we're told is in serious condition at cooper university hospital and unclear if the boy who was hit was exiting the school bus at the time, or whether authorities continue their investigation. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. we also have this story tonight, president trump's strong stance, the command inner chief spoke about his response to what he called the deadliest drug crisis in u.s. history. >> i want the american people to know that the federal government is aggressively fighting the opioid epidemic, on all front. we're working with doctors, medical professionals to implement best practices for safe opioid prescribing and we will do something very, very special. we are requiring federally employed prescribers to receive finally special training. >> the president's plan does not release any new montoya

dress the epidemic but does shift some federal money to help, addicts. there are more calls for action tonight, many families impacted by opioid crisis are gathering in south jersey. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us now from mount laurel where a vigil and town hall meeting is taking place tonight, cleve. >> reporter: ukee, they are calling this the kick out opioid abuse, the town hall tonight and vigil before that for those who have died, and earlier today i spoke to some people who lost loved won to the opioid crisis and they are hoping for help even as they help others in sharing their pain. as halloween approaches the decorations at susan harrison 's home serve as a reminder, she and her sister ann no longer have their brother king to help greet trick or treaters. >> it has been a year since i have not seen him, talked to him, hugged him. >> reporter: october 29th, 2016, days before his 50th boy day, king died of a heroin

overdose lethal batch layed with fentanyl. >> he ever dozed in my home, i found him, that is something that, you know, you never forget. >> reporter: like so many who die of heroin his addiction started with opioid painkillers. >> mid 90's he broke his back on a wave runner, he was put on perk sets. >> reporter: this year they have launched other victims of opioid abuse and their families, they call it king's crusade. >> he could ab live, and so many could ab live. >> reporter: if only they could get help and therein lies the problem according to experts there are not enough resource toss treat the growing number of addicts. >> we're talking about people dying in droves. >> reporter: louise habit who who a son found the people to people drug abuse network in south jersey 20 years ago. she said without insurance addicts have very few options. >> we will say what kind of insurance do you have? do you have anything? they will say no. or medicaid, maybe. okay, we can get new detox right away. but then we're not sure about the treatment.

>> reporter: experts say there need to be many more facilities for addict toss get immediate long lasting treatment, in other word, much more money to join the crusade >> i think he is with us and proud of us, and, you know, i miss him. >> reporter: today president trump called opioid crisis a national public health emergency which many people hope is the next step, in getting more resources more money to fight the opioid abuse epidemic, again, that town hall startling 7:00 p.m. at rowan college in burlington county. i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". stay tuned for much more on the president's plan to deal with the opioid epidemic on the "cbs evening news" at 6:30 right here after our broadcast. investigators tell "eyewitness news" that robbery is not a motive for shooting that killed two teenagers in south philadelphia. police say it appears that the suspect started firing random ly during a fight between two groups. this newly obtain surveillance video from a business shows people running just moments

after tuesday night's shooting on 12th and ritner. sixteen year-old caleer miller and sal dinubile were killed. family and friend of the victims are now coping with their loss. >> obviously as a human can i wouldn't take tonight my own hand to get revenge because that will not make me feel better bit. >> i'm angry, math mad, heart broken,. >> so far no arrests have been made in this case, vigil for miller will be held at 7:30 tonight at point breeze. hundreds of dinubile's family and friend gathered for a vigil in his honor last night. following a weekend of violent crime in chester delaware county local leaders reiterated today that they are committed to curbing gun violence between last friday and monday morning, eight people were shot in chester, four of them on a basketball court on the 1200 block of carlos lane near north 11th street, that is where state, county leaders gathered to day to announce that change is coming.

>> we are please todd report that we were able to secure $500,000 in this years budge tote help with this problem. >> the first priority of the office of the district attorney is the safety, well- being of every resident in delaware county especially here in the sit of chester, that is hit by gun violence. >> district attorney whelan says fund will be used to hire special agents and independently fund law enforcement officers in the sit and county. today whelan also pledged an additional $50,000 to help pennsylvania state police patrol the city of chester through the end of the year. several suspects wanted for this brace's tack caught on video in southwest philadelphia are under arrest tonight. police say three of the five suspects are now in custody. they were wanted for attacking , carjacking and rob bing a pizza delivery driver on baltimore avenue last friday. victim was knocked unconscious to suspects remain at large but police say they know who they are.

