on the feel, hi there don. >> you said it, one of the reasons fans are excited is because this is, the closest you'll be to the regular season game that starters are expected to play first two quarters here. moments ago i had an opportunity to speak to the voice of the eagles melrose who has been doing it for 40 years and i expected and asked him what he expects to see here tonight. >> i would like to see running game go. we have in the see much from them. this is good night to test running game because we are playing against a team, defense that was 30th against the run last year. you better are able to do something on the ground against this team. >> people are wondering this week out loud about lagarrette blount and when would make this team, what are your thoughts on that. >> i might have start that had by saying mike quick in the fourth quarter when trying to be interesting. >> in buffalo. >> i might have said is lagarrette a throbbing make this team. mike quickly said, absolutely. so i think he is.

but we have not seen much in the preseason. if he didn't have a name and number that we recognize, you would say well, just another back. but when the game plan and they go at a defense. you cannot have him sleeping or going out in the wheel route, you have to have lagarrette blount as your sledge hammer back and that he should be able to do very well i'm interested to see wendell small wood tonight because i think he has talent but as james david ryan once said durability is as important as ability. >> you cannot help the club from the ice tub, you have to be out here and play if you want to help the football team one of the guys we are looking for as meryl said lagarrette blount tonight will he run up middle, will they call those plays for him. one of the guys that has power to do that is head coach doug pederson and we will hear from him later in sports. until then coming to you live from the link i'm don belfor cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, very much. greg argos is seeing green

, live outside link with eagles fans, greg. yeah, lot of excitement out here, you wouldn't realize this is a preseason game, crowd growing by the minute including these guys right here for some of them they are very first eagles game. >> reporter: flag up and there is no mistaken it, we're in eagles country. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles. preseason home game kicks off at 7:00, against dolphins and many fans anxious to see how well the bird owe even if will do against miami. >> just exited to see how starters play in the majority of the game. >> yeah. >> i want to see a lot of points scored because we have to prep for the season. so would i like to see that and consistency on the defensive side. >> reporter: tailgating, full swing, and, burgers, corn on the grill and everybody enjoying boot late summer weather. >> awesome weather, breeze has

pick up but not hot humid humidity down so should be perfect on the field temperatures tonight. >> just beautiful perfect for a football game. >> can't get it much better then this. 79 degrees at kick off? this is beautiful. >> reporter: you heard it, 79 degrees, perfect weather, low humidity, plenty of food, fun. everybody enjoying it out here eagles kick off tonight, 7:00 o'clock. we are live from south philadelphia, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. new report commissioned by philadelphia convention and visitors bureau is calling the nfl draft in philadelphia an economic success. the report finds the draft had an economic impact of nearly 95 million-dollar, well above 80 million initially estimated of those who attended, draft 79 percent said they would recommend philadelphia as a travel destination, 62 percent said they planned for a vacation within the next year. city of philadelphia is taking action amid debate over the statue of former mayor

frank rizzo. office of arts, culture and creative economy is now asking the public to share their ideas for its future. the statue sits in front of the municipal services building. some want it torn down, citing rizzo's record on race relations, others want to it stay. learn how to submit you're december at cbs philly.com. a man is behind bars for a vicious attack in bensalem, police say his alleged victim texted 911 for help while hiding in an apartment closet. this is the suspect 23 year-old christopher henningan of collindale, delaware county police arrested him yesterday. authorities say an emergency dispatch shore received the victim's text messages toll would the man to call 911 so they could find her location from the gps on her cell phone >> the 911 dispatcher talking her through the whole process told her we have to stop texts , dial 911, with you don't talk because guy was still in the area it may have saved her life the technology.

pretty darn close to it. >> henninganis being held on 10 percent of 10 million-dollar bail, he faces several charges including rape , false imprisonment. preliminary hearing is scheduled for september 6th. a mother is accused of using her young daughter to help her commit a crime, "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in camden with the disturbing allegations, cleve. >> reporter: camden police tell us they had a very strong reaction from the community when they release that had video of the mother using her daughter to steel from a restaurant, but it led to an arrest, and some professional intervention for this child. it was a crime some might say was as clever as it was cruel, august 6th camden women went up in the new hong kong chinese restaurant on chase street placed an order and then allegedly helped herself to the cash register, blurred in the security video is suspect's seven year-old daughter who climbed through off set plexiglas shield to get the money.

