and we have our eye on hurricane jose >> it's stirring up surf at the jersey shore and expected to bring strong winds flooding and beach erosion with a live look. >> are they closer to a deal? that's what parents want to know if classes are cancelled again in mucffactin school district. it's tuesday, september 19th, i'm jim donovan, i'm natasha brown, in for rahel, katie and misha keeping an eye on thing >> i literally was saying what time is it >> i heard natasha before we came on. i need some more coffee. >> we all feel you. we all feel you. >> just a lot of construction but we'll get to all of that come up in a moment >> there's a lot going on in the transportic, i love the way you pronounce it >> i try to, we have guadeloupe,

and >> oh, my, just a little >> international flare. >> that's enjoyable for all of us. i will tell you. >> their people. >> absolutely. i mean, all joking aside, this is it definitely a big situation. most specifically we're going to talk much more about that storm system where that is headed later. but we got to get down to the hear and now and what's going on with jose. it's still a category 1 storm, but thankfully not expected 5eddeded to make a direct threat to our land. there will be rounds of rain that roll in specifically to the course of the next couple hours throughout the day. and you may end up with an inch or two worth of rain out of that. the further inland you are, the clearer it is right now. and the clearer it will sty. you are going to go see clouds certainly but i won't be shocked poconos mountains region stay

dry. it's most pronounced at the shore. where you got you coastal flood warnings and up until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. temperatures, those are basically coming streaming in from the north, the wind is starting to pick up but still mild, low 70'ss from 95 down to the shore and cooler as you head further inland. no one region is like any other and it's the reason that we do a regional forecast for you because the city is not like the shore, it's not like the poconos, the shore is where its at its worse, but you'll likely stray dry in the mountains and mere in the city, a cross between the two, breezy, we'll probably see a shower or two, but that is really is from this storm >> i feel like we're getting lucky. happy tuesday, look outside is it the boulevard. of if you're in the southbound direction scored the schuylkill this is what you'll be working with. now that we crack i do not 6:00, we're starting to see some

things change, you're starting to get really busy pushing the then we got construction, route 23, over root 422. traffic being shifted to the new part of route 23 over root route 422. northbound both directions between route one and 322. that's cleared. crews are out, looking good in bucks county. route 101 trolley was delayed now cleared. make sure to check the schedules only. the right lane is comprised and we have more situation in glassboro, route 322 is closed and route 47 alter. hopefully clearing by 6:30. growing concern as hurricane jose threaten the jersey shore. >> alicia nieves is live in

brigantine this morning, they seem to be getting worse down there, alicia. >> reporter: natasha and jim, they certainly are. the waves right now are quite simply strong and significant. i'm stare to go the camera, the side of my eye is focused on the sea wall. every once a in while we have a strong wave crash and you see some water on the sea wall. but a few view of the ocean right now, we have seen some of the waves out here a few feet high. you can see some over here and they're expected to grow as jose inches closer to us, we don't expect the category 1 hurricane to make landfall. new jersey, the jersey shore to now really start to feel some of the force of this storm and the brunt of that force expected this morning, we're seeing some of it into mid to late this afternoon, so some shore points from atlantic to cape may looking at hours more of this rough surf enough to dies coastal erosion, and we've seen

some of that already and possibly coastal flooding, there's been wind gusts and there will be gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour, that's just today's evict, we're hooking at dangerous water caused by jose spinning in the atlantic and other storms brewing behind it. >> i'm just glad we're in this area. >> reporter: and that woman that, reiterating that hurricane jose again, even though it isn't expected to in this case landfall, hearing that it's close for residents in the shore, near the shore, are concerned about this, especially when you hear about or remember kind of what happened with irma and harvey, the devastation it caused in texas and florida and most of the caribbean. reporting live in brigantine, alicia nieves cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. well the island of dominica is reportedly devastated after

hurricane maria slammed into the caribbean as a category 5 storm. the cell phone video shows trees whipping around, pounding the ground, roofs have been torn from homes and there has been significant flooding. hours ago, the storm briefly weakened to category 4 but quickly regained category 5 strength. a sobering account of devastation from the prime minister of dominica. this post came overnight from roosevelt. initial reports are of widespread devastation, so far, we have lost all what money can buy and replace. north of dominica is the french core of guadeloupe. you can see the sheer power of the storm as the 155 miles per hour winds roared about 3:00 a.m. headed on a crash course with puerto rico the nuclear threat in cork will take front stage.

