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as a, are we can expect to see very pleasant weather unfold in time for the weekend, expecting temperatures to be a lot more seasonable, just really nice days coming up. we'll have all of the details straight ahead, vittoria? >> thank you, katie. you know, traffic wise, moving real well out there. as we move now to take a look at the 42 freeway, no delays in either direction, northbound side your headlights, but, when the sun finally sees us today, we'll definitely see the rush common in. so, we'll just have to wait for. that will meantime, you're moving well. see potentially how things can change in just a couple of minutes, ukee? >> torrey, thank you, in the news shock and disbelief, after allegations of hazing surfaces in local football program. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at central bucks west high school, school at the center of this investigation. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, student had been looking forward to this day all season long, it is arguably the most anticipated game of the season. it is friday night football against a big rival, cb st east, and leading into homecoming weekends, however,
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it has been canceled, so has the rest of the season, for cb west. and the jv and varsity coaches have been suspended pending further investigation. >> it was crazy, like i was cents in shock. >> an un expect the end to the football season at central bucks west high school. not a result after tough loss, but through serious allegations of hazing by members of the football team. >> they all come down to like the name of cb west, what everyone will think about it now. >> on thursday one day ahead of the most anticipated game of the season against rival cb east, the superintendent canceled the rest of the season, a necessary mover after internal ongoing investigation shows improper conduct by members of the football team and fill your of the coaching staff to prom earnly supervise activities. still being. students we spoke with say it has been blown out of proportion. >> do you know kids on the team? >> i know everyone on the team. >> in a letter to parents,
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writing, investigation determined that new team members were expected to participate in humiliating and inapropriate initiation cents, the most personally invasive activity requiring a rookie to grab another player's private parts while fully clothed. these actions, he says, first reported on october 14th, and interviews were held on the following days with players and staff. central bucks regional police also looked into the case. they add that some players were forced to stand in the shower fully clothed with towels draped over their heads. >> i think that's been a tradition for awhile, whether or not it was a god tradition, obviously not, bad choices cents, but i don't think they're bad people. >> and the superintendent goes onto apologize to any member of this football program who was subjected to this treatment, the school district says it will make no further comment until next week's board meeting. reporting live in doylestown, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> this comes on the heals of another hazing scandal at sayreville war memorial high school in middlesex county. officials there have also
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canceled the football season. seven employers also face charges from haze to go aggravated sexual assault. team's head coach and four assistants are suspended indefinately with pay. >> our coverage. hazing scandal at central bucks west high school continues on line. get the latest information any time at cbsphilly.com. 53:00 -- 5:03. >> i come bearing pretty fantastic weather news, especially what's been coming off couple of dreary couple of days. low pressure ended upbringing more than anything the main impact to new england. still dealt pretty dreary hand every days there. still signs of green on the radar, but that's not more than ground clutter. remember, ground clutter simply something that the radar is picking up on, that is not precipitation. so there is can happen a lot of times, you know, you can see flocks of birds moving through, very strange things get pick up on radar. don't worry about it just
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right now dealing with skies starting to clear out nicely here. so you have got few clouds. that's real at this. as our storm system continues its retreat. and back here at home, we can expect these temperatures have chance to moderate up nicely. forty-six currently in atlantic city, also 46 degrees with pretty persistent northwesterly winds, and really finds the strongest of the winds from northwest down toward the southeast, tapering as go southeast. so, that's really where you will find some of the most breezy and chilliest conditions today. simply because you have more of the breeze to contend with. that said you will also still have couple of clouds to contend with down the shore here today. again it is a milder one, mid 60s expected in the city at the shore, and it is even milder up in the poconos today too. vittoria? >> thank you, and good morning, everyone, so in one of my earlier reports i talked about construction project dealing with on the schuylkill, monitoring things, let's jump outside and take a look what we're talking about, that's right here. >> this would be 202 at the schuylkill expressway, where we do have construction, compromising right-hand lane. so traveling just really
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around the vicinity, the king of prussia mall, i know that area quite well. if you are traveling around 202, 422, the suing schuylkill expressway, this will be out there for little bit. we'll keep you updated when it does clear out of the way. keep in mind one lane only as of right now. moving to 95, this is 95 around cottman avenue, notice the traffic moving just fine. but in the traffic center we just got wore of overturned truck on the northbound side of 95 at street road. so just keep that in mine. we're going to continue to bring more information on, that as well. we take a look at the speed censors all over the map still looking great. averaging speeds up in the 50's, not only pa, also new jersey, so traveling on i95, at 62. if you are however traveling new jersey 130 at route 70, two lanes blocked due to construction, ongoing until 6:00 a.m. about an hour that far lingering, watch out for construction project eastbound side of the turnpike between ft. washington and bensalem. two left lanes will be block.
