughout the night. they have surveillance video, which got them to neighborhood, which they spent the night canvassing, and we spoke to a police captain, who spoke about the incident.
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>> we're trying to piece everything together, ongoing investigation, and we have our homicide unit on top of everything. and so far we're doing a number every interviews, and probably getting warrant for couple of houses. >> the surveillance video comes from nearby business it, shows according to police, the suspect running into local neighborhood. probably to one of the houses. that's where police suspect that the suspect ran to. they're trying to get a warrant so they can get in there and track him down as they continue to do their work this morning, the latest from police headquarters, steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", back to you. >> steve, thank you. meanwhile, corrections cents officer is found murdered inside her south philadelphia home stabbed in the back several times. as police narrow in on suspect, todd quinones talked to her distraut family. >> my sister was logging and she didn't de is her whatever they did to her. who ever did it, turn yourself in. let my sister rest in peace.
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let the family rest in peace, please. >> reporter: the sister and other family members of correctional officer freda denny met outside her home friday night. it is here inside denny's southwest philadelphia home, on the 2500 block of south 63rd street, her brother found her body. the 50 year old was stabbed multiple times in the back. >> i just want him to be caught, who ever did it. because he was cents a bumm to cut stab her in the back. >> her family became suspicious after the correctional officer failed to show to up work in the morning at the good department cents of corrections. denny was correctional officer for more than 20 years according to her family. investigators tell me they are looking into the possibility her killer may have known her. they were no signs of forced entry into the home, and sources cents indicate an acquaintance of denny's was pulled over for a traffic stop while driving her suv in south philadelphia wednesday night. they say, the man was given a ticket for driving without a license and her vehicle was
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impounded by police. but at that time denny was not reported missing, and the man was allowed to walk away. denny, survived by daughter and her two grandchildren. >> we just want justice. that's all we want, just justice. >> the late free night, the president of the union which overseas the city correctional officer's released this statement saying the law enforcement community mourns a beloved officer. correctional officer lot i freda denny was a dear and wonderful friends and great co-worker. she will be missed by all of the employees of the philadelphia prison system, and the entire membership of the afscme local 159. as of right now, no suspects have been arrested. reporting from police headquarters, in center city, todd quinones, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". former congress woman gabrielle giffords brings her gun control to our area. bensalem, talking about protecting women from gun violence. several regional leaders and
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law enforcement officials were also there. earlier this week, giffords launched new initiative calling for stronger gun laws. >> women can lead the way. we stands for common sense, we stand for responsibilities. we he can change our laws. we can win elections. please, join your voice with mine. >> now, giffords of course survived a gunshot wound to the head during a campaign event in arizona three years ago. well, governor chris christie signs revised sports betting bill in new jersey. now the bill would partially repeal the state ace ban on sports wagers. some professional sports leagues and the ncaa are fighting in court to prevent sports betting in the garden state. well the court has spoken. the trump entertainment resorts can terminate its contracts with a local union. the casino says the decision means the casino can stay open, but of course, the union is serious. new jersey reporter cleve bryan, more on the
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consequences of friday's decision. >> what it means for the other casino workers is that they are now all under siege. the entire city's under siege. >> union work remembers outraged by federal bankruptcy judge decision to allow trump entertainment to break their labor contract at the taj mahal. >> with the stroke after pen, we have gone from middle class jobs, in the city, to working. my co-workers and i are absolutely appalled. >> trump entertainment says dropping employee health and pension benefits necessary to keep the taj open. billionaire arm icon, owns the taj, nearly $300 million debt, said woe only take over and invest in the property if he can get union concessions and multi-million dollar taxpayers. city and state lead verse already told icon they aren't playing ball, but the union was at the mercy of the court. >> we're going to stand up and fight. that's what we do. we will fight for our rights. fight for what we deserve. we work hard here in the sit. for some billionaire here to come by and sweep it all away, that's unseam job while some
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say open taj is better than nothing, unite local 54 says by conceding at the taj they'll be vulnerable with all of the other casinos who wouldn't want to pay more benefits than they have to. >> it stops here. >> this carl icon's waterloo. he got himself into a fight he's not going to win. >> trump ceo robert griffin said in a statement we are proud of our efforts to keep the taj mahal open to deliver loyal customers continued first class gaming experience, and to have the ability to save 3,000 jobs in a very difficult atlantic city economy. local 54 says they'll start picketing as is soon as next friday. in atlantic city, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". meanwhile poker comes to philadelphia, 24 new poker tables arrived at sugarhouse casino. it will be part of the city's first poker room expected to open to the public next month. >> pretty embarrassing moment for the president and the first lady. while dining at new york cafe, president obama says his
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credit card was declined. wow. turns out the consumer financial protection bureau suspected fraud because he doesn't use his car enough. well the first lady pulled out her credit card. and that one was accepted. so, michelle's got it covered. not to worry, president owe bamm a. ebola and its effect on the economy, that's coming up next on "eyewitness news". >> howie bowl a could affect the us stock market and the us economy. i'll allison harmilan with that story coming up. plus we could be on the edge after big break through. what is being done here in philadelphia, that could save the life of a young father? and so many others battling in a aggressive form of cancer. we'll explain. plus, chilly now, but cooler temperatures are on the way for later this weekend, carol tells us what we can expect with the eyewitness weather forecast next.
