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, nice

comfortably mild beginning to the morning. but, still jacket weather at it finest as i like to say, going throughout the day, also , going to start to notice specially eastern half of our area notice mount pocono winds speeds, winds starts to kick up little bit more. because we've got that dry air mass in place, combined with the breeze, that's going to elevate the fire risk at least little bit. be smart, but for now, just more of the same. temperatures back to the low and mid 70s from the shore up to the city and fog but wall-to-wall sun continuing all the way up to the mountains. 66 degrees, for you there. but nice fall day regardless. now, as we move forward in the forecast, that stretch of sun will continue with temperatures trending around if not more than 10 degrees above average. right through the weekends. but, this pattern as i mentioned, pat, comes to screaching halt, i'll let you know when a little later. >> just soak it in while we can. >> got to love it. goes down nice. i like. that will good work, katie. >> thank you. >> this is not so good. we start off with a map, 295

southbound, between route 168 and route 42, we've got two lanes block there, due to construction causing major back up in this area so pack the patience over in new jersey morning also, river road between upper ferry road and 29 in new jersey the road closed this use 95 as the alternate. this should be clearing out hopefully in the next few minutes. looking at the wide map, pretty good across most of pa. but as i said head over into new jersey, some problems there. we look 95 southbound, one of those problem spots, the minor delays as you head toward girard avenue. and your normal slow down spot , right around amezega. jim, rahel, back over to you. >> pat, thank you. back to breaking news now this morning out of northeast philadelphia, where shots were fired at police earlier this morning. this happened on bustleton avenue and robbins street in mayfair. police say responding to nearby robbery when they stopped the suspect. that's when they say the man started shooting at them

before running to hide in a alley. caught up to the suspect and arrested him. no one was hurt. >> racist text messages, spark a school fight calling for police officers at washington township high. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live outside the school now in washington township, where, trang, both parent and student say they're concerned. >> yes, that's right, rahel. they spoke last night at meeting head here at the high school. to address their concerns. meanwhile, student are taking action on their own, to show that hate speech will not be tolerated here. >> most people, with this issue going on for a long time ... >> washington township student , parent, administrators gathered at the high school thursday night, for candid discussion on race relations and district response to an alarming incidents involving student this week. >> i don't want my child or anybody to come here and feel threatened or intimidated or anything. >> tuesday night, a private

group text conversation among several student was shared to social media. the text relates to profanity and racial slurs including the "n" word. on wednesday, when other student confronted those involved in the group text, it prompted a fight at the high school. seen here in a cell phone video, also posted to social media. a mid growing tensions, and unfounded rumors of more violence, additional police officers were on hand at the school thursday. while some parent rush to pull their children out of class. >> kind of speaking out about it, i had like little mental breakdown in lunchtime today. i was crying, all of my friends trying to make sure i was okay. >> i think it is a disgrace. think think should be punished i don't think that that word is appropriate to be used. and i think they should be held accountable for their actions. >> dozens every students who chose to stay in school stage a sit in in the lobby against the racist messages. >> we all came together. we decided to protest it, because the issue was so much bigger than just our school.

>> the superintendent applauded student for speaking out, and hope confronting the issues will bring about positive change in the community. >> the hope would be that in addition to there being significant punishment, for these kinds of aggressions, that we obviously do what we can to make something positive out whatever appears to be something so negative. >> and we're told all of the student involved in sending those text messages and the resulting fight have been suspended for ten days. meanwhile, school administrators also met with local leaders of the naacp to discuss solutions moving forwards. live from washington township high school. i'm trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> all right, trang, thank you >> in other news this morning, philadelphia says it is in the running to lands amazon's second headquarters, more than 100us cities are bidding to be the tech company's newest home the barnes foundation hosed a thank you event yesterday for everyone who works on philly's pitch. the city put together an extensive video campaign for its proposal to amazon.

