it's the 2014 mega match-a-thon. nbc 10 was in hunting park yesterday when the event kicked off. dog or a cat, give one of those pets a nice home, go down to the spca's headquarters now until 6 clock tonight fb the mega match-a-thon. there will be some food there, music and entertainment. and by the way, the event continues form from 9:00 until 6:00 at well. >>> well, a nice start to our weekend. we do have some clouds around the area. but we are rain free right now. pretty nice day in store for us today. we'll see a mix of clouds and sun. temperatures pretty seasonal this afternoon. so compared to tomorrow, i will call today a mild day. cooler temperatures as we go into tomorrow. it's going to actually start with tonight. it will be colder tonight through parts of the area then tomorrow will be much colder than today. and next week we're talking about rain and wind and still the chilly temperatures. we're watching the potential for a nor'easter to be affecting parts of the area. 57 in redding, 56 in pottstown, 56 glassboro, 58 in wilmington and close tore the shower we're in the

>> i've only been to one hack-a-thon which is the tumblr hack-a-thon and i from it i received a whole bunch of education when i went and they showed me how they took a problem and used coding to solve it in a way that was unknown to me when i went. they stated the problem to a whole group of people and then they decided how they would use -- they would use the certain apis that tumblr gave them to solve the problem and it was cool. i've never seen anything like it. >> that's really awesome. apr's application programming interface. >> yeah. >> one of the -- what we can offer these students is exposure to the tech industry even students like nikolas who already knew he wanted to get into tech and is studying it at his school is on the robotics team have so little access to actual technology professionals. have never visited a company that a technology company in new york that the first company that we brought you to was spotify and nikolas said i thought spotify was just overseas in europe. he didn't know that actually they have their new york -- u.s. headquarters is here in the city. >

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crossed the finish line firt marina >>> 25,000 runners are hitting it for the nike annual half mayor thon. it was a woman who crossed the finish line first. 32-year-old victoria mitchell from australia beat everyone with a time of just under one hour and 20 minutes. the marathon say major fundraiser for cancer research. >> a good day for them to do it. sunny skies around the bay area. that is something that will be graded tomorrow. clouds on the way. first on the bay bridge, artistically, looking at the numbers around the bay area right now. still warm in concord. 72 degrees, oakland, 67, san francisco, 65, and san jose, 68 degrees, santa rosa right now has 70, by 8:00 tonight, the numbers do cool in the middle 60s, inland, below, fog, forming, again, a lot of fog, widespread, visibility almost shutdown, close to the shoreline. a quarter mile visibility at 8:00 this morning, nap a santa rosa. in the shoreline. drizzle, too. advance of a weak cold front on its way from the northwest. sunrise tomorrow, dry, though, inland and around the bay. a little later in the day it will turn wet. here

students raised $5800 through dress-down days and a walk-a-thon to put toward the effort. >> dealing with a global problem opens their eyes to what is happening in the world. and some of the major problems that need to be solved. >> stop hunger now works in 65 different countries, so the meals can be sent all over the world. it really depends on where the need is. >> for us, it is children fielding chirp. >> for information or how you can get involved pist pistpistol -- visit us on our website >> eagles and rams sunday, how they are prepping to get it going. >> prepping with one big name out. linebacker kendrick ruled out of sunday's game of the third straight game list. and boykin questionable with a hamstring issue. is the glass half full or half empty? the eagles at a 3-1 mark, but they did not look good sunday in the loss to san francisco the birds tell us regardless of nature records there are areas to prove. >> when you think you are where you need to be the bottom will fall automatout. we are critical of ourselves and trying to do well. >> it is a marathon, not a sprint. obvio

