cancel their teacher contracts. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us a at the district headquarters with that story, jen, good morning. >> erika and natasha, good morning. teachers union says despite the the decision don't expect a strike from the teachers, student however are planning a little strike of their own. they have been organizing this on facebook and organizers are asking philadelphia students today not to go to class instead stand outside, in support of their teachers. minutes after the school reform commission suddenly and unilaterally canceled its labor contract with the philadelphia federation of teachers outcry was heard from student, parents, union members alike calling the move disrespectful even cowardly. >> it is lake they can to almost whatever they want. >> it was just one more hit we have had to take from a system that doesn't seem to care about what we do. >> reporter: teachers were blind sided on monday src announced it will force union members to pay into their health care benefits with the

change starting in december will amount to $55 to $150 a month based on a teachers salary. district says this move will spend 44 million-dollar back to schools this year and 200 million-dollar over the next four years, steady funning officials say the district desperately needs and a move now being back by the mayor. >> the the action unfortunately was necessary given the the fact that the system is broken, there is in more money to be had from anywhere. >> reporter: nutter says he would have preferred a negotiated contract but that the src is out of options, pft plans to challenge tonight court adding that teachers are already sharing in district wide sacrifices bay yank their own money to buy school supplies. >> i think just like they expect us as teachers to constantly be recreating how we will work with less and still be expect to do the same. i will expect more of my politicians. >> reporter: pft is expect to go make this challenge in

commonwealth court in the next 20 some days. the as for the students they plan to have their voices heard later this morning on line there are more than 200 students that have pledged to step out of their classrooms in support of their teachers, they say they will start doing that at 8:00 this morning. reporting live outside school district headquarters in spring garden, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning a five car crash in north philadelphia send two people to the hospital this was the scene just before 2:00 at second and erie, a 23 year-old man is hospitalized with a broken leg, a 26 year-old man was also hurt in stable condition. there is in word on what caused the accident. new this morning a jet blue passenger claims that she lost her seat on the plane because of social media. lisa carter knight is stranded in philadelphia this morning after jet blue pilot shoved her off the flight to boston last night. pilot said customer accused him of being drunk. carter knight tweeted about the incident and claims the pilot had her removed from the

plane. >> i was just doing what i normally do with my kids sharing fur with my friends that i was frustrated. i was sitting there without a flight home. i missed my children. now i'm here at 1:00 in the morning with my mother who had surgery this weekend, to pick me up because jet blue pilot made a decision to kick me off the flight. >> jet blue released a statement saying quotas a precautionary measure a sobriety test was conduct, the test demonstrated the pilot, was cleared to perform his tooth is. "eyewitness news" reached out to jet blue, they tell us they will investigate carter knight's removal from the plane. right now 6:03. let's head outside and get our forecast. >> it is a nice one, that breeze kicks in. that will be one of your more noticeable weather related factors today. in the necessarily a chilly breeze but it has a chill to the air but not a northerly breeze. it is coming from the southwest and at worst comes out of the west here today.

we will stay relatively mile. not a blast of chilly canadian air. we will take you to the view of the eclipse starting to get underway here at 6:27 to be exact in philadelphia, that is when we will see the total lunar eclipse take effect here but we did technically have a full moon and eclipse happening. that is why it is called blood moon. when they two join up they have a red orange t int to it this morning. let go next to storm scan three where retreat of the cold front is allowing for some fair viewing conditions here of that blood moon and we can expect to see a breeze, but as skies clear more and more sunshine with highs. the the day looks pretty darn nice all things considered and it will stay milder. high of 74 with some sunshine as the the day progresses. quick check of the temperatures we are off tie mild start, mid 60's at philly international as well as in atlantic city and both spots you can expect a 10-degree warming trend here as the day goes on, similar scenario for folks in the poconos,

vittoria, back inside to you. >> thanks very much. good morning everyone. if you are traveling on any majors, i feel like i say this same thing every time we come to traffic but it the is true, still moving fairly well, but it is 6:05 and we are seeing a few more vehicles, from the roadway, and head heights here making their, and 295, and, vehicles on the road, we are not seeing an entire really glow warm of headlights because is there still some space out there just like you have wiggle room on the ben franklin bridge. usually as we get toward rush hour westbound side delay creeps in because of construction taking out right-hand lane but in the just yet. all over speed sensors are still pretty much in the 50's. dropping down in the 40's on i-95 southbound approaching the vine starting to get slow but still a great ride anyway you cut it. in delays for mass transit. now back to the desk, natasha.

