y25pmy yi0y breaking news this tune, in the bridge gate scandal, a jury convicts two former allies of new jersey governor chris wristy for plot to go jam traffic on the george washington bridge. the jury agreed that bridget kelly and bill baroni plan a traffic jam to punish i mayor who refused to support governor christie's reelection, most serious charge carry 20 years in prison. governor has denied knowing about the lot beforehand or while it was going on.

here is a live look at the scene outside the courthouse in newark, new jersey where we are awaiting for a news conference. we have also contacted the governor christie's office for a comment and are waiting to hear back, again, two former christie allies were found guilty in the lane closing scheme, known as bridge gate. stay with "eyewitness news" for very latest on then breaking story. our other top story, end of the workweek has arrived and there is still to resolution in the contract dispute that is keeping septa bus, subway and will trolley operate are off the job and on the picket lines. we have reached day four of the strike, that has left people struggling to get to work and school. good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. i'm jan carabao. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff is live outside headquarters in center city with more on how those negotiations are going along, alex. jim, jan those talks went late last night and early this morning. they are expected to resume again shortly but without the a resolution regional rail remains to be the only way, in and around this city.

good news though today is that we have seen, as the strike persists a decrease in the major tie ups that were apparent on tuesday, the picketers blocked em lease, from operating those trains. septa tells thaws each morning they have had a meeting on passenger movement, train flow and have lee configured few areas to help with the influx of passengers. that is not to to say that commuters are not warn out, since monday at midnight, the city has been void of all subway, bus, and trolley service lines, at 4700 strong transit workers union and septa continue to hammer through negotiations. >> whenever we have both side that are talking that is always a good thing. we always want what is there for fair the employees, riders and our taxpayers. that is what we're continuing to do. we are hopefully, throughout the weekend, if not, today. >> reporter: now, september has shown interest in filing

an injunction that would require, septa workers to come back to work on the job for election day regardless of the strike continuing, or not. i have been told that in order for that to happen, in time, that injunction would have to be filed by the end of today. reporting live from septa headquarters, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" us. >> alex, thank you. meantime people struggling to get ride during the septa strike are getting help from the community group known as abc men which stand for able body christian men. we found these guys before the sun came up getting a jump on the morning rush. free ride follow market frankford line from the 69th street transportation center. they are providing transportation for school field trips, medical appointment and grocery shopping touring and have after the septa strike. stay with us here on "eyewitness news" as we bring you the very latest on the negotiations in the septa strike. if anything develops during the newscast we, of course will let you though. be sure to track those updates on our web site at cbs philly to the come.

in other news convicted child molester jerry sandusky is back in court in center county. sandusky claims his past lawyers were in effective and he wants a new trial. one of sandusky's victims is expected to testify. the court date comes aspen state has been hit with a record 2.4 million-dollar fine. that fine is as a result of the federal investigation into how penn state officials handled complaints against sandusky. this ace live look outside the courthouse in bellefonte, our greg argos is inside as rowings get underway. he will bring you a report on today's hearings beginning tonight on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. two children, 11 month-old and six year-old are hospitalized this critical condition after a house fire in philadelphia's olney section of philadelphia. fire fighters rescued both from the second floor of their home on the 300 block of shellden street late last night. fire commissioner said that the children were already in critical condition when they were raced to the hospital, but they are improving. the cause of the fire is under investigation and it noise yet

clear if the home had working smoke detectors. montgomery county police officer is recovering after being struck by a hit and run driver. it all happened around 6:00 o'clock last night at intersection of thort wales road and pull as ski drive-in whitpain township. neighbors a the officer was outlooking for a missing dog when struck. he suffered a leg injury and is in stable condition. police say that the driver's stopped for a moment, then took off, going north on north wales road. authorities are looking for a small black sedan, and if you have any information, call the whitpain township police. well, we are rolling into the weekend with sunny, cool weather, but will that change. >> lets get first look at the forecast with katie, outside on the sky deck. it looks great out there. >> yes, it feels very comfortable all things considered, guys. it is at least a cooler day, in the wake of yesterday's cold front passage but we have got bright, blue skies, barely a cloud in the sky if there are any cloud, they are very patchy and just add to go what promises to be a very nice afternoon. it is just cooler, and as long

as you are prepared for it with maybe a heavier layer you are good. but, this is going to be a theme, as you said, that lasts a while. lets take a look at is what going on with storm scan . we will start there first, go to the graphic, in a second, but we are expecting storm scan to be nice and empty throughout the rest of the afternoon. taking a look the at the temperatures, we're already flirting with what is expect to be our daytime high here today of 59 currently in philadelphia as well as trenton and we're in the 50's every where else. the south new jersey, already hitting 60 degrees. don't expect much more movement on the thermometer, we only get up to 60 at best here this afternoon. fifty-nine at the shore at best, 49 in the poconos. so a cool day by comparison, but this is a dose of november reality, folks where we should be. you will notice wind throughout the rest of the day. quiet weekend is on tap and this stretch of sunshine is expect to last, us, quite a while. i think you'll like what we have to show you here in the seven day forecast, later in the show, guys, back inside to

