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for the content of this advertising. . >> well we're starting another day, still no deal to end the septa strike. live with how the talks have now take answer nasty turn. >> firefighters pulled two young children from a burning home. the latest on their conditions, and what officials are now saying about a daring rescue. police just same flying from every direction, east east norriton, whitpain, all here in a matter every minutes. >> neighbors describing the chaotic scene after hit-and-run involving a police officer an update on that officer's condition coming up next. tgif, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo. getting your friday started off right with a check on
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traffic and weather. >> good morning, guys. it has been very long week, good news is today's friday. that will alleve ate a lot of tension off the bat. plus, now day four, people start to know their routes, what routes they'll take. hopeful tray will help out today. >> almost like, okay, this is what i'm facing, we'll except it and get through t the weather again looks pretty quiet. we had the cold front yesterday. now since passed through. lingering shower over the last few hours down across sussex county, at least as far as philly is concerned, when it comes to the transit issues, in the clear at this point essentially. now the big difference is the cool-down, and the winds that will be taking the place of the front that came through yesterday. soap, our temperatures at least at this point, still kind of trying to catch up if you will, cool air starting to nudge in, hasn't completely settled. so still, at a pretty mild level, low mid 50's, 45 mount pocono, the oddball out there. even palmyra, doylestown, 54 degrees on an early november morning, not terrible at all.
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we are only going to rebounds so far from here. so we'll probably drop another new degrees before the sun comes up, as it does, though it, will shine brightly, maybe few residual clouds initially, then the winds picks up, in fact, if it hasn't already, then we expect the temperature to at best hit 06 degrees. so it is a pretty steep drop off from one day to the next here, in terms of temperature, make note of that, make sure you're going to walk out the door here with a heavier layer because it is a much cooler day by comparison, meisha. >> the kids will need it at the recess, katie, thank you so much. looking outside to the vine, take a lock at the vine right away. one of the busier stretches. both the vine street expressway local and expressway looking good right now, still little early, see how this shapes up, if anything like yesterday, start heating up in the later 5:00 hour specially into the 4:00 hour. looking good on this friday morning, boulevard, headlights, around the schuylkill see taillights moving in the southbound direction as women, look being good on the boulevard. do have one accident this morning to report. that's in new jersey, overturned tractor-trailer, 295 northbound route 66, one
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lane blocked there, not going to slow you down too much right now. so looking okay right there. construction also, right around that area, 295, southbound direction at route 644, the right lane blocked, that's going to lidge err until around 6:00 a.m. more to talk about coming up in a little bit. jim, jan, back to you. >> thanks so much. it has certainly been long week for commuters in to say the least, that's right, day four of the septa strike with still no ends in site. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live now outside the sheridan with an update. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the back and forth between septa and local 234 is only ramming up on what's now day four, both sides accusing the other of tying up talks, which will resume at some point later today, they did of course run late yesterday. taking you now to video here, the bargaining battle now he can banding beyond closed doors, septa officials and local 234 president willie brown going public with the counts of tense negotiations,
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and statements, septa board chair has called out local 234, which backs close to 5,000 bus, train, trolley workers, saying it reps are prolonging the strike by not taking what septa called a deal back on wednesday, union counteroffer was reportedly rejected. the strike now entering day four, leaving thousands tied up in long challenging commutes, that have since checked regional rails and roadways specially in the center city area. saying not taking a deal that would have members take homeless in money and benefits. workers pensions, healthcare, wages, and working conditions, and so far at this hour no movement just yet. now, back live here at the sheridan, concerns for tuesday are simmering. if no deal is reached by then, septa is identifying on emergency court order that would bring workers from the picket line back to work for just that day to cover the election day to make sure that everyone in the area can get
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to the polls. jim, jan, back into you. >> now everyone paying close attention to this, thanks, justin. >> fast moving house fire in philadelphia's olney section sends two children to the hospital in critical condition. philadelphia firefighters were called out to the 300 block of east sheldon street just before 10:00 last night. when they arrived rescuers found two young boys, six year old and a 11 month old, and pulled them to safety from the second floor. >> i just want to reiterate the outstanding job our firefighters did to make this rescue under very difficult fire conditions, and absolutely the incredible work of our paramedics, as they do every day, hundreds every times a day, almost thousands of times a day, 24/7, 365. >> the fire marshall is investigating the cause at this point, it is unclear if the home had working smoke detectors. >> well, we just got an update on the police office here became the victim every hit-and-run last night in montgomery county, told he is now in stable condition, happened about 6:00 last night