it's the 2014 mega match a thon. nbc 10 was in hunting park yesterday when the event kicked off.re looking to adopt a dog or a cat, come out between 9:00 this morning and 6 clock this evening. there will be food, music and other entertainment. the event continues tomorrow from 9:00 until 6:00. >> next, governor tom corbett weighs in on ebola. what the governor has to say about the three pennsylvaniians being monitored in texas. >>> one day will be cooler than the other. coming up we'll have your weekend forecast, how cool it will get and a rainy stretch of weather as we take a live look outside. more details on the forecast coming up. one of my favorite fall activities is visiting our world-renowned wineries and craft brewers. and, award-winning distilleries and cider makers. they're located all across our great state. come raise a glass to your favorites. plan your fall getaway at iloveny.com/fall there's something for everyone >>> right now on nbc 10 news today, three people from pennsylvania are being monitored for ebola in texas. what we're learning from governor tom core bit

booming today, at the outlet store in south street, the store hosted the first of its kind zoomba-a-thonthey spent part of their saturday morning getting in great exercise while having fun. >>> time for a check of sports. jeff skversky is here and you know, cardinals surprisingly good this year. >> they are very good offensively as well as defensively. eagles defense has their work cut out for them, in the desert tomorrow, receiver larry fitzgerald has burned them time and time again. is there nick foles and the eagles just arriving in arizona tonight where they are preparing for tomorrow's 4:00 o'clock game with the cardinals. this d who shut out giants in the last game has to find a way to now shut down the cardinals explosive offense. >> it is a really good arizona team. it is a challenge. we are five and one. they are five and one. great game. >> i feel like we're ready to go. we have no excuse. we came to arizona to win. i feel like we will do everything we can to do that. >> we are going up against a good team. that is something we have respect for. they're a good team. we know we

. >> scott, is there any possibility of you working thon. >> it doesn't look like that will happen iain lucy. in fact today's high of 70 degrees. tomorrow will struggle to make it out of the 50s. so it will be a shock to the system tomorrow as we're looking at clouds as well as showers around but right now, as we take look at the satellite and radar, earlier just off of seaside heights we were looking at a potential waterspout spotting also some hail, some very heavy rain with an isolated thunderstorm there. but take look off to the we ha have. pittsburgh toward state college, harrisburg we're watching thicker clouds and showers opinion wheeling our way and area of low pressure is going to drop down and move into the open waters of the atlantic intensifyinintensifyand turn ind head up the coast. we'll be dealing with the clouds as well as the wind and the rain, too, you can see as we move toward wednesday night, still looking at on and off again showers and then this thing really cranks up and moves towards new england very potential impacts there. greatly as far as heavy rainfall and w

there's also a zumba thon from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. >> you are an instructor so you can make that happen are you going to make people zumba till they drop? >> no. it's for everybody. for every level of ability, every level of confidence, every level of fitness. come and have a good time. you make it your own. do you what you like. there's no right or wrong. >> one more thought about the cause and then we'll do a little dancing very quickly. to end homelessness, is it an entry fee that helps raise money or the sale of some of the food? how are some of the funds raised? glitsz' an entry fee. the vun $35 which includes -- the run is $3w45 which includes the festival and zumba -- $35 which includes the festival and zumba. there's also a great family rate. $25 for one adult and three children up to the age of 12. >> you memorized a lot. great job. we have a little time left. let's do a little zumba before we leave. all the information is on wusa9.com. >> are you ready to dance? >> yes. >> let's get some music rolling. >> i can hear it now. ♪ >> we'll do a side salsa. step side to side. side t

bring them back here -- >> reporter: it was marisa watts' idea to honor clair with a yearly swim a thonach wanted to teach her students lessons about just what true dedication is. marisa, like others, marveled that even with just months to live, clair with the help of husband bob showed up at school to administer the work scholarship program. >> i'd never seen anybody handle a life and death experience with the kind of grace that she did. >> reporter: and that is a lesson at presentation they believe deserves to be taught over and over again. >> i checked in, they're in the thousands of dollars that they raised and when i was talking to mary miller, the principal that was involved yesterday when a couple of students came in to the check on their pledges, they take this very seriously. combined, about $1,000. they had swum about 400 laps, i believe, each. almost 500 laps each. this is something at that school they take very seriously, raising the money for fighting breast cancer, raising money for scholarship that allows someone to attend presentation. >> incredible fund-raiser for a rem

