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turnpike, i can probably switch the format, not to mention the fact we have an accident on the schuylkill, that's never something we want in the morning involving a fuel spill. >> at least the roads are dry, at least, we've got that going for us, really will be very nice day, so as long as hopefully things get cleared up in terms of the traffic, you'll have pretty nice drive in here. specially once the sun comes up, just waking up with us this morning, you know, we are eventually going to see that sunrise, and beautiful sunrise at that. and, with high pressure in place, just completely crystal clear for you, there is my graphic, who knows. i guess, you know, one of those days where i think the graphics may have a case of the mondays, but we need to remind the graphics it is not monday any more. storm scan3 quiet as can be, high pressure still in place, under the nice clear sky, we are off to bit of school start. the low thus far at least at philadelphia international airport is 64 degrees, and that's the coolest temperature we've reported since june, so, it has been a while since it's been quite this cool. certainly, this crisp outside. with that very low humidity, it just feels fantastic.
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and, you know, 64 at the airport, but heck of a lot keel depending where you are. i mean, you're subtracting some pretty decent digits out to lancaster, 45 the current temperature at mount pocono. quite cool for you there. and, as we look ahead here in the eyewitness weather day planner, bright, sunny, all day long, look fantastic with low humidity to go along with it, and high of 82 degrees, and it pretty much doesn't get better than. >> this so let's enjoy it, meisha, over to you. >> days like that, i wish aid doggy could go walking w i have cats but they went let me put a lesion them. all right, guys, good morning. this is the accident i was talking about, the schulkhill westbound before 202, left lane still compromised happened about 2:25 in the morning, still out there, any time we have an accident involving a fuel spill. you just want to give yourself couple of extra minutes, see crews still out there trying to get that cleared out of your way specially now cracking into the 5:00 hour, start to slow you down little bit specially not cleared, might say, later in the 5:00 around 5:30 or so. but right now all you're seeing drivers go bye, tap the
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brakes, dark, slow down around the bends. first look in new jersey 42 freeway northbound approaching 295 what you are looking at, a lot of early risers out there. we can see this start to heat up already. some construction, pa turnpike eastbound between willow grove, bensalem, two lanes blocked there. we've got more on the pa turnpike, i got more where that comes from coming up in about ten minutes, brooke, over to you. >> two women in the hospital after jumping from a second story window, all to escape house fire in west oaklane. seventeen year old is suffering from smoke inhalation and 30 year old broke an ankle. the fire broke out around 3:30 this morning on the 1700 block of michener avenue. no word yet on a cause. in other news this morning, pennsauken man is charged with first degree murder. >> authorities say he beat his girlfriends' toddler son to death. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live in the cbs-3 news center with the frantic 911 calls. justin, good morning. >> brooke, good morning, did not take long for camden county prosecutors to level
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charges in this case, in 911 calls from the family's pennsauken home saturday night, we first hear from the toddler's mother, who says her son's chest was badly bruised, then her boyfriends, who is now a murder suspect. >> my son is not responding. >> do you see his chest rising and falling, man? >> is his chess rising or falling? >> no. >> no, it is not doing anything. >> that's the voice of zachary, you should have heard there, he is seen here, whom the dispatcher tried guiding through cpr in the roughly five minute released from the nine is one call. he is now accused of beading the toddler so badly he died from his injuries overnight sunday at cooper university hospital. neighbor tells "eyewitness news", pennsauken police and first responders spent hours at the family's home on the 5900 block of mansion boulevard late saturday into early morning sunday. they say the mother has at least one other child, and that they all keep to
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themselves, and many are now shaken by what they've learned of this case. >> you mean, when a life ends prematurely, any circumstances it is sad, but to find out the way it did, that's really bottom of the barrel. like the government should put things in perspective for you. deplorable, haneous act committed, you know, to fathom, the images come into your head, especially when a two year old is involved. >> he's being head in camden county jail, due for arraignment on his first degree murder charge in county court this afternoon. brooke, jim, back into you. >> thank you, justin. a suspect accused of gunning down a burlington county man will make his first court appearance today. police say 26 year old samuel james was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. he has been on the run since saturday, authorities say he shot and killed 24 year old byron turner. james' bail set at $1 million. >> well, former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is headed back to court today in his bid to get a new trial.
