finally access damage. good evening, i'm jessica dean i'm ukee washington. feel's mates one quarter of the homes in the keys have been destroyed. florida's governor says many bridges connecting island chain appear to have escaped serious damage but they will need more time to inspect them meantime, some resident are ago loud to return to parts of the keys that are closees to the florida's main line. access is still cut off in other places. irma is being blamed for more than a dozen deaths, since making land fall on sunday as a category four storm. seven people were killed in florida, four in south carolina and two in georgia. 15 million people across florida are still without power, as the state braces for a punishing heat wave, this week. >> irma also caused record breaking flooding in jacksonville, florida. cbs news correspondent moa lenghi takes a lot a the dam age there. >> reporter: ukee and jessica those historic flood water starting to recede here in jacksonville this is one jacksonville neighborhood where at the deepest point it

is a foot which is major change of pace from yesterday where neighbors say waters rose to three or 4 feet high, threatening, some cases damaging vehicles, property, homes, today, it is about clean up, trying to get back to normal not just here in jacksonville but throughout the entire state. long line of evacuees inched south on u.s. one for first look at irma's destruction in the florida keys. official as loud upper keys residents back today but they are keeping people out of the lower keys while they make emergency inspection and repairs. >> unaudible. >> reporter: marathon residents who stayed behind are checking on neighbors a lot of them levittown, and, i have one here that was a boat. >> reporter: view shows island chain took a devastating hit from the category four storm, most of the area has no power, water, sewage or fuel. more than 400 miles away, jacksonville is trying to dry out, irma swamped the city with record flooding, more

than 350 people had to be rescued. >> first responders just stepped up and did their jobs, and, neighbors helped each other. >> reporter: water is still block ago lot of the street, but city officials are allowing resident and business owners to get back in, and tackle, and... >> and shawn spent the morning getting water out of the dry cleaners where she works. >> everybody is okay. we have to do a little cleaning up. >> reporter: millions across the state are without electricity. >> we understand what it means to be in the dark. we understand what it means to be hot. we understand what it means to be hot and without air conditioning. >> reporter: florida's largest utility is getting plenty of help, but it could take 10 days or more to restore power in the hardest hit areas. white house says that the president trump and first lady melania trump will visit florida thursday to get a firsthand account and survey damage but no exact locations in the state of been determined. ukee and jessica, back to you. moa, thank you.

more aftermath of irma's wrath including power problems and gas shortage as cross the state of florida. >> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos is in miami's little havana neighborhood with that part of the coverage >> reporter: good afternoon, guys. we are in little havana a neighborhood outside downtown miami and remnants of hurricane irma having an impact on this part of the southern florida. i can tell you this is a common sight many streetlights , without power, throughout the area, hundreds of thousands if not millions of floridaian is still without power, florida power and light which is basically the peco of south florida, has tens of thousands of crew members all throughout the area trying to restore power because it is very critical to get things backup and running. on top of that fuel is still out for many of the fuel stations, gas stations here in south florida. in fact, there are long lines for the few stations that actually have fuel, but many still without it right now. once again, power is out. miami police right now, directing traffic, and every

few minutes we will see another line crew in here with those long poles they have to restore and rebuild those poles. many knocked over because of the massive hurricane, which struck florida just a few days ago. thinks going to be sometime before this state fully recovers. that is very latest from southern florida i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". hurricane irma was a category five storm when it crashed in the caribbean leaving 36 people dead in its wake before moving on to florida. as the clouds clear over place s like virgin island destruction is now becoming obvious. this is the view from space, and these images show irma's effect on the british and uv virgin island. they were acquired, august 25th and september 10th to provide before and after pictures and context. no where near as bad we are feeling the remaining effects of irma here as well as hurricane jose. storms are churning up up waves down the shore. we are looking live at ocean city and cape may, swells

