>> particularly, accessing police reports and gathering intelligence from her relatives and co confederates in the conspiracy. >> reporter: police say their action spun a web of dealers and suburbs. it estimated $85,000 street drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine were seized, some connect to crimes in gloucester township. >> the impact is our residents, throughout the the region, throughout our town, so that the pro active activities of taking down even though the drugs are being sold in the city of camden, the impact on gloucester township, the suburbs and other towns are intense. >> reporter: gloucester township deputy police chief david harkins say the arrest of 40 drug traffickers from the city of camden and all over south injuries i will have a major impact on the safety of his own community. >> it is our job together to try to attack this problem and thinks just one way to do it.

>> reporter: officer bailey faces charges of official misconduct and conspiracy, among other charges, if she's convicted, she faces up to 30 years in prison. we are live in camden tonight noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> noel, thank you. breaking news right now philadelphia police are investigating a stabbing in the northeast. "eyewitness news" is live on the scene at ramada inn along roosevelt boulevard. police say someone was stabbed inside of the hotel just after 5:00 o'clock, so far though no other details but that, we will of course stay on top of this still breaking story. philadelphia police are asking for your help to catch two suspects caught on tape beat ing and shooting a man in queen village. video shows the suspect approach the victim at second and carpenter on saturday. woman hit the victim with the baseball bat in the chest. the man shot that victim in the leg asteriated to get away. if you recognize these suspects call the the police. nasa and the company that built this rocket are vowing to get to the bottom of why it

exploded just moments after lift off last night in virginia. fortunately there were no injuries in this blast. but take a look at this new video of the moment it happened. it was recorded by a student in ocean city high school from cape may county. a group of students had traveled to virginia to witness the launch. in fact they had an experiment on board the rocket. it was one of 19, schools, nationwide, chosen to have an experiment on board the international space station. >> once after a second i just saw fire and we could see the space shuttle. i thought it rocketed in the sky. we didn't see anything. but then this giant blast came and we all jumped back. we all just stood there for like at least a minute to just say oh, oh, no. >> nasa was able to successfully launch its own rocket this morning so the international space station will be getting those needed supplies. well, "cbs evening news"

with scott pelley will have the latest on the investigation in the the rocket failure, that is coming up at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. there is about to be a big change when it comes to the weather. today's rain just the beginning. meteorologist kathy orr live on the skies deck, kathy. >> jessica, i have good news, watch, you cannot see my breath just yet but soon you will be. by this weekend we will be talking about that in some areas, freezing temperatures, lets take a look at the day here, we have a few more showers moving through and they will taper off to sprinkles. to the west of the poconos we are seeing some clearing, a little bit of clearing on the horizon, even in philadelphia, before the sunsets just a few moments ago. take a look at these tumbling temperatures. we will start off the afternoon at 1:00 with the high of 7o after that it was down, temperatures falling precipitously and we are sitting at 54 degrees. we are going to be seeing things beginning to change during the day tomorrow, as well.

up 1 degree right new to 55 at the 6:00 o'clock hour. allentown 53. poconos 47. in reading it is 54 degrees. our first forecast shows a few sprinkles possible by 7:00 p.m. temperatures falling with mostly cloudy skies at 9:00. by 11:00 p.m. the clouds breaking and it will be cool with a temperature of 51 going down in the 40's. coming up this is just the beginning of the temperatures, plunging, we will update you on the halloween forecast, justin has more on that and the winter like weekend that will cause some snow flakes to knicks in with rain for the first time this season. it is coldest air we have seen. more on that coming up with the seven day when i join you inside. >> thanks very much. two years ago today super storm sandy slammed in the jersey coast making changes to the shore and beyond. now some people are still trying to rebuild. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in toms river with the look at the least coverry process. cleve? chris, a heart hid areas