mayor jim kenney said amazon's presence would have huge impact for philadelphia residents. >> all those young kids, real ly have an opportunity to step in to the amazon space, the right resources and the right time and effort give tone them. >> well, mayor got all choke up there. well, philadelphia has three sites ready for amazon. they include schuylkill yards near 30th street station, university city square, which is near drexel, and the navy yards. amazon will decide on a location at some point next year. wilmington is another local city trying to lands amazon's new headquarters, and in new jersey, princeton university is backing its own state sales pitch to the tech company. by the way, amazon ceo is a princeton alum. larger cities like st. louis are competing, as well. amazon's current headquarters are in seattle. >> the nation's capitol now, the white house chief of staff is defending his boss, general john kelly tried to clarify

president trump's condolence calls to the widow of sergeant la david johnson killed in action. >> in his way tried to express that opinion, a brave man, a fallen hero he knew what was getting into, he didn't have to enlist, he is a brave man, he was where he wanted to be with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken. that was the message. >> general kelly, who lost his own son in combat, also criticized congress woman fredericka for telling the press about that conversation. >> i was stunned whether i came to work yesterday morning , and broken hearted, at what i saw a member of congress doing. >> lawmakers still investigating exactly what happened to him that led to the death of sergeant johnson and three other soldiers. >> well, senate republicans pass a 4 trillion-dollar

budget blueprint clearing the way where to debate on overhauling the us tax code. every democrat and kentucky republican rand paul, oppose the legislation. the white house wants tax reform and a simplified tax code by the end of the year. not surprisingly the president took to twitter. the president tweeted video of the vote and says, quote, great news on the 2018 budget. senator mcconnell stepped step toward delivering massive tax cuts to the american people. hashtag tax reform. >> meanwhile, 12 republicans and 12 democrats have signed on to the alexander murray bill. that is the bill that tries to stabilize the individual healthcare market. the bill reinstates subsidies for insurance companies to bring down the cost of coverage for low income americans, for the next two years. president trump isn't clear on his position, but he claims subsidies are a bail-out for insurance company. >> a west california officials are getting a clearer picture of how much damage the devastating wilds fires have really caused. officials say preliminary

estimate shows the fires have cost the state a little over $1 billion, authority also raised number of homes and businesses destroyed in the fires nearly 7,000. >> these are big numbers, very early, and given a number of the challenges that people are having with getting into areas , and also given the enormous scope of the fires, i would anticipate these numbers will rise significantly. >> the fires are also being blamed for killing 42 people, making it the deadly he is series of fires in california history. >> it has been one month since hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico as cat for i four storm. >> coming up: a look at where things stands now, plus see how community 1600 miles away is coming to their aid. >> a story that will make you think twice before you take another selfie with your friends, the disgusting danger next in the health watch. pat? >> coming up, guys, i go one-on-one with a man they call roko and rock, the star of the show opening night in washington. it is robert covington, and he

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. this morning on the cbs health watch, new information on concussions in young athletes. >> yes, experts say new concussion laws have significantly reduced the amount of head injuries. according to a study in the american journal of public health, there is a significant decline in traumatic brain injuries, among high school athletes. it has been about two years since the new rules went into effect. still, about 670 concussions are reported in high school sports every single day. >> this one will freak you out we know that kids take selfies with their friends every day. but doctors say the popular activity can also spread head lice. see what i mean? new stud fry oxford university says kids with smart phones are more prone to getting head lice. experts say, one common miss misconception is that the bugs can hop from one head to another. >> lice don't fly. they don't jump. so really is head-to-head contact. >> just take a selfie with someone, they could have it, then all the sudden you have

it, and you give it to other people. yes, it is weird. >> oh, i'm scratching right now. experts say the most people contract lice through head-to-head contact. >> well, if you don't like the cold, you won't like this, federal forecasters say this winter may be colder and weather in parts of the northern us, while staying warmer and drier much in the south. >> yerkes the national oceanic and atmospheric administration , region forecast for above and below average temperatures and precipitation, they say it is because of 55 to six a% chance for an la nenna weather pattern, the winters not typically big snow maker. >> i'm still stuck on the lice thing. can you imagine with all of the hair that we have in this studio this we're like the big hair station. >> it doesn't mean we have lice. >> i know, but just saying. >> put that to bed right now. >> just all that stuff? it would take hours. >> katie, the thing about this forecast? >> the forecast it, would be hard to believe it would be cold winter, still so warm, and also november think