you. >> thanks very much, katie. in the race for white house both hillary clinton and donald trump are campaigning in pennsylvania. clinton is in pittsburgh right now, stevey wonder will serenade philadelphia voters with a concert tonight. >> trump will rally voters in hershey this evening and as correspondent craig boswell tells us candidates are pulling out all of the stops as they enter the home stretch of the election. >> reporter: both hillary clinton and donald trump made stops in north carolina on thursday. clinton continued her final fix to women, hispanics and african hearn voters. >> do any of us have have a place in trump's america. >> reporter: clinton enlisting all of the help she can to urge her supporters to vote including far he will williams. >> if you have ever been called a minority go out and vote and show everybody that you are actually really the majority. >> reporter: tonight beyonce and jayz will join her in cleveland forget out the vote concert. donald trump's audience is different, he is targeting rural conservative areas.

>> this is where we want to be. >> reporter: trump focused on law enforcement and military during a speech in selma, north carolina. >> service members here in north caroline after risked their lives to acquire classified intelligence to protect our country. hillary thought nothing of putting classified information on her illegal server. >> reporter: polls suggest no matter who wins the new president will have a lot of work to do to heel the country from a divisive campaign. >> this is something that has brought out the dark side of america, and we have got to find a way to get back on track here. >> reporter: 82 percent of voters surveyed tells cbs news they are disgusted by the election. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in the race for pennsylvania, senate seat, katie mcginty and senator pat toomey are basically tie. a new quinnipiac university poll shows mcginty at 48 percent while toomey is at 47 percent. margin of error is plus or

minus four points. just four days this will election day and you can always count on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the campaign 2016. in other news today cbs news has learned of a potential terror threat four days before the election. sources say u.s. intelligence has alerted the joint terrorism task force that al qaeda could be planning an attack in three states for monday, the day before the election. >> potential target include new york, texas and virginia, the credibility of the intelligence has not been confirmed. guess pagays. >> reporter: report u.s. authorities are taking this threat seriously while assessing the credibility of the intelligence but counter terrorism officials across the country have been alerted out of an abundance of caution. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that the threat comes from al qaeda and intelligence points to attacks taking place in new york, texas and virginia. but the threat information provided no specific targets for possible attacks in those states. election day approaches federal law enforcement is

lanning for several worst case scenarios, early this week, an alert to local police warned of polling places being seen as attractive targets for lone wolf type attacks by individual motivated by violent extremist idealology or sovereign citizen activity. as senior fbi officials say the bureau as well as department of home land security are working closely with federal, state, local agencies to disrupt, and identify potential threats. it is not unusual for their to be an increase in the volume of threats, leading up to significant events like holidays or even an election, and officials say it is important to investigate those threats, they arely. jeff pa agays, cbs news, washington. a shocking discovery on a property in south caroline, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" see where a woman was found chain like a dog inside a storage container. we will have the story of her rescue and suspect who is now in custody. an inferno in san

bernardino, see what is fueling this fire that has it the this

back on "eyewitness news" fire fighters in san bernardino, california have a handful overnight as they work to contain a raging pallet yard fire. the inferno also stretched into a their by strip mall, took about three hours for fire fighters to get it under control. officials say no one was hurt and investigators are working to pinpoint what spark the

blaze. disturbing discovery of a woman found chained but alive inside a shipping contain inner south carolina is leading investigators to dig deeper in to other missing person cases. >> earl barnett tells us that the man who owned the property the where the woman was found is now in custody and set to face charges. >> reporter: the victim who we will not identify was found, thursday morning, caged in a wooded area in rural south carolina. sex crime investigators got a tip to investigate the property. and heard woman's pleas for help. the sheriff chuck wright believes that the victim spent months, inside of a metal container. >> it was pretty emotional to say the least when she was found especially, you know when she was chained like a dog. she had a chain around her neck. >> reporter: police arrested the property owner, 45 year-old todd coalhand, rick tim told investigators her captor may have had a hand in other missing person cases. >> this person felt that there

might be even four people on this piece of property, deceased. >> reporter: woman who cleaned houses, was last seen in august, and her boyfriend, three two-year old charles carver is also missing, and police say they found his vehicle thursday, within the nearly 100-acre plot. he is annex conn who is a registered sex offender in arizona. in 1987 he was quick of the kidnapping of the teen. he later moved, to south carolina where he work as a real estate agent and even got his pilots license. todd kohl'shepp has been charged with one count of kidnapping but there could be additional charges. excavate era arrived this morning investigators are combing the property, looking for more clues, and the victim's boyfriend and potentially, more victim. >> that was earl barnett reporting from woodruff, south carolina. an important warning this noon if you have recently shopped at a store at either king of prussia mall or willow

drove mall. credit card skimming devicees were found on registers in the stores at both of those locations. primark say skimmer may have been stealing information from cuss hers for nearly three months. mrimark is working with law enforcement. up next, what swimming just across the river, in new jersey. >> coming up on "eyewitness news", we have found mermaids, that is right, mermaids, katie. >> oh, my, i'm looking forward to that. >> you might looking forward to the weekend who wouldn't be, right. we are looking ahead to a very pleasant couple of days, it is a reality for november standard which means it is cooler but sunshine, wall to wall both tomorrow and sunday, and that is a scene that looks like it will continue, stay there we will be right back with that full forecast.

