of the work week. usually fridays tends to be a lighter travel day, if i can say, that but today, it looks like it is busy, already it is only 5:30 in the morning, and we already have some problems out here. now, this is one of the incidents right here, jackknife tractor-trailer, west vine ramps to the schuylkill, traffic getting by, you can see, past that far left lane, if you will, they're pushed over, casino every on to the shoulder, trying to get by. but you can see when you look just a sea of headlights trying to get on to the schuylkill, can you not, you will have to go around that. look at this, this is to and from the schuylkill, moving in the westbound direction, this is the back up, because of that jack enough tractor-trailer, so, for those of you just thinking about leaving your homes now, you might want to give yourself couple every extra minute, because if that doesn't get cleared up, as we pushed toward that 6:00 hour, this, which is already bad back up, is going to get much worse. we also have an accident here, the blue route southbound at the off ramp to saint david's, route 30, you can see, it is pretty much blocked, flashing lights overall. this isn't causing any slow downs.

everyone still traveling around at posted speeds, but what is happening is that as they approach that, people are starting to tap on brake lights lit bill. take a peak what's going on. so far so good, though, on this route, just in the enough volume thereto cause too many slow downs. i'll back out of the way here, here is the mass transit checklist. route 101 bussing, so is west trenton, saturday, sunday, norristown high-speed line, passengers must board from the out bond platform. so check your local listing for all of you traveling by that way. erika, back over to you. >> meisha, a thanks. with just more than two weeks until pope francis arrives in philadelphia, city officials released new details that will affect people that live and drive within the secure zone. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live for just center sit which all of the details, good morning, jan. >> nicole, erika, good morning, there have been a lot of concerns about parking from people who live in these secured zones. where will they move their cars? what's the deadline for moving them before there is a threat of getting towed? well, now, city officials detailed a lot of this information, take a look, at the video.

this is just released 3d rent erring, released by secret service, showing what security will look like in center city for the papal visit. in order to set this all up, cars need to be moved out of secured zones. so, city officials now say you must move your car if you park in one every these blue zones, or towing will start sunday september 20th. but, if you buy a plaque adder, to park in a ppa lot, you don't have to move your car until thursday, september 24th. take a listen. >> the philadelphia parking authority will pre-sale spaces, and designated garages, for residents to park beginning at 6:00 p.m. on thursday, september 24th, once a vehicle has entered a garage, it will not be permit today leave until monday morning. the cost is $20 for the entire weekend, and must be purchased in advance. >> and in addition to roads being closed for the papal visit, city officials also now say select waterways will be off limits, to boat traffic.

the us coast guard will establish security zones on portions of the schuylkill and delaware rivers, and they will be in effect from friday september 25th, to monday, the 28th. and when it comes to the rales, officials say, septa regional rail passes, to get you from the western suburbs into center city, they're still available. as far as patco goes, this is actually the last day to buy patco passes for the papal visit on line. so that deadline is today. coming from new jersey, you want to get on that and log on, of course, all of this information on our website broken down all of the specific zones, all the specific areas, and details, and deadlines, on cbsphilly.com. for now, live in center city, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> just so much information out there, you can understand why residents are concerned. >> and what's happening right outside their door or window, it will be an interesting weekend. great weekends, but interesting one. jan, thank you. >> now, new this morning, "eyewitness news" has learned that philadelphia has scrapped

plans, it was supposed to be a campground in fairmount park. so if you couldn't get a hotel room you could camp there. office of emergency management tells cbs-3 it canceled plans because of lack of there. so i guess people aren't that hard up to find a place to sleep. >> they didn't want to sleep in fairmount park. >> apparently not. >> pope francis takes first steps in philadelphia if to will be a red carpet moment. >> carpet 9 feet wide and 75 feet long, was loomed at langhorne carpet in bucks county. carpet sink in the medalian every gold and this is just an extraordinary assignment for this company. the company made it their gift to the holy father. >> we wanted something that wobble gant, but sim somebody, possibly not religious, so we went with some of the images from the stained glass windows at the cathedral. >> langhorne also loomed two large accent rugs in green with the same gold medalian design, for the rectory where the pope will dress for mass privately. i know that's a big honor for them.

