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carrying torches and nazi flags and the failure for america's voice the president of the united states to condemn and not be talking about in relevant terms emboldens people to think they can do this kind of thing. >> governor kasich said that congress seems unable to put good of our society over the politics of reelection. who should be the next governor of new jersey? find out what the candidates have to say tomorrow, i'll ab monk moderators of the live don't between republican lieutenant governor kim guadagno and democrat and inform u.s. ambassador to germany phil murphy. you can see that debate at 7:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. still to come on "eyewitness news" a stylish sneak peak. >> it is philadelphia's new luxury residence, building i'm greg argos, feet from independence mall where 500 walnut street is opening. i will tell you why it took so long, to develop this land.
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and spreading some warmth, with this morning's cold start it was a fitting day, these children from brand new coats where they were given away and who was behind it all, kate. another warm up is on the way, we have got a chilly night ahead tonight but then temperatures head back to the mid 70's, i will take you in the weekend and look at football forecast and your
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too many in south jersey are struggling. but steve sweeney's looking out for himself, not for us. group of local car dealers is doing are the part to keep kid warm today. >> eyewitness yous was in chester as david dodge and jeep delivered more than 400 coats to children. dealership is part of the all owe dealers caring for kid foundation which plans to, distribute 50,000 coats this year. dealership owner david, helped with today's distribution. >> we do a lot of work with the community but today is the day i get to meet some of the kid who wear coats that we're so pleased to present, and, you know, we know you change
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somebody's life because they will have a warm coat and have a little bit of self esteem that they deserve, and to be part of that and that is greatest pay back, that anyone can ever imagine. >> no doubt about it. look at that face. since 2008 david dodge has donated 1600 coats to local children. well, new luxury high rise opens in one of the philadelphia's most historic neighborhood. >> our greg argos takes you downtime for a look at 500 walnut where only a few units are still available despite the hefty price tags. >> reporter: new addition to philadelphia's sky line, sits in the shadow of independent hall. >> this is a once in a lifetime, location. >> reporter: just 36 residential units built on 26 floors. >> average price of the building is four and a half million-dollar. >> reporter: where imaginable a meant. >> collapsed pool, zahn, hot tub, yoga set. >> reporter: 500 walnut street is officially opened, and developer tom, could not be happier. >> this is your crown jewel
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essentially. >> this is it. >> reporter: this prime piece of real estate has sat for years, fifth and walnut, reason why is a very narrow parcel of land and it is hard to build a sky scraper on it. this building right here at its narrow, just 50 feet wide. >> 500 walnut was for me as an architect a rock for my soul. >> reporter: architect cecil baker was able to fit that need in an incredibly small footprint after working with outside developers for years. >> they could never make it work. they walked away from this. >> reporter: tuesday, along wait and the grand opening. the philly pops performing in the bay of one of the robotic car lanes. the who's who of philly politics in attendance and with unit prices well in the millions, 23rd already sold including the penthouse for a record amount. >> penthouse is 17.8. it was a bargain. >> reporter: marry vealing the 10 year property tax abatement
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given on each unit will likely be a less controversial offering then previously thought. >> we don't care about tax abatement we just want your wage tax. >> easy give away trust me. >> reporter: high above independent mall. >> these are all people that could live anywhere they want. >> reporter: greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". beautiful. >> i watched that go up, i walk by that a million time. >> that is as close as i will get to it is watching. >> that is about it. >> that is beautiful. >> kate joins with us our forecast. on a clear day you can see forever, it has been a clear day. >> beautiful clear day and only good thing about our sunset times getting earlier and earlier, now sunsets when we're on the air and we can show you things like this. take a look at our sunset composite here. we have beautiful sunsets happening all over the region. we have pulled them all up for you, sun has just disappeared below horizon in plymouth meeting in the bottom right corner from the place one apartments we have in the top left corner, ocean city, you can see behind the ferris
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wheel there sunsetting and library setting other two squares there showing a beautiful sunset over the city of philadelphia even without cloud cover to reflect off of we are seeing a lot of fire in the sky, tonight, the red, orange sky, red sky at night, sailor's delight. it looks like delightful weather here, over the next several days. sun going down right now but temperatures are still pretty comfortable. we are around 60-degree mark, clear skies with high pressure in control and that will last through the next several days. we have got a really great stretch of weather to look forward to sunshine, low humidity, pretty much every day just getting warmer day by day this week. right now 61. that was the high today. 5 degrees shy of our average at 66. record for today's date 69 degrees, and 42 was our morning low today so little bit of the chilly start to the morning. we have hit our forecast ted low of 42 and forecast ted high of 61. love whether that happens. sixty-one in raleigh-durham. cool there as well.