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at the intersection of north wales road, in whitpain township. neighbors say the officer was out looking for missing dog when he was struck. he suffered a leg injury. police say the driver stopped for a moment, then took off, going north on north wales road. authorities are being look for small black sedan, if you have any information, call whitpain township police. >> donald trump is back in pennsylvania today. he has a campaign event in hershey. >> hell hillary clinton focusing on the keystone state, steve i wouldn't letter play a concert in philly today, katie tomorrow. both candidates using star power and their surrogates to help get voters to the polls. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> star pharrell provided music push in raleigh, north carolina that was yesterday, one time rival bernie sanders also joined her on stage. >> make college tuition free,
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or working families, and debt-free for everyone. >> meantime, just over 30 miles away in selma, north carolina, donald trump rallied a crowd of his supporters. >> america needs new leadership quickly. that begins with restoring respect for america and restoring respect for the american flag. >> and back here in pennsylvania, melania trump campaigned for her husband during her speech in berwyn, she had anti-bullying message. >> we must finds better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children specially in social media. >> now new cbs news poll shows tightening race. hillary clinton now leads donald trump by three-point nationally, among likely voters. >> meanwhile, jan in the race for pennsylvania's senate seat, katie mcginty and senator pat toomey basically
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tide. new quinn university pole shows mcginty at 48%, while toomey is at 47%. the margin of error is plus or minus four points. >> and it is just four days now until election day, you can count on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. >> happening today, a court appearance for convicted child molester jerry sandusky, sandusky wants new trial and charges against him dismissed on grounds that his past lawyers were ineffective. a person referred to as victim number two will testify at today's hearing in center county. the court date comes as penn state has been hit with a record $2.4 million fine. it is the result after federal investigation into how penn state officials handled complaints against sandusky, our greg argos will be at the hearing. >> well, in sports news, the eagles have officially dropped receiver josh huff. this just days after the he was arrested on gun and drug charges. huff practice dollars with the team wednesday with coach doug pederson initially saying he
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would play huff against the giants sunday, but decision came day later from organization members including pederson, under jeffrie lori, howie roseman, in press conference yesterday, roseman expressed the team's need to move on. >> now we have to stand up here and do this, but we're trying to build something. and we're trying to build something that lasts, and some of that means that we're going to have to make some hard decisions, and all we can do is do what we think is right for the philadelphia eagles. >> now, injury huff released this statement, first i want to apologize to mr. lori and his family, my coaches, teammate, and all eagles fans. i'm sorry that any action by me brought negative light to this organization. i want to thank the lurie family, how i there is community, and the entire eagles organization for the opportunity i've had for the past three years. first of all i want to let the fans and community as a whole know i understand the responsibility i have as a professional athlete. i will take all measures necessary to correct mistakes i have made.
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>> well, cubs fans are just few hours away from a world series parade that they've been waiting for for 108 years. the world champion cubs will leave wrigley field about 10:00 a.m. central time on their way to grant park, rally is planned for noon. street closures start in less than an hour now. millions are expected to line the street to salute their cubs, who won first world series wednesday night since 1908. >> millions, and they deserve it. >> congrats. >> coming up: authorities are calling it a miracle. >> woman missing since august has been found alive. where she was discovered, and who police are still searching for this morning. >> and why death of popular hotel on the vaguest strip had to evacuate, and find new place to stay for the night. we're back in two minutes, stay with
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>> this morning, authorities are looking for boyfriends who also went missing around the same time. police say 30 year old kyla
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brown was found chained up like a dog inside metal container on rural property near woodruff. told police she was locked in a 30 by 15 container for two months. officials arrested the property owner, a registered sex offender, at the scene. >> thousands of guests, employees, forced out of the paris las vegas hotel after power outage there is was the scene inside the casino. spokesperson says the hotel lost power yesterday morning when a contractor working in a basement cut into the main power line. the fire department had to help 11 people get out of five stopped elevators. about 3,000 guesses had to find a hotel, crews still trying to restore power. >> well the time is 4:44. wondering if we'll have jackpot day in the weather? >> five star day? >> i wouldn't give it five star. >> two apples? >> yes, you know, i would say on a yelp review probably give it three out of five stars perhaps, yes.
