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this streaking across the sky in your area tonight? we'll explain what it was. but first. >> to accuse no matter who it is a man or a woman without evidence is damaging. >> defending her husband, melania trump stands by her spouse. >> donald trump's wife talked at length tonight about the claims she says are not true. i'm yukee washington. >> and i'm nicole brewer in for jessica dean. greg argos is in the cbs3 sat center with more on melania trump's comments. >> she not only says the allegations against her husband are lies, she says the coverage has been unfair and she dismissed the vulgar comments he made in 2005 on an open microphone as, quote, boy talk. there have been many women who have come out with sexual misconduct allegations against donald trump. >> i'm great. i'm very strong, i'm very

confident, and i live my life. >> reporter: monday night, one woman, his wife throwing her full support behind her husband. >> he's said they're lying. do you believe him? >> i believe my husband. i believe my husband. this was all organized from the opposition. >> reporter: melania trump speaking with cnn's anderson cooper about the leaked 2005 tapes in which then 59-year-old trump joked with billy bush about groping women. >> they were kind of boy talk and he was the lead on, like egg on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff. >> you feel the host billy bush was sort of egging him on? >> yes. >> reporter: melania trump says her husband apologized to her and she forgave him for his words but says he never physically assaulted anyone. >> my husband is real, he's raw, he tells it as it is.

he's kind, he's a gentleman. he supports everybody. >> under a trump administration, it's going to be america first. >> reporter: her husband meanwhile on the campaign trail, visiting wisconsin monday suggesting this november's election may be rigged. >> people who have died 10 years ago are still voting. illegal immigrants are voting. i mean, where are the street smarts of some of these politicians? >> reporter: and making the final push for why he should become president. >> he's very passionate about american people because he knows he can do that. he's a worker. he's a fighter. he is -- he's very passionate about it. and he will not give up. he will fight until the end. >> reporter: meanwhile in a statement, house speaker paul ryan has rejected trump's claims of a rigged election saying he is fully confident in our nation's election system. >> and greg, there's more fall-out tonight related to

those tapes. nbc news has fired billy bush. he was caught having a vulgar conversation about women with donald trump during his stint as host for "access hollywood" back in 2005. once the tape was made public, bush stayed in a statement he was embarrassed and ashamed of his behavior. bush has been at the today show for two months. >> the investigation into hillary clinton's private server uncovers a possible quid pro quo. the controversy surrounds an e-mail about the benghazi attacks. clinton's undersecretary began pushing the fbi to make the e-mail unclassified in exchange he reportedly allowed to offer the fbi to deploy more agents in foreign countries. the fbi says in the end no favors changed hands and the classification level stayed as is. >> you have an fbi agent themselves say that he was in a quid pro quo discussion with the undersecretary of management at the state department, that

should scare everybody. >> any really assertion that this was somehow tit for tat or quid pro quo exchange in that manner really frankly is insulting. >> the fbi documents also included an interview with the diplomatic security agent at the state department. he said clinton quote frequently and blatantly disregarded security protocols. a new cbs poll finds hrk has increased her lead over donald trump in the presidential race. 47% of likely voters surveyed say they will back clinton while 38% of voters support trump. two weeks ago clinton's lead was 4 points. the nominees will face off one last time before voters head to the polls. the final presidential debate is wednesday, october 19th. you can see it at 9:00 right here on cbs3. >> there will be a presidential appearance on the late show with

stephen colbert. president barack obama sits down with him right here on cbs3. you've been bombarded with their campaign ads for months, toomey and mcginty go face to for the first time. the back and forth in just 3 minutes. first though, an investigation is under way at two lom units tonight after two students report being sexually assaulted on or near campus. >> the most recent attack happened saturday night in newark, delaware. a university of delaware student told police an unknown man grabbed her from behind. she described her attacker as a white male wearing a flat shirt and a beanie hat. a female rowan university student has reported to campus authorities that she was sexually assaulted in a dorm last week. she had been drinking at an off campus party thursday night when

a man from the party offered to walk her home. she woke up in the man's dorm and realized she had been sexually assaulted. philadelphia police tonight are investigating the shooting death of a hus and a father just two steps from his home. 28-year-old johnny was gunned down behind his home on f street last night. he was shot at least four times and died at the hospital. his family and friends who did not want their faces shown say he and his wife had a heartbreaking final conversation. >> she calls him and tells him come home, i heard some shots he said it was me, i'm on the ground. >> he was a real good man. a father figure to his 1-year-old son. i could tell you that all he did was work. that was his life. >> before he passed, police say he told them that he had returned home enter shopping when he was approached by two men and robbed at gunpoint. the investigation continues. >> philadelphia police continue their search for a suspect who

