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are preparing for pontiff's visit. check out this video right here three men, set off sparks when they used power tools to break in the pharmacy. police need your help tracking them down. >> that won't get attention. >> it is thursday, december 17th good morning to you i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm erika von tiehl. i want too check with kyla and meisha for latest on the forecast. >> roads are looking good. overnight construction project, they are getting out of our way and it feels good out there. >> it does, it feels gorgeous out here this morning no humidity. doesn't feel very humid. feels nice and cool, nice and fresh, but we are going to have some unpleasant side effects from the warmth coming our way but lets talk about our headlines. we have a dry stretch that continues above average temperatures, a high of 86 and in rain in sight in our seven day forecast, so things are interesting, as we get to the seven day forecast. sixty-seven in philadelphia 58 in atlantic city. fifty-six in reading.
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and, 61 in dover. warming up down there as well. looking at storm scan three very high cloud, it is bought full, that is effect of high pressure which we will be influenced bias we head across next few days. high of 86, lots of sunshine in philadelphia, check out the shore, beautiful beach day. eighty-one for you and 79 for those of you at the poconos. this is down side, air quality is not great. we have an alert for sensitive groups meaning these who have a asthma or elderly or very young. the it is a day to stay in the air conditioning because it is spectacular out there. it is spectacular as far as sunshine is concern. we will talk in your seven day forecast about how long this warmth will last because our average this time of the year is 78, 79 degrees. we should not be looking at 86. what will you say, it is a toss up in the weather department. >> the sun makes us happy, and you make me happy as well.
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>> ahh. >> good morning, everyone. schuylkill eastbound at spring garden looking great, plenty of vehicles starting to hit the roadway and we see this even on thursday as we head toward that week even. friday will be lighter. thursday we will remain steady and this is what we are seeing in the 6:00 o'clock hour. place that is our main trouble spot. looking over here construction woodhaven road eastbound at knights road, right lane is block, hard to see in that camera but as we zoom in eastbound at franklin mills boulevard this is where we have some more construction, ramp to franklin mills is closed, ramp to woodhaven is closed but we are seeing major le downs here. thinks real trouble spot this morning. woodhaven road for those taking that we are looking at one camera shot where you were not moving, all brake lights weren't moving at all. new jersey turnpike southbound near route 168, left lane block until 7:00 a.m. that does it for traffic. we will be back in two
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minutes. nicole, over to you. >> nine days until pope francis plane touches down here in philadelphia a. mayor michael nutter wants you to get excited about the pope coming to town. he also wants you to be ready. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live on the parkway where crews setting up the stage, justin, good morning. >> reporter: nicole good morning. staging up behind us here. mayor nutter believes for many years to come we will talk about the pope's mass there and also ace visit to philadelphia with history happening in our hometown he does not want a single citizens to miss out on a chance to get involved. >> i'm asking philadelphians who are in the already joyously anticipating the arrival of the pope francis to get excited. >> reporter: mayor nutter striking an enthusiastic tone at philadelphia as they continue the the count down to the pope's arrival. count down now is at nine days. early next week the world meeting of families expects to welcome roughly 17,000 people.
