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>> reporter: yesterday crew there is carefully pulled a girl named julia to safety as she had been trapped for 17 hours. >> hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail in nevada as democratic nominee broke her silence defending her ties to her family's charitable foundation. >> evidently donating to the clinton foundation gets you a sit down with hillary clinton to make sure i get that heating i will send her a letter and include a character reference from my good friend, abraham link on. >> i don't know if he will get very far with that. >> i don't think so either. >> lauren? >> i hear humidity is creeping back in that forecast. >> we have comfortable conditions. almost a fall-like preview earlier in the week but we will feel that muggy factor settle back in heading into the afternoon and temperatures more mild to start in most areas across the delaware valley.
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we are near 70 degrees in philadelphia middle 60's down the shore. lower 60's in the lehigh valley. we will look closer at our suburbs, cooler in mount holly at 63 degrees right now. we are at 63 in quakertown. sixty-four in willow grove. storm scan three is showing us trend over last couple of days, high pressure in control nice clear skies, conditions and notice disturbed weather off to the west moving into western pennsylvania and that is in association with the slow moving cold front that will arrive on our doorstep as we head into the day tomorrow but getting you out the door early on a thursday morning no problems weather-wise, just a ton of sunshine up to 76 degrees by 9:00 o'clock hour and maybe hitting the pool instead of the office? lucky, mostly sunny, high of 89 degrees, warm and more humid as we head in the second half of the day but will this humidity stick around as we head into our upcoming weekend. we will talk about that and check of the tropics in your full forecast in a couple minutes, meisha. >> a ton have of sunshine
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music to our ears, thanks very much. good morning everyone, happy thursday just waking up with us roads are looking good. this is where we have a disabled vehicle, it has been cleared schuylkill eastbound near girard. both moving in the eastbound direction or westbound side. we are starting to heat up a little bit, expect that at 5:30 in the morning. the then ben franklin bridge first look at it moving in the westbound direction from new jersey looking good but i will say looking at ben franklin bridge for only being 5:30 we have quite a lot of vehicles out there also new jersey 42 northbound creek road approaching 295 a string of headlights here. overall it is a busy thursday morning i would advise giving yourself couple extra minutes toward more of the even of the 6:00 o'clock hour. we have a down tree here in bala cynwyd edge hill road is block at old lancaster road. make note of that. it sound like a tree has fallen over on a park vehicle. also an accident at penlynn blue bell pike at stenton avenue.
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heads up for those in that area water main break in norristown. we will have have details in ten minutes. brooke, over to you. thanks, meisha. now an update the on the breaking news we have been following this morning. a police sergeant is recovering in the hospital after police say he was hit by a driver who drove off in manayunk. >> "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch picks up the story at einstein hospital where the officer is being treated, good morning, justin. >> reporter: jim and brooke, police say sergeant could have been much worse off recovering here at einstein with a broken collar bone and bumps and bruises. at this hour we are told that he is in stable condition. lets show you what police are calling the striking vehicle in the 2008 toyota rav4. an alert tow truck driver who saw that main street accident followed that and his 21 year-old male driver. suv was found on the 6100 block of ridge avenue about 1 mile from the wreck scene on main street, that crash impact
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here was so forceful that it knocked that uniform sergeant said to be in his 50's from both of his shoes and hats all left laying on the the street. police say he was talking but going in and out of consciousness on his way to einstein. now just before 1:00 a.m. that crash, rav4 striking fifth advertise trick sergeant an inside swiping a police cruiser outside manayunk's mad river bar off main and shur lane and minutes before we are told that sergeant and another officer were standing near a cruiser with overhead lights on conducting a stopped car investigation and then came that toyota, and rav4 driver is in custody at northwest detectives, work to retrace its steps before he got behind the wheel. possibility that this this 21 year-old who struck the sergeant, left the scene, and one of these bars, and, and, we will talk to some of these employees and owners of the
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establishments to find out if in fact he was in these establishments prior to the accident. if he was drinking and how much. >> reporter: we are told that rav4 driver could include aggravated assault of police officer as well as leaving the scene of the accident. as for that sergeant he is in stable condition this morning and will be kept overnight for observations. we are live outside of einstein i'm justin finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", jim and brooke back inside to you. an eight year-old girl in camden county is at cooper university hospital, fighting for her life this morning. she was shot in the head while standing outside of her home on eighth and spruce streets last night in camden. police say she was caught in the cross fire of bullets. they are still searching for the suspects. well, time is 5:35. in business news this morning, lawmakers are looking for answers in the price hike of a life saving drug. >> and a tech giant is being accused of age discrimination. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new
