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KYW Eyewitness News At 5 October 18, 2014

Lets see what we have out there at the present time. You can see things are looking pretty quiet. You can see some of the clouds off, way off, to the right, if you will, off to the east. And thats from hurricane gonzalo. You can see lot of clouds over there. But we are looking at fairly nice day today. Sun, clouds, but i think you will also be very much noticing a breeze, especially later on this afternoon. Temperature of 56 degrees, thats the temperature out in ardmore at this point. We have 60 degrees through center city area. Now, 59 out at the airport. Fiftyfive in trenton, 57 degrees in wilmington, so, this is as mild a start as we will be finding over the next couple of days at least. Our temperatures this afternoon, looks pretty nice, we have readings that will be getting into the 60s, upper 60s, so not as mild as it has been over the lasts couple of days. Sun, clouds, breeze, as the front moves through the area. Lets put future weather into motion here watch do we see . We see pretty nice day. Now it, does want to bring couple of sprinkles well to the north out of our area as is this front moves on through this afternoon, but otherwise things looking pretty nice around here. For how long . I will come back and let you know with our eyewitness weather seven day forecast, nick snow. Carol, thank you. Meanwhile, investigators are hoping Surveillance Video will lead them to gunman who opened fire on victim outside hunting g park bar. Steve patterson is live at Police Headquarters where detectives are questioning some eyewitnesses cents, steve, good morning. Reporter good morning, nicole. Basic details at this point, it is early in the investigation, but what we can tell you is as you mentioned police have a lot to work with at this point. I want to take to you video we have of the scene. It is sometime after 10 00 last night, the corner of eighth and hunting park, police say, 22 year old man was coming out of a bar when shots rang out. When they got on scene, they found that man laying outside of the bar. They tried to take him to temple hospital where he was pronounced dead, sometime before 10 45. So the search on for a single shooter, if there is any good news here, it is that the trail is very hot for detectives. Police not only have shell casings, they have witnesses cents, that you mentioned, interviewing, they have canvassed the neighborhood where they believe the suspect escaped, and ran to, so we spoke to the captain about how theyre putting all of this together. We have a bunch of witnesses now being interviewed. We have homicide on the scene. We have good Surveillance Video that actually shows the shooter running toward the corner of franklin, hunting park, and passing the gun to somebody else. The Surveillance Video is important because as the captain was mentioning, it shows what they believe is the suspect running into a neighborhood. Theyre going to the next step for them to get warrants, as is they believe the suspect may have ran into one of the local houses, in that neighborhood, taking sanctuary, so thats where their investigation picks up this morning. We will keep you updated on their search for the shooter, the latest from philadelphia Police Headquarters, Steve Patterson, cbs3, Eyewitness News, back to you. Steve, thank if you. And now to the latest on bowl a doctors say nina pham the first texas nurse diagnosed with ebola is resting comfortably despite the fact her condition dropped from good to fair. Meantime researchers at the National Institutes every health where pham is being treated say they are working feverishly on posse bowl a vaccine. President obama has named ron complain, former chief of staff, joe biden, al gore, to sever as ebola czar. As for the cruise ship caring dallas Healthcare Worker being monday towards for signs of ebola headed back to texas, that ship refused to dock at cozumel, mexico. Officials in the Delaware Valley want the public to know they are prepared for ebola. We learn another philadelphia hospital could soon be on the front line to fight the virus. Our Natasha Brown has the details. The hospital of the university of pennsylvania will care for medical workers who contract ebola while working in west africa. The hospital has conducted Refresher Training and says it is able to safely and effectively isolate suspected case. Pennsylvania currently does not have any positive cases of ebola. Urging calm and trying to eli fears, state and local leaders appealing to pennsylvania residents assuring them that steps are in place to deal with the ebola crisis. This on the heals of news that three people from northwestern pennsylvania were on the Frontier Airlines flight on monday from columbus to dallas, that carried nurse amber vincent, who has ebola. At this point in time they are showing no symptoms. And in addition to having daily calls with those residents, we will be continuing to have themself monitor. Governor tom corbett says the three unidentified pennsylvanians are still in texas, told by the cdc not to travel for 11 21 days, governor standing dollars by flanked by state health officials. Reiterating risk to the general very vaux low, but potential cases are ongoing. Were evaluating all of our procedures, are there any gaps or elements that need to be changed based on the news from texas. The mayor tried to yell fears among city residence, protective gear for First Respond ers, Healthcare Workers, hospitals, being upgraded in case the threat of ebola reaches within the boundaries of philadelphia. The best we can do is to be as best prepared as we can with nothing going on at the moment. Natasha brown, cbs3, Eyewitness News. The Liberian Community is unite to go raise money to help fight ebola. Eyewitness news, at the African Cultural Center in southwest philadelphia last night. As about two