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>> reporter: nicole and jessica, ntsb investigators have been out here all day. you can see them at the site of the train crash and what we understand is the train over ran its stop and collided into , another parked one and ntsb is moments away from giving a news conference to give us an update on the crash investigation but right now hear from the passengers, who are actually on the train, when it crashed. overnight in delaware county a train crash, 42 people injured , four seriously hurt. >> i felt it coming from work. i heard a train was going real fast, like super fast, and i'm looking up, and i see that we have ninth street, and why are we going so fast. boom. >> reporter: woodard recounting moments before he was knocked unconscious in the crash while another passenger also knock unconscious calls minutes before the collision, he knew something on this norristown train was seriously wrong.
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>> i was waiting at gulph mills, train came by and blew pennsylvania us three or four train lengths, and stopped, backed up, picked us up, and same thing happened at bryn mawr. drove pennsylvania, backed up, and i was talking to the guy at gulph mills and said that is not right it never passes like that. i said something wrong. i almost waited for next train and we got to the terminal. i stood up to get off and get ready to get to my bus on time and smacked. >> reporter: national transportation safety board is now investigating why the train was traveling so fast, to the 69th street terminal. why it crashed here and why it blew blue pennsylvania several earlier stops. this is second time this year that the ntsb has been searching for answers for a serious train crash at this same sight and while we are out here live with ntsb investigators still at thee train crash, site, investigating what happened here we do have a crew that is
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in center city just moments away where we expect ntsb spokesperson to give a press conference and update us on what may have caused this crash here. for new reporting live, from upper darby alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will go to that press conference as soon as it starts. as we mentioned thinks second train crash at september's 69th street station this year. february 21st, 4 people were injured in a crash and derailment on the market frankford line. authorities say that the train operator activated emergency motor at last moment in hopes of preventing the crash. broad street and market frankford line has automatic train control, that is supposed to prevent accidents, but so far no word on what caused this crash. now, as alycia mentioned national transportation safety administration business to hold a news conference on this septa train crash. >> lets take you live to the center city marriott and list known here. >> upper darby around 7:00 a.m. to begin investigation into this accident. we're still awaiting some more
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members of our team they are in route and they should be arriving tonight for the full team to be here. on behalf of the ntsb would i like to extend our concerns to the family and friends who were affected by this accident and i would also like to thank emergency responders hoff been working so hard in response to this accident. ntsb is an independent federal agency where we're charged by congress continue on investigate transportation accidents, determine the probable cause, and make recommendation toss prevent rio currents. like i said before we are just arriving on the scene we are just starting to get our investigation started, so here's just some preliminary information that we have to date right now. at 12:15 a.m. septa train 155 struck an unoccupied train railcar at 1:48, while entering the 69th street transportation center. preliminary reports from local authorities indicate that
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there were 32 passenger injuries and one train operator, injury also. on board, the recorders from the two railcars involved have been down loaded and they will be sent to our vehicle recorder lab in d.c. for further analysis. the ntsb has brought in an eight member go team, each team member is an expert in different fields and they will be collecting information in their specific disciplines which includes mechanical, operation, significant and train control, crash worth iness, emergency response , and vehicle performance. throughout the next few days ntsb investigators will work on the scene to gather details of this accident. our mission will be during this accident investigation is to not, is to understand not just what happened but why. why it happened and recommend
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changes to prevent from it occurring again. we will not be determining the cause of this accident while we are here on the scene. right now we are just beginning the investigation so we do not have a great deal of information. we will keep you updated as we learn more. working with is is our media relations officer eric wise. members can reach eric at (202)314-6100. i can take a few questions right now. yes, sir. >> so, when gather here on the scene, when can we get an idea as to the results from your investigation. >> we're going to be on the scene for four or five days collecting our evidence. once we are finish here we will continue investigation back in our home headquarters in washington d.c. all of the documents that we collect, all of the evidence that we collect we will open up the dock it eventually and then that will be available to
