>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan.

first, what you need to start your day in the morning minute today is friday, october 20th. >> racist messages spark school fight in south jersey. >> that's a teachable moment. >> this has been very difficult week for student here just fraught with tension >> if you elect a call a family like this, about the most difficult thing you can imagine. >> chief of staff john kelly addresses the president's phonecall to the family of a fallen army sergeant. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would would list never on that conversation. >> more grim news out of california, recent wild fires could end up being the costly he is in that state's history. >> hoping to become the home for amazon's second headquarters. >> philadelphia is in the goldie locks zone for amazon, just right. >> mayor jim kenney thanks the coalition that made the city's

bid possible. >> more from our own ukee washington. dancing with kids at a coat drive in chichester. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> got to love the ukee. >> i taught him those moves. >> oh, okay. all right. ukee has a little more swag, no, it is okay. >> katie got to love the sun, too, we could probably use little bit of rain, as well. >> eventually we will see the return every rain, talking about cut off, this gorgeous pattern, i mean it, comes down hard on us here, just all the sudden you switch, flip a switch, and seat rain really take over the forecast. but that's still not going to happen for days. it is very, very quiet. it is staying that way right through the weekends, even into early next week, and for now, we're staying all clear overhead. couple patchy clouds, right now storm scan empty. again, staying that way for yet another day. love it. now, meanwhile, we look at the

area temperatures, currently mid 50's up and down i956789 definitely little cooler going into some of the most outlying suburbs, up even in allentown, urbanized community down to 50 . fifty-one in wildwood, 53 atlantic city and looking at again some of the outlying suburbs, low 50's really the worse to expect here this morning. maybe a handful of you dropping off into the upper 40 's, at coolest. so, you know, still morning to dress in layers, in shorts, how much, it does -- really won't feel quite as harsh as recent mornings have felt. we've got another breitbart and sunny day for you, temperatures still trending well above average. seventy-four is our eventual high in philly. the breeze picking up more noticeably out of the northwest however specially for the eastern half of the area. although humidity will remain low for yet another day. so, not much to complain about here, pat, really things just looking like nice smooth sale into the upcoming weekend. >> looks like perfect day to me, katie, thank you very much good morning, everyone, we get you out on the roadways 5:33,

here is a look at the boulevard at the schuylkill headed toward the schuylkill expressway. really no delays here, not much volume in this area, usually picks up after 6:00. hopefully, if you are getting out on the roadways it, means people have taken off on a friday. schuylkill at city avenue, also looking beautiful this morning. another problem spot, the sun not yet up. but again as we get into the next half hour, 45 minutes, keep an eye on these areas. schuylkill at the blue route, i'll back out of the way, construction vehicles, still off to the side. and they remain there, looks like, moving out of the way. had been blocking the left lane, now off to the shoulder, so no problems there. and the vine street expressway in and out of the city of philadelphia, no delays here either. one thing to tell but quickly though, over in new jersey, i 295, between 168 and 42, two lanes block there, it is definitely causing some delays in that area. jim, back over to you. >> thank you, patrick. police will be returning to washington township high school this morning. >> that's after racist messages sparked a fight inside the school.

>> the parent ... that's a teachable moment. >> you hear concerned parent met with school officials last night, they talked about racially charged text messages between students, but then showed up on social media. it sparked a fight inside the school on wednesday. we showed up yesterday, after there were more threat of violence. officials say they're now trying to use this as a teaching lesson for student. >> the hope would be that in addition to there being significant punishment for these kind of aggressions, that we obviously do what we can to make something positive out whatever appears to be something so negative. >> now, some student did organize peaceful sit-in yesterday to protest the incident. officials tell us the student who sent the text and were involved in the fight have been suspended for ten days. >> well, time now 5:35, in business news this morning, how much general motors will pay in the ignitions switch scandal. >> how bissey amazon prime? money watch's diane, from the new york stock exchange, good