like here in toms river man, do people i spoke with believe it has been two years since sandy because is there still so much to do. they say it will still take several more years before all of the houses here are rebuilt. >> i'm paying a mortgage on this house. i'm paying flood insurance on this house. >> reporter: like many sandy survivors, two years after the storm doug quinn is struggling to stay afloat after sandy sank his toms river home. >> the night of the storm was a party compared to what we have been through for the last two years. it has been brutal. >> reporter: meager insurance payments and slow house ago assistance are common complaints of the ball. >> dropping the ball big time and all i see is a lot of finger pointing and a lot of excuses. >> reporter: frustrated homeowners fired off questions at governor christie on the sandy anniversary tour. christie's administration says a billion dollars in federal house ago assistance has been awarded or is in the pipeline and everyone hoist eligible for grants should get awards

by next spring. >> it will take a while. we have to justin to be persevere. i'm proud of the stuff we have done. we are always looking to get better. >> reporter: at east dover a marina $50,000 economic development grant helped tomorrow and valerie get their business backup and running. >> it was very challenging but we're here talking about it so i guess we made it through. we keep a positive outlook and keep going. >> reporter: monmouth university poll released this week found that two thirds of the people impacted are not satisfied with the recovery efforts but we do hear time and again a lot of gratitude towards people who donated time and money to help rebuild over the last two years. we are live from toms river, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". tonight governor christie is defending an ebola quarantine in new jersey. nurse casey hickcox who is quarantined in newark is challenging her quarantine in

maine if the tate does not change its policy tomorrow. meanwhile president obama met with the public health and national security teams. he says there could be more ebola cases in the u.s. in the coming weeks. health officialness delaware announced they are monitoring 11 people for the virus. >> they have all been provided a fever monitoring kit, they have been instruct on how to take their temperature twice daily and they are being contacted every day by the division have of public health. >> delaware officials say all nine hospitals in the state are prepared to treat any potential ebola cases. new at 6:00 o'clock jefferson and abington health systems signed a letter of intent to merge. hospital officials plan to integrate the company's next year f that merger goes through the health system would contain five hospitals in philadelphia and montgomery county. a group of cheyney university students, staff and alumni have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the historically black college has been shortchanged on money for decades all because of race.

chopper three over that campus today, group filed a lawsuit, dubbing itself heeding cheyney's call. suit names tom corbett, pennsylvania board of governors and u.s. department of education. it claims funding shortages are as a result of the racial discrimination. complaint is not specifying damages but does seek remedies that will, expand its academic base. >> an all time great institution currently has an all time low student enrollment and a all time high budget deaf it what is the cause of it? well, the cause of that is racial discrimination. >> we are awaiting a comment on this suit from the governor's office. well, septa riders are preparing for what could be a strike. it could announced as early as friday that could affect buses, subways and trolleys but not regional rails. still tonight the negotiations continue between septa and

transit workers union. those workers have been working without a contract since the the spring and one of the big unresolved issues continues to be pensions. septa says its offers have been more than generous. union leaders say riders will get at least 24 hours notice before a strike takes effect. well, a local city is going smoke free in outdoor public places but this is not a breath of fresh air for everyone. >> still ahead we are looking at where this will happen and why this new law is facing criticism. >> here tonight public bathrooms, and beautiful, are not words you typically, typically see together, unless you visited a chester county destination. we will tell you about competition for best bathroom in america. justin. we are live at cbs-3 mobile weather lab at linvilla orchards where it is pumpkin mania here. some of these pumpkins got wet tonight. i'm meteorologist justin

drabick. coming up i'll tell you if the halloween forecast is going to be a trick or treat, beasley. eagles offense trying to get back on track with the tough test in houston this week. we will hear from chip kill bye some issues that must be a addressed. plus nerlens noel gets ready to play his first official game in the nba as inningsers season opener is tonight, that is all coming up in

