2016, when everything was on the line, all a be able to say: you voted for a stronger, fairer, better america. >> at the same time hillary clinton was rallying voters in north carolina, hour after her visit to philadelphia. we'll show you more of the star studded celebration. and today is tuesday, november 8th, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. it is election day. >> it is. >> finally. >> after months and months. >> finally. >> oh, my goodness, and i'm rahel solomon, good morning, katie and mean keeping an eye on things on this election day. >> good morning. >> such an important tuesday. yes, we have made it. >> and septa is rolling again. >> yes, today will be great. i will say it will still be busy, give yourselves little extra time. we have an accident on the about, get to that in just a moment. >> kind of like the superbowl in the news world. >> super excited about the day ahead. so excited, yes, exactly.

it is an event no matter how you slice it, but very nice day, great weather coming our way here today. now, there is always a little caveat here and there. we have frost advisory posted guys until 8:00 this morning for all of the counties shaded until the blue. but everybody is fair game. see little frost this morning, it is chilly enough for that outside. we will get to the temperatures in a second. but quick check on storm scan. always good place to stop off in the forecast, even though we have nothing to report. it is once again nice and clear. you don't even have a cloud in the sky. winds is light. err go you may see frost develop. but at the airport at the moment, 41, call many winds. it requires a coat obviously, but not going to be hugging it that much tighter because you feel the windchill, that's not the kind of morning we're facing, it is chilly obviously atlantic city, mount pocono, and pretty much anywhere. do expect you are going to wendt up with the need for jacket. but probably, the ability to shed it later on this afternoon, if you are going to be out all day. sixty-eight and sunny, not shabby. we keep the sun around at the

sharks the poconos, ma matter where your travels take you where ever the polls are that you are headed to, it is looking good, meisha. >> yes, get out and vote today. thank you so much, katie. good morning everyone happy tuesday, we are all excited and happy, big day today, but also, septa is looking great. so what we're looking at right now we do have an accident, outer drive near fifth street. right lane compromised. see the flashing lights involving tractor-trailer and car. probably will slow you down little bit this morning. i would probably say give yourself extra 15 minutes or so in this area just because whether we crack into the 5:00 hour we start to slow down ever so slightly and even though septa is back to normal today, people will be taking it easy, still giving themselves extra time. we will probably see it little bit slower, as we get things kind of back to normal. as they were, if we can say that, construction boulevard northbound between the schuylkill, wissahickon avenue two, rate lanes block, should be lifting right about now. i'll confirm as soon as it does, right now still out there. plus we have downed traffic signal here in new jersey, guys, route 30 westbound,

closed for illinois avenue. you will have to use alternate, dalilia road to route nine to route 30. probably your best bet. more con vukovich stone to talk about coming up in about 15 minutes, jim, over to you. >> thank you, meisha. all over but the voting in campaign 2016. the polls open at 7:00 in pennsylvania and delaware, in new jersey they open at 6:00 and of course you have until 8:00 tonight to vote. >> apparently some people have already voted. dicks ville notch new hampshire continues the tradition voting at midnight. hillary clinton won over the whopping votes with four votes, donald trump, two votes, libertarian got one develop, and mitt romney got a write in vote. >> well, no rest for the two candidates who rallied well into today. new video of hillary clinton arriving home in west chester, new york at 3:30 this morning. and jim as you just mentioned, campaigning up until the very last minute, both candidates trying to rally their supporters. >> and it is all comes down to this election day is finally here.

"eyewitness news" supporter jan carabeo live from the pole place in west depford, new jersey, good morning, jan. >> reporter: jim, rahel, good morning, that's right. the polls open here in new jersey at 6:00 this morning. it is clinton who is expected to win the garden state. democratic, democratic candidate has won new jersey since 1992. but, across the river in pennsylvania much tighter race. both candidates spent a lot of time in pa yesterday, and a number of swing states trying to get out the vote until the very last minute. take a look at the video here, in a midnight rally, lady gaga and jon bon jovi joined hillary clinton in raleigh, north carolina, polls show clinton tied with trump in that state. and then earlier in the night, clinton brought the star power right here to philadelphia. bruce springsteen, bill clinton, president obama, and the first lady, all joined her on stage outside of independence hall. clinton spent the day pushing her message, one final time. >> i'm here to ask you to vote for yourselves. vote for your families. vote for your futures.