morning, diane. >> good morning, jim, rahel. well, we start with this drop in shares of apple halted wall street's record run, put a dent in the nasdaq, while the dow and s&p, ultimately the do w added five points while the nasdaq lost 19. the number of americans collecting unemployment fell to its lowest level in 44 years, just 222,000 people filed new claims also week, in all, less than 2 million americans are collecting checks. those are the lowest numbers since richard nixon was president. >> general motors agreed pay $120 million to settle claims in its emissions switch scandal. the defective switches force recall nearly 3 million vehicles in 2014. at least 124 deaths are blamed on the problems. gm settle with the attorneys general, 49 states, and the district of columbia a the settlement does not include what gm has to pay individual consumers. >> and amazon prime is hot.

new data shows the company now has 90 million customers in the u.s.ment a and that prime members spent on average $1,300 a year compared to about $700 for non-prime members. rahel, jim? >> you're a prime member? >> i am. what about you? >> i just joined recently, believe it or not, i was slow jumping on the bandwagon. >> i was slow, too, but having a child forced me, so i have two year old, that kind of forced me. >> you don't have time to shop anywhere. >> and you can't beat that two day shipping. that two day free shipping. >> you can't beat t i was not trying to drink the amazon cool aid previously, but once you're a parent, you kind of have to. >> thanks, diane, we'll check in with you, have a great weekend. >> a lot of people talking about this next story, oscar winning actress, the latest woman to identify herself as a vick particular every disgraced movie mogel harvey weinstein. in a new york times, she recalls meeting weinstein as a student at the yale school of drama. her story is similar to other actresses, who accuse

weinstein of acting inapropriately toward them. >> and a different allegation of sexual assault is prompting the la police department to investigate weinstein. the incident reportedly happened in 2013. more than 40 women have now come forward with allegations of sexual harrassment or assault, since the new york times piece first exposed decades every weinstein's alleged misdeeds. >> in other news, the las vegas hotel room where steven paddock allegedly unleashed his deadly woman page will be shuttered indefinately. mgm resort, announced yesterday, has no plans to rent out the 32nd floor room. the judge yesterday also ordered the resort to preserve evidence related to the shooting. the shooting earlier this month killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 other. >> a lot of people were analyzing recent speeches by former presidents, barack obama and george w. bush, some say they both criticize the current president, president trump, without ever using his name. reporter john loyer ends has more. >> former president george w.

bush hasn't spoken much about politics since leaving the white house nearly a decade ago. but that changed on thursday. >> we've seen our discourse, degraded by casual cruelty, at times it can seem like the force is pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. >> and although the 43rd president never mentioned president trump's name -- >> people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and ' qually american. >> seemed pretty clear who he was referring to. >> i think the fact that you have a former republican president of the united states speaking out in such clear terms, condemning the trumpism , matters. >> and mr. bush wasn't the only former president to take the stage on thursday. >> some of the politics we see , now we felt we put that to bed. i mean, that put folks 50

years back. >> he also didn't mention his suck ester by name. >> we have folks deliberate ridly trying to make -- to demonize people who have different ideas. >> the two speeches by push and obama were unrelated and in different state. but and liz z -- analysts say there were a lot of similarities. >> well, it is very clear today, is that barack obama and george w. bush are closer to each other than either one every them to donald trump. >> john loyer ends, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." up next: you don't have to travel to los angeles to see some of music's biggest memorabilia. where the latest grammy museum is opening today. plus this. >> ♪ >> ♪ what's love got to do with it ♪ >> find out what got music legends tina turner out of retirement this week. oh, this is interesting. katie? >> indeed it is. i wonder if it has something to do with hair products? i'm kidding. >> what?

i just love her hair from that >> so amazing, i know, her and diana ross, you're right. the them continues, sure does in the weather department, too breitbart sunshine for you for yet another day, these conditions just last through the weekends and beyond. but at some point a sharp cut- off in the pattern, which we'll talk about coming up. first here is your cure ate owe insurance forecast.