mayor of wilmington has signed an executive order banning smoking in outdoor public places. >> as our same chowdhry tells us the move reverses a decision by city council to kill a ban to smoking at all parks, and bus stops. >> with this signing, comes this sign, wilmington mayor dennis williams issued an executive order banning smoking in some public places, in the city, it will ban smoking in all transit facilities like bus stops, parks and playgrounds. >> people should president have to be on the playground with their children and have secondary expect blowing in their face. it is not fair to them. in the fair to the kids that wanting to there and enjoy the park. >> reporter: some smokers disagree. >> hey look as long as they sell cigarettes i believe with within my heart you need to be able to be able to smoke where

ever you want to smoke. >> reporter: earlier this month city council voted against smoking ban, that is because some council members wanted to make amendments to include designated smoking areas. >> thinks a small step, step in the right direction. >> reporter: robert williams sponsored the bill that was voted down. he said ban will help beautify the city. >> cigarette butts, they are not bio degradable. somebody has to sweep them up, put them out. putting cigarettes out on walls or fountains. >> reporter: we have reached out to city council members who voted against the smoking ban, none were available for an interview. smokers we have have spoke with said they feel like they are losing their rights. >> because it is outside, if you don't want to be around it just walk away. >> next they will tell you what you can do at your home. >> reporter: mayor says signs like this will be posted within the next two weeks but law goes into effect immediately. in will mink ton delaware, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". the most visited public garden in the nation is now in

the running for the america's best rest room. we're talking about rest rooms at long wood gardens in chester county. bathrooms, in east conservatory plaza are outfitted with motion activated faucets, low flow toilets and etched translucent glass that lets in natural light. not a bad place. to cast your vote head to cbs philly.com, voting is opened until friday, october 3rd 1st. in weather we are looking at a pleasant evening especially to the north and west of philadelphia, in south jersey, we have some showers to talk about, and our eyewitness weather watchers are reporting some cooler conditions. right now doug is reporting 59 degrees with wind about 7 miles an hour and he said temperatures have dropped, throughout the afternoon, high temperature was 71 degrees. in the limerick area temperature 54 degrees. doug says 54 right now. no wind. cool. bit damp.

i suppose the warm stretch is over. yes, indeed it is over. right now temperature is still 61. mark reporting this from williamstown with the wind of 16 miles an hour. we will go to the north and west where temperature is 56 degrees. we have some clearing skies, allen says yes in burnville pa about an hour ago it is raining but even with the light rain the colors look beautiful. fall is in full bloom. if would you like to be a weather watcher we want to you join our team. sign up now go to cbs philly.com/watchers. and right before the sunset, we saw actually some pretty colors out there but that is not the case down the shore. they are seeing the rain. we are picking it up on storm scan three as well. skies will clear overnight through ocean city but on the sky deck i caught this beautiful picture just a few moments ago, you can see sunsetting, behind the c ira center in philadelphia. just a little bit of sun before the clouds continue to

obscure the sky. you can see on storm scan three the showers moving through south jersey and ocean city but to the west there is that clearing line and some patchy, breaks in the clouds throughout a good part of the region. during the evening we will see these temperatures falling as skies begin to clear from west to east, 55 in philadelphia, now cool in atlantic city a at 59 and cold front is clearing the area tomorrow temperatures in the 50's, it will be mostly sunny a beautiful sunrise and a gorgeous sunset. cool air continues right in the day on friday for our trick or treaters, but will hallow wean be a trick or treat by the time they go out, well, that is the big question. meteorologist justin drabick has more on the trick are treat forecast live with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab in one of my favorite places, media delaware county, hi justin. >> it is a lot of people favorite places. just a cool praise to hang on you out, at linvilla orchards at cbs-3 mobile weather lab. everybody is out here trying