dozen people learned about the philadelphia foundations new liberia ebola relief funds. Money raised will be used to provide medical supplies in the heart he is hit areas of liberian one we associate a lot are hazmat suits, protective chemical suits, made here in our area, theyre being used in american hospitals, and by aid workers in africa. Eyewitness news anchor chris may got a chance to try on one of those suits. He will show you how they work coming up. Meanwhile, we are waiting for daylight in bermuda to get idea of damage left behind from hurricane gonzalo. That will category two storm spent all night lashing the tiny islands. This is some video here from overnight. You can see it is tough to actually make out the extent of the damage. But earlier this is the day, you could see heavy surf nearly 10foot tall storm surges, right now word the islands main hospital is damaged. Much of the islands now without power. So far there is no reported injuries. So good news there. Well, the search search on r hitandrun driver who sideswiped new Jersey State Police cruiser in monmouth county. Dash cam video shows the close call for two troopers there. Conducting a stop at i95 in upper freehold, left colored jeep whizzed by, the trooper was not injured. Corrections cents officer found murdered inside her south philadelphia home stabbed in the back several times. This as police narrow in on suspect, todd quinones, talked to her distraut family. My sister was loving. And she didnt de is her whatever they did to her. Who ever did it, turn yourself in, let my sister rest in peace, let the family rest in peace, please. The sister and other family members every correctional officer freda denny met outside her home friday night. It is here inside dennys southwest philadelphia home and the 2500 block of south 63rd street, her brother, fawn her body, the 50 year old was stabbed multiple times in the back. I just want him to be caught, who ever did it, because he was cents a bumm that stabbed her in the back. Her family became suspicious after the correctional officer failed to show up to work at the Philadelphia Department of corrections, a correctional officer for more than 20 years according to her family. Investigators tell me they are looking into the possibility her killer may have known her. They were no signs of forced entry into the home. And sources indicate an acquaintance of dennys pulled over for traffic stop, while driving her suv in south philadelphia wednesday night. They say the man was given a ticket for driving without a license, and her vehicle was impounded by police. But at that time denny was not reported missing, and the man was allowed to walk away. Denny is survived by a daughter and her two grandchildren. We just want justice, thats all we want, just justice. The late friday night the president of the union which overseas the city correctional officer released this statement saying the Law Enforcement Community Mourns beloved officer. Correctional officer lot i freda denny was a dear and wonderful friends and great coworker. She will be missed by all the employees of the philadelphia prisons system and the entire membership of the afscme local 159. As of right now, no suspects have been arrested. Reporting from Police Headquarters, in center city, todd quinones, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Police question and row least two women in connection with road rage incident that involved school bus full of children. Detectives may have located the suv that blocked the bus during thursdays attack in northeast philadelphia. Eyewitnesses say a passenger got out and sprayed mace at the bus. Another woman used a bat to break the bus window. Fifteen year old student suffered cuts. So far no arrests. Well, trooper alex douglas cents left Geisinger Community Medical Center with Police Escort thursday and taken to rehab facility. He had been hospitalized since the september 12 ambush at the State Police Barracks in upstate pennsylvania. Despite sitings and evidence discoveries, suspect eric frein continues to he will leud police. Police want to know if the driver of this tractortrailer was under the influence when he sped down norristown streets, blew through red lights, and crashed into parked cars. An officer gave chase, and fired at the driver fearing for the lives of the folks on the streets. The 26 year old driver was shot in the arm and taken to the hospital in handicuffs. Well the planet mars is facing a close call this weekend. A comet, the size after mountain, and it is cosmic event. Thats coming up next. Well also have this story. The Holiday Shopping season is a month away. But there are still plenty of sales in october. Im allison harmilan. Ill tell you which items are selling at a have you seen tom corbetts ads attacking me. Get real. Its tom corbett whos been sticking it to the middle class on taxes. Corbett cut a billion dollars from education. Now almost 80 of School Districts plan to raise property taxes. Meanwhile, were the only state that doesnt charge oil and Gas Companies an extraction tax. But corbett raised your gas taxes through the roof. Im tom wolf, ill be a governor who stands up for the middle class for a change. Back on Eyewitness News, close end count their only happens once everyone million years. A large comet is expected to fly by mars tomorrow afternoon at exactly 2 27. Now, it is expected to come within 87,000 miles of the red planet, which is pretty close in space distance. The come set traveling about 126,000 miles an hour. Now, as you can imagine, that is cents as five robotic explore remembers in place to try to capture images that far rare event. Great cool stuff. Lets get a check on the weather here at home with carol. Morning, carol. Good morning, nicole, everybody. Looking at very nice day today if you like a breeze, it will be becoming increasingly fall like this weekend, thats the