chance. >> i was freaking out when i heard, totally, i got here at 2:00 he clock to pick her up. >> reporter: report parent rushed to ridley park middle school to pick up their children. >> there are more parents out here picking up. >> reporter: many of them concerned after learning a seventh grader was abduct while walking to school alone this morning. >> she said today an african-american male in the white van, had driven up to her, and physically had taken her and put her this is back of the van. >> reporter: girl's uncle kevin ryan says that it happened at intersection of west rodgers and harrison street. >> when they got approximately three to five minutes down the street she realized that she was at a red light because van was stopped for an extended period of time. she was able to open up back door of the van and the rare and take off running report report ryan said 12 year-old managed to find a crediting guard who called police. district made calls to the

parents this afternoon. >> if there has been a report of a possible luring incident in the school district near the the middle school. >> reporter: and aired tv warning asking parents to remind children to be aware of their surroundings, and report suspicious behavior. >> it is frightening. you cannot trust anybody these days. >> reporter: the family says that the girl has described her abduct eras a 6-foot black male wearing an orange shirt, blue denim jeans and driving a white van with a red ladder. if you have any information regarding this event you are asked to call ridley park police. live from lidly park, charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now to a developing story that respiratory virus striking children a across the country has been confirmed here in philadelphia. three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl is here with the details. >> reporter: that is right... no audio. >> entero virus d68 has been just confirmed with testing from the centers for disease control. the children hospitalized at

chop have been discharged and they are now recovering. >> they have a very typical picture of respiratory viral infection, so fever, cough, wheezing, and for some, some of those require hospitalization a bit of difficulty catching their breath. >> reporter: symptoms of entero virus d68 are similar to a bad cold or flu and can be more complicated for children with respiratory problems like asthma. there have been no reports of any deaths link to this virus, the cdc says virus has been confirmed in 130 children in 12 states since mid-august but many more are likely. doctors say it is spreading now that children are back in school and that prevention is key now, and hand washing is especially important now, for children. >> a lot of concern out there among parents, got to take precaution for sure. >> stephanie, thanks very much. a car found submerged in

the pond has helped police identified a suspect in the ambush of two pennsylvania state troopers. investigators say 31 year-old eric matthew opened fire on the blooming grove barracks in northeastern pa on friday night. corporal brian dickson was kill, trooper alex douglass was critically wounded. investigators say evidence found in the car led them to freen hoist still on the run tonight. >> we found evidence in there, of specifically shell casings and other things that matched shell casings that we found at the blooming grove station. also found in that vehicle the defendant's social security card. >> reporter: freen is now charged with first degree murder, spent shell casings were also found touring a search of his home, cord to go investigators. freen is said to be a survivallist who expressed a desire to kill law enforcement officers and commit mass

murder. police issued an arrest warrant in the double murder of a young woman and her unborn baby. investigators are looking for this man tonight, 27 year-old devon. megan toto was shot sunday morning in frankford although investigators don't believe she was the the intended target. doto was eight months pregnant at the time, her baby delivered later by c-section, also died. philadelphia police need your help identifying this group, they are wanted for attacking a same sex couple in center city thursday night. the victim's say that the suspects made disparaging remarks about their sexuality and then walk along the 1600 block of chancellor street and started to beat them. one victim had to have his jaw wired shut. in addition to the hate crime police say someone in the group of 15 stole a victim's bag. well, city emergency team find themselves in need of help when their unit catches fire. this tonight is all that remains have of he had i can 50. "eyewitness news" was there at

aramingo avenue and east coupler with land street in kensington as officials surveyed the damage. the the cause of that fire is not yet known. good news is no one there was hurt. charges have been filed tonight a against a former school band teacher in doylestown. she's accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. live at 6:00 "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry eighths district court in new britain with more on this case, syma? >> reporter: well, a band teacher could lose her job after she was arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with the 14 year-old male student. now this teacher is a wife and mother and she's pregnant with her second child but she was led into court in handcuffs and new she faces serious charges. do you have anything to say. bridget isn't saying much but criminal complaint against her says she's a child predator. pregnant band teacher from central bucks is accused of having a sexual relationship with the 14 year old male student in 2012.