get their pumpkin in time for halloween. they have a good crop this year. the weather has been great. not a lot of moisture. that is what you need dry wet tore keep these pumpkin good. another thing we have learned about squash, how to cook acorn squash, interesting trick, cut it autopsy, with two halves like a cup. scoop up on sleeves. and then bake it in the oven. that owned g i will to have give this a try. check out this exhibit that is also going on at pumpkin land. jack lantern exhibiting on here every night. thinks cool artwork here. it is all lit up. people have been coming by taking pictures. and way back over there, there is stairs there where people are lined up for the hay rides. yes, rain has stopped. hey rides in full force until 8:00 o'clock. you can have fun on that. just a cool thing to do to get in the halloween spirit. lets talk about that halloween forecast as we go to the computer graphics. here is trick or treat forecast. it looks like we will stay dry. i'm seeing clearing skies

here. trick or treat at 6:00 o'clock where you are, temperatures in the mid 50's or a little bit cooler there. and then by 8h in the lower 50's. we will need to dress warm with mostly cloudy conditions. back here with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, temperatures chilly though at 53 right now. it will get colder, big shift in the pattern. for rest of the forecast and seven day we will send it back to the studio and kathy, i have you hook up. i will get that apple pie for you. >> thank you. i love that guy. >> no problem. >> lets take a lot at rest of the weekend forecast by the time, saturday rolls around we are watching low pressure move from the great lakes to the mid-atlantic. it will pull in cool ocean air and we are talking about rain, we're talking about wind and it will be fair liz blustery. take a look at the jet stream. it begins to dip tomorrow. it will bottom out through mid-atlantic and deep south by sat the day. temperatures will only be in the 40's, winds gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour and we're talking about some rain.

wintry weekend on tap especially in the poconos where rain could mix in with wet snow flakes. look for those clouds to break. low 47. during date tomorrow high of 60. beautiful day, just much cooler then today. on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast, temperatures cooling down for weekend, it ends on sunday, remember. that monday, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures try to warm up. that is a look at the seven day. >> shiny roadways causing problems and typical congestion on the schuylkill expressway, heading westbound at city avenue. headed westbound towards king of prussia area slow go and even same story on the eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway. jammed up from the boulevard up into the center city area 95 and girard looking like the same story. slammed southbound toward center city and headed north bound up through cottman avenue. in the pennsylvania turnpike an accident westbound just at fort washington, taking out

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sun kay's looks in arizona there has been a lot of finger pointing around the eagles particularly otto fence, despite having the fourth highest scoring average in the league. birds continue to have trouble in the red zone. with another tough defense coming up, sunday in houston. head coach chip kelly says that there is a lot to be clean up. >> which is the biggest issues inside the 20. >> turnovers, you will in the the score any points in there.

our mine set is you have three, we're greedy and want seven but you cannot come away without anything in that situation. turnovers are the the biggest part that is killing us until the red zone right now. >> good news for offense. center jason kelce, guard todd herremans and running back darren sproles all participated in full practice today, and hope to be ready for sunday. all right, night a lot of sixers fans have been waiting for, team opens up regular season on the road begins indiana pacers. a lot of eyes will be on nerlens noel playing his first official in the ba game. noel played in four of the sixers eight preseason game leading the the team in rebounds and averaging eight points a game. he is expect to start at power forward alongside henry simms. all right. it is a big night, game seven of the world series. after shooting out the giants ten to nothing last night. madison baumgardener, who has been dominant in post season, will not start but he will be red if i they need him,

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thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at ten. we are back on the cw philly at ten. we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. stay tuned for the "cbs evening news". they will have details on the the new security threat that has law enforcement on edge and police call of the we will, meet the scientist whose discovered how to release panda's bread in captivity back into a natural habitat. here from new york with the "cbs evening news" is scott

pelley. >> pelley: tonight, what went wrong. [explosion] >> we all had a lot invested on this. >> pelley: chip reid on a launch adventure that raises questions about the future of commercial space adventures. carter evans is on hawaii's wig island where slow-moving lava has residents ready to make fast break. jeff pegues on a growing security threat that has law enforcement on the edge. >> he could have took the chance to let our people out. >> pelley: and m sanjayan on one giant leap for panda kind. >> oh, my god.