thanks very much. we have learn there are new cases of enterovirus in our region. there are five new confirmed cases in new jersey, of that one is in camden county, the the other in mercer county bringing total number of cases in new jersey to four. there are five patient as waiting test result at children's hospital of philadelphia, all have muscle weakness that may be link to the virus, and they are being treated to reduce inflammation around the spinal cord. >> we don't know yet whether any of these patients will have long term lasting effects until we have seen them longer. >> in at least one child an enterovirus similar the 21 sweeping the country has led to paralysis. now hamilton township council in mercer county new jersey got an ear full last night. many parents there critical of the district's response to enterovirus concerns in the district after the death of the preschooler at yardville elementary. eli waller tied at his home september 25th, his death was link the two virus on friday.

>> four year-olds should not die in this country and if they do it is supposed to be looked into and supposed to have the best a attention especially by the health officer. >> send your kids to school, put them back into their society and our tone. let them play their games, let them get to gymnastics and dance. >> yardville elementary said school has been sanitized and bus companies have been advised to put extra emphasis on cleaning. 6:07. this is the the week people came in the contact with the first person diagnosed withe bowl at in the u.s. could start showing symptoms if infect. meantime officials worldwide are looking for ways to combat out break ravaging west african nations. susan mcginnes has more. >> reporter: texas ebola patient thomas eric duncan continues to receive an experimental drug to try to save hits life. duncan is on a ventilator at texas health presbyterian hospital and getting kidney

dialysis. yesterday duncan's 19 year-old son who had not seen him in 16 years visited the hospital. >> thank you for all of the support and keep praying. >> reporter: health officials are monitoring 50 people who had director indirect contact with duncan after he fell ill late last month. the the centers for disease control and prevention say infect people can show signs of the virus eight to ten days after exposure. >> each and everyone of them is having their temperature monitored, as of today, none of them are sick, in of this have a fever. we will continue to watch that very closely. >> reporter: white house will announce in the next couple of days new screening measures at air ports to curb the spread ofe bowl a anxiety is growing over how prepared western countries are to battle the virus, in spain four people are under quarantine after a nurse ago cysttent became infect while treating a priest who died frome bowl a she's first known person to have contracted the disease outside west africa.

fellow nurses are protesting calling for answers, and the resignation of the spain's health minister. susan mcginnes for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". happening today a 19 year-old suspect accused of murder is due in court for a priest limb nature i hearing. darren person fired shots at the olney transportation center where two groups of teens were fighting last month. fifteen year-old iisha ramon was killed after she was caught in the credits fire on the way home from school. person is charged with murder and other related offenses. also in court today jeremiah jackson, man accused of murdering a woman and stuffing her body in the duffle bag. twenty-three year-old laura arujoe was rob, beaten and strangled back in july. her suv was also set on fire. police say suspect and art institute graduate lived in the same west philadelphia boarding house. also happening today final debate in the race for pennsylvania governor, republican governor tom corbett and democratic

challenger tom wolf face off for their third and final debate tonight in pittsburgh. latest polls gave wolf a double digit lead with less than four weeks to go until election day. still ahead this morning a university of pennsylvania football player is under arrest and suspended from the team for what he a allegedly did to another student. we have exclusive video of him getting out on bail, next. manhunt in the poconos continues for eric frein, man accused of killing a state trooper and now a video just discovered on you tube gives us a look into his mind. plus does siri stress you out while driving how wireless technology could be causing more problems behind the wheel. that is coming up. we are's all back here singing waiting for this song all morning, look outside if

you can everyone a total lunar eclipse is underway not of the heart but pretty soon moon will change to a red glow, coming up at 6:45, promptly, chief astronomer derrick pits will join us live to talk about this very rare event. it was art that brought us and it's working its magic once. here it means more than lines or pictures on a page. it's a way of life. it's music and color. the more we give in to the magic of this place, the more we'd like to stay.