. >> here is a look across the reasonable thon friday, at 71 degrees in the city mostly sunny beautiful day. down the shore lots of sunshine, 72, little cooler in the poconos though. some sun, few clouds around, as well. 62 degrees the high in the mountains. now we check in on roads with victoria. >> good morning, looks beautiful. looks like it will be beautiful today. i'm excited about it. we'll see how excited you'll be traffic wise. things still pretty quiet but we'll see when the sun comes up, the rush comes n we have to wait and find out. ninety-five moving farley will, 95 make being your way southbound toward the vine st. expressway into center city philadelphia. usually you slow down through the construction zone, not seeing huge volume right now, but you will just tap the brakes a bit. looking at the schuylkill expressway not too far away from montgomery drive, right around the earlier accident scene we saw yesterday, early morning crash that sent us back really bad. so far today things are wide open. speed censors rupp. 50's on 95, even traveling on 476, and lots of green all o

thon joining me is michelle dauber, professor of law at stanford. and annette asimov. michelle, i want to begin with you. give us ab overview of situations at colleges that led to this new law. >> so the statistical information that we have, and of course it is considered to be an understood report. s it is very hard to estimate sexual assault, one of n five women of college age will experience an unwanted sexual encounter or sexual assault at some point during their college years. and a statistic that goes with that, based on the research of david lissack whose a psychologist is that males who commit sexual assaults on college campuses have an average of four to six victims and tend to be repeat offenders. >> so they are serial offenders. >> that is what the research seems to be indicating. >> but they haven't been seriously discipline ed campuse or there hasn't been enough of them disciplined. >> that is a big part of the plan is the lack of discipline. an epidemic, violence against women on college campuses that for many years has been almost entirely unaddressed. a

carli wanted to make her own mark and came up with what else, a swim a thon.lympic swimmer and silver med list christie company well joined her last year and last in for the third annual swim. >> she said she would do it and in the blink of an eye. she didn't even think about it. she shed i'm in. >> really nice and she's really fun to swim with. we just kept smiling at each other. >> carli and christie swam 3 miles. 188 lapse. plus two more for good measure and the crowd went crazy. >> it was just feeling the wall on the last lap and knowing that i finish and i did it. i was so happy and so proud of myself. >> she said she was going to do it and she did it. >> raising close to her goal of 20 thus san dollars for diabetes research and special kids camp. >> diabetes sometimes is really hard for me, so it would be re really cool if they found cure. >> she really is passionate about showing one kid can make a difference. >> and she is such a cutie. tomorrow carli will be hanging up her towel just temporarily to participate in this year's step out diabetes walk at

more thon seven day forecast coming up in just a few more minutes.atasha, back over to you. >> thanks, justin see you soon. >>> a young woman's murder 10 months ago to this day remains unsolved. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson shows us how a community is making sure that amber long is not forgotten. >> reporter: long after we all stopped watching, stephanie kept fighting. >> she was a wonderful, wonderful person. she was the kind of person we cannot afford to lose report roar it's been 10 months sin the murder of amber long the 26 your old architect just walking with her mom purse snatched and shot on a side street in northern liberties. 10 months despite citywide man hunts, reward and surveillance of the crime, the shooter still out there. >> it was absolutely senseless. it was a tragedy. >> reporter: saturday a run inspired by amber's death created by people fed up with violent crime against women aiming to increase the reward for an arrest. >> what's to say that this guy isn't out there still doing it? and it is so, so important that he

readily, 56 degrees, our expected high later on today, and that's a lot closer to where it should be thon day of the year. vittoria, good morning. >> good morning, everyone, so, all of our roadways right now are looking beautiful. it is not only in pa, it is cents in delaware, jersey, a lot of good news out there. we take you first to the schuylkill expressway, notice it is very quiet. now, earl why err when we picked this camera shot, if you were to flip it around, on the eastbound side of 76, right around 202, we have some police activity, and they're monitoring some construction. you may have lane restriction on the eastbound side of the schuylkill right around 202. that's just before that camera shot there approaching gulph mills. as you take a look now at the ben franklin bridge, beautiful ride out there. westbound making your way into philadelphia, no delays, all lanes have been open from that earlier construction project that we've been dealing with for few months, they will be open during the morning rush hour, and then you will be back down to three for the afternoon. then will f

