>> we continue to follow breaking news from west chester, where firefighters have gained the upper hand, a massive five alarm blaze, at a senior living community. more than a dozen residents are in area hospitals, even more have been forced from their homes, evacuated to nearby high school. >> we're very grateful, to see that so many people were taken care of, and we were happy to finds our mom. >> first the panic, then the relief, loved ones rush to go barclay friends desperate for word on their relatives, army of first responders with so. whisk them from the night colds. you have details on what you can do if you're searching for displaced residents. today is friday, november 17th good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. more on the fire in a moment. first, katie and meisha, keeping an eye on things, getting us out the door on this chilly morning.

>> and just to piggyback on the senior living community fire it, will affect your commute around the area, as well, heads up on. that will and a few other accidented out there, as well, construction of course. >> at least relatively speaking much quieter. we do have clear sky or clearing sky. it is the winds, though, that is always adds insult to injury on mornings likes this. glad to hear they're getting things under control in west chester. however, it is still cold, and for anybody, hitting the road here today, you will need the heavier coat for sure. now, when you look at face value, like something is going on here, sometimes the radar can be deceiving t likes to play tricks on you. but there is no wet weather out thereof any kind. we actually have nothing more than clouds, breaking apart, and breitbart sunshine to look forward to, as we move forward here. taking a look at the area temperatures, really not too bad. they'll continue to decline through the rest of the morning, but it is worth mentioning, any time the winds is blowing it, feels colder than this. so i would factor in maybe extra five to 8 degrees, of, you know, deficit that you have to account for here. bottom line, i think, even if

you were technically feeling like the thermometer readings, you would still be dressing in winter weather gear, as the day progresses at best, we rebounds to about 50 degrees, not going to be too much more movement on the thermometer even despite the return of sun also, with the winds, which luckily starts to weaken with time. but that winds will be felt, and noticable, at least for the first half of the day. so brings being wrap up to the week. coming up on holiday sooner rather than later. so we give you little preview here, looking ahead to next week, as we take a look ahead it looks chilly by turkey day and for all of the door buster deals on friday. but right now, i do expect pretty quiet weather. and we do have messy weather inbetween those time frames. so we will talk more about that a little later on, meisha >> all right, katie, thank you so much for. that will very good morning, happy friday, you guys. so construction crews are just picking up and moving out of the way here on the schuylkill westbound between vine and south street. it was affecting the eastbound side, as well. eastbound side moved out of the way. waiting on the westbound side. it looks like now you are good to go. that's good. now, we do have this accident

investigation underway in pennsauken township. the accident actually happened around 1:00 a.m. like i said, it is in the investigation stages right now but route 130 northbound route 38 and route 70, all lanes are closed right now. so you will have to youth an alternate. cuthbert boulevard is your best bet, this accident was involving injuries, as well, so just heads up as you try to sneak by there, it will start to get very busiment quick peak at gorgeous shot of the ben franklin bridge, hello. clearly it is back, just like this. ben franklin bridge looking good as you travel on west. never minds. ben franklin bridge, we will touch base laterment senior community fire, talking about this in west chester, just heads up, north franklin street, closed between goshen road and ashbridge street. use alternate around this. pottstown pike or high street, your best bet. plus just heads up, septa we have some construction on the west trenton, talking more about this coming up in the next ten minute, jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. now the latest on the breaking news, fire sweeps through senior living center sending 20 people to the hospital.

