family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember. he's a mexican. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart. i know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now on "eyewitness news", walking the picket line. a faculty strike at state colleges and university across pennsylvania is impacting

thousands of college students. fourteen state universities across pennsylvania are affected by the strike, including several schools in our area. good afternoon everyone, i'm jim donovan. faculty members hit the picket lines early this morning, our joel hold send live at west chester university. one of the schools affected by the walk out. good afternoon, joe. >> reporter: hey, jim, good afternoon. quite a lively scene here at west chester university where faculty decided at 4:59 it was time to go ahead and walk out of the classroom. let's go ahead, show you the scene behind me. now they've been trying to get to the table. no contract for the last 15 months. they said they didn't want to strike, but recognize that this is very difficult for the 17,000 student here at west chester university. let's go ahead and broaden it out across the state. we can show you the map. specially in the eastern half of the state. universities, like bloomberg, and east strads berg, and cheney, all the same situation

repeating itself with essentially the same story line. now, so how did we get here? negotiations broke off at the state level last night. in fact, local union here sums it up this way. they accuse the other way of heading to bed while this result was for gone conclusion there is came after the state made it last best offer last evening, clearly, that did not meet with the approval of the union. go ahead, have a listen to both sides in this dispute. >> there has been a lot of anxiety over the last few weeks, student want to learn, many trying to graduate in december. so they are very upset by this. our hope is that this is resolved very, very quickly. >> the university is open. our library is open, all of the support services are available, computer labs are open, the dining hauls are open, the residents hauls are open. for commuter student we have smacks, student unions, so they can wait for theirs in class to find out if the faculty member is there or

not. >> reporter: we have this statement from governor tom wolf. he said i quote: everyone's top poor/at this should be the student and their families who are counting on an agreement to assure pennsylvania continues to deliver on it promise to provide a world-class college education. i urge both sides to return to the table immediately and continue negotiations until an agreement is reached. now, there are 900 professors here at west chester university. they're actually picketing across ten spots on campus. this is the nerve center behind me, where student have also rallied behind the professors, in support of a contract. of course we're boiling down to main sticking points on all of this, see you on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 for the very latest. live this noon in west chester, joe holden, "eyewitness news". >> thanks for the update. in other news, extra patrols have been stepped up in philadelphia's rittenhouse square neighborhood. this follows the shooting after man who police say tried

to intervene during a robbery last night. now, the search is on for at least two suspect, "eyewitness news" reporter alex hoff joins us live from rittenhouse square where police are following up on leads. alex? >> well, that's right. jim. you know, witnesses told police that these two suspect, actually pretty familiar faces to the area, meaning they spent a good deal of time in the square. so, much so, that police are actually working with their nicknames right now. >> michaela petrone was walking her dog around 9:30 last night as she crossed rittenhouse square. >> i heard five gunshots that were one right after the other. i saw a group of people that were running north on 19th street running out of the square. >> it was commotion unlike anything those who live here can remember. police say a group of three to five individuals inside of the square were approached by at least two men, police want them displaying a gun, announcing a robbery, multiple shots were fired, when passing

man on a bike attempted to intervene, and stop the hold-up. >> for a 39 year old victim actually intervened. and made some sort of statement like you are not going to rob these people. what are you doing? and that's when one of the perpetrators fired multiple shots. >> the good samaritan was struck in his chest and torso, taken to the hospital, where he is expected to survive. resident of the most historically after fluent section of the city now have some recovering to do, as well. >> being in this area for over 30 years, sort of angers me it suddenly come down to this. >> all right, so, police are searching for at least two suspect, as we mention. they're both male. one is 5-foot eight, with a chubby build, and was wearing dark clothing last night. the second is taller, around five-11, and was wearing a gray shirt, with the word nike on it. of course if you have any information on those two gentlemen, please contact police, but, police are also

working with about six surround vale edges cameras winds to the center gazebo in the middle of the square. they say that combined with all of the restaurants and hotels, they're dealing with good amount of footage. reporting live in rittenhouse square, alexandria hoff, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> hopefully they can track them down. thanks very much. philadelphia police hope you can help them finds the man who attacked a cab driver with a knife. now here is a clear shot of the suspect. police say the man called a cab to the 800 block of north marcos street sunday afternoon. he directed the driver to 58th and race, and when they got, there the suspect scuffled with the driver, and stabbed him several times. the cabby was treated for lacerations, if you recognize the suspects, please, call police. >> well, delaware state police are investigating an accident involving a school bus. it happened in old baltimore pike and salem church road in newark about 7:00 this morning, the crash involved a passenger car, and a school bulls, with children on board. some of those students suffered minor injuries. they were all checked out at a

local hospital. >> police are also investigating an accident in lindenwald, camden county, that happened just about the same time. a car hit a pedestrian along the 300 block of blackwood clementon road. the victim was rushed to cooper university hospital in camden. but there is no word on the extent of that person's injuries. well, we're experiencing quite a warm up today. but we're in for a major cool-down very soon. meteorologist, katie fehlinger live in the cbs-3 skydeck with a closer look at changing temperatures. katie? >> indeed. we do have a record for the books right now, jim. we've already seen the temperature exceed 80 degrees, that was the number to beat. currently at philadelphia international airport, we stand at 81. so there you have it. we will continue of course with multiple hours left on the afternoon, to see that thermometer rising. but we take you out there, show you the stat as it stands right now, 81, so far in philadelphia. and reminder the average high is 66. so doing the math, we're well above the average obviously already, and still several

