>> unaudible. >> anger intentions and spilling over people trying to save their small town police force, overnight town leaders came to a decision. a crazy chase comes to an end when a driver crash helps into a light pole but that wasn't it, we will show you incredible images of what happened next. >> i cried. i don't know why i cried. the it was very upsetting. >> thousands of students in shock this morning after a college with several local campuses abruptly shuts down. the impact in our area and the options those students now have. good morning today is wednesday, september 7th i'm jim donovan, brooke has the

day off. all that plus a bridge catches fire down the shore but first katie has our warm forecast and meisha has information regarding a water main break. >> yes, we had one overnight, of course, you know, we are kind of, it is going to be out there and we will have tea tails plus construction on the on the roadway. >> that is when you tart to get used to it but start to expect that. >> yes, exactly. >> other thing that we have got coming our way is shore heat. that is a way to experience it in the summer but now is time pumpkin spices are out, and it will start getting cooler. you hey want to think about gettingized latte. let's explain. we will go out to storm scan one where hermine is not impressive but still sitting and spinning out to sea but this is no longer and issue when it comes to tidal flooding, but more than anything worst of any rip currents and strong surf are winding down. we are in the middle of a holding pattern. you could see a shower in some

spots about this morning with you we are starting off in the city on an you nice clear note. you have no visibility issues whatsoever. nice and clear over center city as we overlook the sky scrapers there and you still got a pretty sizable northwesterly breeze enough to be noticeable. 74 degrees. feels like 47 with low dew points. seventy-three is current temperature out at trenton. the in the mid to lower 07's in the local areas just outside philadelphia to the south. cooler to the north and west. some of the outlying suburbs 07 degrees in pottstown as well as willow grove and it is a comfortably mild start to the the day. we will heat up from here. yesterday we topped off at 88. today we are shooting for one extra degree so we are flirting with 90. we do think there will be several days that hit 90's in our future to the point that we might challenge or tie a record. so we will tell you how hot it will get coming up later in the show, meisha. what we are looking at right now that is water main break we were discussing, good

morning you guys. the just waking up with us, i'll back out to see this. water main break in oxford circle knor street at somerdale avenue the road is closed. we will use an alternate around this. you can see roads are just, so there. the water is under control. now it is just clean up in process. it will slow you down. make note. alternate castor avenue is your best bet. yell will owe tape is blocking off the road. very quiet. only 4:30 in the morning. the as we push through morning more people had hit the streets this could be a problem. i'll let you know when we have more but right now like i said water at least is under control it is tapped off. vine sheer we have a closure. most moving in the west and eastbound direction completely closed between schuylkill and broad for overnight construction. so if you are waiting to jump on the vine wait longer and then we have construction 202 northbound at mall boulevard, two left lanes are block here and also we have a down tree in villanova, montgomery

avenue is block at stone ridge lane you will to have take these alternate, old gulf road or county line road is your best bet and we have more construction in ten minutes, jim, back over to you. crews spent about an hour battling a big fire down the shore on a bridge. chopper three over the old, beasley's point bridge, last night. fire broke out just after 7:00. flames could be seen coming from the middle of the span no one was hurt and causes still not clear. bridge used to connect somers point in atlantic city, atlantic count which upper town ship in cape may county but it was closed to traffic in 2004. one person is dead after a motorcycle crash in upper darby delaware county. chopper three over the scene. it happened on township line road just south of state road at around 8:30 last night. police continue to investigate what cause that had crash. developing right now a bucks county community is keeping its police force. and will not out source, to a neighboring township. last night's meeting of the pendell boro council was

standing room only some on the outside looking in. supporters argue that out sourcing police services to middletown township would save a million-dollar a year. opponent worried about slower response times. >> unaudible. >> nearly the diligence that is necessary that these people deserve in this boro. >> i'm sure that there were people who thought that they were going to save a lot of money with no down side. >> again, late night decision by council to keep pendell's police force, boro the has 2300 residents. well, philadelphia police are investigating a report of the sexual assault at last weekend's made in america festival. the victim is a 16 year-old girl, according to sources she told police a man pulled down her shirts, assaulted her and then ran away this allegedly