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no delays for mass transit. things at the airport look great if you have any weekend plans, ukee, nick snow. >> tour, thank you. well the largest city in the united states now dealing with its first case of ebola. >> doctor tested positive for the virus, in a new york city hospital where he remains in isolation this morning. wendy gillette picks up that story. >> this new york post video shows doctor craig spencer being rushed to bellevue hospital in manhattan. escorted by convoy of emergency vehicles. the city took no chances cents after spencer showed symptoms of ebola. the emt's wore full protective gear as they transferred him to isolation unit. new york city bill diables yo urged residents to stay calm after the 33 year old tested positive for the virus. the city's first case. >> new yorkers have not been ex position today infected person's bodily fluids not at all at risk. >> expense her been monitoring his temperature twice a day since returning from guinea where he treated ebola
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patients. health officials say he was not contagious when he went for a jog, road the sun way, visit a restaurant, took car service this week, even going bowling in brooklyn the night before he was diagnosed. still, they're monitoring his fiancee and two friends, who bold with expenser. >> all three of these contacts are healthy and are being quarantined. >> the cdc has sent its own ebola response team here to bellevue hospital to help doctors treating spencer. >> the agency confirms spencer, who arrived at new york's jfk airport on the 17th, went through multiple layers of screenings. but was allowed to enter the country since he did not have a fever or any other symptoms of illness at the time. in new york, wendy gillette, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". later this morning, gloucester county hoses the first of three ebola awareness training sessions for first responders. they'll all take place at the government services billing in clayton. topics every discussion include the public health aspect of the virus, transport
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and decontamination protocols as well as protective equipment demonstrations. and don't forget we do have the latest at cbsphilly.com. learn more about the ebola scare in the u.s., and how the region is work to go keep you safer in the event of any cases here in our area. hang today, local man will be sentenced for causing a crash two years ago, that killed a millville police officer. timothy saidel was being chased by police when officer christopher reeves crashed his cruiser. saidel played get i to charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault. he faces to up 20 years in prison. also, happening today, vice president joe biden is back in philadelphia to headline fundraiser for the democratic senatorial campaign committeement the vice president was in town last week, you may remember, touting the importance of investing in the nation's infrastructure. the vice president will join president obama in washington later this afternoon, for a meeting with national security leaders, on the fight against isis. and, coming up next on
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"eyewitness news" this morning, four new york city police officers ambushed by a man with a hatchet. one is badly injured. we'll give you an update on his condition, and tell you how a bystander, half a block away, was hurt during that attack. plus, poconos man repeatedly mistaken for suspected trooper killer eric frein, his frightening encounters with police, how he is getting much needed help this morning.
