Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20170924 : vimarsan

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8 20170924

It is 71 degrees right now, in philadelphia. Sixtyeight in millville, down the shore, in the mid 60s, Atlantic City at 66, six an in wildwood. Six an in allentown, right around 69 degrees in mount pocono. Yes, it is the home opener. Im forecasting kick off temperature right around 87 degrees. But as we head into the latter part of the game, those numbers will be soaring to around 90 here in philadelphia as it turns unseasonably hot, going to be another warm one, down the shore, with a high of 80, then in the poconos, High Temperature right around 3 degrees 83 degrees, the records to beat today, 95, bark in 1970, hi, around 90. Going to near record highs tomorrow. Ill let you know when we cool down coming up in your full forecast in just a bit. For now, jan, back to you. Chelsey, thank you. Excitement is building for eagles fans this morning. As the birds get ready to take on the giants, in todays home opener. But, the match is not the only thing on fans minds this morning. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh, live at the linc, with fans are also react to go President Trumps latest comment, about the nfl. A lot to talk about, anita, good morning. Reporter good morning, jan , we will get to the comments in just an employment , but kick off here at 1 00 this afternoon, as you can see, the party already Getting Started for many eagles fans, who have been here since early this morning, this is our friends, brian. Who leads maybe the classiest tailgate with the prime rib and mark receipt as. You can imagine i track down the perfect tailgate for me, and you. There you go. So the excitement building here. Eagles reporter so many fans, very, very excited for the home opener today. This particular crew has been doing this for about 20 years. They say, as you mention, jan, many eyes also on the fallout between President Donald Trump and many of the nations top athletes, as some of the nfl players take a knee during the National Anthem in protest. And just about an hour ago, trump tweeted this, quote, if nnfl fans refuse to go to games until fans stop disrespecting our flag and country you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspends. Here is 11 eagles fan had to say in response. Americans will do what they want to do. Theyre right. I dont care. As long as they aint causing trouble. Doesnt matter. Now, in response to some of trumps recent comments, eagles ceo jeff lurie put out this statement saying, quote, having spoke win our players, i can a test to the Great Respect they have for the National Anthem, and all it represent. We at the Philadelphia Eagles firmly believe that in this difficult time of division and conflict, more important than ever for football to be a great unify err. Now back out live here at the linc, you can see, one every these fans, wearing a tshirt shirt that says i stand for the National Anthem. So there is just a mix of opinions here regarding the nf l players taking a knee during the National Anthem. Ahead of the game. Eagles and again, this is our crew here, who have been doing this tailgate for 20 years. Theyre excited with their prime rib and marguerites. So we will be watching this throughout the morning. Kick off here is at 1 00. Live at the linc this morning, anita oh, cbs3, Eyewitness News. And you know, anita, nothing like some prime rib and marguerites at 8 00 a. M. Ment they know thousand do it right. Reporter they do. But they actually say they have filet other days, dont do hamburgers and hotdogs, they say go big or go home. Classy. I like it. Thanks, and eat, a well check back in with you in 30 minutes Philadelphia Police are searching for two men, who they say, opened fire on officers overnight. Now, the shootout happened near 13th and york streets, in north philadelphia. A very active scene there overnight. Police say right around 10 00, the two men started firing rounds at police in the area allegedly unprovoked. Officers did return fire, but were told no one has been injured. Both of the men got away after that exchange. Now, police wont confirm if the suspect are in custody, how much, they tell us, theyre not looking for any suspect right now. Police also responded to gunfire in center city this morning. Officers in the area heard those gunshot, coming from the 1300 block of chancellor street. Were told the shots were not directed at police. But they were close by, no one was injured. And a woman is hospitalized this morning, after she was shot in east germantown. This shooting happened right around midnight, along the 5600 block of soaks street. Police tell us she was shot in her left thigh. She is now in stable condition so far no word on any arrests. And in other news today, rescue effort continue in mexico this weekend, even as resident were rattled once again by a magnitude 6. 1 after shock on saturday. Right now, the death toll from last weeks earthquake stands at 307. Manuel with the latest from mexico city. Series of after shocks sent people once again running into the streets. And search and rescue crews evacuating already unsteady mounds every debris. Closer to the epicenter the 6. 