happened around 9:00 sunday night near 24th and parkway. police are working to obtain any video that have within taken around that time but right now they have very few lead on the suspect. we now know bill cosby's trial on sex assault charges will begin on june 5th of next year. norristown judge made the ruling yesterday, cosby's attorney say that they will try to move the trial elsewhere. now prosecutors have filed a motion saying that 13 women after greed to testify against cosby. he is charged in the 2004 encounter at his home with former temple university employee andrea constand. will, tens of thousands of students at itt tech are scrambling to find a new school. the for profit college chain is shutting down all campuses nationwide. that includes several in the philadelphia area. melissa king was just six months from graduation with a criminal justice degree. >> i cried. i will not lie, i cried and it was very upsetting

since i was expect to go finish out my last few quarters, six months left, and be able to have my associates and get a job that i wanted. >> the community college of philadelphia says former itt students can register for c ccp's next term which starts in october. itt tech decision to shut down comes after a recent move by federal government, against the indiana based college chain, that change went into effect last month. correspondent hena daniels joins us live from new york to explain. good morning, hena. >> reporter: good morning, jim. the college is closed during one of the largest in u.s. history. more than 40,000 college student and 8,000 employees are in limbo now that i to tt technical institute has shut down. the for profit college chain announced it will close all 130 campuses nationwide, after the department of education recently barred the school from enrolling new students, who use federal aid.

development came under federal crackdown in august, itt was banned from enrolling new students in order to pay 152 million-dollar, to cover student refund. itt was accused of misleading student and pushing them into risky loans, for what illinois attorney jennies calling an ultimately worthless degree that doesn't get them a job. itt officials claim that the school was victim of a regulatory assault, and never had a chance to defend itself. jim? >> so, the big question at this point this morning for those students who are enrolled at itt tech, what are their options. >> reporter: this is where it gets complicated, it is not answer that students want to hear. federal officials say students who took out loans to attend the school within the last 120 days, may have their debt wiped away a cost covered in part by taxpayers. officials are also urging current students to reach out to community colleges, if their credits will transfer.

now students decide to fully discharge they need to start their tech school education all over from scratch, also graduates with itt degrees who took out student loans will not be eligible for the loan forgiveness. >> this is a big mess, thanks so much for that update. well, a blazing end to a police chase in california. a land rover leading officers on a chase incomes down a light pole and catches fire. the reason police were trying to stop the driver in the first place. plus a promising announcement from the or land owe hospital that cared for many of the victims of the pulse shooting massacre in orlando. the new developments, in its treatment efforts when we come right i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there's a racnow.ing on right the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. and i'm going to make sure it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing.

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welcome back. for second time in a week donald trump is making a campaign stop here in philadelphia republican nominee is speaking this morning at the union league. the last friday he met with african-american leaders in north philadelphia trump will

appear with democratic rival hillary clinton at a forum on national security in new york. meanwhile a new cbs news poll show clinton's state by state leads would give her the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. well, last survivor recovering from the orlando nightclub shooting is now home from the hospital. in a tweet the hospital confirmed the news saying as of of today orlando regional medical center reports that all 35 pulse victims who were patients at orm thec has been discharged. back in june a gunman opened fire at the pulse nightclub killing 49 people, dozens of others were hurt. the last month the hospital announced they will not bill survivors for any out of pocket medical expenses. well, a police pursuit in los angeles comes to a fiery end, officers began chasing the driver after they reportedly saw him driving erratically, chase ended when the land rover hit a light pole. suv dragged the pole for several feet before coming to