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>> suspect is dead following a police chase ending in northampton county. mobile three live on the scene in easton, "eyewitness news" has just learned this began whether officers tried to stop the suspect for a vehicle violation in nearby palmer township. the suspects red pick-up truck just took off, leaving officers on a chase. the suspect then crashed into an utility pole, at 13th and spring garden, in that area, and there are reports shots were fired. we are still work to go confirm that, though. but again, we do know the
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suspect is dead. we'll get you more information, especially if you're in that area, more information as it comes into us. man wield ago hatchet attacks four rookie new york city police officers. >> investigators say this man, ambushed the officers, as they posed for picture while on patrol in queens. he hit one officers in the back of the head and another officer in the arm. police say the other un injured office shot and killed that man, one hit a woman walking nearby. new york's mayor said the officers did their best under pressure. >> i was very impressed not only in the face of bravely of something absolutely un seconded -- expected but the way the two officers responded. >> a law enforcement official told cnn it appears the man stalked those officers hiding behind bus shelter before that attack. the officer hit in the head remains in critical condition this morning, his partner is stable. we are getting look at the devestation left behind after tornado ripped through a portion of the west coast. this is what remains of auto
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shop in long view, washington after yesterday's twister. the city has already condemned that building and the shop's owner now needs new location, elsewhere in lawn view, trees scattered across roads, and roofs ripped off of homes. no injuries were reported. >> much better weather to talk about here at home, right, katy? >> absolutely true. yes, we are actually going to be in for very nice stretch of weather, n we're not alone in this, we will see pleasant weather unfold for good chunk of the eastern half of the united state, and here's why taking on wider zoom, our area of low pressure continues to make its slow granted slow retreat still moving away, means still stuck with little breeze, we sit essentially between system. >> much, much brighter day. brighten up for much more sunshine. we zoom it all the way out, make out the rotation very, very well defined with core of circulation, pretty evident right here off shore. but, there is high pressure, i
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mean, the fact that you see virtually nothing rat all across the deep south, and back into the lower southern planes, basically, means that we've got high pressure building in. it comes in from the southwest. so that's going to allow us to warm up nicely in the days aheadment quick check on the pollen report, what's interesting, the fact that we are dry across good chunk of the region, of the country, and that we actually start to see pollen being funneled in, moving in from other locations, so sunday, monday, levels do start to climb, little ragweed, overall levels still very low. friday night football game. let's talk about it, friday football frenzy going on, beasley headed on out. pleasantville takes on buena 7:00 p.m. tonight. how's the forecast? not shabby. pretty fantastic football weather actually. 57 degrees at kick off. we will probably see the temperatures drop off pretty readily since by this point the sun will have gone down. and unclear sky, temperatures drop quickly. temperatures stay in the 60s the next couple of days, what a great weekends, keep the theme going monday. seasonably cool, but very, very nice.
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and tuesday, that's our bonus, 73 degrees, sunshine, before the clouds start to rollback, in so nice long break, tore. >> i. >> not too much after problem, but dealing with few incidents that has just popped up, like this incident right here. taking you down to 95. this is northbound side of 95, just past street road. north of street road actually. notice we have overturned truck, you will notice it on its side right here. so it is blocking the left-hand lane. folks seem to be working on whether they are removing whatever was inside of that truck, out of it, or just continuing to work on the situation. it seems to be in my personal opinion that we'll definitely sue few more police officers out and about. not only blocking the shoulder but as well as right hand lane. traffic moving by on the left, north of street road, traveling around that area, bucks county, try to avoid it if you k now, as we move to the ben franklin bridge, real now major delays, ben looks great, all of the bridges look beautiful. no delays.
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real now delays on any of the majors even with the overturned truck out there, 59 still moving great at 55 miles per hour, generally the case everywhere at this moment. not only in pa but jersey, delaware as well. roosevelt boulevard at holme avenue, traffic lights out. so you will have to treat that intersection like a four way stop. and definitely good idea to make sure you come to complete stop. just be extra, extra safe, that's what you should do anyway, right? also, if you are traveling in new jersey, 130 at route 70, construction, which will be blocking two right lanes until 6:00 a.m. this morning. so not too far, not too much longer for that construction project. but again something that may snag your commute this morning, nicole? >> vittoria, thank you. here is a lock at today's headlines on cbs-3. remaining games on the central bucks west football schedule now canceled after allegation action of hazing and the school's football program. varsity and junior varsity coaches suspended while the district is investigating. doctor craig spencer new york's city's first ebola case. spencer treated ebola cases in
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west after a has been admitted to bellevue hospital, designated ebola center sentencing day for the man who was being chased by authorities when he caused the crash that killed millville cumberland county police officer christopher reeves. timothy saidel faces to up 20 years in prison. coming up on "eyewitness news", luckiest office you could ever hope to work in. >> workers there won thehe lottery three separate times. got to get in on that pole. we'll tell you where and how much they each walked away with, that's coming up next. >> group h
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>> this is pay back, this is good stuff, we are going to ends one not just the nice weather today but all weekends, looking forwards to the forecast, even into next week, and bonus, we warm up nicely here, as we move forward. so this is really good stuff. storm scan3, very, very quiet by comparison, obviously, still few little lingering, you know, speckles evergreen, firing up here across northern new jersey, most that far is having hard time even verifying rain on the gown, generally just couple of clouds left over at this point. still, as our latest storm system makes its full retreat.