generated by irma and jose are creating dangerous conditions for swimmers. high rip current risk in effect. so kate, what are chances of feeling eerie affects of irma. >> good news, irma is no longer a tropical system. irma has died for all intents and purposes but left over remnant of this large storm are impacting really the entire eastern half of the country and other side of the mississippi river. it is all strung out, moisture from irma really extending from portions of the outer banks now all the way down into louisiana and portions of the northeastern texas. we will tap into these showers , as early as tonight or perhaps, tomorrow, you can see these bands of cloud, lift nothing, perhaps a stray sprinkle down around lancaster county but really tomorrow and into thursday this system continues to churn our way. our impacts are very, very minimal. we will feel those gusty winds pick up, also the rip currents down the shore. we will talk about jose in just a moment. increase in heat and humidity. it is near 80 degrees right now. it will get steamy as that

moisture from irma which originated in the tropics is lift nothing our region. as you wake up tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. we will need that umbrella scattered showers on and off throughout the entire day, not a lot of sunshine. this system will take its time , moving out, and this isn't the end of it. coming up we will tell but more showers moving through, and it really is in association with irma and we will talk about jose and whether that system will directly impact us, here in the philadelphia. ukee and jessica, back to you. see you shortly, thank you today judge ruled that the deadly amtrak crash in 2015 was more likely an accident then a crime. >> our joe holden was inside the courtroom and joins us live from the criminal justice center in center city with more on this decision, joe. >> reporter: jessica and ukee, this case was very interesting to watch unfold in courtroom 305 at cjc. it really hung on four word: lack of situational awareness. a judge finding that brandon bostian at least from his point of view on the bench was not criminally negligent.

>> today a good judge made sure that justice was served. >> reporter: major developments surrounding the deadly wreck of amtrak 188, a philadelphia municipal court judge is letting man behind the doomed train, off the hook , for now. >> everybody came to the same in escapable conclusion, this was not a crime. >> reporter: attorney brian mcmonigal hammering outside a similar argument he made a short time ago right before the judge who dismissed the charges that amtrak 188 engineer brandon bostian was not in his word, criminally negligent for the deaths of eight people that night in may . tom kline is among host of attorneys representing the victims at the crash. >> the attorney general's case was built on the fact that there was a wreck less disregard for human life taking 50-mile an hour curve at 106 miles an hour.

>> reporter: testimony during the four and a half hour long hearing pivoted from the grizzly scene first responders came pneumonia to bostian's own flawless safety record prior to the crash. young engineer tracked the frankford s curve 25 times, before on that night, it is believed bostian developed what the ntsb developed a lack of situational awareness and that was apparently triggered by radio reports along the northeast corridor that a septa train had been struck by a rock. bostian's attorney had a theory that he powered the train to full throttle mistaken that he had already passed through the curve. those representing the victims see it as more than just a mistake. >> brandon bostian's only job was to get people from one point to the other, safely. he didn't even need to steer the train. >> reporter: with today's outcome the question is where do we go from here. we pressed the deputy attorney general who was prosecuting this case before the judge today, he declined to comment

and referred us to his spokesmen. so lets pull ahead that statement from joe brace, he is spokesmen for attorney general josh shapiro writing quote amtrak crash was a tragedy and this has a unique procedural history. we are carefully reviewing the judge's decision, nets of the testimony and our prosectorial responsibilities in this case, going forward. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 the exact response from law enforcement what they witnessed out there and we will hear the word from a survivor. i will see new an hour. reporting live outside cjc, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right joe, thank you. today family and friend of rollie massimino join members of the villanova community joined to remember the life of the legendary basketball coach >> ♪ >> a funeral mass for massimino took place on campus this morning at saint thomas of villanova church, former players had this to say about their mentor. >> as an adult i still find

myself teaching my kid the lessons i learned from him. not only was he a great coach what he did was unprecedented but as a father figure and amen for, there was in one better. >> part of the coaching is certainly selling guys on the experience of basketball, but i mean, he was more than that. he talked about life, and taught us how to live our lives, and he was a great example especially at the end of, you know, how to just conduct yourself with your family and people you worked with. he was unbelievable. >> 1985 massimino led wildcats mens team to an unlikely national championship. he died last month at the age of 82 after a battle with lung cancer. in washington president trump will have dinner with a bipartisan group of senators tonight to discuss tax reform legislation. meantime the president held a cabinet meeting at the white house today and discussed latest efforts to halt north korea's nuclear and ballistics