>> once the employees of the chinese restaurant were out of sight she directed her daughter behind the counter. >> reporter: last friday camden metro released video of the theft and by tuesday they made an arrest. >> we had overwhelming amount of tips coming in and pretty much gave us her name. >> reporter: twenty-eight year-old linda stratton of camden has been charged with burglary and theft, child endangerment and employing a juvenile in the commission of the crime. >> i believe it is terrible. >> reporter: we tried un successfully to track down stratton who has been processed and released. child protective services are now involved. kwan family gave us access to their restaurant but chose not to speak on camera. cross the street is whitman park community center whose leaders say this sort of crime requires a community response. >> i thought that was unbelievable, but, you know, we have to get with the parents, teach them how to

live and we slipped on that. >> reporter: ali sloane-el says despite what happened there is in reason the little girl involved just can't have a bright future. >> i hope her family steps in, takes her, raises her the right way. >> reporter: in fact, police tell us that it was stratton's own grandmother who encouraged her to turn herself n she has been release add waiting further court appearances. live from camden, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank. thieves targeted a habitat for humanity work site in gloucester county. they stole $1,500 worth of tools used to build a house on tanner road in west deptford. officials say that the thieves broke into a storage unit and took a nail gun and compressor that house is intended for a young woman who served two tourness afghanistan. >> this is actually their third time it has happened at this site, first two times, although first time they broke into this house, i mean, made

decision lets just get this project done. let's not bring any attention to it. third time is the charm. i kind of snapped. thinks ridiculous. >> habitat for humanity is increasing security at the work site. boeing says recent 276 million-dollar army contract will bring nearly two more decade of manufacturing jobs to our area. this is video from boeing of the army h47 shoe nook army helicopter. more than 500 to the medium to heavy lift helicopters will be brought to the factually in ridley township delaware county for upgrade. >> we are well into the design phase. we start building aircraft first quarter of next year. we will start a test program in the mid 2019 time frame, tests for about two years and then that will lead us in the production run for the year. >> officials say upgrades will strengthen helicopter's in critical areas, improve their power and ability to care more fuel and cargo.

still to come on "eyewitness news" a total eclipse of social media. we will show you how people were talking about rare celestial show on facebook and twitter, which countries were talking about it the most and where u.s. falls in all this. from the skies to the ground gardens used for more than just growing local hospital make gooding youth of the green space and how they hope to help the environment in the process. kate? our great stretch of weather continues we have got a series of cool nights and warm days and i'll tell you how cool it will get at night and look at these showers will they get here we will show you latest on storm scan three coming up.

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it is no secret a lot of people were looking to the skies during monday's total solar eclipse. >> now we are getting an idea how many people were talking bit on social media, as mood crept from the sun millions of people took opportunity to jump on facebook and twitter and share their experiencing. according to facebook more than 66 million people had 240 million interactions about the eclipse, including powes, reactions, shares, comments. there were 129,000 facebook live broadcasts, including cbs philly facebook live which reached 125,000 people. videos viewed to the eclipse were viewed more than 365 million times, and there were 9 million tweets, global ly. here in the u.s. we didn't crack top five in terms of the social media response to the eclipse, mexico, can inadequacies, uk, brazil and india had most social media

chatter. >> interesting. children's hospital of philadelphia is world renowned for its medical care of children but now it is winning award for something else. unique green space. >> as part of the burner center for advanced pediatric care built in 2015, gardens were created on the roof and one on the ground. meteorologist matt peterson takes a look. >> reporter: storm water run off from rain, thunderstorms is number one cause of pollution to water ways and urban environments. in olde city like philadelphia where it combines sure is used water department is taking steps to keep water clean. >> what this program does is try to capture all of that rainwater, and then recycle it , or release it over a slower period of time so that we never bypass the sewage treatment plants and that is really powerful thing in reducing, downstream pollution >> reporter: each time philadelphia gets a rain storm water is selected and stored in the facility at children's hospital, recycled and used to water plants and trees in the rooftop and ground leveler