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this moon is fascinating out there this morning. >> where is it. >> there it is. >> step out of the way, and then you can see it.

it is about, ten or 15 minutes away we see total eclipse taking effect. earth's shadow is cast over moon and that is why it is disappearing but it ace full moon but you cannot see that but shadow is taking oer from the earth as the sun starts to lift over the horizon. now lets get to storm scan three, we were not totally positive we would be able to see this very well because we had a front moving in but skies are clearing very quickly for us here in the greater delaware valley a as front and whole system starts to pull way. we will have a beautiful looking day and prime time to view that over the next half an hour, 45 minutes. under sunshine through the daylight hours, 74 degrees and noticeable breeze. fifty tonight under a clear skies, that chillies returning and seasonal chill. cooler then what we will find this morning. tomorrow overall looks nice with sunshine we will hit 68, friday and saturday, however bring in our next round of rain, vittoria. >> thanks, katie.

i cannot wait to take a field trip to take a look at that moon, i'm itching, sky deck. >> good morning every within. traveling on the vine street expressway we did have i just tweeted it we had an earlier accident on the westbound side approaching the schuylkill here taking out left-hand lane. good news is they have moved it over to the shoulder, bad news is we are experiencing delays now approaching 76, stemming back toward broad street so just know that. if you are trying to get from 95 to the schuylkill you will be stuck in the south bun slow down through construction zones of cottman avenue and girard, southbound i-95 delay and running in the westbound delayed on the vine approaching 76. i-95 dropping down to 29, on the schuylkill at 50, not awful, 55 and 476 and good news there are no major delays for mass transit, back to you and the desk. penn football player ace rested and suspended after punching another student athlete. our walt hunter spoke

exclusively to cameron countryman after his release. >> reporter: can you tell us what started fight we understand there were racial slurs that may have been thrown. >> i have nothing to say at this time. >> the junior wide receiver is accused of punching a fellow student last month injuring his eye. at rest report claims another student yelled at countryman across the street and then shoved him, injured student we're told was just trying to intervene. well here is a look at the today's headlines on cbs-3 this morning. some students in philadelphia schools say they will strike and not attend classes. the student are upset over school reform commission to cancel the teachers union contract. pass evening are on a flight departing philadelphia said she was kick off that flight for live tweeting after someone accused the pilot of being drunk. that pilot performed a sobriety test and passed. we expect to hear more from jet blue later today. that plane meanwhile landed in boston more than three hours late. there are five new cases of event other virus in new

jersey bringing the total to 14. five patients are waiting for test results at children'ss hospital of philadelphia. >> 6:17. we are back in a moment.

flyers open up their regular season on the road in boston. wayne sim on and mark street will be the the team's captain today, joining claude giroux. simmonds is nursing a bruised

foot. coach chip kelly and eagles are getting ready for sunday night's prime time game with the giants. some good news to report linebacker michael kendricks was back at practice but bad news linebacker demeco ryans sat out yesterday's practice. ryans says he is resting a groin injury. there is a prime time football game tomorrow night in case you didn't know with the first place indianapolis colts playing the first place houston texans, deep in the heart of texas, pregame coverage starts at 7:30 tomorrow night on cbs-3. now to the national league playoff here, cardinals matt adams seventh inning home run off clayton kershaw gave st. louis all it needed to eliminate l.a. three run shot made it three-two cardinals and they win series three games to one. cardinals are heading to the national league championship series for fourth straight year. giants rookie joe panic scored on a wild pitch here to give giants a three-two lead over the nationals in the seventh inning last night in