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cleveland indians in historic game number seven. it has been 108 years since the cubs last won the world series. cityes hates an estimated 2 million people at today's parade, fortunately for cities 390,000 public school students, today was all ready a scheduled day off. take a look, city dyed the chicago river blue to honor the team. this is different from the annual st. patrick's day parade when river is turn green. >> look at that. >> great day for a parade. >> absolutely. >> the same front that crossed through our area, also crossed through chicago, long gone and everybody is enjoying high pressure and benefits that come with it. really nice weather today. it is cool. it is breezy outside, certainly, but. >> it is fall. >> it is november. >> yes, exactly. we have to look the at the bright side. it vice bright outside. you will want your sunglasses handy and steady heavier winter coat over the course of the next couple days. we have a chill out there. but lets put things in

perspective. yesterday was an anomaly. we don't normally have temperatures in the 70's but looking back in time, we will end up in the 70's and we will turn our focus first. what a difference one day make. yesterday's high was 72. it held back because we ended up with more cloud cover and front itself arrived sooner then originally anticipated. but today nothing better than 60. we are close to that already. observation just over my head here 62 at our station's headquarters. that is temperatures we're reading right here. but at the airport we don't second anything but 60. that is official observation we use for philadelphia. meanwhile temperature change, from this same time yesterday, it is noticeable for sure. you are almost 20 degrees chillier. yesterday dover was into the upper 70's this same time. it is markly cooler as a result of the cold front passage. but what a beautiful view, right. outside beach patrol headquarters in hard gate not 1lone person on a serene looking beach, but it is a little chilly outside obviously so i wouldn't be

shock if we didn't see anybody else walking today. but with that said quiet weather will hold for to us day. not even the mississippi but even well in the central plain states high pressure regain control and it is going to settle, for a while. there is a weak cold front that will come along out of canada, trying to bring extra included over course of the the weekend but we are not worried for wet weather for many taste yet to come. wind is one issue, one hiccup of the forecast here today, lets say from the chillier air in place and currently we have generally out of the thort/northwest as high as 15 to 20 miles an hour. the it is noticeable. you will want to have a heavier coat ready to go but sunshines brightly and does stay nice and clear tonight which is good timing, for the meteor shower. we are talking about five to zero meteors per hour. that is still a decent amount. best viewing will take place around midnight tonight, nice clear skies, for it and then this is a meteor shower, there is known for fireballs that can come with it. likely there will be lighter wind at this point too.

so it will be chilly but not as bad as the way it would be if we had wind and we might see patchy frost develop as a result. other important things going on try night and that is high school football and on friday football frenzy game of the week is upper moreland taking on marple newtown. 52 degrees at best and still brisk at 7:00 this evening. i would suggest having you know, blankets over your knees if you are sitting in the stand. although it is time to fall back. you will get extra hour have sleep into sunday morning but by that point sun will be setting on november 6th, and at 4:52 in the evening. so not a lot of daylight to work with but it is that time of the year and we will keep upper 50's through hon, election day shows a spike on the thermometer hid 60's and sunshine and just keeps going through seven day. >> katie, thank you. >> magical creatures are enchanting children this new jersey. enchanting children this new pat toomey and donald trump both would defund planned parenthood,

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well, coming up later on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 getting your baby's birth weight and no need for i scale. simple way researchers say they can now predict the size of a new born, before the birth. and well, how about this, if you have ever doubted whether mermaids are real now you can see for yourself. >> i have never doubted it. mermaid return to the adventure aquarium in camden and will be swimming all weekend long, see, i told you they existed, jan. you will have a chance to witness a swim with the shark,

sea turtles and stingrays in the 76,000-gallon ocean round exhibit, when they are not in the the water visitors will have a chance to sianni speak, oh, my with the mermaid and if you are lucky maybe she will blow you a kiss. >> how cute good i was there last year, it is interesting because they are professionals. >> yes. >> but some do get scared when shark comes by they have a safety scuba diver so they will give them that look, you know, my gosh, come get me, come help me out. >> yes, they are great. >> they are real mermaids. >> exactly. >> that is understandable. >> not everybody can friends with the shark. >> right? that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm where i am donovan. i'm jan carabao. for katie and all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00. we are always on line cbs philly.com. >> have a great weekend, the young and restless is up next. i approve this message.

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>> jack: thank you. [ sighs ] [ sighs ] you're late. >> phyllis: no. you're early. [ sighs ] double latte with skim milk, piping hot. thank you. whoo! not that i need any caffeine with these nerves of mine. i didn't sleep very well last night. i didn't want to wake summer up. how about you? how'd you sleep? >> jack: could we please get to the business at hand? >> phyllis: i can't believe victor is setting us up. actually, i can. i think we should have expected this. >> jack: you still haven't told