well, breaking right now major commute's leather find out how long schuylkill expressway could be closed following a fatal accident. and also the search for a motive continues in las vegas days after the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, and now shooter's girlfriend is speaking out. one person dead and two others hurt after a triple shooting in north philadelphia we will tell you why officers think that there may have been more than just one shooter. well to day is thursday october 5th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. lets check the forecast with katie and roads with meisha. >> good morning, yes it is a very sad fatal crash on the schuylkill this morning and not only is that very sad but it is absolutely going to put a dent in your morning commute

traveling anywhere around the schuylkill. we will get more coming up in a bit. >> it looks like weather will still hold for us we have a front still approaching. sun glare may be a problem out there once it does rise which is closer to 7:00 a.m. but in the meantime as we look at this wider zoom on storm scan you can see the front starting to approach. it does look like at this point it is going to get close enough that north and west of the city, you end up with a shower primarily for later in the day and towards night fall that will take place. potentially, skew ago this view of the harvest moon tonight but regardless not everyone will get hit by that. we will talk about timing later in the broadcast but as you walk out the door this morning look at these temperatures. unbelievably mild, especially mount pocono just 62 degrees and we are only 63 at philly international. still dry regional wide upper 50's down in wilmington and we do eventually warm up efficiently here in advance of this frontal boundary a notice

those wind bars indicating push of warmth from the south. today again not prettiest day we have ever seen not a wash out, either, i would say further north and west you are more likely you will see wet weather. we don't want to rule it out here in the city either. in the meantime very warm day up to 81 in philadelphia. >> that will be warm, all right, katie, thanks very much right now good morning, just heard us talking at the desk, very sad news happening earlier this morning. it actually happened before 3:00 a.m. fatal crash on the schuylkill. what we are looking at is the schuylkill, you can see personnel out on the roadway, the flashing lights. schuylkill pennsylvania university avenue all lanes are closed right now so traffic is diverted on university avenue and they are thinking it will be closed, for the next two to three hours before they are done investigating. head up, was involving a vehicle and motorcycle with this warm weather, of course we know we have to still use

measures to look out for our friends on motorcycles. they are still out there fatal crash earlier this morning schuylkill eastbound past university avenue all lanes are block. you are being diverted on to university avenue the it vin gation will last two to three hours. jim, back over to you. developing overnight u.s. army special operations commandos air monk those killed in the ambush in the african country of niger, the troops were providing training and assistance to local forces when they came under hostile fire wednesday. they say they were likely attack by militants with ties to al qaeda. two other commandos were also injured, they are said to be in stable condition. authorities continue to try and decipher motive behind the las vegas shooting. >> gunman stephen paddock killed 58 people and hurt 500 others, and these graphic images may be disturbing to some viewers. here's correspondent omar jimenes. >> run, don't walk, run, go.

go. go. everybody go. >> reporter: new video from the las vegas massacre shows confusion among concert goers, and then panic as bullets showered down from the sky. >> investigators called gunman disturbed, dangerous but motive for mass murder remains a mystery. >> is there a telltale sign associated with these type actions, reclusive, a plethora of things associated with this mind set and we have not found that yet. >> reporter: what investigators did discover less than two weeks ago the gun man rented a room in las vegas during another music festival. >> there is people that know this individual, there is people that could help us understand this individual. >> reporter: fbi spokes to his girlfriend in a statement read by her attorney says she's devastated by the violence. >> it never occurred to me in anyway whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone. >> reporter: investigators worked president trump and first lady visited victims to

offer their sympathy and support. >> we will all have to rest will with the horror of what has, unfolded this week but we will struggle, through it, together. we will endure the pain together and we will overcome together as americans. >> reporter: in las vegas i'm omar jimenes, reporting. tragedy has raised debate over gun control on capitol hill. democrats and some republicans are considering new legislation, that will ban bump fire stop gun accessories that turn semiautomatic rifle ness to automatic won. house democrats joined by gabby giffords spoke out on the steps of the capitol yesterday, republicans are also speaking out, many agreeing to debate gun control laws after the investigation. california democratic senator dianne fine stein says that now is the time to act. >> no target practice, justifies what happened yesterday. we know that these suggestions