d.c. then giant made it stand up, nationals are out three games to one, the giants and cardinals start their series saturday night in st. louis. still ahead this morning a new jersey high school canceled the remainder of the football season over bullying, that story next. plus a a controversial case that is going viral now a 29 year-old woman knows she will die on november 1st, because that is the day that she has chosen to die, hear heart breaking story here when we come back. stay with us. about mythical plak even though now in pennsylvania we have casinos it's still... there's ac. we're from pittsburgh. no boardwalk. no beach. no sand. it's beautiful twelve months out of the year. it's just a state of mind, it really is. you can't get this feeling anywhere. the ocean breeze and... the beach, the boardwalk, the restaurants, the casinos, music. you feel like you're on vacation when you come here.

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katie, we were talking bit being breezy out there. >> we have a predominant southeasterly component of the wind flow helping to push the clouds out of our way so we can start clearing out in time to see the beginning of the total eclipse that will be

underway in just a couple of minutes. storm scan three quieting down emptying out, and on our eyewitness weather three day forecast you can still see despite passage of the cold front mild day. mid 70's expect. we will end up with more sunshine, upper 60's and sun expect tomorrow, vittoria, over to you. good morning, everyone. traveling on the vine street expressway giving you an update on that accident we had westbound on the vine approaching the the area of the schuylkill, we had an earlier accident blocking left-hand lane that has been moved to the shoulder. police are on the scene but we are dealing with the residual traffic when it was blocking left-hand lane and gaper traffic. so broad street through to the schuylkill you will see drop in speed sensors. speaking of speed sensors look at this drop on i-95 southbound we have slow go out the of the northeast down to the vine and that will get bigger. traveling schuylkill 476 still looking great no major problems for mass transit, erika. >> torey, thank you. football season is over for one team in new jersey in

light of the bullying allegations. parents and teachers say that they are disappointed in the school's decision after allegations of harassment, intimidation and bullying between teammates surfaced. new jersey has a strict policy in the state's bullying bill of rights. school officials and lawmakers say that kind of behavior will not be tolerated in any form. >> i will not accept business will be boys. boys have to grow up to be men. >> i just don't think it is fair to the kids who had nothing to do with it. >> sayreville won state title three of the last four years but the team will not be taking the field for the rest of the season. a new university study says that calm voice on your iphone, it could be stressing you out. study at university of utah found blue tooth technology may not be as safe as it is said to be. researchers asked questions of drivers using headsets and measure reaction time and they ratted drivers using siri. >> this study is really all

about understanding the cognitive work load associated with completing simple voice task with your vehicle. >> ongoing study using students along with volunteers. you know what else can be stressful, college. >> students stressed over midterms at one local university are getting much needed help, therapy dogs and a bunny. we stopped byville know of university yesterday. >> so cute. >> an a malls are from pals for life from wayne, delaware county. students say animals were a welcome way to relax and ease some stress and hey do you remember studying for midterms back in the day. >> yes,. >> a belly scratch can help that. >> where were they, when i was in school. >> no one did that in my campusy never saw any bunnies. >> so cute. coming up in the next half an her of "eyewitness news" this morning philadelphia public school students are fed up they say with the school budget crisis we are live with how they plan to take a stand

today, plus. biohazard company who has been responsible for cleaning up after the the ebola victim in dallas is now preparing in kacie bowl a comes right here to philadelphia, i'm noel mcclaren and i'll tell but the steps they are taking coming up. it is a heart breaking controversial story, a 29 year-old would hand who is choose to go die in just a fall weeks instead of fighting a cancer she can't beat, we will hear from her next. vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's. we are back in two minutes.

