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language you speak that is sound of sheer jubilation after eagles win with a epic kick. it was a win for the ages and history books. good evening, everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer in for ukee washington. we have team coverage of the historic last second field goal that beat the giants, and henry rossoff will give you an idea how difficult wait toss make that kick. >> but first sports director don bell, he is here with more on the big finish. >> you cannot see that enough. >> so good keep playing it, calls are great. we are having a good day to day in philadelphia at first you don't succeed, try, try again. eagles win with a lesson in perseverance. jake elliott got cut from the bengals and then, miss aid long kick yesterday. even after those setbacks he booted his name into nfl history. bird and giants at the link, third quarter elliott from 52- yard out, wide left. and then could have used that one. he set up for final second of the game, begged for second
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chance and he got it. delivery from 61-yard out, his longest kick in eagles history bird win by three, and that is the life of a kicker. >> you know, one of those love /hate relationships a little bit with kickers. you know, it is great when things work and it is not so great when it doesn't. i looked at him in the eyes and asked him, if you can nail it. he without a blink, he said i got it. and, i just felt comfortable, i'm confident, comfortable. >> coach, i got it. >> well played. eagles are now two-one. they are riding high after that big win but they are also bumming about a big loss, why one of the teams leaders is done, for the season. that is coming up, guys, later in sports. >> all right. >> something good and something about a. >> see new a bit, don thanks very much. you could say it was a kick seen around the city, a moment that brought philadelphia to its feet. "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossoff is live at philadelphia city hall where fans are still sharing their
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excitement, henry. >> reporter: jessica, let me show you, i was showing you at 5:00 this is unofficial green eagles stretch of yarn. 61-yard exactly. i used it to put this, huge kick in, to perspective. we put down a cone in the eagles parking lot and cut this yarn to 61-yard or 183 feet, exactly. we wanted to put things in perspective and see how many cars jake elliott field goal could have cleared. >> that is 10 parking spot. >> he will yacht was drafted and then cut and added to cincinnati's practice squad. that is where eagles found him and signed him after an injury twenty -- 24 spots in the lincoln financial field parking lot. >> inside, the pro shop we also wanted to know if elliott 's zero to hero story was driving jersey or perhaps t-shirt sales. >> i was crying, it was awesome. it was everything i dreamed of >> reporter: these two life long fans in from california
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for their first game ever were buying plenty of items but just no elliott gear yet. in fact pro shop manager says he hasn't been asked to print an elliott jersey all day which you can do for a cool $125. we check with modells nearby and they are not getting requests either. so for now it seems like eagles fans are more excited about what could be a signature win for the franchise, less so about one player who made good. >> it was one of the best moments of my life i have to say, definitely beside being married and having my kid, top three, yeah. >> reporter: you're taking a live lot at splash fountain in city hall. perfect way to give you perspective on the 61-yard field goal. it is just 2 feet longer. i'm almost 61-yard away from the cameras and absolutely stunning how far, that kick was. live from philadelphia, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> fun to watch, thanks very much. relive yesterday's magical finish and other key moments from the bird big win, over
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the giants. go to cbs philly.com/sports. philadelphia police are investigating vaned list many in a local neighborhood that threatened president trump. violent message was spray painted on a wall on the 100 block of mallry street in manayunk. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh talked to neighbors and police about the disturbing discovery. >> in my opinion you should not be writing kill trump. >> reporter: aidan carroll is responding to this ain't trump graffiti tagged near his home on the 100 block of mallry street in manayunk. >> i don't support trump but he is our president so do i find it a little offensive. >> reporter: home land security unit of the philadelphia police department is now investigating the writing and the captain says that the secret service may get involved. >> we take that kind of thing seriously anytime public figure is directly threaten. you presume it is credible until you have learned otherwise. >> reporter: just yard away is there more graffiti, this is sim bomb often used to represent anarchy a society without government.