missle program. he welcomed action by u.n. monday the security council imposed the most severe sanctions to date, on north korea. >> rex and i were just discussing not big, i don't know it has any impact but it was nice to get a 15 to nothing vote but those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen. >> also today the white house named hope hicks the permanent communications director. the 28 year-old long time aid to president trump replaces anthony scaramucci who left last month. coming up next tonight, just incredible video as a small plane crashes after hitting a tree, still ahead, we will show you more and let you know where it happened, cherri. >> reporter: federal class action lawsuit alleged gender and race discrimination against a philadelphia school district. i'm cherri gregg and i'll layout claims and as well as three way a student lacrosse player says the district caused her to lose a full

scholarship. and today many iphone fasten have been waiting for. apple unveiled its new gadget. what this sets a are the part and how much you can expect to pay for one

many people are still but ting about those flying bugs, that swarmed the region. they snapped this picture of a lot of bugs on his car in south philadelphia. they look like flying ants or big gnat so what are they and where did they come from? we will get to the bottom of this mystery coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. did you see any. >> people have been talking about them but i have not seen them. >> neither have i but kate said they ran into her, you know, last night. >> welshing we will find out at 6:00. hopefully they will go away. >> exactly. apple unveiled much anticipated new iphone, iphone eight, 8s and iphone 10. as fans expected, new features include 3-d face scanning, wireless charging and no home button. as chris martinez shows us from cooperino it comes with a hefty price tag. >> price 699 collars. >> reporter: starting price of the iphone eight and 8s was

many of many surprises in apple's events on tuesday. tech giant showed off new upgrade including better cameras, speakers, and all glass design, for wireless charges. >> this is iphone 10. >> the rumored iphone x is actually the iphone 10, no home button, full edge to edge display. >> we call this, face id. >> reporter: facial recognition technology to unlock the screen even in the dark. tuesday's event kick off on apple's new so-called spaceship campus called apple park. >> it is a honor of a lifetime to be the first to welcome you to the steve jobs theater. >> reporter: debut of the theater was a fitting tribute as 2017 marks 10 years since steve jobs launched the smart phone. >> bringing emoji toss life. >> reporter: iphone 10 comes with a hefty price tag starting at just under a thousand dollars. stepping up another increment in price does not seem surprising, but for a lot of

people it will be a lot of to swallow. >> reporter: apple watch is getting a big upgrade. >> it has cellular built in. >> reporter: it uses your same cell phone number without needing your iphone nearby. chris martinez for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". i got to get more tech savvy. >> turf research this. >> people were going crazy though. >> yes. >> wow. >> kate's here with the forecast. you saw those bugs last night too. >> my brother was in town. i walk down to meet him outside. he was completely covered in bugs. he said what is happening? they stick tour clothes, hair. >> henry will get to the bottom of this. >> would i like to know what those things are. >> it will be buggy through end of the week because it will get humid around here. we have moisture from irma, humid, cloudy, damp you get bugs as well.ure from irma, we will be watching for those things to possibly stick around, in the weather conditions, that will support them here over the next few days. good news we're not expecting

heavy drenching rainfall, bad news not a lot of sun for next few days. we will take a look outside, up in bethlehem where we are still seeing blue skies, just a few patchy cloud, starting to roll in right now and not bad, been a nice day, not a ton of sunshine not that brilliant blue skies we sometimes see this time of the year but enough, pleasant day, up tic in heat and slight up t ic in humidity today. bethlehem and down through the beaches. look at rehoboth beach, still folks outside on the sand people walking outside on the boardwalk, everything looking good but the problem is the ocean and the surf. we have a high rip current wrist income effect for all of our shore communities here and that goes as we head into the next couple of days, really with jose out to sea. we will talk about that in just a moment. lets go outside to storm scan three showing those cloud lift nothing a few showers, popping autopsy cross western pennsylvania. these are outer bands of what was once irma that circulation really dominating the eastern half of the country as i showed you before, you can see