well, good morning everyone, some philadelphia public school students are refusing to go to class today, their way of sending a message to the district that they support teachers who had their contracts canceled. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live at school district headquarters to explain this for us, jane. >> reporter: good morning, in a cash a now the teachers union says that despite the src's action teachers don't plan on striking, however, students are planning a strike of their own, and they have been organizing this on line, facebook and right now there are close to 250 people pledged not to go to class and said stand outside in support of their teachers. new this demonstration comes two days after the src

suddenly, and unilaterally canceled their labor contract with the teachers union and on monday it would force union members to pay into their health care benefits. the change, starting in december, will amount to $55 to $150 a month based on a teachers salary. src says this will send 44 million-dollar back to school this year and 200 million-dollar over the next four years. study funding officials say, the the district desperately needs and a move new back by the mayor. >> the the action unfortunately was necessary, given the fact that the system is broken. the there is in more money to be had, from anywhere. >> i am in disagreement with the mayor. i think that just like they expect us as teachers to constantly be recreating how we will work with less and still be expect to do the same, i'm going to expect more of my politicians. >> now teachers say they were blind sided by this decision,

pft planning on challenging this decision in court calling the decision cowardly and also disrespectful to teachers, they plan to make that challenge in the next couple taste. the students plan to have their voices heard outside of their school at 8:00 this morning. reporting live outside school district headquarters, jane carabao, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning a insuring state trooper and nypd officer are both under a arrest. they are accused of sexually assaulting a with man at trump taj mahal casino in atlantic city. andre torres and 35 year-old devon thomas both faced a host of charges including aggravated sexual assault. the incident happened in april, police say that the allege victim is a 34 year-old from insuring state. philadelphia police released disturbing video of a bar fight in west oak lane. you can watch here as one woman comes up and start punching her, later a glassies thrown. it happened last wednesday

inside whispers baron ogontz avenue. in addition to the female suspect police want to speak to the with man in the striped shirt who helped calm the suspect. new tea tails are emerging about what eric frein was doing before he allegedly shot and killed a state trooper during an ambush in upstate pennsylvania. officials say that frein commented on you tube video saying he used 308 caliber weapons, same caliber used in the september 12th ambush. he also reportly shared tips on altering clothing and gear to repel infrared sensors. as manhunt stretches on hunters have been ordered to steer clear of search zones for their own safety. 6:33. lets check with traffic and weather to go, good morning, katie. >> good morning, everybody. it will be one of those days that end up nicer for second half then maybe what we have started with since early this morning which was some heavy rain that held through after midnight and thankfully that is all long gone at this point.

skies are clearing out nicely for you. we will check storm scan three at a three hour loop that we are looking at. we are basically, done obviously here with any wet wetter at this point but frontal boundary has long since begun to clear and even though there are still a few clouds out there, as the total lunar eclipse is now currently underway. if you head out and look in the western sky you will see that blood orange, blue red look to the moon and it is all because of that lunar eclipse. we have not lost viewing conditions there 63 degrees our current temperature at the airport. we will look forward to the forecast, mid 07's both today or rather here at philadelphia and as well as the down the the shore under a clearing skies, breeze is more noticeable then anything else but you want to have sunglasses ready to go too skies are clearing for more sunshine, vittoria, over to you. we have an accident that came into the system here and we will need to get you outside because now we are seeing that rush hour build

up. lets jump over to 22 at swedesford road, pretty serious accident as you will notice here. traffic is only getting by in one lane and not getting by at all, if you are traveling in the southbound direction, as they have it block off. traveling on 202 you'll have to exit at swedesford road. still emergency crews on the team and police are directing traffic. this is in the gwynedd section, so traveling here you will run into that this morning. moving over to the vine street expressway we have been dealing with the westbound accident approaching area of 76 for half an hour, 35 minutes, maybe longer then that but what it is doggies causing delays approaching broad through to the schuylkill and just know traveling on i-95, you will have some volume, as you make your way in to center city out of the north east, erika. fbi its turning the two public in the help in the fight against isis. >> we're here with the soldiers who had to see captured them.

