>> new at 11:00 preparing for the picket line. septa workers as a clock ticks down towards a possible strike deadline. >> get ready to bundle up. we're in for a drastic drop in temperatures. will we flirt with flurries by the weekend? >> we know, we know. >> governor christie fires back in the wake of hurricane sandy frustration. good evening, i'm jessica dean. >> and i'm chris may. we know for some there is lingering frustration over the pace of post hi sandy rebuilding. today two years after the storm it boiled over and led governor christie to lose his cool with a heckler. our natasha brown is live in the sat center with more on that confrontation. natasha. >> chris, a verbal sparring match between governor chris christie and a man displeased with christie's handling of recovery efforts on this, the second anniversary of

superstorm sandy. governor chris christie's tour of soup storm sandy ravaged areas were set up with tense moments. a governor lashes out. >> i'll be more than happy to have a debate with you guy any time you like. somebody like you doesn't know a damn thing about what you're talking to you. >> jim keating founder of a group critical of the pace of superstorm recovery for many homeowners began heckling christie waving a sign saying "get sandy families back in their home. get back on on the job ." governor christie tried to take him on. >> i've been here when the cameras aren't here buddy. sit down and shut up. >> why isn't he he in ortley beach. >> the governor was met with homeowners who fired off questions during his anniversary tour. doug says he's still struggling to stay afloat. >> they're dropping the ball

big time and all i see is a lot of finger pointing and a lost excuses. >> going to take awhile. we have to continue to persevere over it. i'm proud of the stuff that we've done and we're always looking to get better. >> despite contentious encounters along the way governor christie continue to do assure residents that help is on the way in the form of a billion dollars in federal housing assistance. he says those eligible for reconstruction grants should get awards by next spring. a $50,000 economic grant allowed tom and valerie white sell to get their marina business back up and running. >> it was very challenging. we're here talking about it. i guess we made it through. you keep a positive outlook and keep going. >> the state of new jersey says out of 11,000 qualified applicants for the most popular housing repair grant 6500 haven't signed agreements or are still on the waiting list. live in the sat center tonight, natasha brown, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right, natasha, thank you very much.

well, get ready for a chilly morning. temperatures are going the take a big dip overnight. meteorologist kathy orr is outside for us on the cbs3 sky deck shivering a little bit. kathy. >> i'll tell you, chris, what a difference. we were out earlier this evening but chair then to now, it's much cooler. many of our weather watchers are saying the same across the delaware valley. take a look at storm scan3 because skies are clearing. we have some patchy fog out there and a few lingering patches of drizzle but the clear line has made it through philadelphia, it's heading towards south jersey and with clear skies and calm winds we're looking at cold temperatures. here's a look at what you'll wake up to. 46 degrees in philadelphia, 40 in allentown, 41 in reading and 37 in the poconos. even in millville waking up to 42 degrees. we are going to be cooling very fast as a huge trough builds in the east and that means it will be feeling more like winter. so, coming up we'll talk about how fast the temperatures will be tumbling, we'll give you an update on that halloween

forecast and show you how you can be a part of it here on "eyewitness news," plus what the winter-like weekend will be looking like for some, the first flakes of the season will be falling. i'll say later in the broadcast. >> all right, kathy, thanks. as authorities investigate what went wrong with this rocket launch we're getting a new look at the explosion tonight from a south jersey high school student. that student from ocean city high school took this video of the explosion in virginia. a group of students from there school witnessed the launch in virginia. they had an experiment on board that rocket. it was one of 19 experiments from across the nation chosen to go to the international space station. >> giant blast and we all like jumped back and we all just stood there for like at least a minute just like, oh, oh, no. >> residents are being told to avoid wreckage that may have scattered from the blast site since it could be hazardous. >> well, new video at 11

o'clock of unionized septa workers preparing for a potential strike. negotiations continued between the parties tonight but there was reportedly no significant progress made. a strike could be called as early as friday. this would affect buses, subways and trolleys but not regional rails. the sides are at odds over a list of issues including pensions but septa maintains its offers have been more than generous. a court showdown looms as a nurse vows to break her voluntary quarantine in maine tomorrow. kaci hickox has been quarantined since she forty one sierra leone where she has been treating ebola patients. she was first quarantined in new jersey but then allowed to return home. she claims the quarantine violates her rights. the president met today with his public health and national security teams. he says there could be more ebola cases in the weeks to come in the u.s. and in delaware, health officials announce that they are monitoring 11 people for that virus. well, a group of cheney

