>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. the ball is spotted. the kick is city way. and the kick is -- he scores! and the eagles win. >> yes, they did. the kick went 61 yards, the kicker will go down in history and this morning, we are hearing from the eagles rookie >> the game itself nearly overshadowed by controversy over anthem protests. we'll hear from eagles players about the riffs between the president and the nfl. >> also, a mystery billionaire ordering a cheese steak at pat 's, we'll tell how it is behind that blur there, and what exactly he ordered. >> today is monday september 25th, good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan.

>> oh, early this morning, jim , and good morning, i'm rahel solomon. katie keeping an eye on things >> how are you doing, katie? katie's favorite outfit. >> oh, don't you love that outfit? >> if there was an occasion for to you wear this, it would be today. >> stay away from an open flame because i don't know what material -- i don't even know what this is like. >> i don't know what it is! >> flame resistant? >> (laughing). >> so excited, everyone will be so connect side. i don't think i even need to drink cough knee this town or pay for coffee in in this town for a long time. looking outside, just tack being a lot of construction, one minor accident. as i recall, patrick gallen has promised the world beer for life? if that kick was made? and, yes, um, there is internet evidence of that, patrick, i saw it. >> so weather wise, things are looking pretty good.

he's going regret that forever well, weaver nice clear sky out there, looks absolutely beautiful. there are some storms, seeing little fog, primarily up to the mountains finds that. but humidity starts to ramp up for us in the days ahead. also have to keep an eye waist going on with maria. still hurricane by the way. that's going to have at least a indirect impact on our area, which we will definitely talk more about as the morning progresses, but yes. there is a loop here. would you never know it if it weren't for the time stamp going by, so nice clear start to the morning for most of us, and warm, you're at 70 degrees right now in the city. even in the mountains, flirting with 70 right now. cool spot of the pack is at the shore. now, another hot one across the board here. for the standards every late september. i expect we will hit 09 degrees, sunny, warm, in the mountains, up to 84 degrees, the records to beat, 92, so not going to quite get there. but it certainly will still feel like the dog days of summer again. meisha? >> katie, so warm at the tailgate yesterday. everyone one having absolute

blast. good morning, and very happy monday morning, so looking outside at some overnight resurfaced. talking about the overnight resurfaced. we were talking about it again today. seeing some bumper to bumper conditions eastbound between henderson road and the blue route. but good news, overnight resurfaced, that's now since been cleared on both the eastbound and westbound sides. actually looking good. in camera shot near henderson road, so that's looking real nice. then disable vehicle here, looks like just moving it out of the way. fifty-nine south at girard. so we are just going to skip over that. also looking at an accident, in urge new jersey turnpike southbound inner roadways past the pa turnpike all clear. big thumbs-up there, as well, construction, a lot of it, talking more about this coming up in the next ten minute or so. jim, rahel, back to you. >> eagles fans are flying high this morning. >> yes, we sure are. our pat gallen here to tell us all about new team record and big nfc east win. hello, pat. >> hello. some things you can't explain, like jim's suit. but also, a game winning kick. it wasn't quite one of the miracles at the meadowlands,

but eagles-giant game at the linc sunday had little bit of everything. that included a blown 14-point lead, amazing catches and an improbable finish. let's relive the fun. no score in the, blount bullies his way in for 1 yard score. last week no carries. yesterday, 12 for 67 yards. birds up seven-nothing, third quarter, carson wentz with a zach ertz 3-yard score. up 14 going into the fourth quarter. not so fast, my friends, after two amazing touchdowns bio del beckham, jr., that's sterling shepherd on the slant, he goes 77 yards, for the house. and the g men are up 21-14, we jump on the see-saw, the birds come back. glassboro native cory clemente scores his first nfl touchdown for 15 yards out. tied at 21. tied at 24 now. final second of the game, jake elliot, the 61-yard walk-off field goal. jake elliot, baby, he is our