you can make a difference we have thon in the world so come visit us penn state philadelphia and i startedy career rebuilding homes for one family at a time. today, our companies help build something more. for 28 years, belfor has been restoring homes and businesses destroyed by fire, flood, or any disaster. and even though we've grown to over 6,000 dedicated people around the world, for me, it's still about helping one family or business at a time. at belfor, we're restoring more than property. >> newly video this morning, you don't see this every day, a house hauled on a truck down the road. the home will be given to we say patterson who lost his house to super storm sandy. an anonymous donor and habitat for humanity is making russ's new home a dream come true. good weather out there today. >> reporter: it's nice and mild. there is the view in atlantic city, you can see the sun beams or the rays of the sun shining on the water. we'll see sunshine early on and the clouds build as the cold front approaches from the west. that will bring a dramatic change as we head into sunday. the mid 50s

this was a $1 million hack-a-thon where developers compete to build best new mobile app. >> a boy and his mom are recovering after getting into trouble in the ocean near pacifica. a young boy was in trouble while swirling at the beach yesterday and his mother went in. you can see how strong the waves were and that surf was too much and kept the woman from getting to her boy. two men helped pull everyone to safety. >> now we look to traffic. leyla gulen? >>> in four miles we have two insurance democrats, the first is a sig-alert highway 37, amy hollyfield is on the scene and this was supposed to be cleared a long-term ago but when they brought the big rig in with a tow it started to fall apart. four american is the top speed and traffic is diverted to highway 37 and six miles of backup away from the interchange. from that accident four miles away was a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and we are not sure exactly how this happened but though may have been hit by a vehicle westbound 780 at 80. the metering lights were turned on and we have heavy backup from the maze along the bay bridg

you can make a difference we have thon in the world so come visit us penn state philadelphia a man isot on a south philadelphia street, but he may not be the victim. what police say may have happened. >>> we're learning about an alleged gunman who opened fire inside a washington state high school killing one classmate. >>> plus is a strike by septa workers on the horizon. we have details on what you need to know before monday. but first, chris sowers is here with a look at the accuweather forecast. the bright spot of our weekend. >> reporter: i'll tell you it's a very nice looking weekend. as we go live on sky 6. it's comfortable, temperatures will shoot up into the upper 60s and some locations as warm as the low 70s. tomorrow we'll see winds and cooler temperatures, but even tomorrow when you look at the normal for this time of the year it looks fantastic. cooler numbers are out there, cooler in martins creek, clear skies and calm winds roughly anywhere from 2 to 3 miles per hour. there's not a breeze, that will allow forayed -- for radiational cooling. it allows the heat to escape.

. >> i have something to do thon dreary day besides watch college football. newly vivid opening in philadelphia will sea the sweet tooth. this is chocolate the expedition at the academy of natural sciences at drexel university and organizer say exhibit shows important role iconic switas played throughout history. and from use as bitter drink to tweet taste we enjoy now. >> eventually they added sweetness to it that's where the love affair of chocolate began and after about 1800s or so that was when chocolate became to the masses and processes became something everybody could ep joy. >> organizeers also argue there are health benefits to eating dark chocolate. i believe you. iten kurms i'm stanley tucci and i love new york. there's no place like it in the world. one of my favorite fall activities is visiting our world-renowned wineries and craft brewers. and, award-winning distilleries and cider makers. they're located all across our great state. come raise a glass to your favorites. plan your fall getaway at iloveny.com/fall there's something for everyone >>