nick key batise joins us live from the u.n. in new york. what else will the president be discussing today? >> reporter: jim sent natasha all eyes will be on president trump as he discusses north korea, everyone wants to see what tone he will take. during yesterday's first visit, he was pretty reserved. and american first is expected when president trump addresses the united nations general assembly, in addition to remarks. fens wail la said the president will directly address the quote, north korea menace in extremely tough terms >> we commend the secretary general and is called for the united nations to focused more on people and less on bureaucracy. >> reporter: the president day included a fall for more reforms to the u.n. the president of france where

officials say mr. trump agreed to discuss the paris climate agreement further and with israel's prime minister president trump insist the there's potential for peace in the middle east >> i believe there's a good chance it could happen, most people would say there's none. >> reporter: the president spoke with china's president. he said the two agreed to maximum pressure on north korea using u.n. sanctions. when pressed on whether or not trump will call out china or russia specifically in his address today and administration official said, quote, everyone in this world need to be delivered a message in this speech will understand what message is being delivered. president trump is expected to discuss north korea with south korea's president and japan's prime minister in a meeting later this week. this morning, classes are cancelled again for 5,000 students of the math act ten

school district. they will be back on the picket line while the union will make a counter propose in hopes of striking a deal. weekend contract negotiations between the unions and the school board failed, the two sides couldn't reach an agreement on healthcare premiums and salary. by law, student could be off two more weeks if the two sides can't strike some kind of a deal police say they've recovered a car believed to be involved in a deadly drive-by shooting yesterday in chester delaware county. gunfire killed one teenager and left two others injured. the victims, ages 15 be 16 and 18 were gunned down in the 1300 block of west 7th street. this was just after 3:00 yesterday afternoon. all three were rushed to area hospitals. police tell us a 15-year-old died a short time later. neighbors there are fed up with the violence. >> i'm outraged by, you know, it hits home. we, as a people need to come together and address the

issues that are facing up, and not look for people to solve our problems. >> police say the other two teens who were hospital the were hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries still no word on a motive. septa police saved the life of a pregnant woman with the anti-overdose drug narcan twice in in less than an hour in kensington when the woman regained consciousness, she refused medical treatment. the same officer found the woman unconscious about 40 minutes later about a block away, and administered the narcan for a second time. >> it's actually devastating, heartbreaking. if i was a father i would do anything for my own children, it's a terrible issue. >> paramedics took the woman to the hospital no, word on the condition. coming up. some are calling it a punishment fee find out how airlines are hitting passengers with charges right before they board the

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>> back on "eyewitness news," with a live look from the cbs-3 mobile weather watcher as it cruises in sea isle. the jersey shore's preparing to feel the effect of hurricane jose, some people are concerned, the expected flooding during tonight's high tide could cause beach errosion. >> and overnight hurricane maria weakens for a bit. but eventually, regains strength. here is nasa image from space, massive storm, puerto rico could be in line for landfall. and the governor has already declared a state of emergency. >> meantime, couple from saint bart's is breathing sigh of relief after escaping the storm partners david and oliver survived hurricane irma , but their home, unfortunately it, not, they are were rescued from rising water and spent two weeks sleeping on air mattresses at friends' homes. friends from the us raised

money to get them out of harms way. >> so we are going to have a real life now, whether it is our own country, or another country, people are people. we should all come together whenever there is need to come together. >> family friends also planning a benefit for the victims of all of this year's hurricanes. >> i'm telling you, i don't think anybody can put it into perspective when everything is taken away from you. >> yes, yes. >> and you have to start from scratch. >> so much devestation, and more storms ripping through the caribbean at this point. >> yes. >> and as you mentioned, too, natasha, that storm, maria, has in fact had a strength tone re category five, potential for more catastrophy , this could end up being catostrophic storm for islands that had to undergo issues with irma last time around. looking at the tropical

