. >> rescuers are now searching for one person after an oil rig explodes in louisianna. the blast sent at least seven people to the hospital. five of those people hurt are now in critical condition. the oil rig's first in the -- burst into flames on lane pontchartrain, and officials posted on facebook saying meaning chemicals ignited causing the blast. officials on scene haven't confirm that yet. >> and it is unbelievable drone footage. but it is reality here showing the devestation caused by wild fires in california. this part of santa rosa looks destroyed. just un 3,000 homes were reportedly burned in that neighborhood. some resident are now returning to see what's left of their homes. keep it here with "eyewitness news," we have a live report coming up at 6:30. >>> back here at home, and today the national constitution center in philadelphia will present senator john mccain with one every it most prestigious awards, republicans from arizona will receive the liberty medal for his years of military and government service. there are 22 years in the navy , has been senato

. >> an oil platform explodes, leaving at least seven hurt in louisianna. >> they're not going down easy , but we're getting them. >> making progress against california's ruthless wild fires, finally some people are returning home. >> officials believe the fires here in sonoma county should be fully contained by friday. >> ireland in the cross hairs of ophelia. the record breaking storm could be the most severe to hit the islands in half a century. >> still getting reports every wind gusts now almost 100 miles an hour >> just woke me up. well, the thriller happy death day came out on top of the box office, bringing in almost $27 million. >> how about this? it only cost $5 million to make. quite a profit margin there. i'll have your box office round up. and in just a few moment, but first we sends over to matt with a check on today's forecast, definately starting offer on wet and dreary note. >> definitely not the way we like to start out our work week, not how we want to start out our monday with the rain, the clouds, the wind, cold front came through last night, but it is what we have.

over the weekend. >>> and the rush is on, jim, in louisianna to prepare for the storm. folks swarmed their local grocery stores, grabbing water , bread, other essentials governor of louisianna has declared state of emergency ahead of the storm. some coastal part of the state are already being evacuated. officials are urging resident to get ready for rainfall, storm surge, and severe winds. >> time 4:42. >> katie here with another check of the forecast. we know you've been saying we may see renmant every nate. >> indeed we will, definitely looking like the early part of next week when that will happen. turning bit more unsettled in the meantime, which we will get tonight i want to show you the track of the storm, moisture eventually lift into our area. morning along, at relatively quick clip. by the time we hit columbus day, we have some of the moisture moving in. and that likely ends up being the wettest day. currently, nate still tropical storm, likely to maintain that strength as it bypasses just barely grazing the uketon peninsula, then eventually will strike as well

at least seven people are hospitalized and one person is missing, after an oil rig explodes in louisianna watch may be behind the explosion. >> missing teenage fresh burlington county police say is a victim of human trafficking, hear the emotional plea from her mother >> and a big honor for senator john mccain, the awards the national constitution sent letter best tow on the decorated lawmaker later today >> and today is monday, october 16th. good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden. jim donovan is off this morning. how about a check on today's forecast with matt peter peterson and meisha with traffic. >> good morning, nice to see you. nice to see you both this monday. it is like the boys club. we're looking outside right now, matt, it looks very, very wet, couple of accidents, construction, as well, but the accidents already that i'm getting concerned with. >> little slick out there, already leaves falling, when you add the water on top of it it, get little slick side on the roads, careful this morning, meisha will give you update on what's happening on the roads in just a minu

well up next in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," oil rig explodes off the coast of louisianna, sending several people to the hospital. now, we're learning what may have caused the blast. >>> also, he took a knee, and started a movement, in pro-football. now colin kaepernick taking a stand and taking his case against the nfl. that's coming up on " eyewitness news" this morning , we will be right >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >>> good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden in for jim donovan. matt and meisha will be along in a moment. first, here's what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute today monday october 16. >> vanished without a trace. a run away teenager may be a victim of human trafficking. >> we have search party out like crazy looking for my daughter. >> we have an oil field platform that's currently burning. >> an oil platform explodes, leaving at least seven hurt in louisianna. >> they're not going down easy , but we're getting them. >> making progress against california's ruthless wild fires, finally some people are returning home.