a stop, front portion of the car erupted in flames, and police took the driver into custody. lack of rain in our region has led environmental officials in pennsylvania to add more counties to the drought watch. that includes philadelphia, chester and delaware counties. they join berks, lehigh, northampton counties already on the list. drought watch calls for a voluntary 5 percent reduction in non-essential, water use. you know, i don't like rain but we need on is rain right now. >> it is interesting huge it is feast or famine with these things but we are in the middle of a little bit of the rainfall deficit here and in philadelphia we can show you statistics here. since january 1st, all the way back to the beginning of the the year we are shy at least according to normal on averages by 3.39 inches worth of rainfall and since january 1 we have had just over 25 inches of rain as a total. normal at the this point of the year would be just shy of 29 inches. you know, that is a decent

deficit for sure, we could use the rain at this point. it looks like there is one or two chances down the road for that to take place but not necessarily today. we have a frontal boundary however that is way off to the west, that is what is thankfully going to be responsible for shoving what is at the this point hermine just continuing to lose tropical characteristics and strength but we do still have that system sitting and spinning even though it is losing its power and leading to cloud cover out of the immediate shoreline and couple spot pick up sprinkles in recent hours. now the wind speed are also starting to diminish nicely. they are generally out of the north/northwest. that too will begin to change with time and as it does more humidity gets a start to start moving in as we draw more moisture from the the south but technically throughout the day it is northwest wind flow, sun, cloud 89 is the high. hotter than average day anyway and we will drop down to 72 tonight perhaps with a stray shower off to the west and that is because of the approaching system. we are going to heat up from

here even though it is a cold front it does nothing to cool us down. it is act opposite. but we will look ahead to friday and saturday 94 appease. friday is a day we expect to tie a very long, standing record. >> interesting. lets see if we do it. thank you so much. looking outside we have a water main break. we are looking at video of the water main break at oxford circle at knor street at somerdale avenue. road is closed. castor avenue is your best bet. they have the water under control. it is just very, very wet around there. we have the area roped off. you can see it right there but crews are not there right now. they will come back at eight or 8:30 for rest of the clean up. the just waking up with us and we are in the neck of the woods just know you have to take that alternate and crews won't be back out there until around eight or 8:30. looking at the vine westbound side is opening, eastbound side still closed usually quick to follow, construction 202 northbound at mall boulevard two left lanes are blocked there and i-95 north

before bridge street two left lanes were blocked. it looks like that might be clearing just right now and plus we have a down tree in villanova montgomery avenue block at stone ridge lane use an alternate there, old gulf road and county line road is your best bet. more construction coming up in ten minutes. jim, over to you. just days after the panda was taken off endangered species list more good news, another animal has been taken off the list, we will tell you which one it is, that is no longer endangered and a hint, it doesn't live on land. we will be right

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its latest iphone. there is one big change that is suspect apple has likely donna way with the analog head phone jack but instead phones come with wireless headphones that connect the phone digitally. phone may come in some new colors, possibly a new shade of brass, we will see, that event is at 1:00 p.m. our time. just recently learned there was a plug in forehead phones, so, so this doesn't come to me as a surprise at all, jill. the also for cooks out there or aspiring cooks is there high tech help. i don't know how to cook. what will this do for me. >> reporter: there is a new smart oven, from the company born, it can adjust, cock time temperature and humidity based on recipes you select through an app. the series eight ovens will be available starting in october. jim, i don't cook either, i'm with you but you who knows if i ever started, perhaps this could help.

>> okay. >> we need to do a dual challenge, see who can make the best recipes and not kill people in the meantime. thanks, jill. >> maybe we should start with the microwave. >> okay, that is good, heating up things, that is step number one. we will check in next hour, thanks very much. well, there is good news for the hump back whale, mostly not on the list oven dangered species. federal officials say population has recovered through international efforts to protect giant mammals. their numbers have grown, since a global ban on commercial whaling began 50 years ago. officials say nine of the 14 kinds of hump back whales recovered to the point they no longer need protection from the endangered species act. well, get ready, flu season starts next month but a heads up for you you early bird you might not need to run to get yourfully shot just yet. next up the reason medical experts say you should wait a little while.