baby, the longest field goal in eagles history. and it gives the birds a massive victory. twenty-seven to 24. >> sounded like a cannon off his foot. great snap, great hold, protection was there. ya, awesome. awesome, awesome. >> given that situation, i kind of just ran up to the coach at the end, just kinds of prayed, asked for chance, i don't know, i just know the ball was in the air for real long time, real close to that upright. >> and the daily news comes through with headlines, today's front page reads it he is' good. what's good replaces great. they also say who knew a miracle could travel 61 yards? great shot of elliot and the eagles hold their donnie jones right there in action. coming up in about 15 minute, we'll show you the reaction jake elliot's parent had, it is a tissue -- yes it, will choke you up. >> it choke me up. >> well the eagles win is

taking away the spotlight from the story that dominated the league all weekend long. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at the linc with more on the response the president trump's criticism, pro athlete who kneeled during the national anthem. good morning. trang? >> reporter: good morning, more than 200nfl players participate in the some kind of demonstration during the national anthem, including the eagles here at the linc. eagles players and staff fighting back sunday, arms locked in protest of president trump's criticism of nfl players who demonstrate during the national anthem. >> wouldn't outlove see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag? and say get that son of a ( beep) off the field right now out, he's fired. >> many felt the president was referring to former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick, the first nnl player to take a knee to protest the brutality and killings of the police. president's comments on friday sparking a wave of activism that swept the nfl on sunday.

entire teams chose not to be on the field during the anthem coaches and even some owners joined players on the side lines in protest. >> so for him to be down there , showing their support, in their own ways, is important. >> it is not just one thing. and guys just trying to get active in their communities, and it is a shame that you're supposed to get fired for doing that. >> you're loser. >> outside the linc some tense moments between eagles fans and blessed -- black lives matters demonstrators protesting. >> i think it is important that we all have to stand up or take knee in this case to show that it is democratic to protest. >> still some fans questioned the timing and effectiveness of these displays. >> not doing the national anthem for the president, you're doing it for the entire country. >> it is taking away if the game. it is all about football right now. >> and president trump responded to these

demonstrations on twitter saying that standing with locked arms is good, but kneeling is not acceptable. when questioned by reporters, he denied his comments were racially motivated. but for now, live outside lincoln financial field, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you >> all right, trang, thank you in other news, neighbors in montgomery county community returned to help a pilot after he crashed his small plane into a home in whitpain township. the chaotic scene unfolded yesterday afternoon on meade road. eyewitnesses say the plane hit several trees before strike the home. one person was inside that house, at the time, but was not hurt. pieces of the aircraft, well, they were strewn all over several lawns. >> i was out back, and i heard a plane clearly sounded like it was in distress, and i look up, it was flying way too close to our house. and then next thing i know, i hear the crash, ran out front, and saw a bunch of debris. >> now the pilot was taken to area hospital. no update on his condition at

this point. one neighbor recounted the moment he found the pilot unresponsive in a bush. >> next to the guy. kind of holding him. and there was no pulse. he reaches to find a pulse, then realize there was a seatbelt around the guy's neck that will was the problem right there. we were able to cut that off. and by then police and fire showed up. >> now, authorities say the crash happened about a mile from the end of the intended runway at wings field airport. the cause of the crash is under investigation. new this morning, the hunt for suspect after a 17 year old boy is shot in the chest during a home invasion in chester county. happened 700 block of worth boulevard in pottstown around 11:00 last night. two men and woman broke into the apartment, opened fire, and then took off. police k9 cracked the scent to nearby parking lot, where police believe a get-away car was park. we're told the victim in extremely critical condition. >> police also on the hunt for two men they say broke into a west philadelphia home, and then opened fire on woman and her dog.

this happened on the 5100 block of duke street last night. the victim told police two men wearing scarfs over their faces kicked in her back door and fired a shot at her dogs: the woman and the dog were not hurt. suspects got away with a cell phone. >> learning more this morning about police involved shooting in philadelphia. authorities say an officer opened fire after being targeted by a lazer from a gun the shoot-out happened saturday night, near 13th and york streets, in north philadelphia. officers say they were interviewing the victim of cell phone theft, when two men approached, one officer saw a red lazer dot on his shirt. suddenly shots rang out. the officers dropped the to the grounds, one fired back, no officers were hurt, the shooters got away. >> well, president trump has revised his travel ban. details for you still ahead. >> also ahead, take a lack at this, this is actually not a tornado. we'll tell you where a dust definitely was captured on camera. >> finds out where this wintery scene is playing out, the snow there is creating a headache for drivers, but here at home, seeing temperatures near the 90s today.

we will be right back.