at the time she was teaching at lenape middle school. now she works at central bucks high school south but has been suspended. according to the criminal complaint the relationship started off with the victim and band teachers sexting each other and that led to three sexual encounters, two of them at lenape middle school. the prosecutors say an anonymous tip led to the investigation. >> somebody who is mandated by law to report this got a report of this and reported it, and then it came directly to us. >> reporter: she lives in philadelphia and is married with a four year-old. defense attorneys say that the 31 year-old is pregnant with her second child. now she's facing serious charges. >> this ace a young kid and a person in a certain position. this is just any adult but this is a teacher. >> reporter: people living in the area were shocked to hear about the teachers arrest. >> she has a baby like why would you want to take that risk because now she will have a baby in jail, her whole family is lost, their name slandered now. >> i just can't believe

something like that could happen in this area. >> tonight, she is now out on bail, she has been suspended, with pay from the central bucks school district. this friday. now that she's been arrested she will be suspended with no pay starting tomorrow. we are live in new britain syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". amtrak services long the northeast corridor has resume between philadelphia, and washington d.c. that services was suspended earlier today on the acela express and the northeast regional lines after a freight train hit a pole and brought down some wires. engineering crews worked to open one track and they hepp to have services fully restored by the morning. >> a lot of people that were pretty significantly inconvenienced obviously. good news now that trains are operating we are running a limited schedule. >> here is a picture that amtrak sent to "eyewitness news" showing wires that were brought down when that norfolk southern freight train hit a pole. you can always check amtrak

services on line, if you go to cbs philly.com. vatican's world meeting of families and possible papal visit to philadelphia is still more than a year away, at the vatican today though philadelphia archbishop charles chaput answered questions about the family congress which will focus on family life within the church. he also talk about the still unofficial visit by pope francis. despite the pope expressing an interest in coming here. >> we're planning as though he is coming but we have to wait for the official decision to be announced before fully embrace ago this reality or raising money as though the papal visit will be our responsibility to support it. we're doing all those things but we just don't know anything definitive just yet. >> the the official announcement is expected sometime next spring. another casinos its doors in atlantic city. >> tonight trump plaza is no more. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we will talk with donald trump and hear what he had has to say about the closing of the casino that

bears his name. >> stellar site caught on tape several times a meteor streak ago cross the sky and then exploding, it is a fight that has nasa concern. we will tell you why, kathy. it is a roller coaster in temperature coming up, we will get cooler before we get warmer, and summer, comes to an end, we will have that fall forecast coming up, hi leslie. >> hi kathy. eagles have a short week as they get ready for redskins on sunday and what a week last night, coach chip kelly says team should in the be too excited bit, we will hear from him in sports.

ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n' stuff tortillas old el paso says... start somewhere fresh

about a drug trend to damage your property, cause explosions and fires, and even if you are not involved. what you need to know about this fiery danger tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. trump plaza in atlantic city is no more. closed sign went up to the front door earlier this morning. when it first opened in 1984, donald trump called this the finest build prognosis in atlantic city. by the end, the plaza was one of the citieses lowest performing casinos. today "eyewitness news" talk with the former plaza owner donald trump over the the

phone and did express some interest in getting back in the atlantic city game. >> we will take a very serious look at it and if there is some way i can help the people, i have so many friend that work at trump plaza and the taj and if i can help them by doing something, it will be dependent obviously on price and what is going on. >> trump plaza is fourth casino to close in atlantic city think year, third in just the past few weeks. big changes at franklin mills mall in northeast philadelphia effective immediately that mall is now known as philadelphia mills. renovations are underway including a new front and new look, for the interior as well. that work is expect to be finish in the fall of next year. social media was buzzing sunday night hundreds of people talking about just what they saw in the sky. >> it was a fiery ball of light streaking overhead, that turned night in today. now videos of that meteor are surfacing. meteorologist justin drabick shows us this stellar sight.