the weekend saw the completion of the $1 million hack-a-thon where developers competed to build the bestapp. >> great pumpkins are rolling in to half moon bay for the weigh off that attracts the big of gourds from all over the country and the winner from napa county, 1,985 pounds more than a smart car. >>> i have post add forecast for the competition with warmer-than-average temperatures with sun and 90's inland, 80's around the bay and 70's at the coast and cooler this afternoon. >> we have a crash northbound 17 blocking one lane and we have this in berkeley that is causing delays westbound 80 at university avenue, a crash blocks one lane with delays from the hoffman split and busy through solano necessity county -- solano county. >> back in 25 minutes with news is weather and traffic during "good morning america" and have find a dentist through us, they often say, "i wish i had done this sooner." don't put it off any longer. call 1-800-dentist today. ♪ call 1-800-dentist today. (mom) when our little girl was we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her

you can make a difference we have thon in the world so come visit us penn state philadelphia >> trackingain cross the entire delaware and leevrls and we'll have details how long it will last in the accuweather forecast. a car is riddled with bullets after a man opens fire on a philadelphia street and president obama tries to help resolve a contract dispute between septa and the union. chris sowers is here first with a look at soggy accuweather forecast. >> it's a bad way to start the weekend. >> a lot of rain throughout this morning. sky6 that's the view of philadelphia international airport. we're seeing periods of rain this morning. not a steady, soaking, drenching downpour. enough to make things miserable out there. along with that patchy fog. that's reduced visibility. slow go. make sure you keep beams on low and take easy out there. temperature wise chilly as well. north easterly breeze keeping numbers down a bit. 50 now in allentown. trenton 51. philadelphia 5 3. sea isle city better at 58 and dover 54. here's the view over top of the airport. you can see we're picking up somewhat

. >> last month, there was a walk--a-thon held to race money for this endeavor. >>> we have cued that unmistakable music that means one thing. the friday night high school blitz on nbc 10. you're familiar with this at this point. here's our spotlight game of the week. it's what you voted for. bishop shanahan at westchester henderson. kickoff of this game is 7:00 tonight. we'll be there. count on nbc 10 to cover the excitement on the field and in the stands. after the game, watch those highlights right here, plus coverage from other games all around the region on the ground and from the air. we have aerial coverage from nbc 10 and skyforce 10 which will be taking off in just a couple minutes. be sure to watch tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. and wait, there's more. nbc 10 presents a comprehensive half hour look at local high school football with the high school football blitz. that's tomorrow night at 7:00 only here on nbc 10. speaking of the games tonight, we know sheena is already tracking rain. >> but will it affect the game? let's get the answer in sheena's friday night forecast. >

powerful cloud computing platform but as john thon explains some reporters were more interested in asking him about something else. >> grit to be in san francisco this morning to talk about our cloud. >> he came to talk about cloud computing. but there was cloud of a different kind over the microsoft ceo and it wasn't the cloudy weather he clearly brought with him from seattle. for 18 haven't about microsoft massive data center. >> beg enough you can park 2 jumbo jets complete with all the passengers inside them. >> most of the presentation a was highly technical but it all changed when microsoft opened the there are for questions. some reporters say that's the reason they showed up here. >> more interesting for the press was the opportunity to push him on the comments he made last week about equal opportunity and equal pay for women. on october 9 he made headlines. >> what do you advice to women who are i wanted in inconveniencing their career. >>reporter: at conference for women in tech his answer in part was this. >> it's not really about asking for the race but knowing and having fait

we'll tell you how social media played a key role police >> 6:43 this action cam live shot dynamite thonmorning. look at how beautiful it is there along the delaware river. >> little rain starting this afternoon. sprinkles. then ever hade rain. >> jammed from the betsy ross fwroyj girard. that's i-95 southbound. it's northbound where you have the accident here in southwest philadelphia. and that's by the airport. so watch for that. southbound delays talk about 18 miles an hour on schuylkill expressway 1 past boulevard it belmont eastbound near girard traveling 31 miles an hour there. we have an accident in horsham, montgomery county, welsh road at player mill road. also this accident partially blocking traffic. this is new west deptford gloucester county. ramp to 642 that accidents partially being blowing ramp in that region. watch for that in gloucester county. wood land township burlington county accident involving over turned vehicle still out there. police are on hand and directing traffic on the scene. route 72, 563. accident here in burlington county, one in gloucester county. one

