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information. good morning, thank you for joining us i'm erika von tiehl. i'm ukee washington. we are learning more about the death of ferguson teenager michael brown. what a autopsy report tells us about the police shooting that claim his life, sparking more than two months of unrest. first though lets get a first check of the traffic and weather together with katie and torey, good morning. >> we will continue to track showers here in the delaware valley but more than anything, thing that will be noticeable today is the fact that wind is kicking in and chilly win too. so extra layers my friends, we are talking about temperatures coming up but nice weather coming up as well, vittoria so i come bearing good news as well. >> that is good news. that makes me think of my first car a ge o metro convertible and like a tin can. in wind like this you have to be careful in things like that, i'm just saying. >> so true. >> it was like a roller coaster car. but, anyway, traveling on the schuylkill express wayne, all of our majors are good, but
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that wind, also reds still have have a sheen on them so be extra careful. we will see how that rush hour continues to develop but right new lets head back over to ukee. >> we will start with breaking news a fatal accident investigation shuts down two lanes along path turnpike in montgomery county for several hours overnight. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us from the state police barracks in king of prussia with more on that, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning, this is latest on this investigation, police say five people in all were inside a car that got in the accident with the tractor trailer late last night on the pennsylvania turnpike in montgomery county, police say four of those people were injured and one was killed and police say all five were young adults. taking a look at the the video you can see the scene of the accident, "eyewitness news" was there as emergency personnel transported injured to the nearby hospitals. the accident happened on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between fort washington and norristown, police now say that five young adults were in side that car
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at 12:30 last night, somehow there was an accident involving a car and that tractor trailer, a helicopter was requested but all were grounded due to the weather last night. four people were transported on the ground on to abington hospital in serious condition they remain there this morning, one person taken to einstein montgomery in critical condition and again one person has died. police now say that they are in the saying how this accident happened and they are in the releasing the names of the person killed or the the people injured. the investigation continues this morning. meanwhile that stretch of the roadway on the pennsylvania turnpike where this accident happened, had remained closed for hours last night overnight into the morning as police conduct their investigation and recreated the accident that stretch of roadway as since reopened. reporting live, in king of prussia, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will get back to you. here's traffic and weather together, katie. >> ukee, this will be a day where we will start to transition from the way the worst mother nature offered up
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yesterday in the way of the rain. today because we are transitioning it is still a dreary day, still stuck in the clouds and we will end up with some showers. we are almost split in two across the eastern portion of pennsylvania here, you will continue to see some showers rotating in, out from the main energy source of this storm system, so yeah, there will still be some showers to dodge but not that steady widespread rain like what we saw yesterday. so while i do advise to you take umbrella will a with you today you may not need it as of as what you did yesterday but you will need to hang on. look the at these wind, they are straight up out of the northwest. it will feel chillier then thermometer reads when that wind is blowing but this is a sustain wind speeds what we are looking at here. basically anything from ten to 20 miles an hour is what you'll face here with the persistent breeze, throughout the day-to-day. even looking at current sustain wind gusts, lewis, philadelphia, little creek, millville 20's, 30's and 40's
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being reported here. that will get you. that will be noticeable. expecting clouds and drizzle toll continue but it will gradually taper with time. from south to north we will try out and then by tonight all of us are just stuck with clouds. wet weather will have thankfully pulled away, vittoria. >> a at least we have something to look forward to. >> thanks, katie. good morning. you have a lot to look forward to traveling on our majors, that is not just in pennsylvania, but pennsylvania, delaware, new jersey, tri-state area, everything is still moving at an exceptional pace. take a look at the schuylkill expressway in the too far from 202 in either direction, lots of movement and wide open space for you to commute. i-95 is the same story 567:89:34. this morning we are not seeing rush just yet but when the rush comes in you will definitely see on i-95 usually between cottman avenue and vine. right new we are in the clear. stays this way for as long as possible. speed sensors all over indicate ago this good news 72 on 95. fifty-five, traveling on the,
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blue route no delays on the pennsylvania turnpike, northeast extension, 202, 422, our majors are great. we have an accident on montgomery county still closing remington road at lancaster avenue. best alternate to take morris road. also on the northeast extension in either direction at lansdale we have a construction zone. watch out for guys and girls not causing too much of a problem. speed sensors are indicating still in the green which means you have a lot have have great movement. lets talk about green in new jersey. forty-two still moving at an excellent pace, 55 same thing as well as 295, all bridges go to and from new jersey moving well and all over it is an exceptional morning so far, ukee and erika. our time 5:35. in business news this morning the new apple pay has trouble. >> also, what not to do when you call out to sick. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange. you have peaked my interest, jill, good morning. >> good morning. well, here on wall street investors are keeping an eye on more earnings reports.
