live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. it is a rainy start to your tuesday morning. as we look live at center city. leave yourself some extra time to get out the door today. good morning, i'm brooke thomas. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a minute. first, what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. >> it is the event everyone has been waiting for. >> she doesn't have the look. she doesn't have the stamina. >> hillary clinton and donald trump finally met face-to-face. >> as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease-fire, he can talk to me about stamina. >> there wasn't real that i break away moment or that one moment that people said oh, i'm now going to vote for this person. >> one person is dead, two others are hurt, after a shooting in the city's germantown section. >> crews are trying to get a

big fire under control in california's santa cruz mountains. officials say it burned at least 1,000 acres. >> you've been having trouble deciding. didn't the debate tonight help you make up your mind? >> absolutely. i'm 100% behind donald trump. oh, wait, wait. i just remembered, trump university. never mind. role with her. >> you think you will be able to choose by election day? >> don't count on it. >> are you answering my questions using a magic eight ball? >> all signs point to yes. >> silly. >> that was actor rob lowe, playing the role after undecided voter on the late show last night. you know what that magic eight ball sometimes does work for other things. >> does it? >> not for this. >> no? pick the next leader of the free world. >> no. katie, how long is the rain going to last? >> shut that down. it is a fun thing to use, i

wouldn't trust it for big decisions. can we just say rob lowe has not aged at all. >> that is true. >> he looks exactly the same. >> i know, i don't know what he's got going on there. >> he looks like the fountain of youth. we need to follow him around. giles, you mention the rain. still some rainout there. it is coming down pretty steadily in some places, too, depending on where your travels take you, you will be either driving through it or dealing with the damp roads left behind because of t out to wider zoom here on storm scan3, which we'll show you we still do have the rain out there, there it is, actually see the back edge, not just the rain but also the cloud deck, too. so with time, as the sun comes up, actually going to see some of it before the day is said and done. as we zero in quickly here, take just look at snapshot of the current radar, it is mainly through west send tran new jersey at this point, specially kent and sussex counties in delaware where you are finding steadiest rain currently. but again, damp roads, spray from vehicles, all left behind by the rain that's been

pushing through. now, throughout the rest of the week, we do have additional chances for rain. pretty good chances. by tomorrow evening, already, we've got more rain in the forecast, then thursday, look at this, thursday, friday, as well as saturday, the chance for rain is out there any time. so coming up we will talk about the best chance to get soak, when things start to taper offer little bit here. for now though current temperatures are off to very mild start. you're flirting with 70 in almost every location, so certainly not as cool this morning, but, we only rebound so far from here. the ride home for the kids coming home on the bus, women, you will start to clear things out, see some sunshine, thankfully the rain is out of here, but not the worse idea to have the umbrella ready to go as we send it out to the bus this morning, meisha? >> not a bad idea at all. katie, thank you so much. i'm certainly glad that i had mine this morning. looking out on the roadways, looking wet, do have an accident. schuylkill westbound at the vine, blocking left lane, it causes to you tap the brakes as go by, and you can see, it is dark out there. we can see people out of their vehicles. that will slow you down, as

women. not only because you are going to have to slow down because of a narrow stretch right there, but also because we'll have a little bit of gaper delay there. so it will slow you down little bit. just kind of insight in things to come. new jersey, 42 freeway northbound at creek road. what you are looking at here, steady flow of vehicles, at this point, we can expect that. now, busy tuesday, at 5:30 in the morning, especially when our roadways are wet. so, certainly going to want to give yourselves extra time. we're going to need it today for sure. construction crews, still out there. pa turnpike eastbound, past downingtown, that right lane is block, in that area, also, some more construction out there, lincoln drive southbound between green street and wayne ave., one lane is open. and this is going to go on until five. so just make note of that, also just reminder, walnut lane bridge, that's re-opening later on this afternoon, so alternate until then, lincoln drive, midvale avenue, probably going to be your best bet, brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. the countdown heating up, now just 41 days from election day, last night for the first time the candidates went tow to tow over the issues. of course it was the match up