1 magnitude quake brought down this bridge, near wah a k a. Once the grounds stopped shaking, crews returned to whats left of six story offers building in mexico city , where more than 40 people were listed as missing. Maria has been camped out here since wednesday. Her cousin, ivan, accountant, was working on the four floor of this building when the quake hit. Well the window that they found people on the fourth floor, i think that they found like two different groups. And that some of them like they showed theyre like there are signs of life . Uhhuh. So we are like hoping to be one of those. Part of the city are trying to reopen to business leading to tensions, as officer tried to reopen busy boulevard, searches and families members who wanted silence protested. Still hoping to hear sounds from possible survivors, under the rubble. The number of people rescued from collapsed buildings like this one has reached nearly 70 but as the days go on, the hope of finding other diminish , still, crews continue to search. Manuel, cbs news, mexico city. Meantime this morning, puerto rican leaders are warning people about a dam at risk of collapsing there. The dam is in wataka northeast part of the island. The spillway is easing pressure on that d. A. M but at one point about 70,000 people who live downstream had been ordered to leave. The dam became compromised after flooding from Hurricane Maria. The storm now being blamed for at least ten deaths there, in puerto rico alone. People there are still without power, as well. The tough talk between President Trump and north korean leaders continues. Overnight, President Trump called kim jong un little rocket man on twitter. Yesterday Us Air Force Bombers escorted by fighter jets flew into air space just east of north korea. Pentagon calls the flight the show of force. They say the flight demonstrates the range every military options available to the us and President Trump. The planes flew farther north of the Demilitarized Zone than any other us fighters have since 2,000. To the middle east now, iran says its successfully tested new balistic missile. Eye rain iranian leaders say it can carry several warheads. State runnemede ya, and the weapon on display during military parade on friday. Now the missile would be able to reach as far as israel, and saudi arabia. Around president says his country will move forward with strengthening missile capability, and military defenses. Still to come right here on cbs3 Eyewitness News this sunday morning Oprah Winfrey on cbs. What she has to say about being a part of the new season , of 60 minutes. We will also have this. A month after harvey, and this is what flood victims are dealing with. Im courtney, in houston, why it could take months to get these mountains every debris out every houston. This one girl came up to me , like i dont know how you do it, if i had that, i would be staying at home. I would be feel so sick. Determined to survive. This bucks county little girl beat cancer and the odds. Our Stephanie Stahl has her amazing story, and what she hopes to do now. We will be right back. Suspect in custody following deadly hitandrun in north philadelphia. Officers say a man was run down, in the intersection of broad and glenwood avenue, around 1 00 yesterday morning. He was returned to the hospital where he later died. That investigation is still ongoing. Firefighters, responded to hazmat situation in wilmington and officials say, 18 workers at the dupont experimental station were possibly exposed to an unknown substance. Eyewitness news on powder mill road yesterday morning, the workers went through a de contamination process, and were taken to the hospital. Officials say none of them were seriously injured. It has been four weeks now since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the houston area. As category four storm. And it quickly became the largest flooding event in north American History and recovery has been slow. Courtney spoke with one local resident. The local residents there were are finding it hard to stay houston strong. Reporter michelle has a tech texas size problem, sitting on her front lawn. It is not acceptable. I mean, we are trying to move forward as a city. And this to me causes a health hazard. Reporter one month after harvey hit, and three weeks after she cleared out her home , she still is looking at mountains every molding memory , and complete with horseflies, and constant smell of mildew. Harris county judge is helping lead recovery effort in southeast texas. Even if 90 of it is pick up at some point, if youre still in that 10 , youre not happy. And i understand that. Household debris, ends up in largest piles than this one they say trucks have only removed about 5 of harveys wreckage. In southeast texas, close to 800,000 people have applied for fema assistance, the agency has already paid out more than 570 million, to individuals, the Insurance Council affected estimates there are about a quarter million flooded cars and trucks, Insurance Companies have already taken care of a billion dollars worth in claims, and that number is expected to triple, on top of that, at least, 2,000 people remain in shelters. And some schools have not yet started. Local officials say, theyre looking at revamp olds floodplain maps to make sure this doesnt happen again. We have to make sure people no longer build in areas that are subject to flooding. For michelle, she cant even think about the future, until the past is harder to way. And that could take six months courtney, for cbs news, houston. Back here at home now, it seems relatively quiet. But we do have to consider maria still churning offer the coast. Thats right. The latest track from maria from the nash hal Hurricane Center coming up. But something were keeping our a ion, active hurricane season, my goodness, but very quiet start to the day here, a live look, at boardwalk plaza, in rehoboth. There is plenty of people already out there this morning , getting their exercise in early during the day, because it is going to heat up very quickly later on this afternoon. I just know that sand will be filled up with people enjoying the sunshine, soaking up nice beach day, but be aware, do have high risk every rip current. Here is a live look, now, at center city, just look at the abundant blue skies, well see that, also, from the shore to the poconos across the region today, and right now around 72 , still in the 60s, in many areas, across the tristate region. Sixtynine in millville. Mid 60s down