do you recognize man in this surveillance video? he is wanted for break nothing to a checkers restaurant honor gone avenue last movement as you can see in the video suspect forced his way in the pair of cash registers before taking off, and he got away with an undisclosed amount of money. if you know hoe is you are asked to contact police. philadelphia city council pass aid bill to day allowing residents to possess and sell stun guns effective immediately. philadelphia has prohibited the possession or use of stun guns like this, since 1977. the ordinance pass today does have restrictions, for minors. >> at no child under the age of 18 is allowed to possess or buy or have transferred to them a stun gun. adults you can pick and choose your option of defense. children we should be a little bit mindful for and make sure we protect them from themselves. >> at 2016 u.s. supreme court ruling which state that had stun guns -- stun guns vanned

violate second amendment prompted city to get rid of the ban. harrisburg pennsylvania legislator passed bill that will allow for a massive expansion of gambling in the commonwealth. it is expect to generate 200 million-dollar, to help balance the budget. but legislation expand casino style gambling to 10 new mini casino sites, truck stops, on line portals and airports. it would make pennsylvania first state to allow casino and lottery games on line. governor wolf's office is reviewing the bill and has not committed to signing them. halloween is next week and gloucester county is issuing a warning about marijuana edible s being given out as candy. officials are urging trick or treaters to be wear of gum candy. they say candy often imitates, hard or chewy candy even chocolate, marijuana kind is illegal in new jersey, parents who come across it during their candy check are asked to call the police. in south philadelphia today union members gathered to supply for hurricane

ravaged puerto rico. chopper three over south philadelphia as mens of the i asi stage hand union local eight, readied pallets of supplies for ship. to puerto rico. other unions including sea fairers are also pitching in. >> with the semen leading the charge we will have a container that is specific to us that will be delivered here to our parking lot, picked up tomorrow, brought up to petty island, through on a barge and sea fairers will deliver them directly to puerto rico so they will there been in a matter of days. >> in all more than 25 pallets will head south bringing help to those who desperately need it. after more than six years of service to the community a local arson doggies going in retirement this afternoon members of the philadelphia fire department bid farewell to chance, during a special ceremony, at the fire headquarters on spring garden street. the black lab was a vital member of the arson and explosive task force having responded to some 900 fires. >> talk about everybody

working together, we don't judge mean people. chance has been a critical member of our team, has been part of a long tradition of excellence. >> chance is fourth dog to serve in the fire marshall's office and he will now live out his retirement years with his handler. thanks, chance. >> isn't that great. still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight out of the blue,. >> quite the catch off the new jersey coast i'm joe holden wait until you hear odd of finding a blue lob store. >> i'm meteorologist chelsea ingram here getting our spook on here in south street, i'll have details on what you can expect for south street pumpkin if he this weekend coming up, it will be a day of magic and fun, kate? looks like a blast, chelsea we are tracking our next storm system right here could it bring rain for the eagles game? i'll have forecast coming up, don. the flyers, on the road north of the border trying

rebound after tuesday's loss to the ducks and it will be a family affair for one eagles player and his brother this weekend as they face off at the linc, sports coming up la

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i'm sure you are used to seeing red when you lay your eyes on the lobster but when the lobster is caught fresh it is a muddy brown colored. >> that was was not the case foresee aisle fisherman who were telling quite a lobster stale. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden checks out their rare find, plucked right out of the blue. >> 85 miles off the new jersey shore, it was a die machine in the rough for these sea isle city fisherman. >> it came over the rail, and then, we got excited, we went back here doing something and i heard kind of like a yell, a hollering, yeah, hollering. >> yes. >> reporter: crew of the captain eric's boat had just pluck a rare find, 700 feet

down, off of the ocean floor. >> looking in the pot and there she was. wow, wow, look, we saw it was a lobster. pretty cool. >> reporter: highlight of their four day trip a brilliant blue lobster in the sea of brown and green see dwellers. >> we pulled it up and we took pictures and put some bands on it. >> reporter: eric has fished these waters all his life, it is an amazingly rare one and a half pound catch. >> i have never seen one myself. i have heard of it. it is pretty rare. one in 2 million. it is crazy. >> a lot of the older fisherman, 70, 80 years old never seen one. >> reporter: they work waters from lobster from april to december. they are year so far has been unremarkable. >> once in a while we will get two with the crazy looking claws. i just said that to these guys we haven't caught anything too cool. then we caught that. >> reporter: they are launching a new boat that makes this sentimental for a final voyage aboard this vessel. >> every once in a while we will do and who will eat it or

