dramatic it was for him. an image he will not be able to shake. the mother of child was able to rush here to the scene. she saw her child here as well, as you can imagine, she was inconsolable. we spoke to police who are telling thus does appear to be just a tragic accident, no drugs or accident. and he is still cooperating with police at this hour. we are live in nicetown, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> there are breaking developments tonight surrounding death of cooper health care ceo john sheridan and his wife. investigators say fire at their home was intentionally set. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is live in montgomery township somerset county with new details, todd. >> reporter: jessica, the update from the prosecutor's office today certainly create is a lot of questions, in fact, as i said, this fire was intentionally set, who set it, and why. there was a fire here early sunday morning on

september 28th, and the fire here was at the home of the ceo of coupe are university health system, the fire was contained to the upstairs master bedroom to the home in montgomery township, and that is, where seven two-year old ceo john sheridan and his wife joyce were found. mr. sheridan was pronounced dead at the scene. the his 69 year-old wife was pronounced dead at the hospital. late this afternoon as we mentioned, we have learn that the somerset county prosecutors arson task force ruled that the fire was intentionally set, however, no further new updated information was provided. so we are still waiting to hear the results of the autopsies, as well as other laboratory testing to learn exactly how the couple may have died. late tonight, the cooper university health released a statement saying quote we are saddened and shocked by what has been reported about the death of john sheridan and his wife, joyce. their deaths already unbelievably sad are now tragic. our deepest condolences go out

to john and joyce's family for their terrible loss. reporting live tonight from somerset county, new jersey, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> todd, more to come on that, thank you very much. an arrest has been made in a hit and run that injured this seven year-old girl in west philadelphia. allure maclean suffered a broken foot and ankle plus bruises, when she was hit by a car and dragged sunday night. police say the the 25 year-old jameer banks turned himself in after an eyewitness tracked the car and got its license plate number. he is facing numerous charges tonight. well new at 6:00 o'clock we have new details about the death of the pennsylvania state trooper who was killed in an accidental shooting at a gun range in montgomery county. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live with more on the accident that claimed the life of trooper david kedra, walt? >> reporter: well, chris, the the troopers who serve with kedra talk about his hopes, dreams, promising trooper on his way to a career in law

enforcement and beyond barracks with his fiance he had just purchased a new home. but all of that, the trooper's life evening so suddenly and sadly yesterday afternoon, an accidental shooting at a firing range and new there are new details revealing apparently what happened. with flags at half staff, black crepe across their badges, troop hours served with david kedra at the the skippack barracks praised the fallen officer. >> the message we want to get out he was an excellent trooper and great individual. >> kid loved his job and with that kind of attitude you are determined and bound to be a great state trooper. >> reporter: these same troopers, hours before, solemnly escorted hearst carrying kedra died at temple who have after police say he was shot by a fellow trooper during a weapons training session, at montgomery county public safety firing range. sources say that officer was demonstrating a new weapon when it accidentally,

discharge. >> the prayers go out to all of the troop's cross pennsylvania. they have had a very stressful month, or so. >> he was made to serve. he understood the bigger, that there was a bigger goal in life. >> reporter: meanwhile teachers at roman catholic high school where, kedra was a top student before graduating as a criminal justice major recalled that he had always wanted to become an officer and real heart break you will add never getting to see, just how many people they know who they would have help. >> he would have been a great patrol officer and could have saved, lives, if he was still a career patrol officer. >> reporter: now, on this blog at temple university, as a student there he said his hope was to be a state or federal law enforcement officer. at 26, david kedra recognized that hope, his life now cut so tragically short.

live from the skippack barracks i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. a canadian firm will take over revel casino in atlantic city. toronto based brookfield u.s. holdings submitted winning bid of 110 million-dollar, in a bankruptcy court auction. it says that it will operate boardwalk property as a casino. the the company also owns the hard rock casino in las vegas and atlantic paradise island in the bohamas. >> the that company that comes in has got to have the financial ground to make it work but they also have to know a whole lot about gaming. i think this is a real good mix report. >> brookfield u.s. holdings is formulating a businessman and will release more details in the future. search is on tonight for the cause of a three alarm fire in atlantic city that i damaged almost an entire city block. the fire ignited last night on the 1100 block of atlantic avenue. it was just a block from the boardwalk and it engulfed several apartments and business buildings. seventeen people including

