sghv a poplar street in middle of quiet chester country town is marred by crime this morning. police investigate a shooting steps away from historic landmark. >> breaking right now new video into the news room as firefighters battle a railin railinging fire in south jersey. >> president trump surprise praising relief efforts she scarce and disorganized. details comp up. >> friday, september 29. i'm squim jim. >> and keeping an eye on things this morning. starting to feel like september 29. has not felt like september lately. >> right away perfect day for

national coffee day to get extra hot latte coffee. >> you're bouncing off the walls. >> since 1 a.m. >>? we're looking outside now. things are actually looking good. construction early friday morning. >> i think part of reason we're all so happy it's in fact friday we made it. it's still looking like nice weather outside. heck of a lot cooler, yesterday was already not as hot. even cooler than that here today. we started off in 70s yesterday and deposit veer far from the values throughout the entire day. and today, the big difference is that the cooler has now caught up to us and temperature had had a chance to drop through the overnight. you dropped down to auto 50s and some cases 40s. we'll get to that. for now storm scan -- except for this time stamp rolling through here. ground clutter at the radar site. we don't have wet weather in

the forecast for now. later tonight, different stor story. we'll get to it. 56 current temperature at the airport and 57 wildwood. that's best you could help for in this slew of operations. starting to encroach on our romingon here indicating cal caller air settling in. now again you're just back to what is average for late smen sment. a nice, sunny, crisp day. wind eased up. seasonably cool high, daytime high 71. late tonight reinforcing cool air will come along. that's where a shower comes into play. late tonight. even evening looks fine. notice you want to walk out the door in layers today. at beast, 55 come a.m. meisha and we'll get back to comfortable low 70s this afternoon. >> katie when do you think the rain may come. >> unless out up sooer late partying i think evening is fine. >> it will be good. i go to bed 9 p.m. on a friday. >> we're looking outside now. overnight construction here.

we have to schuylkill westbound 0 street close toed and one lane onened and all cleared. construction crews moving out i of way now and opening it up and looking great there. resurfacing on the schuylkill. east and westbound between the blue route and 202. one lane blocked in each direction. hard to see on this fuzzy camera shot. you may need to help me out. moving to bucks county 95 south crews out there as well route 3 and route 1 and right lane is compromised there and we're also looking at 422. there we go. 422 westbound it was closed. route 100 to bep franklin uses alternate that since been cleared. reason i'm showing it to you i want a reminder it will be closed overnight. 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. more on this m coming up in a bit. jan back to you. >> thank you meisha. we have breaking news right now. huge flames engulfing brand new home in camden county, eyewitness viewer video showing what looks like

fireball. this is right at jar vis road and williamstown aerial road in sicklerville. we're told this house is just build and no one was inside at the time of the fire. again you're looking at house fire in sicklerville camden country. >> and in other news this morning a month after pleading getty in death of-year-old son david creato will be in a courtroom today. >> trang joins us. >> good morning, rahel and jim is. he pled guilty to manslaughter in death of-year-old son brendon in 205. though he came to agreement with prosecutors today a judge will seal his fate david d.j. creato shocked many when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter weeks before second trial was set to begin. first trial resulted in hung jury on may 31. prosecutors alleged the hadden township man killed 3-year-old son bren den because his then

girlfriend did not like children. his body was found lying on a rock shallow river in wooded area cooper park october 1 3, 2015. medical examiners ruled boy's death a homicide and could not determine how he died. if convicted of murder he could have faced live in prison. following his unsxked plea defense attorney richard fashino told eyewitness news it was his clients's best option. >> this is terribly sad situation he would be a fool not to take the tiehl. >> guilty plea to lesser charm of manslaughter attorneys agreed to ten years if prison with creato eligible for parole in 8 1/2 years. >> creato has been in jail more tan a year and a half. under this plea agreement he could be out as early as 7 years. sentencing is scheduled for 1:30. for now we're live outside the cam didn't county courthouse. i'm trang doe. cbs3 eyewitness news back to you. >> thank you, trang.