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they are looking for a rebound. dow jones lost 153 points on wednesday, nasdaq fell 36. free shipping will cost more this holiday shopping season from amazon to best buy, to gap. according to a new study from stella service.com which collects data about on line shopping, customers new you need to spend $28 on average to get free shipping which is up from just $76 back in june. that study looked at more than 100 major retailers. apple pay users will want to check their bank statements, bank of america accidentally double charged customers. the glitch involves 1,000 transactions. bank of america apology guyed and will refund customers. if you are go to call out sick from work even if you are feeling okay, it is best to avoid social media. new survey found 25 percent of
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employer has caught a worker faking sick through their posts on facebook and twitter. that survey asked bosses about the the most unbelievable excuses they have heard from workers who called out, some the of the best, one worker said they woke up in a good mood and didn't want to ruin it. another employee said that they accidentally got on a plane. >> that happened to me, what are you talking about. >> i like the first one at least you are honest, i woke up in the great mood and didn't want to ruin it n lie there. >> that is a shame. >> thanks, jill. good stuff. three is on your side with an update on the widespread air bag recall. the feds are now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air bags repaired because of of a danger to the driver and passenger. the government says that the inflation mechanism in the air bag can explode, hurling metal fragments when the bag
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deploys. safety advocates say at least four people have died. to find out if your vehicle has this type of air bag check with your manufacturer. we have posted a complete list on cbs philly.com, just click on consumer. well, this is just rough, nearly 200 upper darby high school students have lost their october scores after taking the test. >> "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells you why the students are now scoreless. >> i have nothing to send them which means i don't meet requirements of the school. >> reporter: by then eli says the university of virginia. he wanted to apply early and deadline is november 1st. so he took act exam at upper darby high school. weeks went by but no scores came. >> not only was it nerve racking but agitating. >> we expecting results very soon. >> reporter: that same game was being played by jonathan his daughter took test same day as eli and she never got her scores either. they called the act
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organization three times. said their response didn't help. >> he said there was 1 percent that had not been graded. they didn't say anything about whether they were lost. >> reporter: owe what exactly happened here? we asked act. they necessity test made it from the high school to a local post office but from there, it is anyone's guess. officials say they never received exams at their headquarters in iowa. company spokesmen says officials knew of the problem for weeks but chose not to release the information. they hope that the tests would still show up and didn't want to cause a panic but you eli says he would have signed up for another test had he men of a problem. he hopes the university of ra will understand but. >> complicated process. they may in the want to deal with it and it worries me it might hinder my getting in. >> october official did his a will guys saying the incident is rare but they will be evaluating how the situation was handled. that does little for those affect right now. >> mistakes happen, but it is the cover up here which is what it has been is
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unforgivable. >> reporter: matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> s- m-h, oh, my. they first, admitted that the test results were missing on tuesday. it will hold another test free of charge for students affect but in date has been set. >> students will receive letter they can give to universities notifying them of this problem but this time of the year they are stressed out applying for colleges and that is such an important score. >> so much so, i agree, stay tune. other news protests turned tense in ferguson missouri after the autopsy report is leak in the death of michael brown. unarmed teenager was shot to dead by a police officer in august. roofly 150 protesters gathered outside ferguson police department met by police in riot the gear. two people were detained after demonstrators threw water bottles at officers. both the official autopsy and private autopsy conduct by brown's family shows the teenager was shot at least six times. results of the third autopsy ordered by federal officials have have in the been revealed