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>> tina tub err has come out of retirement to launch a new show, legendary performer talked about a launch party in london on musical based on her live. actress will play tina, previews every teen, a the tina turner will begin in london, and opening night in april. >> , more than 20 years after her death, selena finally getting her star on the hollywood walk of fame. the mexican american singer

rose to fame with her span i can and english some, one of the former employees shot and killed her, in 1995, and her star will be unveiled on november 3rd. >> speaking of music icons, i got to tell you about the grammy museum experience there is one opening up in newark, new jersey today. now, it is a lot like the one in l.a., but his one focuses on stars from new jersey,. >> exhibit from whitt news houston, frank sin at, there and even the faded jeans bruce springsteen wore in the born of the usa albumn cover. looks fun. and well i have to tell you, tyler perry makes another madea move think time with a halloween twist. this is entertainment tonight kevin frazier with a preview. >> i'm kevin frazier. >> this week madea halloween, tyler perry transforms. >> i hit the brakes. >> look, look, look, look -- >> i got this.

>> everybody taking things so seriously, it is all about big fun, don't take it seriously, silly movie to go out, laugh, have a good time. >> ma. you see? >> if i wasn't out here, would i be -- yes. >> tyler wrote, produced and directed the sequel which finds madea and her friends in the middle of a haunted camp campgrounds. >> ma, you see that? >> ahh. >> in addition to starring as madea, tyler also plays joe, safe to say, he spends a lot of time in the make up chair. >> oh, it is hours. it reaks havoc on my skin, but i think joe, took four, five hours for him, madea five hours, and ready to go. madea has a lot of digital stuff to make her look softer but joe is another thing. >> i have to be on the low. >> this is tyler's tenth movie as madea, and he's already working on the 11th madea family funeral out next year. >> the film made more than hundred million dollars million dollars worlds wide. so how long will he keep transforming himself into the unruly may tree arc?

>> as lodge as people want to see it i should be around, but i'm determined to not be her age and playing that, that's for sure. >> if i'm zero seven and still doing madea, then something wrong, man, something is really wrong. something went wrong way long time ago. >> for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frazier, now, back to you. >> i love the moviement and were you cents surprised, see, i'm not under a rock all the time. >> i was surprised you like madea, but that's great. >> i'm surprised by that, too, i am a little. but pretty controversy, you either like her movies and plays or you don't. i am a little bit impartial because here is fun factor me for the day have never seen a madea move. >> i come on, katie, get it together. see this move. >> i i didn't know who lil wayne was. >> these are the things we talk about on the commercials. >> lil wayne. >> it is okay. >> all right. >> katie knows a lot about the forecast. >> we will smooth it over in the commercial break, but

clear, absolutely beautiful for another day, and it is friday, what more could you ask for? nice weather continuing all weekends long, no less >> this is being taken from atop a bridge, as the traffic goes by, you can get shaking going on. but see off in the distance everything lit up in pink still in support of breast cancer awareness month, very proud. but komen here at cbs-3. now the eyewitness weather watchers are up and adam. still reporting some cool air granted. but the coolest we've seen is down into the lower 40's, this morning, that's definitely being reflected on these observations, as well. we jump around the map very quickly here, 46 degrees for mark out in much more remote territory. so definitely cool for him. he sent this in over the last 20, 25 minutes, 46 degrees for him there, go back across the river here go, into southeastern pa barbara a lot miler by comparison at 53 under nice clear sky. her dew point, 47, nice low

dew point, relative humid i had at this stays low. going hyper local into cherry hill. i show you lynn's observation at 51 degrees, still also under nice clear sky. and she had a nice little shout out for pat. pulling double duty today and loving t starting out on high note, isn't that nice. >> thank you. >> yes, to give you little shout out. so we switch it on back, jump past the camera shot for you ment take a look what's happening on storm scan3, huge zoom to show you, that there is not much going on. again, i mean, it does begin to feel like a broken record after enough time. high pressure just still seen here, and that's anchored overhead. for the next couple of days, so coy come back tomorrow, the next day, andre this exact same map. it will look exactly the same with just nice clear conditions. anywhere east of the mississippi, pretty much. now the union have their last home match, weather looks perfect for. that will i will be able to make this match at least. 72 degrees under the sunshine. and why not? seventy-two in late october. oh, absolutely beautiful. and it continues, right, even