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>> residents, if you haven't done it the already make sure you get your septa passes and tokens. make plans for your family and friend about which events you are a attending and decide on your favorite selfie pose. >> by next weekend the city is bracing for 1 million people, to fill the streets for festival of the families and papal mass. historic moment that the mayor does not want to see slip by those who call the host city home. >> there are people all over the the world who unfortunately who may never have the the opportunity that we will have. >> reporter: what about businesses, especially those based within the francis festival ground, and that cannot open for sale. this cafe owner is on the fence. >> unaudible. >> reporter: fairmount cleaners have a plan though which would be lights out. >> it will be pretty much closed on saturday and sunday. nobody will be in this area looking for dry cleaning. >> so as the the pope greets
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masses next weekend expect several businesses to be closed given major obstacle like parking and road closures. mayor says now is the time to get their plan together how they will travel the city, which events, and how we will get there, now also good timing, set to get those papal passes a check, travel via transit in and out of the city. we are live on the parkway i'm justin finch for cb is s3 "eyewitness news". we want to mention it will be easier on get into center city philadelphia from new jersey. you can park in camden. city is offering space for 8,000 cars to park the on the waterfront. it will cost $44 a day and use ferry, path the co or walk the bridge into philadelphia. you have to register and prepay to park there at cbs philly.com. if you want to take september eighties selling more regional rail pass these weekend. buy tickets at jefferson and suburban station with most outlying stations. they cost $10 each. >> you need to plan for the
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pope? go to cbs philly.com/papal visit. we have a complete guide of how to get around town and details on our web site at cbs philly.com/papal visit. developing right now parts of the a hawaii and california's coast are under tsunami advisories after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of chile. 8.3 magnitude quake killed at least five people and one person remains missing. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is staying on top of it with the very latest right now, jan, good morning. >> reporter: this is first major earthquake to hit chile since 2010 when an earthquake and tsunami killed hundreds of people. earthquake that happened last night was so strong it was felt clear across the entire continent to boonees airs airmen teen a this morning people from chile to southern california and john are on high alert keeping your eyes peeled on tsunami advisory. it is southern california, beaches are closing and
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boaters are preparing for rough currents and probably dangerous surf, waves triggered by an earthquake 5,000 miles away in south america: >> i'm tying my boat bet down and making sure everyone around mere is secure. >> reporter: destruction is growing clearer, at least five people have died after an 8.3 magnitude quake struck off the northern coast wednesday night. quake, rattled building in the chile chap toll, these are pictures of the food court in shambles, an example of the imaging, flooding social media tremors were caught on live tv and cnn covered disaster unfolding in the street. staff members were forced to plea, and roughly a million other people have left their hems in the face of the tsunami alert. some coastal towns have already been flooded. chile's interior minister stressed the importance of getting to higher ground. >> precautionary evacuation is inn dispensable. protocol to evacuate the the
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the companies as calmy as possible. >> reporter: chile officials will assess destruction on the ground today but the possible tsunami in callus only expect to be about a foot but officials are taking tsunami advisories issued in parts of the hawaii, california and new seal land, seriously. >> this is not a warning, evacuation is not necessary, but we did want people off the beach, and out of the water. >> reporter: now chile is one of the world's most earthquake prone countries, in fact, the largest, the strongest earthquake ever recorded happened in chile with the 9.5 earthquake in 1960 that killed 5,000 people. we will stay on top of this one but for now we are live from the sat center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meanwhile two men recovering in the hospital after an overnight shooting in west philadelphia police say just before midnight two men standing on the 5400 block of walnut street talking to two women when two other men ran up and tried to rob the males. when they started running the
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attacker shot them and they are still at large. philadelphia police are investigate a second shooting, in this incident police shot on the 5500 block of walton avenue after 11:30 wednesday night. police rush to presbyterian hospital and his current condition is unknown. police are searching for suspects. happening today, a driver led police on a wild chase over stolen underwear is due in court for a preliminary hearing. that case went on for hours through south jersey and philadelphia, back in july, lot of us watched this happen. police say robert ritter was wanted for stealing underwear at a shop right in brooklawn. no officers were injured during that case, ritter faces charge of recklessly endangering another person. >> stealing underwear. >> yeah. >> turns your head. >> 6:09. still ahead donald trump took lots of jabs from his fellow presidential candidates at last night's debate.
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his visceral attack to people on a appears, short tall fat, ugly, my goodness that happened in junior high are we not way above that. >> i never a attack him on his looks and believe me is there plenty of subject matter right there. >> there it is, of course, as you heard trump fired back with a few jabs of his own, coming up later, we will have more on the debate, issues and celebrity quarterbacks with the endorsement of his own. it looks like something off of a movie set, expensive luxury cars there, racing from the streets have the beverly hills this really happen. blowing through a stop sign. we will tell you why police say they cannot take action, that is coming up.