what but no one is eating it. >> no butter. >> no, no butter. >> reporter: lobster on your right might end up on the dinner table blue lobster they are hoping will be in an aquarium so others can check out this cool catch. in sea isle city, i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> very cool. >> how about that. >> from the sea to the streets , south street to be exact. >> meteorologist chelsea in gram popped in the mobile weather watch tore get a sneak peak at fun plans for the weekend, chelsea. >> reporter: you guys, little bit on the cool side, out here , and wearing turtle neck today, hade to break it out. it is chilly out here. we are previewing something really excite ago this will be taking place, as we head into saturday, i'm talking south street, pumpkin fest and now let me take you over to a gentlemen you literally cannot mess, you are looking really dab they are evening. this is michael harris, the executive director of the south street headhouse district, so tell us about what is going on as we head into saturday.

>> thanks for being here tonight. saturday this shambles will be filled with kid, families having a great time, and celebrating the fall festival at our pumpkin festival that we annually have. it will be a great day of circus arts, face painting, pumpkins, and pumpkins every where, as well as, a great number of vendors and restaurants out there. >> so tell us about some of the food we can expect, some sights and sound and smells. >> yeah, yeah south street has great restaurants and great shops and so sweet life bakery will be here with their great cup cakes, and goodies, and pizzeria stella and they are fabulous and families can go over, enjoy a pizza that you will day and dottie's doughnuts all vegan doughnut shop and they will be here and some of the best doughnuts i have ever had for sure. >> kid should wear costumes, right. >> is there costume contest at 3:00, families come out, dress out, kid come out and it is fun and trick or treating from three to 5:00.

over 50 businesses will have candy for trick or treating. >> even a little magic, right. we have a magic show going on, here, so the kid are having fun. one of the kid told me thinks the best night of his life, so tonight, just imagine, how saturday is going to be during the actual event and the weather, kate, it looks like it could be the warmest day out of the next seven. >> it does indeed, chelsea. ukee just said if michael send him that suit, he will wear it on air. >> chelsea, no, i didn't. >> perfect. >> right. >> perfect. >> i got to go. kate said it, i said it then. >> send it over. >> that is right. >> that will work on tuesday. >> sweet suit. >> well, it will be a nice day as chelsea said saturday weekend starts on the great note. >> i will get you and sunday, it will all turnaround. >> yes. >> outdoor plans for the weekend saturday is day to get

them n sunday you will want to be in doors or heading out to see eagles make sure you have extra strength puncho on hand. lets look at what is going on outside as sun has set and see orange, light in the sky, over cape may, it is, beautiful out there tonight, fantastic, evening, and it wasn't the best day to day, it was on and off, started off nice and ban of showers moving through and that dropped temperatures, wind picked up, it was a raw afternoon but evening, brought it right back, turn it around, totally redeemed itself, beautiful evening in cape may, storm scan three shows showers have pushed off the coast and they are impacting long island skies are clear now we say 3c 's, recipe for cold. clear skies, cool temperatures and light winds, that is not c , calm is the c there. i almost forgot that but is there 3c's. it is very chilly tonight as temperatures drop in the 30's. we have a frost advisory in our north and western suburbs and portions of south jersey. lets talk about the system that will bring us heavy rain

for the weekend right here bringing snow to the northern plains and this will be diving south and east over the next few days, temperatures right now on the cool side, 53 in allentown. fifty-four in reading. fifty-seven in philadelphia upper bucks, montgomery counties, chester county through lehigh veil and south jersey and frost advisory in effect not until 2:00 a.m. continuing until 9:00 tomorrow morning not in effect for city of philadelphia here's our warm up happening, brief warm up, southwest wind out ahead of the next system but look at how cold behind that storm only freezing, right now in wrapped city, it is 29 in cheyenne. i'm in the sure about you but i'm in the ready for 29 degrees. it will in the get that cold here. as we track this system it approaches saturday, rain creeps in saturday night, sunday morning and then heavy rain through the day sunday. departing on monday but coastal low, almost a nor'easter type system, tracking up the coast on sunday bringing strong, gusty wind, threat for some beach erosion down the shore and also heavy rain, and wind on