into early next week. so, football should n fine, think i stay clear, even few clouds, but tuesday pat when the rain builds in, so you will probably literally have to dust off your umbrella by then. >> since nothing happening over the next few days, why not take the next couple every days off, katie? >> sounds good to me. can i sign my note? >> i can, sure, good morning, everyone. this is a look at 95, both northbound, southbound, near the philadelphia international airport, no delays in this area to speak of. really it has been quiet morning overall throughout the area. schuylkill at the conshy curve right now. no delays in this area. if you see some people tapping on the brake lights, that's just because of the curve. but we will start to slow down in the next ten, 15 minute or so, as the morning ramps up. also, schuylkill at the blue route. turn to this seemed i don't even know if you can see it, looks like pushed off. construction vehicles off to the side. they had blocked the left lane earlier. pushed to the shoulder. but they're gone. so no real delays in that area either. starting to pick up some steam on the 42 freeway, head toward 295 and the city of

philadelphia. one other thing to quickly tell you about. 295 between 168 and route 42, two lanes block here. definitely slowed down in this area. jim, back over to you. >> thank if you, pat a1 after kinds car show in camden county raises awareness in the fight against breast cancer. "eyewitness news" was on haddon avenue collingswood yesterday, for a cruise night, once again taking part in the lights for the cure campaign. pink light, acting as reminds for schedule a mammogram. >> the spirit of philadelphia also looking great in pink. the "cw philly," cbs-3 and komen philadelphia, have teamed up once again for the light for the cure campaign which is now in its 16th year. october is of course breast cancer awareness month. >> well, all of you muggles and magicians out there we have a party for you. >> the harry potter festival in chestnut hill. there is costume contest and other family fun along germantown avenue tonight. and our own chelsey ingram, she will be broadcasting live

from the festival on " eyewitness news" at 5:00 tomorrow there is a harry potter express train leaving jefferson station, goes directly to the festival, and tomorrow there is also acquit age tournament, harry potter fans know what that is, talking specifically to you, katie fehlinger. >> love it. >> up next, why a camel, yes, camel is at a couple's wedding >> a the love questions about that one, also, new list ranks the best major city to trick-or-treat. we'll tell you where philly falls on the list when we come back.

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this is the difference renz, best time of candy, they say we did this story last week, that's how much, how much candy we give out. so we just give out a lot of candy, just not the right kinds. >> the wedding day guest list is often a point of convention between the bride and groom. >> one was a lit with everyone , the camel made a grand entrance, as a marriage of his owner, marcus brown and marcus' bride. marcus secretly planned for him to attends because favorite animal at petting zoo business, by the way, the marriage last wednesday, which is hump day. >> you have to watch out, camels spit. do you have watch out. they spit. >> you're so full of useful information. >> we will be right back.

>> following breaking news shots fired at philadelphia police overnight. we'll tell you what led to the gunfire and what happened to the suspect and officers. so we're here now because we don't -- >> tensions escalate at a south jersey high school after racially charged texts between student spark a fight. now, student and parent and administrators are searching for a way to come together and a p a stop to the hate. >> and get ready for lots every sunday shine, the

weekends will be nice and warm , perfect for outdoor plans, but then, a big change is on the way. >> tgif everyone. today is friday, october 20, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. tgif. say it one more time. katie and pat keeping an eye on things this morning, meisha is off. >> good day to take off. >> right? kinds of quiet. i'm just kicking my feet back back up. >> me too! at least in traffic and weather, because the weather, you said it, so very tranquil, staying that way, yes, such nice weather the last couple every days,. >> all right, see if if we can hang onto this pattern for halloween. looks like breaking up the pattern, for now, the weather very quiet. storm scan empty as a result. it will stay that way. currently, temperature readings are flirting with zero six, down to 53 atlantic city, 51 mount pocono,