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sandusky's attorneys are expected to question the prosecutors who helped convict him in 2012. yesterday's testimony focused on only one issue: whether the state in 2012 new who victim number two was. that is the perna cyst at any time penn state coach michael mcqueary said he saw sandusky sexually abuse in 20016789 attorney tom kline who represented victim number five says there is very remote possibility sandusky could be release from the prison if he await a new trial. >> i can say this, categorially, on behalf of all of those victims, some of whom i got to know, one young man who i got to know and love and respect, as my client, they would be devastated to see jerry sandusky somehow released from jail, somehow walking the streets again, when he did these horrible deeds, had a fair trial, was convicted. >> sandusky was convicted in june 2012 of secondly abusing
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ten different boys between 1994 and 2008. >> president obama traveled to flood ravaged louisianna today to survey the damage left behind. now the president has been criticized by some republicans for not cutting his family vacation shout to tour the state earlier. the white house maintains the president's response to the tragedies has proven far more effective than the immediate response to hurricane katrina. the historic floods killed 13 people and damaged some 60,000 homes. republican presidential candidate donald trump toured the area last week. >> and here is a update to a story we brought you yesterday morning. the search for two mask suspect who shot and killed a father of six inside his hunting park home. it happened on the 3700 block of north seventh street. police say 36 year old hakeem rape end killed, his 40 year old girlfriend in critical condition. we're told six children were home at the time, none of them hurt, but police say one child did see the shooting. officers say the suspect left
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behind a sawed off shotgun, ammunition, in a nearby alley. >> new castle county detectives are searching for a car like this one, that may be connected it a home invasion that left a 81 year old man hurt. investigators believe it is a red four door sedan. a reward of up to $20,000 is available to anyone who provides information lead to go an arrest. >> "eyewitness news" has learned, a man stabbed inside popular philadelphia bar has died from his injuries. thirty-three year old andrew hazleton stabbed early saturday morning inside blue martini in old city. he died sunday afternoon. authority say he was stabbed in the neck, after an argument started between the group of people he was with, and a group at another table. the investigation continues. no word yet on an arrest. >> funeral services are set today for former philadelphia police commissioner john timoney. a 10:00 a.m. funeral mass will be celebrated at st. patrick cathedral in new york city. timoney will then be laid to rest in west chester county, new york, the 68 year old
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passed away last week after battling lung cancer. he served as new york city police commissioner, and miami chief of police in addition to philadelphia. >> swimmer ryan lochte bad behavior in rio now cost him about a million dollars. twelve time olympic medalist lost four seans or ship deals about being lied, the biggest sponsors to drop him, speedo and ralph lauren. we spoke, who say companies don't want lochte associated with their brand. >> you expect that athletes to act with integrity, to act with line, and in accordance with that brand. ryan lochte throughout all of that good will, and all of that trust in just a few minutes, and then maybe even worse, by lying afterward. >> now speedo says the monday that i would have gone to lochte will now be donated to children in brazil. >> still ahead: two month after a toddler was killed in an alligator attack at disney world, the final report is in, and it is offering new details about what happened. >> we'll tell you just ahead. plus this:
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>> a big welcome home for local athlete nia alley as she returns from the silver medalist. >> also ahead, urine is that gram feed, macon tape a hidden message about you and your friends, wait until you hear the medical diagnosis some researchers say could be on your time line. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> sheet on the bed and pencils full of lead, two of the items freshmen at widener university will be packing today, it is move in day for the class of 2020. that and more when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪
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morning about the deadly alligator attack at disney worlds in june. report from florida's fish and wildlife commission shows little could be done to prevent what happened. officials say the 7-foot gator acted in a predatory manor. it bit two year old lane graves on the head, as he bent down at the edge of the lagoon. according to the report, the child's father reached into the animal's mouth trying to free him. it also says the man alerted staff to geathers about 45 minute before the attack. disney has since added measures in another effort to secure the beach. authorities in massachusetts confirm ef1 tornado touched down in the town of concord on monday afternoon, that storm struck at about 3:00 a.m. leaving behind a trail of damage, 400 yards wide, including power lines and trees. dozens every homes were damaged, though. luckily no one was injured. very lucky, wow. >> breeze think morning, katy? but it was a nice breeze. >> yes, and really that breeze will continue to wind down, if you have got it at all, a lot of spots are really just