>> firefighters battled the flames from late in the night in early this morning, " eyewitness news" reporter trang do live in west chester, where families rushed to the scene. good morning, trang. >> well, good morning, rahel, jim. firefighters here are wrapping up after getting very frigid and windy conditions, and battling this fire, which again is under control. now, we do know that at least 20 people were transported to area hospitals, with non-life threatening injuries, but take a look here on the scene. as firefighter ers do breakdown, still continuing to keep us quite a ways from the scene. and for very good reason. take a look at this incredible chopper video of the flames coming from the building overnight. this fire started just before 11:00 p.m. at the barkley friends senior living community at 700 north franklin street in west chester. the fire roast from two to five alarms in just a matter of hours. we are told at least 125 people were saved from the fire. dozen of concerned family members rushed to the scene, comforting their relatives, wrapped up in blankets, buses

transported resident out of the cold to different location s in west chester, we're told many are taking shelter at west chester university's gym. now, we spoke to one woman whose mother lives in the complex, and she praised the community effort. >> people have opened their doors, a lot of the neighbors came out, and helped, and it seems really good community support. so we're very thankful for the community here. and the firefighters that have given up their night to take care of all of these people. >> now, taking live look here, you can see just all of the different equipment out here to deal with all of the resident who were waiting in the cold for these buses. there are a number of wheelchairs, walkers, and in addition to all of the fire equipment that is out here. now, officials do plan to give another briefing at 6:00 a.m., with more information, but at this point no word on the cause of this very massive fire. but for now, live in west chester, trang do, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," jim, rahel, back to you. >> trang, we'll check in with you soon, thank you.

of course stay with " eyewitness news" as we stay on top of the senior living center fire throughout the day our coverage continues on line at cbsphilly.com. >> and in other news, minnesota senator al franken says he will cooperate with a ethics committee investigation , the statement comes after a los angeles radio personality came forward accusing the democratic senator of sexual misconduct, correspondent hena doba. >> president trump is weighing in on the latest high profile man to be accused of sexual misconduct. minnesota democratic senator, and former comedian, al franken. >> the president overnight tweeted in part: the al frankenstein picture is really bad. it speaks a thousand words. to think just last week he was for anyone who would listen. the picture the president is referring to, a photograph, that shows franken before he was a senator. hands on the chest after sleeping woman. that woman, leanne tweeten. >> i was violated. i just felt like he betrayed

my trust. >> a broadcaster and model, was on her way back from two week us tour with franken in 2006. when the photo was taken. he says earlier in the trip he forceably kissed her while they were rehearsing a skit. >> he stuck his downingtown my mouth, and i remember i pushed him off with my hand, and i just remember i almost punched him. >> franken released a statement that said among other things, quote, there is no excuse. i look at it now and i feel discussed with myself. it isn't funny. it is completely inapropriate. republicans and democrats were quick to denounce franken. >> serious allegations, they need to be investigated. >> it is just unacceptable. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for an ethics committee investigation franken says he willfully cooperate of the hena doba for cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> well, republicans are one step closer to passing the most dramatic tax overhaul in 30 years. senate finance committee approved version of the tax cuts and jobs act last night.

just hours before that it was passed through the house, the bill simplifies the individual tax code and slashes the corporate tax raise, every house democrat voted no on the tack reform bill, as well as 13 republicans, the full senate is set to vote on it a week after thanksgiving. closer to home, teen murder suspect who escaped south jersey youth detention facility is waking up behind bars this morning, this video from the press of atlantic city shows police arresting 18 year old michael huggins, in atlantic city yesterday. huggins and three other teens broke out of the harbor field youth detention center in egg harbor city wednesday. the three others were captured on the same day they escaped. >> meanwhile, philadelphia police are investigating the stabbing death of a port richmond man, we brought this story yesterday morning. the victim was found wednesday night, in the 2500 block of east lehigh avenue. officers say the man lived in the home with his family. neighbors say he was a beloved member of their community. now, at this point, police have not made any arrests cents. >> historic vote by philadelphia school board reform commission, which decided to vote itself out

every business. it took majority vote of three , the src took control in 2001 to get the district's finances and other asset under control. officials say the district is no longer distressed. the decision affect about 200,000. schools, children in philadelphia, pennsylvania governor tom wolf support local control. >> we've been fighting for this for quite a long time, 16 years of this ren of terror, what i call it. >> i think we're about a year away from being able to do that, i want the city to put up the resources they say they'll put up. >> mayor jim kenly appoint nine members to the new school board which will take over on july 1st. >> well, coming up: freak accident in south jersey create big scare when a woman falls into an old septic tank. we will tell you how she was able to get help just ahead. >> caught on camera. a driver smashes into park cars while on a path of destruction, really bizarre way the suspect got away. >> and the tradition lives on