>> just beautiful rugs, too. >> very nice. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the papal visit. you can find information about the historic event any time on line at cbsphilly.com. all right, 5:35 right now, in business news this morning, time to think about your 401k. >> also, a look at cable bills across the us. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange with those stories and much mourn, morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, erika, nicole. invest remembers waiting for the all-important federal reserve meeting that's next week. yesterday, the dow jumped 76-point, the nasdaq was up 40. today is national 401k day. it is a good time to make sure to take advantage of your company's 401k plan, despite all of the turmoil we've seen with the markets. new study finds that mill elains are less likely than generation x and baby boom tears participate. cable bills are higher than ever. according to recent survey, the average cable tv bill hit a record $99 this year, up 39%

from 2010. the survey found that 83% of homes subscribed to cable, which is down about 4%, in the last five years. and, animals at the oakland zoo got in touch with their creative side. zoo keepers work with elephants, giraffes, monkeys, even a cockroach, to create works of art, up for auction on ebay, and the money raised will go to animal conservation efforts. erika, nicole? >> i've done that with see lions before, where you hold the canvas, and they put little brush in their mouth, and they paint. it is a fantastic fundraiser. >> do nice job. >> yes, it has more expensive frames than the painting actually cost in my home right now. >> so sweet. >> abstract look, right? >> yes, love it. jill, thanks so much. >> thanks, jill. >> right now, it is 5:36. public reflection will be part of today's observance of the september 11 attacks. this is a live look right now at the garden of reflection, 9/11 memorial in bucks county. there will be remembrance ceremony at 8: 30, and prayer

service tonight at 7:15. >> a gop candidate breaks the glass sealing for the next republican debate, and vice president joe biden talks about whether he'll run for the nation's top office. cbs news correspondent don champion reports from new york. >> reporter: vice president joe biden says he's not sure he will join the 2016 race for the white house. he sat down with the late show's steven colbert last night. >> i promise you, you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion to do this. and i would be lying if i said that i newspaper i was there. >> though he is not in the race, the vice president is gaining grounds. he roast six-point to 26% to new cnn pole of democratic voters, frontrunner hillary clinton, slipped ten-point to 37%, and vermont senator

bernie sanders remains stead which 26%. clinton went on the offensive against the gop during the campaign stop in wisconsin thursday. >> pretty much the same. they're all trump without the pizzazz or the hair. >> trump will take center stage at next week's gop debate in california where he'll come face-to-face with carly fiorina. said of carl any rolling stone magazine, quote, look at that fails. would anyone vote for that? he back off that remark thursday night on fox news. >> we're really talking about not a physical thing. we are talking about the persona. >> she broke into top tear debate appearance based on her rising pole numbers. don champion, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". happening today, a former youth football coach convicted of six sexual assaults will learn his pin i shallment. jury found leon watson guilty of sexually assaulting five boys in a develop mentally disable man. prosecutors want watson to spend the rest of his life in

prison. there is also a hearing today for pen darr advice william. else the former philadelphia and 911 operator accused of illegally collecting more than $55,000 from a fund intended for city resident serving in the war on terror. prosecutors say williams continued to collect that fund, even after he was no longer on active duty in the armed forces. williams was a member of the pennsylvania national guard. >> still ahead this morning, steven colbert takes on of all things donald trump's baseball cap. weep ' show it to you. >> plus' charge near popular book and mini-series. what are we saying his name wrong? we'll explain. this was a shocker. also this. >> i'm kevin frazier, coming up m. night shyamalon returns to his creepy route. the visit. and a woman's dream man isn't everything he's seen in the perfect guy.

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to the high water. we understand that the water is starting to recede. >> better day than yesterday. >> that's good news, yes. >> our sister radio station wogl holding radiothon to benefit children's hospital. >> this year letting us tv folks help out. meisha joined the wogl crew yesterday, raising funds for the important work of one of the best hospitalization in the country. also got some help from the philly phanatic there. taking her first spin. >> nice move. >> yes. over the last 13 years, the wogl radiothon, and he's back at it, has raised more than $6 million for children's hospital. >> considering the size of meisha. >> i love that fanatic. >> who doesn't? >> well, you can still help today. there is still time. radiothon continues today at 6:00. about 15 minute from now. the number is on your screen there: 1866-266-8898. you can also donate by logging onto wogl.