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we're looking out over a nice clear sky overlooking center city philadelphia and sky scrapers and we are seeing a little hint of more humidity in the air right now but all and all we're off to a pleasant start. here in philadelphia and every where else. good morning, guys. we are looking ahead to the first day of school for philadelphia students but a warming trend, in the atmosphere and temperatures that are scheduled to reach 90's in the next couple of days here. so summer not over just yet at least not according to the astronomical calendar despite the fact we have to grab book bags and head back to will school. is what left isn't a heck of a lot but a weak system that

continues to lose strength. we are as a resulting to go see skies clear across the region as a whole and later tonight you may see a stray shower from a different system moving in. we will talk with dew point all the time when it comes to the comfort level in the air and dew points are higher then they were this same time yesterday. we are currently at 63. it is still just below the point where it starts to feel, really humid. that will change. that humidity is ram pink up. temperatures hotter then yesterday up to 89 degrees and there you have it, a three take stretch of mid 90's. friday is a day that we will tie the daily record, and it the is a long standing one from since back in 1885 so as long as we hit 94 another one that goes in the record books with 1884, but in the meantime, there is a cold front that is going to cross this weekend and right now it looks like it is out in time for eagles game sunday. >> i was going to say 94 in september. that is warm. >> it is hot. >> it is. katie, thank you so much. we have construction here 202

northbound at mall boulevard mere kop mall, two left lanes block, crews are still out there as you can see. the vine was closed for that morning construction that i don't want to say used to but it is opening now west and eastbound size is now just starting to follow. vine is looking better. new jersey, 42 tree way north bound at creek road this is what you are looking at here. would i say a normal amount of lights, we saw yesterday our first day back to work and school after labor day weekend was pretty busy, would i say cracking in the 5:00 o'clock hour. keep an eye on it. this is what we are looking at in new jersey and construction 35 turnpike eastbound between downtown and valley hill road that right lane block. we have more coming up in a bit but first, more construction route 141 in delaware southbound fox river road two right lanes are blocked until 6:00. i want to call your tension to the down tree in villanova montgomery avenue block at stone ridge lane, use an alternate, golf road or county line road is your best bet, jim, over to you. heading out the door stay

updated with katie's forecast on our sister station kyw news radio 1060. flu season starts in october, and some medical experts say that we don't to have run to get your flu shot just yet, they say if you get tight early, it might not be as effective as springtime. american medical association say lyft and uber are working with new companies to get patient toss their appointments. a pennsylvania company is working with guying toll help people pick what to wear. that sound interesting. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on your am dial. coming up next half an hour of "eyewitness news" fashion week is and way in new york, we're live with the look at the big kick off. also ahead why reporters on hillary clinton's planes are riding on a orange and rolling it around. flu season is just around the corner why the cdc says it does not want children to get their vaccine from the flu

a community comes together, rallying to save their town's police force. early this morning, their leaders made a decision, we're live with the new developments. local students are scrambling after finding out that their college is shutting down, how itt tech is now trying to help those students continue their education. and donald trump comes to philadelphia today, we will tell you where he is campaigning and the event that both can states will be participating in tonight. today is wednesday, september 7th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. brooke is off, katie and meisha is keeping an eye on weather and traffic. >> good morning. >> good morning, happy wednesday. water main break in oxford circle we have a down tree

blocking roads in villanova we will get to this coming up in a bit. >> thankfully the roads will stay dry. >> good. >> we do not have a water main break, we're still here waiting on the news here but regardless the heat becomes the big story. >> yep, it is on the way. >> would you believe we're still tracking remnants of what has been her mine that is now a system that continues to diminish. we don't have coastal impacts like we had and that is no longer a threat, but, it is still out there. it is like one of those house guests that is not getting the point, like get out of here, already we're done. regardless we are starting to see the skies clear out, but notice off to the west here beginnings of moisture. that is leading edge of what eventually will be the next frontal passage. that could trigger a shower by tonight in our western suburbs but generally we expect a dry day and just a hot day that turns steamy. temperatures stan in the mid to upper 60's across north and western most suburbs and wilmington and