in spain. see more of their human towers when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> do we know anyone running in this weekend's philadelphia marathon, rahel? >> jim, it is the funniest thing, i'm actually participating. >> are you kidding? get out a town. >> just trying to keep it close at the desk, but yes, participating in my first marathon. i'm very excited. but if you too are taking part in this weekend's race, katie is here with the forecast, and and marathon earls, i don't know if we'll like it on sunday, but she will break it all down for us, when we come back. >> run rahel run. >> don't blame me. >>

>> firefighters battled the flames in bark clay nursing home, west chester. many are sheet only at west chester henderson high school. trang do will be live at the scene, in about 15 minutes. >> and another fire to tell but this morning, this barn fire, on the campus every delaware state university. firefighters were called to

the scene around 7:30 p.m. last night. it doesn't appear that anything was stored in that barn. there were no injuries. and the cause of the fire is still being looked into. >> well, philadelphia police are looking for a hit-and-run driver, caught on camera, pushing his car away from the scene of the crime. >> literally pushing his car, surveillance video shows it smashing into parked cars point breeze. >> this happened overnight last saturday. when the driver got out to assess the damage, you see his car, starts rolling backward there, he tries to drive away, but the car, not budging, so out of desperation, he literally gets behind the car. >> you can see him pushing the car away, or attempt to go push the car away. he never puts it in park. the car almost hits him. this is a very, very strange, just basically see him slam into my friends' car, and my car, simultaneously. >> good way to put t3 cars were damaged in the crash. one of the driver's side mirrors broke off. >> well, in south jersey, rescue mission is caught on camera after a woman falls

into an old septic tank. this happened yesterday afternoon, in mullica township the 57 year old victim fell about 10 feet down through the rotted cover of an abandoned tank. it took about 30 minutes before her son heard her cries for help. then another two hours to rescue her. fortunately, she is expected to be okay. well, the philadelphia marathon steps off this sunday >> this afternoon city officials outline the course and also welcome visitors for the big event. the marathon gets underway sunday morning and the course runs through fairmount park, the university city, and yes, manayunk. 26-mile route for sunday, and half marathon and ak tomorrow. the marathon benefit the american association for cancer research and other charities. katie, you have run a marathon , so you know the colds is not necessarily an issue, but what's killer is the wind. >> yes. >> at least for me. >> yes, so i ran the harrisburg marathon, trying to remember what year it was, it might have been zero six, zero seven, been quite a while since i've done it, but what's good about the philly marathon

at least always something to see, in harrisburg, we were stuck in the woods, and i start today really lose my steam at that point. but i have total fate in you. >> yeah for you doing it and thank you for all of the support, everybody. >> of course. >> look, i'm in the running a marathon. i don't care. we will not work on me. >> you -- >> i'll have a bagel and cream cheese and say run, run. >> federal donut, wawa coffee? >> that's right. >> however you want the support, i'll take it. >> but looking like interesting weekends. i don't think mother nature is on the bandwagon this weekend, with a us it looks like it is going downhill. now, i really think that the biggest issue is in fact going to be the winds on race day itself. but take a look at the reasons for t here is storm scan, wide zoom, storm getting its act together. see string of clouds, things breaking out anywhere from the minnesota border to canada, all the way back to california this is what crosses in. so warmfront followed by cold front. as we time things out here, we see the warmfront first, obviously tomorrow. i do think if you have outdoor