sunday, one to 3 inches falling across the area during the day sunday. so overnight, chilly, few cloud, 44 in the city, mid 30 's in the outlining suburbs. tomorrow after a chilly start we will rebound to 65, sunny, beautiful afternoon, is what not sunny, beautiful, eagles game, heavy rain around especially at kick off and then could be a little bit lighter by end of the game. it depend when that heavy rain sets up overhead but good news for halloween it looks nice, mid 50's, mainly clear sky, light wind, not too chilly and not too hot, either, good news for trick or treaters, so war day of the forecast is of course sunday not good for those with eagles ticket but rest of the forecast looks seasonal and saturday looks beautiful. >> get that suit by tuesday. >> through go. >> i hope so. >> thanks, kate. >> don's up next with sports. >> we are talking baseball tonight for a change up, phillies freddie galvis has a chance at an ward that everyone thinks he has already won. phillies need a manager

and candidate, just came available that story next in sports. after 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change

new jersey really needs? guadagno is christie's hand-picked successor. says she's "proud to be part of the christie administration." guadagno was chris christie's right hand as our schools came under attack, critical services were underfunded, and our credit rating was downgraded...11 times. from the bridge to the beach, we've seen it all, and we've had enough. kim guadagno isn't the change we need.

eagles face off with the 49ers on sunday it will be second time this season that a member of the eagles will play against, a family member. senator center jason faced off with trav is in kansas sit this weekend it is the celeks, breath celek has been with the eagles since 20 on seven, his brother garrett, also a tightened has played for 49ers since 2012. they will see each other sunday at the linc. >> it will be fun. you know, i'm preparing just like any other game. i don't know if there will be anytime where i get to line up against him. if that was the case it would be a different story. but it will probably be more fun for my family, then me and

my brotter. the sixers are off today, saturday, they take on mavericks in dallas looking to rebound after losing at butter last night, to the houston, rockets. all right. flyers will be back on, the ice, tonight in ottawa to take on the senators, and in net michal neuvirth who had a fantastic start. dave hakstol said not much has changed with his game. >> i haven't seen a different approach but would i agree, i think has been locked in, dialed in and given us good performances every day, but in terms of, you know, a shift in how he approaches his business on a daily basis, i have not seen it. he has always been a guy that quietly goes about his business. freddie galvis has been one of the best defensive short stops for years but never won a gold club. phillies clubhouse leader has a chance to change that tonight. galvis is one of the three finalist for the gold glove in the national league. good luck to him. more baseball news, yankees and manager joe girard

i parted ways, five three-year old girardi brought bombers to within one win of the world seer thinks season. in his 10 years in the bronx he 11 world series against the phillies in 2009. hate to bring up bad news. they also made playoffs six times under joe girardi. phillies are in the market for a manager. >> yes, yes they are. >> so, you never know. >> dusty baker get a shot too. >> dusty baker. >> yes. >> yes. >> we will see what happens. >> thanks, we will be right why are south jerseyans so angry headlines at sweeney? up. sweeney repeatedly sided with chris christie

to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut take-home pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans- all while padding his own. steve sweeney says a lot of things. but the truth is, he's not on our side. nice to meet you sir. joseph, i'm nice to meet you.u? how's it going man? the yankees? come on. [ laughing ] look at the smiles and the hard work

that the people here are doing. it's like making mini sandwiches. they're no different than anyone else. they just want a job. they want respect and they want dignity. this is a nice place. yeah. he plays basketball with lauren. steve called, fairly frantic. you know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. lauren brought out the best in me. she made me a different person. deep down in his heart he feels for people who are disadvantaged. lauren's a light in everybody eye. she's the spark that has started the fire. the goal is to keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. see, i love you. i love you guys too. you know that. yeah.

tori has treats, just in time for halloween we are heading to a local spot with a devilish name but don't let it fool you, the food has devil's acre is heavenly, and tonight after the game, in taste with tori we will take a peak at the fair, with some flare. looking for a fall activity and family how about testing your brain power in the jersey corn maze. >> chopper threw flew over in cherry hill today. theme is who civilizations. participants must work as a team to find clues and solve rid tolls get out. it is opened saturdays and sunday from 10:00a no 4:00 p.m. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we are back here at 11:00. "cbs evening news" is next , take care family, we will see you tonight.

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