it, actual center still down south, throughout the mississippi river delta there and producing rain in the region. showers, all the way up into our neck of the wood and this will continue to sit, spin and make a gradual exit by end of the week. it will not get out of here anytime soon. let's time out precipitation. tonight cloud are rolling in, may start tomorrow morning with a few sprinkles at the bus stop, may come in more like nine or 10:00 a.m. first part of the commute may be cloudy and humid and damp. that first batch moves on out, and clear it out late tomorrow night and then another round of showers, perhaps a thunderstorm, on thursday. notice these are scattered, this is not heavy downpours we're not talking flooding rain here but we will have scattered showers possibly even into friday, friday has a better chance of drying out. how much rain? not much. in our area, less than half inch, a few spots off to the west, down toward lancaster county could pick up an inch of rain. this is relatively light for being associated with a tropical system.

here is jose latest track keeps it a hurricane but watch what happens, spin is it back out to sea. with jose in the atlantic ocean we are talking about big swells and strong rip currents , through all of our beaches and that high rip current wrist income effect for the entire coastline of the new jersey, and delaware, and i expect that to be in place through the next several days as well. so please be safe, not great beach days on the way but if you are heading down the shore and you want to take a dip, we have pretty strong currents under toe there. showers on the way thursday, friday. look at how warm it is. eighty's. more sunshine this weekend as jose moves away. last weekend of summer and it will feel like it we are in the 80's with sunshine in both days. >> at lee it is sunny yes. >> thanks, kate. still ahead on "eyewitness news" eastern state penitentiary is looking even more spookier. >> two giant gargoyles, are calling it home. we will tell you why frank and carson, yes, that is their name, are perched on top of the prison walls. >> frank and carson, that is,

amazing. we have trusted the process, it is almost go time. one on one with sixers head coach brett brown, here to hear his thoughts on joel, ben , markelle and

eastern state penitentiary is getting ready for 2017 season of terror behind the walls. the haunted house experience opened september 22nd and today large smoke breathing gargoyles with built in light were installed atop of the front of the prison, to mark the beginning of the season. his name is frank, the other carson. terror behind the walls you might want to say hi, i'm still trying to research how they got those names. >> frank and carsony like the dramatic read. it also makes me think of game of thrones which i know you don't watch but kate bilo watches. >> yes. >> they fly over the city. >> frank and carson come alive at night. >> frank and carson.

>> i hope no kid are watching. >> that is right, just kidding >> don's joining us now, we had kevin frazier in. he was talking about the sixers. >> that is right. >> they will be a hollywood draw team with all of the celebrities coming to philadelphia. >> you have a winner in town. you have a winner in time. i was like all right, deaf, i feel you. that is what we're talking about. we're talking to the head coach. there is no question there is excitement building around the philadelphia 76ers. a man, in charge, with controlling the team and the height, is brett brown. our pat brown goes one on one with the head coach. >> one guy in particular, everyone wants to know about joel embiid, housedog, what is he up to. >> i have answered this question a lot and happy to do it. i think the news is positive. he is progressing, at a rate that we are pleased with. we are looking forward to obviously his return to play and actually getting on a basketball court and play. that has yet to happen. he is doing great work with

some individual stuff and the whole, sort of prerehab stuff getting his body stronger. most importantly his heads right. he is excited to, jump into this. it has been a tough few years for him. he is very highly competitive. it is even more difficult. >> how exciting is it for you now that you have this stable of young talent, ben simmons, markelle fultz, joe he will, now you bring in jj reddick and you get to put it all together. it is anxietying time for you. >> completely and for the city , given what we have been through and our fans have been through, you know, is there an actual level of excitement. we understand lots of our guys haven't played a second of nba basketball in their 20's but we see promise that they are ours and keepers and going to be program a long time. >> fans asking for you guys to make playoffs, do you think that is too far out. >> it is what they should ask for. you know, my players want. that we get it. it is a goal.

