running around the block looking for survivors after mexico's deadly earthquake, i'm chris mar teen necessary mexico city, the very late is coming up. back here at home live look from our center city cbs-3 studios we are in the final hours of summer because parentally mother nature has not gotten the message. temperatures today in the upper 80's with no relief in sight. it is thursday september 21st good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an

eye on things this thursday morning. >> yes, thank you. >> , rahel is back. we have a healthy person and a returned traveler. >> yes, yes. >> i'm still here. >> yes. >> just a lot of construction. things are looking good. we have one accident in bucks county we will talk about that coming up. >> it is funny we say in relief in sight. i sabrin the heat on. i'm all bit. >> yes. >> what do you think? >> i don't like 80, 90-degree weather. i like it 75 pennsylvania. >> the majority rules, the ladies rule, jim. >> i know, i know. >> it is february you will be wishing for this. >> yes. let's show you, what is going on we have nice, warm conditions, certainly but keeping in mind here, guys we have awesome beach weather. this is a mute point if you are, having to work, having to go to school anyway but because wire lucky to live by

the beach, surfer, take advantage of the day off and hot the shoreline stay on dry land please because this storm system is still churning up that surf still kicking up rip current risk and that will be with us right through this forecast even though we have what amounts to perfect beach weather. also keep in mind life guard have gone for the season. it is one of the things where it is much better safe than sorry just stay on dry land and maybe lucky to have a pool still opened in the backyard. you will have a great excuse to use it here. temperatures currently standing mid 60's around the region but in the city already at 70 degrees. we may drop another degree about the sun comes up but this is a warm start to the day and wind flow out of the north. it will be warm but comfortable warm, if you will, we are up to 87 come 3:00 p.m. well above normal. by how much? solid 11 degrees from is what average, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much. very good morning. happy thursday, you guys, we are, here, looking outside at the vine closed overnight for

that construction project between schuylkill and broad. we are getting used to not having that and it is back. good news, it is in the 5:00 o'clock hour, vine has cleared, so westbound and eastbound side looking great. overnight resurfacing project we have got it again. schuylkill westbound between blue route and turnpike right lane still compromised but that is it to are that project rest of the areas have cleared construction here 95 north off ramp to bridge street right lane compromised you can see the flow looking pretty good, and the brian, waking up with us, thanks very much for the tweet. we have an accident here. this is bucks county falls township business route one at tyburn road one lane block, slow you down right now, probably not, but if i were you i would give yourself a few extra minutes because we will get a gaper delay. commodore bear bridge big thumbs up, we are all clear, jim, back over to you. well, overnight hurricane maria regained strength and beginning to impact dominican republic. >> violent waves battered the

coast as storm began to make land fall this morning, maria is a category three storm packing wind of 150 miles an hour. >> earlier maria left a devastating mark on puerto rico. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live with more on what people are dealing with their, good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning. "eyewitness news" was able to speak, with would woman and she says as soon as she can and safe to do so she will drive around and check on her family one by one. that is because puerto rico has been left in the dark. hurricane maria knocked out the power grid there. it also knocked out a lot of the cell service as well. there is very limited communication there on the island. this comes as the threat now turns to rain and possibly, life threatening flooding. >> it sounds like a woman screaming at the top of her lungs, very high pitched squealing sound and it is just coming through every crack in

this building. >> reporter: even as hurricane maria now sets sights on the dominican republic the storm continues to punish puerto rico with torrential rain overnight turning road into rapid and paralyzing rescue and recovery efforts. wednesday morning maria made land fall in southeast puerto rico as a powerful category four storms with wind of 155 miles an hour, hit the island bringing down power lines, snapping trees and destroying hundreds of homes. >> it was very scary. >> reporter: she took her kid to this shelter when she realized their lives could be in danger. >> when the winds started to increase, the roof started to fall. >> reporter: even that shelter wasn't immune to maria's strength. >> the roof was going to cave-in on us. so they moved us to the second floor hallways of the arena. >> hurricane maria has wiped out power to the entire island

, most have lost cell services as well. "eyewitness news" was able to contact one woman living in puerto rico hoist using a generator to power her cell phone. she said people there have been forced to rely on social media to keep informed. >> that is the only way that we are looking at what happened because here we don't have no service. >> reporter: u.s. officials pledged their support including president trump who tweeted we are with the people of puerto rico, stay safe. >> we bring the federal family to bear, under the national response framework. we will work in support of the governor and puerto rico. maria isn't done just yet, officials expect between 20 and 30 inches of rain there to fall in puerto rico through saturday. live from the sat center, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks for that update. well, from hurricane help say has washed away parts of the beach at the new jersey shore n avalon storm surge pushed high tide mark back

about a hundred yard beyond where the soft sand usually begin. in margate pumps worked around the clock. in ocean city near fifth street, waves exposed roxanne leftcliffs in the dunes. death toll has listen to 245, following mexico's earthquake on tuesday. >> we are told people are hopeful as they continue to pull survivors from the ruble. cbs news correspondent chris martinez, he is live in mexico city where crews have been searching all night, good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, yes , this is one of the sites where those search and rescue efforts have just not stopped. this used to be an office building, what you are looking at right now. all night they have been carefully, examining, searching that ruble looking for any survivors, and it is scenes like this playing out all across the region. a little girl ace live but still stuck under the ruble on what used to be her school in