the shore wildwood, 66 Atlantic City, yes, six an in allentown, 69 mount pocono. Mid 60s for lancaster, also reading right around 65 degrees. So, dew points will be in check today. Humidity overall not that bad. Dealing with the heat. At least we dont have that oppressive humidity. Thats going to change, though , as we head into the next several days. By monday, we have the steam factor returning back to the forecast, then it will feel down right uncomfortable as we head into tuesday, have that combination every both heat, humidity, that will make it feel oppressive at times and very uncomfortable out there. Big picture on storm scan3, shows not much every anything going on across the eastern portion of the united state. We have High Pressure in control, jet stream pushed well up to the north, helping to filter in all of the warm temperatures, that we are going to be enjoying if you like the warm weather. Perhaps maybe ready for some fall weather. I have some of that coming for you, too thats all thanks to this system out to the west. But it wont be impacting us until later on this week. Meanwhile, also tracking Hurricane Maria, located well off off the coast of the southeastern united state. And here is the latest updates from the national Hurricane Center, category two storm. Winds of around 110 miles per hour. The latest update moving to the north at nine. It will come uncomfortably close to the outer banks of North Carolina before taking a turn out to sea. And it will be that cold front that swings through later this week, that helps pick maria out to sea, the so right here for the tristate area, for the delaware valley, just going to be dealing with, i think, mainly coastal impact, see that rough surf and also the high risk of rip current, thats going to be pretty serious, as we head into the latter part of this week. Also, high risk for rip currents, throughout the day today, as i mention, so even though it will be an absolutely stunning beach day, the just be aware, because the water can be extremely dangerous, on the sands, temperatures in the low, mid 80s, also very high uv index today. Here is your forecast, 90 degrees, unseasonably hot, significantly above average for this time of year. But wall to wall sunshine out there. Then tonight mostly clear, quiet, mild, overnight low temperature right around 70 degrees, your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, looks like this, 89 degrees monday. Eightysix tuesday. Eightyeight wednesday. And if the summer like weather isnt for you, well i got some fall like weather in the forecast just in time for next weekend. Jan, back to you. Got Little Something for everyone, thank you, chelsey. Time now 8 17. And time to check the roads. Lets go over to Amanda Mueller in the cbs3 Traffic Center. Hi, amanda. Hi, jan, still following an accident that happened last hour near lansdowne west oaklane between route 13 and mcdade boulevard. This is affecting traffic in both directions, and traffic is being diverted, as you can see, starting to cause backups in several roadways throughout the area. You can use clifton avenue, or west ash lands avenue as your alternate. To avoid this accident. And turning now to bucks county, we are taking live look at route one southbound at i95. This road work here might cause some headaches for drivers specially as we get later in the day. We start seeing more volume on the roadways. Right now not looking too problematicment be ready to slow down. Left lane closed there. And taking a live look at the vine. Thats running along at speed. As well as the rest of your majors including 95, 76, 202, 30, and the turnpike. In the cbs3 Traffic Center ment im Amanda Mueller. Thank you so much. This morning, cyclists continue to ride for a good cause, and it is a good morning for it. The 38th annual bike ms ride continues today. Thousands every cyclists actually began yesterday, it was a fundraising minimum for the ride, and all proceeds benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis society. It can affect the way you walk t can affect the way you see it. Can even affect the way you think and you just dont know whats going to happen next. None of the current treatments reverse the damage already done. And none of them actually stop the disease, and thats what we want to do. We want to stop ms in its tracks. This weekend in total riders actually raised 6 million for the national ms society. Good for them. Well, kids with cancer fortunately it is rare and almost unheard of for teenager to be diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, but it did happen to a little girl from bucks county. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl has her incredible story of survival. Happy to be back in school. It is not what you normally hear from a 14 year old. But, this ninth grader has a special kind of determination. When she was 11, page, was diagnosed when Ovarian Cancer. It was crazy. I just like couldnt believe it. Like they told me it was rare and might grow. Like i kind of felt special at the same time, like i was like blown away. Her symptoms, no appetite, fatigue, were vague. Typical with Ovarian Cancer, which is rare in children. Her mom new doctors were wrong when they kept insisting it was just constipation. When the Ovarian Cancer was finally confirmed, it was just i couldnt even believe it. I kept thinking weve got to be dreaming. It was a nightmare. Page had surgery and chemo and doctors said her eggs couldnt be saved. So shell never be able to have biological children. I told the doctors, i want her alive. We will worry about her having babies another time. And when i told hershey said well, well adopt. It wasnt even a issue. Page battling cancer she never heard of managed to have a positive attitude. I got. This i can do this. And now three years later

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