com/radiothon. such a great cause. take a look at this, okay? what looks like tornado but on the surface of the sun. >> look at the bottom right hand portion off you are screen right there. nasa says that twist surreal a guy rating mass of plaza. >> happens sometimes. >> astronomers say the solar cyclone spun for about 40 hours earlier this month. forty hours. how about it? temperatures in the plaza storm were measured at 5 million degrees fahrenheit. >> wow. >> and kyla, were you saying before, it is nice to look at this, because no one is getting hurt, just appreciate the beauty of mother nature smear. >> then just check out the interesting phenomena without worrying about it, right? because when i see tornados, i worry, i think everybody does. not worried today though. looking good. i opportunity say good morning to eyewitness weather watchers. you know what i will do today? travel little bit. let's do it. >> let's head down or up to our suburbs, and catch few that i might not normally see. start with this one. 66 degrees, rusty, good morning, he's got some cloud

cover out there. he says over 2 inches of much needed rain yesterday. now the humidity can drop any time now. ladies are saying how nice you look in your suit, too. so rosies looking dollars government we have good looking weather watchers, people. charm, good morning to you, he's in bath, pa, six after degrees. he said he got much needed rain, as well, over 2 inches in 24 hours. that was a rough ride, though, wasn't it? because we had the rain come so quickly. i think a lot of people were concerned about flooding. i'll head down to philadelphia, we do one closer to town here. lynn, good morning to you, 67 degrees in cherry hill. and she says the air feels fresh this morning. and my garden is singing with the crickets. awesome. there go. that's what this rain was great for. now, we only had about inch of rain from august 1st to september 9th. but look at what a drought buster this was. as we got that extra rain in there. now, as of yesterday, 4.76 inches of rain. so big, big difference everybody. these are s rain totals too. ly set daily record in philadelphia as you can see with the 4.76 inches, also

daily record there in trenton at 1.68. you see, we got over 3 inches there in milton, cory ville. live look at storm scan3, you can see, all of that is now moving out. we do have little business to talk about. another front, toward the weaken, not going to bode well for weekend forecast, but today looking great. going out to the double head their, the phillies game, beautiful 08 degrees for game one. lovely evening. game two we think will start about 8:00. should be about 78 degrees, very comfortable there. winds nice and light. that's what you call good baseball weather. >> this front tracks out, beautiful day today. second front tracking toward us, means, little stormy weather, saturday afternoon, possibly rain on sunday. in the by sunday, hoodies just in the 70s. and then we clear out as we get to monday. so, little bit of rain for the weekend. not great news there, but today i think it will be beautiful. less humid, 82 degrees, clouds decrease, get the sunshine there. tonight 65 degrees, comfortable. so if you would like to go out and about this evening great time to take a stroll. seven day forecast shows we do

have stormy weather to contend with on saturday afternoon. and also into sunday for some showers, rosh hashana holiday sunday into mondayment lock at the nice sunshine, cooler air, boo out full next week. so meisha, there go. can't give you the perfect weekend forecast, but i can set you up to for next week. >> in complaints. remember kyla we start off in the 4:00 hour saying everything is all good. we will take the rain, it is all right. and 80s, who can complain about that? so we have jackknife tractor-trailer westbound vine ramp to the schuylkill. you can see, the backups certainly forming. we've been keeping our eye on this for the past 15 minutes or so. and they keep coming. the good news is this is slowly starting to get cleared out of the way. so law enforcement out on foot. standing kind of blocking with all of the vick here. block that far left lane. soap you're down to the two lanes. then trying to squeeze by on the shoulder. as you look back thon camera, see just sea of headlights. so still traveling very slow, backups, the residual effect because of the trying to get out of the schuylkill. some people not even moving. you are literally starting to put on your brake lights, then

stop. so even though while this gets cleared out of the way just because we do have law enforcement on foot, a lot of stuff going on there, just investigate you down considerably. accident is cleared here on the blue route, southbound off many rap ram top saint david's, route 30 all cleared. so all good there. looking great actually, everywhere that we look on the blue route right now at this early hour. we have an accident in king of prussia. for the henderson road, at west valley forge road. just make note that far for those of you travel in and around that area. and also, mass transit, route 101, west trenton, bussing saturday, sunday, norristown high-speed line, passengers boarding the outbound platforms. so check your local listings on that wave commuting route. nicole, over to you. >> meisha, a thank you n theatres this week, horror movie involving grand parent? and the thriller involving a love try ankle. >> i kevin frazer from entertainment tonight takes us behind the scene of what to do at the theatres. >> this week, concerning new boyfriend too good to be true in the perfect guy. and m. night shyamalon turns

