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seven weeks, katie. today is not too bad of a day but it is transition as we start to see nose dive on the thermometer begin. we will have details on the temperatures as we move forward. torey? >> good morning, everyone. if you are moving anywhere you shouldn't have too many problems at all. we are looking at ben franklin bridge moving into pennsylvania or new jersey it is a wide open ride. we have a few construction projects we have to talk about coming up, ukee. nasa rocket explodes creating this fireball that lit up night skies on the eastern shore of virginia last night. >> it was carrying supplies bound for international space station, cbs news correspondent susan mcginnes joins us live from wallups island virginia where investigators will, comb that area for clues later this morning. good morning. >> reporter: they will be here as soon as the the the sun comes up. officials from nasa and orbital sciences which is company that built this 200
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million-dollar rocket said they have no hint of any trouble until the actual explosion over the flight complex here last night. investigation is already well underway into what went wrong. >> we have lift off. >> reporter: second after blasting off from the launch pad on wallo ps island, virginia, unmanned 14 story rocket bound for the international space station burst into flames. the flight was over in just 15 seconds. a spectacular fireball and exploding debris rained down on the launch pad. in one was killed or injured in the catastrophic launch but more than 5,000-pound of cargo and supplies heading to the international space station are gone. >> we want to express our disappointment we were not able to fulfill our obligation to the international spat station and deliver this load have of cargo. >> reporter: investigators will begin combing through tea brings at dawn. residents of wallops island on the virginia coast are told to contact nasa if they come
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across any debris from the crash and they are warned it may be hazardous. engineers say rocket self-destruct system was triggered a at some point. >> something went wrong during first stage power flight whether that was engines which was built in russia or some other support system is not yet men. >> reporter: nasa has use private companies to supply the space station since it retired the space shuttle fleet in 011. despite yesterday's failed mission officials say iss has adequate supplies to last at least until next spring. also coincidently the russian space agency is launching a rock tote day to arrive at the international space station with supplies tomorrow. orbital sciences say they will figure out what happened lear last night, fix the problem and it will fly into space again. ukee good what are you hearing will this derail the nation's commercial space flight effort. >> reporter: it is supposed to deal it a major setback for orbital sciences, thinks only launch site that the company has. the nasa could come under
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criticism now for relying so much on private companies it is planning to spend astronauts up with the help of boeing and space x, two private companies. while this is a major setback it is in the seen tea railing the commercial space flight system. >> susan mcginnes reporting for us in virginia this morning. thanks, we will see you late they're morning. >> reporter: thanks, ukee. that rocket explosion hits close to home for new jersey high school students. an experiment built by students from ocean city high school, that was on the rocket when it blew blew up. they wanted to test how gravity effectse coal i. one of the student said that was most tragic scary thing i have ever witnessed. everyone is okay but we are praying for everybody else involved. it was a much more successful outcome for unman russian supply ship that blasted off, earlier this morning. right new that rocket is in the middle of a six hour journey to the international space station. it is carrying nearly 3 tons
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of supplies for the the expedition 41 crew. right now just past 50:00 36789 less head to the sky deck and check with katie. >> good morning, a very mild start to the day. i can tell there is more moisture in the air. you will notice it feels a bit humid outside but not too terrible. meanwhile today's not going to be too terrible. even despite passage of the cold front. we will show you what is up. storm scan three is generally quiet for new but you can see activity looming to the west. that is your cold front. that is the the leading edge of it. when it does roll through here it will bring us a shower. primarily later today. even despite how close it looks right now it will take time before this moves in. we will look at future weather, important to keep in mind this is just a model but it is a good guide. later this morning places like poconos, northern westerly lehigh valley for example could see that quick shower moving through but it is mainly mid take for the rest
