>> good morning, first, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute ment today is tuesday, september 17th. >> big fire in cherry hill forces people out of their homes in the middle of the night. >> three alarm fire. >> they're used to coming out praying when things happen, like this. but testify never east. >> i tragedy in wilmington, baby and five year old found dead inside a home, a mother now being questioned. >> caught on camera washings with a employee assaulted with hot coffee. now the search is on for the

suspect. >> we're still optimistic. consciously -- cautiously optimistic. >> anxiously returning to learn the fate of their home, look at the house, you can't, it doesn't register. >> i'm probably the luckiest person you will ever interview >> why do you say that. >> because of life i've had. >> that's senator john mccain reflecting on his life. >> saying able to fly airplanes, serve if the government and is her before people he has love and respected all made miami a very lucky more, hear more from him. first we send it out to chelsey. very chilly forecast, at least starting off this morning. >> guys, little chilly outside right now, very cold start to the day actually have frost advisories in effect for portions of the area talking about areas north and west of philadelphia, then, also, portions every south jersey, this is in effect until 9:00 a.m.

so a fest that meant to the cold air that's across the region, coldest air we've seen since may, okay? 42 degrees in philadelphia. forty-two miami ville. get you out the door this morning in wildwood at 46 cold spot, 32 degrees, significantly colder behind the colds front that moved through compared to just 24 ours ago, in fact, 19 degrees cold nerve philadelphia, 23 gold degrees colder >> forecasting high around 61 degrees here in philadelphia, some of the suburb, in the up ear's, more coming up in your full forecast for now sending it back to you. >> thank you so much. >> going to see things heat up quicker than what we typically do, what we're seeing right now, so do have couple every accident out, there things

going on here, accident 309 southbound county line road, you can see all of the flashing light, also how many vehicles are out there not too far from that we have another one montgomery, county line road richardson road, the one i showed you in the camera, traveling less than supposed speeds. >> car fire, as well, if this is your neck of the woods, i would probably say won't slow you down too much. but it, will so just heads up if that's your neck of the woods, again, schuylkill eastbound headlight moving in the eastbound direction, this is past girard, see the flow starting to build here. really the eastbound side i have my eye on. westbound side not too much. eastbound, schuylkill, if you have to head out there any time soon, remember, it was so busy yesterday, we will see trickle effect today. it will start to get little busier than what we typically see. construction crews still out there on the pa turnpike east and westbound, bensalem,

intermittent lane closures will hold steady until 7:00 a.m.ment let you know as soon as the crews move out of the way heads up. >> if you are to head out on the pa turnpike too will be busy morning, new ramp opening from richmond street to 95 northbound, opens this afternoon. >> moore, see you then, thank you, sends one person to the hospital after this fire. fire broke out 800 block of cooper landing road late last night started on the fifth floor, spread to the six floor in all three unit damaged some resident told "eyewitness news " they didn't hear their building smoke alarm. >> they say there is fire, so i wake up my son, and i go out , to see what happened. i see the flames, and this

first time i see something like that real. one victim treated for smoke inhalation, expected to be okay. no one else was hurt. officials are trying to figure out is a sparked the fire mccain received the liberty medal here in philadelphia, last night former vice president, joe biden, present the the awards to his friends at the national constitution center. mccain received the honor for his decades of service, in the united state navy, and the u.s. senate. the liberty medal goes to people of courage and conviction, who strive to secure the blessings of liberty to people around the globe. >> earlier this year senator mccain revealed he was battling brain cancer. >> he has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation trail, the senator says he still goes to work every day. but he told our jessica dean he has been cutting back on his hours, which his doctor recommended, and said he's feeling better. >> i'm feeling fine. i've been exercising, i've been sleeping, i've been

eating this is a vicious disease, but right now, i couldn't ask for anything better. >> both were admirals. >> new jersey's two major candidate for governor square off in another debate tomorrow night. "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean will be among the moderators of live debate. republican lieutenant governor kim faces democratic challenger former. s ambassador, debate airs tomorrow night at 7:00 right here on cbs-3. time 5:36. in business news, big day on wall street. >> diane king hall joins us live from the new york stock exchange where there were new records set. good morning, diane. >> that's right. good morning, rahel and jim a trifecta on wall street with all three major averages rising to new records do you jumped eight a point.

>> the current term in february 3rd, the president said one of several caned date , considering, for the top job. the center for auto safety wants ford to recall 1.3 million due to concerns about exhaust fumes. says not so fast, last friday the car maker said it would inspect and repair explorers at no cost to owners, ford says the suv's are safe. and in response to the center for auto safety, ford said it is confident about its current med odds for quickly identifying and addressing the vehicle issues. >> amazon is hoping to take the guess work out of your holiday gift list. the on line retailer released 2017 electronics and home gift guide to find that perfect present for everyone on your listment some of the gift include star wars, the last jedi, leggo, movie toys, and blue tooth speakers and fit bit.