university students staff and alumni have filed a federal lawsuit. they allege the historically black college has been shortchanged for decades all because of race. the group that filed the lawsuit calls itself heeding cheney's call. their suit names governor tom corbett, the pennsylvania board of governors and the u.s. department of education the it claims that funding shortages at chaney have been the result of racial discrimination. >> cheney university an all time great institution currently has an all time low student enroll. and an all time budget deficit. what's the cause of that? well, the cause of that is racial discrimination. >> well, the complaint doesn't seek specific damages but it wants to revive cheney and expand its academic offerings. in a statement tonight the pennsylvania system of higher education said cheney university's role within pennsylvania's state system of higher education and the commonwealth is important.

our collector tiff goal, they say s-to ensure that every student who attends the university receives a high-quality educational experience. >> new tonight the philadelphia police department says it's making an effort to be more transparent about violent crime in the city. officials have released information about shootings in the city on its web site. that data includes all shootings since 2007. this year there were 15 officer involved shootings through august. if this trend continues, it will be the lowest number of those types of shootings in year. >> to put the shooting information out there every time there is an officer-involved shooting is, we do release information, release summaries but this gives an opportunity for our citizens to view this with their own eyes. >> federal officials began reviewing officer involved shootings in philadelphia last year after those shootings reached their highest levels in more than a decade in 2012. a camden county police officer and her husband are among 40 people arrested and

charged in connection with a drug trafficking network. authorities say the suspects distributed more than $1 million worth of heroin and cocaine annually all across south jersey. est investigators say officer ashley bailey gave drug dealers and gangs connected to her husband confidential information. police say their investigation is far from over. >> a balloon that was used in the search for the trooper shooting suspect eric frein has now been returned to ohio. this mylar balloon did fly over parts of the poconos on monday but it was not as useful as some had hoped. law enforcement has had a very hard time navigating the rugged terrain there looking for frein. they believe that the survivalist has been hiding in the woods. in gloucester county tonight, family and friends honored the memory of the murdered teenager autumn pasquale on what would have been her 15th birth day.

the borough of clayton dedicated this gazebo in her memory at autumn pasquale park. two years ago she was strangled by a teen boy after she went to a neighbor's home to trade bicycle parts. the community raised money for this gazebo by selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, magnets and yard posters. >> a social experiment with a serious message is getting a lot of attention today. >> what's up girl? how you doing? >> compliment or harassment? one woman records her experience just walking down the street. >> also ahead tonight three on your side takes you inside the secrets that many restaurants use to influence was order. kathy. >> before the winter-like weekend, we are celebrating all things halloween with that trick or treat forecast and your pictures, your kids, your pets, your home, we want to see them. just tweet them at hashtag cbs3 halloween. i'll have that forecast coming up. >> and the taney dragons take

home another honor. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> in hawaii, this flowing lava is about 2,000 degrees, moving about 15 yards an hour

and there is no way to stop it. many have already evacuated as homes in several places are threatened. the lava is now just a couple hundred feet from the main road of a village. some are choosing to stay and helplessly watch with their homes in jeopardy. >> heartbreaking. it's pretty sad, yeahly we don't know what's going to happen from now on. >> the lava is from mount kilauea which has been continuously erupting since 1983. a tough smoking ban is in effect in wilmington. today mayor dennis williams signed a executive order banning smoking in some public places in the city. this ban includes transit physicals like bus stops and city parks and playgrounds. the move by the mary versus a city council decision earlier this month and violators face fines of up to $100. new tonight, another big honor for the taney dragons. (applause). >> tonight the citizens crime commission presented the