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york stock exchange with all that and details on how the markets did yesterday, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. brooke and jim. the bio tech sectors is dragging down the markets this week. dow jones fell 65 points, nasdaq dropped 42. shares of the epi-pen drug maker mylan fell another 5 percent and is there more outrage over steep price increases for life saving allergy medicine. bipartisan group of senators sent the letter to the f.d.a. sergeant about the agency's approval process for possible alternatives to the epi-pen which is on a lot of parents back to school list. hillary clinton even tweeted that they should lower the price. before the opening bell the labor department will report on the number of people hoffa lied for unemployment benefits last week, always good insight into the job market. and hewlett packard is accused of age discrimination, four ex-employees are suing the company, they said they were fired as part of the major restructuring. hp made a priority to
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transform from an old company into a younger operation and they did that by hiring a disproportion nate number of workers under the age of 40. brooke and jim. >> that is in the good. >> especially for people my age. well, 40, i'm 50. >> you don't look a day over 19. >> thank you, thank you brooke. >> just speaking the truth here. we have some serious stuff race begins time in it thely as emergency crews search for survivors of the massive earthquake. more than 250 people are dead, many others are hurt. magnitude 6.2 quake reduced three towns to ruble on wednesday. one of the hardest hit areas is packed with tourist this time of the year. amatrice was set to hold an annual food festival this weekend and now thousands are homeless and wondering how they will rebill. >> well, so far in claim of responsibility for the deadly terror attack at the american university of afghanistan.
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but officials suspect the taliban. at least 12 people were killed and dozens were injured in the a tack on the outskirts of the kabul, it started with a suicide car bombing at the gate of the school, and ended more than eight hours later. now two attackers and that suicide bombers were also killed. u.s. navy is condemning the activities of the iranian national revolutionary guard after four revolutionary guard vessels came within 300-yard of a u.s. guided missle destroyer in the straits of humas, in the area have of persian gulf. u.s. called the conduct unsafe and unprofessional. it says iranian officers risked the defensive action, by the american ships. women falls to her death while zip lining in new castle county delaware. >> this morning investigators are still trying to figure out what went wrong. it happen at lums park state bark in bear on red lion road. she fell 40 feet yesterday
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afternoon at go ape zip line and tree top adventure. people hoff gone through the course in the past say safety features are thorough but you have to pay attention during the training. from the staff takes you through how to hook up through wires that you aring ago cross ape after you get up there it is kind of up to you to make sure you are hook up safely. >> go ape zip line and tree top adventure immediately closed yesterday so investigators could collect evidence. this morning, union boss john dougherty says he isn't going anywhere as a federal investigation into him and ibew local 98 continues. >> he sent a letter to his membership calling the investigation an attack. he also says that the u union's political power made it a target. earlier fbi raided dougherty's home, offices of ibew and offices of the city councilman bobby henon, he works at local
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98 too. in other news more than a dozen people injured in a railing collapse at a camden concert earlier this month are suing the concert venue and the performers. this video is taken at august 5th snoop dog and wiz khalifa concerts, the railing collapses under the weight of the excited crowd. only thing separating fans from the 6-foot drop was a metal partition. >> they had an obviously inadequate railing, directly on top of a 6-foot drop on to a concrete mote. the majority of the people fell headfirst. >> now lawsuit sites live nation and performers snoop dog and wiz khalifa who reportedly told fans to push ford before the collapse. well, still ahead facebook thinks it knows who you are voting for. >> we will tell you why the social note work is tracking your political leanings and let you know how you can find out what they have labeled you. prince private home and studio is becoming a museum we
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site was hacked. someone posted a explicit pictures, her passport and driver's license along with many racist comments. and just a month ago, many people actually spent days tweeting her racist comments. many celebrities are showing support for jones on social media including philly's own quest love of the roots. he said she is acts against leslie jones are sickening, racist, sexist and disgusting. these are hate crimes. this ain't kid playing around. rinse fans you will soon be able to get a look inside his private home and studio. paisley park in minnesota will open for daily tours starting october 6th. they will include studio where prince recorded his biggest hits. thousands of artifacts from his personal archives will be on display and ticket go on sale this friday. dolly parton is on her biggest north american concert tour in 25 years. the country singer is remoting