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it is gorgeous today. >> yes. >> we have been singing sunshine and rainbows every day. it will be warm today. speaking of ahh, this is kutztown and beautiful there. sun coming up, 51 degrees. good morning to you. look at that. sixty-seven in philadelphia lancaster about 6 degrees for you. fifty-eight in atlantic city. look at this, thinks the beautiful part of the story. skies are nice and clear, storm scan three not just in our region but as we zoom out, it is entire eastern seaboard looking fantastic. that is influence of high pressure folks, that is what it does for us. i want to say good morning to the kid getting up for school today. new graphic. let me get over here. 67 degrees is what we are looking at the 8:00 a.m. i don't think you will need a sweater. really lovely. sunny skies, warm, we will give it an a. i hepp you have a great day at will school. having a great day a at the
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beach, 81 degrees, mostly sunny skies, bought full, low rip current risk and water is still warm. looking good. this warm weather they will stay with us for next few days in the first part of the weekend but you do start to see jet stream moving down south into sunday, machine to get us back to the average temperatures, which are in the 86 degrees like we will see today but 78. we will see warm run in the weekend but ladder half into machine get ready because cool down will be coming. eighty-six today. beautiful warmth, skies out there. we have 63 and clear and comfortable tonight and as we look at seven day forecast can you believe that fall is starting in six days, officially, it is so hard to believe. look at that we have got 80 and then we will head to the 70's next week. i necessity that meisha likes it warm, nicole likes it warm. >> i do too. >> yes good especially when you get up early in the morning. we will catch cold, we feel it, because we're up early. >> yes. >> so i think it is nice.
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this time next week we will be like remember when it was 80's in january. >> and 60's in the fall. >> yes. >> yes, i do. >> keep them coming. >> chill in your bones too. >> i know snow borders and skiers are going what is this. >> yes. >> i don't like humidity. >> some people love it. i don't blame you if you like to ride you love that snow. good morning. overnight construction project lifting fast. that is good news. is there one problem area out there woodhaven road. we will get to that in a moment. for those traveling in new jersey you're looking great. this is an area we have seep heat up. look at here, 42 freeway north bound at creek road approaching 295 but you can see already on this thursday in the 6:00 o'clock hour, early 6:00 o'clock hour we are seeing volume, building on up. we are seeing that every where. every camera i look here, in the our area we are seeing out to the shoulder there not causing any problems. this is where we have
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construction, woodhaven road eastbound at nights road. right lane is block. they are trying to condense all the way over. another look at construction area woodhaven road eastbound at franklin mills boulevard. what we are seeing here is ramp to franklin mills is closed, ramp to woodhaven is also closed and this is where we are starting to slow down. this is one of the biggest problem area in the morning where you're traveling less than posted speeds at this point. 422 eastbound past oaks towards king of prussia area looking good there and construction on the pennsylvania turnpike, westbound, off ramp to fort washington right now is closed. erika, over to you. the son of the bucks county school district administrator is defending his father after ago accused of an alleged kickback scheme. federal authorities say $400,000 was stolen from the bristol township school system. they say former school district maintenance director james anders steered school contracts to two friend. feds say anders received kickbacks in return. wednesday night, anders came
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to his father's defense. >> outstanding citizen. the fire department, and been doing it for 20 years. >> reporter: needless to say you are shock. >> yes. >> in a statement, bristol township school district claims they found the a abuse and immediately reported it. they claim that students, teachers did the in the deserve the alleged practices. if quick all three men could face up to 100 years in prison. 6:17. still ahead, a lays their promises to take inches off your waist line. >> tell me more. >> and flying with your pet can be stressful and dangerous for your best pal but now one airline is really pulling out stops to make your safety a top priority, details on that when we come back. consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years.