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atlantic feeling fall like at 67. saint lie is at 69. birmingham at little rock both at 7o we have a warm autopsy cross the country's midsection see orange shading here. it is up to 80 is in bismarck. 72347 wrapped city. seventy-two in in omaha. 72347 wrapped city. seventy-two in in omaha. that will to (closed captioning is being provided by cbs-3 "eyewitness news".) movie over next couple of days still chicago tonight. we will see temperatures drop down in the mid to upper 30's across portions of interior south jersey. and is there a frost advisory, so it is a big agricultural area in portions of cumberland county, interior atlantic county. thinks away from the coast, not the shore points but interior south jersey, frost advisory will kick in at 1:00 a.m. and continue until 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. so slow warping this week we are back to 70 tomorrow. seventy-three on thursday. seven on friday and saturday and then possibly, peeking, on sunday and monday, in the mid zero seven's. tonight, the chilly 44 degrees clear skies. tomorrow, beautiful, another sunny day, a bit warmer and zero seven. lets talk about some football, college football on saturday, if you are heading to the temple game you'll like this
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forecast it is beautiful in philadelphia on saturday as temple takes on army, 69 degrees at kick off at 12:00 p.m. beautiful there and as we are, saying, penn state nittany lions second in the nation right now, i sound a little proud perhaps there. clear and crisp taking on michigan, in happy valley at 7:30 p.m., and 61, clear and crisp some great football weather for those making the trek into, state college. look at this seven day forecast, gorgeous weather right through sunday, monday, 75 with some sun and then rain is likely, by tuesday. >> penn state playing. >> yes. >> in case you missed it. >> speaking of sports, leslie is up next. >> excited to see sixers season start, and frustrated joel embiid goes off about his minutes restrictions. eagles put a couple players off that injury list back in the line up for monday night's game in washington. we will tell how in
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it's been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and there's no jobs in the community. if there's no jobs, there's no education, there's no food on the table. what's important is the children. steve sweeney... he fought for 'em. this is where he's from. steve sweeney's been here since the beginning. steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. it would've never been done without steve. it was a pride in building this port and then knowing that we're coming back.
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eagles owe even if could get a boost monday night against washington, wendell smallwood and lineman lane johnson returned to practice smallwood missed last two games with the injured knee, johnson missed panthers game with the concussion. eagles right now tied for the best record in football at five-one. fans are excited. they are starting to talk about the bird going to the super bowl. players hear all of the talk but they are staying focusing and humbled. >> teams that start off five- one and blew it. there are teams that were terrible and somehow scrapped their way back to making the playoffs. so, you know, we don't get caught up into things too early and we have to keep working and everything will take care of itself. >> the poles still open for friday football frenzy game of the week. here are candidates. we have springfield at garnett veil, williamstown at shawne and coatsville at downingtown east. go to cbs philly.com/frenzy to cast your vote.
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we will announce that winner tomorrow night. flyers will host panthers at the center tonight, orange and black three-two on the seasons. owe even if has been good so far averaging four goals a game, tied for second in the league. >> being a new season, you know, it is even bigger part of the game. it seems in the last year or two. i imagine it will continue to head that direction but along witt there has to be execution , and, you know, there has to be some cohesion on each of the lines and i think we will be seeing some of that. >> the sixers with one last practice before heading to washington foresees on open's begins wizard tomorrow, joel embiid, sporting a new hair style, not sure if he attribute to allen iverson. he was told yesterday he is on a minutes restriction. let's just say he is not happy with his decision. >> bleep, bleep. wish i was playing ball. i think i'm ready. i think i'm ready for more than than what number they
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have. i wish i was playing more but we will see how that goes. >> i like that. >> tell us what you think. >> we will see how that goes. >> all right, big fella, that is what i'm talking about. >> when we come back, how do you say, four, in french. >> some professional golfers were ting off from the eiffel tower and we will tell but a local
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well, west chester native and one time u.s. open champion jim furyk took his golf game to new heights. >> he joined european golf or thomas, to take some hacks from the eiffel tower. the captain from their respective rider cup teams. next year tournament is in paris. here's a fun fact they were replicating the same stunt, arnold palmer pulled off more than 40 years ago, but late palmer of course a pennsylvania native. >> came from latrobe, pennsylvania. >> where did the ball go. >> some of that, yes. >> it hurt. >> look out. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister station cw philly and then back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news". tonight who says kid aren't interested in politics, coming up 49 teens running for governor, dean reynolds has their story. from new york, here's anthony mason take care family, see you tonight.
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captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: marino pulls out after a "60 minutes" investigation. >> congressman marino has been nominated to be the next drug czar. what was your reaction when you heard that? >> total disbelief. >> mason: also tonight, the president draws fire. >> it's bizarre conduct. >> to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some half-baked spurious nationalism. >> mason: and vows to fight back. >> and it won't be pretty. >> mason: ford says it will fix explorers but will not recall them. and they're not waiting for the
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torch to be passed. this generation is grabbing it. >> i

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