right now at 11:00, in custody, a suspect caught on surveillance video. desecrating a local synagogue turns himself into police. >> a key piece of evidence located where authorities say they found a custom jeep believed to be involved in a deadly hit-and-run. look both sides. i believe there's blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it and you don't have doubt about it either. >> president trump doubles down he once again says the blame should be shared for the deadly chaos in charlottesville, virginia. the president made those comments during a heated news conference today at trump tower, ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. david spunt is live in the stat center with reaction to the president's latest remarks. david? >> good evening, president donald trump is in trump tower. he spoke his mind at the news conference earlier. just yesterday, he read prepared remarks from a teleprompter.

>> i think there's blame both sides >> inside trump tower, president trump spoke for the third time about out of control race fueled demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia over the weekend. and he didn't hold back. >> many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of robert e lee. this week it's robert e lee. i noticed that stone wall jackson is coming down. i wonder is it georgia washington next week and thomas jefferson the week after >> when asked about the hate group called the alt right. the president called those protesting that group the alt left, you had a group on the other side came charging in without a permit and they were violent. >> surrounded by a few cabineted member, president trump was supposed to talk about infrastructure but the questions about charlottesville and race took center stage. >> if we continue to create jobs at levels that i'm creating jobs. i think that's going to have a tremendous positive impact on

race relations >> the president admonished the man police say drove his car into a crowd. killing a 32-year-old named heather heyer >> the driver of the car is a disgrace to himself, his family and this country. and that is, you can call it terrorism. you can call it murder >> but many have criticized the time between tensions in virginia and multiple statements on camera from the president. >> i wanted to make sure, unlike most politician that is what i said was correct. not make a quick statement. the statement i made on saturday, the first statement, was a fine statement. but you don't make statements that direct unless you know the fact. it takes a little while to get the fact >> new jersey senator bob menendez tweeted the president of the united states just went on tv and defended people attending a white supremacist rally of neo-nazi and klans men.

>> paul ryan tweeted we must be clear, white supremacy is repulsive. this bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. there can be no moral ambiguity. we know that president trump will head back to bed minister new jersey tomorrow as the white house west wing continues renovations >> david spunt >> >> hundreds of anti-trump protesters gathered outside trump tower, many held signs and chanted. they called the charlottesville violence a horrific terror on humanity >> the president of the aflcio union resigned. he's the fifth member to quit. tomorrow there will be a memorial service for heather heyer. the woman killed in the charlottesville protest. trouble flared again at the city's i mans patient park when a man dressed in a confederate uniform provoked visitors.

they ordered a review to you to police respond to rallies in the wake of the traveled. the violence has renewed the debate over whether to remove a statue dedicated to former mayor and police commissioner frank rizzo, hell lynn gim tweeted her support to have the statue come down. frank rizzo junior calls the campaign misguided >> i never remember my dad being anything but a fair person. if you broke the law, no matter what color you were, he made sure that philadelphia was protected. >> it's about healing our own since, about confronting our own past, and moving forward. >> the rizzo statue was dedicated in 1998. it sits across the street from city hall. a suspect wanted for urinating on a synagogue turned himself into philadelphia police. "eyewitness news" was outside

northeast detectives tonight as that suspect surrendered. police say he's a man caught on surveillance video early sunday outside congregation beth solomon on tomlinson road. he approached the synagogue door, made an obscene gesture and relieved himself on walls of the synagogue. >> tonight, major break in an unsolved case we've been following more than a week. as "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff explains police have located the jeep in the deadly hit-and-run in center city. four-door : philadelphia police custom jeep is what took the life of a woman in center city last week. sunday, august 6 at 53-year-old annero kensington was crossing when struck by a large vehicle and left to used surveillance footae to track down the 2017 jeep wranglerohe city and days ago offered up these photos of a potential

vehicle a interest. that led to an anonymous tip and according toas found by detecti parked in a public businessot in collingdale. collingdale police say that the hi dress,ical service llc, a small according police source, the owner of that vehicle and that business may not the same person behind the wheel during the they're still lookin with the man in the white reporting from police headquarters, alexandria hoff cbs3$15,000 reward is offered tonight for information leading to the arr attempted arson suspect. caught on surveillance video last wednesday leaving the at te department's 12th district. the buildingdepament's engine 4. investigators say after getting into the garage through a broke

liquid around nine cars parked inside that garage. he then tried to light the liquid but was unsuccessful. the man left pushing a baby stroller covering his face with cloth. >> you got multiple people in that building, worked throughout the night. an underground fire, could have devastating results. so at this point,s our fire department union, the philadelphia fraternal order of police and the atf have put up $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of this individual >> police aren't sure if the suspect is homeless, residents in the area trying to get more surveillance cameras installed. north korean leader is backing off his threat to launch ballistic missiles, it came after president trump promised an unprecedented response. defense secretary james mattis said the u.s. military is respond in case he changes his