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and free of stuff i don't like. and in my castle we only eat chex cereal. chex cereal. it's full of delicious crunchability. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. and that's something even my brother ... sister can understand. mom, brian threw a ball in the house! burglary of the broad and grange pharmacy in fernrock here. surveillance video shows three masked suspects using a power saw and other tools to break in early tuesday morning. that trio stole bottles of prescription medication and they tried to open up a safe with the power saw but it didn't work. video shows the the suspect arriving in the dark colored jeep cher see srt8 and search continues this morning. authorities are trying to sort out charges of suspects after a scary drag race on residential streets in beverly hills. resident caught the race between yellow ferrari and
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white porsche on camera. they ran stop signs and ignored traffic regulations and other drivers. investigators say the driver may be from the country of qatar and could have diplomatic immunity. >> the laws are the laws. people are people. i don't care where they come from. >> i saw them in my back, you know, on my mirror and said they are going so fast. police took statement ape working with the u.s. state department in their investigation. we know air travel can be stressful on humans but we forget it can be more stressful on our four legged friend. >> united airlines is trying to help with that added pressure on our pets, new pet save program at o'hare international is mess sophisticated in the industry. look at that face. pets that cannot travel in the cabins with the owners they will be cared for by staff members during lay overs. they feed, walk and sometimes just cuddle with the pets to help relief stress.
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and, it makes perfect sense. >> you had to fly with your dog on your lap and you have to go underneath. it seems like when we got out, so traumatized. you felt bad thaw could in the travel with her. >> very nice. still ahead, this morning, student his getting a lieutenant of attention after a school project, is handcuffed and spark a terror scare. >> ♪ >> and the the organ will bring music to the masses on the ben franklin parkway for pope asthmas. i got a chance to talk to the people making it all possible. kyla has nothing but great news in the forecast, right. >> throw back thursday, we are throwing back to some, summer temperatures today, we will see mid 80's, how long will this warm run last? i'll tell you coming up in the seven day forecast, stay with us every
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talking about a texas high school student bringing a project to school and evening up at handcuffs in the police station. >> it is raising questions about racial profiling too. fourteen year-old ahmed mohammad used scrap medal and computer parts to build a homemade clock. a teacher her it particular nothing class, and thought it was perhaps a bomb. she called police and ahmed was called in for questioning even though the the device was found to be harmless. >> i will try my best to help me and every other kid in the
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world that has a problem like this. >> ahmed says he wants to transfer to a different school and hopes one day to go to college at mit but wants to turn this into a positive force good to see he is getting positive feedback. it caught eye of big names. president obama posted this tweet saying the clock was cool and personally invited him to the white house with his clock. >> yes. >> facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg says he wants to chat with ahmed, he said having skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to place and not arrest. future belongs to people like ahmed if you want to come by facebook i'd love to meet you. >> isn't that nice to see people supporting him on line and just all the way around a. >> he is building a clock. >> just a kid, building something, that is pretty cool. >> i'm glad it all work out. >> 6:26. coming up next round two of the republican presidential debate. >> i think women all over the country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> they are ready.
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>> candidates clashed in the debate that lasted more than three hours, it was a long one, we have a complete wrap up, next. plus local college that is reversing trend of rising tuition, find out where costs just went down, meisha. overnight construction projects certainly slowing you down, i'll have updates coming up in a moment but first we will take a quick break so stay where you are, cbs "eyewitness news" wil
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good morning, everybody. and it is a look the at that gorgeous sunrise experiencing day a a view here in the cbs-3 weather center as we have another beautiful day, lots of sunshine on tap and, enjoying last few days of summer. just beautiful out there. >> it is teasing us right now. and, best of summer weather.
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and it should be about 78, 79 degrees. >> yes. >> good morning, those in cape may, beautiful where sunnies rising, 63 degrees, nice clouds, it will be beautiful today. high pressure looking live, this camera is pointing toward center city, and we are getting beautiful sky because of sunrise. 67 degrees and wind nice and calm, humidity 68 percent. storm scan three is showing we are looking at another sunny day, clear skies, all across the region, high pressure, and we have good things to talk about. and, we have temperatures, that are nice, lots of sunshine, and we have an air quality report. anyone sensitive to air quality issues be on the look out today. 86 degrees for a high, in philadelphia.