degrees held back here before we finish the day out. here's where we stand elsewhere. low 80s, basically across the board here. couple of spots still only in the 60s, 70s, but regardless nice mild afternoonment storm scan nice and quiet. couple of patchy clouds overhead, really is just feeling like august, and beautiful afternoon unfolding. tad more humid. but still nice and warm. you can still break out those shorts for one final day. but, jim mentioned this, too, cool-down on the way in the days ahead. it will be a very significant one. so i'll tell you just hoe low those thermometer readings drop later in the show. >> in other news, donald trump and hillary clinton are gearing up for their final debate tonight. now, that's with less than three weeks until election day. this is their last chance to convince voters why they should be president. correspondent weijia jiang at the debate hall in las vegas. >> hillary clinton, and donald trump, will square off tonight in their third and final presidential debate. >> i think generally, the third debate historically

matters the lease. >> that's because with just 20 days left until the election, it is going to be hard for the candidates to change the current momentum. clinton now has a nine-point lead in the latest national polls. >> you can't believe anything you see. i don't even believe the polls. >> trump, who once used to praise the polls, now says the media and clinton are rigging the election. >> they even want to try and rig the election at the polling boots, where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common. >> doctor jacob thompson, debate coach at unlv. >> i call it the sounds on the way out strategy. >> he says trump is trying to use negative tactics to win the white house. >> i think his only route toward victory at this point is to depress democratic voter turn out. and i think the way to do that is to make people so turned off by the election they don't go to the polls. >> clinton has largely ignored trump's claims of rigged election but her aids say that will change tonight. >> he wants to blame somebody

else. and that's what -- >> the clinton campaign is still closely monitoring wikileaks release of hacked emails from campaign chairman john podesta. in one he wrote the campaign had taken over a lot of water over clinton e-mail scandal. weijia jiang, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and of course you can watch the debate live at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. then stay tuned for "eyewitness news" at 11:00 for local reaction from voters. >> meanwhile, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", preparing for a flood of refugees. the latest developments in the ongoing battle to re-take the iraqi city of mozul from isis. >> and a night of glamour at the white house. we'll tell you about the celebrity celebrity guests at president owe bamm's last state dinner. chec

republican party bosses looked to find brian fitzpatrick. nearly three thousand miles - that's how far away they "hand-picked" him to run for his brother's seat. but all mike and brian fitzpatrick share is a name. brian fitzpatrick supports a radical republican agenda, including defunding planned parenthood, just like donald trump. a hundred and sixty miles down the road in dc, brian fitzpatrick will put his party first, not pennsylvania families.

house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> iraqi troops anal ice making strong progress towards recapturing the sit of mozul. have liberated around 20 villages in the region, and they're now building new defensive positions. iraqi officer told the associated press that the islamic state militants have deployed a dozen suicide car bombs toward the front line over the last 24 hours. however, all were blown up before reaching their target. >> meanwhile, thousands are expected to flee mozul as the military offensive pushes cents closer. refugee camp set up nearby in

the kaza region expect the to take in about 5,000 civilians. united nations high commissioner for refugees said that the key is to protect civilians during the fighting. more than 1 million people live in mozul. >> well, the last stage dinner of president obama's presidency was also one of the biggest. the dinner struck nastolgic tone as the president and first lady welcomed the prime minister of it -- italy, as well as many washington leaders. wraps up the night of glamour at the white house. >> the star studded night was described as bittersweet, as president barack obama hosed his 13th and final state dinner. >> so many things we focus on each day. the political ups and downs. >> the successes and the set backs, those things are fleeting. what matters in the end what we built. >> president and first lady welcomed italian minister

matteo renzi and his wife. versace gown, made encouraging tirely of rose-gold, the president joked about the race for his replacement. >> some days our presidential campaigns can seem like dante inferno. >> the crowd of more than 400 included prominent american, like mario andretti, house minority leader, nancy pelosi, and guest chef mario bitali. also in attendance celebrities like jerry seinfeld, musician james taylor, chance the rapper, cbs this morning own gale king. all thereto celebrate the the eye lianes between thely and the us. >> the presence of president obama was a special moment in the lives of this great country. >> gwen stefani provided entertainment, last night, state dinner with president obama's largest during his two terms in office. hena daniels, cbs-3, "eyewitness news".

well here are interesting fact, president obama has held 13 state dinners during his term. two more than president george w. bush. and according to the white house, historical association, president bill clinton exceeded both of his successors with 28 state dinners, during his two terms in office. >> well, still ahead on "eyewitness news": thousands of miles above earth, china reaches a milestone in their space program. more on what chinese astronaunts will be doing in space for the next 30 days. katie? >> we will see happen at least over the course of the next seven days, jim, a drop in the thermometer, and the weekend where it really settles in. that chill, that s so notice, looking at temperatures at best in the low 60s, through the course of the weekends. will we be seeing pretty pot and the cold front coming through. however, wet wetterling ers saturday morning, then we break for sunshine, but it will feel awfully chilly by comparison. stay there, we've got you

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back now on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at noon, two chinese astronaunts have entered china's space lab after successfully docking their spacecraft earlier today. will conduct experiment for the next 30 days, and build modules with the chinese space lab. the chinese plan to have a fully operational space station within the next six years. >> very nice. >> i don't know about being out in space, but it is nice outside today. >> my gosh, absolutely beautiful. you need an excuse to get out there. i know a loft us might be stuck in a office, perhaps watching us on line right now. if you get the chance even if it is for couple every minutes, to step outside. >> power walk.

