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KYW Eyewitness News At 11 September 20, 2014

Breaking news at 11 oclock tonight, shots are fired and there are reports that police have surrounded a home with the suspected killer of a Pennsylvania State trooper inside. Good evening, im chris may. Im jessica dean. Matt rivers is live in the sat center with the breaking developments tonight. Matt. Reporter chris and jessica the situation has gotten far more intense in just the hour or so. As cnn reports and as you mentioned eric frein believed to be surrounded inside a home. He barricaded himself inside that home after exchanging gunfire with Law Enforcement officials in the area. Just after 9 00 p. M. , Law Enforcement officials confirmed to Eyewitness News that those shots were fired in the area police were searching. A local Police Official confirmed to cnn it is believed frein exchanged gunfire with police before barricading himself inside that home. That home not far from where he was living with his parents. Its not yet known if frein or any Law Enforcement officers were injured during that shootout. Hundreds of law enforcers are involved in the search that has gone on for a week now. Earlier this evening state Police Ordered people in price and barrett townships in Monroe County to stay inside their homes as the hunt intensified. A temporary shelter for those people unable to return home has been set up in that area. Last friday frein allegedly shot two Pennsylvania State troopers killing Corporal Bryon Dixon outside his state police barracks. He was put on the fbis 10 most wanted list on thursday. So, this situation still very much developing, still ongoing in Monroe County but it does appear that police are closing in on 31yearold eric frein. Still a very developing situation. Were going to stay on top of this as these events continue to unfold. For now live in the sat center matt rivers cbs3 Eyewitness News. Matt thank you very much. The nfl commissioner says that he got it wrong on the Domestic Violence cases that have plunged the nfl into crisis but he says he will not resign. Instead tRoger Goodell announced in new york today that he is implementing a new Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault policy for the leagues 32 teams. He also pledged to set up a conduct committee and partner the nfl with two organizations that help victims of Domestic Violence. Even though the commissioner is promising that change, he is still facing withering criticism. Diana rocco is live at lincoln financial field with more. Diana. Reporter chris, although Roger Goodell apologized today, many are still skeptical. He says he knows he can do better for this league and he will. Well, tonight fans here at the linc and Domestic Violence groups across the region are hoping so. I got it wrong on a number of levels but now i will get it right. Reporter nfl commissioner Roger Goodell apologizing for his handling of player misconduct after weekly embarrassments in the league and promising to do a better job. It affects all of us. These are problems we are commitd to addressing. Reporter baltimores ray rice was only suspended for two games after allegedly punching his wife in an elevator until the disturbing video surfaced two weeks ago and he was released. And minnesotas Adrian Peterson was allowed to play after allegedly abusing his fouryearold. They cant turn their head the other way. He obviously could have done a much better job and i dont think hes been honest from the beginning. He probably should resign. For 44 million you should have stepped up the first time. Reporter goodell has promised more education and changes to the nfl player conduct policy, also a partnership with two national Domestic Violence groups and an independent fbi investigator will review thes handling of prior incident but is it enough and should goodell have done more sooner. I think hes doing the right thing. He says hes going to be accountable, that hes going to provide leadership, that hes really going to work with these experts. Reporter jeanine says shes glad the conversation is finally being had. When violence happens in your home there is a huge ripple impact on the whole community. Reporter so, right now Roger Goodell says he has no plans to resign as the nfls commissioner. He hopes these changes will be in place by the super bowl. Were live outside the linc tonight. Im diana rocco, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Diana thank you very much. Now, if you or someone you know is a victim of Domestic Abuse there is always help available. This is the number for the national Domestic Abuse hotline. Its one800799safe and it is open 24 hours a day. Led to cbsphilly. Com for a list of local agencies that can help as well. Still no arrests in the attack on a samesex couple in center city. Investigators have questioned at least six people from the group seen in surveillance video. Some tell police a different version of the story that the victims were the ones who instigated that fight on september 11th. Federal officials are keeping an eye on the Philadelphia Police departments investigation. Well, it might in the feel like it tonight but there is a weekend warmup on the way. Meteorologist kathy orr is live outside on the cbs3 sky deck. Kathy, there is a chill in the air tonight. There sure is and were talking about warmup while im sitting out here with my coat. There is a bit of a breeze, temperatures are falling. We do have a few clouds out here but theyll be increasing overnight tonight and help those temperatures from bottoming out as much as they have the past couple of nights. Take a look at storm scan3. We do have an easterly flow and that means we will be seeing more clouds moving into the