satellite, couple every things , maria one of them, but more locally, a lot of just much more interest than what's going on with jose, let's take a look, example how things look at the shore specific to the delaware beaches out at the boardwalk plaza >> category one storm expected to stay out to sea, but still spinning in some of the moisture. >> different model runs of all of the different guidance we look at it, most of it believes this is going to make just not only hang out for couple of days so no direct landfall expected out of it, but it will be churning nearby , meantime, biggest impact definitely happened today i have a feeling the surround every will continue to churn over the next couple every days from the next storm system even though it won't make direct hit. beach errosion, one of the biggest concerns high rip countries being, certainly gusty winds, potential 2

inches every rain, gust us could peak as high as 40 miles per hour, but take a look from this point forwards. once you get past today, this is really looking up for us, lots of sunshine, wednesday, right through the rest of the forecast. and meantime, today, even still, talking breeze, some showers in the city, mainly at the coast where the impact from jose will be felt. meisha? >> okay, katie, thank you so much for that. and very good morning to all of you. so how is our commute going so far? well, so far so good. we do have disable vehicle here, westbound vine, before broad. pulled all the way off to the shoulder. you can see, how busy this is getting eastbound side looking really busy, westbound side, isn't much better. but i will say, not too many brake light going off as you travel on past this disable, although it will change if that doesn't get cleared out of the way after about 6:30, what i would predict on that, construction route 23, over route 422, so traffic has shifted, to the new part of route 23, over 422, that's kind of byproduct of some construction bee were talking about.

i don't know couple of weeks ago it, lifted yesterday, been out there for quite some time. just heads up on that, 95 south before girard, quick peak at this, tail light moving in the southbound direction toward center city, you can see how busy it is, definitely brake lights going off, traveling little less than posted speeds there. accident in trooper, ridge pike, the second accident that we have this morning, as well, lansdale, broad street, sumneytown pike, heads up, starting to get more activity out there. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. in the health watch, new study offers new hope for a reliable altzheimer's diagnosis. researchers say an experimental blood test allows them to identify altzheimer's patient with up to 86% sensitivity. co-author of the study also says the test could also monitor the disease's progression, the test still has years of evaluation, though, to go before it can be used by doctors. also, in the health watch, dieting continuously may not be the most effective way to shed pounds. that is according to researchers at the university

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bank that she managed. forty year old christine ann bathes admitted swiping $83,000 from the wells fargo branch levittown parkway between 2,014, and 2,016, while employed as a manager. >> and from the trenton tone yan, group every city kids desecrated the american flag, ripping it down, stomping on it outside every trenton district school. the incident happened at about 7:00 p.m. sunday at grace a don middle school in the city 's southward. one councilman said it is the latest errosion of the city's morgue al fabric. >> i agree. somebody needs to deal with those children. >> bucks county board of elections, removed more than $15,000-inch ac inactive voters from the roles in the past month. state election code requires regular reviews of voter records, and keeping the information as to up date as possible. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from all around the delaware valley today. >> well, baggage fees are nothing new when you fly, but now airlines are finding new ways to tack on extra charges.

>> people are not going to like this at all. several airlines are now charging what critics call a punishment fee, if you have to check your bag at the gate, some airlines will charge you extra. and if you book a basic economy ticket, some airlines now won't even let you use the overhead bin. that means, if your personal items don't fit under the seat in front of you, you'll have to find yourself pulling out your credit cards. >> you really need to pay attention, i've had few people call that have bought these cheap-cheap tickets it, tells you right there, you can't check a bag, doesn't fit in the overhead, people aren't reading the fine print. >> mcdonald's' makes changes to the happy meal. >> plus, donald trump, jr., asked the secret service to scale back his protection. the reason why coming up next. alicia? >> starting to feel the force of hurricane jose, at the jersey shore. i'm alicia, and show you more of what we are seeing here, what we could soon expect. >> and, we're looking outside right now, guys, and the

commute looking pretty good. do have couple every accident, one trooper clearing, lansdale , plus construction, all of the updates coming up. first a quick break, stay right where you are, cbs-3 " eyewitness new

>> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm natasha brown in for rahel. it is 6:30, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute. today is september 19th, 2017. >> certainly angry out here. certainly starting to feel some of the effect of hurricane jose. >> the island of dominica is reportedly devastated after hurricane maria slammed into the caribbean as a category five storm. >> big day for president trump , will deliver his first address to the united nations

general assembly. >> files for bankruptcy protection ahead of the holiday season. >> that ball is crushed. that's gone. a grand-slam by aaron al tear, as the phillies have taken the lead. >> and that grand-slam helped the phillies beat the dodgers and one of the best pitchers in baseball, play again tonight in south philly. >> and let's check in, katie busy tracking some hurricane, plus weather down the shore. >> definitely, that's right, natasha. really specific to the shore that you're going to find the bulk of the impact from the storm, further inland you go, notice, i don't have umbrella nobody really needs one just yet. the further we get into the day, though, those rain bands will start to rumble in here. specially, across the shore

points, but the further inland you go, the quieter it will be , both with rain, expectations, as well as win. now, here is the storm still category one hurricane, you can see the rain bands very, much approaching our shore line at this point, 2 inches every rainout of this before it is done, further inland here, for example, in the city , just a couple of showers now, max sustained winds speeds, while we are talking i think about gusts as high as 40 at the shore, notice though the bulk of the really strong winds is likely to stay off shore storm making glancing blow, glancing pass at our area. >> storm itself will still stay churning, in the northern atlantic here, in the next couple of days, so that could still keep the sea satisfy hi, churned up, but today really is the day of impact from the storm, then pretty much done with it, high pressure takes over after today. seventy-one the current temperature at philadelphia international airport. and you're seeing similar values along i59, and point south and east of that, cents

as the day progresses no region really like the next one here. >> see the coastal flood concerns warnings posted by the way until early tomorrow morning down the shore. the winds are the issue. up in the mountains, very likely good portion of the area in fact stays dry. but as we look ahead, beyond jose's main impact of the day, stretch of sunshine for you here, nice warm start to the official beginning of the fall season, so tell you just how high the america cure i is about to climb a little later on shall meisha? >> katie, thank you, looking outside, our morning commute looking good. starting to heat up now as we push a little past the 6:30 mark into the 7:00, so looking at the schuylkill near spring garden, as you push in the eastbound direction toward the city, beautiful skyline, little dark, little hazy, but beautiful shot here. >> starting to heat up as well 422, at 29, starting to heat

up here. see how the flood of headlights out there. plus some construction, route 23 over route 422, traffic has been shifted to new part of route 23, over route 422, this is part of a project that we were talking about for a long time that lifted on yesterday. plus, an accident, inland, sumneytown pike, near broad street. heads up for that, if that's your neck of the woods. maybe add in couple of extra minute, to commute. plus construction northeast construction northbound past lansdale, right lane still come pro priced. crews still out there. 495 in delaware, as well, northbound between edgemore and claymont, two lanes are block there. but that's not it. we have more construction as well on the a.c. expressway still out there, as well. see if my click letter work, there go. a.c. expressway westbound between route nine, garden state parkway, left lane compromised. look around here, see all of the green basically kind whatever we're seeing, everyone holding their speeds, as they should, but we will start dropping now. natasha, back over to you. >> all right, thank you so much. now, folks down the shore are

bring bracing for hurricane impact, flooding along the coast expected tonight during high tide. alicia live in brigantine where we're seeing waves crashing against the shore already, alicia? >> all morning, we've been watching the waves out here, they really have been longer and stronger over the last two hours, take a look out here, with the sun coming up you can see the intensity of the atlantic ocean. how strong, how rough these waves are. that's expected to continue as jose inches closer to us. we don't expect this category one hurricane to make landfall trending close enough for the jersey shore to start feeling the force of the storm. the brunt of that force expected this morning through mid to late afternoon, so shore points from atlantic city to cape may, are looking at potential wind gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour. we are feeling some of the gusts now, we will see some rough surf for the next couple of hours or so. enough to cause some post coastal flooding and coastal errosion, errosion that could wash away millions of dollars