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as of yet. grand jury is considering whether wilson should than charged. time right now 5:41. young woman a across the country are reporting hair loss. what doctors say is causing that problem, and, how to deal witt, comoming up. also check out this cable car rescue we will tell you you where this happened and how long children inside this car were dangling, before emergency crews finally were able to get them we will be
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protests erupt in ferguson missouri where autopsy report is leak. autopsy done by st. louis medical examiner indicates that michael brown was shot by police six times, including once in the hand and close range. the report does not say whether brown was trying to grab the officer's gun at the time. right now 5:43. lets get a check on the tropics and check with katie. >> we have a post tropical cyclone we want to tell but here with tropical depression number nine as of yet that has moved over yucatan. it is always tough to make outlooking at a satellite that doesn't necessarily have have
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a well organize system but this big blotch of red thaw see rolling across yucatan. so still track ago this. it is moving generally east moving forward here so at this point it will not be an east coast threat. meanwhile we have our own set of threats going on here across new england specifically. look at these streams of moisture creeping in across especially massachusetts. this has been a spot getting doused over hours upon hours, and coastal flooding is an issue. very how long strong wind at issue across this part of new england but for us we are getting these left over bans rotating back in. the win, also, an issue, but i do come bearing some good weather news. when we zoom it out is there a large dome of high pressure setting up here moving in from the southwest, and as its does so not only does it clear out cloud cover but it will help eventually get rid of the wind that we have continued to see out there and bring back sunshine and allow to us warm
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up more readily. let go ahead and take you through future weather bringing it back here and now for next few hours. it does appear that one of the heavier band of rain may survive in towards the end of the typical morning rush for some spots heading north east out of philadelphia, we might see steadier bans of rain moving in. this is a scenario where we will dry out south to north so that by tonight we are seeing breaks in the clouds and that goes well for tomorrow. even though we are going to clear out for some more sunshine, expect that because we are sitting between high and low pressure the breeze is you still willing to be with us. today will be the most breezy and winnie, high of 57, kind of raw and chill which these showers here and there. later tonight mostly cloud bye breaks in the cloud cover. it means more sunshine. we will warm up more tomorrow, nice upcoming weekend with more sunshine, whimpy cold front saturday night into sunday and it looks like this thing just keeping going to the point we will heat up in the 70's by next mid week.
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something to look forward to for sure, torey. >> good morning, everyone. you have a lot to look forward to heading out and about on our majors, in any of the state really. delaware, new jersey, pennsylvania. anyhow you cut it, still nice at 5:46. as we look at 476, not too far from the area of 95, moving well, in problems in either direction. traveling around 95 and around the schuylkill, mid county tolls, you are wide opened, free and clear for great traffic. look at 422, same story, east and westbound around oaks in delays in either direction. speed sensors, again really i don't have much have of a job right now and this is good news for you. fifty-five on 95. same thing on the schuylkill, same thing on 476, a pennsylvania turnpike, northeast extension all moving well but this is you why need me because we have an accident situation, remington road is earlier closed at lancaster avenue due to an accident situation.
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they have opened up the road but there is a down pole and police activity. definitely something you want to watch out for or try to avoid if you can. we are dealing with another accident at t arewood and greenwood so give yourself more time there. no major problems for mass transit. don't forget when you are on the road you can always get updated information about traffic backups in your area and any area with the new your drive app. you can down load that app for iphone and android by going to cbs philly.com/your drive. on the healthwatch this morning it has been said that stress can make you go gray but it can also, maybe lose your hair, experts say there is a growing number of women, suffering from a devastation of stress-related hair loss. first vital step try to reduce stress and improve your diet and get more sleep they say. there are some over counter options to regrow hair and f.d.a. a approved laser treatments that can stimulate dormant hair follicles.