>> fbi posted this of an isis fighter orchestrating execution of prisoners. agency hopes someone might recognize the the voice and appearance. it is part of the large's peel to id americans and other foreign fighters joining the terror group. fbi believes nearly a dozen americans have joined isis. dramatic night vision video here shows french fighter jets refueling in midair over iraqi city of mosul. meanwhile canada just agreed to assist in air strikes in the the country. u.s. is leading a multi national coalition aimed at stopping islamic state militants, natasha. now to the latest concern over ebola virus four people quarantine at a spanish hospital including a nurse ago cysttent infect with the virus. in dallas a liberia man underring treatment for ebola is improving but remains in critical condition. that man and a news photographer being treated in in nebraska are receiving the

same experimental drug. for the first time in american history had hazmat teams are practicing how to properly suit up for protection if they are called into clean up the ebola virus. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren spoke with the local bio has owe cleaning crew who says it is ready if the virus makes its way in our area. >> perfect feel. >> reporter: james mcarthur has seen a lot cleaning up biohazards for bio one most of his career but one thing he never expect to suit up for was the the ebola virus. >> i will tell you right now in, big fat no. it seems like it was something that was, thousands of miles away report rorrer he says his can company has a franchise brand inch texas that helped decontaminate first responder june that it treated ebola patient a thomas duncan in dallas. now he is making sure if the virus comes to your area he's arm and ready. it is quite simple but it can be quite invasive.

biohazard crews say best way to eliminate ebola a virus toys remove materials like they are doing right here right now, cart them off and inn sin rate them. >> number within thing to burn would be bedding, tooth brushes, anything that the person or persons had physical contact with, definitely burn. >> reporter: mcarthur says most hard surfaces can be treated with chemicals to eliminate virus but left untreated the ebola virus can survive for weeks. >> ebola can live outside a surface for 21 days unlike most viruses are airborne bacteria or anything, normally 14 is the max. now east bowl a that is one of the dangers of ebola. >> reporter: mcarthur hopes he never has to clean up the virus but you fit does, he hopes the homework he is doing now has his team ready n north philadelphia, noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a 29 year-old woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer says she plans to die with dignity. >> brittany mayard was diagnosed in january and given

less than a year to live. >> the the thought that goes through your mine when you find out you have so little time is everything that you need to say to everyone thaw love. >> reporter: she and her husband moved to oregon one of five states that allowed terminally ill patient toss get prescription for pills to end their life. brittany chosen her final date to be november 1st but some say she is making the wrong choice. >> assisted suicide is the wrong answer to a question we should be asking is care and options, and treatment and palliative care and hospice solutions and those types of things. >> brittany has become an advocate for death with dignity laws. she plans to die with her family by her side in the bedroom that she shares with her husband. stay with us every within still ahead on "eyewitness news" he played a pastor on a very popular family television show but now steve up collins is facing serious child sex abuse allegations and he is

already feeling the fall out. plus jennifer lawrence breaks her silence about her nude photos that were hack and why she says it is not a scandal but something much worse coming up. >> ♪ i think we're dancing in the moon light. >> i will be on the sky deck very soon. >> you will see erika dance nothing a moment total lunar eclipse is happening right the now derek pits the chief astronomer from the franklin institute is here in the studio to talk about why this event is so rare, coming up next.

actor who played a pastor on the seventh inning is accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with children. tmz says during a secretly recorded therapy session with his estrange wife back in 2012, collins admitted he exposed himself to under age girls and maine less ted one so far no charges have been file. oscar winner jennifer lawrence is speaking out now about the phone hacking scandal telling vanity fair it is a sex crime not a scandal. she said she worried about how nude photo leak would impact her career. lawrence said she was afraid and feels law needs to be changed to hold web sites responsible not just the posters. she was one of several

celebrities victim, fbi is currently investigating. time for traffic and weather together. good morning. >> good morning. things are clearing out very nicely for as you cross the delaware valley which bodes well if you want to take a view of the western sky more details coming up here but as far as weather goes, other than a couple clouds we are looking good here, the breeze is noticeable walking out the door but currently outside kutztown area in middle school this camera facing east. you will in the see that eclipse. but the wind are light here but notice direction, that is the key, coming out of the west and because of that it will mean that our temperatures aren't going to just get dropped off that easily because of the western breeze as opposed to northwestern breeze. air mass isn't coming from a cool place. pollen report okay. ragweed is predominant pollen but we are okay with these levels nice and low and despite the breeze it is a nice day. sixty-eight and sunny tomorrow. also a nice day much.