trip to your grand par needn't something sinister. in the visit. >> bed time here is 9:30. it is probably bet you two shouldn't come out of your room after that. >> there is someone outside the door. >> a trip to see nan a and pop pop goes wrong when brother and sister stay up past bed time and capture some spooky secrets on their cameras, in the visit. the movie is a return to m. night shyamalon's horror roots. but with a found footage twist, a first for the director. >> this is casino after being reborn again casino after movie for me. and the main character is a young film maker. it is me ac kid again. >> nana, you knock. >> going to get you. >> you know i never hurt you, right. >> and in the perfect guy, a passionate romance turns ugly when charming michael eli reveals his dark side stalking

and threatening her after she goes back to her exboyfriend played by morris. but his charge is her no damn sell in distress, and the star also served as executive producer on the movie taking charge on and off the screen. >> it is casino after natural next step for me. because i have kind of been putting creative input into most of the movies that i starred n and then obviously the role of lea is a dream role, to play the row plans and the suspense and then the empowerment. it is no too, you know, bad working with michael and morris chestnut. >> he's out there. he's watching me. i want my life back. >> for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frazier, back to you in the studio. >> for all of the latest news from hollywood. watch entertainment tonight every week night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. so neat the m. night shyamalon movie. >> i would love to see a local guy do his thing. >> @ agreed.

we'll be right back. first, what's coming un tonight on cbs-3.

well, even the biggest harry potter fan got to see -- >> it turns out we've been saying the name of jk rolling's notorious villain incorrectly. >> all about you, because you are such a big fan. >> i love these books. i'm re-reading them right now. that's true, actualliment one fan tweeted the airy potter author, one piece of trivia always forget to mention, the. it is silent, in voldemort. responded, quote, i'm pretty sure i'm the only one who pronounce it is that way. so for all of you harry potter fans. >> mind blowing. blown. >> like colbert. you don't say the t. >> great transition. speaking of stephen colbert, he is making headlines this morning for his interview with vice president joe biden? also took time to address the

political odd at this, donald trump baseball cap. >> trump's entire appeal sum up by one parities paint who explained we know his goal is to make america great again. it is on his hat. >> that's right. >> that's good enough. that's how you can tell who people really are. the hat. >> that's why you know that creepy guy on the beach is a real female body inspector. for example, trump's hat has become a star in its own right, become so iconic, that at recent trump fundraiser guests were severed the hat in cake form. it was a very rich dessert, that kept insisting it was much, much ripper than could you possibly imagine. eat my hat. eat it. eat the hat. >> he was delivering every show. >> that's pretty good. amy schumer, steven king on the new late slow with stephen

colbert, tonight after "eyewitness news" at 11:00 right here on cbs-3. >> love it. >> coming up in the next hour of "eyewitness news", meisha is taking us for a dream drive down the shore. >> this is beautiful. >> we can see the fishermen, kayakers, people walking around, cycling. >> this weekend will be perfect for a trip down the shore, and meisha is showing us some of the hot spots. plus, a whole new set of emoji's, hang on, is that an uni corn. >> you know i'll be listening. we'll be right back. i think it is an uni corn.

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>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good morning, heavy rain, leads to flashflooding throughout our area. but, as the rain moves out, more comfortable weather moves in. kyla has the details. >> it's been 14 years since the worst terror attack on american soil. today we're remembering 9/11 with a day of somber reflection and memorial. planning for the pope. new details that affect people who live and drive within the secure zone. so many people have questions about well what am i going do all weekend long, can i get out? up. >> stand bridge so. and affect a lot of people. today is friday, september 191, good morning to you, so glad you're with us, i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm erika von tiehl.

we check in with kyla and meisha, a wet roads out, there hoping the rain moves out soon. morning, ladies? good morning, yes. it certainly is affecting our morning commute. just like we saw yesterday. casino of rolling over into today. kyla, how is it looking? >> tell you what, we saw record rain yesterday, here in philadelphia. casino of unbelievable how much came down. and the heavy rain led to flooded out roads in the area. take a look routed, mantua township, road closed overnight, happy to tell you that the water has receded. and now, route 45, is open, but, you know, that was the concern i am of the rain coming down so quickly, things looking better instead of worse. live look at the neighborhood network. this is rehoboth. the boardwalk. not a road but walkway. you can see someone out there walking. notice it is a little wet out there. so, 68 degrees right now. probably little slippery. so careful, folks. it is 68 in philadelphia, as well, about 61 degrees, if you're in mount pocono, good morning to all of