>> a few minutes before 11:00 p.m. sunday a erie flash of light crossed the sky as a meteor fell to earth and exploded. now another view this one from central pennsylvania. we paused the video to show you just how bright the sky became for a split second. american 250 reports flooded in. >> when somebody sees it, it is so stunning that they are sure that hundreds of other people have seen it, thousands, everybody must have seen it but if you are not looking in the right place at the right time, you will not see it because it is only two seconds. >> reporter: not unusual for people to see an event like this over a wide region. meteor was seen as far south as southern virginia and as far north as upstate new york all the way over to new hampshire and as far west as ohio. likely that the meteorology did explode over the mid-atlantic. >> something about this size, say the size about four or five footballs is really quite heavy this weighs over

400-pound and a object this size could really cause a lot of damage in a neighborhood. >> reporter: but sunday night's meteor was nothing compared to the nearly 60-foot meteor that exploded over russia in 2013. the meteor exploded in the sky above the euro mountains creating a sonic boom injuring more than 1500 people, and damaging hundreds of building, it glowed 30 times brighter than the sun and was strongest meteor to explode over earth in a century, most near earth objects disintegrate before reaching earth's surface but nasa is still concerned about the potential danger. it has launched a near earth objects program which will hunt and catalogue all comets, asteroids and space objects that pass within 28 million miles from earth. i'm meteorologist justin drabick for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that is amazing. >> so cool. >> yes. >> very cool. >> there is a lot of those types of things going on around the country and around the world and a lot of weather

phenomenon as well. it is quiet across the delaware valley and whole east coast, we have a few showers this morning but nothing like what is going on in the west from the remnants now tropical storm odial. flood watches in effect for arizona as rain from tropical storm odial moves through desert southwest and this can cause water to sweep through normally dry streambeds like we are seeing right here, flows into the towns and cities. they are expecting three to 6-inch's long the mountainous terrain, possibility of local amounts up to 10 inches, flash flooding and major river flooding, so a huge, problem, out through arizona and also new mexico. here's very latest on tropical storm odial. 50 miles an hour wind makes it a a very strong tropical storm moving north at 7 miles an hour, this will take it across the gulf of california, that little waterway you see right there between baha and also mexico and the remnants into

phoenix and tucson. it is not there just yet but already creating major problems in the southwest. here's the rain, from odial and you can see it, spreading to the north just beginning, this wayne will continue for the next two to three days. on the east coast we will go our live neighborhood network shows you the temperatures a very cool day in the wake of the cold front, rain, minimal, this morning but we have talk about the poor timing during the morning rush, and here we go, we saw it, point of an inch in trenton, villas cape may quarter inch, same in limerick as pottstown limerick airport and deptford township high school nearly a quarter inch of rain in deptford. now we are looking ahead to some cooler days in the wake of the front, yesterday's high 72. today 74. seventy's for the rest of this week, really dipping down friday, and average high is 78 for this time of the year, for this last week of summer, sad to see it go. right now in philadelphia 72. seventy-two in wildwood. sixty-nine in allentown.

only 60 in the poconos. sixty's are wild through the keystone state to the west, and even as you head in the midwest. so staying on the cool side. high pressure builds in, pleasant for wednesday, with temperatures in the 70's, not much of a change on thursday either. high pressure will keep this stationary frontal boundary to the south and we will remain dry. there is a weak front moving through thursday, could provide a few extra clouds, maybe a passing sprinkle, most of us will not even notice it but then, friday moves along and there is a very strong high pressure system that will be waiting in the wings over northern plains on friday, we will watch this, move on down and as it does, it is going to drive temperatures down nearly 10 degrees below average, friday the the coolest day of this seven day, and that is where we will bottom out before we rebound, when summer actually end over the weekend. overnight, clearing skies, it will be cool, low of 57,

during the day on wednesday, sunny, comfortable high of 75 and looking ahead on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast, thursday 76. there is a big cool down on friday, but look at what happens over the weekend, saturday 76. the last day of summer, is sunday, and it is 80. >> wow. >> who doesn't love that. >> and then fall begins, monday evening, the temperatures 77, after that turning cooler for the the first day, of fall which is tuesday, and temperatures in the lower 70's, so don't lose hope, if you like the the heat you will get one more day. >> but then that friday will be a wardrobe change day like a lot of fleece. >> fleecey. >> i'm bundling up, right. >> wool coat. >> no kidding but what a drop in temperatures. >> all right the kathy, thanks very much. >> well, "cbs evening news" is just a couple minutes away. >> scott pelley joins us now with a look ahead, scott. >> hi chris and jessica great to be with you here in

philadelphia tonight we will take you to the scene of a california community, that has been devastated by a fast, moving wild fire, the the pictures are amazing. plus, today america's top military officer said that u.s. troops could join battle, on the ground against isis. we will have those stories just ahead on the "cbs evening

ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people.

make it progresso or make it yourself. you say avocado old el paso says... zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand 'n stuff tortillas . (record scratch) you say stand n' stuff tortillas old el paso says... start somewhere fresh a business manager. and a stickler for homework. i'm john kane running for state senate. dad says the road to a good job starts in the classroom. [ lori ] he's a great dad who sees taxes going up but schools not getting the funding they need. [ john ] so i'd put back the billion dollars corbett cut from education and make sure corporations and natural gas drillers paid their fair share. time to close the loopholes for the tax cheats. dad thinks a lot about education. i'm john kane and it's about time harrisburg did too.

eagles back to work thomas they prepare for redskins on sunday. eagles are two-amount and seem to be making a habit out of come back wins. check out darren sprawls with seven catches for 152 yards, four rushes for 26 yards and a touchdown. then, of course, is there birds rookie kicker codey parkey who won it with a 36-yard field goal. chip kelly says the players cannot be celebrating being undefeated just yet.

>> no one should be patting themselves on the back anywhere. we're fortunate to be two-o we have done a great job coming back in both games but there is a lot of work in every aspect of the game that we need to work on. the that is great thing about this group they understand that. >> of course thursday night means football right here on cbs-3, we have a great match up, between buccaneers and falcons, but coverage begins at 7:30 from atlanta but start right here on cbs-3. and what should be our game of the week on friday football frenzy, should beasley go to upper merion, plymouth white marsh, chichester, radnor or cheltenham at upper dublin. go to the rodeo road show app and vote. phillies continue their west coast road trip with the padres after losing one to nothing last night. aj burnett on the hill tonight. game time 10:10. the entire flyers roster hit the golf course trading in their hockey sticks for clubs and team bonding there. they played at trump national

golf club in new jersey. the the outing benefits ed snyder youth hockey foundation. you know flyers season is close when they start getting the ice ready. crews working on the ice at wells fargo center day painting on logos and new looking red line using the flyers logo. flyers first home regular season game is against the devils, october the the ninth. the flyers and capitols rookies, squaring off in voorhees for preseason action. this right here is first round pick, in 2013 dropping gloves there 19 year-old showing yes, he can play flyers hockey. by the way flyers rookies won three to nothing. california chrome who won first two legs of the triple crown making an appearance at parx racing. he will take part in the pennsylvania derby september 20th, so, very exciting to have california chrome involved in that race. >> bought full horse. >> how about darren sprawls last night, i think philadelphia has a new sports hero. >> he is 5 feet six.

>> amazing. >> unstoppable. >> perfect for chip kelly. >> all right. >> leslie, thanks very much. >> we will be right back. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com.

mmm ring ring! ring ring! progresso! wow soup people, i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding. well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress. uh-huh...that's what i'm afraid of. you don't love the dress? i love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station wpsg the cw philly and back here at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news", tonight an international effort to fight isis, but will congress a have prove i plan that will train syrian rebels. plus the president talks about the ebola out break as it worsens. here from new york with the "cbs evening news" is scott pelley.

>> pelley: tonight, fire run wild. a california community is devastated by a fast-moving wildfire. john blackstone is on the scene. just days after the president said this-- >> we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. >> pelley: america's top military officer says this-- >> if we reached a point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specific isil targets, i'll recommend that to the president. >> pelley: reports from david martin and holly williams. dean reynolds reports the president is sending troops to africa to fight ebola. and from elaine quijano, after a nine-year-old accidentally killed her gun instructor, his children send her an extraordinary message. >> we're worried about you. we pray for you.