take root. we know that we have not been able to stop this. >> the las vegas gunman had an arsenal of weapons in his hotel suite, including bump fire stocks. organizers of the gun show in montgomery county say they will stress importance of gun safety. gun october february begins tomorrow at greater philadelphia expo center in oaks. the debate over gun control and the bump fire stocks used in the las vegas shooting will be front and center. event organizers say the nation need to come together on a divisive topic. >> right now it always seems when an unfortunate incident like this happens that right away one side wants to ban guns, the other side doesn't want to do anything. i think we have to sit down and have a rational discussion where we go forward in this country. >> reporter: currently there are no laws restricting the sales of the bump fire stocks in our area. new this morning a shooting in north philadelphia kills one man and sent another man and teen to the hospital this happened on the 2500 block of north dover street

just after 11:30 last night. office's arrived and found all three shooting victims a man in his 20's was shot in the head, he died at the hospital, another man and a 17 year-old boy are in stable condition. they tell "eyewitness news" they found shell casing from two different guns. >> we know two guns were used, possibly two shooters or one shooter with two guns, we're not certain at this time. >> eyewitnesses say they saw shooter flee in the white van. also new an overnight fire destroys pizza shop in chalfont bucks county. smoke poured out of the building on west butler avenue at least four fire companies put out the flames. the build ago peers to be charred, no injuries were reported and no word on what, caused this fire. meantime police in bucks county are looking for two men who abducted and sexually assaulted a woman in the state park, this happened at lake noxamixon park monday night. victim said she was on the victim pier when two men forced her in the car. they drove her to another part

of the park and raped her. they are looking for two men in their early 20's. investigators believe they were driving a silver honda civic. police arrested a new jersey man caught taking a picture up a woman's skirt in gloucester county. surveillance captured the incident in wal-mart in turner ville. you can see him put his cell phone under the skirt, turns around, confront that is suspect. man lifted his phone as he walked away and then spotted running through parking lot at this point police have not release that had suspect's name. delaware day care worker is facing charges after police say she assaulted an 11 month-old girl, that infant ended up with a broken leg. thirty-one year-old amber worthy an employee at happy kid academy turned herself in yesterday. investigators say worthy repeatedly hit the infant last week while trying to get her to go to sleep. she's now freon $20,000 bail. member of the pennsylvania 's pennsylvania delegation has been caught up in a scandal involving an extra marital affair and says he will retire at the end of

his current term. congressman tim murphy announced the decision a day after text messages surfaced showing he suggested his mistress have an abortion despite the congressman's pro life stance. at the time, both thought she was pregnant but it turned out that she was not. murphy represents the pittsburgh area. prosecutors in the federal corruption trial of new jersey senator bob menendez say that his co-defendant, donated more than half million-dollar to menendez supporters. they are trying to tie the donations, by florida eye doctor salmon melgen to lobby ing done by menendez. menendez and melgen both deny there was a bribery arrangement, the trial is now in its fifth week. the trial of a mad rahami in new york victims are reliving terror they felt when a explosion rocked the manhattan fitness club last year. rahami is accused of injuring 30 people in the day long bombing spree in december 2016 we have newly released video of that explosion and in the

chelsea neighborhood. one victim a blind woman testified that she felt absolute terror. another vick till in the wheelchair said the explosion felt like doomsday. another investigation on the campus of the penn state university after a student suspected of drinking at a fraternity, is found unconscious. dell a tao delta is suspended now during the investigation. last week an 18 year-old was hospitalized after being discovered in the parking lot after falling. he is now recovering. all penn state frats are ban ned from holding social events in the wake of the death of timothy piazza. piazza died in the alcohol fueled hazing ritual in february. in other news this morning the salvation army is sending more help from our area to puerto rico, team is flying out of philadelphia international airport this morning, the group is made up of staff, volunteers from the salvation army of eastern pennsylvania and delaware. they are headed to the island to help with hurricane maria relief efforts. they will give out food, drinking water and emergency supplies to those in need, the team will be there for at lee two weeks.