. >> the coast guard is ramping up thereof he was in the wake of the boston bare thon bombing and thetile nature of this world. you can see mccovey cove behind me. can you see people watching baseball on their tv or listening to their radio. we are used to seeing the sfpd with their bomb sniffing dogs. you look at this video here. you see some of them actually rode on ferries to get here. that's right. a lot of people take ferries to get to at&t park to beat the track. the coast guard is making sure that we see this cleared. >> we have some passengers screening. vessel screening. trying to see xdas much remaining. >> what are you looking for? >> it's a video here. it's exciting. >> it's a good time. everybody seems to be having a good time. i'm enjoying myself, too. >> are you a giants fan? >> absolutesly. i wish i could be inside watch willing. but next best thing. i'm here protecting. >> something to say, max? >> there you go. >> that dog is really into things. the idea that is they don't have much to do. they sniff around, assuming there are no explosives. some even enjoying the at

. >> it was marissa's idea to honor claire with a yearly swim-a-thon.er students lessons about what true dedication is. marissa, like others, marvelled that even with just months to live, claire with the help of husband bob, showed up at school to administer the work scholarship program. >> i had never seen anybody handle a life/death experience with the kind of grace that she did. >> and that is a lesson at presentation they believe deserves to be taught over and over again. the swim to remember each year starts early in the morning, ending late at night. this year, 90 swimmers completed 14,500 laps in the presentation pool. that's over 220 miles of swimming. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> if you know someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. go to nbcbayarea.com and search bay area proud. you can also e-mail garvin your idea. follow him on twitter on watch any of the more than 200 bay area proud stories we've broadcast. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." apple hailed it as a key upgreat on its in you l

january thon bloom has more on why cookies speaking out about something far more personal. >> thoughmost public figure in the tech world apple ceo tim cook kept his private life just that. private. but now just two days after deannouncing his home state offal become for discrimination against gay and lesbians cook announced that he himself is gay. i'm proud to be gay he wrote and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. >> seriously. >>reporter: customers in line were surprised it has been an open secret and he nevrd depended being game. last june he was outed on squawk on the street. >> i think tim cook is gay head of apple sent. >> oh, dear was that an error. i thought not. >>reporter: cook joins short list of high profile executives hoply gay. pay pal co-funder who spoke exclusively with abc 7 news. >> i don't think it's something that is ladies to problems in sill cop valley. this is fairly progressive part of the country so i don't i couldn't say it's held against me in any which whatsoever. >> company like apple del globally in culture far different from

you can make a difference we have thon in the world so come visit us penn state philadelphia >> it's buzz a flip in a world series game happened before the first pitch. singer aaron louis bochd the national anthem. >> what so proudly we hail ♪ were so galantly streaming ♪ >> little confusion there. that should have been as the twilight last gleaming and crowd and players certainly caught on. louis said it's been a while sense he studied lyrics and his nerves got the best of him. that song tripped up more than a few stars. especially during sporting events. taylor swift mentioned on gma she'll be shaking it up in times square on new year's eve. she's the head liner for new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest and she's blinds up for the five 1/2 hour show which airs live on new year's eve and tonight at 10 here on 6abc it's all newcastle and be sure to tweet with us while you watch watching cassill and 6abc and monica malpass will be your host of twitter party tonight and "dancing with the stars" gets started 8:00. former contestant lee after will host and pit bull will join the judg

allentown every year but carly wanted to make perfect own mark and came up with, what else, a swim-a-thon. olympic swimmer christie cold well joined her last year and last month for the third annual swim. >> she said, she would do it, and the the blink of an eye she didn't even think about it. she said i'm in. >> really nice and really fun to swim with. on the last lap, we just kept smiling at each other. >> carly and christie swam 3 miles, 188 laps, plus two more for good in measure and the crowd went crazy. >> it was just hitting the wall on the last lap and knowing that as soon as i hit it. i was so happy, so proud of myself. >> she said she was going to do it and she dit. >> raising close to her goal of $20,000 for diabetes research and special kids camp. >> diabetes sometimes really is hard for me so we really would be cool if they found a cure. >> she really is passionate about showing that one kid can make a dip since. >> and carly hung up her towel temporarily yesterday to participate in this years step out diabetes walk in allentown. her team is called carly rocks. you can find o