>> thousands came together for the annual port rick puerto rican day parade. >> latin music echoed down the ben franklin parkway yesterday

many there showing their support for loved ones, the to puerto rico after the had your wayne slammed the islands. they held their fans and signs high in the air two to lift each other areas spirits. >> like all my love is for the ones in puerto rico. we're united when them in our heart. >> hurricane maria left the entire island without power, more than 3 million people there have almost no communication with the outside world. many families at home and abroad worried about not hearing from their families. >> and take a look at this video there is may look like a tornado, but it is actually a dust settled. spinning on the side of the road, in arizona. >> according to locals there, dust devils are common occur fence that area, but this one was particularly large. get a load of that. wow. interesting. it may be fall now, looks a lot like went nerve parts of utah. this is what folks in park city woke to up yesterday. fresh layer of snow fell on the ski town just outside of

saltalamacchia lake city. officials say the early snowfall could make for tricky conditions on roads out there. >> i used to work in denver, colorado, used to be field reporter in the morning, i used to remember in september it would be snow, first major snowfall, so i have no complaints, actually, do have complaints about this weather but i won't because i know could be a lot worse. >> it could be a lot worse, yes. interesting, we always think of the wintertime as the time to see snowfall. but that's the case here, actually, you know, seeing snow in september in denver, for example, is completely normal. actually when they typically finds you're right, typically finds their big snowfalls in the transitional seasons. what we consider to be transitional seasons. now, let's talk about the heat because, you know, we're not really feel like we're trains eggs g into fall at all. walking out the door, very warm start to the day. that will sun is going to bake us again. all the way up to 09 degrees. i personally lincoln financial field this. i know it is not everyone's cup of tea, and keep in mind, if you don't have the benefit of air-conditioning, you got to keep in mind, all of the

typical tips we talk about where we're dealing with ex eggs i have heat. so this isn't the kinds of heat that we've never dealt with before obviously, but it is the kind of heat that can become very uncomfortable. so please be careful about that. in the meantime, we are going to flirt with a record today all the way up to 92 back in 1970, but going to just come close here today. nice clear skies out there. say for kim of low-lying clouds out there. fog, just couple of my neighborhood network cameras like up in the poconos, for example, so watch out for that nice wide zoom though to show you marie arc still category one hurricane. the expectation is that this may just barely clip north carolina make very hard right-hand turn out to sea because this trough back here will shove it away. so it is doing us a solid, that trough, will certainly drop the temperature values then in the days ahead. but for now it is just still hot. up to 90 degrees, later tonight, dipping back down to under clear skies, mild night,

moving forward, you're going to find mid 80s continuing right through thursday, with the trough comes in mid week, it will knock the temperatures back, so i step out of the way , the reveal of fall-like conditions for a change, but also might see sprinkle today, tomorrow, maria close by, worth a mention, too, meisha, anybody headed to the shore has to watch out for continued rough surf and rip current from the storm. >> most definitely. and katie, i got to say, do you know who else is bringing the heat this morning for us? >> don't say jim donovan. >> i will say, i'm loving that jim, one more time. one more time. just walk through. katie, common. you've got to love it. so cute. >> love is a very strong term. >> any shot, but that for sure your welcome. we're so excited about that eagles win yesterday. that's why sim is wearing that darling suit, although kate i would not agree. >> not the worse. >> he would use any word other than a negative one for that.

good morning, everyone, we are happy, looking outside, blue route mid-county pushing in the southbound direction looking good. fifty-nine south at cottman, another one that heats up fairly quickly pushing toward center city. also looking good, just starting to change, getting little busier. forty-two freeway at creek road, take this toward 29a you can see, lot of headlight out there already. so we are heating up little early. a lot of people probably celebrating after the game's win yesterday, but doesn't even matter. already seeing plenty of vehicles on the roadways. then we were looking at some other, an accident now since cleared, construction pa turnpike westbound, past bensalem two. right lanes blocked. that's still out there. this is an area that will start to slow you down little bit. same story with the northeast extension southbound before quakertown, right lane is compromised, a lot more to talk about coming back in the next ten minutes or so. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> in the trentonian, trenton police looking for help in