well, a new report is warning pennsylvania drivers that your chances of hitting a deer are getting worse. the survey from state farm ranks pennsylvania third in the u.s. for deer-related crashes. last year alone 12 people were killed in the state in accidents involving deer. officials say use your high beams or honk if you see deer near the road but what if you don't have time to get out of the way? >> impact with the deer is imminent use your brakes, do not swerve, swerving not only confusing the deer but in addition it can put motorist in harms way. >> deer are most active at dawn and dusk, that is why they are so dangerous, as we lose sunlight in the fall and winter. if you hit one you're advised to pull over and call police. a driver lead school police officers on a wild chase in california. >> we will tell you what officers say that driver did that started the whole thing. police of hissers were investigating a fatal crash in new jersey when two

motorcycles plowed through the scene, we will tell you where this all unfolded when

three officers in union city, new jersey are expected to survive after being hit while investigating an accident. it started last night when a teen was hit and killed by a garbage truck while police were on the scene, two motorcycles barreled through the area, three officers were hospitalized as a result. one motorcycle driver crashed and expect to survive, another one escaped police are investigating that crash. meanwhile in california los angeles school police chased down a suspect in the pickup truck wanted for reckless driving. police say driver cut off a school bus yesterday afternoon almost causing an accident. video shows suspect blowing through red lights, stop signs , even driving on the wrong side of the road. he eventually got out of his car and tried to run. police caught up with him a short time later. >> they normally seem too. >> i don't understand. you think we watched enough

police chases over years. they will get you, katie. they will get you. >> bad boys, bad boys. >> yes, they are coming for you. >> all right. well, are you ready for warming trend, we're pretty much underway we are awaiting a frontal boundary trying to cross through but going to have a difficult time doing so what that will mean is all we continue to do is heat up over next few days. it does complicate matters when the front gets too close for comfort like it will today we have to throw in a potential for a shower north and west of the city. you can see how close this system is but later toward evening especially we will see that better chance for showers and we will get to you future weather in a second. lets take a wider zoom here fronts are strong all the way back, getting hung up, and that is why we have this somewhat, somewhat of an un settled pattern that will be ushered in the upcoming weekend. we will stay warm because front doesn't clear, so we don't drop off like you typically would a front comes through warm up, you cool down

big time behind it, we don't have that opportunity with this system. now in addition to that we are keeping a close watch on the tropics, tropical depression 16 formed yesterday, very likely that will be tropical storm nate and that might bring us some moisture into next mid week and we could get soaking rain potentially by that time frame but any precipitation we do see should be scattered, now we should get through good portion of the day without a hit. kid getting out, most of them will walk out from school later today with dry conditions but some of those showers look at this really starting to fire up. if this end up verifying that is soaking rain scattered and very localized but up toward lehigh valley poconos region or north on that northeast extension you can get clobbered on. that we will keep a close eye on the radar and right now this model keeps philadelphia dry. now as we take a look elsewhere talking about what is going on tonight we have got harvest moon. we talk about that earlier in the week. this is full moon closes to

the fall equinox in terms of the timing and moon will be rising shortly after the sunsets this evening. would i say further south more likely you will have a clearer view of that. for now though just watch for a shower toward evening, i would leave philadelphia out of that scenario but mainly happening to the north, meanwhile it is still mild right through the seven day, meisha. >> katie, thanks very much, very good morning to you, happy thursday, so we're waking up a few minutes earlier, at the desk talking about a fatal crash that happened earlier in the morning before 3:00 a.m. this morning involving a motorcycle and vehicle. so where is this? schuylkill eastbound pennsylvania university avenue all lanes are still closed traffic is being diverted on to university avenue and i will show you live picture coming up in a moment and it sounds like it will be the next two to three hours before they are done investigating. this is what we are looking at , a live picture, looking at video now we have a live picture where you are being diverted on to university

avenue, so again, fatal crash, happened earlier before 3:00 a.m. as a result, schuylkill eastbound past university avenue all lanes closed. all these vehicles bumper to bumper conditions being diverted on to university avenue and i will let you know when this gets cleared but right now stay clear of the area you will certainly want to already getting very busy out there, jim and rahel, back over to you. coming up google is unveiling brand new versions of its pixel smart phone. >> we will explain new features when we come right