over the weekends. >> i believe louisianna has already declared state of emergency, of course. >> no14, katie joining us now, new, we may see some showers from nate, as well? >> yes, actually i think it might ends up being soaking rain which we will get tonight let's take a look where the path is headed first and for most. nate still tropical storm. i also think it is important to note that even whether this becomes a hurricane or not, you know, it doesn't necessarily matter what the name willing convention ends up being sometimes, because if you have ample moisture, you could have yourselves a heck of a problem with flooding. and certainly, down where you're near or even below sea level, that's huge concern. so, a place like new orleans, within through something way worse than this when it came to category strength of katrina specifically, but again, still ending being soaking rain, major problems down there, if we can finds a breitbart spot, houston in the clear, puerto rico never even in the site of this storm, so that's at least something they get, they get pass from the storm, b

over the weekends. >> and people in louisianna where the governor already declared state of emergencylks swarmed their local grocery stores, grabbing up water, bread, other essentials , some coastal part of the state have already been ordered to evacuate. officials are urging people to prepare for rainfall, storm surge, and severe winds. >> katie joining the conversation now, we know it has already created left a trail of death and destruction in central america, now moving up to louisianna. >> eventually that moisture gets drawn into our region as well. so we will get in on some of the brunt of the storm as well , certainly not the worse of it, however, that storm churning in the caribbean, will at least be grazing if not making another landfall past the uketon peninsula before it heads to the central gulf. so there are numerous watches and warnings already posted. it is likely that saturday is when that will in fact makes its landfall, whether tropical storm, or category one hurricane, really doesn't matter whether it comes to. that will you will have to prepare for t and also deal

. >> state of emergency also declared in mississippi, florida, and louisianna, tropical storm watchesre extending inland, all the way to north georgia. forecasters say, nate could dump three to 6 inches of rain on the region, and four to 6 feet of life threatening coastal storm surge. >> this is the worse hurricane that has impact dollars mississippi since hurricane katrina. >> nate is expected to travel through the gulf states and then head toward the northeast. heavy rain and flashflooding is still a concern. in new orleans, i'm allison barber, "fox 29 news." >> and thank you so much, allison. breaking news, back here in our area: firefighter is injured, and several people are without a home this morning, after a twin house went up in flames in northeast philadelphia. >> our own jenny joyce, she live at the scene, there to get all of the details about what's taking place there. hey, good morning, jenny. >> reporter: good morning, bill. take a live look here. this is fire ravaged twin homes here on win great street in northeast philadelphia. we have some viewer video from kent that s

at least seven people are hospitalized and one person is missing, after an oil rig explodes in louisiannahind the explosion. >> missing teenage fresh burlington county police say is a victim of human trafficking, hear the emotional plea from her mother >> and a big honor for senator john mccain, the awards the national constitution sent letter best tow on the decorated lawmaker later today >> and today is monday, october 16th. good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe holden. jim donovan is off this morning. how about a check on

. >> nate brought a burst of flooding, power outages, to louisianna and missus i think weekends. now, spared the area catostrophic damage left by hurricanes harvey and irma, for that, people are thankful. >> we kept hearing surges, surges, we're going to get rain, all of this, it rained one time, and contact dollars we wouldn't have church today. and i woke up, beautiful day, we could have had church. >> nate was the first hurricane to make landfall in mississippi since katrina, that of course cast 2005. >> katie i understands it is downgraded again or at least weakening, whatever your official terminal gentlemen is >> being coined post tropical cyclone. that means that, you know, this is just renmant moisture. that's working its way through , yes, might be little on the breezy side. for the most part what you see on the radar is the main impact we'll finds from nate. but this is three hour loop. look how swiftly this is moving. up toward baltimore in the last say half hour. it really has taken over the belt way area there. so, it may end up showing up a little bit sooner, here i

. >> resident dealing with downed trees, branches, nate slammed into louisianna saturday, made second landfall yesterday in mississippi as category one storm. resident were spared the kind of catostrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes, that hit the united states and the caribbean in recent weeks. meanwhile puerto rico, remote areas devastated by hurricane mary tyler moore owe a remain in crisis, this dramatic video from the coast guard shows rescued swimmer being lowered by helicopter to deliver food and water in the mountain town the coast guards has been using one of its air station toss deliver relief supplies to areas stranded by mudslides , and washed out roads. >>> well, eagles fans are flying high today. the eagles are firmly entrenched, firmly, entrenched in first place in the nfc east >> do have short week before big prime time match up thursday night. going to the fields, eagles quarterback carson wentz had career hi, four touchdown pass es in yesterday's win over the arizona cardinals in south philly. nelson agholor pulled in one every them. seventy-two yarder. and