children were home at the time, they did manage to escape the flames. red cross ace cyst containing families displays by that fire. pennsylvania governor tom corbett went head to head with his challenger tom wolf right here at cbs broadcast center to day. breakfast with the candidates aired live on our sister station the cw philly and or on our radio partner kyw news radio 106o the exchanges this morning were often sharp. >> you are accusing me of a criminal act. >> governor corbett shot back hard when his democratic challenger tom wolf accused him of using bogus numbers to balance the budget. >> last years budget, 2013/4 budget suffered from what a 700 million plus dollar revenue short fall. so you obviously, you know, cooked the books to make it look like it was balanced but it wasn't. >> you're accusing me of a criminal act. >> i'm accusing you overestimating what the revenues were going to be in the last years budget, we were

700 million-dollar short. >> reporter: candidates spared over who is to blame for the philadelphia school budget crisis. wolf says corbett cut money to public education, statewide but governor says that misrepresents the numbers. >> services have been cut. i mean i'm in the sure how you can look at whats happened in public education in pennsylvania and say you have been a friend to education and things are better, they're not. >> i wanted to convince the people of pennsylvania, and teachers union of par trying to convince people that i cut education. >> but did you. >> no, i didn't. it was done in the year before the in the two years before it was reduced. it was taken out. replaced with federal money. >> reporter: to raise a billion dollars for schools, wolf wants to tax natural gas drillers 5 percent severance tax. governor is worried about its affects on the industry. >> you need to allow to it get established so they don't say i'm going back to texas where there is a new gas fine, eaglesford that is competing with us here. >> severance tax will in the run businesses off of

pennsylvania, in fact, the gas is here. >> a lot was said this morning, during the hour, if you did not see the debate we will rebroadcast it for you sunday at 1:00 in the afternoon right here on cbs-3, you can also see the the entire debate right now on our web site at cbs philly.com. philadelphia's new cigarette taxis now in effect to help fund philadelphia public schools. the $2 per pack taxis in addition to the state tax that only applies in philadelphia. the 45 million-dollar generated by the taxis already incorporated in the school district's budget for the year. it will philadelphian 80 million-dollar budget gap. store owners are concerned that the tax will hurt their business. >> it is just wrong because i can walk across the street in montgomery county and get a pack of newports for 8.50 and guy across the street has it for 6.50. they file they should change that law. >> layoff a couple of employees because it will not

be the business sustained. >> cigarette tax was passed after months of back and forth. philadelphia's mayor michael nutter signs new legislation making philadelphia the largest city to decriminal ice possession of small amounts of marijuana. now a person caught with less than an ounce of pot will receive a $25 fine. if you are caught smoking marijuana in public a hundred dollar fine or community service. new policy will go into effect on october 20th. october is breast cancer awareness month. >> is there an experiment going on in our area right now, aimed at treating one of the most aggressive forms of the disease, health reporter stephanie stahl takes a closer look at this new therapy, kathy? an area off the coast, low pressure keeping the the clouds, around the delaware valley, as this moves away, we are going to be seeing the the more cool air moving in and weekend rain, we will time that out coming up. plus a philadelphia stapel

receives national recognition, we will tell you why reading terminal market was standing out. leslie. well chris we have good news and bad news for eagles. chip kelly talks about getting more help on the offensive line but few concerns bombing up on defense we will take a closer look in sports.

theredelaware just like us. fire companies in the state of something went wrong with the new health care law that threatened to shut us all down, and then chris coons got involved. chris did one heck of a job. he got senators in both parties to see that there was a problem. they fixed it, so now volunteer fire companies can stay in service. most guys in washington just want to argue. but our chris coons got results. i'm chris coons and i approve this message. it's not easy to get things done in washington, but i'm working hard to find common ground.