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of us or toward evening. then it will clear out. some of you might not see a drop. would i say if you don't want to take an umbrella with you don't worry bit. sixty-one at the the airport. a as we quickly check what the rest of the day has in store, yes, not terrible. you will see a shower in the poconos and shower almost every where here today but it is still technically milder than average but not as warm as yesterday was, torey, back inside to you. good morning, everyone. traveling on all of our majors, i have been saying this every time i start my report, it is bought full outside. there is nothing to worry about. our construction projects are minimal. lets talk first about the ben franklin bridge. traveling in either direction whether making your commute into pennsylvania on the westbound side or eastbound into new jersey there are in delays to worry about at all and it is not just ben franklin bridge but everyone of our bridges moving this well. hopefully it stays like that for a long time. as we continue we will head out, where we are taking a look at the schuylkill
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expressway. traveling in either direction, and it doesn't matter if you are around center city, or making your way within your western suburbs it is a wide opened commute and speed sensors high up in the 50's. we have a construction project southbound on the the roosevelt boulevard, fifth street so that may compromise your commute. no delays for mass transit. back to the desk. suspended high school football coach speaks out about the hazing scandal that brought season to an early even. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao joins us from central bucks in doylestown, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. a heated school board meeting last night at c.b. west where for the first time some of the suspended coaches on the jv and varsity football team spoke out with some of the parents who support them. also a first meeting last night was first time school district spoke about the hazing allegations since this story broke last week. school board members detailed fine goes of the schools
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internal investigation. they say mess serious of the hazing included a game called slap it, lick it and grab it during which rook writes made to slap another player, lick a player's face and grab a player's private parts while fully clothed. school board says this hazing happened during a post scrimmage picnic organized by parents in the summer. last night the head coach defended himself and his coaches saying this was within time incident they didn't learn about until october 15th. hensell goes on to say that the hazing happened in a locker room after most coaches left including himself. parents of the many of the players are standing behind him. >> his reputation was great but new tarnish by rush to judgment by an administration who wanted to cover their butts. >> i love my players, parents and my coaches and i'm graceful for them. >> now, the police are still investigate ago long with the district attorney's office. the d.a. ease office want any students or athletes who may
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feel victimize todd come forward and speak with police. at this point there have been no arrests. live from doylestown, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". two years ago today super storm sandy left many homes and lives in ruins. a reminder of the storm's presence is still felt in several coastal communities in the our area "eyewitness news" in talk are ton ocean county where our diana rocco spoke with the mayor. it took 17 months to move back home after heavy wind, rains and flooding, destroyed his property. >> the roof had buckled. if you walked, it was a first floor rancher. the living room area dropped 7 inches. >> recovery effort had taken its told on sandy survivors. new machine mouth university poll reports one in five survivors are still dealing with mental health issues from the storm. you can see why when you are in your home and it gets destroyed. >> wow, two years.
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5:08. football fan who vanished during a game but found safe but far from home. big unanswered question about his disappearance plus. people are losing patients as search for eric frein searches on but where the suspect killer was seen. slow motion disaster that cannot be stopped. we have a new look at devastation as that lava creeps closer to home in hawaii. it is almost time to take your winter coat out of the closet. >> no, don't say it. >> katie is tracking a big tropical in the temperatures when we do traffic and weather together. we will do it on the three's.