drivers, take a look at this, having trouble making their way around new orleans, we will take to you louisianna where hours of heavy rain has turned roads into rivers. we will be right back. he'pension padder.ing double-dipping pension padder! he had two government jobs, two paychecks and padded his pension along the way. he's a double-dipping pension padder! now he's making over $300,000 a year as a lobbyist and a senator. double-dipping pension padder! so he's all set - thanks to you, the taxpayer. which is why steve sweeney had no problem voting to raise your taxes 145 times, including the largest gas tax hike in history. sounds about right, coming from a.... double-dipping pension padder! >> the man accused in several bombing in new york and new jersey will be in a courtroom again this morning, opening states made wowed rahami in the courtroom. he was kick out for speaking out of turn. he said the government is keeping him from seeing his wife, and he is accused of new york bombing and another bomb ing in ocean count any 2016. thirty people were injured in the manhattan attack. >> us navy i

being the search foreman who dis disappeared after oil rig eggs explosion, happened sunday night in louisianna, 44 year old from techs, hospitalized afe blast. four had since been released. crews have put out the fire. lo whether a chemical combination may have ignited on the platform leading to the explosion. >> florida's offering free repair for more than a million of its explorer suv's, sent to relieve public concerns over possible carbon monoxide leaks from the vehicles. now, ford previously offered free repairs not law enforcement version of the explorer. now the company has expanded the offer to about 1.4 million explore nerves north america. the auto maker not calling this move a recall, only, saying repairs are for peace of mind. >> cooler temperatures have arrived. but a warm up, well, it is on the way. >> chelsey, what's up for the weekend? >> never too soon to srt talking about the weekends, guys. we are going to be warm, warming up through the week, especially by the weekends. talking about high temperatures in the 70s, not only that, we'll top it off with a good amount of sunshine

. >>> well, the renmant of hurricane nate will bring rain to our area today, slammed new louisianna and mississippi over the weekends. officials are relieved that nate wasn't as devastating as hurricane canes harvey, irma or maria. it hit as category one saturday night, moved ton south mississippi early yesterday morning, the storm brought 85-mile per hour winds and a strong storm surge. nate also blasted the area with heavy rains, causing massive flooding. this is the fourth major storm to hit the united state in six weeks. >> nearly eight a% of my entire agency is deployed right now, we're still working massive issues, with harvey, irma, as well as the issues in puerto rico and the virgin islands lands. >> nate knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers. power since restored, killed more than 30 people last week in central america. fortunately, no injuries have been reported in the south. >> president trump unleashed another twitter attack there is time two term republican senator outspoken critic bob porker was caught in his cross hairs, in a tweet storm sunday morning, the pre

clean up along the gulf coast got underway less than 24 hours after the hurricane slammed into louisianna, and mississippi late saturday night. it didn't have the punch of hurricane harvey or irma, and for that, people in nate's path are thankful. >> we kept saying the surges, the surges, okay, we're going to get some rain, all this rain, one time, we wouldn't have church today. i said oh, it is a beautiful day. we could have had church. >> now the storm surge flooded low-lying areas, including casino row, a popular tourist destination. nate was the thirds hurricane to hit the us mainland in just six weeks. >>> yes, certainly has been a busy hurricane season, it seems. let's sends it over to katie. i don't know if it is rain overnight but certainly feels very moist and muggy out already. >> yes, like you're sweating the second you walk out the door, just so, so steamy outside. so it hasn't actually, you're right, hasn't rained everywhere, but, we definitely are seeing some instances where you're even right now seeing some rainfall. it is primarily the north and west most suburbs that will

reporter alexandra meachum spoke to the man in louisianna... who is lucky to be alive.cal musician, the hollow decks)"it was incredibly painful to where when it happened i dropped everything in my hands and just kind of laid on the stage for a moment."(alexandra meachum)ben tynan ... walks back to the place that made him thankful for life.he's in the local band... the hollow decks.they were packing- up after headlining the state fair... when they heard what sounded like fire works. (tynan) "i start walking around the area where we were performing looking for a stray fire work or something to give my mind ease and that's when i reached in my pocket to check my phone and that's when i noticed that, that was the case."(alexandra meachum)a stray bullet hit his cell phone instead of him.(tynan) "i'm a incredibly, incredibly lucky human being. if it had been in another pocket, i'd probably have a bullet in my leg. i could have been bending down to pick up a cable at that exact moment and it could have hit me in the back of neck."(alexandra meachum)the shooting happened betwee

. >> we have some news out of louisianna. a student and his or her friends, they both have been shot and killed at gambling state university. they were on campus, when it happened. police say they're searching for the shooter, spokesperson for the university says the shooting happened during a altercation, a fight in a courtyard. near campus. >> 18:00. party infighting, between president trump and two of his staunch republican critics. >> amazing speech on the floor of the senate yesterday. >> jeff flake says he's had enough with the current administration, while announcing he'll not seek re-election, so he'll be in offers for little while longer. >> the impulse to scapegoat and belittle threatens to turn news fearful backward looking people. in the case of the republican party, those things also threaten to turn us into a fearful backward looking minority party. >> senator flake follows tennessee congressman, bob corker in dropping his re-election bid and criticizing the white house. >> i think the president defacing the nat