>> smidge cooler. by friday a new disturbance is set to arrive. expect clouds, temperatures to get held back and showers which turn over to steady rain as we kick off the weekend, vittoria, over to you. good morning, everyone. we have an accident situation that we definitely need to talk about in gwynedd. traveling on 202 at swedesford road it seems to be both sides of the roadway. incident occurred on the southbound side. we have emergency vehicles on the north bound side as well. now you we are dealing with the closure of both directions of 202 the at swedesford. we will continue to keep you update to and for sure as they continue to work on it but if you can, try to avoid this area this morning n regards to your morning rush traveling on i-95 you will be jammed throughout the construction zones at cottman avenue and down through the vine street expressway. hit a touch of a few breaks in that volume pocket but generally speaking slow out of the north east and center city. traveling speed sensors averaging 17, 16 on the schuylkill, volume building in

your western suburbs, still traveling in the 50's on 476. we have an accident at valley forge road and skippack pike so be mindful of. that traveling in new jersey we are seeing slow down as well northbound 4092 and northbound 55 leading to the 42 freeway in, delays for mass transit, natasha. well, here's a look at today's headlines on cbs-3. students in the philadelphia school district say they are on strike and they will not be attending class today. they are protesting school reform commission decision to cancel teacher contract. plus a passenger on a flight departing philadelphia said she was kick off for live tweeting, after someone accused the pilot of being drunk. that pilot did pass a sobriety test, we expect to hear more from the airline jet blue later today. there are five new cases of enterovirus in new jersey bringing that state's total to 14. five patients are waiting for test results right now at children's hospital. take a look up at the sky you just might see a total

lunar eclipse. the so-called blood moon will have a red color for about an hour or so, erika is live on the sky deck with the special guest to talk to us about this very rare event, erika. >> natasha, this is one of my favorite people in the world derrick pits, chief astronomer from the franklin institute is joining us on the sky deck where we cannot see the the moon because it ties darn light but we want to talk bit. thanks for waking up so early. >> sure. >> thinks called blood moon because it can have an orange red color. >> light stream from the sun comes in toward the earth and the lightings through the earth's atmosphere and dust in the earth's atmosphere helps make the light, the surface of the moon red. if you have a deep eclipse it can be deep red. this eclipse as i saw it just a few minutes ago didn't look quite so deep but it had some color to it. >> i think is there a picture we are looking at from out west in california what are we

seeing happening here. >> what we are seeing is totality portion of the eclipse is just coming on to the moon. we can still see a thin edge of light that is still there. the at the maximum portion of the eclipse that is where moon is deepest in the earth's shadow and when we will get max color but it looks brick red or tannish rather than being a deep blood red. >> we have already missed it here, total eclipse already happened but something needed we have sunrising at the aim time what did that do. >> what is happening here in this particular case the sunrise for us happens at the same time as the the eclipse happens and that makes it more difficult for to us see, it is a really weird word that just means the eclipse is happening for you when the sunnies rising. for thaws means the the moon is low on the western horizon but we can almost, always see the full moon setting as the sunrisees at full moon because that is the definition of how full moon works. >> there have been total lunar

