and fire fighters like those stationed here at this station at fourth and arch in olde city will be getting new protective measures that include calling screening that will alert them to any potential ebola related call and also the purchase of 400 new protective suits to add to the cities reserve supply. anyone calling a philadelphia medic june witt symptoms that could indicate ebola will now, be asked additional questions, by 911 call takers. according to this department wide memo, obtained by the cbs-3 i team, quoting the fire communications center will utilize additional call screening measures to identify patients, suspected of being infected with the ebola virus. >> they are asking patients when they call and have flu-like symptoms or any potential symptom that is based that would indicate ebola if they traveled to region in africa. >> reporter: the the president of the fire fighters union say

dispatchers will immediately alert first respond their they might be dealing withe bowl. if the communication center is going to then relay this information to the responding medic units and it will allow them to pull on the fully encapsulated suit prior to entering any premises. >> reporter: he explains all philadelphia medic and fire apparatus have carried protective gear since anthrax attacks in the wake of 9/11 but because the suits, like these seen in dallas recently, can only be worn once, the city is now increasing, it reserve supply. >> with the city has done is ordered 400 more suits to my understanding which will, give them an inventory of suits in the event that this does start to pick up, in philadelphia. >> reporter: fire department officials did not respond to our request for comment or additional details. fire union president says he expects the the next step may well be refresher training for all fire fighters and medics

so they are able to safely don those suits and just as perfectly take them off, without potential becoming contaminated. live from olde city, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". delaware county is taking action againste bowl, today a newly form ebola task force met for the very first time. health reporter stephanie stahl is live from morton with this part of the coverage, stephanie. >> reporter: that is right, jessica, the meeting just wrapped up, delaware county officials say they are ready fore bowl a, if somebody calls 911, first responders say they are prepared. >> this is a deadly disease and people are understandably nervous, in this day and age. a contagious virus is only a plane ride away. we don't want to create a panic here, but we do want to create a healthy awareness. >> reporter: tom, chairman of the delaware county council said county is prepared to handle ebola. county officials went over details in the closed door

meetings, hospitals and first responders will communicate and coordinate any potential cases. a special e ms response team has been establish to safely treat and isolate potential patients. officials also revealed that they have been reaching out to, members of the liberian community who live in delaware county. >> viruses do not have borders or boundaries. so we have to be prepared. we have a very melting pot community. we have a community from west have africa, we have large immigrant population from all parts of the world. we must take the necessary precautions. >> reporter: now delaware county officials say that they have been coordinating ebola plans with state and federal health officials, and process that they say continues to evolve. reporting live from morton, i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> stephanie, thank you. now let look at more latest headlines on the ebola out break, the cdc has laid out a new battle plan which

includes sending wrapped response team to any hospital where a new case is confirmed. also, a dallas nurse who became first person in the u.s. to contract the virus is said to be doing well after a blood transfusion. also, facebook founder mark zuckerberg and his wife are donating 25 million-dollar to the cdc, to help in the fight against ebola. our coverage of the ebola crisis continues on the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley tonight, a teacher from philadelphia is on the front lines in liberia where she has opened an ebola outreach center, her story is tonight at 6:30. it is definitely feeling like summer, outside today but this warmer weather will bring stormy weather witt. the meteorologist kathy orr is live on the sky deck to tell us when those storms might arrive. >> there is always a price to pay for a day like this, the clouds are here, the winds of change are blowing, it is warm, and it will stay that way for a little while before the rain, moves in. take a look at these

temperatures today, pretty amazing, georgetown, delaware 82. philadelphia, allentown, trenton, 79 degrees. wilmington made it to 79. right now fill mainly in the 07's with the exception of the poconos, and more warmth is to come, average high is only 67 degrees for this time of the year. so temperatures riding at least 10 degrees above normal. on storm scan three we have clouds and showers and sprinkles to the west but part of the much larger system that is moving through the the in midwest and deep south and all of this is moving toward the north east. now the main threats with these particular storms are going to be heavy downpours, some lightening and also some wind. this is tomorrow afternoon through thursday morning and hail and tornadoes are just a low threat at this point and that is got news. coming up we will talk about the mild and muggy weather, warm for now, storm time line is coming up later in the broadcast along with the major weekend cool down this time it could be here to stay.