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those 80's role right in the weekend. so you know this cannot last forever, and it doesn't, and, in the seven day forecast, and cloudy sky, and darn nice for the next three days. that would be the one and only, meisha a, who is checking out your traffic, how sit looking. >> i just love you. >> good morning, and, good thursday to you. the overnight construction project are now lifting, we have one problem spot i'll get to in a moment. here's a live look outside, boulevard southbound wissohickon avenue looking good here. i don't want to say quiet, but this is certainly a stretch that we're seeing, levels, remain steady and looking good at this stretch. now, construction, woodhaven road eastbound at knights road right lane is block. this is an area i'm keeping my eyes on. we are seeing brake lights going on in the construction that continues. woodhaven road eastbound at franklin mills boulevard, ramp to franklin mills is closed and ramp to woodhaven is closed. take a peak at what is going
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on here we have moving target. yes, we do. that will cause slow downs. people drive by and they tap their brakes taking a peak what is going on. ninety-five southbound past cottman you can see volume building here traveling less than posted speed here on i-95 southbound and construction on the pennsylvania turnpike, the wind is looking good at schuylkill, vetting down to 35 r to you. the republican presidential contenders are pressing ahead with their campaign today following the second debate of the 2016 election season. >> carli fiorina who appeared on the main stage for the first time held her on against front runner donald trump. cbs news correspondent craig boswell has more. >> reporter: in a she down that lasted three hours the 11 top tear republican presidential contenders sought to set themselves apart mostly from front runner donald trump. >> i'm very concerned about having him in charge of the nuclear weapons because i think his response, his
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visceral response to attack people on their appearance, short, tall, fat, ugly, my goodness, that happened in junior high. >> i never attack him on his looks and believe me, there is plenty of subject matter right there. >> reporter: carli fiorina who stood on the main stage for the first time managed to steel the spotlight and took on trump a's critique of her looks head on. >> i think woman heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> what is smarties she defended it and then she moved back on to him, and tried to put him on the defensive. >> reporter: while some say ben carson who has wrist tone second in the polls fell short. >> i thought that the moderator kind of lost control. i would love a situation where you had like two minutes to give an answer a. >> reporter: as it relates to my brother is there one thing i necessity for sure he kept us safe. i don't know if you remember... >> reporter: others say jeb bush and chris christie got a
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rebooth this time around, next debate, which is expect to focus on economic issues is scheduled for next month. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> i'm sure donald trump will be here a big endorsement from new england quarterback tom brady. >> i think he has got what it takes. >> i hope so, that would be great. putting green on the white house lawn i'm sure of that. >> brady and trump are golfing buddies, g.o.p. front runner defended brady during deflate gate scandal. candidates can new use twit tore help fund their campaigns. social media service rolled out a feature letting candidates raise money on a application. at least a dozen presidential contenders are reportedly using it already. >> things have changed. >> raised money on social media. >> yes. >> 6:35. today federal reserve conclude two day policy meeting and tensions are running high over what the the central bank will do. >> here to tell us what expect an potential impact object your financial life is cbs
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business analyst jill schlesinger. good morning to you, jill. >> good morning. how will this flush out, what is likely to happen. >> you know, if you asked me that a a month ago i would have said my god the fed will increase interest rates at this meeting but in a month a lot can happen. chinese stock market plumeted and raised feared that it fell down and global stock and currency market a new phase. now traders see just a 25 percent chance that the fed will act today. that means it rates will remain near zero where they have been for nearly seven years. >> okay. eventually, rates will go up, so how will that impact consumers. >> well, it is a great point because whether or not fed will increase rates this week, the le rate cycle business to conclude. so when it does, there is good news for savers. you are finally going to be rewarded with slightly higher rates. borrowers, in the so great,
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you can see higher cost for adjustable rate mortgages. your longer term fixed rate mortgages they will decrease but at a much slower pace. the also there may be fewer of those 0 percent credit card and auto loan offers. for investors here's good news, even though historically stocks have dipped after the first increase, they usually regain their upward momentum, they then top out after the last spike. bond investors they may want to avoid longer term bond andes specially for those government bond and keep a little extra carbon hand. for more on how feds actions will impact your bottom line go to jill on money.com. >> see what happens, jill, thank you. >> thanks, jill. >> 6:37. a private catholic college on the main line is doing something that i don't think we have ever heard of before. >> in. >> they are lowering the tuition. >> kind of a reverse trend. >> rosemont college in bryn mawr is reducing cost from $32,000 to $18,500. that is a 43 percent drop.