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the public. in the dock it will be our factual reports from each discipline, and then eventually when we are finished the investigation nine to 12 months from now final report will be available to the public. >> can you walk through some of the things specifically how would you look into something like this, whether you are checking this and kind of what the list of things would be to be checking an accident like this. >> it is very extensive and they are not all of the same. our mechanical person is going to do a complete mechanical inspection of the train. they are going to check equipment, operation of it, the maintenance history on it, and they will complete, complete a run through of the whole system, propulsion, breaking and everything else. our significant national train control system an expert will be looking into the signals where they were work practicingly have they been maintained properly and what were they indicating to the
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train at the time of the accident and then he will be also looking at communications between the control center and the field. our survivor factors crash worthiness, he will be looking at cars themselves what caused some of the injuries to the occupants and he will be looking at design of the car, the crash worthiness of how they survived, how they performed during the crash and if there is any improvements to be identified and then we will also have our operations, they will be doing interviews of the train crew, the train dispatch and any other pertinent person that we identified as having information that helps us with our investigation. >> can you describe the damage to the two cars? there does than the appear to be a lot of damage to the back of the car that was there. the front of the car was coming in. and then i have a follow-up. >> we did have preliminary
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inspection or examination of the two vehicles, there is some damage, inside, there is some buckling of the floor but where the cars are situated right now, it does ant how for complete inspection to get underneath the cars. so we did a preliminary examination and there is some damage, once we get cars moved to the shop where we can look underneath them we will do a thorough examination and document any other damage that we can identify. >> i know you can't speculate but it appears not only here but in new york several train accidents in the last couple of years all appear to be caused by speed. what would you say to train engineers out there who may be listening, about your concern about speed on the rails which appear to be the cause of many of these crashes. >> well, we are focusing right now on this investigation. right now we're collecting all of the evidence, we can make sure we don't lose any perishable evidence right now.
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speed would be speculating. i cannot say whether that was a factor right now or not once we get back to our d.c., headquarters, we do do a full system comparison to see if we can identified trends and like i said right now i want to say speed was aid factor, i just can't say that right now. >> reporter: the car that was struck was that out of place, should it have been there. >> right now we're still collecting record. it was stationed there, parked there, no occupants and no train operator but it is not unusual for a septa to have trains ready to go, for recovery. different locations along the rail. right now we have not identified an issue witt but we are looking into what the practices are and as far as leaving an unoccupied train. it is too early to tell, if that played a part in it right
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now. >> we have a question right back here and i'll get back to you. >> on that train control, would it prevent any extra damage? was there i any indication of how that functioned. >> norristown line does have signals and right now our signal investigators just arrived and he will be looking into that. he will be looking into the complete functioning of the signal system, all atp, protection it provides and whether it was functioning properly and whether it was being maintained properly and any other issue that he can find. yes. >> how oldies the operator. >> the operator was released from the hospital this morning and or operations and human performance investigators arrived around noon time. they have scheduled, have requested the train operator to come to us tomorrow, along with the operator of the train on the adjacent track and along some of the supervisors
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involved as well you are listening to the ntsb giving their first comments on the septa train crash from this morning as you heard, 33 people injured, that includes 32 passengers and train operator. it will take them nine to 12 months to sort through all this so certainly right at the beginning. >> we will stay on top of it for you. in the meantime bill cosby was back in norristown courtroom today as he gets ready for his upcoming retrial on sexual assault charges. cosby has new lawyers and now a delayed trial date. our joe hold even was at the courthouse with more on the latest developments in this case. >> reporter: good evening. last time we talked about jury selection here bill cosby's lawyer says they could not get a fair impartial jury from montgomery county. well today an about face, 180 this new lawyer say they want a jury from here this is bill cosby's newly minted defense team they went by cameras. >> is what strategy of picking a injury friday montgomery