overnight said several cars in a dumpster on fire. this is newly released surveillance video of the suspect in action. he was caught starting a fire in a dump ster. the flames were so fierce that it damaged a car parked nearby. tonight the owner of that car told eye with it niece how he found out what happened. >> i was asleep and somebody was banging on my door. you know what i mean? i came to the door and he said, you the guy who own the maserati. i said yeah. he said it's on fire. i'm angry but i'm grateful at the same time that they was able to catch it early, you know what i mean, and put it out? you know what i'm saying. it still starts up and drives, you know what i mean? >> if caught the suspect faces arson charges. a group of good samaritans springs into action in atlantic county rushing to the aid of a woman ejected from a car and

trapped underneath. seven good samaritans stopped at the accident scene yesterday. they joined forces to lift that car off of the victim and with the car off of that woman, police were able to quickly provide medical attention. >> other people started coming and we all kind of lifted it and two other people kind of just slid her out from underneath. >> first it was kind of like a scramble because no one knew what to do but everything fell into place and we started working together. >> the woman was flown to the hospital with critical injuries. there's no word on her condition. >> you have been bombarded with their ads for months, but tonight the candidates for pennsylvania's u.s. senate seat finally launched their atalks face to face. and as our david spunt reports. the slug fest got prnl. >> pat toomey and donald trump too dangerous for pennsylvania women. >> i'm back delivering the painful truth about shady katie

mcginty. >> it's very catchy. >> it could be over about a year ago, i would be happy about that. hopefully sooner than later. >> but you have to wait another three weeks until you stop seeing ads like these. monday night they wasted no time pulling punches after the introductions. >> i can't believe that katie mcginty can't criticize anything about hillary clinton. >> waiting to be persuaded is political speak for waiting for the next poll. >> reporter: toomey has yet to endorse donald trump for president and still wouldn't do it at the debate. mcginty touted her record. >> our senator not only owned and started his own bank, he owned that bank while sitting on the banking committee. >> top fired back. she once bragged about being the first of her siblings to go to college. that later proved to be

incorrect. >> when she new full well her older brother had gone to college and gone back for a graduate degree before she ever got out of high school. >> reporter: this is the most expensive senate race in united states. both candidates will face off for the second and final debate right here in philadelphia one week from tonight. reporting live tonight, in center city, david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> and in just two minutes the masks have scared concern across the country. now a national chain is responding to the clown fears. the super store's reaction but are they going too far. >> also quite a watch party on the steps of the art museum. the event two years in the making that had people gazing towards the stars. kate? >> and it's a nice night to be out there star gazing tonight. we've got near record warmth on the way. 15-20 degrees above average as we head through the next couple of days. but how long will it last? we're also tracking some rain in the forecast.

the battleship new jersey is glowing pink as a reminder to schedule a mammogram and stay vigilant in the fight against breast cancer. this is the 15th year for the lights for the cure campaign and you can find more information at cbsphilly.com/cure. >> according to the national retail federation, consumers will spend $8.4 billion on halloween this year. that's about $83 per person. how much will include scary clown costumes? some retailers say clown sales are soaring while one of the largest national retailers refuses to be part of the trend. >> if creepy clowns weren't creepy enough, now a slew of sights are sounding the alarm. from attempted child lurings to threats on social media to arrests for chasing strangers with weapons and reported robberies, clowns have had their fair share of bad press

prompting target to pull clown masks. >> i think it's sensitive to the concerns of parents. >> reporter: in a statement target spokesman said quote given the current environment we have made the decision to remove a variety of clown masks from our assortment, both in stores and online. >> it's giving power to the people that are trying to increase the fears. >> i think it makes people want to have them more. so they'll go to amazon and they'll get them anyway. >> reporter: retailer express. 17 of them are scary so at some stores you're still free to pick your poison which is what some say halloween is all about. >> they used to use ski masks and we didn't stop selling ski masks. so this is silly. >> opeople on both sides of it. but decision comes as a growing

number of school districts ban clown costumes and some police departments even advise against them. >> you knew it was going that way. state environmental officials now say there is no mountain lion on the loose. >> this grainy photograph taken with a hunter's game scam ra shows what officials say is a large house cat not a mountain lion as some had thought. there's also some moving video of the cat. there have been several sights in the township leading to rumors of a mountain lion on the loose. wine in the glass and in glass bottles could be a thing in the past. >> sales of canned wine have more than doubled over the last year. from $6.4 million to $14.5 billion. one central california wine maker got in on the trend says canned wine is better than

bottles for many reasons. >> canned wine aging better because there's no light hitting the product. >> experts say while canned varieties of wine make up less than 1% of the market. a rocket blasted off in virginia tonight carrying a shipment bound for international space station. >> the rocket lifted off tonight from wallops island, virginia. it's the first rocket of this type since an explosion two years ago that wrokd the launch pad and tea steroid the cargo. the launch provided a show for sky gazers along much of the east coast. folks also got a view of the rocket hurtling towards space. this was the scene earlier on the steps of the philadelphia museum of art. fortunately there wasn't a cloud in the sky. what a sight that is.

