murder mystery in west oak lane, authorities find a grizzly crime scene with the murder weapon, lodged in the victim's back. we will hear from the investigators as they work to uncover a motive. another chilly start to the morning as we take a live look at lancaster avenue at ardmore, katie says you will need that jacket, maybe a winter coat. get ready for a wednesday warm up. more than just a chill in the air excitement is growing for sixers opener tonight but one of their star players, well, he is not happy. pat's here to tell us why. it is wednesday october 18th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm natasha brown, rahel's off, clearly. katie and meisha keeping an

eye on things this morning. >> i could not wait to get in here, with you guys at zero dark 30. >> what time did your alarm go off. >> it almost didn't because i unplugged my clock but it could have been a disaster but had my phone set so we're all good. >> you're here. >> yes. >> you are so happy about it. >> yes. >> we are looking outside right now just a lot of construction but that is the theme every morning. >> yes, construction workers, they love this cool air, it feels good to them, yeah. they are all cozy and warm. >> yes. it really looks like, if you liked yesterday you'll love today. it is warmer. off to a cold start. yet another classic example of when you need to be dress nothing layers. i would say, especially in the outlining suburbs it would be wise to break out that heavier , yes, winter coat, it

is cold, out there with temperatures in the lower 40's or even 30's for a handful, which we will get to. storm scan is completely clear with that nice clear sky, of course, any heat we built up yesterday that goes right backup to the atmosphere and it is stuck. of course, 5:02 which means clicker decided it does not want to work. could you give me a space bar coup there matt peterson would i so appreciate it. i hear him click ago way. it does not want to work. there it goes. it is like i got to talk, you know, and delay for 152nd before it to work every day, i swear. all clear, otherwise, high pressure again is our story. here's where we stand temperature wise. i didn't want to miss showing you this. low 40's from allentown to wilmington. chilly, chilly start my friend and despite off shore flow it is cool at the shore as well. we have you covered in the sunshine all day to day. 70 degrees. little warmer then yesterday but just beautiful, meisha.

>> absolutely gorgeous. all right, katie, thank you so much, good morning, so we are looking outside right now, levels are starting to pick up ever so slightly new but nice dry roadways to work w vine looking good. no overnight construction westbound jumping on the schuylkill see what we are working with there, eastbound side, quicker then the west, side, and, then looking at constructioner, hear schuylkill westbound off ramp to conshohocken it looks still close. we did hear reports that they are clearing this right around 5:00 a.m. they are moving this out. we have construction schuylkill eastbound between 202 and conshohocken that has new been since cleared. so 422, it is both directions westbound between 202 and trooper, it sounds like that is clearing. eastbound side between oaks and first avenue that has already cleared. we will talk about construction coming up in the next 10 minutes, jim, back over to you. new this morning police are investigating after a man is fun dead with the kitchen knife still lodged in his back victim was fund last night on the porch of this house on the

6400 block of north 20th street in west oak lane, police say the four three-year old victim does not live at the home. >> we're not sure if he was stabbed at this location or if he was stabbed somewhere else. when medics pronounced him dead victim still had a knife protruding from his back. >> police interviewed several witnesses a plan to check surveillance in the area. after a week off students at jb kelly elementary school are finally heading back to class today, the school in philadelphia's germantown section has been shut down since last thursday, that is after officials say they found traces of mold, in several classrooms. and the building's hvac system is blamed for contamination. police in trenton new jersey are investigating a crash that sent six people to the hospital, chopper three over bridge and lamberton street just after 9:00 last night. four juveniles and two adults were injured in the collision of the truck and a car. the extent of their injuries isn't clear at this point.

the bodies of the four fallen green berets killed during an ambush in northern africa are making their way back to the u.s. >> while white house says president trump has called all four families to offer his condolences but as eyewitness nice reporter trang do some are questioning what he said in one of those calls, she's live from the cbs-3 news center, good morning, trang do >> reporter: one of those phone calls has placed president trump in the middle of yet another controversy involving gold star families, florida congress woman is calling out president for what she described as insensitive remarks toward widow of one of the special forces soldiers killed in the terror attack earlier this month. meisha johnson, pregnant with her third child, two young children in toe had heart breaking task of receiving body of her husband u.s. army sergeant le david johnson. sergeant johnson was one of the four green where its killed october 4th in the an attack. >> i was in the car when president trump called. >> reporter: democratic u.s.