eclipse before and they will happen again but we find it so fascinating what is it that keeps our attention on these. >> eye tea that the the moon is difficulties a appearing from the sky. something that is obscuring it making it dark. we are used to seeing full moon large, bright, welcoming but when it is dark like that it looks more for boding, it is just regular physics of the solar system. >> in case folks missed it when is next time we will see one. >> next april actually, so not too far away. >> you cannot have have chief astronomer and not ask about the recent space walk with the astronauts in the international the space station, what is significance of the walk they are doing right now. >> walks they are doing right now they had to replace a pump ol cooling system that needed to be replaced. they needed to take it from the current location and put it in the storage area where it is much safer. but you what they are doggies preparing them for upcoming deep space missions, returning to the moon, going on to mars and exploring deeper in the solar system. this is practice for all of that and cumulative knowledge

that gets built up makes it easier and possible for future astronauts to to more. >> exciting time in science. >> it is thanks so much foregoings. >> my pleasure. >> we will send it back inside to you. local children are getting lessons in charity from a montgomery county non-profit. "eyewitness news" anchor ukee washington shows us their hand on learning in this weeks story of brotherly love. >> reporter: we caught up with some of the children at montgomery mall, on an assembly line of generosity. these little hand are hard at work, children in range from preschool to middle school are spending an afternoon creating joy for people in need. >> helping other people. >> educational opportunity for kids. >> reporter: it is the giving tree it gives children a variety of project to work on main goal, to teach them about charity. it is brainchild of bridget leery. >> we have baskets that go to families that have moved from

shelter to independent living. we have snack bags that goes to the food pant tries. we have our card making stations with our letters to the military. we have letters that we have, cards that we have that we make for seniors. >> reporter: gifts from children to children. they start with the empty serial box fill witt crafts, toys like play doh. volunteers wrap them up in white paper. then the children decorate them, they go to children in shelters and hospitals. bridget calls them peace and smile boxes. >> if i was in the hospital all day with cancer, it wouldn't be fun. >> it is american just a becomes of crayons, they place empathy in a box and wrap it up. >> reporter: stations are designed so smallest stations can help. >> it is in the so hard putting all these things in the pencil cases, serial boxes. >> we are giving them just so they can be happy. >> reporter: giving tree is all volunteer, any monetary donations go to buy more

supplies and spread more love. giving tree is helps continuing a bigger event saturday november 8th at wissohickon middle school in ambler 56,789-dollar donation is suggested but not required. find out more at cbs philly.com. i'm ukee washington, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> always working even when he is off. >> and tweeting. >> we will be right back. >> but fires here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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time for traffic and weather together, good morning, katie. >> good morning, everybody. skies are clearing out nicely we can expect to see a full sunny day, little breezy but it is still so mild despite retreat here on storm scan three of the cold front this is an front that lives well up to its name at least not initially because we are seeing win flow out of the west and that limits amount of cooling that can take place. new round of rain on the way, obviously as early as friday but at least in the meantime through tomorrow you can expect some sunshine here, on friday temperatures get held back because of the next area of low pressure moving in so showers will eventually dot same, vittoria. >> thanks very much, katie. good morning everyone. we are still dealing with an accident in gwenn had, 202,

traveling south bun, accident scene here at swedesford road. they are allowing northbound side to get by but ever so slightly and they have been blocking the roadway because of emergency teams. we will continue to keep you updated on that but just know traveling on the usual, spots that have rush hour traffic you'll find them this morning like traveling on the north bound side of the 42 making your way down toward walt west and eastbound schuylkill expressway in the western suburbs, 16 on i-95, southbound i-95 delayed down through the vine and watch out for westbound volume on the pennsylvania turnpike heading toward mid county tolls, natasha. we are not even to halloween yet but stores are prepping for holiday. >> newman marcused released eighty-eighth annual christmas book and we are looking at options there catalogue is full of those over the top gifts with big budget price tags. get his and her quad squeeze for 50 grand each or neiman marcus maserati for $95,000. >> i'll take it.

>> i bet you would. >> but for $125,000 you can get a vanity fair academy award experience for two, or the ultimate mardi gras experience for six couples or i'm guessing that gorgeous necklace for a pretty pen tiey will take maserati place. >> yes. >> some times. >> unaudible. >> pricey. >> we will see you on the cw philly, join us we will

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