garden n august philadelphia has received just shy of 3 inches of rain but that is a drop in the bucket for a system that can hold up to a hundred thousand gallons of water or 100 percent of the what the their hits the site. this is award winning. beside their sixth floor outdoor garden designers build an underground parking garage with the 2.6-acre green roof on top, not only beautiful but allows easy access to the public, employees and mess importantly the patients. outside of the box thinking won the hospital the 2017, storm water pioneers award. the. >> the greatest thing about getting that award from the city of philadelphia was recognition from the water department in the city that chop is a leader like our physicians are in all of the clinical areas but also, in the area of sustainability and preserving the natural resources for future generations. >> reporter: children's hospital hopes example they set with the burger center license inspiration for sustain ability not just in philadelphia but across the country. i'm meteorologist matt peterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". nice day to be outside, kate. >> beautiful day. >> yes. >> just a nice breeze, humidity non-existent outside and it will stay like this for quite sometime if you like to dale's like tomorrow and weekend as well. a chance for everyone get outside and even joe think great stretch of, september- like weather, in late august. here's is what going on outside right now our roof cam showing, not even a cloud in the sky here. here's a live look at center sit friday our studios looking fantastic, deep blue skies, not even a cloud just fantastic evening to be outside go for a walk, and maybe do some grilling and enjoy they summer nights while we have them. storm scan three does show something we have to watch though a couple showers blowing up across western corner southwestern corner of the state here and you can see they are starting to spread a little furthere, is there an indication that these could survive as they helped toward philadelphia, later on tonight , and early tomorrow morning between about three and 6:00 a.m. but can see right now few scattered showers and perhaps a flash of

lightening or rumble of thunder. not a whole lot will reach us on future weather, we have clear skies through rest of tonight, 4:00 a.m. off to the west a few scattered showers but notice how quickly these fizzle and by day break probably not seeing much at all beyond this. sprinkles and sun out, beautiful day friday looking great, saturday looking great as well. lets talk about the dew points , that is making all difference. dew point in the week were in the 60's and zero seven's. we have dew points in the 40's and 50's this makes all of the difference in the world. very dry air. blueprint of 47 in philadelphia it means humidity is virtually non-existent. we have temperatures in the 80 's and dew points in the 40 's that is california weather that will cool you down at night. technically temperatures could drop down close to the dew point, we will not see it drop that far, but it will be nice, cool tonight, and cool for the upcoming nights as well. lets look at your dew point for next few days we are in the awesome range saturday, sunday dew points expect to be

in the 40's once again. so enjoy that weather whether you are in the city or perhaps down the shore it looks like a beautiful beach day definitely more folks at this time to day then yesterday, and rehoboth beach, sand is still packed as everyone tries to soak in the nice weather. for tomorrow down the shore sunny skies, 74 to 78 on the sand with the light breeze from the north five to 10 miles an hour. 75-degree water temperature but bring that sun screen down the shore for long weekend uv index is very high. heading to the poconos look at this forecast we have got temperatures in the lower 70's for highs that means mess of the day saturday and sunday in the 60's, taste of fall in the air in the mountains this weekend, even though leaves have not started to change just yet, stray showers possible overnight, otherwise down to 62 degrees, mostly western suburbs, to pick up those showers, beautiful day for your friday morning cloud will clear, sunshine and really this seven day forecast is fantastic we have highs near 80 both saturday, sunday,

cool nights, warm afternoon and that will continue into the next week and shower by the end of the week. >> not too bad, kate. >> not bad at all. >> bird are ready to battle the dolphins. we will go back to sports director don bell who is on the field at the link, don. >> guys, it is preseason but fans here are fulfill i on miami already like in mid season form buying everybody. guys are on the field talking about the eagles. when we come back we will continue to preview their ♪ having a baby. caring for your parents. learning you have a condition. these are moments when people realize