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county. >> reporter: tom mesereau now cosby's lead attorney gained net right when he successfully represented michael jackson against child sex abuse allegations a dozen years ago. he told judge stephen o'neill he will seek a injury friday montgomery county, that is 180 from cosby's sex assault trial in june when jurors were shipped in from allegheny county costing montgomery county, staggering amounts of money to house and feed them. the panel was unable to reach a verdict in the sex abuse case where police say in 2004 andrea constand was drugged and sexually assaulted at cosby's montgomery county home this time around, same charge as reply but with new attorneys the judge granted a delay in the retrial, pointing to the sheer volume of the evidence, and the terms that the lawyers will sift through. district attorney kevin steel spoke briefly with reportersh. after tuesday's hearing. >> we are confident in our case and the evidence, and we will be ready when we get a
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trial date from the judge. >> so judge stephen o'neill believes this trial might get off the ground at the earliest on march 15 of 2018. as far as friction on between bill cosby's publicist and his ex-lawyer brian mcmonigal, well in, court today we saw none of that. there were hugs, smiles, and handshakes, even a cross the aisle. outside the courthouse in norristown i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". there is a lot more stale head on "eyewitness news" a cherry hill man is among missing after crash of the u.s.s. john mccain, we're working on the local connection and will have a full report at 5:30. a young lady is not letting an accident and adversity that follows to die fine her. we will check in with a woman who who her legs in the train accident. see how she's getting ready
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baby born during the eclipse has been named eclipse here in our area there were a few deliveries during the big event. >> that is right, health reporter stephanie stahl is here with the story of one's clips baby from abington hospital, stephanie. >> reporter: very exciting this little girl's family their bundle of joy was supposed to arrive last week but babies have their own
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schedules. so family's plan to watch the eclipse, were dashed when the baby decided to share the lime light with history. >> it is very hungry. >> reporter: bright sunshine is glowing again over abington hospital where carter anthony parsons was born during the solar eclipse at 1:53 on monday. >> he was six days late. >> reporter: erika parsons said when she was scheduled to be induced she figured would it take a day so they would have time to watch the eclipse with you that wasn't in the stars. >> way it turned out he was born as it happened. so, it wasn't in the card. >> reporter: doctors say eclipse has no impact on labor and delivery, mother nature has a mind of her own. were you thinking about the eclipse during the delivery. >> honestly, i was not. >> reporter: with you big sister jordan was, she and rest of the family were in grand mom's backyard watching the celestial event, while carter was making his debut at the hospital. >> i'm going to tell him he is a lucky baby because his
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birthday was on the eclipse. >> reporter: many astrologist agree babies born during an eclipse are destined for great ness. >> he is an eclipse baby and it should be good luck. >> he is a part of history. >> reporter: 9-pound baby seems unfaced by his star status but his parents are over the moon and hoping they're clips delivery will moon sunny days air head, for little carter. now baby and his mom will be heading home tomorrow, eight year-old sister jordan says she will be saving those eclipse glasses that she was wearing when she looked at the sun as a souvenir for her little brother who has distinction of being an eclipse, baby. >> yes, now and forever, right >> exactly. >> thanks, stephanie. lauren joins us now for a look at the forecast, pretty hot. >> hot and steamy. late august and feels like late august right new dog days of sum inner progress but it will be brief but wow, it is awful right now. 92 degrees our current temperature as we take a live look at a steamy center city
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philadelphia our feels like temperature right now when we factor in that humidity 99 degrees. we have a bit have the breeze from the southwest at 18 miles an hour but that is not really doing much to combat that feels like temperature and help cooling us off. we have a heat advisory for next few hours, expires at 8:00 this evening for philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. you can see this heat in place across the area. ninety-one in trenton. ninety in allentown. eighty-nine in reading. eighty-seven in atlantic city. check out these feels like temperatures just brutal feeling like triple digits in millville. ninety-seven in ac. ninety-eight in wilmington. feel like 102 in lancaster. that is because in combination with the hot, air temperatures we're dealing with all this moisture as well, dew points up in the low to mid 70's, it feels so steamy, but it business to end. as we head through the day, it is muggy waking up early in the 7:00 o'clock hour but dew