>> yeah. not a cloud in the sky. 82 degrees today, kate? >> unbelievable. >> stunning weather today. i have heard from some people that said it hasn't even felt like fall for all that long and we're back to summer again. and it's true. it's been a warm start to fall in september. it's another warm stretch on the way. but it's not going to last. and dare we say this could be the last stretch of 80s we'll have this season. there is always a chance you could get a fluke day and jump back up into the 80s. but once we cool down this weekend, we are getting less and less likely we'll see another 80-degree day this year. so let's enjoy it while we have it because the cold is coming and coming pretty quickly. let's look outside right now we'll take you to a video from earlier tonight. chopper 3 not only call that rocket launch but caught the beautiful hunter's moon, the october full moon. it is not quite full as you can tell on that kind of top right side a little bit of a wane to

it. it's starting to decrease a bit, but just a gorgeous moon outside tonight and viewing conditions were absolutely perfect for it. thanks to chopper 3 for getting that great fot age and picking up the rocket launch as well. here's the time lapse video from today, you can see or maybe you can't see actually the skyline, it's right here in the leadership academy camera. but there was so much fog you really couldn't see it. the skyline appears and that's going to happen tomorrow as well. i do think we'll have some patchy fog in the morning and more sunshine in the afternoon. otherwise it's quiet and you can see the jet stream well off to the north. this system produce prognose shower activity over northern new england. that is not going to impact us. we will benefit from the jet stream being well to the north and this big surge of warmth and moisture from the south. temperatures on the rise and challenging a few more records the next couple of days. right now still very warm, definitely not a night that you need the heat blasting.

68 here in philadelphia, 64 in millville and 67 in atlantic city. today's high was officially 82. that is well short of the record. pretty high record of 89 today, but tomorrow our forecasted high of 84, very close to a more than century old record of 85. wednesday looks like a lock to me. the record is just 80 and will easily climb at least into the low 80s. for tomorrow records to beat across the area, 85 here in the city but reading 85 as well, atlantic city needs to get to 83, trenton 82 and 81 the records in wilmington and allentown. a sunny day tomorrow, no clouds, nothing to worry about. this next weak front will come through wednesday. doesn't have much with it. what we do have to be concerned about is thursday. we start thursday morning here's 8:00 a.m. with a big batch of showers. notice showers are hit or miss on and off through the day and steadier rain could come through on friday along with a decrease in temperatures. so it's not going to last long. overnight partly cloudy, patchy fog, 64 degrees your low.

mostly sunny, just 1 degree shy of that record. there is a chance we tie or break it. wednesday easily breaking the record of 80 then thursday a couple of showers move in, it's still above average. but friday looks like a damp day and the weekend, big, big changes. 84 tomorrow, the end of the 7-day, the highs only 59 on monday. big difference. so put the coat away, but don't put it far away. >> how low will it go. >> it's going to get cold again. >> all right, don, let's talk about sports. >> we're talking football. sam bradford handling business in minnesota. now he comes back to philly. a marriage proposal you have to see to believe.

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>> the washington running attack was one of the worst in football. it wasn't just the rushing attack that could stop kirk cousins either. overall the eagles defense was out of synch. >> the guys are disappointed, the players are disappointed. they know. they know how they played and they felt it after the game and the guys that have been here already this morning know. and it's just ownership. >> these guys are going to have to look at themselves critically and see where they can get better detailed their assignment, and get it done. >> now on sunday the eagles will turn the page and welcome a former friend. sam bradford and the undefeated minnesota vikings invade the

link. it cleared the way for carson wentz but it also gave sam a fresh start. he's taken full advantage of i. bradford has been very good. >> everything i've seen and worked with sam and how well he picked up our offense here and the execution he had throughout training camp and you're seeing a lot of the same concepts offense offense yifrly that we did here with them. he's an accurate thrower so i'm not surprised. >> the flyers are off tonight, they visit chicago tomorrow. and finally they come home thursday night to play anaheim in the home opener. college football over the weekend. sanford beat virginia military institute. it was a total team effort and after the game, a player used

his teammates to help him make one more play. he gets on his knee. i can only presume that she said yes. at that point is she going to say no with all the teammates standing around? probably not. we are just five days away from the friday football frenzy. here are your choices for the game of the week. go to cbsphilly.com/frenzy to vote.

new tonight a big book release party featuring the philly fanatic. >> pheel the love. he joined with an expert in writing this book. it discusses how to use the power of love to transform people and the organizations they meet. kate? >> well, it is only monday but it's never too early to start thinking about the weekend that's why we bring you our weekend watch every day. we've got a little taste of summer going on right now but by the weekend that taste of summer is coming to an end. the sunshine will return after more clouds, but it will be cool and brisk.

we go from well above average temperatures to

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