identifying the vehicle that was involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident last sunday night. the crash occurred on chambers street, next to mcdonald's and kills a pedestrian identified as 61 year old rodney taylor. the vehicle is believed to be a black gmc arcadia with damage to the hood. >> the process of row districting kicking into high gear in the council rock school district. officials inviting par don't sever on committee that will hold eight, non-public meetings over the next three months, ' they re draw boundery lines. >> in the mercury pottstown school superintendent is promoting biking to schools by biking at schools. schools chief steven rodriguez is walking the walk or in this case peddling the pedal to emphasize the town's walkable and bike. >> and that's some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. and up next, pat is here with your morning sports. good morning, pat. >> good morning, guys, still celebrating the amazing, rid lick us, game winning kick by jake elliot yesterday.

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. with jim donovan. rahel solomon. katie fehlinger. pat gallen. and meisha johnson.

>> welcome back. we're glad you're with us. >> doing more costume charges than cher at concert this morning. one thing that makes monday little easier to celebrate, the eagles win. pat's here with more on jake elliot's record setting kick. >> that's right. eagles fans likely won't forget the final second of yesterday's eagles game, any time soon. but i know a couple who definitely will never forget it. jake elliot's mom and dad. >> (cheers). >> the kick had it all. team record 61 yards. the final second of the game. and it gave the eagles a thrilling win over the giants, emotional moment, for the mom and dad every jake elliot. i won't lie. i got a little choke up. i'm emotional mess. what can i say? yes, look at that face. jake's parent weren't the only ones celebrating the kick and the win after the game. lesley van arsdall in the lockerroom where the talk of course is all about the rookie

>> 61 yards is a long kick, man, really, really long kick. fourteen years of playing football, probably one of the greatest wins if not the greatest, you know, ultimate team victory that i have ' been around. >> everyone is talking about this, this was the greatest game ever seen, this lockerroom, what do you have to say about that? >> i'm super excited. obviously all of the little things that go into it, donnie , running, do heck of a job for me, even getting down in the fields position, to attempted that kick is unbelievable. so super thankful, glad it went through. >> definitely the biggest star in the lockerroom. we believed in him. once he had a chance to get that foot un him. you guys should be really interviewing him. he is the real hero today. >> also the first nfl touchdown for glassboro native cory clemente. >> i feel awesome, especially in front of the home crowd. and first regular season home game touchdown. so still dreaming kind of. kind of weirds. when i wake up tomorrow i got to hit the reset button and look for another one. >> and keep in mind, it is not

just about the eagles wild win they handed the giant a division lost that lands them at zero and three, in dead last, in the nfrc east. reporting from lincoln financial field, lesley van arsdall, eyewitness sports. >> how about baseball? phillies wrapping up their season this week at home, they face the nationals tonight. they avoided being swept by the braves yesterday in atlanta, with a two-nothing win, it was the final road game of the season. a lot of excitement in oklahoma sit last night. hundreds of basketball fans turning out to welcome the newest member of the oklahoma city thunder, carmello anthony thirty-three year old is expected to take a physical tomorrow and get started on practice tomorrow afternoon. so that's a big trade in the n ba. but common, talking all about eagles this morning, everyone is freaking out. my twitter blowing up. good morning. >> i like your jake list. >> you should go on his twitter and see. >> jake elliot at the top. good list. >> then jake from statefarm also on there.

>> oh. >> thank you, pat. welcoming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," where philadelphia international airport ranks on the new list. >> also, we will tell you the big retailer holding nationwide job fair for holiday help. plus this. >> football gets political. i'm hena doba with more on nfl teams defining president trump by kneeling or locking arms during the national anthem. >> then it is sentencing day for disgraced former congressman, anthony weiner. we will tell you how much time he will spend behind bars when we come

>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news ". >> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just an employment. first what you need to start your day in the morning minute today is monday, september 25th. >> and he scores! and the eagles win. >> one second, 61 yards, and it went crazy. >> eagles! >> a stunning victory. the eagles win the home opener in dramatic fashion. >> ♪ >> ♪