it comes with a lot of health- related things. like lets go back and see how healthy we were and how soon we can get our young guys to play together. they have not played a second. but spirit of is what being delivered is what it should be and i'm with them. >> me too. >> loving it. >> and that beard. >> i'm all in on the brett brown beard. >> it is working. >> he should hold on to that. >> in. >> i have been on board since i was 10 years old. i cannot wait. win or lose i'm here. >> see you done done, bye. >> a driver gets quite a scare , as he battles through georgia. >> it was all caught on dash cam video, still ahead more of this shocking video as a car goes airborne, alycia? >> reporter: this is some of the on line posts and included racial slurs i'm alycia nieves , person responsible has been arrested but we will tell you why parents are still so outraged. looking for low score these golfers are aiming for a cure. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 tonight our stephanie

stahl explained why people hit the links with the hopes of helping one local girl in her fight, with a very rare illness, it is tonight at 6:00

outrage at a local high school officials are under fire for their response to death threats against students. authorities say that the threats on social media targeted students at west chester east high school. >> "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves tells us they know who posted the threats. >> reporter: death threats at chester county high school made in the form of someone posting these photos to the now deleted instagram account. photos noticed on sunday are a student who will quote die, each post was punk waited with racial slurs toward the student's being threatened. stacy's 11th grade son was one of the east high school students targeted. >> when i found out, at first, i woke him up at 1:00. >> reporter: her son, seen the powe but didn't tell her. >> he talked to the administrators in the building , felt like they didn't take it seriously.

consider his feeling. >> reporter: she's among several parents upset now not only with the threats but how the school may have handled the incident. >> it was just basically being brushed under the rug as oh, it is hoax, we will deal with that. >> this is a history and a habit of west chester area school district and it has to change. >> we take all threats seriously. safety is our number one priority. we look at some of these things, particularly social media and try to decide fit is credible or not. >> reporter: superintendent says posts were determined to be more of a hoax then a threat by police. within hours, authorities had determined who made the threats and made an arrest. >> there was a lot of concern i think about the hate aspect of this. juvenile being an african-american, african-american 14 year-old juvenile. >> reporter: fourteen year-old a freshman at the school is being charged criminally with making terroristic threats, harassment and cyber harassment. >> any racial slur will not be tolerated in our school system

>> reporter: on top of serious charges the student who made these threats on line is facing, suspension, right now, possibly expulsion. the district also says that it will meet with its students to talk about the importance of racial sensitivity. in west goshen, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". family of the 15 year-old boy is suing the boy scouts of america for $1 million for their son's death on a backpacking trip in june. reid carmena was going after his final merit badge, and then collapsed and died of heat stroke in remet western texas. during his final merit badge he signed up to complete an introduction backpacking trip at the buffalo trail scout ranch, where his parents expected he would learn outdoor skills for two days before heading out with two adult leaders. >> i felt like he would receive the education that he needed to be able to do what was asked of him on an introduction hike. >> what we have signed him up for, he was more than able.

>> reporter: his parents say he was unexpectedly moved to a more advanced hiking group and took off days earlier then planned, in 99-degree heat, reid was air lifted from the trail but his parents say they weren't told their son had died for four and a half hours after his death. school district of philadelphia is facing a, federal class action suit alleging gender and race discrimination in girls sports kyw news radio reporter cherri gregg tells us tonight the plaintiff claims that the district's actions caused her to lose a scholarship to a division one college. >> it made me feel like we weren't good enough to play lacrosse. >> reporter: this is a face of the class action that claims the school district of philadelphia discriminated against girls from low income, african-american high schools. mccray began playing lacrosse at strawberry mansion high but suit claims that the district failed to provide support. >> they neat bus, support from