. >> let's listen to something that thon anthony fauci from thh said. >> how long can this last? if you look at the kinetics and the dynamics of the epidemic, it looks very serious. when i say our, i mean the global response has not kept up with the rate of expansion. >> to your point the world is responding. the u.s. is throwing in thousands of military personnel and hundreds of millions of dollars to help. but we heard from the general who was in charge of the efforts in liberia yesterday, that our effort there, our 1700 beds aren't going to be up until almost december and by then there could be 10,000 cases a week. so why hasn't there been a more concerted international effort to stop this where it's started and is most dangerous? >> i think this is a real problem. i can't speculate why the response has not been more immediate. i sent a letter to chairman murphy in early september asking for this hearing because i was concerned about this happening. we have had outbreaks before and maybe the world health organization and others didn't take this as seriously as they should have

this past week saw the completion of $1 million hack-a-thon for the best new mobile app. >> a young boy and the mother are recovering from injuries suffered after getting in trouble in the ocean. a young boy got into trouble while swimming yesterday and the mother went in after him. you can see just how strong the waves were and that surf was just too much and kept the woman from getting to her son. two machine came to the rescue and pulled everyone safely to shore. fortunately, no one suffered serious injuries. >> a latino group plans to protest the use of a mission district soccer field after recent confrontation between soccer players and employees of a tech company drop box. >> this video shows drop off employees with a city issued permit demanding the soccer players leave the public space. nearly 300,000 people have viewed the spread and many of them have left an bring and resentful comments and the latino democrat club will protest at city hall on thursday morning to try to end reservations at the park, drop box apologized and said they were disappointed to learn some employees we

january thon strapped on the watch that watches your spending. >> budget suck but so does being broket's why tv finance expert committed the cash smart watch t about everything these days. consolidate caw late the step, cal reeshtion sleep but nothing to calculate your financial health. until now. >>reporter: there is no e-mail or facebook this watch is all about your budget. how much you spend and what you spend it on. it tells you if you are over spending on pumpkin space latte. >> sure app to do that but would you 80th. rate there on the wrist you don't forget you are on a financial diet. >> pretty much anybody can use the watch pegsally folk with me for those buying coffee. watch does come with a down size. bad habit of telling you things you don't want to hear. >> housing expenses over budget for this month. food expenses are over budget for this month. >> this knows me already. >> good they think because then i can slow down so it's another thing to give me anxiety. >> stress me out but i think i need it. >> i would get one. definitel definitely. similar to mine. except it mine

as january thon explains innovatetor created a high tech helmet and they have jus raised more money onndigo than any other tech company in the site history. >> extreme idea can come from extreme circumstances. the idea actually came from motorcycle accident that i had in barcelona. >> weller turned to look at street sign when a car stopped short in front of him. >> i had the dream i was back on the motorcycle that day but there was a really important difference which was that i had gps map and floating out in front of me like a hologram. >> he could have avoided the crash and that's how he came up with the helmet. >> take fighter pilot helmet technology and accessible for the average motorcyclist. >> 1500 dollar helmet has a advisor that darkened and prism with a floating image. >> you look far away and you glance down at the display it looks far away. >> the video simulation you can see what takes up most of the image. panoramic camera mounted on the back of the camera blind spot thing of the past and yes it talks. >> turn left in 20 miles. >> plan to show data like speed fuel level f