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tranquil, very calm right now, and that's going to be the story throughout the day, beautiful, beautiful excuse to get outside today with the crisp air in place, it feels kind of like fall. at least it is a taste of september here for us today. but, let's take a look at the dew points, because that's so often what up need to look at when you are talking about the comfort. so we sort of call it our comfort index. current dew point, this is low, 52 degrees, so it is very, very dry outside. and it feels awesome. we love when we can put in you that category. so far cry from the high dew points that would lead it to feel oppressive or unsufferable. something that does eventually return to the forecast, i'll show that you in the seven day. with all of the crisp air in place, it makes you look ahead to fall perhaps. just 19 short days away, my friends, to the eagle home opener against the browns. so it is creeping ever closer. can you believe this? only just over two weeks away? and average high of 70 degrees, doesn't happen until another 56 days from now, and daylight saving time
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will finally start to fall bok here, get the extra hour of sleep, so crave, 75 days away, and thanksgiving is only 93 days away. but who is counting? gobble gone. storm scan3, taking a look at the nice clear sky out, there you won't finds any stormy weather out there today, tomorrow, or even the next day. but, eventually there is a cold front that will move through. here is your pattern, high pressure anchoring itself overhead, that's why the wind is tapering off. that's why so clear outside. because when you have singing air as you do with high pressure it, allows any of the clouds to just fizzle away and left basically with nothing but blue skiesment looking ahead to wednesday, similar story. high pressure build east. you see what happens then. it yields to the next approaching front. now there is looks like it will be a fizzling front. so, eventually, it crosses through on friday. it could bring us stray shower or thunderstorm. but overall, we've got again maybe some sunshine, and will just be little steam toy wrap up the week. for now looking at the shore forecast, next few days are picturesque, at the area beaches. touch more humid thursday, granted, but great beach
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weather. just great weather for anything you've got outdoors that is scheduled the next few days, friday the most steamy, also the hottest he is, high of 92, other than stray storm, meisha, looking good. >> look at all of the sunshine just beautiful. thank you, katie. but we are waking to up an accident this morning. good morning, everybody. happy tuesday. looking at the schuylkill, westbound, before 202, this is an accident that happened around 2:25 this morning, involving a fuel spill. you can see, it is compromising the left lane, right there, with all of those flashing lights. and, what we were just looking at is just a string of vehicles, kind of traveling past that. looks like this just, well, let's just see. oh, hi, let's see what happens. nothing. there we go. here is a look at the vine then. we skip right past that accident and we go to the vine. take a look at this, guys, the accident just now on the schuylkill westbound, you're going to have to maneuver around that, not causing too many slow downs right now, but probably will in a little bit if we don't get it cleared out of the way. vine closed overnight for
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construction, looking at the westbound eastbound side between the schuylkill and broad, looking actually pretty darn good this morning. take a look at this, westbound what you are looking at this morning, you can see, moving in the opposite direction, you saw outside, looking good there, 95 south at cottman coming around the s curve, everyone, no matter where i look, traveling at posted speeds other than where the accident; where we have the fuel spill on the schuylkill. other than that this morning, guys, actually looking pretty darn good. brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha a for a look at newspaper headlines, from across our region. >> front page of the burlington county times public hearing for controversial natural gas compressor station was postponed last night, after hundreds of people showed up forcing police to turn many away. williams trans co-and oklahoma utility company is planning to build compressor station in chesterfield, requiring a new jersey department of environmental protection wetlands permit. >> on the pages of the community connection. the school board approved use of pennypacker stadium for
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relay for rice, but expressed reservations whether that will occur for 2018. told concerns have been raised on how much of the money raised by the charity actually goes to cancer research. >> from the intelligence ers, three bucks county airports among those awarded state grants to improve and expand operations. doylestown airport, quakertown airport in milford, and pennridge airport in east rock hill, are all receiving funds. and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> here is a question for you. is your social media feed telling you more about yourself than your friends? than you realize? >> well, researchers at harvard university and the university of vermont, looked at 44,000 instagram picks from volunteers, some, who had a history of depression. they found people who are depressed posted pictures with less color saturation, and depressed people post more often, apply for filters. researchers are exploring new avenues for early screening of mental illness.