districts, they need funds for uniform. >> reporter: attorney glenn ellis represents mccray and says the district violated federal law when it provided mansion and similar schools less resource toss play non- traditional sports like field hockey and lacrosse. it gave to more affluent schools like central. >> i knew that there were barriers. >> reporter: coach smith said she was fired by the district when she spoke out after mansion girls could only play three other teams during the season. none were teams from the more affluent schools. >> very hard to get any girls recruited from that then. >> reporter: suit claims mccray got a scholarship at university of hartford and then lost it when district failed to file proper paperwork. >> i felt like my heart just stopped beating in my chest. >> reporter: they had no choice but to sue and response to the lawsuit, school district issued a statement, one of our core values as a school district is increasing opportunity in the classroom and on the playing field for all of our students, regardless of race or gender.

as for mccray she's headed to crane i university. she won't be playing lacrosse but she's not giving up. >> i will keep fighting. >> reporter: in center city, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". difficult knee world has reopened along with some florida hair ports in the wake of hurricane irma. >> some ships are starting to return to port in the miami, tampa bay officials. florida officials say reopened ports will help alleviate much of the gas supply shortages, the state has suffered, and white house says president trump will visit florida on thursday. he is also expected to tour storm damage in the uv virgin island as soon as next week. white house says official plans for that trip are still, being worked out. take a look at this dash cam video from georgia, taken during irma, woman driving an suv ran in the tree when it came crashing down right in front of her. you see impact sent the back of the suv in the air. fortunately though she was not seriously injured. remnants of the remnants

of irma spawned in waterspout in south carolina at the time there was a tornado warning. it disappeared as it reached the beach dumping sea water on the inundated shore. celebrities are doing their part to help the victims of irma and harvey. beyonce, george clooney, oprah , and dave matthews and many others will appear in prime time tonight for a fundraiser called hand in hand , a benefit for hurricane relief. you can watch it tonight at 8:00 right here on cbs-3. the world's most active volcano continues to put on a spectacular show in hawaii. kilauea volcano sent streams of lava flowing down the mountain on the hawaii's big island this eruption first began in early 2016. it has been entering nearby pacific ocean since summer of last year. now take a look at this frightening small plane crash in connecticut. that tree cushioned the plumet from the sky before it landed in the parking lot. amazingly, pilot survived with minor injuries. faa is investigating the cause of that crash.

big announcement to day about the ninth chapter in the star wars franchise. >> that is still ahead, also a landmark study or hard harmone replacement therapy and moan pause. what researchers are saying about the longest study yet on that type of therapy. it is not the way he wanted to propose but it is certainly a moment this couple will never forget. we will show you a proposal that went viral for all of the wrong

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lawsuits begins credit reporting company equifax are piling up. now more than 30 suits have been filed after the company reported a hackers may have stolen the personal information of 143 million americans. this comes as the senate finances committee asked the company for more information

about the data breach, and the timing of insider stock sales, before equifax made that breach public. new apartment building is about to go up in the spring garden section. >> radnor property group and community college of philadelphia broke ground on their new apartment building, at 15th and hamilton streets. that building will be known as the hamilton and it will be located just steps away from the community college of philadelphia's main campus. it will feature 600 apartments catering to young professionals. >> really want to highlight how important this project is to the community. wonderful opportunity, students, in terms of housing. >> the hamilton is slated to open up in spring 2018. well, the cloud rolls rolls in and before long we will see some rain, associated with irma. meteorologist kate bilo will tell you when wet weather meteorologist kate bilo will tell you when wet weather arrives aft been trying to prepare for this day... and i'm still not ready.