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her new album called pure and simple and she says that every song is a love song and it is all based on the fact that dolly has been married for 50 years. parton wrote every song on the ten track album and local fans unfortunately you just got on the tour she was just here in philadelphia back in june. >> i love dolly parton. there i said it. >> she's just out there she is has always been self assured and what you see is what you get and i love that about her. >> absolutely. i like it. >> so like you today because you are bringing south good news. >> thank you. >> we like you have day. >> thank you, guys. feel so good about myself. weather has been very kind. beautiful conditions, monday, tuesday, wednesday, today not too bad either but we will feel humidity creeping back in but getting a live look on our neighborhood network palmyra
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nature cove in new jersey looking at center city philadelphia in the distance there. forty minutes from official sunrise at 61:00. wind are calm. current temperature is 67 degrees. we are more mild across the delaware valley this morning, then previous mornings. we have started off in the 40's earlier this week in the poconos but we are waking up to 63 degrees on mount pocono. sixty-three in allentown our current temperature at wilmington at 68 degrees. temperature range over the last 24 hours, the biggest up in the poconos, up about ten or 11 degrees, warmer this morning then this time yesterday morning. we are up 8 degrees in atlantic city. as we head throughout our day another round of sunshine a few more clouds in the afternoon, warmer and more humid with a high of 89 degrees. we will have a nice breeze ape southwest at ten or 15 miles an hour to cool us off. overnight tonight you might have been able to have windows opened over the last several nights. i don't think tonight we will only drop down to 73. partly cloudy, mug which
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chance have of isolated thunder shower west of the city. we have quiet conditions. cold front up wind not a potent system but generating a few showers looking towards western pennsylvania and that will move through as we head throughout the day tomorrow but for today high pressure still remaining in control. it will start to shift off to the east as we head into tonight, we could maybe see a stray shower again, maybe west of the city and then better rain chances as we head late the in to tomorrow and that cold front cruises through the delaware valley and will generate isolated thunder shower activity before high pressure builds back in heading into the upcoming weekend. we will bring back full sunshine and lower humidity values that will stick around saturday into sunday as well. weekend shaping up good, albeit, warm 189 degrees. that is above average for us after spending the day tomorrow at 93 degrees work those humid conditions, rain chances, meisha over next several days very sparse, pass along umbrella tomorrow but otherwise this weekend do not
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need it. did you see me sneak in on your forecast, i cannot keep my hand off of it, happy thursday. ninety-five south before girard, here's what you are looking at here couple brake lights going off a little bit but not because of the overall congestion but it is starting to build. just know you might want to give yourself a couple extra minutes heading out of the door in the early 6:00 o'clock hour. it is certainly heating up pushing in the southbound direction. northbound side on i-95 we are looking good anywhere we look this morning. vine street expressway was closed for overnight construction between schuylkill and broad west and eastbound side as you can see is opened. it we're looking good. west and eastbound. eastbound side is heating up quicker then the westbound side but overall we're looking good are for those in the westbound side heading out in the schuylkill. taillights moving in the southbound direction near swarthmore this is what we're looking at sea of headlights and taillights anywhere we look this morning so far. we are still traveling at posted speed here looking g water pain break in norristown route 202 near east johnson highway is all off to the
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shoulder. i'll let you know if we have any new updates. down tree in edge hill road is block at old lancaster road. make note of that as well in the bala cynwyd area for those just waking up with us. an accident here morton avenue at east chester pike second accident, maybe our third accident of the morning so we have had a string of accident, most of which has been minor or swiftly to clear. make note another heads up, jim and brooke, back over to you. how about this you may not be public with your political leanings but facebook and its advertisers might still necessity what they are. company is labeling a users ranging from very liberal to very conservative. judgment is based on all of your facebook activity. that information is not visible to other users but it is, available to advertisers. >> you are sharing and they are listening. anytime you click a like button or decide to share an article they are watching. the facebook is that extra person that you do not realize is sitting there watching you.