mind, but the trump administration said exposure to the toxic chemical agent orange, congressman tom mcarthur announced legislation to extend benefits to those who served in the the. they do not qualify because u.s. said agent orange was not used prior to 68 >> 1967, 1968, where they know there was widespread use. they know there was use before those widespread dates because they granted claims. >> the bill could help nearly 2000 korean war veterans. animal control workers in new jersey remove a three-foot alligator from a motel pool in atlantic city. these are photos of the removal effort. the gator was found swimming

this morning. a few hundred yards from lake's bay, it's unclear where the gator came from. it's now at the cape may zoo. as we continue, there's a a mean better quality >> when it comes to that bottle of wine, apparently yes,tch. there is a catch. straight ahead at 11:00, why your brain tricking you into thinking that expensive glass of veno tastes >> next week, total eclipse wil make history but it's nothe eve. we'll take a look at the last time an eclipse happened in our saw. lauren? >> the rain moved out and steamy sunshine is moving in. i'll have the details on temperature we haven't felt in two weeks time in your full eyewitness forecast coming up.

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news". seems like it would go hand-in-hand, the more expensive the wine the better >> you may think that's true, a new study it might just be our brains playing a trick >> this center city wine bar may indicator to >> but inside on a tuesday night, not everyone claims to be one. >> my knowledge is limited >> would you know the difference between a cheap bottle and one more expensive? >> i think expensive wine might have more layers >> they're kind of like too much of an flavor >> think if you put one next to the other, i would like to think that i probably could. but in all honesty, i'm not sure. >> turns out if you think it's more expensive, it may actually taste better.

that's according to a new research study that found price tag influences our opinion of wine. >> makes total sense, higher price tags >> same thing, i guess with clothes and cars, ganything that we have to buy >> researchers found, increased the expectation that a product would taste better, which, something to do with the frontal cortex and the ventral striatum. we'll take their word for it but think it's worse mentioning all these research went down inside an mri scanner in which participants tasted the wine lying down. >> difficult to be horizontal and drinking wine >> i wouldn't know anything. i'd be like they all taste the same. >> get me out of the thing >> get me out of here. >> i'm with him. have you ever had an mri >> yes. classphobic. >> interesting stuff. >> did you try any or taste test

any boon farm >> i'm on the clock, ukee. of mad dog? >> i don't know about that >> let's talk about this. ♪ >> we are less than week away from a total eclipse, an historic event and speaking of history, tonight, our david spunt looks back at the last time there was total eclipse in the u.s., and what it was like here in philadelphia. >> reporter: 9:16 this morning, great falls montana so dark motorists drove with lights on. >> february 26th, 1979. a solar eclipse in the northwestern united states. philadelphians expected to see at least something that day but the big story was what didn't happen. we featured it here on channel 3 >> for us, the big show went behind the thick white cloud that was up there.

reporter jim hickey went to the franklin institute to see what we didn't >> the late georgia hamilton then director of the plan tear iam >> i wanted the public to share a partial eclipse. >> almost four decades later >> as an astronomer you're always a victim of the weather >> he owns spectrum scientifics, a store dedicated to the subject. he's been setting up his equipment to view the eclipse on monday. >> definitely going to be noticeable in some fashion, you don't just take four fifths of the sunlight and have it not be noticed >> the last total eclipse specifically over the city of philadelphia happened on july 29th, 1478. long before there was a philadelphia. >> they are interesting because they're probably one of the first things astronomers, going back many, many centuries were actually able to predict >> this at a time when tools were primitive and these glasses

didn't exist. let's hope monday isn't a repeat of 1979. >> if you made one of these eclipse watching devices, i'd hang on to it >> the next total eclipse over philadelphia may 1st, 2079, start the countdown, david spunt, cbs3 "eyewitness news." wow. >> waiting awhile for that. >> great information, a great look back at some old employees here. yes. >> that was wonderful it's important to stay safe on the road if usual driving during the eclipse >> experts say you shouldn't watch the eclipse while moving. pick a spot and park. also look out for other drivers trying to watch the eclipse. keep your lights on, keep your advisor down be don't take pictures or videos while driving. our clip fest continues, learn how nasa is turning the event into a chance to study the earth's atmosphere and see how every day americans are joining