everyone had been waiting for, first presidential debate between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> the two met face-to-face it, didn't take long for the fireworks to begin. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at drexel university where vice president joe biden will be campaigning for hillary clinton, this morning, good morning, jan. >> jim, brooke, good morning, that's right. vice president joe biden will be making a stop here at drexel university, right around 10:30 this morning, he is set to speak about hillary clinton's vision for the economy. and the future of the united state. but, both sides will be hitting the campaign trail hard today after that fiery first debate, last night. take a look at the video. hillary clinton and donald trump were cordial while taking the stage at hofstra university in new york. but that quickly changed as soon as they got into the issues. two candidates sparred on everything from race relations, to national security, to the economy. clinton called for lowering taxes on the middle class, while trump focused on renegotiating trade deals that have caused companies to move jobs out of the us.

>> nafta is the worse trade deal, maybe ever signed, anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this country. and now you want to approve transpacific partnership. >> i know you live in your own reality, but that's not the facts. the fact are i did say i hoped it would be a good deal. but when it was negotiated, which i was not responsible for, i concluded it wasn't. >> now this was the first of three presidential debates, as clinton and trump are locked in a virtual tie in the latest polls. and last night, the debate sometimes turned personal. clinton bashed trump for not releasing his tax returns, trump responded that he would release his tax information when clinton produced the more than 30,000 emails that were deleted from the personal internet server she used as secretary of state. and, in the closing moments, this: >> she doesn't have the look. she doesn't have the stamina. i said she doesn't have the stamina. >> as soon as he travels to 112 countries, and negotiates

a peace deal, a cease-fire, or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina. >> soy, campaign 2016 is certainly heating up in a lot actually happening in the delaware valley over the next couple of days, again, here today, at drexel university, a visit by vice president joe biden and tomorrow the first lady michelle obama is in town with a stop at lasalle university. we are reporting live in university city this morning. jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", brooke, jim, back into you. >> thanks, jan. meanwhile who's who at last night ' debate. gop donor michelle was present as well as new jersey governor chris christie, as planned, billionaire investor and clinton supporter mark cuban showed up. other notable guests including andrew cuomo, rnc chair ryan prius, and former mayor rudy julie ann a mike pence therefore the big night. national voter registration day just two weeks left to

pennsylvania's voter registration deadline. local officials are making the round at various philadelphia high schools today trying to register student who have turned 18. they are also registering voters at 15th and market, and 30th and market streets while people can express their social opinions on social media and in the streets on november 8th, and the voting booth is where it is actually counts. wait until you hear these record numbers for last night's presidential debate. with estimated 100 million viewers, some say, it may be the most watched event of the year. "eyewitness news" hit up the american public in center city. showing trump and hillary clinton showing up face-to-face to discuss the issues. and a lot say both candidate played to their strengths. >> i think they're both representing their own experience. she happens to be a much more experienced candidate than he does. his experience is largely in business.

so he talk a lot about the economy, a lot about financial mat that's are on the minds of a lot of americans. >> reporter: new pole shows hillary clinton was just a one point lead in pennsylvania. both candidate say they'll campaign several more times in our area before election day. >> the first presidential debate may be over but the conversation on how the candidates measured up is just getting started. >> our own nicole brewer shows us how the debate is trending on social media. >> reporter: with 100 million americans expected to have tuned in, the super bol every debates took over more than dozen tv channels, and absolutely inundated social media. before the candidates even took the stage, hashtag debate night and debates were trending on twitter. and right off the top, democratic nominee hillary clinton's criticism of her republican rival donald trump's tax plan sent social media into a tailspin. >> the kind of plan that donald has put for the, trickle down economics, in fact, the most extreme version. i call it trumped up trickle down.