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points dropping back by evening hours and dew points in the middle 50's. it is feeling so much dryer and much more comfortable. storm scan three showing us right now we are dealing with sunshine across much of the area but panning out showing us what is in store. we have to get through some storms before we get to that dryer air and quite an impressive line over western pennsylvania that is moving its way east hence, national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the area west of the city until midnight tonight that includes part of our western pennsylvania suburbs, berks county, lehigh veil, poconos, this line will be weakening as it moves on flaw but our best chance of the strong to severe storms tonight will be west of the i-95 corridor so nine or 10:00 g over the river as we head into about the 10 or 11:00 o'clock hour but weakening but still showers and embedded thunderstorms in the city, south jersey and down the shore and throughout the overnight period. other activity starting to wind down but we will have
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that shower threat as we head into early tomorrow morning. overnight tonight scattered showers, thunderstorms west of the city low temperature still quite warm at 74 degrees but improvement starts tomorrow early morning shower and then turning over to sunshine, humidity levels dropping off not as hot, high of 84. only in the zero seven's in the lehigh valley and berks county. still in the 80's in fill and south jersey. we have got some 70's in store too. 82 degrees feeling great on thursday, a gorgeous day on friday, check out that weekend , a taste of fall for one of our last weekend's of
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their roster from 90 players to 53. some wand fur running back lagarrette blount will make the cut. eagles and dolphins continue their joint practice at the novacare complex a lot of eyes are on the 30 year-old blount, he hasn't looked very good during the preseason but head coach doug pederson shouldering some of the blame. >> the guys are running. i don't know what else to tell you. eighteen touchdowns, 15 in the red zone that is production you saw yesterday, the style of running that he can do. you know, other thing is listen, we're not game planning these games so it is really hard to go in saying this is, best against this team. we are trying trying to execute our plays and, you know, as coaches we might be doing our players injustice by putting them in bad situations i will be honest with you. >> baseball, in chicago last night, check this out, kid catches a foul ball in the stands, right? where is the ball. right there. he is excited.
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she just takes the ball, he is like wait, what happened. >> she's just staring at it. >> are you going to keep that ball. >> yes, yes she is. >> and what happens is the white sox saw this, they brought over an autograph ball for the kid. >> meanwhile what is up with this woman. >> i don't know. >> my ball. >> i'll take it, thanks. >> that is what little kid do, they are children. >> coming up in the next half an hour we have learn a local man is among the missing after the crash of the u.s.s. john mccain. >> president is dealing with the aftermath of his speech on afghanistan and facing backlash as he helped to a campaign style rally tonight. we have details next up at 5:30, anita. reintroducing a piece of wearable safety technology created in philadelphia the
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news continues at 5:30. here's what you need to know. bill cosby was back in the montgomery county courtroom today hammering out details of his upcoming retrial, and sexual assault charges. and he has a new defense team and delayed date for a re trial. his new trial was supposed to begin in november, but now the judge is expecting the case to be retried no earlier then mid-march. national transportation safety board is investigating an overnight crash on septa's norristown high speed line. authorities are trying to figure out why a train hit an unoccupied train at 69th
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street station in upper darby. forty-two people were taken to area hospitals for treatment. also tonight, how one southwest philadelphia girl is working hard to turn a personal tragedy into hope for the future. good evening, i'm jessica dean aim nicole brewer in for ukee washington. that little girl was seriously injured by a train last spring , cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio has her story. >> reporter: siena ward is a typical preteen who likes lip gloss and shopping. >> i like to have fun. >> reporter: hates wheelchairs. but on june 7th siena and her friends made an after school detour, running alongside a slow moving freight train, first they threw rocks but when she tried to touch it she was dragged, one of her legs was severed, the other crushed >> the craziness is it. >> reporter: tina miller says infection forced doctors to
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amputate siena's other leg. >> we didn't know whether we should plan to fix the home or planning, you know, a funeral. >> reporter: decision gave siena a 12th birthday, last week she left rehab and soon she will go back to school, but she will be in this wheelchair. >> i have moment and i will try about my legs and stuff but i get over it, and push through because i know i will do everything i did before. >> reporter: like tumble, dance. >> prosthetics though. >> reporter: but first she must heel and for now she's at her grandparents which has a lift at the door and stairs, a go fund me is helping to outfit her home for her new wheelchair as well. >> i'm good, i'm okay. >> reporter: she's hanging with family and can't wait too get out of this but not before doing a few wheelies first. >> pop, pop it. >> reporter: just a normal pre teen having fun. >> i'm so proud, happy that she's here. >> reporter: cherry greg for kyw news radio for cbs-3