in. and every day in every newscast we will have you covered with all the eclipse information you need. stay with cbs3 and cbsphilly.com eclipsefest on cbs3 >> is it too early to talk about monday >> high pressure looking to stay in control, it's a little dicey, it's tuesday forecasting for monday, but so far looking good. fingers crossed >> what about tonight and tomorrow >> tomorrow looking better. sunshine and hot temperatures return after a seasonally unseasonably cool day today with a clouds in place, the rain continuing throughout the day, we're still dealing with low clouds and fog settling in. product of that surface moisture, we had the humidity and the rain and now we have all the moisture lingering at the surface and now, starring to see the skyline being obscured. but winds shifted now out of the north on a back side of a cold front that dropped through and

generated that rainfall today, we're not going to feel cooler air but it will be slightly less humid, slightly as we head into the day tomorrow. stormscan 3 showing us rain came to an end. we're dealing with a foggy conditions because we certainly have moisture to work with. rainfall totals in princeton through the day about an inch and a half. same in dover and doylestown picking up close to six 10ths of an inch of rainfall's mays landing another cool and rainy day for august, 78 high temperature in philadelphia, that's it. normal high would have us at 86 degrees. but temperatures are on the cooler side of average. 63 in mount pocono. 68 in allentown. 73 in atlantic city. still up at 75 in dover. we don't have that heat but we certainly have the humidity but due points are starting to now drop off a bit to the north and west, we're still stuck in with that steam factor, the city and points south ward with due points well up into the 70's but due points starting to drop off

a bit into the low 60's in the poconos but because of all of that moisture, we're seeing greatly reduced visibilities. dealing with quarter mile visibility or near so in trenton and wilmington. near 0 visibility being reported in lancaster. about five miles in philadelphia, and that's something we'll have to watch out for throughout the overnight period and into the early portion of tomorrow's commute as well. areas of fog greatly reducing visibilities. 71 degrees our overnight lows with light winds and then into our wednesday, starting off with the fog, mostly sunny hot and humid. high temperatures haven't been in the 90's in philadelphia since august 1st. we're not going to deal with much of a breeze to help cool us off, wind speeds five miles per hour but conversely, hurricane gert is strengthening now a strong category 1 hurricanes wind at 85 miles per hour, sitting offshore the eastern sea board continuing to turn away and that's good news because it is strengthening. it's become a category 2 into

late day tomorrow, we're not going to see direct impacts but, high rip current risks. of keep that in mind, search at four to six feet. rough seas and minor beach erosion is possible. sunshine through much of the day along the coast, were he could see a sea breeze generated shower later, high temperatures generally in the low to mid 80's. but do watch out for the high rip current risk. sure to swim in front of a lifeguard, chance of drowning at a lifeguarded beach is one in 18 million. do that. thursday, 84 sunshine spotty storm possible later in the day, then getting a very steamy into friday, and quite stormy as well. models playing out the potential for strong and potentially severe storms as we head late into friday and quieter for the upcoming weekend: >> thank you, lauren. >> poconos? >> and rain. >> stop now. stop.

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ryan matthews passed his physical and then the eagles cut him. the move saves them 4 million against the cabs, today was the official end of training camp. they went through a light practice at the novacare complex as they get ready to host the buffalo bills thursday. two weeks ago, 36,000 fans showed up for a practice. carson wentz looking forward >> going to loud, preseason game, never know what to expect, but this is philly, they're

ready for it. i expect to be rocking even though it is just preseason >> generally look happy >> jordan matthews and buffalo nelson agholor you moves up, he's the starting slot receiver. most say the 30-year-old pro is having a good training camp. agholor explains why >> i'm older, more aware, played more football. comfortable in this league, understanding what's going on in this league. >> i think his confidence levels at an all time high right now. and it's something he's worked extremely hard on, and again, judge the looking forward to him playing and getting a lot of time with carson. on to baseball. game two between the phils and padres from san diego, late starts in the west coast, odubel sits this out. he has a career high 17 hitting streak. the fly ball to the left. reese hose kins, the rook key

miss plays it. it's 1-0 padres, corey burger with the lynn drive off of mark wider, two runs come in to score and in the fifth, phils trailing 4-0. cardinals red sox, fourth inning. the ground to the third. and the red sox turn the five, four, three, triple play. the triple digital >> wow. >> they beat the cards 9-4. rarely happens. when it does, the pretty >> it's legitimate. >> thank you, up next, a film under the stars where the community gathered

♪. special night under the stars in upper darby >> children and adults enjoyed a screening of the lego batman movie tonight's police officers served free water ice and treats before the movie started. fourth consecutive year in upper darby. >> one day closer to the up coming weekend and it looks like it will be steamy especially saturday. high temperatures topping near 90, to kick off the weekend. we'll take a little bit of a step back as we head to sunday with highs in the mid to upper

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