that have gone to recent replentishment of the coast, trying to negate that most of the shore cities have equipment in place ready for whatever jose bridges, most shore resident are hoping the residents won't bring much. >> we were here for sandy, so pay attention to every hurricane that comes up the coast, it gets us nervous, but looks like jose will hopefully blow out to the atlantic and leave us alone. >> and the concern for all of these effect of jose that's really just effect from today, but throughout the week, looking at possible rip current, from jose, still milling out in the atlantic and the other storms brewing behind it. so on top of coastal flooding, people have to be minds full, the rest of the week, looking at those dangerous rip currents. for now, reporting live in brigantine, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." alicia, thank you so much. also, new jersey's not alone in this long island, also, preparing for jose. the storm is expected to bring dramatic high tide, some beaches have already experienced flooding. officials are most concerned

about beach errosion with high waves, set to crash against the coast. >> in other news this morning, president trump will make his debut addressed to the un general assembly later today, in his speech, the president is expected to take direct aim at north korea. that is in addition to remarks he'll macon iran, venezuela, spread of terrorism and the impact of climate change. yesterday in a series of meetings the president reportedly discussed reforms to the un itself, and the paris climate agreement. >> meantime, donald trump, jr. , is looking to scale back his secret service detail in exchange for more privacy. that is according to several sources familiar with the situation. trump, jr., is authorized but not legally required to have high level security, sources say the secret service has pushed back on his request. >> well, the fbi has been wiretapping former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, long before his connection to the presidential campaign. the wiretapping was authorized back in 2,014, long before mr.

trump announced his candidacy, and continued until earlier this year. the case centered on firms working in the ukraine. but details on possible russian interference in the u.s. election has been forwarded to special council, robert muller, manafort, and the white house, has declined to comment. >> abington police meantime have charged a man after his car struck and seriously injured a teenage girl last month. investigators say, 14 year old kelly williams was about halfway across the cross-walk when the car hit her. it happened on august 23rd, outside of abington senior high school. police say james clark the fourth was reportedly traveling 46 miles an hour, in a 25-mile an hour zone, when he hit william. eyewitnesses say the girl was video chatting while walking across the street. >> and the fbi is now asking for the public's help finding this woman, they say she robbed a bank in south philly. this photo was taken inside the citizens bank on the 2500 block of south 24th street

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this for you throughout the day. environmental protection agency says they'll be testing water and the grounds around houston's superfunds site. report of leaks at three site of the hurricane harvey. flood waters surrounding the superfunds site of the 41 superfunds sites in texas, 13 of the sites were flooded out, in some cases, feeling dangerously toxic material. the government and resident are facing a huge clean up job . >> we have to do what we have to do. >> now the epa plans to test the water and soil, near the superfund area, but they haven't been able to reach that site quite yet. >> all right, well, let's get right over to katie fehlinger. busy again just tracking weather in our area, and how the effect of jose will be felt down the shore. >> yep, and it is, like you said, primarily shore issue here, the further inland you go, the impact just dramatically weakens, and will

certainly have a breeze, maybe gusts a high as 25 in the city , couple of showers, really it. now the eyewitness weather watch verse been up and adam this morning, thank you for your reports, generally off to pretty mild start. zero in on the outskirt of some of the areas. 07 degrees the value sent in from andy. he's just got some clouds overhead, but some pretty high humidity to go along with it at 98%, little bit further off to the west here. let's take you out here, 67 comes in from dawn this morning. who is also in downingtown, finding a loft clouds, and then ed connor reported that he was seeing at least little bit of fine drizzle out there, at minimum. so some of that rain, some of that moisture, starting to nudge a little further inland, the closer you are to the shore, more rain you're likely to see before the day is all said and done. now, i want to very quickly take a look at maria. because since we were on the air over the last hour or so there is storm system has, in fact, regained strength, put a waffle between cat four, cat five, now category five, eventually expected to weaken, but even still, as bypassing

hispaniola, parts of the bahamas, major hurricane into the upcoming weekends at category three. right now there is no immediate threat to the u.s. coastline. so that's good news. so let's talk about jose. get back to it, some of the rain bands beginning to move on shore here. the storm is still not expected to make any direct threat to the area. here are the impact, the biggest of which, the worse of which, beach errosion, rip current, so worry about minor tidal flooding here specially at high tide. thankfully no full moon to exacerbate it, but you could specially tonight end up with coastal flooding, so there is coastal flood warning up and down the area shore point shall beaches in the delaware area as well. once we get past today, jose still churning out in the open waters probably keeping the surf high. but breaking for sunshine starting tomorrow, then it is a stretch of beautiful days, and above average warmth, as well. as we kick off the season in fall, here, meisha. >> sure are, like it or not, thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone, happy actuals. looking at the blue route. look how busy this looks. blue route at route one,