thinking every changing the subject, no selfies for jim for the rest of the day. >> rid. >> storm scan3, yes, very, very quiet. we have obviously been very much above average as of late. if you look real closely at that graphic, though, what you notice is that granted part of northwestern pa, parts of the great lakes, may ends up weather, but our area wasn't necessarily included in that. of course, location is critical when talking about this kind of stuff, but also important to remember that technically the winter still a long time away. and you can talk all you want about trends, but when it boiles down to the nitty-gritty, localization of the forecast, that gets way more difficult to predict, the further out it gets. so, as we get closer, we will be issuing winter forecast here from cbs-3, but it is a little too soon to have any accuracy on that kind of thing as it pertains to our local area. that is the key here, when talking about meso, micro scale, talk a lot more in generalities the bigger zone you're covering. dew points, we switch gears

completely, talk about the moisture in the air, not much of it, dew points as low as they are, still very lovely hair day. but no lice in the studio. plus, what we will find is the winds starting to kick up little bit out there. so you may want to still opt for the extra hold hair spray, as the wind begins to pick up, especially eastern half of the region. 20-mile per hour gust possible , but still breitbart, sunny, still nice, warm, normal high of 6a do you the math, well above average for yet another day. dropping down to 52 degrees, all clear, calm, cool, win eases up and looking forwards still in substantially above average even through tuesday. but that is when the pattern comes to screaching halt. the rain picks up it, looks like all day event with some of the rain being locally drenching. too. >> how is the monday night game looking? >> the way it looks with the timing we should be clear. >> sounds good. lots of excited fans for that game against washington. excited drivers, no. not here. not on 95 south. this is at allegheny. there is an accident, that is blocking the right lane, so everyone coming on 95, from

the allegheny onramp, being pushed quickly to the left, that means, it is causing some major slow downs as we look even beyond that. this is 95 southbound, at girard. some delays in this area too. pretty much used to it if you drive in this area at 6:18 a.m. so a slow go 95 south. the vine st. expressway, though, looking beautiful this morning. no delays to speak of in this area if you are headed between the city for the schuylkill or the opposite direction toward 95. also, 42 freeway, picking up little bit. some minor traffic going toward 295 and toward the city of philadelphia. and then also, 295, between route 168 and 42, the cones have been pick up here. more construction, still major gaper delay in this area. so it is causing a slow-down as you see, 7 miles per hour, pack the patience early this morning, guys. >> all right. well, pat, jim, after a tough loss to begin the season, the ers are back in philly ready to play in front of their home crowd. >> and the saturday down with pat gallen to discuss pretty

much everything but baseball. basketball. sore. >> i that's okay. >> i got baseball on my minds. >> that's all right, big game last night, too. but before we get to that let 's look at owning night basketball performance. flies under the radar but shouldn't any more because roc o is becoming huge part of the future of the 76ers. if you're not a robert covington fan, time to get on board. the started his career in the d league, he has been a surprise. he dropped a game high 29 points, knocking down seven, three-point nerves wednesday's season opener against the wizards. i sat down with the small forward recently and we talk about important things like spiderman or iron man, and what we're eating for dinner. >> these are going to be actually the hardest questions you probably ever gotten. are you ready for that? are you sure? >> i'm positive. >> all right. we will put 762nd on the clock and get that right. here we go. the sixers season will be blank. >> great. >> easy. >> who is your favorite old school band or artist? >> favorite old school band or

artist? i like the old lil wayne. >> all right. karaoke night. what's your go to song? >> i believe i can fly. >> i love it. scary movie or chick flick? >> scary movie. >> ya. better nicaragua name, roco, c ov, rock crocov. >> if you could tell your ten year old self one thing, what would it be? >> life will throw you obstacles it, matters how you bounce back. >> is that grande? sounds like grand i coat. >> who would win in a fight? iron manor spiderman? is spider began why? >> because he is zoe lewes i have. >> i go iron man. better accent, embiid, savage, brett brown? >> coach brown. >> thank you. >> we're going to robert covington house for dinner watch are you cooking up? >> i'm going to give you old school soul food dish, have my

mom cook some up, dressing, macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, green beans, chicken , corn bled, you know, like my favorite meal. >> we're going to rob's house. last one, scale everyone it ten, how would you rate those questions i just asked you? >> one. >> robert covington, thank you , man appreciate it. >> that's not funny. >> it looks like robert cover inning ton will be sticking around a while. in november he's eligible for a contract extension in the way he's playing, seems like a no brainer. >> i feel like i learned so much about him there. >> right? >> in just 76 seconds. >> one out every ten. >> thank you, patrick. we will be back. >> so clearly he