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not a bad day. it will be cooler however. sort every just a dose of reality, as we came off of low to mid 70s yesterday, in philly, specifically, we ended up at 72, held back little bit, just because the clouds rolled in bit sooner than originally anticipated. regardless, way above where we normally top off. expecting at best today, 60 degrees, so, quite the turn around. what a difference a day can make, right? then our cold front is starting to retreat here. as high pressure takes its place, you get the winds tunnel effect between areas of high and low pressure, that's going to set us up, kind of like wacking down the city street between the skyscrapers. you know how the winds picks up readily, the effect you get here as low pressure retreats for high pressure, vice versa, that's why the winds is picking up, the rain is out of here, see skies continue to clear. current winds speeds, not bad. seeing bit of breeze in millville, mount pocono, i would say you can see the winds topping off as high as 15 plus miles per hour, sustained, there could be gusts that even peak as high as 30 for so many of you at some point though. that's a scene with the day.
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what's good, by later on tonight, we're going to see the wind taper off. and coincidentally, the meteor shower is peaking tonight. so five to ten meteors per hour can be viewed, if you are able to stay up as late as midnight, that's the best time for viewing, will be nice clear sky for it. meteor shower known from fireballs, can be really cool things to see up in the night sky tonight. looking forward though, guys, this is vanilla forecast. there is not a heck of a lot going on. no major storms. high pressure in place overall. we do get the extra hour of sleep into sunday, don't forget to turn the clocks back, nice election forecast, too, meisha, back to you. >> thank you so much. looking outside, roads are looking good. looking really quiet. still dark out there. looking at 95 around the airport area. see just how quiet it is looking there. the schuylkill eastbound, this is near spring garden. see both moving in the eastbound and westbound side. same story there. early risers out there, but overall still looking good, still looking quiet. first accident of the morning involving tractor-trailer. 295 northbound in jersey at
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route 656. now the tractor-trailer has been moved to the shoulder. that will will ease any sort of tension we would have even seen start to heat up there. going to dissipate now that it has moved off the shoulder. around the same area, construction, 295 southbound, right lane block, it will be blocked until around 6:00 a.m. so, keep that in mine. northeast text end sean southbound, lehigh valley to quakertown, two lanes block there. then quakertown to lansdale only one lane blocked. so kind of have to move around there with the lanes changing, one lane to two lanes, overall won't cause slow downs. then just reminder septa still telling us to use alternate means of transportation, uber, expect delays, bike, walk, a lot of people are saying they're walking now, not such a bad thing. jim, jan, back to you. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, check your yesterday the card states. >> the popular store where >> the popular store where skimmers were hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady
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>> welcome back, stay updated with our forecast on news radio kyw1060. >> ride sharing services are booming as a result of the septa strike in philadelphia. check in two, three, four times a day, "kyw news radio", 1060 on your a.m. dial. and, important warning now, if you recently shopped at primark store at either the king of prussia or willow grove mall, credit cards skimming devices have been found on cash registers in both of the stores. they say the skimmers ma have i been stealing information from customers for nearly three months, they say they are working with law enforcement. >> time 4:49. time for check as always on business news. >> money woman's jill wagner joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. now the government releases that all-important monthly jobs report today. what are we expecting?
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>> well, good morning, it is economists expect solid job growth, thinking the unemployment rate kicked down a bit to 4.9% of good report makes it more likely that the fed will stay encores and raise interest rate next month. this is also the last big economic report before the election. jim, jan? >> well, you know, jim, i'm not a fan of change. but, first mcdonald's added its all day breakfast, now i i understand adjusting it iconic big mac, how so? >> reporter: okay, the fast-food chain is adding two new big mac options next year. there is a smaller mack junior, meant to be easier to eat on the go. and a bigger grand mack, as they're calling it, for when the regular size just won't do. mcdonald's said it tested the items in texas, ohio, and customers loved them. but jen, you don't like change, regular big mac still on the menu.
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>> but, you know what? i think i would toast to this change. >> really? >> i like it smallerment sometimes it is like you just need something to just kind of get you through the day. >> little portion control there. >> i'm with you, kind of like a slider. >> exactly. >> hey, a way to look at it. thanks, jill. >> well, big fundraiser for the pennsylvania spca. and their life saving mission of protecting animals, "eyewitness news" was at the horticultural center in fairmount park where the barkann wine benefits whine benefits, our rahel solomon was there, along with dear friends animal advocate carol erickson, carol contributes of course to the pet project on "eyewitness news" every sunday morning. cbs-3 is proud partner of the pennsylvania spca. >> and take a look at this, also, last night, a very special honor for the man sitting right next to me. congrats. >> thank you. we had big celebration on north broad street last night,
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amazing food by the way. i was among the recipients to receive row home magazine blue sapphire award, award given out for community service. i was there with members of the cbs-3 "eyewitness news" team including our own ukee washington for who presented my award. if you have a chance, pick up a copy every row home magazine, yours truly is on the cover, i'll post it on facebook and twit nervous a couple of minutes. >> i'm a cover model. >> you look good and congrats to you, as always. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> absolutely, falling back, with fall like wetter. >> katie is back with your i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!"