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"eyewitness news". president trump will be in arizona for a campaign style rally tonight. white house says the president will tout his accomplishments from his first eight no, sir office but protesters plan to be out in force to demonstrate against the president and his policies. protestness phoenix began well before president trump arrived in air zone. we are here today to form a unity to march, rally and protest the politics of hate. >> reporter: faced with democratic mayor asked the president to delay his campaign style rally over concerns protest may turn violent like the gone charlottesville virginia. >> true intention toys inn flame people passion and that is why i say that the president should delay this trip to phoenix. >> reporter: police asked protesters who clashed in the past and officials say they don't want to go through that again. >> i will assure thaw we are well, well prepared. >> reporter: president himself , stirred concern for some when he retweeted a "fox news" story claiming he is considering, pardoning controversial former arizona
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sheriff joe ar pa io, a big trump supporter, who was sentenced to six months in jail after a federal judge ruled his office carried out illegal traffic patrols, targeting immigrants. >> it would be a slap in the face and miscarriage of justice if this individual is pardoned. >> reporter: president is unlikely to pardon him during this trip but he is likely to tout tougher border control and call on congress to pass fund forgo border wall. president trump laid out a new strategy for the war in afghanistan that calls for send nothing more u.s. troops and puts pressure an pakistan to prevent terrorist from entering their country from afghanistan: >> navy says divers have found bodies of the missing sailors inside flood compartments on the u.s.s. john mccain. "eyewitness news" has learned kennett smith of cherry hill ace monk 10 missing sailors. ship collided with a oil tanker near singapore over the weekend. no word on how many bodies have been located, the compartment for machinery and
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communication rooms as well as crew's sleeping area now navy is temporarily suspending all ship operations worldwide in the wake of the collision. >> i directed a more comprehensive review to assure that we get as a contributing factor the root cause of these incident. >> navy is looking into whether cyber intrusion or sabotage may have played a part in the collision. more men air rest need connection with last weeks deadly terror attacks appeared in court to day it comes after shooting death of the suspect by police, yesterday. a judge in madrid will decide if the four should be jailed or release add head of trial, the two attacks in barcelona claimed 15 lives. now to new video from spanish police that shows how they conducted raid on the alleged terrorist homes right after those attacks. among the disturbing items that they found, large tanks of flammable buy tane gas. the suspects are members of an extremist islamic cell. in the wake of the
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barcelona attack, a man is offering free hugs to people on the area popular promenade was the site of the attack last week where 13 people were killed, 120 were injured. a long line of people stepped up for hugs and put a sign that read i'm a muslim, i'm not a terrorist, i share hugs of love and peace. search continues for more survivors of the deadly earthquake that shook a resort island off the coast of italy last night. rescue crews used their hand toss pull three young boys including an inn fat from a crumbled home, and officials say all three will be released from the hospital tomorrow. their parents also survived. authorities say that two people were killed in the magnitude 4.0 quake and dozens more were hurt. an unusual, drug bust in germany, police say 5,000 ecstasy tablets shaped like president trump's head were found inside a car. they have a straight value of
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46,000 u.s. dollars. police arrested a 51 year-old man and 17 year-old son in connection with the bust and it is unclear what charges they are facing. first kid sticking together, chelsea clinton lash ing out at publications criticizing the way president son baron dresses. she defended him on twitter saying it is high time media and everybody leave barron trum april loan and let him have the private childhood that he deserves. still to come on "eyewitness news" wearable technology that may keep you safe how a cbs-3 report prompted a local company to invest in in this technology for employees. safety at the push of the button. are you dreaming up to what you might do with this next power ball jackpot is second largest ever for any lottery in the u.s., how much is up for grabs. lauren? weekend upcoming is one of our last of the summer but it will be feeling more like fall , high pressure in control
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ocean city just one spot to cool off on this hot and humid august afternoon. lauren will show us how long muggy weather will stick around when she joins news just a few minutes. right now 26 pun is are safe after they were rescued from a hot van outside a new jersey wal-mart. >> english and french bull dog pup writes discover in the garfield, bergen county parking lot. animal control said they were crammed in two crates and severely dehydrated. they are trying to figure out where they came from. >> there was paperwork that was with them in another language. it was determined they might have been from columbia. >> puppies can sell for up to $3,000 each and now that they are on the road to recovery they will be made available