headlights moving in the southbound direction, so taillights moving in the northbound direction. doesn't really matter what direction you're going in, you can see, it is pretty much bumper to bumper traveling less than posted speeds now on the blue route. vine, same story, if you're traveling westbound, heading out of the schuylkill, starting to slow down there. otherwise eastbound side still traveling posted speeds. you just the volume you're starting with but we to will happen pushing towards the 7:00 hour. and the schuylkill, our friends, westbound, at city avenue. we know this will be bumper to bumper. as we approach the 7:00 hour. looking to be that way right now. clearly not traveling at posted speeds. give yourselves, i would say, extra time, like you normally would approach the main hour of the rush. accident here, vehicle went off the road. 295 northbound ramp from route 73, partially blocked, also going to be another area that starts to slow you down. right now actually. jan, jim, back to you. >> next month, candidates for new jersey cough nor will face-off in a debate that our jessica dean will pack part in here at cbs-3,.

>> first she want to hear from you. what matters what issues matter most to you and your family? join jessica dean tonight for virtual town hall. head to the cbs philly facebook page for facebook live, and it all starts at 7:00 p.m. >> so what goes better with that morning cup of coffee than a delicious donut? >> new spot in town to go for those sweet treats. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live at factory donuts in mayfair with all of the details for us. i think he's been eating our donuts, jim. >> i believe so. >> i would never do such a thing, i'll bridge you back a fresh box of donuts. stay put. i need your expertise in just a couple of minutes. stay put. but what's funny they have this card up on the wall. are there any football fans out here? reminds me of andy reid's play calling cards, this giant list , but know know what they're dock back here at factory donuts in mayfair. let's take a look at they drop

them like they're hot over here. dave, the owner of factory donuts, we are getting ready for the morning rush. >> so tell me about this place watch brought on your love of donuts? >> it came from my wife. after i had lover of donuts, we have thanksgiving, holidays , she would make these desserts, and part of the desserts were always the donuts. people would come over man, these donut are amazing, they're great. decided, hey, why don't we take this to the next level, see if we can open up a business, so key did. so she is the brain child behind the recipes, and here we are today, in a place in northeast philly at mayfair. >> sound like you wanted to do things little differently. not just grab a donut off the shelf and hands it to someone. >> correct. >> you come in here, make your own play room. >> and the kids love it. we have 23 secretary donut,

all have different names to them. and the kids, if they don't -- they want to come in, create their own do you nuts, they do van all with chocolate chips, oreos, and they love it. >> what's the most popular? >> of all of them, three most popular right now, are going to be the maple bacon, the french toast. >> i had a french toast earlier, very good. >> and the banana foster, top three that people really seem to enjoy. >> all right, do you mind if i maybe jump in? >> oh, go ahead. >> i'll do so. let me grab some gloves over here. this is where jim donovan and natasha brown come into play. because jim, that the tasha, i feature expertise. what should i make? i mean, we really got a vaster a of different flavors here, i call on you. what should i make? >> i personally believe the french toast with bacon. >> french toast. >> with bacon, has to have the bacon. >> friend every toast with bacon. >> because making full meal here on a donut s there a way

to put some type of blue berry type product? because there needs to be fruit as part of this, too. >> sounds good. >> french toast, french toast dip turn, probably the worse thing ever, then just sprinkle here? >> what else? >> bacon. >> bacon. >> you got to have bacon. >> oh, i'm making a mess. i'm making a mess. >> and then we do bacon? >> looking for blueberries? >> blueberries, yes. >> bacon and blueberry. >> oh, yes. >> i don't know what i am ' doing here. >> wait. what's happening? careful with the bacon. >> then we drizzle it. give me a drizzle. >> oh, look at that! >> that's the protective coating, the donut. >> blueberry. >> i that's what they're going for. >> losing his signal there. >> oh! >> what's the name of that, pat? >> i don't know what that is. >> good stuff. >> thank you, patrick. >> we will give you nine minute to get back here! >> you got it. >> he has nine minute. >> meanwhile 65:00; a lot