intruder creeping in the women's apartment. >> it was in every door, the most scary, he left no stone unturned. >> he could get in there anytime he wanted. i'm charlotte huffman tonight at 11:00 she says he was stalking her. >> i am extremely paranoid, extremely paranoid, looking over my shelledder. >> police say man responsible was her doorman. the i team exclusive tonight at 11:00. today october 1st marks the beginning of the breast cancer awareness month. in honor have that the fountain at love park turn pink. one of several landmarks going pink as part the lights for the cure. and some exciting new research is underway here in philadelphia to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer. >> three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl joins us to talk more about this study. >> this new research is just getting underway inflammatory breast cancer strikes quickly

and often younger woman. it can be deadly because treatments have in the been very effective, well, that could be changing. cat the lean madden is hoping a philadelphia experiment can save her life. forty-eight year-old has inflammatory breast cancer. >> if it is, aggressive, and resistant, and i am stage four. only thing i can do is prolong my life. >> reporter: nothing else work, not chemotherapy, surgery or radiation, so kathleen, mother of two teenage hours lives in boston is back in her hometown, hoping to try a new combination therapy, that is being tested at jefferson's sidney kimmel cancer center. >> it vice exciting. >> reporter: doctor christophernellie says current treatments for advanced inflammatory breast cancer mark by swollen red skin are limited. he is experimenting with the drug romandensein used to treat lymphoma in combination with the traditional chemotherapy. >> what it does, it blocks the

cells, proliferation. >> reporter: results show the drug combination appears to break up cancer cells. you can see from image a to f the progression as the clusters, dissipate,. >> and it also seems to be making the tumor less aggressive overtime. >> reporter: liz, is an oncology nurse who is working on the research, preliminary results of been encouraging. >> that is one of the reasons why people are coming in from all over the country. >> reporter: for kathleen she's just looking for at least a little extra time. >> you know, you can hope that will lead to a significant increase in my life and maybe they would come up with a cure, that would be my dream, obviously. >> reporter: this is just beginning, phase within of the trial. researchers are still tweaking the drug dosage. we have more information on this, trial for you at cbs philly.com, click on health and tonight we will kick off lights for the cure, landmarks all over are lighting up in pink to raise awareness for breast cancer during the month of october.

cbs-3 and cw philly have have teamed up with the susan g komen for lights for the cure campaign, it is now in its 13th year, i cannot wait to see the city, all lit up tonight in pink for an important cause early detection saves lives. >> get a mammogram, all right, stephanie, thanks very much. some breaking news right now, rail services have been suspend add long septa's wilmington newark line after a person was hit by a train. chopper three live over the the scene right now. it is about 600 feet north of the darby station. we're told 500 passengers were aboard the train at the time of that accident, nobody on board the train was hurt, inn we have no word on the identity of the victim. some services will be suspended until that scene is clear. we will continue to update you. special honor tonight for philadelphia's reading terminal market. the the american planning association has named it, one of the ten great public spaces in america for 2014. from great food, to unique

crafts you can find just about anything there. >> for 6 million resident and tourist this is the market that visit each year, these businesses are 100 percent locally owned, offer a diverse assortment of culture of cuisines and represent heart and soul of the philadelphia region. >> congratulation as, reading terminal market. it was only philadelphia location to be celebrity this year. >> that makes me hungry. >> very deserving spot one of our favorites. >> yes, exactly. >> great place to go regardless of weather, rain, sunshine, perfect. >> i'm thinking bit right now. we are looking at a very pretty evening across the delaware valley there is rain in the forecast and this time with terrible timing. take a look outside where we have a spectacular end of the day in center city philadelphia, sunset less than an hour away but still press which temperature in the 70's. down the shore a pretty looking sunset. very pretty down the shore.

this is scheme cam three from atlantic city where sunnies getting lower in the sky. sunset less than an hour. we are looking at mild conditions, high temperature today, a seasonal 73. the normal high is 72 for this time of the year in october. on storm scan three we are seeing a few clouds moving in. area of low pressure pushing clouds back towards philadelphia and points to the east and temperatures across the board have reflect. that you can almost draw a line just to the east of philadelphia, going down through south jersey where we have had cooler temperatures today because of the clouds. trenton 67. atlantic city 64. wildwood 66. philadelphia warmer at 70 and reading at 71. right now in lancaster 71 as well. to the north and west seeing temperatures in the 60's and our weather will be coming from the north over the next couple of days keeping it on the cool side but not for long. for your thursday we will watch this storm system move away, high pressure to the north will provide thaws northerly wind and it will be seasonal. very pretty day.