mexico city. she has been wiggling her fingers in response to calls from rescuers, all day and night crews have been trying to reach her and any other students who may still ab live this rescuer telling a reporter that special cameras they are using indicate that there are at least two other children still inn side. dramatic video from earlier in the day shows two students being pulled to safety through cracks in the debris. the school crumbled on tuesday during the massive earthquake killing more than two dozen. mostly children, a few are still unaccounted for. here in mexico city nearly 40 buildings collapsed, officials say throughout the area more than 50 people have been rescued, alive from the ruble left behind. this woman was pulled through a hole in the ceiling, more than 24 hours after the quake hit, and this man was carried away on a stretcher after being trapped inside his building where the bottom two floors collapsed on to each

other like a pancake. mexican president enrique pena nieto says efforts are underway to help these left without homes but the priority almost two days after the quake remains saving lives. the search and rescue efforts, they have been ongoing, since tuesday, day and night, and they continue through the rain they will continue for, really sometime to come. there is some good news for people of mexico city and that is what we are told that the power here is now restored to nearly all of the 4 million people who lost it during the earthquake, jim and rahel, back to you. >> chris, thank you. well, back here in our area woman is critically injured after she's hit by a koran roosevelt boulevard, it happened around 9:30 near southampton road. police say victim in her 20's was struck in the north bound

inner lanes. we are told the driver did return to the scene. teachers strike is over in the methacton school district and classes will resume tomorrow after rosh hash shan a teachers union and methacton education association have both agreed to enter none in binding arbitration. teachers went on strike monday at odd with the district over medical premiums. teachers have been working without a contract since january. well, coming up north korea is focus of the international world's attention, still ahead find out hot president is meeting with at u.n. today. also ahead was it murder or misunderstanding? police officers shoot and killed a man they say was involving their directions but neighbors, they have a different story. we will hear from both side just ahead. a drastic drop in temperatures, we will tell you where it went from 90 degrees to snowing, yes, that is coming up just just ahead, stay with us. >> ♪

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well, talk about adriatic change in weather in oregon it went from being 90 to a winter wonder land almost overnight, mount hood got more than a foot of snow in the pennsylvania few days, great news for skiers, they are already taking advantage of the early snowfall but it could be short lived, the powder is expected to start melting as temperatures rise, this weekend. i feel like that is best of both worlds, you still get warm weather but a very brief change to experience the snow. >> that is called, cold. can you imagine people will be walk around with pneumonia. >> it is true. >> it is a myth. doctor oz told us that before. >> yes. >> i was off. we rested our brain power. >> yes. >> yeah, we definitely rested. that is for sure. it is nice to have a two day week but you had it for a better reason then i did. it is good to have the whole team back together regardless.

>> yes. >> we have extreme weather to talk about, tropics as well. we will start by talking about what is going on locally. at the moment not a lot on dry land but we have some wet weather, to be talk about here , off of the shoreline and that is, tropical storm jose which american anything is, churning up our surf here locally. you are a surfer, you have got , you like to take advantage of the off season, going to the beach, i want you to stay on dry land here today because again, at this point of the year life guard off-duty, even though you will have that beach to yourself, that could pose a danger. if you go in that water you will be dealing with the dangerous rip currents, pretty choppy surf and we want you to be smart about that. you have beautiful weather to energy if you want to sit the beach and just stay there. lets talk about maria. this is a potent storm system. still classified as a major hurricane, category three status right now. now with time this will make that right-hand turn as it

pertains the southeast most bohamas they will still be in the direct path of the storm to get some impact from it but back here locally at this point i don't think eastern seaboard will to have worry about at it in the u.s. potentially don't road this turns in to an issue for atlanta can national because is there no threat to the u.s. coastline. current temperatures as they stand le to mid 60's, we are in the lower 70's in wildwood as well as in philadelphia here. but we are right around the corner, very little relief from the beginning of the fall and, autumnal equinox takes place at 4:02 p.m. in the northern hemisphere tomorrow. it will be a warm beginning so the season here. look at sunday kick off, my goodness, 88 degrees. it might as well be july here, meisha. we're talking about tank tops and shirts for tailgaters here looking ahead to sunday. hottest day is still yet to come, monday we will flirt with 90 degrees, crazy. >> that is so crazy.