coming up on cbs this morning. >> gale king joins us live from new york with a preview. >> oh,. >> there is gale. good morning, gale. >> hey, jim, i hope you're going to watch cbs this morning, you, too, natasha. >> absolutely! >> just talking donuts a moment ago. >> all right, thank you guys, i know, i heard you, thank you ahead, we're in puerto rico where maria could make direct hit. plus talk with john dickerson about what to expect from president trump's speech to the un. and the revelations that the f.b.i. wiretapped paul manafort while running the president's campaign. powell on discrimination in silicon valley. how she says that the tech industry is designed to keep people out who are not white men. part of our continuing series we call it issues that matter. so we've got that, plus the eye opener, which is you know me your world in how many seconds? >> ninety seconds. >> there you go, jim. see you at 7:00. in about eight minute from now >> thanks, gale, appreciate it >> bye, natasha. >> bye bye, take care.

>> well, actress kate walsh is opening up about her health. >> the former grays anatomy star reveals that she had a brain tumor back in 2015. while she tells cosmo political continue, felt tired but blamed it on busy schedule turns out to be benign mass, she said, about the size after lemon, pressing against her brain. surgeons removed the tumor three days later, and now walsh said she pays much more a then sean to her health. >> good for her. i really like her on that show >> very good. >> just ahead of the holiday shopping season toys "r" us filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> struggling with the 5 billion-dollar long-term debt. the company says it intends to use the bankruptcy protection to re-structure that debt. there are approximately 1600 toys l us and babies r us stores all around the world, the company says they will continue operating as usual. >> mcdonald's is taking steps to make their happy meals a little more healthy, fast-food

chain dumping apple juice from its kids meals, instead will include organic juice made by honest kids with less sugar. happy meal has made other changes in the past, including smaller french friday portions , and the addition of apple slices. >> and whiskey lovers out there will soon be lining up at starbucks. check out the coffee company's new whiskey flavored coffee. the drink is made by placing un roasted coffee beans in empty barrels that once had whiskey inside. there is no alcohol in the actual drink, but expert say, the beans soak up the flavor and give the drink it whiskey taste, now available at select starbucks across the country. we will be right back, everyone, with the latest fashion trend, as well. that will make you do a double take, but jim's already still -- >> starbucks. >> that whiskey thing? i don't know. i'll just take a white mocha. back in a moment. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he?

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>> let's get last check on weather and traffic. >> really cloudy up in the poconos there, you saw that, but dry up that way, different story, this is shot out at rehoboth, high tide coming in, just about half hour or so from now, see how far off that water has stretched at this point. jose's impact, most felt, today. meisha? >> all right, katie, thank you and, 95 north, near girard,

yikes, accident here, two right lanes block, and i got to tell you the backups here substantial. plus an accident, on 295 northbound bound ramp 33 partially blocked there, as well. >> new fashion trends getting double take from everyone who sees it. >> and rightfully so. these are so-called double jeans from the london fashion house, natasha. i really lick this. really like the name. just denim on denim with layered waist bands, looks kinds of strange, and if you did a double take when you saw them, wait until you hear that they cost $695. >> wow. >> yes, that would be whopping $695 a pair, the designers say their initial shipment is sold out, guys. >> who would buy these? >> the headline name. >> i love the name, natasha. >> that would be a reason. >> but you want your name attached to that? >> well, actually no. >> well, on that note, next cb s, 100 anniversary with special issue.

>> remember, to join us, join them, each weekday here on cbs-3. it is tuesday, september 19th. 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." overnight hurricane maria restrengthens into a category 5 storm and smashes into the eastern caribbean. the latest models predict a direct hit on st. croix and puerto rico. >> president trump faces a big test this morning as he addresses world leaders at the united nations. mr. trump was critical of the u.n. as a kand dacandidate but s them to deal with a nuclear threat. >> and protests demanding to know why the officer