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good morning, there is a break in the search for eric
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frein, since ambush of two pennsylvania state troopers a a a month ago. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer is in the a satellite center to bring you up to date on the manhunt, nicole. yesterday mark the latest possible sighting in the search that shifted and expanded over 100 square miles throughout monroe county. >> from the air, to the ground, the manhunt for eric frein, continues to widen, with a visual and monroe county. latest citing is barrett township, tuesday afternoon around route 390. >> the the lines down there we see a figure popping up and down. >> reporter: six weeks in the search resident remain vigilant hoping to help the 150 troopers, sent into search 133 square miles, a tall task according to carol shield of mountain home who says frein has plenty of places to hide away. >> there are 1400 possible
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buildings, homes summer homes, hunting cabins that he could be scoping out and staying in. >> reporter: especially since police consider frein a survivorlist capable of remaining on the run with very little supplies. authorities have found a number of potential hide outs but reporting sighting he keeps moving. survivor expert mike dennis says as leaves fall, frein will have have fewer options. >> i think that the fact that he will be losing cover from above is the main thing he would be concerned with right now. people are very skilled with just being in the outdoors but the longer it goes on, the harder it gets for him. >> reporter: and for this community. >> i just hope they catch him soon paw we are living in fear right now. >> reporter: last week two sightings were reported in
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just four days prompting closure of schools in swift water monroe county. now officials are using a mylar balloon that can track a person up to 3 miles away or a group of people up to 5 miles. we are live, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". right now just past 5:13, we will get traffic and weather together, good morning. >> we are dealing with the pattern change here two separate systems coming through to knock these temperatures back over the next couple of days. we will not have a chance to rebound anywhere near what we saw yesterday but today is still an okay day. let walk you through it, first system on tap to start the slow nose dive on the thermometer is out there now, you can see showers off to the west of harrisburg but we will see a shower rolling through our area here too. a very well define front but pretty weak when it comes to precipitation. there is not a ton of moisture but when it does we are looking at a stray shower and
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spots here today. you can getaway without an umbrella, not craze bye cart ago along extra gear here today. looking a at our live observations in the live neighborhood network they will change before your very eyes here between 63, 64 at new castle, moorestown in at 63. valley forge and west chester lower 60's, at the this time of the day, on this day of the year, kind of a big deal. it is nice and mild to start things off here. pollen report this is not been an issue lately. it continues to in the be an issue up though ragweed is predominant one, levels remain low. don't freak out when i show you this we are looking to the second system a moment ago coming in saturday. there will very likely be some wet snow flakes that mix in with this because it is such a cold air mass. we are not expecting any really strong chance for any of this to accumulate in our area let alone stick. ground is too warm. but it will be about that time of the year where we start to
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see killed air air creep in and precipitation is american just rain. at minimum rain showers, maybe a steady rain and maybe some wet snow flakes but weekend as a whole is raw windy and chilly, vittoria. >> that map made me think of the moment when you have to think extra early to start the the car to get it warmed up, that chill in the air. no the looking forward to that. anyhow we have good news you can look forward to if you are making your commute this morning. take a look at 309 not too far from the pennsylvania turnpike both sides of 309 moving well. turnpike moving just as nice. we will only have a few vehicles out, it is 5:16. too early to see a rush anyway. looking at vine street expressway towards schuylkill westbound or eastbound to i-95 you are free and clear. when you get there nothing major to report. ninety-five, schuylkill, 476 all moving well. traveling however on the boulevard southbound at fifth street we have construction so watch out for a few lanes
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compromised there, erika. >> thanks, vittoria. here are headlines on cbs-3. an investigation is underway in the catastrophic explosion of the unmanned car get rocket yesterday in virginia. the spacecraft was bound for international space station and blew up second after lift off. support ers of the central bucks high school football coaches are called school board to action a rush to judgment. board suspended teams coaches and canceled final games of the season after allegations of hazing. it was two years ago today sandy made land fall, deadly storm caused billions in damage. today state and federal officials will gauge their recovery during visits to the affect area. your time 5:17. putting a limit on unlimited plans, why a phone company is accused of misleading customers and the trouble it is facing now. also a former baseball star hurt in his home, how jose canseco shot off one of his fingers. we will be right back.
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government calls out at&t, claiming wireless company tricked millions of customers. the federal trade commission sued at&t for slowing down internet connections for some people with unlimited data plans. at&t says that it warned customers in 2011 that it would target heaviest data users but ftc says unlimited means unlimited. >> time now to check your philadelphia jobs market report and here's "eyewitness news" jobs expert steven greenburg. >> you may not have made your first purchases for christmas yet but retailers are busy looking for holiday workers. holiday spending is expect to grow by 4 percent this year. seven of the nation's largest retailers will add four hundred thousand jobs this winter. toys-r-us will hire 50 people president per store and that adds up to 50,000 nationwide. macy a's leads the nation with an expected 86,000 seasonal
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job openings including 1400 in philadelphia. many smaller retail stores throughout the philadelphia area will also be adding workers. more on line sales means that fedex, ups, will be busy. fedex will add 50,000 ups, only hundred thousand workers. the both companies were under staffed last year leading to delivery delays. they don't want to repeat that mistake. bulk of the hiring tend to be made right now. good idea to apply at the stores thaw are familiar with and try to do so in person. hand your resume to the store manager. many companies say they hire on line only but they also have ability to hire several walk ins candidates. i'm's steve greenburg for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".