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this is an individual who mocked a disabled reporter... i don't know what i said, ahh... who attributed a reporter's questions to her menstrual cycle. trump: blood coming out of her...wherever. he is not a person who is equipped in temperament, judgment or character to lead our troops. donald trump has created a toxic atmosphere pitting one group against another. he's a mexican. claiming a person can't do the job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. welcome back, happy friday to you. we start off upcoming weekend. here things looking very, very tranquil, say for the winds, just the fact it is a new day, transition has taken effect here. we ended up in the 70s as expected yesterday. today, though, only going to top off at 60 if we're lucky because the cold air is currently trying to catch up to us. see the retreat of the clouds,
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retreat of the rain in the last several hours, as we clear things out, only, again, going to reach 06 at best. nice preview for up, we jump all the way to up next tuesday, november 8th, when election day is in place here, the sun will shine, and it is a little bit milder, too, because we do not expect to rebounds out of the 50's over the course of the weekends let alone monday. so, while it is a very quiet forecast, and looking at sunshine, wall-to-wall, essentially through this outlook, you will see some cool air set until, and just take grip for the next couple of days, although, again, it is november. it is what you would expect, nothing terribly surprising there, meisha. >> no, absolutely not. all right, katie, thank you so much. looking outside, looking good. we do have two accident out there. one of them is here at 309 northbound, kind of authorities see in the camera shot. you can see the blinking lights, pulled out blocking little right lane, right shoulderment won't slow you down too much. just heads up, still very dark out there, and early, 59 south before girard, looking there, looking in both directions
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southbound and northbound looking good. looking at the northbound side of 95 today just because we know what happened yesterday. overall things looking good, this morning. we do have this accident however in new jersey overturned tractor-trailer involving minor injuries. so this is 295 northbound route 66, and this is now moved all the way off to the shoulder. it was blocking one lane but now the shoulder. plus construction right around the same area, 295 southbound route 644, right lane block until 6:00 a.m. just heads up on. that will lingering out there little longer than just 5:00 hour. and some construction northeast extension southbound two, different places, two lanes blocked, and then quakertown to lansdale is only one lane blocked. so, a lot of construction out there mixed in with couple every accidents, and septa information coming up in a little bit. jim, over to you. >> thank so much, meisha. coming up in the next hour, liver with the latest negotiations between septa and the striking union workers. >> also, this morning, here are the frantic 911 calls that sent first responders rush to go a nursing home. wait until you hear what was inside this building.
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>> live on the campus of villanova where the special olympics fall festival is taking place this weekend. we're back at the top of the hour. stay with us.
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>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, it is day four and counting, looks like, we are going to wrap up the work week without an end to the septa strike. we're live at negotiations continue. firefighters put their lives on the line to rescue two children stuck inside burning home. we've got update on the condition of those kids. both presidential candidates are using surrogates and star power in the final push for a day before the election, i'm hena daniels in new york, more on campaign 2016 coming up. >> today is friday,
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november 4th, tgif, for many commuters, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm jan carabeo. we have katie and meisha keeping an eye on things as always this morning. >> good morning, you guys, you said it, this will be great news for a lot of friday commuters, just because the tension is usually a lot less. so far, looking good this morning. >> a lot of people have been dealing with the issues, you know what, three day weekend for me, i'm just going to, yes, who can blame you after all of these headaches? at least the weather has been relatively quiet. one very helpful thing. and it is still very quiet out there right now, obviously had cold front pass through yesterdayment didn't end up bringing too much in the way of wet weather. but what it did bring is the wind now that we're going to face for today, also the cool down coming in, cold front, at least, lives up to its name, somewhat moisture starved. see over the last several hours rain has continued to pull away from sussex county this in delaware. so we are going to be clearing out, perhaps to start the morning off when the sun at least rises with residual clouds, it will be clearing out

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