picture from the scranton times, frein shows in that orange jumpsuit being escorted from state police barracks in blooming grove. cbs news correspondent marlie hall in milford where frein appears before a judge coming up later this morning. >> one of the most wanted fugitives in america is now in police custody. eric frein, was captured thursday, after being on the run for 48 days. >> let me assure you, from everybody here, justice will be served. >> the take-down of frein, ended weeks of tension and anxiety in the area. >> he can no longer hide behind his rifle, can he no longer hide in the woods, and he's no longer on the run. and now he will have to answer for his violent actions. >> several thousand members of law enforcement, from at least five different state, had been searching for frein since september 12th. when he allegedly opened fire outside the blooming grove police barracks, killing trooper brian dixon, and

seriously wounding trooper alex douglas. he evaded capture by hiding in the woods where officials say they found pipe bombs, ammunition, and even handwritten note describing the ambush. us marshals finally captured him near and abandoned air plan hangar. >> corporate dixon's handicuffs were placed on him and put in corporal dixon's car. >> knelt down, calmly put his hands up, arrested without incident, will have preliminary arraignment hearing later this morning. frein faces first grew murder charges, two counts of possession of weapons of mass destruction. prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty in the case. >> marlie hall reporting. "eyewitness news" is staying on top of the capture of eric frein follow our coverage on the air and on line at cbsphilly.com. right now, it is 50:00; we have more breaking news this morning. this inferno destroys west philadelphia apartment building overnight, sends too long people to the hospital, including a firefighter.

"eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us now, she is live at that scene in cobbs creek, where an investigation into how that blaze started is underway. nicole? >> and erika, we're told that those two people that you mentioned were taken to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania, both in stable condition, the nature of their injuries at this point still unknown. this after flames tore through the chestnut park apartments, you see behind me, early this morning. >> i don't wish this on nobody. >> for residents in west philadelphia, a scary site, this halloween morning, as dozens wait to find the upper level of their apartment building fully engulfed in flames. >> oh, i never seen a fire like this a day in my life. i never seen it. it was flames and fire everywhere up there. >> it was just before midnight when firefighters were called to the 6200 block of chestnut street for report of heavy fire. >> i had no idea that they was going through my home where i live at, to come see it burning down like that, crazy,

man. >> samantha bowler didn't believe it at first when officers came knocking, she didn't answer, until -- >> he kicked that door in. and i mean, he kicked that door in and the whole door went boom. when i came outside, the whole third floor was in flames. >> the two alarm fire took about an hour and a half to get under control, as fire crews evacuated between 50 and 60 resident. >> we did transport one civilian, one firefighter, to area hospitals, and they are stable at this time. >> now, the american red cross has opened a shelter at thayer junior high school, 5800 walnut st. we're told 66 residents are checked in for the night. there they will be provided with the cots, blankets, pillows, and other emergency items to keep them comfortable throughout the night. but definitely a scary scene here in west philadelphia. we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> all right, nicole, thank you. right now 5:03, we want to head out to katie on the skydeck. morning, chill. >> i you see the coat i have

on? this is my heavy coat, i wear it on special occasions when it starts to get chilly outside. i will tell you when, what you are out in the outlying suburbs, it is really getting chilly, guys. and it might catch you off guard, how cold it is. let's start things off by looking at storm scan3, which remains quiet right now, nothing more than just few clouds here through the western and southwestern suburbs, especially, and that's going to be a theme through the day. we start off bright, sunny, and eventually some clouds will begin to roll in. but look at some of the live neighborhood network temperatures we're seeing here, valley forge, you're seeing temperatures into the mid 30's, moorestown, 34 degrees, new castle, in at 37. and we are getting report of frosty windshields, out there, so depending on your location, depending how cold it is, and depending if you have a garage, of course, you may need little extra time to be thawing out. halloween forecast, though, pretty pleasant one for the northeastern united state overall. we keep it cool. i'll give that you. high pressure is here for one final day before our next duo

of low pressure systems starts to encroach on the region as a whole. so, back here at home, we are talking upper 50's at best, starting with some sun, yelding for some clouds as the day progresses, up in the poconos should generally stay sunny it, will change with time, everybody starts to see the clouds thicken later tonight. 48 degrees our expected highment and here come that duo of storms, by tomorrow, the showers, the chill, the breeze, is setting back in for our area. vittoria, we send it into you. >> thank you so much, katie. and happy halloween, good morning, everyone, traveling on all of the majors, pa, delaware, new jersey, and even the connecting bridges, are all looking great this morning. it is definitely a treat. let's head outside. take a look at the ben franklin bridge. no delays in either direction. heading into pa, heading into new jersey, things wide open for you. not really worried about those construction zones out there, because we're not really dealing with too much volume either. so everything really beautiful out there. as we continue, though, we want to move you to 95, if you are traveling, not too far away, actually, from lincoln financial field there is shot