little leaguers with this year's thomas jefferson award in northeast philadelphia. the group recognized for handling the pressure of playing in the little league world series under the microscope of some intense media attention. pitcher mo'ne davis and her teammates also received some brand new taney gear from the commissioner. >> a new hidden camera social experiment offers a disturbing look at the harassment some women face when they walk down the street. >> hey, what's up girl? how you doing. >> this shows a woman in new york city bombarded with more than 100 comments from strangers in just one day. the 24-year-old actress teamed up with a friend who filmed her as she walked the streets of new york. the group behind this film is called holla' back. the director of holla' backfillly says everyone has the right to feel safe when they walk down the street. >> we're hoping that as a community and as citizens of the city of philadelphia we can work together to improve the way we interact in public spaces without needing

official involvement because it really is at a human level just respecting each other. >> the creator of the film says he came up with the idea after watching his girlfriend get street harassed. >> well, when you go out to eat in a restaurant you may be getting tricked into ordering certain things and have no idea it's happening. it all has to do with the menu and how it's set up and a closer look reveals some of the most successful restaurant secrets. here's three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan. >> reporter: when chris clark eats out he says deciding what's for din sorry mostly a matter of going with his gut. >> there really is the mood of the day, do i want fish or do i want steak. >> reporter: according to experts the design of the menu itself can affect what we're in the mood for. >> there's definitely a psychology of menus. we are not masters and commander of what we choose when we go to a restaurant. >> reporter: this professor reviewed hundreds of menus and analyzed how they influence

diners. he says menu layouts are critical. >> determines what we look at first, determines largely what we choose and how much we like food. >> reporter: if you see something sooner, research shows you're more likely to order it and seeing descriptive words like suck length or creamy on a menu can have an impact. >> they're willing to pay about 15 percent more for an item, 27 percent more likely to take the item and to rate the item as tastier a after they finish it's something restaurant owners keep in mind. michael brian adjusts his menu three or four times a year to keep his menu fresh. >> we put boxes around certain items we want to highlight and that are our signature items or things that have a better gross profit. >> reporter: as for chris, he just wants to know the restaurant is cooking up something delicious. >> going out to eat is is really about having good food an good experience. >> reporter: something else to keep in mind. prices. mike o'brien tells us he

avoids lining prices up in one column because he's found customers tend to shop by price. if they're not lined up it's not as easy to compare. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. >> our eyewitness weather watchers are reporting across the delaware valley much cooler conditions and somewhat dreary with areas of fog. let's start off right here where it is 52 dreams fire marshal joey is saying in sommer a bit gloomy, 52, a dreary night in somerdale. to the west we go, 52 degrees right now and josh says it is a cool night. you can see the skies are clearing. relative humidity on the high side. i want to show you a very pretty picture from burnville. the temperature 45 degrees right now. allen says there's cool, there's not much wind out there, dewpoint 37. skies are clearing and he sends in this beautiful photo, a little bit of sunshine before the sunset to the north

and west. to the south we go to one of my favorite places, of course the jersey shore, its 55 degrees in ocean view and greg says yeah it's a cool night, 55 degrees but a nice fall evening in upper township. if you would like to be an eyewitness weather watcher, sign up now. we want you to join our team. go to cbsphilly.com/watchers. outside our center city studios it is cool, the same thing down the shore in atlantic city. no one will be spared by the cool air that is moving in on the coat tails of a cold front that moved through earlier this evening. on storm scan3 still a little bit of drizzle along the barrier islands and especially down towards cape may but that will be moving off shore and you can see that cloud shield slowly moving toward the east along the i-95 corridor already seeing those clear skies. 46 in allentown, that cold air already in the poconos going down into the 30's overnight. reading 47. 52 in millville but you know your usual cool spot you'll be down in the 40's as well. skies will be mostly sunny for

your thursday so a gorgeous sunrise and a beautiful sunset. high pressure continues to hold on for halloween, at least the first half of the day. then the clouds will roll in. and then all eyes on this area of low pressure that will join with another area of low pressure off the coast of the midatlantic and we're looking at conditions that will be deteriorating saturday. we're talking about that on shore flow, windy conditions and very chilly temperatures, a taste of winter. the jet stream begins to take a dive tomorrow, really bottoms out, we round out the bottom that of trough right through areas of the midatlantic in the deep south bringing blustery conditions. that's winds gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour. combine that with some cold temperatures and some showers, maybe even some snowflakes with those raindrops in the poconos by saturday night. overnight though just looking at clouds beginning to break for clearing. the low temperature 47 in the city, cooler in our suburbs. a cold start to the day on thursday, definitely not a sweatshirt, more like sweater weather or grab the fleece in the morning. by the after we don't need it,