. >> over in louisianna, ten people face charges in connection with frat turn at this pledge at lsu. has been charged with neglect homicidement prosecutors say 18 year old maxwell groover was forced to drink a large amount of alcohol, at few delta fata last month, taken to the hospital, after fraternity members found him unresponsive. autopsy shows groove had blood alcohol level of more than six times the legal limit. >> reminds you of the story here with tim thigh piazza. >> we first told you there was a contractor who found some human remains at 17th and atlantic in north philadelphia. so after three month, they did some dna testing, and they found out that that is 40 year old pamela lewis, who disappeared back in 2014. so now police have charged her boyfriend, 43 year old jamil hudson with her murder. they think they were in a physical fight when she was killed. investigators credit her family and some good detective work with solving this case. >> a $5,000 rewards is being offered up this morning, for information in the murder of a 26 year old woman. the gloucester county prosecu

states of emergency are now in effect for part of alabama, mississippi and louisianna, many al long the coast stock up on supplies and filling sandbags, forecasters have issued hurricane warning for new orleans, for flooding is a big concern following hurricane harvey. back here at home now, philadelphia police are checking for clues at that will lead them to the gunman who shot store own nerve man too a "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, live at penn presbyterian medical center where the victim is undergoing treatment. anita, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jan , we learned that victim is a 48 year old hispanic woman who owns that grocery store. police rush there last night after learning she had been shot once in the head, once in the back, 3400 block of fairmount avenue. this is the freddie grocery store there. police say that a neighbor called 911 after walking into the store around 8:30, that's 30 minutes before this store is set to close. that neighbor walked into buy cigarettes, saw the store owner holder her neck, bleeding and unable to talk. motive may be robbery. in

. >> to louisianna, ten people face charges in a fraternity death at lsu. charged with neglect homicidement prosecutors say 18 year old maxwell was forced to drink a large amount of alcohol, at few delta feta last month, taken to the hospital after fraternity members found him unresponsive. >> autopsy showed he had a blood alcohol level of more than six times the legal limit. >> 4:30, philadelphia police say they cracked a cold casement back in june we told but a contractor who found human remains over at 17th and atlantic in north philadelphia. >> well, after three month, dna tests reveal they belong to 40 year old pamela lewis, she disappeared back in 2014. now, police have just charged her boyfriends, there he is, 43 year old jamil hudson, with her murder. they believe they were in a physical fight when she was killed. investigators credit her family and good detective work with solving this case. >> $5,000 reward stands for information in the murder of 26 year old woman. the gloucester county prosecutor's offers in woodbury police are hoping the reward

in the gulf of mexico state of emergency are now in effect in parts of alabama, mississippi and louisianna. many along the coast are stocking up on supplies, and filling sandbags. forecasters have issued a hurricane warning for new orleans, for flooding still a big concern following hurricane harvey. >> back here at home now, philadelphia police are checking for clues that will lead them to the gunman who shot a store owner in mantua. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, live this morning, at penn presbyterian medical center where that victim is undergoing treatment. anita, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jan we've learned that victim is 48 year old hispanic woman who owns the freddie grocery store she in critical condition here at penn presbyterian medical center after police say at least one person shot her in the back and in the neck. now, as you can see, in this video, authorities rushed there to the 3400 block of fairmount avenue just after 8:30 last night, that's 30 minute before this store is set to close. and a neighbor called 911 after walking into the store, to buy sick

. >> in louisianna police arrested ten people in connection with a hazing death after freshman at lsuone has been charged with neglect homicide. prosecutors say, 18 year old maxwell groover was forced to drink a large amount of alcohol, last month, taken to the hospital after fraternity members found him unresponsive. an autopsy shows groover was more than six times the legal limit when it comes to drinking. >> when is this going to stop? i know it has been a ritual on college campuses forever, you know, fraternity, hazing, stuff like that. >> but it has to stop at some point. >> come on. harvey weinstein on his way to rehab, that's the new words this morning to get treatment for what he calls, you know, sex addiction. and also another new thing. the new york times is saying his company board, the board every directors, new about the pay-office to women that had come in the past. >> so, yesterday we were reporting people thought he went off to europe. but, look at this video apparently took a private jet to arizona yesterday. looking last night or something. then was driven to the mea