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another neighbor jim royden says thinks popping up more frequently in the neighborhood while he does not support violent message against the president he supports the write to write it. >> it is america. we have both side. that is how it goes. >> reporter: to promote unity he hopes city will give him permission to paint a mural over the graffiti. >> i'm an artist but someone expression and how they feel. >> reporter: in manayunk, anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". suspect caught on video punching a disable man in the face in best chester has pleaded guilty in his assault case. barry baker told a judge he was guilty of assaulting michael ryan and then fleeing the area to avoid capture. he pleaded guilty just before his trial, it is set to begin. ryan told "eyewitness news" outside he is getting on with his life. >> not unless you want to move on. i was appalled. thank god he wasn't terribly hurt. >> sentencing for baker is expected later this fall. he faces between two to four years in prison.
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philadelphia police need help finding a man wanted for robbing a chinese restaurant in tacony. watch this surveillance video as a man jumped in the take out window of the great wall chinese restaurant on the 6700 block of torresdale avenue. this happened earlier this month, he pulled out a gun and demanded money from the register before getting a way. a $1,000 reward is now offered for information on the whereabouts of this man, 30 year-old gregory feldman. he is wanted in the friday shooting of 48 year-old, amy herman inside of her limerick home. she's mother of feldman's ex- girl friend. feldman was last seen driving a 2016 mazda six sedan, it is pennsylvania tags kfc-4605. well, widow of the pennsylvania state trooper has sued the parents of the man convicted in her late husband 's killing. tiffany dick sonnies widow of corporal brian dick son and she filed a wrongful death lawsuit against eugene and deborah green.
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dickson maintains frein's psychologically manipulated their son eric frein in developing a dislike for police and act wrong that dislike. eric find was leaving with his parents in the poconos when he shot corporal ding hinge son to death. frein was ultimately caught after a 48 day manhunt, and has been sentenced to death. three wilmington fire fighters were remembered today , during a ceremony, at wilmington fire station number four. that is ceremony, marks one year since captain christopher leach, lieutenant jerry fixes, and junior, and lieutenant art is hope were killed in the house fire. ceremony included the presentation of the three bronze plaques, honoring the late fire fighters, which will be permanently installed in the fire station for each was assigned. we now know the identity of the the pilot who crashed a small plane into a house in whitpain township montgomery county on sunday evening. the whitpain police department says that 29 year-old philip
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david beckare in junior from marred land was visiting friend in that area he landed his plane. as he took off from the airport that evening he crashed about a mile away. he is recovering from his injuries at a nearby hospital, and the faa and ntsb continue continue on investigate, what caused the crash. and if you are driving around center city tonight you'll want to avoid westbound side of the schuylkill because of overnight road work. traffic is expect to be backed up when workers shut down the highway at 30th street interchange. construction starts at 9:00 tonight and should wrap up just in time for the morning rush. the overnight work continues, every night, this week, through, thursday. and abandoned for years, old cemetery gets a much needed cleaning. >> it is easily something that could have been here. >> unlikely group helping to revitalize, a century's old area. facebook founder mark zuckerberg decide which philly
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cheese steaks he liked the best. find out what he ordered during his surprise stop in town. lauren? it doesn't feel like fall but it looks like fall here at linvilla orchard and i will share everything i learned about pumpkins, squash, gored, oh, my, including the pumpkin that make for the most delicious type of pie, coming up. sounds delicious. i will tell you when fall weather will arrive tour trip to the pumpkin patch and we will have the latest on maria whether we will feel any impacts from this storm, we will be right back.