i'll see you later in the broadcast when i join you inside. >> kathy, thanks very much. tonight a grieving family asks for just tips and police ask for your help as they look for a driver involve in the crash that killed a mother of 36789 the subsequent happened on i-95 near the woodhaven road exit in bensalem bucks county. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren today talk with the victim's heart broken family. >> she didn't deserve this at all. she was a great mom, great grandmother. everyone loved her. great friend. >> reporter: forty-four year-old blackwood grandmother lisa demayo leaves all of this behind a grieving family of four, a baby granddaughter, and classmates just celebrated their 25th high school reunion all gathered in her memory. >> i just want her to know that i miss her. >> reporter: each one trying to comprehend how someone so adored was abandoned by the driver police believe caused the crash that killed her. demayo just drop off her daughter and granddaughter home in bensalem after a

weekend together at hershey park. troopers say she got on i-95 south when a driver in an unidentified black sedan cut her off causing her to lose control of her jeep and slam in the guardrail. she died shortly afterward after she was taken to the hospital. >> i really wish he or she would come forward because it will be closure for my mother because she didn't deserve that. we love her. it is in the fair just to go off like that. >> reporter: now police are trying to identify the driver of that black sedan, that never stopped. demayo's family hopes he or she will come forward to bring them closure. >> i would hope that they would start to feel a conscious and do what is right. >> reporter: again, state police describe the vehicle they are looking to identify as late 90's, early 2,000 black sedan and if you have any information, that could

help them find it, they ask that you contact them immediately n bensalem, noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police are searching for suspects in the north philadelphia double shooting that left one man dead and wounded a woman. the 24 year-old victim was shot more than 30 times and died at the hospital. would the man was an innocent bystander, she is stable tonight after being hit by a single bullet. police say two suspects fired dozens of shots from point blank range. >> like an execution style murder. what he was shot several times. he went to the ground. from a witness they stood overtop of him and shot him. he was shot 35 times. it was an execution style murder. we need to get these guys identified and off the streets. >> witnesses say two men ran from the scene jumped in the car and then sped away, there is no word on a motive. police are looking for video from nearby cameras. camden, new jersey is getting serious now about getting rid of vacant houses in the city. today officials began taking

bids for a project to demolish nearly 600 abandon structures. first to go would be three properties in crammer hill and 61 in whitman park. authorities say that gangs used these abandoned plots to hide drugs, guns and commit violence. philadelphia meantime breaks ground on a new waterfront pedestrian and bike trail, this is the baxter trail at linden avenue and million inner street in the northeast. it will connect the penny pack trail to pleasant hill park. there will be a pedestrian bridge built over the creek and the trail is style murder 12 feet wide. there is no exact time frame when that project will be complete. welshing putting worried parents at east. >> is there a new faster way to test for enterovirus d68, we have that story coming up, steve. >> reporter: and the the boys are back in town, the famous boys two men could be anywhere in the world right now, they want to be at a school in philadelphia, i'll tell you

why, next. when the weather turns colder these blankets will be hundreds of needy children warm. it is a true labor of love in delaware county. kathy? right now it feels like summer before the storms move in, severe weather to the south will be moving north, we expect showers and thunderstorms, we will tell you when the peak will be moving in coming up with the seven day forecast, leslie. it may be bye week but birds still making moves. we will tell you who is coming and hoist going and flyers taking on the ducks at the center tonight. can they finally get their first win of the season.

in cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. and in cases where the mother's health is in danger. no woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have unnecessary and invasive ultrasounds. it's horrifying. women need to know that mario scavello wants to stand between them and their doctors in making decisions that aren't his to make.