>> and police in chester county are searching for a gunman after the shoeing in downtown phoenixville. a man was gunned down 9:45 last night bridge street september he of town in the same block at colonial theater. the victim was rushed to the hospital and no word on his condition and so far no arrests. >> purt are puerto ricans are helping supplies are on the way after trump waived shipping restricted to the island. the island is quickly running out of basic items needed for survival. >> a 3 star army general is sending first full day in puerto rico september to support the hurricane response. lieutenant general jeff bu kansas will coordinate 7 thois troops and 10,000 government workers trying to rebuild and restore pow tort island and distribute clean watt airport food. >> reliefest is under contro control. it is proceeding very well. >> acting homeland security

secretary elaine sduk among those in trump administration praising government's response as is president himself via switser saying in part fema and first responders are amazing. reds departments of the island say more tan a week since hurricane hit help is scare and disorganized. >> laura brown says she sending her children to miami on boar a cruiseship evacuat evacuating locals she's worried about their health and saferty at home. government officials in d.c. state problem is not getting supplies to the island anymore it's getting them from the ports to the people. clearing roads is one issue. >> there's still a short fall there though and that's drivers for all those trucks. we're pushing personnel in to augment state and local authorities to push those commodity. >> to help support with medical needs the u.s. hospital ship leads from virginia this afternoon on five-day journey to puerto rico. nikki batiste for cbs3

eyewitness news. >> with signs relief effort is picking up people in puerto rico are trying to make it through the crisis and streets are littered with downed streets and power lines. they have no way to communicate with love ones. hundreds are packing airports hoping to flee. alicia new year's eves flew knew ev he's. morning t >> i want to see my mom. that's the main thing. that's why i'm playing roost now. i just want to make sure she's all right. >> i know for a fact my son survived initial impact. but how is he doing as of today, i don't know because of no communication at all. >> she's also trying to connect with her own family on the island. she'll have a live report throughout the day. you can catch them here on eyewitness news. >> meanwhile if you want to

help the victims in puerto rico go to our web site and you can find all the details. >> green bay packers linked arms before primetime game is show of unity not protests. >> what so proudly we hail♪ ♪ ♪ at the twilight♪ >> pack linked arms and chicago bears joined in. some fans say they're not sure about the issue but the packers are positive. >> this is about equality. this is about unity and starting conversation around something that may be awe little uncomfortable for people. >> i'm not opposed to end goal. end purpose. it's how they're feting there it's the wrong forum. >> flyers teams and fans have used different demonstrations this year drawing eye of president trump. highlights in sports. >> he'llth and human services tom price pro voktd the presidentp price now

apologizing for using charte chartered flights on government business and promised to write a 52,000 check for sole seat on those flights. president trump has not said if he will fire price. >> importance of car saferty coming up next. >> this picture of a car crash and why it quickly went viral. >> and you may remember this man. he stepped in to stop a robberyed in a starbuck. go ahead see the special honor go ahead see the special honor he's now receiving. >> goreious, glorious♪ ♪ >> goreious, glorious♪ i think the guy in that video picked up a cash register and was hitting them with the cash register. >> no with the chair. this is the one that the guy robbing the place the mother said he should sue the other guy. >> would you pickp a chair and fight for me. >> i would. >> they're going down rahel. >> jim is on my side.

it's feeling glorious outside. we'll have more on that in a we'll have more on that in a moment.

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sfwhv cameras were rolling in yosemite national park one person was hurt that came of a slab broke away interest that same rock formation killing a hiker and injuring his wife. >> a pennsylvania mother is turning what could have been tragedy to lesson for others. >> after getting into awful car crash her kids are proof that car seats really save lives. take a welcome at these photo photos. see the two car seats. yes, lancaster resident jena roseman's painyes were with in the back and kids escaped without a scratch an she is stressing importance of car seat safety. >> it's easy to get caught up in we got to go. got to go. take a moment slow down. everything else with be replaced. seat, cars, everything, my kids no way good her story quickly went viral after she shared those photos on

facebook. she hopes parent will see it and take the time to buckle up kids. >> i will say the problem with a lot of car seats people don't install them prop arely. go to local police department and usually they have expert there. maybe something is not attached right it looks fine for you but you need to double check and expert here, mom. >> no kidding yeah. >> and it's so true. she said it so best that anything tangible like that can be replaced except children. it's so worth extra minute that it takes and trust me those things are a pain. it's tough to get two squir squirming toddlers into seats. but yeah it makes a difference obviously. so, you know, follow the rules and also fire departments too, jim, they believe have people that can help with you this thing to make sure you're doing it right. spen the extra five minute and get it done. take a look how things shape up for morning drive you know what you have to deal with sun glare and have to turn the heater on in your car, too, we have cooler reinforce ms coming along and cool are air