here in south philadelphia, if you are traveling either northbound, southbound, it is a great ride out there. no delays around south philly, looking great if you are traveling around the philadelphia international airport, if you have plans to head out this weekend, and in major delays in the northeast, so far on 95. however, we are dealing with an accident, city avenue southbound, monument road. you know how that is, definitely an intersection where things get little tricky. so, be minds full of that. also still dealing with the closure as a result after accident that happened at midnight tonight. so, your midnight last night, well, you know what i mean, anyway, route 13, closed between tyburn road and pen valley road, new falls your best alternate. mass transit looks great. ukee? >> thank you, vet tore y happening today septa and its largest union get back to the bargaining table at noon with potential strike looming. management and the transport workers union held talks at the wyndham hotel in old city yesterday. but could not reach a deal. reportedly hung up over pension benefits. any work stoppage would affect septa bus, subway, trolley service, but the union

promises to give riders 24 hours notice before a strike. >> and, a long time pennsylvania law make letter step down from office later today after pleading guilty in a political corruption investigation. state senator, leanna washington, admitted using staffers and other resources, to plan campaign fundraisers. a judge sentenced the 69 year old democrat yesterday to three month of house arrest, and five years probation. a plea deal allowed her to keep her pension. >> i recognize the use of senate resources connected with preparations the birthday party was a violation of state law. and i except full responsibility. >> washington was also ordered to pay back $200,000 in restitution. she spent 20 years representing part of northwest philadelphia and montgomery county. >> philadelphia city council stringent the city hate law. members of the lgbt community,

spark by same sex couple in certain city, mayor mike nutter is expected to sign the bill. erika? >> suspected robber behind bars this morning, all thanks to social media, and security camera. now there is video was shot tuesday. police say the man you see right there grabbed a woman by the hair, and then stole her money and ran down the 4800 block of windsor street. word of the robbery spread through an on line community bulletin, and the university city neighborhood. >> resident in the area began looking at their video surveillance, equipment that they have at the resident cents, a resident found video after male who runs past our home. >> police arrest that man, one day later, thanks to that video. we spoke with the owner of philly spy shop, who told us more and more city residents are buying surveillance cameras for their homes. >> we continue to follow two breaking stories this morning, we will get updates on the huge apartment fire and what is neck for suspected killer, eric frein. >> also, cracking down on eyes

in the sky. where it could be illegal to fly drones in our area. >> and challenging her quarantine. the defiant nurse at the center of the ebola controversy leaves her home. the new showdown looming with the governor. >> ♪ >> oh, love this song. make sure you throw a little jacket on your ghouls and goblins tonight. katie has the trick-or-treating forecast when we do traffic and weather together on the 3's. >> ♪

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new picture from the scranton times shows frein from orange prison jumpsuit, faces arraignment at 9:00 a.m. state police captured him yesterday, in northeastern pennsylvania, after seven weeks on the run. prosecutors want the death penalty. >> more breaking news, firefighter and another person are injured after huge apartment fire near 62nd and market in west philly. dozens of people are in the care of the red cross this morning. and, philadelphia state senator leanna washington resigns her office today. washington avoids jail time, and keeps her pension, despite a guilty plea to conflict of interest charges. >> well, maine's governor says he's ready to use the quote full extent of his authority to keep nurse casey hickox away from the public. hickox recently returned from treating ebola patients in west africa. and she's now defying a state order to stay in her home. hickox took a bike ride with her boyfriend yesterday. she says she has no symptoms and that a quarantine violate her right. her boyfriend spoke out last night saying the quarantine

battle is disrupting his life as well. >> i'm not able to go to school and if we had kids, they probably wouldn't be able to go to school, as well. >> hickox tested negative for ebola twice. quarantined against her will for several days in new jersey, after flying into newark airport. our time 5:13, let's get your traffic and weather together. here's kate. >> i good morning, everybody, happy friday, happy halloween to you here. coming up on what looks to be a very chilly weekend, granted, but hey, at least the week send here, right? we are going to eventually end up with some sunshine despite the fact that we've got two areas of low pressure starting to head our way. it doesn't really pose any kind of major threat to our area. we will be, you know, sort of put into a nuisance situation here this weekend. it does get very chilly but could be a lot worse. here is your first storm system, one of two areas of low pressure, snow with this, this is what's going to be drawing in the cold air. then, you have got this guy.