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virtual reality. they run 650, $850 respectively, also sounds like the iphone, expensive. >> 4:51. time for business news. >> hanna doba joins us live from the insuring stock exchange. i hear janet yellin saying federal reservists committed on easing regulations on smaller banks, what is she saying, exactly report report she spokes to the business conference and defended suffer you have are tougher regulations following 2008 banking crisis but says is there room to ease regulations on smaller banks. one example, increasing number of community banks eligible for less, frequent, examinations. jim and rahel. >> i understand today vice important for thousands of american dreamers, because they could lose some of their protections. >> reporter: today is deadline for young undocumented immigrants to apply to renew work permits after the president's decision to end deportation relief.

tens of thousands of immigrants still have yet to extend their status. those hoff renewable application must have it in a government office with a check for $495 by the end of today. very important, don't miss that. thanks very much. we will check in the next hour coming up, we may be in the month of october but rahel 's rocking a pony tail so that means we're heading for 80's today. >> how warm will it get? i'm whipping my hair back and forth. >> it is already, you know that warming trend it is already underway. wait until you see how warm it is even right now but a couple of days in the 80's and i will let you know which day end up being the warmest. it does come this weekend but it comes with the trade off. we will tell what you

welcome back everyone overlooking from a live view

high atop hotel bethlehem main sleet in bethlehem typically, it is a quiet shot and certainly still is right now, you do still have a pretty clear view overlooking south mountain there in the distance you can see the lights, speckled across the mountain side there but throughout the day all and all it is looking like a pretty nice day, warmer , but especially up here in northampton county where we showed you that shot we could have a shower before the day is all said and done or brief, locally heavy downpour from a front heading our way. we have been talk about warmth , so lets talk about where we would end up falling when it comes to what is average? normal high at this point is just 70. so we're expecting well above average day but still very far cry from record territory, weather on the low or high end of things. eighty-one is our expectation this afternoon but you have to get hot tore hit that record setback in 1941 of 96 degrees. now storm scan is empty at the moment but off to the north and west there just behind lettering of the storm scan

three most active part of that front right now but that is dropping in. it will get hung up nearby that front does mean that we will keep cloud in the forecast, keep warmth and building humidity in the forecast and shower around as well possibly tomorrow but then gannon sunday and then a tropical moisture head our way we have a better chance to see steady rain, especially early next week, meisha. >> thanks, katie so much for all that information and good morning everybody. we have sad news coming out of the world of travel earlier this morning. we had a fatal crash that happened earlier around 3:00 a.m. involving a motorcycle and a vehicle. you can see this video where but this is schuylkill eastbound past university avenue. because of this all lanes are closed, traffic is being diverted on to university avenue. this is a live picture right now you can see these vehicles being diverted on to university avenue and they are saying it will be two to three hours before they are completely done investigating or should be done investigating. two to three hours will carry

us just when the tip of our rush hour is beginning, so that means it will be extremely busy around this area, and would i say avoid it at all cost if you can, if you can't, would i start to give yourself extra time because you can see bumper to bumper conditions, all these vehicles diverted on university avenue. it will be very busy moving in the 5:00 he clock hour. just a head up on that. we also have construction going on the schuylkill westbound at 30th all lanes block there and then within lane opened and now completely clear. we are looking okay there construction here schuylkill eastbound ramp one lane is still blocked you can see crew s out there plus another line in wood town new jersey route 40 is closed near route 45, we will have more in the next 10 minutes, jim, back over to you. coming up next on "eyewitness news" did gunman in las vegas concert shooting have help planning out the attack? investigators are looking to the shooter's girlfriend for answers. also ahead not just your smart phone new study finds

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this will create a problem for many commuters in our area we will tell you how long schuylkill expressway is expected to be closed after a deadly overnight accident. also ahead destroyed by flames fire rips through a bucks county business overnight, and then we will have this. >> reporter: authorities are looking into whether stephen paddock had help carrying out his deadly massacre and returning to his girlfriend for insight. i'm mola lenghi with the latest on the investigation from las vegas. good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie is keeping an eye on things and meisha has a busy and sad morning in thera