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won popular treatment, 15 years ago scientists said harmone replacement therapy was risky, well, now, the research is showing it does not increase premature deaths. >> women should be excited that they have options. >> reporter: harmones were once considered a fun tane of youth for menopausal woman but millions stopped taking them after 2002 landmark study said harmone therapy could increase risk of breast cancer, stroke, and heart disease but now follow-up research that says woman that took estrogen or combined estrogen therapy showed no increase in their wrist offering death from all causes, including cancer and heart disease they don't necessarily to have take hormones if they are not deficient but if they are, they can take them, safely and effectively. >> reporter: harmone replacement therapy is used you have to set symptoms of menopause that can include hot flashes, mood changes, sleeping problems and aging

skin. the 18 year follow-up research , 27,000 women who were part of the original study found that there were no more likely to die of any cause then woman who took placebo pills. >> all women should be affect for menopause for symptoms, bone health, sexual health, and their overall medical conditions and be individualized. we have, both harmonal and non-harmonal options for woman >> reporter: now study published in the journal jama is first to examine long term death rates from all cause is among women who received harmone therapy. thinks something, of course, doctors said woman need to talk to their personal doctors about if they have concern. >> we have new information. >> all right, stephanie, thank you. caught on camera engagement gone wrong in kansas city. they were on the a bridge in a park propose to go his wife when he drop the ring. it fell through right in the water below. >> oh, no. >> it was never seen again. >> i looked over the bridge,

ways like it really did fall. i heard the ring. i was like oh, no. >> we didn't finish proposal. i would hope he would propose again. >> now couple decided to have a good time with it, this is a photo with 30 close friends they took looking for the ring , a go fund me page has been set up to help the couple get a brand new, ring. >> it was not insured. >> hello. >> i know, oh, my. >> poor guy. >> he might not want to do it near water ever again. >> little nervous. >> yes. that is a shame. >> it is. >> kate bilo joins us now with a look at the forecast. >> today turned out to be a nice day. >> it is warm. but not all that humid. that will all change. it will get sticky, cloudy, and showery for rest of the day. >> remnants of irma. >> yes, irma is all dead for all intents and purposes. no loaning a tropical system or depression but just a remnant low. national hurricane certainty stopped issuing advisories on irma. we can say farewell.

we still have jose. irma still impacting or what was irma still impacting eastern half of the country at this hour. lets look outside though we will go outside to the weather watchers as well and see what they are seeing. center city looking pretty g again, it hasn't been a full day of sunshine but more blue skies then not, out there today and it has stayed dry, none of those showers making tonight to our region, just yet. we are looking live at center city here as we look, toward the east and new jersey and everything is quiet. it is pretty nice, pretty nice night, to be out and about, whether you are in the city or in any of the suburbs, maybe nice night to throw burgers on the grill. enjoy this summer-like weather while we have it. fall is here very, very soon. only 10 days now. and ed connor in chesterfield is reporting sunshine at 78 degrees. we're sitting at 76 north and west of the city with phil, phil always send great photos in. this is looking like fall to me. all of these apples in a barrel there and pumpkins as well. we are not feeling like fall anytime soon.

maybe, did some fall activities last weekend when we had that christmas in the air. this weekend we will want to head to the pool or have an outdoor barbecue and enjoy last gasp of summer. it will start to feel like summer again. eileen mur any gilbertsville, 78 degrees. we will head down to the border of pennsylvania and delaware, gary, in landingberg at 73 as well. we're still in the 80's in portions of new jersey, david dutch in clementon, he is at 81 degrees right now. it is warm but not all that humid. that will change. take a look outside, beautiful evening, to sit and watch, a soccer game perhaps, kid are outside on the field. i don't know if that is a practice or game in kutztown but nice night, either way, we've got lots of blue skies out there and everything is feeling pretty comfortable especially off to the west where it is, 75 degrees. just a light breeze, from the west southwest. storm scan three does show those band of cloud starting to move on n showers still lurking off to the south. they are fizzling. notice how strung out this moisture is. this storm has been really just torn apart or extended