storm system number two, developing, actually, on the tail end of the front that came through earlier in the week. this is going to roll north. and eventually merge with that other storm, and that provides the moisture. so here is your cold. here is your moisture source, when the two meet up, you get a monster storm, and the appropriately named because we've got halloween here on our hands. what's it mean for us? now, by tomorrow, the chill starts set it in. the breeze kicks in. see some showers in some of these little pocket of rain could be steady rain, especially if philly on southeastment then the two pieces merge, and the whole thing, look at this, ramming up here, out to sea, but will clip southeastern new england, so we're really dodging the worse of this, when it comes to, you know, when this rolls on through, what we end up seeing. 57 degrees in the meantime here today. watching for the clouds to eventually roll in with time. if you have got trick-or-treat plans, who doesn't, mostly cloudy skies out there, we keep up in the mid to lower 50's, throughout the course of all of the festivities here. so sweatshirt weather i would

say underneath those costumes. let me know what your costume s i still haven't decided what to dress up as here tonight. time is winding down, meanwhile, we look ahead to the weekend, watch for showers and breeze to kick in, sunday brightens up, but still cold out there. vittoria? >> thank you, taking your advice and put that sweatshirt under my teenage mutant ninja turtle costume. be on the look-out for that on facebook and twitter. i'll take a picture. good morning, everyone, if you are traveling on any of the majors it, as great story, definitely treat for you. we take a look at the schuylkill expressway, no delays in either direction. eastbound-westbound commuting looking beautiful. we had earlier crew working right around the area of belmont in the eastbound direction. but they've cleared out of the way. so definitely a noise way to start your morning with things just wide open. same thing traveling in new jersey, traveling on the 42 freeway, no delays in the northbound direction, are we seeing just yet. still waiting on that rush. and it is only 5:15, we really don't see that movement, or at least that slow movement start to build until at least 6:15,

i would say, or 6:00. we'll see what's going on today. i know a loft people have off a loft school kids have off. speed censors again, pretty much paint the picture that it is beautiful out there. so far hopefully stays like. that will still dealing with closure of the haven street, between beluga minko and overlook lane. best alternate to take front or gulf. all because that far road collapse. no delays for mass transit. erika? >> thank you, vet tore y big news for hawaii big island. lava slowed down but the threat remains. lava only burning grassy area. it has been inning toward -- inch. ing, crater opened on a volcanoment crews plan to take advantage of the slow down by saturday rating the ground with water and foam today. forget about waiting in line for starbucks. how the coffee chain wants to make it even easier to get your caffeine fix. also, this:, that's

planned, more on the explosion that rocked a fireworks factory. yikes, that's coming up.

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>> pretty soon coffee chain will deliver it to you. starbucks just announced it will start delivering food and drinks in some cities, starting next year. for now the company is not offering many details, including, if philadelphia will be part of the program, or just how much that will cost. >> and, speaking of coffee, you can pick up a free, free, pumpkin spice latte today. giving away the drinks at all of its locations, the best part, no catch. now, if you want a free donut to go with, that head over to krispy kreme, they'll give you free treat if you are wearing your halloween costume today. >> wow, how about that? >> pretty good. >> now time to check your philadelphia job market report. here's "eyewitness news" job expert steven greenberg. >> pretending you are someone

else can be great fun on halloween. but that's not a good thing to do on a job hunt. 54% of hiring managers, in pennsylvania, said they've caught candidate lying on their resume. that includes candidates who pre ten they have skills, degrees, or experience, that they did not have. it goes both ways. employers also disguised their open position toss make them sound more glamorous, or interesting, than they really are. >> employers should be more candid, honest, with their applicants. could lead to new hires staying at the new jobs longer n2013, more than half of all new hires quit their jobs after less than a year. there are many reasons. but unhappiness with a new position is certainly one of them. candidates and empmployers trying to be something they're not. contributes to labor market that's often frustrating and inefficient. accustommized and accurate resume can get employers knocking at your door. i'm steve greenberg, cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

on your spooky halloween morning, katy? >> i don't scare as -- i don't sound as scary as ukee. i just sounds like an idiot. >> no you don't. >> pulls it off way better than dow. let's talk about what i'm here to talk about, that's the weather, very quiet for now, just some clouds, starting to roll on n we do generally have clear sky initially though. and because after calm winds to go along with that, there are a lot of frosty windshields out there. so you might need that extra minute or two, for the windshield to actually thawing before you can hit the roadment be sure to allow the time for. that will you always want to be able to see as best as you can, before you hit the road. meanwhile, we continue to track two areas of low pressure that eventually will merge on our area, but, for now, keeping it dry, look at these temperatures, 26, your current temperature, at mount pocono.