vote on the issues that matter to you because they are on the ballot, not just my name, and my oponent's name. >> her republican rival, donald trump, also spent his day criss-crossing the country, courting undecided voters in battleground states. he spent through five rallies making stops in florida, michigan, new hampshire, north carolina, and pennsylvania, trump trying to turn blue states red in order to win the electoral vote needed to land him in the white house. he, too, campaigned until the very last minute, holding a midnight rally in michigan, vowing to beat a corrupt system. >> i think we're doing really really well in pennsylvania sandy do believe we are leading in florida. so it, should be amazing. >> now, both candidates will watch the election results in new york sit, but we have a full day every voting ahead here in new jersey again the polls open at 6:00. and then as jim and rahel

machine sean, the polls open in pennsylvania, and delaware, at 7:00. all of the polls come to a close at 8:00. coming up in our next half hour, also going to take closer look at the all important states of pennsylvanian its role in its all important election, for now, reporting live in west depford, jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news", rahel, jan, back into you. >> see you then. meanwhile pennsylvania voters playing pivotal role in whether republicans keep control of the sent at -- senate. >> republican at that time toomey is in tight balance the with katie mcginty. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at polling place in win where mcginty will cast her ballot later this morning, high, trang. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, and jim. now, because most people vote along party lines, this race is expected to be very closely aligned with the presidential race and it has been just as heated. tonight we will find out who will come out on top of what's regarded as the most expensive senate campaign ever.

as democratic challenger katie mcginty seeks to unseat republican incumbent pat toomey. mcginty has some big names backing her including democratic presidential candidate, hillary clinton. and now ally so crucial to her campaign, critics question her ability to make independent decisions should clinton become president. >> my only test is going to be is this good or bad for the people of pennsylvania? >> on the other hand, too toomey has refused to say whether he'll vote for republican candidate donald trump. disbelief spoken out, and i have refused to endorse him because of the many concerns i have about him. >> even more at steak than being pennsylvania senator controls the senate. gop is struggling to hold onto its majority and conservative senator pat toomey is considered one of the most vulnerable senate incumbents. while mcginty will vote here in wayne, senator pat toomey will vote in his home base every lehigh county. be sure stay with cbs-3 all night long. we will have reporters at both

campaigns as the returns come in. but for now, liver in wayne, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". busy day ahead, thanks, frank. >> as trang just mentioned, cbsphilly.com is great resource for election day, fine your polling place, then once the polls close, see your vote count when we do. we also have some fun election day freebies, lets guess to cbsphilly.com. >> new this morning, one man under arrest, search is underway for another man after a barricade situation in strawberry mansion. police say the men were caught on real time crime cameras, breaking into a home on the 1900 block of judson street, around 11:30 last night. the owner of the home has recently died. when police arrived, the men barricaded themselves inside the home and one managed to escape. authorities found several guns at the scene. >> also, new this morning, one person is in the hospital, at least seven people were forced out of their homes after this fire in west philadelphia. investigators say, it started in the basement of the 3-story building at 42nd and parkside.

about 1:15 this morning, two children are among those in the care of the red cross. the cause that far fire is under investigation. >> police involved shoot something under investigation in north philadelphia. it happened around 7:00 last night. on the 3100 block of north ninth street. investigators say the officers were looking for a man wanted for earlier shooting. when they tried to stop him, they say, he point add gun at them. the man was shot three times in the chest and died at the hospital. officers tell us they did find two guns on the man after he was shot. a 15 year old is fighting for his life after being shot in the head in kensington. "eyewitness news" on the scene in the 2100 block of 1st st. there is no word on the victim's identity. police say they've made an arrest and recovered a weapon. >> now to update to a story we first told but last week. an infant has died after being trapped in a fire in philadelphia's olney section. firefighters pulled the 11 month old boy out of the burning home on the 300 block every east sheldon street last thursday. six year old boy injured in the fire is still in critical

condition. investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked this deadly fire. >> just in time for election day, septa is back up and running in full forced to. the six day long septa strike ended early yesterday morning, with both sides reaching attentive deal. buses, trolleys, subway trains, operating by yesterday afternoon. about 470000 transit workers still need to vote on the new contract on november 18th. so what happens a disease keeps a student from school? we'll show you you how one child is attend interesting home. >> plus, take a look at this incredible video, a tornado touches down in italy. and the results are dead limiter we'll have an update. >> you thought the septa strike was bad? how about finding this on your morning commute? we'll tell you where this sinkhole opened up and swallowed an entire road. >> ♪ >> ♪

>> it is worth repeating. today is reelection day. >> if you need one, we have a voter resource guide at cbsphilly.com. >> get out there. exercise your right to vote. >> we will be right back. >> ♪