january thon now with more on that case. >> today we learn that a san francisco resident has been diagnosed went virus d 68. >>reporter: public health officials stress it's no reason to panic. the virus shl usually results in little more than a common cold. >> similar to colds there's no specific treatment for enterovirus d 68. there's also no vaccine for it. but that said again it usually does cause mild illness that results on its own. >>reporter: not in all cases. around the country hospitalized some children suffering from respiratory problems and it may be linked tofu case of partial paralysis. that was not the case in san francisco. where a child was admitted to a hospital outside the city bus of difficulty breathing and stayed for 2 days before being released in good condition. >> keep an eye on your child. if your chilled has any type of respiratory distress or breat breathing problem it's very important to seek medical care. >> doctors say that's especially true for children with asthma for susceptible toybl complication from the virus. avoiding infection is the same as cold or flu

so, we either had crazy excuses cents thon list. >> one, my plastic surgery needed tweaking. what bosses say that they've heard as excuses. my plastic surgery needed tweaking. >> okay? >> i gambled over the weekend. and i had money left to play on monday. >> oh, so you stayed at the casino instead of going to work. >> stained at the casino. and i woke up in a good mood. and i didn't want to ruin it. >> by going to work. >> so i won't come in today. >> workers need to be careful, 31% of bosses say they've fired somebody because of a phony excuse. >> i'll tell you this on twitter it has been coming alive. thank for your tweets. one guy called in and said he had taken sleep medication instead of his blood pressure pills. >> oh, my god. >> so he was too drowsy to go to work. >> so what, just never woke up? >> oh, he had fallen asleep -- >> oh, can't drive when you're dows. >> i guy from over at pat's steaks said some guy called in and said i can't found my prosthetic leg. >> oh? >> so he don't go to work. >> that's maybe a legitimate -- >> that's legitimate. >> ya. >> certainly h

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it is the 2014 mega match-a-thon. a dog or a cat, you should head down to the spca. it's happening now until 6:00 this evening. along with all of the kind -- all kinds of adoptable pets, though, dogs, cats, there will be food there, music and other entertainment. >>> flyers try for their first win of the season. did they have what it takes against the dallas stars in overtime? there we go. the answer coming up in sports. >>> a cool start to our sunday. we're seeing winds gusting near 30 miles per hour. be prepared for that type of weather when you walk out the door. we're starting to see a little more sunshine, and we will see mostly sunny skies later on this afternoon. we'll talk about the cool weather today, the cold weather tonight and rain on the way for your workweek. that's all straight ahead. in cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. and in cases where the mother's health is in danger. no woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have u

carli wanted to make her own mark and came up with, what else, a swim a thon. and silver med list christie joined her last year and again last month for the third annual swim. >> she said she would do it and in the blink of an eye. she didn't even think about it. she said i'm in. >> she's really nice and really fun to swim with. on the last lap we just kept smiling at each other. >> reporter: carli and christie swam 3 miles. 188 lapse plus two more pour good measure. and the crowd went crazy. >> it was just feeling the wall on the last lap and knowing i finished and i did it. i was so happy and so proud of myself. >> she said she was going to do it and she did it. >> reporter: raising close to her goal of $20,000 for diabetes research and special kids camp. >> diabetes sometimes really hard for me so it would be really cool if we found cure. >> she really is passion in the about showing that one kid can make difference. report roar tomorrow morning carli will be hanging up her towel temporarily to participate in this year's step out diabetes walk at coca-cola p

it's the 2014 mega match-a-thon.o if you're looking to adopt a dog or a cat, now is the time to do it. just head out to the spca from 9:00 this morning until 6:00 tonight. along with all kinds of adoptable pets, there will be food, music and other entertainment. >>> after you head out of the spca, maybe you head up to allentown. they're holding their annual halloween parade. it steps off from the fairgrounds at 2:00 this afternoon and marches along 17th to hamilton and winds up at 9th. this year's then is phantom frenzy. more than a dozen bands will be performing in the parade. >>> next, is your car a gas guzzler? new vehicles on the market are setting a new record when it comes to getting the most fuel for your buck. what experts say it means for car shoppers. in cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. and in cases where the mother's health is in danger. no woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have unnecessary and invasive ultrasounds. i