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half hour before the bird hit the field for their third pre season game. >> lets get out to sports director don bell live from south philadelphia where eagles are gearing up, hi there don. >> feels good to be on the field, you are right, 30 minutes away energy amping up for here tonight. one of the things aim looking for is offensive line of the eagles. this is a strong unit jason

peters back at left tackle, lane johnson back at right, shuffle is over. lets see if they can protect carson and allow lagarrette blount to find some lanes. wentz has been sharp all pre season long but here's what he wants to see as a unit. >> first unit overall just better execution. we need to start the game a little bit better. love to see points obviously and score maybe a couple of times but we just need to clean up, we had too many penalties last week, turnovers maybe not first unit but just the execution, penalties, turnovers, we need to come out and play a complete football game. the philly verse miami theme continued earlier today, on the baseball diamond. that is right day baseball at bank between phillies and fightin fish. lets roll that highlight. fanatic always a factor in these games. the umpire, fanatic, sent to the showers early.

second inning now, reese hopkins continues this we will be ready to build a statue of this guy, eighth home run, and in his 15 games. he ties it up at one. rookie is balling. now, the back breaker for the phillies was this man, in the sixth, jc ramoso off the top of the wall inside the park home run doing it little league style, marlins win this game nine-eight is your final. >> speaking of, the little in terms of what happened here today, we have some base brawl the pitches found their way, to some guys, and that is miguel cabrera throwing punches and austin romine, eight total ejections over the course of the game, it got ugly, and the tigers, winning this game against the yankees. meanwhile back here at lincoln financial field fans

are fired up as eagles now coming out here and going through their warm ups tonight , at 10 over on the cw and then here at 11:00 we will have full coverage and post game reaction from this game here tonight, until then, lets send it back to the studio. >> exciting times, don thanks very much. "cbs evening news" is just minutes away, anthony mason joins with us a look ahead, anthony. >> hi jessica and nicole. tonight on the "cbs evening news" preparing for harvey millions brace as the hurricane barrels toward the gulf coast. plus disturbing video shows a high school cheerleader, physically forced in to splits. meet winner of the 700 million-dollar power ball jackpot just ahead on the "cbs evening news". but first quite a celebration at philadelphia zoo. >> when we come back way this adorable gorilla spends her first

tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 south jersey restaurant that is in top shape, as we taste with tori head to haddonfield for the british chip shop, find out about the flare, and the fare tonight at 11:00. tomorrow, summer fest takes to us haddonfield where we will she case the unique boutiques, historic homes, plus neighborhood charm, it all starts tomorrow morning and then we will have a team broadcasting live on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 in the afternoon.

this week marks big birthday for a little gorilla. >> "eyewitness news" at philadelphia sue for amani's first birthday celebration. amani is female western low land grill a she turned one on saturday but today she enjoyed early birthday treats including cake and carbs made by zoo gets. amani half brother was born, in june. >> that is how you do it, you get it on your face. >> that is right. >> knows the deal. >> yes. >> letting that get to way. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns at 10 on our sister station wp sgcw philly and we will be back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news" , tonight tropical storm harvey is now a hurricane barreling toward the gulf coast, manual, is in corpus christie where preparations for that storm are underway. from new york here is anthony mason. we will see you at 11:00.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: here comes harvey. the gulf coast braces for what could be the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. in 12 years. >> we are recommending in the strongest terms that if you live in those low-lying areas, that you get out, and you begin to get out now. >> mason: also tonight, the boy scouts courting girls. >> i just want the same opportunities as the boys. >> mason: but the girl scouts say, "back off." a priest confesses to an earlier life as a ku klux klansman, who burned a cross in a black family's front yard. >> and i'm driving here i'm like, "this isn't true. this can't be." >> mason: ah, but it is. she hit