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>> thirds body found on the serial killer. authorities though will resume searching his home today, where a woman was found chained in a metal container last week. so far the 45 year old has been linked to at least seven deaths. >> police in new york city have woman in custody accused of shoveling another woman in front after subway train in times square. the victim was killed, and 30 year old melanie liverpool of queens was arrested on murder charges. investigators say the women had been arguing on the subway platform. authorities say liverpool is emotionally disturbed. police say the two were surrounded by eyewitnesses. >> and they saw this woman push another woman and they flagged down two police officers that were standing on the platform. it is a horrible incident. and your heart goes out to this family and the victim. >> now, police are also reportedly investigating the possibility that liverpool is responsible for a similar incident at union square

earlier this month. union square incident was initially classified as a suicide. all right, turning gears now, check this out. a massive sinkhole in japan leads to evacuations, power outages, even flooding. >> fifteen major buildings and 157 other structures are without power, the five lane road collapsed early this morning, thankfully, there were no injuries reported after the giant sinkhole opened up. authority believe nearly subway construction may have been a factor. >> boy, just weeks after deadly earthquakes in italy, two people were killed, when multiple tornados touched down on sunday near rome. authorities say 25 year old man was killed when debris from a building hit him in the head. seventy-four year old man was crushed by a tree and dozens of other people were hurt. several buildings were damaged, and some people had to leave their homes, because of flooding and fears of gas leaks. they can't get a break over there. >> no, i know, been a lot for italy lately. fortunately though here at home, a lot quieter.

>> very, very quiet. >> i see the math. >> yes, nothing that's extreme in this forecast whatsoever. though we will end up with the coldest air we've experience dollars thus far this season comes this weekend, no less, but nor now, it is looking good. this is a nice looking day here. obviously, one when you look at the wider zoom on storm scan, something to track, storm system brought tornado activity across the planes, but that's not concern for us. really only going to see the weakest portion of this frontal boundery, push through, with some light rain, and certainly a drop on the thermometer, but that's kind of it. now, we could use the rain, at this point, at more than 5-inch deficit of rain in philadelphia, but this really looks like mainly scattered shower. now, the time something kind after long window. because it is sort after slow frontal passage, the earlier timing is going to be in the northwest suburbs, the later time something pacific south jersey, then portions every southern delaware, in philadelphia, i think you'll start to seat rain picking up as early as the tail end of

the typical morning rush, so it is mainly mid-morning for the city and the i95 corridor, rain and the are not impressive, though, maybe quarter of an inch at max it, will slow you down, always does any time you have raindrops. 40 degrees the current value outside palmyra cove nature park, not terribly chilly start but outlying suburbs chillier than there is but flies and clear, clear as a bell, so, with that clear sky, with light wind, there is frost, concern across the region this morning, and we will ends one nice warm day later today with a beautiful sunrise promised to us, as well, at 6:38 this morning. 68 degrees, in the sunshine. role tish while you have got t we drop down to 49 tonight. obviously not quite as chilly. but 49 for low. hey that's the best we can muster up for high come saturday. much, much cooler obviously that's going to be some of the coldest air we've seen yet this season, meisha? >> katie, thank you so much. good morning, everybody. looking outside right now, live shot of the boulevard. southbound where we do have accident, involving a tractor-trailer and car, you can see, all of the flashing

lights, boulevard southbound, outer drive near fifth street. put off blocking the right lane. so you bet that will probably slow you down at this time. so i would give yourself extra 15 minutes around there. you will probably deal with some gaper delay, as well. just know it is outs there. you will have to take your time around there. just heads up, even though septa we now now in the world of septa that we're look good, but still going have a lot of vehicles out there again today as we ease some of the tension that we've experienced over the six days, so heads up on that, delaware county 95 north at four a 52, up to the airport, not too bad. but i will say a little maybe just little bit of busy, than tuesday in delaware county so kind of good indicator probably get bus any that area, as women. then look at the ben franklin bridge, let's look, let me back out of the way so you can see the beautiful shot here move in the westbound direction from jersey in center city looking good you can see early risers out there overall the ben franklin bridge still looking nice, and of course, like we were just talking about buses, subways, trolleys, back to normal today so we will keep an eye on regional rails as well. but overall so far so good.