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make a difference in one south jersey town, sprucing up a piece of history that has been forgotten. kyw news recorder, justin udo has more on how they got picked for the job. >> reporter: two-year old bill blade was riding down creek road in swede bureau, new jersey when something odd on the side of the road caught his eye. >> i noticed a, a tomb stone, sticking up here out through ought of the we had. >> reporter: sergeant blake found out that the tomb was one of the two dones and location was ebonieser cemetery a grave side from the 1830's to 1880's that has been forgotten. >> well over grown a loft trash and stuff in here. our officers came in, with our work crew, and for the inmates they came out, and they started cutting things down. >> reporter: nick, is currently serving time at salem county jail. he never thought landscaping a graveyard could be such a rewarding job. >> it was pretty, kind of left
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alone, over grown, we came out here a couple times now, we cleared it out, discovered, a grave plots. kiehl piece of history. >> reporter: nick serving time for dui says this may be hard work but gives him time to reflect. >> trying to think what was going on in the world at the time. you know, really makes you think. it is nice. easily something that could have days period in history. >> reporter: inmates say by helping to transform this lot it is helping them to transform their lives. >> it makes you feel like you can make change, you can, you know, do things differently. you get another chance. and, doing stuff like this, you feel like everything is not about yourself, you can get out there and helping other people and do things for your community. >> reporter: sergeant say neighbors are stopping by the site to pay respect and their appreciation for their newly excavated graveyard and he is continuing to dig in the history of the site. justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, may feel like summer but calendar says it is, in
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fact, fall and october is just around the corner. >> meteorologist lauren casey hopped in the mobile weather watcher in search of fall fun and she found it at linvilla orchard in media delaware county, lauren? >> reporter: thanks, so much guys, a lot of fun and i learned a lot, too i had no idea there, was so much involved, in pumpkin, gored, squash, science. here's what you have learned, this is a squash. it is, edible. this is, however, is a gored, it is not inedible but yet quite decorative for your halloween, you know, parties and things of this nature. thinks a traditional orange pumpkin, okay, we know that. but now it is more bread for looks, and it doesn't necessarily make for the best delicious pies, but norman schultz, farm manager at linvilla orchard and resident pumpkin expert shared with us type of pumpkin that is most delicious and was actually created here in philadelphia. >> this is winter luxury.
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it has its outside netting which makes it, not as attractive as decorative pumpkin but if you make a pie, this is it, it was developed in philadelphia in, 1893. it will be the most creamy pumpkin that you will ever make if you take this home and cook witt. >> reporter: very different varieties of pumpkins are sold here at linvilla and they have cool names, obviously this little guy here, he is pokemon and, of course, we have winter luxury and that name, sounds so fantastic. the pie sounds so delicious, ladies that i'm almost, almost , inspired, to maybe bake but i think i'm going to have to do a lot of research before that happens. just stop at the bakery. >> yes. >> winter luxury. >> i would be too. >> yes, i may just buy it, honestly. >> thanks, very much, lauren. >> tell lauren to bring us a winter luxury pie. >> she doesn't to have bake it just stop at the bakery.
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>> yes, that is good times. well, beautiful day out there lauren, sitting on her hey thrown. and, it is a little hot to be out with pull wins but by week even, friday, saturday, sunday wherever one and their grandmother will be there, the weather won't be at least stifling because we have change on the way. lets look outside, we will take you to ocean city where it is looking ominous. we have cloud down the shore, dark cloud, fog, you can see sun, kind of in the background there but right along the coast cloud are hanging on keeping it a lot cooler down the shore then in the city but it is dry for now. we will start to see cloud continue to increase and maria continues to work her way up the coast. take a lot satellite imagery and back to the track a storm sitting and spinning, still category one hurricane mostly off shore just south ande of the outer banks. some of these cloud will impact the shore points as we go through the next couple of days as maria continues that
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northward progression. right now still category one with wind of 80 miles an hour moving due north at 7 miles an hour and see for a minute here it is look scary as that storm continues to push north, but then, look at this sharp right turn. it weakens to a tropical storm and just about when it approaches kitty hawk we will see it take that sharp right turn and then head tout sea. once do its that it will be pick up by afront and taken out to sea very quickly sparing our area war impact from marie a there will be coastal impacts but not, a whole lot expected, maybe a stray sprinkle or some cloud inland. eighty-six right now in philadelphia. temperatures dropping off from the high of 91 today. ninety-one just slightly shy off the record. here's that front that will bring change. slicing in the heat across the midwest and that cooler air, is going to progress day by day across the country getting here by friday. so again today's high 91 degrees. record was 92 setback in 1970.