settled in since yesterday. we certainly were nowhere near as hot as yesterday or hotter than the day before i should say. it was nice and warm in sunshine and angle is high and it cooled off and now transition is made and we're back to much more fall like conditions. here's this little batch of cooler reinforce ms coming in. that triing rz a couple showers late tonight and early into tomorrow especially. and i don't think we have to cancel outdoor plans. be on goord guard for a shower to roll through at some point. maply first half of day. wide zoom still showing maria churning out there was tropical storm and batch of showers and storms down through parts of caribbean and towards florida straits. that maybe is going to develop to something. that is next you know little branch we're looking at here as a possibility of development. quickly looking at maria, we know this is head out to sea and now it's really far away from the shoreline. and this point it's only got max sustained winds 60 miles

an hour and trying to maintain tropical storm status and probably will in the upcoming week weekend and expected to bypass north america thank goodness. in the meantime rip current risk is high. taking advantage of the off season i would say on dry land looks likes nice beach day. wind eased up sun shines brightly i would not go in water even though it's at war warmest right now. looking at today, back in the city, plenty you of season shine. 71 at best however for the daytime high. late tonight watch for shower to roll in. scattered in nature and not everybody hit by it that's next chance for it and even into parts of tomorrow as we mentioned. union back at home thank goodness it's a day geem. 7 p.m. kickoffs are killing m me. 1 p.m. sunday afternoon taking on seattle. lots of sunshine is. upper 60s there and it really is a nice fall forecast rebounding nicely with ever pacing day through next week. meisha. >> looks good to me. good morning, everyone, tgif.

looking outside now we had a disabled vehicle schuylkill westbound past spring garden cleared. you can see the movement you'll have as you head out there now. also ben franklin bridge there we go as you travel westbound to center city. we're starting to have level on the ben franklin bridge. right now seeing your neighbors. slightly more than we typically see at this point on the bridge. tim you may need to help me out. my clicker poses problems. overnight resurfacing eastbound between blue route and 202 now cleared. we're looking good. overnight resurfacing project crews out there working hard oaf night moving out of way and construction in bucked country 95 south between route 33 and route 1 still out there blocking right lane. so pa turnpike crews out there as well one of the areas cleared eastbound route 29 and pa turnpike westbound past valley forge left lane compromised there heads up. when we look at the maps around the areas it's showing all green.

95 north between mlk and 202 crews out there now. left lane compromised and 95 south delaware ramp to 295 that's closed. rahel back to you. >> all right meisha thank you. head lines across the region. >> a new report find delaware department of transportation north district lacks diversity at all levels indicating systemic bias. back in 2015 some people told news journal work rz of different races were assigned to different tasks with while doing the most favorable work at the time. supervisors said race was not a factor to job aassignments. >> important graph being or provocative. wyomissing school board was trying to determine that after the novel the happened made's tail would be taken off the reading list and they decided it will stay. >> thousands of baggie whys with crystals serves a

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eagles taking on charmers in los angeles and one of the players want to be my. . fletcher cox missed practice with an injured cox. the beast in middle of eagles missed only one game in his five plus snnz nfl. >> this year cox has forced fumble and touchdown. if he cannot play in la his presence will be missed. >> me and nrech we is fun on our side and chemistry together and me and tim you've about doing good. i know bay beingly if you are on the same page with tackle in your hand either side you will be good. so this week i've been focu focusing on making sure me and timmy is on the same page. >> and thursday night game right here on cbs3 heavy rain and lightning in green bay delayed game between first and second quarters.

and a 47 minute stand still. ukee and the crew probably left late last night. rar on rogers pretty good threw four touchdowns. mike quarterback bear glen had four tunovers. packers held a one game lead at 95, 9 and 6. flyers have one preseason game left sunday against the islanders and they're still mrepttive roster decisions made game one wednesday in san jose. flyers against bruins center power play goal coming here for travis connecty. 1-0 orp m and black. flyers first round draft pick nolan patrick shows he knows tradition. he dropped the glove. i would rather is have him scoring than punching. they beat boston 5-1. nba making two big changes to

prevent tanking worst three teams in league will now have equal 14% chance of getting the top pick. previously there was 25% chance of worst team getting the number one pick. in addition xherer adam silver has the power to find teams that rest helmy players during nationally televised games. >> and golfing great phil mikelson took the shot of a lifetime at the president cup turnment in jersey city. former presidents bill clinto clinton. george w. bush and barack obama at liberty national golf club. it was first time three precedent were in attendance since event was launched in 1994. >> i love that. >> not bad. >> that's a great physician i retweet today yesterday. >> they thought they were having fun you. >> want to take one. >> no we don't have to take one. maybe later. >> commercial break. >> well coming up in the next half hour of eyewitness news to the moon alice.

or mars. >> space x, ceo alan musk introduces a rocket to revolutionize travel not only in mars but here on other. i'll have the details coming up. >> tom cruz is back in the air for action thriller american made and we have

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