rahel, over to you. >> all right, meisha, thank you. and now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> on the cover of trentonian, blue wall of silence, unwritten code among police officers not to get another officer in trouble. the trentonian focusing on cases where protocol doesn't seem to have been followed, one with a officer involved car crash, other domestic violence situation. >> from the inquirer, penn state university is challenging a jury $7.3 million award former assistant coach mcqueary, say mcqueary failed to prove university officials were to blame for the damage to his reputation. they also say the award was excessive. >> from the front page of the mercury one week into project delay down new water line down in the middle of high street pottstown, there has been a mishap. crew damaged the fire hydrant line at the intersection of madison avenue, sending water gushing, took borough workers little more than hour to shout down the flow. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from

around the delaware valley. turning to florida, authorities are working to figure out what made more than two dozen children sick at florida preschool. happened yesterday in the miami area. nineteen kids were hospitalized, after 29 fell sick. children were vomiting, now, officials suspect it could be something that the student ate for lunch but you can imagine, several agent sits are now investigating. >> here is a great story, wisconsin fourth grader prone to getting sick keeps up with his class with the help afro booth. grade i loper has rare condition that severely weakens his immune system. but thanks to this robot on wheels, grade can i avoid germs at school and still be present the days lesson, a lot like skype. they can see and hear him after school. >> one cover could spread a whole run around the classroom, and if i catch that cough i'm sick. >> grade i prefers to be in the classroom, but when he is feeling under the weather his robot on wheels is the next best thing.

>> that's incredible. robot. what can't they do these days? >> i'm telling you. >> up next, pat's here with sports, what can't you do these days? >> that's great question. joel embiid is pretty good, putting up impressive numbers in limited time. but one crucial number is lacking. tell you what that is in

at a neighborhoods a restaurafavorite - a place for a good, family meal. she juggled customers, cooks, waitresses - and never complained. my dad was a police officer walking his beat. i learned from both what it means to be honest, to work hard, and love family. big banks, wall street, special interests - that's who pat toomey's with. in the senate, i'll work for you and your family. i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message.

>> sixers have not won a single november game. >> but aim positive person. i'm always looking at the positive side. >> that's good. >> well, not real. >> i rahel starts us off with a downer, rahel lifts us back up. >> thank you, i appreciate that. it has been exciting watch when you watch embiid on night list basis. sixers season has not been without his problems. not only did they take on the jazz last night without a win,

blown several winnable games. last night, not even close. embiid big numbers again but turnovers continue to be an issue. third quarter, sixers trying to hang in. okafor scores. he had 15-point and four rebounds. later on in the third, joel embiid still keeps loose, he had 14 points, nine rebounds, but he had five turnovers in just 19 minutes. the 6ers were slip, 18 turnovers, gordan with a lay up. sixers lose by 25, they're o and six, including o and five at home. they play the indianna pacers tomorrow night. >> if at first you don't succeed, break a report, that's what secretary did last night for the warriors as they took on the pelicans, one game after snapping his league record streak of 157 games. with three pointer, the two time league mvp drained an nba record 13 of them last night, finishing with 46 points. he went 13 of 17 behind the arc. record of 12 by marshall, and

kobe bryant, by the way, golden state won. 116-106. hopefully the eagles were take notes last night watching monday night football. bills traveled to seattle to take on the seahawks, something the birds will do in two weeks. russell wilson was 20 of 26 for 282 yards, and two touchdowns, jimmy gram. the phils had chance to win it in the final minute. but they could not get in from the 8-yard line. seattle won its 11th straight monday night game, 31 to 25. and by the way, the philadelphia flyers play tonight. they take on detroit red wings, if you are a hockey fan. >> i'll make a bold prediction. >> what's that? >> eagles will win against the seahawks. totally our style, right is. >> i've got my suit ready. that's all that really matters. >> hope you get to wear it. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", we'll tell you about big battle questions. >> plus tell you where the department of justice is

sending extra help to oversee the voting. jan? >> that's right, today is election day, and the polls all across the delaware valley open up in no time at all now. i'm jan carabeo, reporting live, coming up: a look at the pivotal worlds pennsylvania is playing in this election, kate. >> i thank you, jan, the week send ever closer in our sites. and at this point, the site is looking like it will be a chilly but dry upcoming forecast for us here. it is the coldest air so far of the season we're projecting for the weekend, but sunny and staying dry. and i'll have more detail on just how chilly it is about to get coming up.

liver from the broadcast center in center city philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. good morning, parts of the area are waking to up a frost advisory, but katie says it should actually and sunny and warm election day, plus, when we will see some of the coldest air of the season. i'm rahel solomon. >> katie and meisha will be here in just a moment, first, here's what you need to start your day in the morning minute. i really believe it is the most important election of our lifetime. >> in less than 24 hours, we should know who will be the next president of the united state. >> if we don't win, this will be the