tonight at 11:00 picture perfect way to purchase everything from clothes to light bulbs. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan shows you the latest way to buy exactly what you want in a snap, that is tonight at 11:00. philadelphia sky scrapers are joining energy reduction race, mayor michael nutter made the announcement at city hall. race is a city wide competition to save energy in philadelphia's largest buildings. mayor nutter says three top performing buildings will be award $5.000 each, that race runs through next september.

on the healthwatch tonight, the centers for disease control is now using a new faster lab test to detect enterovirus d68. since the august out break began, the cdc has screened more than 11 hundred people from 45 states, about half of those have tested positive. now the new process will allow health officials to screen patients at almost five times, the previous rate. welshing during their more than two decades of fame, boys two men has logged a lot of miles and performed in front of the hundreds of thousands bows day may have been one of the group's most important concerts. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson joins us live now with the story, steve. >> reporter: yeah, chris, the boys of boys two men now certainly men. these three guys could have released their new album at any lavish venue in the country but instead they chose a public school in philadelphia. it is the same school where it all started for them and the principal says, they could not have come at a better time.

boys two men back to school. >> it goodies thing to be back. >> reporter: grammy winning, globe trotting r and b group is releasing a new album and they wanted to go back where it started at capa. >> this is our routes, where it all started, thinks what the song motown philly was all about. >> this is really meaning full to see in these times we can do these kind of positive things. >> reporter: joanne beaver is in her third month aspirin, between putting on a concert she had to manage expectations of 700 students, in the wake of staffing cuts at every level. just last week students here protested the district's state run school reform commission, after teacher contracts were terminated. philadelphia resident nathan morris says he is worried about music education. >> every year the school district of philadelphia gets cut, music programs and arts programs. it has been a struggle for the last ten years or so.

>> reporter: today a moment to celebrate what philadelphia can do. >> they send me a difference in their lives and some of the people are still here. it is a challenge, all the time but it is all, all joyous. >> reporter: 200 students chosen to hear three alumni, three guys from philadelphia, chosing their old school just to hear back from the kids. >> the energy of what the kids are about and what they believe here is still the same. it feels good to be back. >> reporter: we asked the guys if anybody had asked them if they wanted to give back to the school district or any of the situations here in philadelphia they said no. but after today, they are certainly opened to it. their new album releases next week. reporting live from south philadelphia, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> they sound as good as ever steve, thanks very much. now to a special labor of love in delaware county. >> "eyewitness news" at maris grove retirement community in glen mills today. there a group of tireless people passed out 500 blankets

to give to special need children throughout the area here is the whole group of kids who have been neglected, who are struggling through life. if we can make them a blanket that brings them a little joy, think of the pleasure it brings us. >> that program began five years ago, tonighters have donated more than 5,000 blankets. >> that is great. >> isn't that wonderful. they will need those blankets, had maybe not to day. good that they are now getting them to everyone. >> always good to plan ahead. >> yes, we're thinking of cooler days ahead in the forecast even though we have one more really warm day but you know it is always warm before the storm and then after that we know big changes usually come. take a look, where we still have some dry, muggy conditions, and that is down the shore. this others sky cam three in ocean city cape may county. it is windy, pretty much every where, down the shore, you can see our cameras live neighborhood network shows us the current wind gusts around the the region. here in philadelphia girard

college we are rolling out between the two, 30 miles an hour gusts in philadelphia, and williamstown, new jersey, 29 miles an hour gusts, broomall at saint p ius the tenth school 28 miles an hour gust and upper darby high and drexel hill winds gusting to 27 miles an hour and wind ill increase as a cold front gets closer. we have clouds out there a few sprinkles to the west. but we have in big weather going on until tomorrow afternoon and this to the night time hours. here is our storm system with severe weather to the south and all this moving toward the north east over the next 24 hours. right now we are seeing 70's in philadelphia, 60's in cincinnati, some 50's where we will see the green, this big dip in the jet stream is going to be moving our way in the wake of that front, some cool changes, after that storm system moves in, and for friday even saturday and sunday a little cool pool of air over upper michigan will be moving into reup force the cold but for now we have the warmth with some showers moving in late tomorrow