friday dry again with temperatures in the 70's, all eyes on this front that will be in the midwest moving east. it stays dry friday but rain moves in friday night, into saturday, temperatures will only be in the 60's saturday and behind this we will see much cooler air. take a look at future weather. dry for tonight no weather issues and clouds will give way to clearing. for your thursday mostly sunny skies a few clouds through trenton and points to the north and east but as our low moves further away and it stays sunny for your friday. friday no weather issues either, late friday night and saturday morning by 3:00 a.m. we will see showers to the west of the radar and then as morning progresses, eight or nine or 10:00 we will see rain, by noon and line of showers and thunderstorms going right through philadelphia on saturday and then during the afternoon it clears out quickly and we will see some sunshine saturday before sunset. behind that front a cool, pool of air, it is cool air invasion and that will be here for the weekend. bit of the chill in time for

the eagles game on sunday. overnight will be mostly cloudy low of 56. highs tomorrow in the 70's with the cool northerly breeze, lucky enough to have ticket for sunday's eagles game kick off time 1:00 o'clock. kick off temperature 64. real football weather with northwesterly wind. on the exclusive seven day forecast yom kippur begins at sunset friday, we will see rain overnight into the day on saturday when holiday continues. rain ending saturday afternoon, sunday's cool and gradual warm up next week. we want to remind everyone we have a special program here at cbs-3 if you love watching weather and want to participate in the weather tasks, we want you to be ab eyewitness weather watcher. sign up at cbs philly.com/watchers. so during severe weather, during snow, we want to know is what happening where you live and you can join our team. >> easy way to do it to be connect. >> i will log on right now. >> please do. >> thanks. >> give an, no a rough commute out there at 6:20.

we will go outside and a show you schuylkill expressway that has been jammed up for the past hour or so. so schuylkill at gulph mills where headlights coming in eastbound really crawling toward the city. westbound lanes seem to be picking up and moving nicely. on the ben franklin bridge looking like a mess from the jersey side. from the toll plaza slammed solid, we are also losing those two right-hand lanes for construction as they go westbound into the the city and heading in to jersey from the philly side moving nicely. now septa's wilmington newark regional rails serve sus zest pended until further notice, police activity on the scene train accident belmont avenue west philadelphia at concourse street. be prepared to squeeze by through that intersection, stay there cbs-3 "ey

injuries have been a problem for the eagles and more adjustments could be on the way but for second day in a row brandon boykin sat out of practice with an injured hamstring. he is questionable for sunday. as for offense return of lane johnson should help, chip kelly says he is ready to go but does have some rust to shake off. >> he hasn't practiced for more than four weeks that is biggest thing how do we watch him during ra in terms of what he does, how sore is he? he hasn't been playing football. only way to get in shape for football toys play football. >> also darren sproles named nfc special teams player of the week for his 82-yard punt return for a touchdown in week two, he was named offensive player of the week. he is first place in nfl history to get both owners in his first month of the season. get ready for big match up for nfc north tomorrow night we have minnesota vikings taking on aaron rodgers and green bay packers. catch all of the action right here on cbs-3, preshow coverage at 7:30.

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i've lived hewith my mother, forty--four who is ninety--nine. people who do not live in delaware county need to know that tom mcgarrigle raised our taxes five times. five times in seven years. meanwhile tom mcgarrigle gave a million dollar subsidy to an energy company. tom mcgarrigle is not looking out for regular families or seniors at all. we need john kane in the senate. he gets regular families.

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on the cw philly. we are back here at # 1:00. stay tuned "cbs evening news" is next, out the door will replace director of secret service. plus details on a respiratory illness that is claiming lives of children. scott pelley reports, tonight from new york.

>> pelley: the head of the secret service is shown the door. julia pierson is out after a series of dangerous and embarrassing lapses in presidential protection. reports from bill plante and major garrett. a c.d.c. team is in dallas trying to determine whether an ebola patient spread the deadly disease in this country. reports from manuel bojorquez and dr. jon lapookment anna werner on another virus causing respiratory illness in children. >> it's petrifying. it's absolutely the scariest thing ever to see your child not be able to take a breath. >> pelley: and carter evans on an invasion of walrus. why tens of thousands are hitting the shores of alaska. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.