>> yes, even just walk around the building. it feels so nice. now, it is warm, don't get me wrong, if you are wearing a heavy dark suit. jim? maybe a little uncomfortable if out there. sleeveless, that's the way to go. let me take you out there, we start things off by talking about that heat spell that we've got, indian summer, it will typically occur in mid to late fall, right after the first frost, and we have seen that already, outlying suburbs in new jersey and also pennsylvania, above average temperatures, check, and then generally clear skies. so, definitely our present for us, as women. i think you can use this as qualifier for sure. storm scan, look closely, see the trail of clouds that extends all the way back to the ohio river. that is a frontal boundary that's crossing through as we speak. it is pretty weak. it is pretty moisture starved, but it will knock the temperatures back into tomorrow. and there is another system getting it act together now into the central planes. that is what eventually will produce our next very potent cold front passage, that's going to send temperatures on even more of downhill slope

here. for now, jet stream. critical. we have large dome of high pressure in the southeast. it is sending very warm air our way, pushing jet stream off to the north, separate the coolest air from the warm else. so you have record warmth today with 15, to 20 degrees above average, along around the region as a whole with the temperature readings, just unreal. not like we've never seen it before, but this is, again, record breaking day. so on this particular day, the warmth that we've got. is atypical. we haven't been this hot ever on this day here in philadelphia anyway. meanwhile, future weather showing couple of different frontal passage, first front today, then the same system actually same front lifting north as warmfront tomorrow. that will trigger a shower, maybe a shower or two, any time during the day, and then the potent cold front comes along into friday, the guidance starting to make this move in a little later than originally anticipated. so i do think we'll see rainout of this but mainly late toward friday night fall into early saturday morning. great excuse if you are lucky enough to have the day off.

head on out to the beach, a loft folks are actually out there right now, it will be a hot spot at the playground here today as well i think. by the time we hit the weekends though these temperatures will have taken their toll. we expect the temperatures at best for the autism walk to be about 53 degrees. jim, you'll be out there with meisha johnson out there in your sweatsuit, i think, because it will be a cool walk. but everybody, you've got the forecast here, you'll ' know how to dress for it, such a a great cause, but you will be little chilly. dress in enough layers, at best low 60s those days, but with the wind it may not feel any better than the four's. >> oh, well, it is fall. >> exactly. that's the way you look at it, but it will feel like rude awakening. >> thanks, katie. we'll be right

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>> new today, meisha johnson, our sister radio station sports radio 94wip, to talk about the eagles vikings match up this weekend. which also bridges the return of sam bradford. even though meisha's from minnesota, she said she's still a big wentz fan, she wore the jersey to proof it. join meisha at the wip tailgate zone down at the linc this sunday, before the game. >> i know this poor girl is torn, because she is minnesota at heart.

i can't get over angela's head behind her shoulders there. >> even if mean did wear something purple, the fans down there, oh, it is meisha. >> exactly. she can get away with it for sure. >> exactly. >> she can handle angelo and wip, hey, she did can handle anything. that's "eyewitness news" at noon for today. i'm jim donovan. for katie, all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> we're always on line for you at cbsphilly.com. of course the young and the restless is up next. >> ♪ >> ♪

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i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. it should scare everyone. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: donald trump and pat toomey anhave plenty in common --. they're both putting pennsylvania women at risk. even after trump bragged about sexually assaulting women, toomey stood by him. on women's health - both trump and toomey would defund planned parenthood. on abortion: trump: "there has to be some form of punishment" toomey: "i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them." pat toomey and donald trump: too dangerous for pennsylvania women. i've seen what can happen

as the result of hate. my son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. he was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. they offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. they drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a split-rail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. in the aftermath of matt's death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. so when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president, it terrifies me. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell ya. ahh, i don't know what i said, uhh, i don't remember. he's a mexican. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldn't... words have an influence. violence causes pain. hate can rip us apart. i know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising.

>> ashley: are you gonna make a scene? is this about brash & sassy? 'cause i told you in jack's office i would have handled it the same -- >> billy: i don't care what you did or didn't do to screw over my company. >> ashley: okay, then why are you here? >> billy: i want to find out what phyllis is up to. >> jack: what are you doing here? >> phyllis: call it an early trick-or-treat. >> jack: i told you to destroy that thing. what are you still doing with it? >> phyllis: doing you a favor, whether you appreciate it or not. ♪