>> looking ahead to gorgeous weekends, temperatures ten to few degrees above average, we expect nothing but sunshine, as well. so, make the most of it, get out while you can. this pattern can only last for

so long. guys? >> we have been warned. thank you, katie. now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> in the times heralds, judge has sent 19 year old norristown man to state prison for up to two decades foray tell to go rape a 12 year old girl. was sentenced to eight to 20 years after he pleaded guilty to attempted rape after child in connection with a january, 2017 incident in the borough. >> and the delaware county daily times, sometimes it starts with pills, sometimes it start with marijuana. but opioid addiction strikes everywhere, including upscale suburbs like those on the main line, that was a sobering message this week from delaware county heroin task force presentation in radnor township. >> from the mercury, sacred heart church, celebrates 100 anniversary of the siting every lady of fatima, a practice the blessed mother told the children, needed to do every day to bring peace to the worlds. >> that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley.

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morning, everyone, i'm jim done donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, today is october 20th, 2017. >> racist messages spark a school fight in south jersey. >> the district did act quickly disciplining the student behind the disturbing messages and holding a meet to go address the community's

concerns. >> that's a team being moment. >> breaking news this morning, northeast philadelphia, where shots were fired at police. >> police did catch to up that suspect and did arrest him. no one was hurt. >> hoping to become the home for amazon's second headquarters. >> philadelphia is in the golds i lock zone for amazon, just right. >> mayor jim kenney thanks the coalition that made the city's bid possible. >> get ready for the home opener for your philadelphia 76ers. >> tonight is the night the home crowd will get a full look at the process. >> this is quite the celebration back behind us. the champagne sprays. >> and that champagne spraying celebration former phillie chase utley, back for the first time since 2009. bodge ers deet the cubs. >> might be little different these days, but utley will always be the man.

here in philly. always good to clear on a fail i favorite, right, katie? >> absolutely, and loved the city on a very high note, so well respected here, so so much love for him, and best of luck in the series. but, you know, we really have been enjoying what i would call our own little goldilocks phase, so thanks for the little phrase, mayor kenney, i love -- i'm stealing it, so nice outside. and even little bit milder than it has been in recent mornings. now, with that said, i would still walk out the door with a light layer. sweatshirt, fleece, or jacket, your choice, but still, that layering is another, you know, thing that do you have still keep in the back of your held for the next couple every days , even though above average for the next few days, and anywhere from five to 10 degrees easily, above average, in that regard. we are still going to start off on cool side each morning, so walking out the door, yes, little chill in the air. fifty-nine the current temperature at the airport, not bad. but cool. fifty-four at the shore. into the low 50's up in the mountains, now the northwest wind becoming a lot more pronounced up in the mountains

as we speak, i feel the slightest breeze on the skydeck currently, but that also does become more noticeable, as the day goes on here in the urban areas as well, so, with that said, i just make the mental note here too that you got to be extra cautious when disposing of cigarettes butts, things like, that make sure to put it in the right recepticle. don't just toss it, that breeze is out there, humidity also low, too, pat. good hair day in that regard. but you got to be smart about those kinds of things today. >> we do have the biggest hair , i think? in the area, right, katie? appreciate t so looks like a nice seven day, nice at least next four days or so, the roadways are not looking so good t had been quiet morning. no longer this is 95 southbound, looking at allegheny avenue. we have the two right lanes blocked, due to serious accident, police and fire on the scene here. it is blocking again both right lanes. it will cause major delays on 95 southbound, as you heads toward the city. wider look at things, and from 676 to woodhaven going

northbound, everything looking pretty good, but it is jammed southbound taking you 31 minutes in that opposite direction, and that number certainly going to build as the morning progresses, also this is the schuylkill westbound at city avenue. starting to see some building volume here. much in the way it is at 6:30 a.m. most mornings same here on the schuylkill. also, ben franklin bridge, it is slowing down head from camden into the city. but still not bad considering 6:33 a.m. in the morning, 259 we've been telling you about this, between 168 and route 42 , since cleared but gaper delays in this area. jim, back over to you. >> thank you, pat. there will be more police officers at washington township high school this morning. that's after a racist text messages sparked a fight inside the school. >> the parent spoke at a meeting with school officials last night there is all started with racially charged text messages that were later posted on social media.