delaware valley. High pressure has slid off the coast with a clockwise flow and that will drive the moisture inland and will start the well start the morning offer with some clouds that will eventually give way to some sun. Right now philadelphia, 59. Allentown 57, mount pocono 50, 60 in wilmington, 66 in wildwood where we do have clouds and fog moving in. During the day tomorrow clouds will give way to sun in philadelphia, 79. Down the shore some morning clouds and fog, possibly a stray shower early, 76. The poconos morning fog, some afternoon sun. So, starting the weekend on a pleasant note but coming up were going to be talking about conditions getting even warmer, especially on the last day of summer. Theres the chance of rain. Well time that out. Plus the first week of fall begins on monday and right now its looking positive. Well take a look at that in the sevenday when i join you inside. Thats good news. Kathy thank you very much. Tonight investigators continue trying to find out what caused this massive warehouse fire in the kensington section of philadelphia. This was an abandoned warehouse in the 2300 block of american street that caught fire about 2 30 this morning. The flames jumped from the warehouse to a neighboring paper storage facility. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries here. One civilian was critically injured with burns to more than 80 percent of his body. The United States is poised to commit more resources in the fight against isis overseas. Today president obama signed a measure that would arm and train Syrian Rebels who are already fighting the militant group. That was passed with bipartisan support in congress. Military leaders say it could be another year before the rebels are properly trained and ready to fight. Thousands of American Forces are moving into west africa over the next 30 days. They will set up facilities and form training teams to help treat ebola victims. President obama has pledged 3,000 troops to that effort. The Defense Department has requested up to 1 billion for Ebola Response efforts. It is an iconic part of philadelphias skyline, city halls illuminated clock tower is now getting a modern makeover. Eyewitness news received an exclusive look behind the clock tower. Thats where work is under way to replace the clocks lighting with Energy Efficient led bulbs. Those old bulbs needed to be replaced quite often. The new ones are expected to last for years. You can imagine if theres one or two lamps that are outweigh, way high up youre still climbing up there, youre still spending all that time just to change those two. The overhaul is part of a larger project to lower the citys Energy Consumption by 30 percent. Well, the entero viruses continues to make its way across the country. Well tell you where the latest cases are popping up. And using your breath to diagnose everything from asthma to heart disease. In the health watch how doctors are testing this new way to detect disease. Meteorologist kathy orr is back inside and tracking the weekend warmth. Her forecast for the end of summer and the beginning of fall just a few minutes away. And a south jersey town thats banned alcohol for more than 100 years is changing its tune. Where you can now wine and dine. Plus, well take you under the friday night lights. Weve got the football frenzy. See if your school made the cut when Eyewitness News continues. We have new developments tonight in the disappearance of that university of virginia student. Police say that they have now talked to a man that they believe was in a bar with Hannah Graham on the night that she went missing. They say though they dont have enough information to arrest or detain the man even after searching his car and apartment. Graham who is 18 years old was last seen by friends one week ago. The respiratory virus known as enterovirus 68 continues to spread. Health Officials Say 22 states now have confirmed cases of the virus and new jersey is among the states with the newest cases. Symptoms include sneezing, a runny nose and a cough and most people will recover without any treatment. Severe symptoms can can can develop in children, though, with asthma or a history of breathing problems. On the cbs3 health watch tonight, an amazing medical break through. Using your breath to diagnose everything from asthma to cancer. Three on your side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl shows how doctors are testing a new way to detect danger. Reporter this experimental space age balloon may be the future of medical testing, something as simple as a patients breath could be the key to detecting disease. I feel really good. Reporter pat is among the first to test the technology. It showed he had Heart Failure which had already been confirmed with traditional testing. Not easy. Reporter the breath test could be easier and less expensive. Anything in the hood that is potentially volatile at body temperature we can detect it in the breath. The limitation is because we didnt have the technology in the past. Reporter dr. Dwelk says doctors detected Heart Failure with 100 percent accuracy. In another they used breath to detect lung cancer and helped doctors monitor how the patient was responding to treatment. The future of medical testing in general. We are just scratching the surface on the utility of breath testing in medical diagnosis. Reporter more research is still needed before these tests can replace body scans and biopsies but dr. Norman edelman of the American Lung association ace hes optimistic about the potential of this technology. We could screen many, many more people for lung cancer and probably save many, many more lives. Reporter pat who ended up with a pacemaker is impressed with how easy the breath test