iconic smart watch. >> jim, rahel? >> great idea. do you ever buy when you buy one book it says people who bought this book also bought -- i always get those other books. >> really? >> i'm not taking ideas. >> ya, i like it, too, all right, diane, you and i in the same boat. >> you know me, i barely spends monday. >> i i know, we'll work on jim >> very thrifty, diane, very thrift i. >> see you tomorrow, thank you >> well, pennsylvania lawmakers will hear complaints this morning about philadelphia's beverage tax. businesses and work remembers expected to tell a state senate committee how the tax has hurt their businesses cents and cost jobs. yesterday, the city controller 's office released surveying showing 60% of business haves lost revenue, because of the sweetened beverage tax. the tax which is one and a half sent per ounce went into effect in january. >> the sit of philadelphia cracking down on illegal dumping, until recently, nun one caught talking furniture on the street or on an empty lot will be fined between 100

to $300. city councilman derrick green proposed stricter penalties, now the offend letters have to pay $1,000 for their first event, and fine $1,500 for the second offense, $2,000 for the thirds. >> well, small number of police departments nationwide are showing interest in a new type of video camera. a camera that's mounted directly on officer's guns, this is a sim ooh lakes of high risk traffic stop showing a camera mounted on police officer's gun would look like, police department in minnesota will take part in a pilot program next month. >> i think it is better video, at the high level use of force times audio and video captured from pretty much unobstructed view at the end of the weapon, to see what's happening. >> critic of the tech joel gentlemen say the camera doesn't catch the interaction that is lead to up an of the over pulling his or her gun.

>> well, a wild night on a race track, as police officer in indianna uses cents his stun gun to stop a fight. word of warning there is video may be disturb to go some you. here is the crash last saturday night at anderson speedway. well it, appears the cars bump and spin off the track and one driver speeds over to the other and drives his car right on top of the other one, police use a taser to take one of the men into custody. so far no charges have been filed. >> trailer from marvel's newest superhero movie black panther. >> plus life at south jersey landmark. good morning, patrick. >> good morning, guys. behind me is 171 feet every lighthouse. this is the absecon white house, and coming up we will tell but a really cool challenge that spans the entire state of new jersey, don't go anywhere, we're coming right back.

>> gretchen carl on's book hits news stores today. carlson's own har asment accusations cents led to the ouster of former fox news ceo. be fierce, stories every sexual harrassment. she hopes her book helps in what she calls cultural shift on the issue.

>> fans are buzzing about the black panther, first full trailer, it marvels first superhero with predominantly black cast. starring as the black panther, michael b jordan, forest whitaker, angela bassett co- star. the film hits theatres this february 15th. >> all-star cast. and boz man, must be so busy these days, in addition to filming with that, we know thurman shower mal just came out. >> lots every project in the works. >> love him. >> i mean, yes, feels like fall out there, finally, right >> chill think morning. >> this is some of the coldest air we've seen since may. so you have to kind of take extra time digging the jacket out of the closet, maybe dust it off a little bitment because you haven't used in a while. yes, it is a chilly start to the day. we will take to you live look outside right now.

across center city just simply a beautiful morning, but it is simply cold out there, too. i mean, temperatures are in the 40's. across many areas, even have some 30's out there, as well. and we're not going to warm up all that much, as we head into the afternoon. looking at highs generally up ear's, lower 60s, but no doubt about it, it is going to be a chilly day. our weather watchers also checking in with those chilly temperatures as well. you have a lot of 30's, a lot of 40's on the map. let's show you some of the folks who have woken up early with us, fran in nottingham, 34 degrees, in her backyard, eileen in gilbertsville, 32 degrees, it is literally freezing where she lives. mark in new jersey at 35, it is 39 according to barbara in willow grove. ed in chesterfield at 31, 37 for phil in philadelphia. kerry, mt. laurel, 38 degrees. the list goes on and on. talking about some chilly numbers out there, as we start out your day. so, look at numbers across the

region, across the delaware vale. again 30's, 40's, 42 degrees right now in philadelphia. we have 32 mount pocono. forty in allentown. thirty-nine this trenton, down the shore, 40 degrees in atlantic city. it is 43 degrees in wildwood. we have those winds coming in out of the north and west. so that's helping just fill in some of the chillier numbers. 42 degrees by 7:00. 50 degrees by 10:00. as i mentioned, won't warm up all that much. even our high temperature for the day today in the up ear's, low 60s, depending on where you live. forecasting high temperature right around 61 degrees in philadelphia, and 59 degrees by the 5:00 hour later this evening. high pressure completely in control. you guys, this is in control basically the entire week. it will be dominating the forecast promoting a bun can't sunshine, and we will see some slight warming as high pressure shift little bit off shore later in the week. but another chilly night on tap. low humidity is in the forecast, pretty much all week so really nice stretch of weather headed our way.