the text then led to a fight inside the school on wednesday police officers were at the school yesterday following threat of more violence, some parents and student say they're concerned. >> kind of speaking up about it. i had like a little mental breakdown in lunch today. i was crying. and all my friends were trying to make sure i was okay. >> i don't want my child or anybody to come here and feel threatened or intimidated or anything. it is totally unacceptable. >> some student head peaceful demonstration yesterday to protest the racism. we're told the student involved in the exchange every racist messages and fights have been suspended for ten days. >> the parent by white nationalists richard spencer brought out police and protesters in gainesville florida yesterday. spencer rented out the auditorium at the university of florida for the speaking engagement and protesters outnumbered supporters. >> you think that you sat me down. you didn't. you actually failed at your own game. >> we don't want him here. we don't want to hear him

speak. >> if he's here, we are here, too. >> spencer had significant role in the deadly protest that is took place in charlottesville, virginia, expense is her looking to hold a similar event at penn state, but the school turned down his request. so he has now filed a lawsuit siting freedom of speech. >> las vegas hotel room where steven paddock reportedly unleashed his deadly rampage will be closed indefinately. mgm reports, announced yesterday it, has no plans to rent out the 32nd floor room. judge also ordered the resort to preserve evidence related to the shooting. shooting earlier this month killed 58 people, wounded more than 500 others. >> recent speeches by former presidents barack obama and george w. bush have a lot of people talking. some say both criticize president trump even though they didn't use 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, and at times it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. >> although the 43rd president never mentioned president trump's name. >> people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully annie quackly american. >> it 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 broadly written matter. >> mr. bush wasn't the only former president to take the stage on thursday. >> some of the politics we see now we thought we put that to bed. i mean, that has folks looking 50 years back. >> former president obama also didn't mention his successor by name. >> we've got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry, to demonize

people who have different ideas. >> the two speeches by bush and obama were unrelated and in different states. but analysts say there were a lot of similarities. >> well, it is what's very clear today, barack obama, george w burn are closer to each other, than either one every them is to donald trump. >> john loyer ends, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> reelection just few weeks away, candidate vying to be philadelphia's next district attorney face-off in a debate. democrat larry, and republican bethh grossman squared off at university. the committee of zero seven and the league of woman voters of pennsylvania. >> meanwhile, former philadelphia da seth williams has been dis barred. continue plenary boards of the supreme court of pennsylvania made the announcement yesterday. williams is scheduled to be sentenced next weekends, prosecute remembers seeking the maximum terms of five years in prison. williams resigned from office after pleading guilty in his federal bribery trial. >> well, still ahead on " eyewitness news" this morning

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are doing in this country, will be blood bath. >> more student from puerto rico are expected to arrive in new britain, the women are organizing a welcome center, social and emotional support for the student edge and help with college too us. >> take a lack at this. you're looking at a fire tornado in portugal. fire nature owes, like this one, are usually made up of flame or ash. a gust of winds or smoke often sparks the flames. so far, racing wilds fires in portugal have killed 36 people this year. >> all right, how about this video? no, your eyes aren't playing attributing on you, it is early, but no, that is, in fact, a waterfall going backward, hurricane ophelia winds so powerful, that they forced the water up into the air. this is happening in yorkshire national park, in england, as ophelia came ashore on tuesday >> i've never seen anything like that before, katie. >> neither have i. and you know, i think what makes it so interesting it, looks like fire hose. because it is up against a rock mountainside.