>> thirty minutes into the debate the phrase trumped up trickle down was tweeted nearly 30,000 times, which may have prompted this tweet from trump's official account. highlighting his plan to create 25 million jobs. as the questions continued, the phrase fact check began trending, one user saying perhaps we need to have a fact check scrolling across the bottom of the screen. hashtag debate night. then the conversation turned to minority issues, which once again spurred activity on line. >> we have our inner cities, african-americans, hispanics, are living in hell because it is so dangerous. >> by the debate's end the phrase african-american had been used over 100,000 times on twitter. nicole brewer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". meanwhile twitter and facebook are still crunching the numbers. but starting to get some raw data concerning social media. twitter says of more than 10 million tweets, 62% were for trump, 38% were for clintonment on facebook the results were little bit more

lopsided with trump earning 79% of the conversation, while 21% of the posts were about clinton. the top social moment of the debate was when trump said his strongest asset is his temperament. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. when you're not watching us on tv, you can always finds the latest on our website cbsphilly.com. >> well, still ahead, from cartoon characters, to 140 characters. we'll tell you the company reportedly interested in buying twitter, and how much the social media site is expected to sell for. plus this: >> he's back at it. got to tell you why shack is dancing again. it is for a good cause. he's not just showing out. we'll be back.

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>> that helps. >> always helps. but yes, just, i just like him. he is so likable. and nice guy, you know? >> i like him a lot. yes. >> i love that. very sweet. >> happy birthday will smith. >> so this weather is definitely unsettled. you know? >> little bit of everything. >> today isn't terrible. just a morning, really in the thick of things, actually get better with time. then this next storm comes along, and it will hang out for couple of days. yes, usually like maybe one or two day event then we see the systems get out of here, but this time around it looks like it will be one that kind of get stuck and hung up. we will talk about it in a second. first and for most, out to one of the camera shots. live neighborhood network as we overlook the board here and outside the board walk plaza rehoboth beach. the sheen, tell tell signs the rain is through, actually still out there even across portions every sussex county and kent county specially getting hit hard with the rain right now. not everyone is seeing that rain. i might add. we will talk about that on storm scan in a second. first quick check in with the

eyewitness werth, eyewitness weather watcher network. and we have got temperatures that are actually off to really mild start here. even in some of the pine land areas, mark checking in from chatsworth, currently 67 degrees. but comparison to recent mornings, i mean, you're almost or more than 20 degrees warmer this hour, than it has been at the same time. in the last 24 hours. we will take to you another one, 67 degrees this hour, coming in from allen out in delran, new jersey where it is 100% humidity, air go rain currently falling from the sky. that rain is specially moving through basically right where the delaware river is, and then on to the southeast. so, let's take you to another spot. little cooler. we check in with this morning with eileen has a lot of clouds in gilbertsville. regardless things are a little cooler there, because starting to see the cooler air finally take over in the wake of the cold front. here it is bringing with it pretty steady rain, we mention portions every delaware, some of the heaviest rain, but back edge of the clouds is very

obvious, back over central pennsylvania, so with time we all will eventually see some sunshine unless you are at the shore, that's one spot where you may be stuck in the clouds majority of the day. let's turn the focus to the next system coming in. so system one gets out of here, later this week, actually as early as tomorrow night, the next storm nudges in. bridges with it steady rain. to me looking like it is mainly tomorrow night, most of thursday. we see the wettest conditions, periods of rain off and on throughout the time. but then, friday, as well as saturday day, it is still stuck overhead. only starting to retreat, it looks like by sunday. so it will take some time to get this out of here, and need something to give it the boot. something will eventually, but it will take few days. so, tomorrow night, thursday, umbrellas required. it will still be scattered showers around on friday, saturday. but, they shouldn't be quite as numerous. meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you so much. already, the rain is posing some problems on the roadways, they're very, very wet. even if you give yourself some extra time, you might not be

able to avoid some areas like this one. this is where we have an accident. the schuylkill westbound at the vine. the left lane is compromised. lots of flashing lights, the ramps, the eastbound vine, is blocked right now. and it is going to slow you down trying to get by this. not only because of volume levels now, starting to build, but also you will absolutely have gaper delay in the area as you pass by. give you extra time there. you will need it. also extra time in this area. accident number two, schuylkill westbound near boulevard. that it was block that left lane. now it is pulled all the way off to the right shoulderment make note of. that will accident number three, this is where we have got it, nine at south near the betsy ross bridge, right and left shoulders compromised now pulled all the way to the left lane. see the flashing lights, you can also see how busy it is around that area. then we have an accident norristown, west main street, one lane blocked there, a lot going on this morning, give yourself extra time, jim, over to you. >> real busy. thanks, meisha. in other news governor tom wolf has ordered flags in pennsylvania to be flown at half staff in honor of arnold