as i mentioned, some slow warming by friday, saturday time frame, with high pressure off shore, looking at highs making it into the mid 70s. so here is your forecast for today. high temperature 61 degrees. sunny and very fall like as we head into the overnight hours tonight. another chilly one setting up overnight low temperatures in the mid 40's, then quick check of your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, see the warm up by friday, saturday, but sunshine, meisha, all the way through the upcoming weekend. i mean really nice forecast. >> it is absolutely beautiful. when you see that much sun, i think anyone will say i don't even care if i have to wear a winter jacket, if can i have that sun like that, i'm going for t thanks so much, chelsey. speaking of yes, chilly yesterday. chilly again this morning the the difference between today and yesterday was the rainy roadways that really slowed cents us down in our morning commute. because we have dry roadways this morning, i will say that it is looking a lot better than it did yesterday morning, however, we're seeing it kind of pick up little bit quicker than what we typically see just because yesterday it was so wet. we'll have the trickle effect

into this morning. we did have accident here, 309 southbound county line road, now since cleared. we had one not too far away county line road, richardson road, has also been cleared. then we do have car fire out there. it is still out there. horsham road, your neck of the woods, just heads up. probably won't slow you down too much. dow want to pull your attention, then 42 northbound, creek road, take it to 295, sea of headlight out there, see how busy it is starting to get, seeing the same kind of story on the schuylkill as well, especially pushing in the eastbound direction. now, we have some bridge inspections here, pa turnpike east and westbound, intermittent lane closures until around 7:00 a.m. and construction crews are still out, there as well, talking more about this coming up in the next ten minute. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. cbs-3, "cw philly" and the komen teaming up in the fight against breast cancer and turning our area pink. skyscraper one riverside condominium just one of the buildings getting it glow on, okay you may know, national breast cancer awareness month.

the pink lights are a reminder to schedule a mammogram, and stay vigilant in the fight again breast cancer. this is the 16th year for the light for the cure campaign. you can find out more information at cbsphilly.com/ cure. >> well, new jersey's coastline is dotted when scenic lighthouse cents but how many do you think you could visit over a weekend? >> the lighthouse challenge of new jersey is taking place this saturday and sunday, eyewitness just reporter pat gallen is at the absecon lighthouse atlantic sit way preview. hi, pat. >> good morning, guys, yes, built in 1857, the historic absecon lighthouse stands 171 feet tall, it is beautiful , we're going up there in just a little bit. but first let's get a little bit of the history of it, this is jean, good morning. >> good morning, pat. >> thanks for having us this morning. so tell us a little bit about it? >> well, absecon lighthouse, first of all, the name is absecon because we're on absecon island, ventnor,

margate, longport, first litton january 15, 1857. one really cool historical future we have, too, is that the lighthouse construction was overseen by general george meade. he led the union army at the battle of gettysburg. i know, cool, right? so we were the prototype actually for the barnegat and cape may lighthouse cents in general meade oversaw the construction of them, as well, so they are known as the meade abc lighthouse cents. the second cool thing is that we still have in place at the top here the original first order lentz, a french scientist who figured out how to make a light a that could shine 19-point a naught call miles out to sea. >> impressive. >> yes. >> impressive. so, also, just as impressive, is the challenge that is happening not only here, but on several of the lighthouse cents throughout new jersey. >> yes, this is like our major event of the year for all of the lighthouse cents around the state, called the lighthouse town of new jersey.

and it is a chance for people from all over the country, and they do come to visit new jersey's 11 lighthouse cents, two light stations and museum, the challenge is you have two days it run around the state and start maybe at sandy hook or around the delaware bay, and try and get all, you know, lighthouses in one weekends. and they are fun things, people collect souvenirs along the way, you know, just great family fun event. >> so whether you come here for the challenge, you can obviously walk up into the lighthouse? >> yes, and we are one of three lighthouse that is will be open for nighttime. so on saturday night, just as it is now, you will be able to climb the lighthouse tower, go up and actually see the lens in person. >> so i'm going to get a chance to walk up there with my cameraman kyle who i am sure he is thrilled he has to lug that camera up 228 sets? >> 128 stems to the top. >> ready? >> i'm ready. i do it all the time.

>> i'm ready to go, as well, so little bit after work out this morning, part of the challenge here at absecon lighthouse. 228 steps. you know what? we have it warm up. better than the colds out here we will do that coming up in the 6:00 hour, jim, rahel. looking forward to it. >> excited to see. pat make sure to warm up before you go up those stems, we don't want you to hurt yourself. we know you're very del can't. >> i don't want to pull a muscle, yes, i will warm up. thanks, patrick. >> up next, the orchestra conductor that's anything but robotic. we will be back.

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those people are facing. >> speaking of the cold, the chilliest morning we've had so far this season, some part of the area are even under frost advisory, chelsey let us know when we warm up. >> all i can say, it is totally fake news. just fake. it is fake. it is made up stuff. >> no topic was off limit. the allegations cents president trump prompted shutdown. what he accused three former presidents of not doing, and what he's saying now about his relationship with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> today is tuesday being october 17. good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. chelsey and meisha keeping an eye on things this morning, hey, guys. >> good morning, chelsey, welcome, jim, welcome back. good to see you guys. looking outside right now, very wet yesterday. very slow commute. things are looking bet nerve terms of wetness versus dryness, i suppose, i can tell you right now we have a lot of accident out there. >> so so weather not a problem this morning, totally different story compared to yesterday. and yes, we do, and jim mentioned, have a frost advisory, that is in effect this morning for areasor