so there is nothing else blowing around in the shot. so it looks like magic. >> unreal. >> mother nature. >> yes, just fascinating stuff welshing our weather, hate to tell you, nothing fascinating about it. it is quite frankly very, very boring outside. and a lot of times that will lead to some of the prettiest forecast, exactly what we've got up our sleeves for yet another day. temperature this morning, really not as chilly as we've seen in recent mornings. we take a look at some of the eyewitness weather watchers starting things offer with one of the most southern eyewitness weather watcher reports, and that comes in from and i all the way down in dover. nice clear sky for us. ooh degrees, where he is. and barely a noticeable breeze whatsoever, wishing everybody a happy friday, definitely will be a better day when you have got breitbart sunshine to look forward, to right? 50's, all comes in from john carol further north up mullica hill, but also clear sky for him, and to one more, we take you up into pennsylvania, and head out to that 47 degrees value that comes in from mardi , so brand new profile picture, love it, nice clear sky up in chalfont, also, virtually no wind to speak of.

that is something that will change with time, already seeing it in the mountains, start to see that win or feel that winds, in the that wind, peaking up in higher erin density, nothing damaging but enough that you notice t outside we go to storm scan, which is still totally empty will pass through the blue sky we see overhead. and with high pressure built in place, even no signs yet anyway of any development of the next storm that eventually really bring this pattern to a scoping halt. we still have ample time to enjoy this, however, and tonight, all the day, tomorrow , sunday, then monday, too. and it is perfect timing, for the meteor shower, which is peaking tonight, these originate from haley comet. breeze flying through the atmosphere, be able to see pope potential for dozen or over 20 meteors per hour, good excuse here with the warmth we've been enjoying, at less relative to the standards, clear skies, to get out late tonight see what you can see in the night sky.

looking forward, in the eyewitness weather seven day, dow think at this point the wait looks like it will stay, clouds building then tuesday when do you have to brush off the umbrella, it looks like very soggy rainy day. pat. >> looks like we should get out and about this weekend, katie, it will be beautiful. i'll take 78 degrees in october for a weaken. no doubt about that. >> good morning, this is a look at 95, going southbound, toward the city of philadelphia. this is right at allegheny and the right lane is block, due to an accident, couple of cars are involved, two rate lanes had been blocked, looks like the fire crews have moved out of there. that's good news, one lane has reopened, but still causing some major delays in this area , here is a look, basically, stand still right here at the betsy ross bridge exit of 956789 it will take you 42 minute going from woodhaven road down to the vine street expressway so give yourself maybe 30 extra minutes this morning, as we back it on up, go over actually to new jersey, this is the 42 freeway, where we're seeing delays in this area, as well, head toward 295 and

toward the city of philadelphia. but again, that quarter to 7:00 in the morning, pretty much used to this if you are driving through this area. also, as we take a look here, this is 95, southbound, sorry, schuylkill westbound, at city avenue. where there are some delays in this area, too. overall, not a whole lot going on, so thumbs-up this morning. jim? >> thank you, patrick. well in this week's dream drive, meisha headed to a delaware delight some call real downtown and. >> i tuck behind stone wall, where she met to experience it first time. time for for a dream drive. >> buckle in. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> so many people go by this wall and say what is back there? >> so few people even in the immediate area know what goes on behind there. so we're delighted to here to take you behind the wall. the estate of alfred i. dupont

, australis and philanthropist, modelled to some extent aver size. >> this is breathtaking. >> we are standing in what's called the long walk, the long vista, which goes from the mansion down to the reflecting pool, beyond the column made, beyond that the temple of love the largest french formal gardens in north america. >> it is so peaceful. >> we're in a oasis here, 300 acres, just very special place. >> wow. >> welcome to the formal dining room of the them ours -- nemuours mansion. >> imagine eating dinner with. >> alfred i. dupont and his wife did every night, no matter entertaining a large group or hereby themselves. >> during the heyday, during the late 20's, 30's, upward of