plans that you want to get them in early saturday. because, even now, this particular model, picking up that that rain could start to move in to the north and western suburbs as early as late morning, this will be essentially offer and on any time during the day, that is how warmfronts tends to be. but just rain. then, later that night, cold front. the cold air won't have caught up to us yet, so swat of just rain, even through the overnight, but on the back side of this, don't be shocked if you see few snowflakes into sunday, as the cold air catches up to, you know, the front making its departure. so here is how the marathon itself will pan out. it looks like any showers would be exiting by the start of the race. but, even though we're starting to clear out through the rest of it, over the next few hours, the winds is going to be cranking. i would say gusts anywhere from 30, 35 miles per hour, throughout the, so keep it in mind if you plan to either watch your loved one, make their way through the race, or actually be in it yourself. now, looking forward, beyond that point, sunshine, perfect

timing right just to have the wet weather over the course of the weekend, by monday the winds returns, so does the chill. meisha? >> katie, thank you. >> my bad, one seconds. >> go ahead. >> don't forget to join us today kicking off celebration of our holiday fest, from peddlers village where kate bile i will be there to help light the christmas tree. that will be fun, festive tis beginning "eyewitness news" starting at 5:00. is had to get that in. >> sounds awesome, no problem. thank you so much for that information. and a very good morning to all of you. happy friday. so looking outside right now, we have had some accident. accident in pennsauken township happened around 1:00 a.m., it is in the investigation stages. route 130 northbound route 38 and route 70 all lanes closed you will have to use alternate , cut beer boulevard is going to be your best bet. by the way this accident was involving injuries, as well. quick peak at the vine. looking pretty good. you push in the westbound direction, schuylkill, eastbound side, looking good, as well. schuylkill at the blue route, eastbound direction. looking pretty good here, as well. now, we were talking about this senior living community

fire in west chester. so north franklin street is closed between goshen road and ash bridge street. use alternate here. pottstown pike is going to be your best bet. and some construction in jersey. 676 northbound past 76, one to two lanes are blocked there. and yes, we've been covering this marathon, so just heads up. road closures and parking restrictions start at 2:00 a.m., saturday and sunday , and the ben franklin parkway outer lane they're closed today, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. we will be talking about this all morning long. rahel, jim, back over to you. >> now for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the deli county daily times, pro protester gathered outside pat meehan's offers following his yes vote on the house tax reform package. protesters claim the package is nothing more than a one and a half trillion dollar check to gop corporate bye owners, in a statement, meehan said middle class families deserve tax relief. that's what this tax bill delivers. >> in the reading eagle berks county lead verse unveiled

2018 budget proposal that calls for property taxes to increase by 4%. it is the first increase in five years. ment owner of the property assessed at $200,000 would pay $59 more in taxes. >> from the america cure any west pottsgrove, work to replace the old gross town road bridge over the man tony creek is expected to be completed by the end of november or early december. the bridge is one of five in montgomery county being replaced under the rapid bridge replacement project. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> still ahead have the latest on the health of former pennsylvania governor tom ridge. >> plus, this look at the box office. >> i'm kevin frazier. coming up: ben afleck, together leading the justice league into theatres this weekend.

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>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. katie and meisha will be along in just a minute. today is friday, photograph 17th. breaking news engulf in flames, massive fire destroys a senior living community in west chester. >> paramedics transported at least 20 people to area hospitals, with non-life threaten inning injuries. >> they got everybody out, as best they could. >> and we were happy to find our mom.

>> al franken accused. >> smashing his lips against my face. >> the senator and former comedian is the latest high profile figure embroiled in a scandal. >> i walked out and i just wanted to finds a bathroom and i just wanted to rinse my mouth out. >> miss richmond? >> yes. >> chair -- >> cheers erupt after the philadelphia school reform commission votes to disband itself. >> we've been fighting for this for quite a long time, 16 years of this rain of terror, what i call it. >> he came to me and he said dad i have a costume i want more than anything, i'm like -- no, i asked i have some connections, he said i want to be slash. >> today's morning minute is sponsored by pen medicine's abramson cancer center. the number one cancer center in the region. >> ben after lack who played batman on the big screen talking about getting upstaged by his son's halloween