representative fredrick a will son said she was beside johnson's widow when president trump called to offer condolences. >> never said the word hero. he said to the wife, well, i guess he knew what he was getting into. how insensitive is that. >> reporter: white house official did not dispute wilson's account to cbs news but said quote the president's conversations with the families of american heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice are private. just a day earlier president trump told reporters in the white house rose garden that president obama and other previous presidents did not make even if calls to families of fallen service members a claim obama administration officials vehemently denied. president addressed the topic during a radio interview bringing up the son of chief of staff john kelly marks reen core first lieutenant robert kelly was killed in 2010 while serving in afghanistan. >> i mean you can ask general kelly, did he get a call from

obama? ask or people. i don't know what obama's policy was. >> reporter: white house representative said there was no phone call but kelly and his wife sat alongside then first lady michelle obama at a white house breakfast honoring gold star families. congressman wilson has established a go fund me campaign to raise money to pay for college educations of sergeant johnson's three days. it has surpassed hundred you this dollars goal, this morning the fund is nearing 150 you this dollars. meanwhile the u.s. investigating deadly ambush that killed those four green beret's, accord together military joint patrol of the forces were leaving a meeting with tribal leaders when they were ambushed by militants believed to be, linked to isis , jim and natasha, back to you. meanwhile in other news republican and democratic senators are working together to craft a bill aimed at stabilizing health insurance markets for the next two years >> republican senator lemar alexander of tennessee and democratic senator patty murray of washington hope to

present this bill to senate leadership by end of the week. president trump commended the bipartisan effort but added only long term solution is to repeal and replace obama care. federal judge meantime has block trump administration's most recent travel ban, affecting people from five middle eastern countries, plus north korea, chad, and venezuela. ban was supposed to go in effect today but state of hawaii sued, arguing that the ban was an unlawful attempt to exclude muslims from the u.s. the white house is slamming the decision, they say it under cuts the president's effort to keep america safe. with less than a month until new jersey voters select their new governor hear from the candidates on the issues that matter most to you, join jessica dean as a maryland rate or as a live debate between kim guadagno and democrat and former u.s. ambassador to germany phil murphy tonight at 7:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. a pennsylvania judge will

announce if convicted child maine lester jerry sandusky will get a new trial. seven five-year old former penn state assistant fat ball coach claims he didn't get adequate representation in his 2012 trial, for child sexual abuse. he also claimed that the prosecutors failed to turn over information, on victims changing their stories. sandusky is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence for abusing 10 boys. in another penn state fraternity is facing legal trouble, police say two under age girls were taken to the hospital after a party at alpha kai row fraternity house both had blood alcohol levels three times legal limit, the hearing is set for next month. the fraternity is already under suspension for hazing violations. and today protesters in philadelphia will rally to oppose a pipeline that would run through pennsylvania. the project would carry natural gas, from ohio, to a refinery in marcus hook. in july residents from west goshen filed an injunction, stopping the pipeline, a court in center city is scheduled to

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we are back on "eyewitness news" this morning win tense flames shooting in to the air from an oil refinery near los angeles this happened just hours ago, largest refinery on the west coast. it is supplying 20 percent of gas to southern california. police urge nearby residents to close their windows, due to the smoke. fire fighters were able to put out the blaze in just about an hour but no word on what sparked those flames. fire fighters are making some progress against devastating wild fires sweeping california's wine country. >> right now they are holding off the flames threatening some napa county vineyard but others look more like war zones covered in smoke and dust, meantime, air quality in the area has forced the school

district there to scrap their plans to reopen schools today. they will now remain closed for the rest of the week. some truly heart warming moments in the wake of those devastating fires, people forced to leave their pets behind as flames bear down on their homes are reunited with their four legged friends, this shelter in marin county transferred adoptable animals to other shelters to open up space for pets like timothy the kitten, separated from his family at the height of the fires. >> we were in the hotel. and when we heard our house burned down we thought she was dead. he was purring so much. >> during worse of the conditions, this shelter was housing around 375 evacuated animals, that number is down to around 260. that is good to know they were all saved. >> yes. >> something like that, they run, they hide, you cannot

find them you have to get out of there. >> yes. >> katie, come back with good news. >> indeed, do i. i mean we're talking about the most quiet fall stretch that we have seen in quite a while. we have had stretches of nice weather but this will be, just beautiful, weather for the next five days at least. we have no possibility of rain until at least this coming monday, so it is all good, lets take a look outside, start it off, and clear, look at hotel bethlehem you can see parts of the lehigh university campus, south mountain, it is glittering, right before your eyes here, twinkle lights but what we're finding is all clear across the entire region certainly here in bethlehem as well as every where else we will find a nice tranquil view and that will last us. now you also have a nice clear view, in many other places, from the mississippi one, it is just, a huge dome of high pressure that is taking, just, shape of the weather here, and

really, leaving the pattern. it does stay beautiful, nice, quiet and perfect hair weather lots of sunshine and light wind. the list goes on and little bit of a warming trend with every passing day. now one of the things that has been, definitely at issue for me at lee, in the last 24 hours is pollen. even though levels are still very low they will start to creep up with every passing day, with every dry day that we have, the possibility of that pollen to settle in and cause you some issues if you are an allergy sufferer goes up. ragweed is predominant one, friday at the moment does look like it is war day of the next few. i know, jim. it could be worse. it is not too bad but those levels are creeping up a little bit. temperature change in the last 24 hours becoming more noticeable, still cold enough would i certainly suggest a jacket, as for the thermometer in the 40's in these spots but we are seeing spots dropping in the 30's. i want to jump to the seven day forecast, wall to wall sunshine right through the weekend, and, and and gorgeous