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tack tell head on. eagles lost one of their back up to injury. now space for long time veteran. joe walker tore his a doctor e. l. -- acl. and signed steven, now, here this is why this is intriguing move. he gets to reunite with defensive coordinator swim swartz who he spent six years with in detroit. when asked whether he could compete with second year starter jordan hicks in middle linebacker, doug pederson: >> he is competing for the spot. right now jordon is a starter. just goes without saying, with every position, and just with the loss of joe right now, we just needed, you know, a linebacker. and he was the best available for us, and i look forward to working with him. >> he knows, you know, played for so long, it will be exciting. going to enjoy it. >> and finally baseball, phillies on the south side of
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chicago tonight taking on the white sox. that's all for sports, i'm don bell, have a great day. >> thanks, don. new this morning, olympic silver medalist from our area returns home from rio. our cameras were rolling at philadelphia international airport as family and friends greeted nia ali as she stepped off the plane. she took silver in the 100-meter hurdles at the rio games. she grew up in germantown, went to high school in pleasantville, new jersey, among those who greeted ali this morning, her 15 month old son, titus. she told us she has definitely felt the love and support. >> and i want to thank my supporters, and i want to thank everybody that came here and my family for coming. >> what a welcome. titus is adorable. also, nia ali and her team maids gave the united states its first sweep in 100-meter hurdles, its seventh in olympic trackment cool moment. >> another local olympic athlete also returned home from rio yesterday. "eyewitness news" at the ymca
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in west grove chester county where gold medalist sierra running i returned back to where she got her start. she reconnected with former coaches and encouraged the next generations of swimmers to reach for the stars. she also shared details about her relationship with olympic superstar, michael phelps ups. >> it was incredible, i remember the first time, he walked on, he was like hey i'm michael. i'm like michael. like i was saw in awe, over the years, become really a good friend, and teammate, and mentor, and just to have him kind of be there with me, his last, my first, really an awesome experience. >> that's great. sierra is first time olympian; a part of team usa gold medal winning women's four by 200 freestyle relay team. >> well, illinois baseball player hit a long drive the other night for a grand-slam homerun. >> but he couldn't do any driving afterward. you know judge? because brandon thomas'
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homerun cleared the fence and smashed the windshield of his own truck in the parking lot. i know, isn't this the worse? it put his team on road it victory. he was surprised where it landed. >> little crackdown here, like that's pretty good damage. so at least i know i hit it pretty good. >> the grand-slam, erased three run deficit. and his team won the playoff game 17 to six. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", pennsylvania senator pat toomey pick up big endorsement in his re-election bid. >> not from republicans, and what's ahead. plus this: >> a new jersey police officer helps a family escape a house fire. we'll hear more from the man being hailed a hero. >> and talk about a vision of love. this moriah carry billboard is upset people in many cities.
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i have to tell you. >> brooke, today another picture perfect day for us here in the delaware valley. in the midst of nice long sunny stretch. how much, there is a day that could feature some wet weather. i'll tell you which day it is, coming up, jim. >> thanks, katie. meisha watching the roads this tuesday morning, stay with us, we'll be right back. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes?
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>> waking up to another sunny and beautiful day. how cool was last night? a lot of people had their ac off and their windows open. good morning, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a moment. first what you need to start your day in the morning minute. >> camden county man accused of beating his girlfriends' toddler son to del, will appear today in court. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky will return to court today. he want a new trial. >> president obama travels to flood ravaged louisianna today to survey the damage left behind. now the president has been criticized by some republicans for not cutting his family vacation short to tour the state. >> the follow up continues over olympic swimmer ryan lochte's fal c
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