50 people, employed here, like real life downtown abby. people who owned a mansion would showcase the public areas with their art. their formal reception area, the conservatory, kind of like a room turned inside out. so you feel like you're sitting in the garden, beautiful gardens, the thing you go to what we affectionate ly refer to as the man cave. two bowling alice. two billiard tables. hunting trophies, it is a gentleman's part, ladies after reception, in the drawing room , the men would go downstairs and do what men do. it was a home. we try to present it as a home >> but it is so much more than just a home. >> absolutely. >> when he died in 1935 he specified that on the ground of his estate, a children's hospital should be developed.

that opened in 1940. the alfred i. dupont institute for children. it is now the flag ship of what's the children's health system. see the hospital from the grounds here, the people at the hospital see us, and it underscores we share not only a campus but a legacy. >> yes. so much heart. meisha johnson, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." i should live in a lays like, that and i believe we should have a reflecting pool in front of us here. >> i think they get enough views, jim. that was good piece, though. it is time for the morning portion now of the cbs-3 friday football frenzy. >> pat gallen back introducing us to one of the young teams ready to play in the " eyewitness news" spotlight tonight. >> you got to love it. friday football frenzy, that's right. we are meeting the garnet valley jaguires, this morning, coach mike ricky, and a bunch of his players, gathered at megan's restaurant in glen mills for game day breakfast, i'm kind of hungary right now. coach rick ski senior captains john ricky and danny guy. so coach, it is homecoming

weekends, your squad and springfield both eight and o. so this game could be the difference maker in the central league. both made the last year, how big is this game? >> big game, spring fields has been spectacular, the last couple of years, had real classic games with them. looking for the to another one tonight. >> so, john, you play for your dad. you've had the honor of playing for your dad now for couple of years. how special has that been? >> it's been real unique experience, but just growing up in the program i got the chance to witness so much greatness here, just deal with champions, and all of the great runs in the playoffs. that can only help me and my team. >> john, be honest, is he a pain in your butt? >> you know what, he is a not bad. >> dad danny, let's talk to you, it is homecoming.

expecting huge crowd under the lights tonight. tell us what it is like playing at home for such a big game? >> oh, a big game, and the crowd will be a huge factor and it's going help us put points on the board. >> coach, what do youy? looks like you're having pretty good meal right there. >> oh, these guys can eat, that's one thing for sure. they come here, they eat. we are ready h great week of practice, we know springfield will be ready, it will be an electrified crowd. great the moss fear, we can't wait until 7:00 tonight. >> same here, coach. good luck tonight. good luck to all of your guys. don't each too much. you don't want to be too empty for the game. >> thank you. >> all right, guys. friday football frenzy is tonight. big game, 28 and zero teams. >> football, serious business. >> serious business. thank you, patrick, we will be right back with three to go. >> also a look at the cool give aways, tonight's sixers home opener.

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>> welcome back, time for three to go. >> student and par lent see increased police presence this morning at washington township high school after racist text messages triggered a fight between student, several student are suspended. >> well, senate republicans have passed budget resolution that clears the way for debate over president trump's proposal dollars tax overhaul, the president want tax passed before the end of the year. >> tonight sixers home opener.

first home game in the carreers of fultz and simmons. also a chance to see the process, the big man, joel embiid, game 7:00 p.m. against the celtics. >> last check on weather and traffic. >> another beautiful day. there may be a noticable breeze that goes along with the day right now still very light region wide. that's definitely reflected on the observation coming in from cut town area middle school. little light of day starting to pop becomes 20 minute or so , away from the official sunrise here out in berks county, and we're just still sitting pretty right through monday, in fact, guys. still very warm, as well. normal highs, 65 degrees. so really not too bad. by tuesday, still warm, but that's a rainy day. then temperatures take a look by wednesday. >> looking at 95 southbound, moments ago, an accident cleared, right by the allegheny avenue entrance, and that's good news, because it had been out there for about the last 45 minute caution some delays, there will be some backups taking 95, get on the roadway, right now, because you know how it is, at

7:00 a.m. in the morning. >> fun give away at the sixers home opener tonight. everyone at the game not only gets to see exciting basketball, also free t-shirt. look at this. >> seventy-six shirt, also the new philly fan gram, new uniforms for the sixers dancers, big night in south philly tonight. >> let's go sixers. next cbs this morning, speaker err of the house paul ryan talks about the republican tax plan. >> see you here monday morning >> bye bye. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪

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