translation for the temperatures cooling down. But, it is nice out here so far this morning. Lets take a look, see what we have out there at the present time. We have 59 degrees, it is dark, in cape may courthouse, with that temperature of 59 degrees. Not much in the way of a winds at this point. And you will be finding a nice looking sunrise there. Our temperatures everywhere are in the 50s, with just two exceptions wildwood, 63 degrees, and Atlantic City about 10 miles inland at six off degrees this morning. Otherwise, philadelphia, very close to that 60 degrees mark. In the poconos, it is 54. Reading, 55 degrees. Trenton, 55 degrees. Dover, wilmington, 57 degrees this morning. Notice on storm scan3, that we have got quiet conditions in our area, but there is cents a front off to the west, doesnt have a lot of moisture associated with it, maybe enough to bring a sprinkle or two up to the poconos. Otherwise it looks like we will be staying dry around here today. With mixture mostly of sun and clouds as we go through the day. So friday was great. Saturday, well, i think it will be nice, but maybe not as nice, because those winds will be picking up today. And the temperatures will be slightly cooler. It is a breeze behind that front that comes on through. And then tomorrow it is still breezy around here, that High Pressure system continues to build in to the area. But it looks like nice weather conditions, at least very nice sky conditions. Then on monday, the start of monday, there could be frost in a number of areas by the time we get to monday morning. So just kind of watch for that. And that in some areas to the north doses that heralding ends to the growing season, well see about that, just because the winds may come up it, may stop some of the frost cents from forming on the early monday morning time period. Otherwise, we take a look at our weather right now, and you can see that with those sprinkle or brief light shower up through the poconos, that should the extent of it, we will be finding some clouds through here, and again, it will be on the breezy side today, on the windy side tomorrow. By the time we hit 3 00 in the morning we are looking at some nice conditions, and by tomorrow and really over the next this whole weekend will look very, very nice around here. So enjoy this weather, we have temperatures that are going to be easy to take over the next couple oval days. By monday looking at maybe a rain shower off to the west, but then we start to pick up some rain shower chances cents cents, even in our area, and well start watching for those over the next couple of days, but not this weekend. It is moving away, hurricane gonzalo is, away from bermuda, now theyve just got some probably pretty big clean upgoing on as a result of the wind, the rain, the storm surge, et cetera, in that area. This was a pretty powerful storm to hit that tiny beautiful, beautiful island. We are looking for this thing to be moving on away, and thats going to be good news for them. But you could find some rougher surf around here, as well, as is this thing continues to weaken as is it pulls away from bermuda. We have temperatures today that are going to be 68 in philadelphia, shore, 68, the poconos, 58 degrees. Temperatures that are pretty nice, and right about where they should be this time of the year, 48 degrees tonight, mostly cloudy with the breeze, and then over the next couple of days notice these temperatures that will be in the 50s, sunday, monday, very cold night, sunday night into monday morning, then shower chances, as we get monday night, tuesday, wednesday, and at this point, even on thursday, nicole. Carol, thank you. Well, you know it was coming, right . The Holiday Shopping season, still a month away, of course. But right now apparently good time to get some great deals. Cbs news correspondent allison harmilan shows us which products are on sale. Winter just around the corner, but nick already shopping for next summer. He came to sears looking for a deal on a new lawn mower. Actually just bought new house, so now i am really looking to save money on stuff like that. Consumer reports says this is great time of year to save on summer items. Because it is the ends of the season, retailers want to move merchandise. At sears some lawn mowers are discounted 30 . Several retail remembers offering similar discounts on grills. Bikes are selling for less, and big savings can be found on patio furniture. But summer products arent the only ones on sale. When we think about october, we think it is time to get ready for the Holiday Season . That means many stores discounting computers . Find there are product cycles, when new products introduced old once go on sale. Including clothes, as stores stock up for winter. As long as you are off season, i look for shorts. Youre a smart shopper. I got to save as much money as i can. Consumer reports says compare prices cents on line before go seaning to make sure you are finding the best deal possible n jersey city, new jersey, allison harmilan, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Well, Consumer Reports says more items will go on sale next month, including baby products, video cameras, and toys. Well, coming up next on Eyewitness News, brad pitt on the front lines and on movie screens this weekend. This week brad pitt leaves his enemy, and epic journey in the new animated adventure the book of life. It is cents well, a new season of the philly pops kicks off with the sounds of the 70s. Philly pops launched its 36 season last night at the kimmel center, highlighted of the music of abba. Broadway musical mamma mia, and the director led the pops, cbs3 and the cw philly, are proud sponsors of the philly pops. Sounding great. Well, in theatres this weekends, brad pitt gets trapped behind enemy lines and change tatum helps Bring Animated bullfight to life.

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