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aimee will fight for equal pay and protect a woman's right to choose. aimee belgard's on our side. i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message. >> health officials, financial analysts looking what the would happen to the economy if the disease keeps spreading? correspondent allison harmilan has the details. >> reporter: the ebola outbreak in west africa costing the region's already weak economy hundreds of millions of dollars. but new report from the world bank predicts if the virus starts to spread at high rate corks cost the small countries more than $32 billion by the end every next year. >> business starts closing.
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transportation gets disrupted. neighboring countries start closing their boarders. it means a very high agree every decline in economic activity. >> wall street closely watching what's happening in africa and here at home. >> if we continue to hear that there has been a spread of this, even on a one by one case basis, i think those headlines will have some significant impact on our markets. >> many industries could be affected by major outbreak. but economists cents say companies connected to tourism would be affected the most. >> airline stocks took a hit after revealed one of the healthcare workers with ebola recently flew on a plane. if-ee bowl a fears increase, hotels, cruise ships, restaurants corks see drop in business. as people start staying home. >> jaws because of the uncertainty of it. how will we stop? that major question there will add to negative impact on overall markets. >> world bank officials looked at worse case scenario, but say the best would be if-ee bowl an is fully contained soon, in that case, the global
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economic impact would be minor. in new york, allison harmilan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". well, there is cents a lot coming up on cbs this morning, saturday. anthony mason, vanita meyer join us with a preview that far show. good morning. >> good morning, nicole, we messed you, welcome back. >> thanks. >> what's jack doing? sleeping at this early morning hours? >> you know what he is probably one my husband watching. 's loyal viewer at the age of three months. >> well, anyway, great to see you. coming up, are parents liable for what their children post on facebook? recent court ruling says yes, and we'll tell you what that could mean for you. >> looking for signs of improvement. meet the artist who is teaming 11 northeast, stop the violence with some some simple words. >> can they do for soda what they've done for the micro beef movement? we'll look at the rise of craft soda. >> all of that plus your eye owner, music, in our saturday session just ahead on cbs this morning saturday.
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>> guys, nice to see you, too, as well. although i've been watching the entire time, so haven't missed you too much. >> we know you've been up. >> for sure, that's for sure, thanks, guys. here in philadelphia, important research helping doctors get closer to a cure for difficult form of leukemia , stephanie stahl with a look at the promising new research and the life after father that it could save. >> time marshall spends with his three year old is precious. >> i'll do little face on him. >> marshall doesn't know how much time he has left. >> my doctor told me words you never want to hear your doctor say. he said there is nothing more we can do for you. >> thirty year old now in a philadelphia hospital bed far from his home in utah, he has leukemia that spread to his spine and brain. experimental genetic thermite hospital of the university of pennsylvania is now his only hope. emily whitehead the first to get the they are twi years ago
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when she was just seven. treatment uses the patient's immune cells, engineering them to attack the cancer, emily remains cancer free. >> one of the most exit seeing things about the therapy we have people in remission >> 90% remission rate for patients getting the t-cell treatment. >> he is hoping this last try will be the one that does. >> now, it is like hey, i might actually get, you know, continue with my family life and go forward. it is just real a great feeling. >> marshall just finished up his treatment. he should know whether it works in about a month. meantime, if this phase of the research continues to be positive, doctors hope to make it a standard therapy for some kind of leukemia, and maybe even other cancers.