is. And doctors say if the testing pans out, it could be an easy way to sniff out other diseases including diabetes. Im Stephanie Stahl, cbs3 Eyewitness News. For the first time in more than a century businesses in a south jersey town will now be able to sell alcohol. Restaurants in haddonfield Camden County now have the opportunity to offer bottles of wine to their guests. And its all thanks to a 2012 new jersey law designed to promote the states wineries. Businesses even in dry towns can legally sell wine as long as theyre partnered with those wineries. Its all part of an initiative to put the states wineries on the map. Most people are not sold yet that new jersey offers such an outstanding quality of wine. That new law allows for wineries to partner up with up to 15 businesses to sell their products. Kathy, back insides now. Little chilly out there tonight. Yeah, it is. And it will be a cool start to the day tomorrow. Little bit foggy so dont be surprised if you see that but then things are going to change by tomorrow afternoon and after that the sky is the limit literally for this weekend. We will have the peek of the summer heat for the last weekend of summer. Take a look outside where we do have some patchy fog out there. Down the shore well also have a little bit of drizzle. An easterly wind is going to keep it cool down the shore and a little bit damp as well. Temperatures around the region have cooled down significantly. Philadelphia 59, trenton 55, the poconos sitting at 50, Atlantic City at the airport 64 degrees, reading 59. So, a lot of cool air in place and that will be changing as we work our way through tomorrow afternoon. But these temperatures much milder than they were last night at this time when we were falling through the 50s. Clouds will help keep a tap on the temperature. Easterly winds will provide the cloud cover. Then two other players in our forecast, a cold front to the north and west, and a developing coastal storm that will keep moisture close to the coast over the next couple of days. So, High Pressure building off the coast keeping it cool, 70s for saturday. But as that high moves farther away, winds become more southerly for saturday afternoon. Well see some sunshine and warming temperatures into the upper 70s. Then we get the squeeze play by these two systems. Area of low pressure gets kicked out to see as this cold front approaches. Thats the good news. But it will come close enough to provide clouds, also some drizzle down the shore sunday morning. Then well warm it up into the 80s for the afternoon. The front swings through on sunday night with some showers. That will be the best chance of rain and then monday we clear it out again with plenty of sun but cooler temperatures in the 70s. Heres a look at the future temperature. Now, tomorrow morning we wake up to the 50s and some 60s. By the afternoon were well into the 70s with sunshine with that southerly wind. Then sunday morning we wake up to mild temperatures, mainly in the 60s but watch what happens. The last day of summer temperatures peaking along the i95 corridor, even north and west looking at temperatures into the 80s. Then well see a High Pressure system settling in for the first week of fall. Next week it will be sunny and dry but very comfortable. No big complaints. Fall officially begins on monday evening at 10 29 and appropriately temperatures will only be in the lower 70s in the afternoon. Overnight look for clouds to increase, it will be comfortable, the low 59 in the city. Temperatures rising quickly. Well be seeing highs near 80 degrees after some morning fog and incasing sunshine in the afternoon for your saturday. If youre lucky enough to have a ticket to the eagles game at the linc, kickoff time 1 oclock, kickoff temperature 80 degrees with winds out of the southwest. Who would ever have thought. And on the exclusive eyewitness weather sevenday forecast the heat peeks sunday. Monday much cooler, some 10 degrees cooler. The first full day of fall, 72 degrees for tuesday. Wednesday Rosh Hashanah begins in the evening, it will be comfortable and it stays dry through thursday and friday. I like that kind of consist tense snee a sevenday forecast, dont you. Very nice. Were nothing if not consistent around here for sure. Kathy, thank you very much. All right time to check in with mr. Beasley reece and. The friday football frenzy. Whoohoo [cheers and applause] its time for the friday football frenzy. Five, six, seven, eight, frenzy radnor raiders. Blue and white. Take it away, beasley. All right, thanks a lot to the radnor cheerleaders for the kickoff. Your town your team your kids on tv, its time for the original friday football frenzy. We start with the pep talk as always from radnor head coach tom ryan. Guys its all about the team. Team comes first, okay. You got a chance to do something, to be three and one. You got the to go out and take it. So lets go out and take this game. Thanks a lot coach. Featured game chichester at radnor and this one was a good one. First half chichester going for the end zone and check out the concentration by john sklar. Tips an interception back to himself. Lets go to the second half and watch locket with a move stride to the end zone for the touchdown. 15 seconds left in the game Chris Leighton finds jack wilson and jack is going to score but jack needs to keep his cool because he has to kick the game winning extra point. Close finish here. Radnor a winner, 16 to 15. How about mast because at lincoln. Nick houser is going tofus aaron johnson. Somebody needs to wrap this kid up. He does not respect arm took tackles. Lincoln wins be wins 28 to 12. Frankford and fels. Randall sol lease is going to devon at an

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