, and wet weather potential comes monday but even then just a chance. >> it looks fantastic. thanks very much. very good morning. and happy wednesday, looking outside, 42 freeway northbound at creek road, approaching 295 , building levels here, and , they build in the early 4:00 o'clock hour. forty-two, you're building, lots of your friends and neighbors out there quick peak at 422 westbound between 202 and troop their construction has cleared. however we have a disabled vehicle here, this is 422 eastbound at route 23 pulled all the way off more to the right but a head up because it is so dark, you can see cars going by, i want to call your attention to this if you to move because people will be putting on their brakes traveling on by now. schuylkill westbound off ramp to conshohocken is closed until 5:00 a.m. and then we have an accident in bryn athyn , huntington pike at tomlinson road just a head up, give yourself a couple extra

minutes there. natasha and jim, back over to you. well, thanks very much. for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> reading eagle montgomery county officials are seeing decrease in drug deaths and crediting narcan, county has seen a 4 percent decrease in the first half of the year compared to the first half of 2016, however, berks county drug related deaths are the rise 62 people died in overdoses there in the first six months of this year verse 46 last year. in the times herald a pennsylvania association of staff nurses anal identify professionals has announced it demanded and received resignation of the executive director bill cruice, union which represents 8300 nurses and health care professionals said it was taken after a routine audit reveals financial irregularities included unauthorized advances and expenditures. from the mercury township commissioners in upper pottsgrove reject bid for proposed two million-dollar public works garage, bid

included $258,000 in sight work and a proposed $358,000, solar powered electrical system. that is a look at the newspaper head lanes from all around the delaware valley this morning. coming up next, pat's here with sports. good morning, pat. good morning, guys, flyers cannot be stopped they are on a scoring tear but how high would they go. plus sixers season begins tonight, but season ended for one star player last night we will show you injury that may have change the eastern conference, that is all next up in

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welcome back everyone and good morning, glad you are with us,. >> pat's here with sports and sixers begin their season tonight in washington. so trust the process, is that right pat. >> we have to trust the process most anticipated sixers season in recent memory begins tonight in our nation's capitol, first time seeing joel embiid, ben simmons, markelle fultz and company all together in the regular season as that process, continues, and look at embiid's new look. going with the corn rows before the season open's begins the wizards tonight, shade of allen iverson. also like ai embiid made his voice heard yesterday, he was informed his minutes will be restricted as he works his way into game shape and joel, well , he let it be known. >> bleep. wish i was playing more. i think i'm ready. i think i'm ready for more, then whatever number they have i wish i was playing more. we will see how that goes.

>> hang around because coming up at 6:00 we will go one on one with new sixers guard jj reddick, we discussed everything from our favorite tv shows as kid to family life to mike trout, it is all on the table here on cbs-3 as we get you ready for sixers basketball tonight. eastern conference looks like a two team race between boston and cleveland and five minutes in the season that all changed, as celtics guard gordon hayward went down with a gruesome injury. hayward just signed a four year, 128 million-dollar, he was expected to team with kyri e irving to give the celtics a run with the calves but he goes down, with a dislocated ankle and fractured tibia, both teams were visibly affected by it, hayward set for surgery today, the cavilers won the game, 102-99. last season flyers were 20th in the league in scoring with five games in the new year they have become an offensive juggernaut after

dropping eight on the capitols in the home opener saturday, flyers right back at it against the florida panthers. that is shayne gostisbehere, that made it two to nothing fly guys in the second. one up, 42nd period goals, michal neuvirth stopped 40 shots, and flyers will beat panthers five-one. they play nashville, tomorrow night. to the baseball playoffs, where dodgers could clinch their first trip to the world series in 1988 with a win tonight at wrigley field. every move dodgers manager dave rodgers makes is working out for the dodgers that is andre either, gets a rare start and gets a home run in the second inning. the cubs pitched a sloppy game he walks a bases loaded and two more runs will score on a passed ball right here. dodgers win six-one. they have won six straight to start the post season, they lead three games to none. alcs is closer, yankees/

astros insuring was down four runs last night in game four, you can call this a come back, that is gary sanchez he doubles off of former philly ken giles, and that put yanks ahead for good, they win six-four to even alcs at two games appease. game five is today at 5:00 p.m. in the bronx. lots of sports season. all across the board. you have to love it. >> thanks, sir appreciate it. coming up next half an her of "eyewitness news" a legal victory for johnson and johnson sent their stocks surging we have the latest from wall street. opioid crisis impacting our pets we will tell you about a disturbing new trend, spotted by veterinarians, plus this. next time you get a flat tire you might be surprised at what you don't find in the trunk, i'm kennett craig in insuring with the results of the new report coming up next. and as we look ahead to an upcoming weekend if you liked yesterday, you will like today

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good morning, katie and meisha will be along in just a moment but here's what you need to know on this wednesday , october 18th. mother charged with two counts of first degree murder. >> both the children were found inside the bathtub. >> reporter: investigators say she admitted to drowning her baby and his brother. more drama between president trump and senator john mccain. >> half baked nationalism. >> people have to be careful because at some point i fight back. >> i think it will take more than that to scare him. >> the fate of jerry sandusky hanging in the balance, judge deciding if the former penn state football coach will get a new trial. we have talent. we have afford built, we