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for adoption. earlier this year we told but a safety device called at hena a small piece of technology that can have a big impact. >> thanks in part to that report a philadelphia based company is helping its employees quite literally taking their well-income to their own hand. >> i here's "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh. >> reporter: like locks that protect your home a small device wirelessly connected to the smart phone aim toss protect you. >> biggest upside of this product is just sense of security that i have. walking into sites like new construction, haven't been completely finished, in lighting, meeting a client for most of the time the first time. >> reporter: real estate agent ashley, says she often tells friends and family to check on her at certain times while showing homes to potential buyers. >> refrigerator, an el of cabinets and stove. >> reporter: now thanks to her employer, a philadelphia based real estate start up she carries athena. >> it is wearable safety
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technology the size of the quarter. it can be clipped to clothes or worn around the neck as a necklace. device we first showed you a few months ago, tap three times to net filed your selected emergency contact or hold down for three seconds and emergency medicine sound loudly to scare of an attacker n part because of that report, mike mayor howes ceo says his company is paying to outfit its employees. >> we had a coffee one day and say every he will real estate agent in the america should be using it. >> reporter: mayor says safety is one of the top five issues faced by the industry adding that the internet creates both benefits and concerns for agents who can now immediately connect with potential buyers. >> agents show houses at night , weekends, most of the time people are not around, neighborhood that they are going to. >> reporter: that is where this touch of the button comes in small pro active step that could protect new big ways. >> great peace of mind. >> reporter: in brewerytown, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness
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news". >> clever. >> all right. lauren's joins us now with a look at forecast. this is really like hot, sticky day we have got for a while. >> my hair feels it. >> i think everyone does. bad hair day to day. all of that humidity, take it easy over next couple hours with this heat and humidity but it is soon going to get kicked out by a cold front moving in overnight tonight and will set us up for a beautiful stretch heading in the second half of the week and upcoming weekend. not too bad right now and hanging out at the beach get ting a look at our live neighborhood network rehoboth beach, people on the sand, people on the boards catching a sea breeze so helping them to cool off a bit but we are sweating it out right now in the city, getting a live look at center city philadelphia. 92 degrees. we have southeasterly wind at 18 miles an hour but it has to combat all of that humidity and feeling like 99 degrees right now. today was only our fourth, 90-
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degree day of the month, check out last august we had 17, 90-degree days and so far we are up to 24, 90-degree days, in a season we have about 24 in philadelphia heat advisory remains for next two hours for philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. we have these temperatures upper 80's and lower 90's. ninety-one right now in trenton. 90 degrees in allentown. we have a sea breeze helping to cool us off, 90 degrees in ocean city but still quite steamy right now in cape may at 88 degrees. check out these feels like temperatures, feels like 97 when we factor in that humidity in ac. feeling like triple digits in millville, 98 degrees in wilmington but we have big, relief, on the way, so we will start off tomorrow morning feeling a little bit humid with dew points dropping throughout the day by end of the day tomorrow feeling pleasant. check this out thursday, friday by friday, feeling awesome, humidity wise but overnight tonight we will
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still be muggy, scattered showers and thunderstorms developing especially west of the city a low of 74 degrees and storm scan three showing us quiet conditions a lot of sunshine making us feel hotter but up wind we have a squall line or line of strong storms that it is filling in and maintaining its strength as it is moving eastbound and we have severe thunderstorm watch for most areas west of the city until midnight tonight, and when the line moves in it will be at its most potent when it moves in the poconos, lehigh valley and berks county that will start to arrive in the eight or 9:00 o'clock hour we will continue to movies bound so we could see rain starting to move into our pennsylvania suburbs. nine and 10, center city philadelphia but we do notice line does tend to weaken over the river and 95 but still that potential for rain in south jersey and few thunderstorms as we head into tonight and then line continuing to weaken but still generate something shower activity as we head throughout the overnight period but will
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decrease in coverage and intensity as we head throughout time tonight. we could see lingering early morning showers tomorrow, gradual clearing 84 degrees, not as hot with that increasing comfort factor throughout the day and down the shore we could see spotty showers, a few regenerating in the afternoon hours tomorrow still quite warm at 85 but still a stray shower possible in the afternoon. thursday generating by sea breeze, beautiful day mostly sunny and down ride gorgeous on friday down the shore sunny and beautiful with a high of 79. we have an macing stretch of weather in store once we get through these storms tonight and that humidity clears out. eighty-two thursday. low humidity. friday gorgeous day in store and as we head in the upcoming weekend guys feeling fall-like overnight lows near 60, highs in the upper 70's. >> lauren, thank you. this was a heavy metal dance party for record books. >> by heavy metal we are talking about robots. 1,059-pint sized robots, get