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also a new drug is showing promise in the fight against cancer. researchers at the university of chicago say the experimental drug was able to completely destroy human lung tumors transplanted in to mice. drug targets a protein been men to promote tumor growth. dramatic video out of germany of the cable car rescue, young family of four and two american tourist were all lowered on to a boat when car got stuck over ryan river. two children were dangling in that car for several hours before being rescued. they are two years old and three months old. it is unclear why that car got stuck. >> that is frightening. >> jeffery fouler is waking up in his ohio home after being held in north korea in five months. north korea accused him of leaving a bible in the club for foreign sailors violating the law. he was released this week after kim jong unissued a special dispensation. city terminated his position with the streets department
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last month have after his leave expired. >> tea siding whether or not he is ready to come back to work for the city. that is his decision. we have a position opened. >> he is looking forward to getting back to his normal routine. coming up next could a new app finally solve your cluttered inbox problem once and for all. >> wouldn't that be great. >> google has created an app that filters out american just
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on that wonderful show. media fellowship house promotes fellowship and understanding between diverse cultures and generations. whittaker family is a major supportive as well as james family. it started in 44, when the whittaker tamly was, served in a restaurant and james family saw this, took them to another restaurant and it started propers zest of togetherness and racial equality and doing wonderful things, wonderful, wonderful things, to this day. traffic and weather together. here's katie. >> ukee, we are tracking wet weather issues out here on storm scan three, bulk of which is a new england issue at this point. you can see streams of rain banding down, and bringing us, some showers, currently across central new jersey and just cut ago cross path state border as well. depending where your travel takes you you may have a damp road left over from yesterday's rain or might have fresh rain drops and that could be an issue for us through the next few hours. current temperatures in the lower 50's or feels like, the the mid to low 50's here but breeze is out there feeling more like 309's in the poconos
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because of that breeze. fifty-seven at best for our expect daytime high, still damp out there but we will completely dry out across the board by tonight. vittoria. >> thanks, katie, good morning, everyone. roads are pretty good out there mass transit is moving well, bridges look great. that is basically my whole report. so lets get outside and put images on top of all that wordage, shall we. looking first at the schuylkill expressway this delays in either direction. roads are fantastic this morning. there is not too much to talk b1 thing i want to point out is we still have a little bit of a sheen on your highway and byways. man make sure you practice extra caution because even with just that accidents happen. as we look at speed sensors, free all over 95, schuylkill blue route, in the only in pennsylvania new jersey and delaware we are moving well. we have an accident at white hall road and skippack pike in montgomery county, and also an accident at sumanytown pike and evans road but this is how it looks right now, things
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coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are live with an update on our breaking news a deadly accident on the pennsylvania turnpike. and in this morning's healthwatch pumpkins, they are every where you go this time of the year he they should go on your dinner plate, we will have have health benefits to add guards to your tie it when we come back good morning.
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tragedy on the turnpike, one person killed, four others injured when a car and tractor trailer collide on the pennsylvania turnpike in montgomery county. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has been tracking the the breaking details and joins
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us from the state police barracks in king of prussia, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. police are saying all five of these people, as you mentioned four injured and one killed were inside of a car, that got in the accident with a tractor trailer on the pennsylvania turnpike, in white marsh montgomery county overnight. definitely a sad story to cover this morning. police are still getting more information about how this accident happened but if you take a a look at the video you can see the scene. "eyewitness news" was there as emergency personnel transported the injured to nearby hospitals. the the accident happened on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound between fort washington and norristown in white marsh, montgomery county. police say that five young adults were in the car around 12 credit 30 last night and somehow there was an accident involving a car and that tractor trailer. helicopter was requested but all were grounded due to the weather last night. four people transported on the ground to abington hospital in serious condition, they remained there this morning. one person was taken to einstein montgomery in