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normal just 75. 16 degrees above average. dew points close that normal high, 68 degrees dew point right now puts us in the steamy range, and little bit over next few days those dew points will drop by thursday. here comes maria up the coast. you can see cloud associated with that system may impact us but here comes a front. watch what happens. front sweeps in, push peace rhea out to sea quickly. close call but most of our area spared, any significant impact, and for marie, dew points drop, cooler air moves in by thursday and friday and weekend looks fantastic. we have that front to thank for more than just bringing us , cooler weather. it is also to thank for pushing maria out of our area to some rough surf and rip currents down the shore and threat for beach erosion but inland not expecting any impact, thursday, much less humid, still warm, and friday, looks gorgeous, and then we can end, we may struggle to hit 70, on saturday which will be a refreshing change for what it is right now out there
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>> kate, thank you. >> don's back with more sports >> guess what we're talking about. >> guess what. >> you don't say? jake elliott's game winner in spanish. you're welcome. plus joe joe was at the link, partying with the fans and now at sixers training camp but what the big man is saying about his game, sports up next. ♪ having a baby. caring for your parents. learning you have a condition. these are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. and they look to us.
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oand freedoms that we have and we enjoy today.s ready. aim. fire. and it's important for us to let them know that we will never forget their service. fire. it was steve's idea to have this cemetery. this was supplied to the veterans, giving us a final resting place. we owe everything to steve for what he gave us here. i wanted to make sure that we just didn't say thank you to veterans, we had tangible things to show, and i think we've accomplished that. [ "taps" playing ]
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nfl standard darren sproles is small, tine any fact but his impact on the field is huge, and he will be missed. the 34 year-old running back tore his acl and broke his forearm on the same exact play , in yesterday's win over the giants. he is done for the season. losing sproles means losing a dynamic punt return are and mismatch out of the backfield. doug pederson was asked if he will to have alter his play
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book without him. >> i think what you saw with w endell yesterday, some things with corry, you know, it will have to be that next man mentality but i think wendell on third down specifically, corry as well, will have to step up and, you know assume that role. >> we will have more on the eagles owe even if as we can rolls on. as for game, yesterday's win over the giants is now an instant classic. at 5:00 we have played radio wall from wip. now take a listen to ricky ricardo on the eagles spanish network. >> speaking spanish. isn't that great. all right. remember kim kardashian, old b oo, chris hum freeze, he is now a member of the sixers. team signed him with okafor,
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they have now 20 players in training camp. sixers media day to day in camden. all eyes are on number one pick markelle fultz and ben simmons. simmons is hundred percent healthy. as for embiid he has not been cleared just yet but when he returns, he expects better player. >> i think i have gotten so much bet they are off season, you know, i have my game all the way around, you know, i see what everybody say on twit ter, it doesn't bother me. it just makes me better. >> trust the process. >> yes, what we all say. >> that is right. >> all right, "cbs evening news" is just minutes away. >> anthony mason joins with us a look ahead. >> hi jessica and nicole. tonight pro athletes butt head with the president, after he blasts national anthem protesters. >> plus millions in puerto rico wait for federal relief, and what are the risks of the equifax breach, we will show
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solving a major problem in the city and saving their even lives at the same time all tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 mark zuckerberg made a surprise stop in philadelphia so what did dough here? he got a cheese stake. not cheese cake. just cheese stake. >> facebook found are posted this picture at window of pat 's king of steaks in south philadelphia. zuckerberg said he traveled all the way to philadelphia for the best cheese stake in the country and if you are wondering what the billion air bought, employees tell "eyewitness news" he ordered six steaks, with witt. >> he was over the moon. he loved it. he was so excited, best one he has had so far, 100 percent, hands down he said. >> we are told zuckerberg and friends were in philly trying all of the best cheese stake spots and when finished he returned to shake hand with the staff. >> um-hmm. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister tation cw philly and we are back here at 11:00. coming up next, "cbs evening news".
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here now is anthony mason. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: lebron calls a foul. >> the people run this country, not one individual. and damn sure not him. >> mason: the president draws fire for calling national anthem protesters s.o.p .m.s. -- s.o.b.s. >> it's always appropriate for the president of the united states to defend our flag. >> mason: also tonight, north korea accuses mr. trump of declaring war, and our new poll finds most mention fear he might start one. no escaping the devastation in puerto rico. hundreds are stranded at the airport. >> i also have your social security number and your driver's license. >> mason: high-tech hold-ups, and the little rock nine.
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