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let's get traffic and weather together. we're going down that slope now of temperatures. >> it is a very gradual decline, it will not be that we will just drop off and sort of go off a cliff here with the temperatures but it will get cooler and cooler and cooler with every passing day. first, reason for that is this large system, relatively weak cold front when it comes to presip, somewhat moisture starved but man, it is doing a number on temperatures. sixty-one in advance in philadelphia, list goes on where we are mild for standard but look at that cold front. we will go from philadelphia to cleveland and we're talking easily 15 plus degree difference here and only in the 30's in the twin cities. a sign of things to come my friend. look at what happens here with time, behind that cold front quiet for thursday and halloween, whole day, whole evening looks good for trick or treating.
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i suggest a sweat shirt under the costume for sure. by saturday another system comes to reenforce that chill and right now it does mean we could see some wet snow flakes in the northwestern suburbs, torey. >> if you are traveling on the vine street expressway, lets get outside, you will notice a little bit of activity. it is nothing major a disable vehicle now on the shoulder but it is on the eastbound side of the vine approach area have of eighth street. with that on the median it helps because it doesn't cause any lane blockages. anyhow you cut it whether you are heading to i-95 or schuylkill expressway. average speed sensors all over reflecting good news high up in the 50's on every major in the only in pennsylvania but new jersey and delaware but we have an accident chester county, this is dilworth town road at brinton lake road. no delays for mass transit, ukee. time for some basketball. sixers open up regular season tonight in indiana against the
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pacers. michael carter williams is sidelined for a week while recovering from shoulder surgery. sixers ceo scott o'neill will be live in our next hour. it should be interesting to go talk with him on opening take, together we will build. kings and flyers last night at the well and that is former flyer mike richards tying the game in the third period. richards won two stanley cups since being traded, for one of the players flyers got in the l.a. trade, brayden schenn. he wins tonight overtime for the flyers. the refs ruled it was the game winner. win broke a four game winning streak for los angeles, nice win, fellows, flyers in tampa tomorrow night. baseball season comes down to one game, tonight. game seven of the world series. last night it was all kansas city. royals scored seven runs in the second inning and crush giants ten to nothing. they forced the deciding game tonight. san francisco giants will pitch tim hudson, royals will get with jeromy guthrie, first
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pitch 8:00 p.m. in kansas city. all of the marbles on the line, erika. >> big game. coming up on "eyewitness news", on alert, the stepped up secururity at build as across the country. plus some stunning video when a rocket explodes, just seconds after taking off. what the disaster means for the astronauts on board the international space station. also a missing football fan found alive but the mystery surrounding his disappearance is far from over. also, vittoria and katie return with your traffic and weather together on the three's as we look live at center city, 55 degrees right here, will temperature go up or down, katie has answer we will be right back. [anncr:]making jackets that are built to is hard work.ere
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two years ago today super storm san i slams in the jersey cher destroying neighborhoods and changing lives forever. we are taking a look at recovery progress being made in the hardest hit area, and how people are marking this somber anniversary. >> both spinning in circles with in one on board, find out how runaway boat was finally stopped. but first lets get traffic and weather together, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, everybody. this will end up being one of those days that we will see transition here. while not as warm as yesterday it will end up being somewhat milder then average but we will see some wet weather move through as well courtesy of the cold front. we will talk about that cold front what it means for temperatures torey and when is there going to be any rain out there. >> hopefully not for quite sometime. hopefully it stays away until