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that's really all there is here today. few additional clouds, lingering breeze, but brighter and also going to turn milder. here's just couple of choice locations in the live neighborhood ned work where we have some breezy gusts kicking in, millville not quite as bad. further northwest you go, the more you're likely to see those stronger wind gusts, philadelphia's gust into the 20's right now, and generally talking ten to 15-mile per hour sustained breeze, at any given time. current temperatures, it is kind of depending on where you are, what you will find. mid upper 50's, in the urban corridor, then cooler conditions, through the more remote suburbs like down on the shore, down in the pinelands, for example, the poconos, into the 40's at this hour. and with that clearing sky, temperatures will continue to drop off before the sun comes up as they tend to do. but, later on today, i promise you, it will be almost 10 degrees milder than yesterday was. sixty to 66 degrees expected hi, looking at the weekends doesn't get better than this, bright sunshine, mid upper 60s, just perfect. like i said yesterday, leave
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peeping or pumpkin patch. >> leave peeping, my favorite. as every right now, if we peep outside quickly, you like that, oh, it was short, thank you it is not one every my most creative ones but i'll take it, thank you, guys. ninety-five if you are traveling northbound do, have overturned vehicle situation. and i had presumed we would seymour emergency personnel. on the northbound side of 95, right past street road, over turn vehicle situation. blocking the shoulder as well as the left-hand lane here. more emergency teams on scene, right at the center of your screen, fuel spill, associated with that overturned truck. right lane only moving by. police give yourself more time there. moving on over it the roosevelt boulevard, the boulevard looking great.
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no major delays in either direction. northbound southbound commuting well. notice that with the wide speed censors are great all over the place, no delays as well for mass transit. >> prime time nfl game last night, right here on cbs-3, few more touchdown passes for the nfl's all time leader, peyton manning, but before, that don't forget we have cardinals, we have eagles this sunday, and arizona talking with merrill reese in just a little bit. shear peyton manning, three touchdown passes cents, all to emanuel sanders, beating the chargers 35 to 21. denver moves to six and one on the season, and the top spot in the afc west. eagles take on the cardnals, both teams at five and one so far this season. nick foles and the birds have to deal with the cardinals top rated run defense, defensively the eagles defense will have to deal with eight time pro-bowler larry fitzgerald
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former first round michael floyd. they are two very tough customers. we'll talk to the voice, once again, merrill reese, about the game. the friday football frenzy game of the week will be buena against pleasantville. sports director beasley reese will be in attendance live. it is your team, your town, your kids, on tv for cbs-3's fry not ball frenzy. well, some fun tonight at the court of king of prussia, the sixers fanfest from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight with all of the sixers players in person in a ten damages. sixers open the regular nba season this wednesday night in indianna. the home open sera week from tomorrow against the miami heat. nicole, over to you. >> all right, ukee, coming up until the next hour of "eyewitness news", new developments in the widening airbag recall, that is affecting millions of vehicles all across the us. plus, we will give you first-hand look at partial solar eclipse that you couldn't see out your window. and vittoria and katie return
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you are looking at live picture from easton, this all began as a vehicle stop in nearby palmer township. police say the suspect took off, eventually slamming his pick-up truck into an utility pole. right here in the area of 13th and spring garden, in easton, something then prompted police to shoot that suspect, the coroner and investigators remain at the scene. more updates as soon as they come into our news room. and our other top story this morning, local high school football power house's season is over, as hazing scandal rocks central bucks west. we'll have that story. first though thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm ukee washington. jan carabeo live report in just a moment for you. first, we start with traffic and weather together. katie,to
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