palmer. in will he drove pennsylvania where palmer was born, a service. public service at st. vincent college. palmer as you may recall passed away sunday from complications of heart disease. he was 87 years old. the man accused of opening fire in a washington state mall has confessed to the crime. that's according to court document. twenty year old arjon satin appeared in courtroom yesterday. he's charged with five count of first degree murder. according to court document, he told detectives he brought a rifle into macy's, and shot all five victims. he's being held on $2 million bonds. >> houston, searched the home after man opening fire at strip mall. the suspect's property manager says investigators look through the man's home. that man has not been identified. police will only say that he was an attorney. nine people were hurt yesterday morning. police say the man wearing military style clothing with

nazi symbols opened fire on cars as they passed by. officers arrived, exchanged fire with the man, and shot and killed him. >> this morning, protesters want charlotte's mayor and police chief to resign. dozens of people filled the city council chambers during forum last night. the meet wag toss let people talk about the police officer shooting and killing keith lamont scott last week. speakers criticized the mayor and police chief handling of the aftermath. >> the pipeline project has the green light to travel through middletown township delaware county. the middletown council unanimously approved a deal last night. allowing sunoco to build and operate two natural gas liquid lines on public land through the township. some people objected, saying, the pipeline would put their families and homes in danger the $3 million project would carry natural liquids across 17 counties every pen phone a plant in marcus hook. >> more speculation on the

future of twitter. the walt disney company reportedly thinking of buying the social ned work -- network. working on financial advisor on possible bid. news of the deal sent twitter's stocks soaring up 3% yesterday. microsoft is also being mentioned as a perspective buyer. twitter is expected to go for $30 billion. >> and today we are expecting to hear where the new home for philadelphia base five below will be. this is file video, you're about to see it right, there of the flag ship store on chestnut street. right now the store's offices are in the 1800 block of market street. but company leaders have been looking for new, bigger place. announcement social security made this afternoon, and mayor jim kenney will be there. still ahead: a monumental closure. a dc landmark will be shutdown for awhile, and we'll tell you why. >> also ahead, why the royal couple was forced to cancel plans in canada. we'll be right back. stay with

prince william, wife kate, on real visit to canada, and raising some rough weather to do it. the prince and dutchess of cambridge met with first nation community members, after pouring rain forced them to cancel a harbor tour in vancouver. the prince and kate

experienced west canadian culture. the great rain forest on the colombian coast, part of initiative. back stateside, more issues at one of the biggest attractions in washington dc. the. >> the washington monument is closed indefinately because of ongoing issues with the elevator. this has been going on since last month, when a cable snapped loose. repairs were supposed to be done by now. but we're told, workers can't seem to pinpoint the problem. officials are planning a major overhaul, which could cost more than $3 million. and take several months to finish. >> well, coming up in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", the city every brotherly love, like you've never seen it before. a tour of places you may not even know about, even if you have lived here your entire life. >> and, sometimes it is not obvious, that you should go to the eye doctor. we have a warning, sign for adults and children, coming up.

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>> hillary has experience but it is bad experience. >> i know you live in your own reality. >> ill release my tax returns when she releases her 33,000 emails. >> it was a mistake, and i tack responsibility for that. >> i don't believe she does have the stamina to be

president of this country, you need tremendous stamina. >> a man who can be provoke by a tweet should not have his fingers anywhere near the nuclear code. >> the presidential candidates clash in their first face-to-face showdown. this morning, we are taking a look at how the voters are responding. also this morning, a wet commute. you can see some showers moving through the area on storm scan3. and, this isn't our only chance of rain for the week. >> today is tuesday, september 27th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. the rain is keeping katie and meisha busy this morning. >> yes, it is, the roads are okay, we have four accidents just a moment ago, two of those have now since been cleared. but this is only a sneak peak of what's to come. because whenever we have wet roadways, mort vehicles every minute that get on the roadways, we're going to have problems. >> it is as if, i feel like it is as if we all forget to drive. i don't know what happens. yes, but regardless, it is out there. i do at least come bearing good news, it will be winding down with time as the morning