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use in china they were used to execute routine and they set a new world report for most robot dancing simultaneously. guinness was on hand to confirm they have that record. >> yes. american girl dolls are all about, next we will tell you about the new doll joining the collection. video that may have broken the internet during yesterday 's total eclipse we will have more on the total eclipse of the pugs
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doll family. say hello to nania the first native hawaii doll. she's made to represent the world war two another a her wardrobe includes 1940's outfits hoola a tire and accessories and in case are wondering she cost $115. prince charles isn't fairing too well in the popularity pole, 36 percent say he has been beneficial to the monarchy, that is a new low down from 60 percent just four years ago. prince williams and prince harry have popularity rates in the high 70's. august 31st will mark 20th anniversary of princess diana 's death. kevin hart has heartfelt message for social media hat ers. taylor swift wipes out her social media for snakes. the cutest eclipse footage you have seen yet, bex from our sister station 96.5 has it all in the hot minute. >> thanks, jessica and nicole. kevin hart laughs off critics with a direct message he delivered, to social media account. comedian saying he is at the
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point where nothing shocks him anymore. >> tell me how they obtain sexual information about me, while they were talking to me. it looks like kevin gets last laugh. >> that is all the thing about stand up comedy, moments like this just material for your boy. >> reporter: from one pennsylvania star to the next, it is suspense continues forte lor swift fans. the pop star sent her fans in the frenzy last week after she wiped clean her social media account. many speculate ago this new music is on the way and they are definitely on to something the berks county native rejoined webb sharing a very cryptic video with no oughted yes but images of a snake. we will be talking about taylor's brand new sixth studio album and into this whole investigative reporting. finally one more eclipse story, i promise, at lee until the next one but i just could
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not pass this one up. these little guys, they have arguablably overshadowed yesterday spectacle. check out these pugs giving us their own version of the most adorable eclipse we have seen. video posted by serena of arizona and the has shared over 270,000 times. melting our hearts with the total eclipse of the pugs. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. >> that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 what went wrong investigators are trying to figure out what caused two septa trains to collide in upper darby injuring dozens. how long they say it will take to find answers. and tomb stones toppled in northeast philadelphia where damage was done, lauren. and heat and humidity are on full blast right now but it will be brief, cold front tonight, will bring big changes but first we have to get through some storms. i'll let you know when they arrive in the your full forecast. it is move in day at many
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universities throughout the region i'm greg argos at temple university with how students are making new friend s and how families are helping their loved won good evening i'm jessica dean. aim nicole brewer in for ukee washington tonight. we are learning new information about a train crash that injured dozens of passengers on septa's norristown high speed line at 69th street station. >> "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live at the scene in upper darby with the very latest developments, alycia. >> reporter: nicole and jessica ntsb investigators have been out here at the site all day see them over my shoulder behind me a spokesperson just held a news conference a little while ago to give us an update and we are told it will take days for federal investigators to collect critical evidence from the crash site here but tomorrow, authorities plan to sit down, and interview the train conductor.
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ntsb in the middle of investigating a train crash at this septa terminal in upper darby. second one this year. >> we're just at the scene and starting to get our investigation started. our mission during this accident investigation is to understand not just what happened, but why it happened. why it happened, and to recommend change toss prevent it from occurring again. >> reporter: overnight crash happened when norristown line train over ran its stop at 69th street terminal, and slammed into another parked train. >> on board video recorders from the two railcars involved , have been down loaded and they will be sent to our vehicle recorder lap in d.c. for further analysis. >> reporter: three dozen injured in the crash, four seriously hurt. >> i understand, evening work, you get concerns as a mayor. >> reporter: sixty-ninth street terminal is one of the largest transportation centers in the state, with yet another crash here just months apart. the mayor of the upper darby is l f
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