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i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> septa asking you take time during your commute to remember the hungry. so many a celebrated stop hunger at your station food drive at dilworth park. starting monday, seafood collection containers at 43 stations, to make donating the philabundance more convenient. 900,000 people in the greater philadelphia region are currently in need of assistance. >> septa is again asking for staples, such as cans pasta's, soups, stews, canned vegtables, creamy peanut butter and jelly. just in time for the impending cold weather. >> septa riders and employees have donated approximately 90 tons of food to philabundance since 2009. the campaign runs through november 3rd. 6:48. let's take a look outside with carol and check on the forecast, good morning to you, carol. >> it is starting to brighten up, nicole. we're starting to be able --
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>> that's good. >> yes, to be able to see light through the sky. some locations cents little brighter than it is here in center city philadelphia. the shore, for one, i want to take you to a beautiful picture right now, down in cape may, notice that the sun is starting to come up. temperature of 57 degrees, looks just beautiful down in cape may courthouse this morning. and it looks like nice day to go really just about any place. now, that said, storm scan3, showing few showers, that die out as they go, associated with frontal system that will be dropping our temperatures, especially, tomorrow, and on sunday night. in the meantime, we get little breeze going on today, and probably, another breezy day tomorrow. the temperatures are as mild as we're going to be finding them at this time of the morning, for the next several days at least, with temperatures this morning, 59 degrees, by monday morning, they will be in the upper 30's for highs. soap, we have a real cool down in store for us. fifty-three in trenton right now, 56 wilmington, 51 allentown, 61, though, down in wildwood area. temperatures will be getting
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well into the 60s today. which will feel nice. then tomorrow, we are going to be finding them only getting into the 50's. so the temperatures definitely cool down. high pressure starts to build in here, after the front goes through. and that will bring a breeze out of the northwest. and it will keep it feeling even chillier than those temperatures in the 50's, 60s. by monday, we should be very close to the 06 degrees mark once again, high pressure stays but not for long. dough have couple of weather systems that will be coming here. but i think what you can just basically under score this whole weather with is the coolest air of the season just wait to go come in here, and sunday night, early monday morning, that's when we will be finding it. tomorrow though also very cool day, during the daytime hours. what about clouds? what about precipitation? this is our computer model that would address all of those questions and give you some answersment by tonight, we have couple of clouds scattered around. new york city, do you see sprinkle? it is possible. otherwise, we're going to be finding things looking pretty nice around here tomorrow morning. we start on very nice note. and we have a lovely looking
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day on sunday, just that it will be a lot cooler, so, we have to anticipate that. now, as we go through sunday afternoon, we are looking for temperatures that will be in the 50's, by monday afternoon, temperatures will be right about 60 degrees. we get few clouds, especially later in the day on monday. and then tuesday, while this computer model has cents it dry at 2:00 a.m. on tuesday, we have some chances cents of showers coming overnight tuesday and then the rest of the day tuesday, as well. hurricane gonzalo, there you go, moving past bermuda a they're very glad about. that will this is a big storm right now, it is pulling away, though, and that's certainly good news, moving about 22 miles to the northeast, category two presently. and it is moving away, and it will weaken as it is goes, does not impact the united states at all, as it curves away. we have temperatures today, that are going to be pretty nice. if you like readings that are get to go about 68 degrees, somebody and clouds, lots of
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sunshine at the shore, upper 50's in the poconosment winds 15 to 20 miles an hour today. sunday hi, 56 with the breeze, monday 58, sun, clouds, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, a chance of shower, each one of those days. so we've got fall-like week ahead of us, nicole. >> carol, thank you. hey, do you ever find yourself fighting for outlet space as your family collection of electrical gadgets gross? if you're tired of juggling, three, four different chargers on two socket outlet, such a problem, there is cents a new and simple solution n in week's angie list report, jim donovan looks at making the switch to usb outlets. report if your home seems to be running out of outlet space, maybe time to give your outlets a reboot. >> usb outlets are new trends, and they've been available bore a year now. electricians cents expect that they'll continue to become more popular. >> by adding one, two, usb
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ports, right alongside the standards plugs in your electrical outlet, you can plug your devices cents straight into the wall, and eliminate the need for a bulky usb adapt or that can hog valuable outlet space. >> people's counter tops get more busy, their islands in their house get more busy, convenient spot, beside your bed, because of two outlets there. one of them usually switch plug, half hot, so you need a place to plug in your usb or your phone to charge this while your alarm clock and all of that is still working. >> while it may seem like swap you can do yourself, electrician gregg wells has words of warning for home owners? well, there are a lot of do it yourselfers out there these days, normally ends up calling us to come fix it, but i always say stick with what you know, and call somebody to know what they know, so you don't lose your phone, you know, wiped up wrong, lose your phone, your laptop, what have you. >> if you do decide to make the switch, you might want to consider doing it in a few spots around your house. >> an electrician typically charges an hourly rate, so expect to pay around $100 an
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hour, they can typically install about 4usb ports in a hurt. don't call them out for just one if you are going to install, install four. you will also pay for the parts they're going have, as well, which might be between 15 to $30 per outlet. >> for more advice from angie on installing usb outlets, visit cbsphilly.com/angie's list. i'm jim
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>> breaking flues to share with you this morning from reading berks county, brand new video from four alarm fire at abandoned warehouse, used to be part of the outlet stores there. happening on the 800 block of alee street. told the flames broke out just before 3:00. firefighters tell cbs-3 the building was being renovated
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for condominiums. good news, there but again, the cause is under investigation, no injuries. four alarm fire in reading. and that's cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for now. we may be signing off on television, we're always on line at cbsphilly.com. cbs this morning saturday is next. make it a great weekends. >> ♪
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it's october 18, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning: saturda saturday". the white house steps up its fight against ebola dispatching teams to dallas and naming a point man to lead the nation's response. plus, the cruise no one wants. another country turns away a ship that may hold an ebola victim. >> can street signs solve a crime problem? the unique partnership between a partnership and one u.s. city. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's opener, your world in noi