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president of the small liberal arts college say current tuition system does not work and they want to make it more affordable to students. >> it is a model based on high sticker prices that keep going up every year and high discounts. >> when president hirsch announced it, we heard this overwhelming, you know, round of applause and cheers, and like a weight off everyone's shoulders. >> room and board will be $2,000 cheaper, rosemont college say cut won't effect faculty pay or lead to any layoffs, sound like a win/win. >> wonder where money will get cut from. >> absolutely. >> they will take advantage for sure. renovations are underway at philadelphia's divine lorraine hotel. >> officials broke ground on the transformation yesterday. the historic landmark was one of the cities, first high rises back in the early 1900's. some of the wealthiest residents lived there. but over the years, graffiti the called. yesterday people waited for
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hours for a peak inside. >> this is not how i imagined it. i imagine it more reman particular. >> it is a big part of the city and it would be nice to have it be functional. it is a great building. >> it is a stunning structure. >> it will take two years to finish the construction project and then it will be home to more than 100 apartment units, stores, and restaurants. >> just love the difference as opposed to tearing it down. >> so true, there is so much beautiful architecture in philadelphia, to see it restored is really nice. when pope francis delivers mass on the ben franklin parkway it will sound like a contact need drail. that right there is organ that-bringing music to the masses, coming up next hear from the people who are making it all possible. also she's a 103 years old and been going to the same church since she was 11 years old. she looks amazing, until now find out why she just got banned from attending services. check this out, see how
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this laser is being used to take inches of women's waste lines, stay tune for that, we will be right back.
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we will check with kyla and our weather watchers, good morning. >> good morning to all of our weather watchers, it is warming up rather quickly, people starting to feel the temperatures going up, i think, the sunrise is out there too. good morning to andrew in dover, delaware and 56 degrees where he is, and check this out, he send us a beautiful picture of his sunrise. love that time of the morning. that is pay off for getting up this early is you get to see sunshine like. that then we will move north, 55 degrees, that is jerry good morning from blue bell and jerry says a cool, clear morning and that is what we will see today. cool morning but a warm day so cool won't last too long. we are at 67 degrees here in philadelphia a, you can see 50's in mount pocono. fifty-five in allentown.
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sixty-one down in wildwood warming up. a as we zoom out, notice new york city, they have made it up to 70 degrees at this hour. you know it is a warm day when. we have clear skies, looking at storm scan three, that is story of the day, blew skies as high pressure stays in control. lots of sunshine rolling right through afternoon and expecting high 80's but just sun, sun and more sun, hard to believe that fall is only six days away. high pressure in control, these temperatures in the just today but not just tomorrow but heavy in the first part of the weekend. the saturday looking good. weak cold front starting to track accredits here. not getting much done but it will cool temperatures down as we head into next week. so, things starting to day much cooler, as we get into monday but at the beach for next three days we are talking gorgeous, 70's and lower 80's, not bad at all. today a high of 86 as we get into tonight, clear, comfortable, 63 and look at your seven day forecast, nice
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warm stuff that meisha loves for next few days and then we will say hello to the 07's and fall as we get into next week, meisha. >> mini hear you say sun, sun and more sunny go from stoic. >> yikes. >> nine a southbound at cottman is where we are heating up. we are pushing toward our rush hour so we are starting to see slow downs out there. this is an area we are certainly seeing and we have construction on woodhaven road eastbound at nights road. we have seen that clear, that is gone out of the way. we are looking good there atwood haven. schuylkill westbound, just a moment ago cameras were zoomed out a little bit and showing it there. we're certainly heating up on our main accidents in mulika township, route 30 west at route 623, right lane is block there we have another accident that i will tell but coming up in a little bit so ladies, over to you. >> thank you. phone companies are making