the high temperature going for 59 with a northwesterly wind at about five to 10 miles an hour. so, after least there's no wind for thursday. for halloween, looking pretty decent. by 6:00 p.m. for our trick or treaters on friday, 55 degrees. by 8:00 p.m., 53 but the good news is there's very little wind and it will be dry. skies will just be mostly cloudy. so, it's not all that scary. and on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven-day forecast, friday's high 58. saturday 49. and then by sunday, we're talking about daylight saving time ending so you turn that clock back one hour before you go to sleep saturday night. then monday 56. we get out the vote tuesday, weather improves, showers moving in on wednesday. be sure to wake up with "eyewitness news" in the morning. meteorologist kate fehlinger will track the weather. the team starts at 4:30 here on cbs3 and then continues on the cw beginning at 7:00. >> they thought it was an earthquake but it wasn't the ground shaking down the shore today. a series of sonic booms left people rattled. new tonight, "eyewitness news"

reporter todd quinones has more on what was behind all that noise. >> seemed like the room moved. it didn't shake, it didn't twitch or anything, it just actually seemed like it moved. >> reporter: it was a shakeup joanne armstrong just couldn't figure out and she wasn't alone. up and down the shore people reported feeling the ground move or hearing a loud boom. >> i felt like a big like almost like a vibration and then i heard what sounded like a truck overturning or something. >> reporter: it lasted just seconds but people jumped on social media hoping to figure it all out. some didn't know what to think. others thought possibly it was even an earthquake. there were no reports of any earthquakes in the area by the u.s. geological survey and as it turns out, the source of the mysterious boom may not be from the ground but, rather, the air. aircraft test flights breaking the speed of sound over the atlantic in an air face referred to as the test track

caused a similar scare back in february and it turns out the navy was conducting similar tests wednesday afternoon from the naval air station in patuxent river, maryland. relieveed her friends experienced the same thing. for a moment she thought she was alone. >> very bizarre. >> reporter: in north cape may, todd quinones, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> all right. and beasley is up next with sports. >> yeah, the eagles got a lot of work to do. very tough defense out in houston. plus, the sixers kicked off their season tonight against indiana. it's the debut of nerlens noel, first real game. sports

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tony wroten led the sixers with 22 points. tough test for the eagles. hit the road to houston facing a texas defense led by one of the best defensive ends in j.j. watt. birds trying to get the offense back on track after losing to the cardinals. head coach chip kelly says there's plenty of improvement to be made especially in the red zone. >> biggest issue inside the 20. >> turnovers. i think our mind-set is you have three, we're greedy and we want seven but you can't come away without anything in that situation i think the turnovers are really the biggest part that's killing us in the red zone right now. >> stuff we got to keep working on, something to get better at. that's all you really could do. >> mccoy could be without todd herremans practicing way torn bicep. could be a big loss if he's not able to go. >> this is a tough season. guys are coming in and out so

hopefully -- hopefully it's not too serious and he can play. we don't wander another lineman out, you know, so hopefully it's not that bad. >> big night in baseball. game seven world series in kansas city. the bullpens on both sides kept this one close but the kansas city bats unable to get anything done against madison bum garner. giants win the series by a final score of 32 and finally another reminder to vote for our friday football frenzy of the week. your choice are moorestown at timber creek, collingswood at west deptford and glass grow at bishop eustace. vote now on the audio road show app. we'll have the winner

>> villanova university in the pink tonight showing support for the lights for the cure campaign. buildings all across the area

are displaying those pink lights during october as a reminder to women to schedule a mammogram. for the 13th year cbs3 and the wc philly teamed up with susan g. komen for lights for the cure. fall fashion takes center stage tonight in bala cynwyd. >> "eyewitness news" at saks fifth avenue where it was all about the guys. philadelphia style magazine hosting a release party for its men's issue. tonight's event featured an incredible fashion presentation by eric jennings many i was delighted to be part of this issue there and even more delighted to be joined tonight by my fashionable colleagues jessica and kathy an good time was had by all. we'll

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