afternoon and coattails of the nice southerly wind. rain moves in ernest tomorrow night through the morning hours of thursday, as a front sweeps through and after that it is breezy, drying out for thursday afternoon and especially friday with partly sunny skies. as this storm moves away and high pressure builds in we will sea breeze i conditions even as we start the weekend. future weather shows clouds come in, rain showers especially to the west come tomorrow morning. no big deal. philadelphia south and east. and then during the afternoon most of the the action through reading, berks county and a line down through lancaster into maryland, overnight we will see rain, wednesday night to thursday morning especially for that early morning commute with some thunderstorms, by thursday morning and then during the afternoon it begins to lift off toward the north and the east and eventually moving out by the evening period. now we're talking about a half inch to an inch of rain in most areas, three-quarters of an inch to an inch, chance have of thunderstorms, wind gusting to 30 miles an hour tonight even into the day

tomorrow so storminess will be rolling on through thursday. i want to tell you quickly about hurricane gonzalo, this is significant, we are in a little bit of the late season peak in hurricane season this is a category three storm, major hurricane and by the time we make to it friday it will pass by or be very close to bermuda as a category three major hurricane and we will keep a careful eye on. that overnight just looking for mild temperatures, muggy conditions, for your wednesday, showers arrive late with gusty wind. on the exclusive eyewitness weather seven day forecast you can see temperatures changing quickly after the storms early thursday, friday cool, the weekend really chilly, monday and tuesday, staying in the 60's, and normal highs are around 67 for this time of the year. but it is going down. >> yes, it is. >> in a hurry. >> kathy, thanks. >> you bet. >> we will start things off this afternoon on 202 at 6:20

here. thinks a 29, where we are seeing some jams backed up a lot further, earlier but now we are seeing it south at southbound towards route 30. ben franklin bridge everything moving nicely into philadelphia and eastbound into new jersey moving along great there as well. a set of down wires over 55th and wood land avenue in south philadelphia, that is affecting our septa regional rails. so the route 11 trolley is shuttle busing from 58th and wood land into darby because of those down wires are blocking the tracks there. the that is what we will have to deal with. shuttle buses from 58th and wood land into darby. stay there "eyewitness

well, flyers going for their first win of the season tonight when anaheim ducks

come to south philadelphia. it is back to the drawing board for fly guys they will reshuffle the eyes, vinny lacavalier out with the next three weeks with the lower body injury. flyers lost the first three games of the season, and for the past three years. >> you know, we have played a couple good periods and then we don't play good hockey. so we have to just find a way to play a full 60 minutes out there. it is early in the season so you have to be relaxed and keep things positive and stop looking at negatives and play with a balance and play a full 60 minute game. >> eagles making a move long line today they released wade smith and resigned julian vanedderbuilt. he played both guard and center. he will serve as a backup until some of the injured eagles return. thursday night football should be great this week. we will have an afc match up between jets and patriots. jets coming to foxboro with the one-five record but you can they out records when it comes to a division game, pregame coverage starts right here on cbs-3 at 7:30.

what should be our game of the week for friday football frenzy in we have a big delaware match up, between saint marks and salesum or head down to the shore for st. augustine at absg a.m. i. go to the audio road show app and vote for where we should send beasley on friday night. we will be right back wi

thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station wpsg the cw philly and back here at 11:00. "cbs evening news" is next tonight. philadelphia teach shore transformed her liberian school in the ebola outreach center. plus, vatican changing its stance or shifting it at least on same sex marriage? they will have a report from rome, next on the "cbs evening news".

>> pelley: tonight, a dire new prediction about ebola. west africa could soon see thousands of new cases a week. the c.d.c. sakes new steps to protect americans. reports from dr. jon lapook and debora patta in liberia. they broke through windows. bob orr on how russian hackers used a software flaw to spy on nato and others. jeff pegues on a frightening ride aboard a 757. >> all of a sudden i heard this loud pop, pop, pop, pop. really loud and a ripping sound. >> pelley: and 50 years after dr. king won the nobel peace prize, dean reynolds finds his legacy in chicago. 7 captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> pelley: good evening. the c.d.c. said it needed