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sure supply will meet demand when crowd pack to meet pope francis. thirty-seven poles are up in center city for speedy cell phone services for faster up load time. verizon and at&t have invested 50 million-dollar to beef up wireless coverage, mostly from the art museum to logan square. t mobile has teamed up with infrastructure providers crown castle. >> what we have done is based it off of super bowl events in the past, new years eve in times square, any inauguration to do everything that we could to ensure a satisfactory customer experience. >> the poles are staying after the pope leaves giving philadelphia just better wireless service, that is a perfect party favor. >> yes. >> leaves the great cell service. >> we could all use that. >> pope celebrates mass on the parkway organizers wanted it to feel like a cathedral in rome. >> local piano company is making sure it sound like one too. i spent date at cunningham
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piano company in germantown to learn more. >> ♪ >> reporter: for catholic community it is a familiar sound. >> anybody who has been to a wedding, funeral oregon to church services knows it can inspired you, enhance worship, make you feel a certain way. >> reporter: which why is rich of the cunningham piano company wanted pipe organ to provide musical a accompany. for the pope's visit. >> only problem. >> you cannot just pull pipes out of the church and deliver them over here. >> reporter: so owner of the 124 year-old germantown based piano company offered the archdiocese the the next best thing a rodgers organ well men for digitally emulating the century's old instrument. >> the actual wind blown pipes in a fantastic pipe organ are digitally recorded with eight microphones. take that sound, and we store tonight memory. so it can be called upon at anytime. that way we are hearing wind blown pipes. >> reporter: at 6 feet wide and 1200-pound the organ will
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be broken down in three different parts and then carefully transported to the parkway. he told me he is not the sure how they will get split but was reassured by the director of the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. >> father gill said this, he said without the pontiff. the musicians and organ, there will be no mass. so don't worry, we will get you there we just don't necessity how yet. >> reporter: he ill with also perform as part of the papal choir considers it an honor but says his contributions pails in compare ton some what the the pope will bring a message of love and inclusiveness. >> christianity to me is about love and that is what he is about. i love the fact that when he is here he might just take a subway ride or just walk down the street and talk to people because that is what is in his heart. the pomp and circumstance, frankly we could chop up this organ and we would still have a a fantastic mass because the hearties there.
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the organ too. >> i like that he turned that into that at the even. the the heart of it. and it will be a beautiful celebration, of course. music will add to that. we should mention an organ like one you saw cost $2,000 to rent, another 3500 to set up and transport, and things of that nature but archdiocese, pope, they will not get a bill for this. the cunningham piano company plans to donate his services. >> he might walk down the street or take a subway ride. >> yes. >> really quickly rich, from the piano company, i missed it quickly also in the papal choir a tenor, beautiful voice. >> at last night's phillies game last night fans received pope trading cards just like a traditional baseball card. it list players or pontiff stats that would include his birthplace and nickname. a treat there for the kid. >> hang on to that one. >> 6:49. time to see is what coming up from cbs this morning. charlie rose has more.
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good morning, charlie. >> good morning, erika and nicole. and and chris christie and carli fiorina. the plus we are live in manhattan beach, california where earth is expecting dangerous waves in about an hour after a deadly earthquake in chilly. nfl today tony gonzales is in kansas city with the first thursday night football match up. news is back in the morning. see new ten minutes. >> charlie, thank you. here's a crazy story. ten three-year old georgia woman said she was kick out of her church. >> this is a church she has been going to since 11 years old. she said trouble started six years ago with a new preacher. she said his style, which she called holiness style was in the a good fit with her baptist congregation so she gave her opinion. their difficulties agreement came to a head when pastor sent her a letter telling her she could in longer get to that church for any reason. >> this is my church.