across eastern half of the country. this you see over outer banks and virginia that is what we will get tomorrow. not a lot but just scattered showers, maybe a rumble of thunder off to the south where it will heat up a little bit more. temperatures right now near 80 . we are at 80 in allentown. current dew point is 49. that is very low. that is in the awesome range. tomorrow dew points climb to the upper 60's to near 70. it will feel a whole lot steamier out there tomorrow and we will see scattered showers. mainly cloudy rest of the week scattered showers. maybe a thunderstorm. it will be warm, very, very sticky. jose is a category one but watch what the models do, trend today has been further out to sea, that is good news. we will see that rip current threat continue, strong swells and waves down the shore but does not look like another land fall is imminent with jose, thank goodness. 63 degrees overnight. mainly cloudy. warm night. mostly cloudy tomorrow. scattered showers, maybe a few breaks of blue skies. not a total wash out of the day. you'll be dodging rain drops here and there. same story on thursday.

thursday is most active day. chance for a shower friday, before the sun returns and it it is a warm, sunny weekend, ukee and jessica, back to you. you can catch "inside edition" weeknights here on cbs 36789 news magazine is beginning its 30th season this week. >> earlier today our jim donovan spoke with deborah nor ville who will host the program and they talk about the show and what makes it so popular with viewers. >> i honestly think what it is , it is variety, every day there is something on our program that is going to grab you and go oh, my gosh, really you got to be kidding me. it is an emotional button. >> pet owners, i understand you have a story about pet owners you want to us pay close attention to. >> well, certainly if you are someone, and 42 percent of dog owners do allow their dog to sleep with them in their beds. nothing wrong with that. the experts say that you sleep very well, it does not disturb your sleep but it might when you hear what could be on your paws. we took paw that is sleep with

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bruno mars hoe his prime time direct on cbs. >> new director for new star wars movie and dog swiping grub is caught on camera and gone viral. bex from today's nine have .5 has it all in today's hot minute. >> thanks, bruno mars is getting ready to star in his first prime time television special right here on cbs. grammy singer will hit the stage at harlem's apollo theater for a 24 carat magic live show in november. the hour long special will feature bruno visiting, singing, entertaining locals and exciting intimate must see moments as promised by producers, you want to get a glimpse of bruno live before the special, airs he will play the wells fargo center in philadelphia october 10th. on to the star wars franchise, jj abrams is returning to

direct and co write the ninth chapter in the saga jj is no stranger to the franchise as he direct the fourth awakens in 2015, which grossed over $2 billion, worldwide, making it the third highest glowing film of all time, behind avatar and titanic. the news comes after the original director colin tribar o exited the project last week. finally this video that has gone viral, at first, it appears to be a typical interview until one dog steals the show. and, the hungry k-9 waited until women were distracted to go in for freshly bake pastries. sebastian gonzales, who was conducting the interview said he didn't know that the though were stolen until he rewatch the footage. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. >> that was smooth. >> yes. >> that was smooth. >> yes. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 o'clock

engineer in the deadly 2015 amtrak crash walks free. the reason the judge dismissed the charges. new eyewitness accounts from the night of that crash. plus, from the tropics to the jersey shore big waves at the beach. i'm cleve bryan coming up from the fun to the hazards. and we will have more on irma's impact as far as rain is concern, remnants of the system bringing showers to the area and this unsettled pattern may last a while, i'm going to tell if you they will continue into the weekend. i'm henry rossoff in philadelphia, large swarms of bugs are moving through town, we will go straight to the experts to find out, why this is happening, and how long it will last. this was never, a crime. this was an accident. >> walking free, the man behind the controls, during the deadly amtrak derailment on frankford curve is no

longer facing charges tonight but not everyone is happy about the judge's decision. good evening i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in center city and joe were you in the courtroom when those charges were thrown out. >> yes, it was a celebration on brandon bostian side. lets run down the time line. he walks in the court facing charges related to the eighth death associated with the amtrak 188 derailment in may of 2015. there were absolute fire works , during this four and a half hour, preliminary hearing but in the end, the judge found that the evidence did not meet standard to hold these charges over for trial. tonight bostian is a freeman. question going forward, what comes of a prosecution, if anything. the scene of the derailed 188 was a mine field of high voltage line and mangled trains crushed by tin cans, the word of the philadelphia ce