>> hey, that is crazy. tori and i remember out there helps continuing the tailgate, join us for cbs-3 and wip. more coming up in a little bit forty-two freeway northbound at creek road approaching 295, we are starting to heat up. you can see headlights on 42. we can expect that. i will say this is what 42 looks like in the 5:00 o'clock hour. so looking typical. construction i-95 north off ramp to bridge street, it looks like, yeah, crews are still out there head up for those heading out there 95 north the off ramp to bridge street. right lane still compromise budd that is moving out of the way. we also have this accident in bucks county so brian, thanks for waking up and sending us this information as well, in falls township, business route one at tyburn road one lane block here because of that accident. so it will not slow you down too much just make note. another accident involving injuries on the blue route before lima springfield right lane is compromised there, rahel and jim, back over to

you. meisha, thank you. now for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> times heralde norriton woman was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison on charges of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault. elizabeth floyd was found guilty of assaulting her neighbor alfred pain back in 2015. pain died from complications of a hip fracture he suffered during the assault. from the trentonian a student brings drugs to school and the principal didn't report it. franklin elementary principal nicole bethea stashed the substance in her office without informing the superintendent or police. she could potentially face administrative and criminal charges for how she allegedly responded to that incident. in the intelligencers noxamixon state park will remove 6600 arbitraries this fall as emerald ash gamer continues to invade the region beetle was first spotted in bucks and montgomery counties back in 2012. the dying trees can crack un

expectly and come crashing down. >> all that from a beetle. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware veil. up next pat has your morning sports. >> good morning, guys. >> we will get you inside the head of the eagles leaders on owe even if and defense as they prepare for sunday's home open with the giants but lets in the forget the phillies, still rocking, could they remain hot against the best team in baseball? let's just say the bank is feeling good again,

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welcome back, we're glad you are with us. >> pat has sports and we are excited about the eagles home opener this weekend. >> real football back in

philadelphia. so you are saying is there a chance jim carry's famous word take on a new meaning when it comes to the eagles offensive line, stick with me. on sunday taking on the giants in the home opener they hope that this new face gives them a chance to protect carson wentz. bird are benching second year guard isaac in favor of the chance warmack. war mack a former tenth overall pick in 2013 will take his place, begins the giants, a team that the bird have beaten, three straight times at the link, and this giants team is a mess right now having scored, just 13 points in two games. the bird are excited about game one at home. >> it is great playing at the link. these fans are unbelievable. just running out of that tunnel we necessity how electric this place can be and it will be in fully affect with the division nal rival coming down here from new york >> i know the fans can't wait. we have been on the road the last two weeks. i know they are itching. they probably wish today was sunday. we have a couple more days to

prepare for this game. the fans will be loud. they make it hard for their offense out on the field and i'm excited about it. >> eagles defensive end brandon graham cut ribbon to kick off the help bag hunger campaign yesterday at shop rite honor gone avenue, september is national hunger action month, graham hung out to help bag groceries and raise awareness of the issue of world hunger, donations went to fill the shelves at local community foot banks. the voting is over, we have a winner, our friday football frenzy game of the week is the hill school at episcopal academy, the teams met in last years pi double a basketball playoffs, friday night, maybe on the grid iron at episcopal. thanks for voting everyone. we will have another slate of games coming at you next week. with all of the, attention giving to the eagles home opener, the other team right now is flying under the radar and doing pretty well. we are talking about the phillies who won seven of nine and stand two games over 500

since all-star break a begins the dodgers aaron altherr did more damage after a home run in the seventh, he hit a bases loaded double, in right. two runs score. phillies up seven-five in the eighth. hector in the ninth to close it with a little help from odubel herrera in center field , a great leaping catch at the angle, phillies win seven-five. dodgers have the best record in baseball but phillies will go for a four game sweep this afternoon at 1:05 start. flyers and islanders in allentown with the other half in new york. second period that is taylor lear with his second power play goal of the game, the two -one flyers n overtime shayne gostisbehere from no land patrick, flyers win three-two. other half of the team lost their game in new york three- two in regulation. that minor procedure last march to repair joel embiid's

meniscus tear is turning into a major concern. we have learned that embiid still has in the yet been cleared to take part in five on five scrimmages just yet, the team taking a super conservative approach but training camp starts next week you have to trust the process, guys. i'm down we will trust it. what happens when you have way too much time on your hand you return to hit two golf shots. they are at it again,. >> wow. >> nice, right. >> yeah. >> sound good, right. >> what do you think there. >> that is cool. >> it is cool and it would be fun to do something like that but how much time does that take to figure out that you can make that noise and hit the shot. you just can't go out there and do that. >> do you not normally that is not how you normally do it. >> okay. >> i'm a really good golfer.

>> okay. >> can do you that, jim. >> no. >> i'm completely honest. >> i have seen you miniature golf before. >> miniature golf i'm very dangerous. >> thanks, patrick. coming up next half an hour of "eyewitness news" apparently america's breakfast tastes are changing and it is impacting wall street. we will have a live report. hurricane marie ace gaining strength the look at damage in san juan we will have an update on the path just ahead. we will tell but a homework assignment that has one teach's pol guying and some parents, very upset, um-hmm, katie? well, we are looking ahead already to the autopsy coming weekend, big game with the eagles at home and right now it is looking like a summer- like sunny upcoming weekend with highs in the upper 80's, and your eagles kick off temperature, 8 degrees, so, might be time to do a little two day shipping for a pair of eagles brand shorts, something like that? we will be right back with the rest of the

good morning, i'm rahel solomon. i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be here in a moment. here's what you need to know on this thursday, september 21st. >> hca