ya, cold air in place. thirty-five in the pinelands, millville, atlantic city, as well, it is as cold as we are in, say, the pocono region, out in minneapolis right now, so another reinforcing blast of cool air is on tap. it will keep things pretty cold this weekend. don't forget also time to fall back, get the extra hour of sleep for sunday morning, we can expect to see skies brightening by then, but showers on tap tomorrow. vittoria? >> thank you, katie, good morning, everyone, traveling on the ben franklin bridge, the vine st. expressway, pretty wide open and clear. live look at it right now. we take a look at the ben, no delays in either direction it, doesn't matter if you are headed into pa, headed into new jersey, everything really is moving well, and it is not only the ben franklin bridge, it is all of the bridge this morning, the walt whitman, commodore barry, betsy ross, all moving real well. moving to the vine st. expressway, i love this shot, black and white, we didn't even do this. but traveling on the westbound, westbound, i wish i could take the creativity, but eastbound-westbound, moving great. traveling anywhere right now

even behind this accident situation we have a lot of green on a lot of the majors. we do however have an accident city avenue monument drive. definitely try to avoid that. you know how that intersection can get little sticky. no delays for mass transit. ukee? >> in sport, flyers continue their florida trip tomorrow against the panthers, last night three game winning streak on the line in tampa. the flyers jake was all around the puck against the lightning. his third goal of the season, got the fly guys within one in the third period. here we go. the flyers fell behind by two again later on, but jake fed michael to get within one goal again. getting close. getting close. but too little too late. flyers would lose this one, your final score, tampa wins it four to three. well sixers getting back in action for game two tonight in milwaukee. both the sixers and bucks lost their season owners. the sixers home opener is tomorrow night against the miami heat. see you at the game. big game in the nba last night, labron's homecoming.

labron trotted out with the cavaliers on the court for their home opener against the new york nicks. he and new teammate kevin love fired up the cleveland crowd. labron had 17-point, but also had eight turnovers. the new york nicks spoiled the big welcome back party. how about that bron, bron? the nicks won it, 59 to 90. >> football action, saint quarterback drew brees scored one touch done on his own, through for another. and the saint beat the carolina panthers 28 to ten. saint running back mark ingram scored twice. panthers have lost three straight and they play the eagles a week from monday night, in south philly. the birds are in houston this sunday, and merrill reese, the voice of the eagles, talking eagles football with me in our next hour, stay tuned for, that err dismay. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", we are continuing to follow two breaking stories including the arrest of eric frein in the poconos. plus, dozens of people fororced out of their homes by this massive apartment fire. firefighter also rushed to the

hospital. we're there live with the investigation into what sparked that huge blaze. and vittoria and katie return. they've got your traffic and weather together threes. need to bundle up your trick-or-treating today. we'll be right

>> brand new pictures every suspected killer eric frein in handicuffs. seven week long cat and mouse game in the poconos finally over. now he could face the death penalty. >> the 48-day manhunt again with the ambush of two pennsylvania state troopers, and it ended in a empty airport hangar. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo there in milford, where frein is scheduled to appear in court in just a few hours. jan, good morning. >> erika, ukee, good morning,

eric frein scheduled to face a judge for the first time this morning, here in pike county court, right around 9:00. he'll be arraigned on number of charges including murder, and district attorney says he will be pursuing the death penalty in this case. now, this is the beginning of the end for very long and stressful chapter for northeast pennsylvania, after a 48-day manhunt. eric frein was captured last night, by us marshals, near an abandoned airplane hangar in pocono township. officials say he meekly gave himself up around 6:00 when law enforcement approached. he knelt and put his hands into the air. officials say he was unarmed. now everything during the arrest, we're told, frein was handcuffed, with corporal brian dixon's cuffs, and taken away in his cruiser, and investigators say frein shot and killed dixon, and seriously injured another pennsylvania state police trooper outside of the blooming grove barracks in early september during late night shift change. since making his escape, hundreds in law enforcement have searched for frein, at times, closing area schools, cancelling outdoor event, and blocking roads, his