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i have beeninging there for a while. want to let him necessity he cannot stop me from going. >> the letter didn't stop her from attending sunday services so pastor call the police. they refused to intervene calling it a civil matter. you hate to see something like that. she has been going since she was a 11. >> like police say is there nothing they can do you don't want someone there you cannot call police, but 103 years old, after a certain point you let the laid do i what she wants. moving right along on the healthwatch antibacterial soap may not be as effective as you think. scientists found that soaps made with the common antibacterial agent trychosen were in berth than plane all soap. better hand washing technique is more important when it comes to killing these germs. and also on the healthwatch a weight loss device that involves no pain and no downtime. >> they call it endknoll, cold led light therapy is used when dieters hit a math toe.
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it opens up fat cells to release fat. it is done during or right before exercise, so released fat gets burned off as energy. >> you actually do get a result, immediately after. most people use half inch to an inch, immediately after treatment. >> the doctor says the the device works in conjunction with the 1200-calorie a day diet. people lose about 15-pound a month. that is a lot. it is supposed to be one to 2-pound a week. four to eight treatments. this is less than i thought, it is 300 month good 1200 calories and exercising, i mean diet and exercise. >> 15-pound is quite a bit. if you are trying to lose weight this might in the be for you. >> no. >> check this out starting to day olive garden is bringing back never ending pasta pass. for a hundred bucks, a hundred bucks you can get up limited pasta and coke for seven weeks. family pass sells for $300.
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2,000 passes get on sale today and last year, a thousand passes sold out in an hour. so these things, selling like hot cakes. >> a lot of pasta. >> yes. >> whatever the case may be. >> we will be right back. >> just love olive garden. >> but first a look what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.
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issued in hawaii and california avenue a earthquake rock chile last night. measuring 8.3. >> in philadelphia, mayor michael nutter wants the city to get excited about welcoming pope francis. he says it is not just about the the pope but also about civic pride. sparks fly during burglary at broad and grange pharmacy in fernrock. three masked suspects using a power saw and other tools tuesday morning. they got the away with bottled prescription medications. eagles, of course, gearing up to take on dallas on sunday, we are so pumped but there is another teamworking overtime. yes, there is, field crew is getting time in and we have athletes out on the field. we always do the the players and coaches and fans and to the owners of each time that we have a safe surface out here. >> coming up tomorrow what does it the take to tackle those important game day preps, well, yours truly headed over to the link to see if i could cut witt this hard working crew.
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so i may be running a tractor next time you see me i'm just saying. >> and don't forget thursday night football kicks off, tonight, on cbs three, denver broncos takes on the chiefs. coverage starts at 7:30 and stick around for "eyewitness news" after the game. people live in the seattle washington apartment complex, bought their places for tremendous view. >> they never saw they would see something like this though. let's show you video here. that is a bear climbing the balcony of the complex. >> yes. >> look at him. >> most residents say they have seen bears around the floor but never climbing the walls like that. that bear, as you can imagine caught everyone by surprise. >> it was just like how is it going to get down? i was worried it could not get down. no one could see a camera or video because they were just like ahh. >> that within person grabbed a camera. >> it is fun to see bears but she would rather watch them on tape and i think we all agreed
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with thelma. it is just one bear. >> wondering around. >> how about that. >> serious skills, scaling that wall. >> not expected. >> yes. >> and we will see 07's this week, fall starts on wednesday, next week. >> all right, roadways are certainly heating up, schuylkill westbound, past city avenue for these hitting the road here give yourself a couple extra minutes and look at that sun glare, 95 northbound delaware county at 452, pack those sunglasses this morning. >> yep. >> and, gorgeous. >> next on cbs this morning, extreme athletes tackling new heights meet sky runners people run a 31-mile ultra mar then on mountains. >> i'll let had that sinkn join us bright and early each
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weekday morning on cbs-3 at 4:30. we will be here tomor captioning funded by cbs good morning, it is thursday, september 17th, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." personal insults fly as republicans gang up on donald trump. we will talk to carly fiorina and chris christie about the fireworks at last night's debate. a powerful and deadly earthquake rocks chile. tsunami warnings stretch to the california coast. imagine running a marathon at 10,000 feet and we join the sky riders on what is called the hardest race in america. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. this is about the character of our nation! and if we will not stand up and force president obama to

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