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>> to find out what facebook think your leanings go to facebook.com/ads/preferences, and then get to interests, and then click on lifestyle and culture and then see what it says in the box about u.s. politics. well, in today's three on your side consumer report good news is more americans are living longer. bad news that can affect your retirement savings in a big way. are you saving enough? >> reporter: more americans are living longer and more people are working longer but are we saving enough to energy our golden years? well, apparently some of us need a push from our employers. new report from t rowe price find more and more companies are making it easier for employees to save for retirement. how? well, last year a little more than half of the employers surveyed automatically enrolled workers in to a retirement savings land like a
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401k. 30 percent automatically contributed 6 percent or more of the workers salary to the savings plan which according to the report is a big deal. and, here's why if automatically enrolled 88 percent of workers participate in the plan. when employees have have to sign themselves up and aren't automatically enrolled less than half participate. but put ago way 6 percent still might not be enough. t rowe rise recommend saving 15 percent or more of your salary toward retirement. now if you cannot do that all at ones start saving gradually add to go percent each year. you can build a nest egg that may keep you comfortable. if your company matches and you don't sign up you are leaving money on the table. >> it just headaches no sense. >> thanks, for the constant money advice, i need it. >> i'm just trying. i don't want you living with me when you are 80 years old. two of us will kill each other.
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it is gorgeous. does it look that pretty when it gets colder? >> no. >> this morning it it does. >> all right. good morning. it is a five-year old boy from south jersey had a very busy day yesterday spreading kindness. >> he and his mom, dubbed yesterday kindness day. william spent money from his allowance to buy lunch for officers of the winslow township police department. >> we watched, the video of someone helping the home less and next thing you know it is kind of just took off and he wanted to help the police. >> after lunch, william and his mom continued their day of kindness dropping off toys and school supplies to children, at a domestic violence shelter. they took food to the animal shelter and donated money to a local family forte care costs, good for william. coming up next on "eyewitness news" we are live on independent mall with the
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a philadelphia police sergeant is hurt in the hit and run and authorities say leaving the scene isn't the only crime that the driver committed we are live with how a good samaritan helped catch the suspect. an eight year-old girl is fighting for perfect life after someone shot her right outside of her own home. we will let you know what police are hoping will help them zero in on the gun man. developing right now in italy the search for survivors, crews have been working around the clock to rescue people trapped in the earthquake ruble, we will tell you where things stand this morning. it the is thursday august 25th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm brooke thomas. lauren and meisha are keeping an eye on things, katie's out, how is it going. >> roads are looking okay. we have three stents and construction. we have a busy morning already. >> well, not busy in the weather department. >> yes. >> absolutely. it has been a beautiful week
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so far and today starting off on a thursday morning, it is no exception. getting a live look right now at ocean city, new jersey, beautiful, the sky is on fire. we are about 20 minutes away from sunrise. beautiful conditions. temperatures are on a bit more mild as we start off on this thursday morning. 69 degrees in philadelphia. sixty-four allentown. 62 degrees in the poconos and 65 in wildwood. twenty-four hour temperature change, we are up in the positive numbers especially in the poconos, up about 10 degrees from this time yesterday. probably don't need that light jacket, where as earlier this week we to. we have quiet conditions up and down eastern seaboard. we have an area of disturbed area, with association of weak cold front moving through parts of the western pennsylvania. could push a few cloud toward poconos, maybe generate isolated thunder shower, high temperature at 79 degrees in the higher elevations. down the shore ano
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