the aerostat is now on the ground in northeastern pennsylvania. we do have reports, wolf, from pennsylvania state officials and others of power outages there from cables dragging on the ground. this twitter picture shows a mark on the ground near montor county where the cable from the aerostat dragged. there have been no injuries according to a norad official we spoke with. there is a recovery team headed to that area to secure the jlens, wolf. >> once it sort of just went up in the sky there was fear it could have exploded. there's helium inside, right? >> that's right. it was certainly a concern for a period of hours here, wolf. show you some of the other images of the jlens. a norad official we spoke with says helium of course has a flammable quality to it, but says the jlens is pressurized inside it. that pressure dissipates, as that pressure dissipates the flammability decreases. he says they do not believe there were any explosions, any punctures or serious punctures at least, no explosions associated with the grounding of this. now, on the

columbia county, pennsylvania, northeastern pennsylvania, because of dragging mooring lines from the blimp. now, i just got off the phone with a military official who is tracking this moment by moment. and in fact, they haven't gotten word of those power outages yet, but they are very concerned about the cables. first up and most important, he says, is the u.s. military wants to warn the public in that area to stay away from the blimp and any of these dragging cables that they see, that this could pose a hazard to public safety. they believe at the moment -- this sh tis the u.s. military talking -- that the blimp is low to the ground, it has lost altitude. they don't know that it's landed, don't know how low to the ground. they're trying to get as much information as possible as we speak. but these dragging cables, the tethering cables that came loose, are causing a problem apparently in the area. they are really asking the public to stay away from anything that they see that is related to this. at this hour, the u.s. military is talking to the pennsylvania national guard, to the sta

some sprinkle cans moving to northeastern pennsylvania. into upstate new york and those sprinkles, a couple of rain showers will reach us overnight tonight and noon tomorrow morning. we do feeded the rain. it has been dry now. 54 central park. 52 sussex. 52 in islip. it is cool the early wind. overnight, pecks a shower toward morning. but we will improve tomorrow afternoon. sunshine will be walk with temps in the 60's. crist mean to? >> all right, thank you. >> all right. actress o'hara, star of that he classic films like miracle on 349th street and the quiet man has died. the irish actress passed a bay in the sleep tonight. oh har was to hollywood in 1939 and start starred in many crass ekes in including how dren was the valley and the parent trap and the favorite leading lady making five films and received honorary academy award last year. o'hara was 95 years old. >> president obama urging reform on the controversial education issue standardized testing. the president is calling for standardizedded testing at 2% of the classroom's time h

. >>> now news out of northeastern pennsylvania. authorities placed a walmart on lockdown after shooter started firing in the parking lot and he exchanged fire with responding officers and was hit, and nobody else was hurt, and he underwent surgery and now faces a list of charges. investigators are in the process of trying to determine the motive in this case. >>> this morning state officials are taking care of a 2-year-old boy who was found wondering barefoot around philadelphia's love park, and his parents called to report him missing shortly after he was found and according to police parents were sleeping in the park after being kicked out of their house on friday night, and the investigators tell us the child wondered off and nobody noticed him alone and barefoot and flagged down septa police officers, and no word on the possibility of charges in this case. >>> chester county police are investigating the deaths of two people found shot inside of a van. police responded to the scene last night outside of coatesville. police are n

pennsylvania. it broke free in maryland fighter jets were scrambled to track it now it's safe on the ground. let's go liam martin. reporter: lisa, it is bizarre. it was bizarre for a few hours as the runaway blimp was on the run. the aircraft known as the joint land attack cruise missle defense sensor system tore loose from its tether in maryland send it drifting north in pennsylvania. two f-16 fighter jets had to be scrambled -- (lost audio). >> it took out lines and across northeastern pennsylvania. bloomsburg university in fact had to cancel classes for the day but the escape is over. confirm just a few minutes ago really that that blame is now on the ground, they have it secured. it's back on its deather it's not immediately cheer exactly how it became loose in the first place but we will keep you updated on the investigation. good the south carolina deputy who was caught on video violently tossing around a student in her desk has now been fired today. the teen's classmates calmly videotaped th

pennsylvania. there are power outages, norad, the north american aerospace defense command monitoring this extremely concerned about public safety telling people to stay away from these heavy cables dragging behind it. a lot of concern because this is unpowered flight, no pilot on board, totally drift in the wind and weather pattern. no reasonable way to bring it down. where are we at this hour? what my military sources are telling me is that the blimp is indeed partially deflated. not exactly clear how that has happened. it is now very low to the ground and essential ly think of it as bumping along unpowered on the ground. the concern of course is any damage beyond the power lines it may be causing. right now the u.s. military working very closely with pennsylvania state authorities, local law enforcement, national guard and other state authorities to try and get some people out there to this site because when it finally does come to a stationary rest, they want to secure the site, get the classif

pennsylvania but things aren't getting any easier just yet. the very complicated process about to get underway. >>> and it may look like a scene out of victorian england or america's wild wild west but this is happening right now here in our area. and it's not because of halloween. we'll explain coming up. sean? >> game three of the world series tonight kansas city royals have a strangle hold on the world series right now up two-zero. the mets talk about going home and getting back in it later in sports. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> remaining section of a army blimp that broke loose in maryland and woun

pennsylvania today. yesterday teams removed 6,000 feet of its tether and sensitive electronic equipment. now officials still don't know how it break free from maryland in that military facility. it drifted for hours over hundreds of miles before coming down in lycombing county yesterday afternoon. >>> well eighths great day for walk, and today a brand new trail is open that's just perfect for that. chopper three over the opening of the new manayunk bridge here. it's the first pedestrian and bike only trail bridge across the schuylkill and also links the cynwyd heritage trail with the river trail. now it was once a railroad bed last used by septa in 1986. it also provides breath taking views of the schuylkill river valley. >>> all right. coming up on cbs3 "eyewitness news", we do have some disturbing video from inside a schoolbus. students took cell phone video they say shows a bus driver assaulting a special needs student. how classmates alerted police. that's coming up next. >>> also, we are hearing fro

pennsylvania just past scranton there's some showers, and moving up into parts of the upper hudson valley. any rain is really going to be on the light side, more in the way of just a couple of sprinkles. we do have a weak cold front that's approaching right now, you can see those showers back out to the west moving north and east for the past few hours, and as we'll be tracking our direction overnight tonight and on into morning. we'll show you the bigger picture. check out all of the moisture right now in texas from remnants of patricia. some spots have already had over 15 inches of rain, and all that heavy rain is going to slowly track eastward through houston, texas, tonight and then working its way through the gulf states tomorrow and into the start of the upcoming week, and this area of low pressure will try to track in the northeast, and some of that will be headed in our direction by wednesday. and we do need some of that wet weather. overnight tonight into morgue, maybe a sprinkle. as you can see, there's not much there along with the cold front as we head into the day tomorrow. w

. >>> meantime, a university in northeastern pennsylvania has become the latest school to distance itself from cosby. wilkes university trustees voted unanimously to revoke the doctorate it granted in 2004. officials said cosby's conduct does not live up to the school's values. >>> for the first time, more than two dozen cosby accusers come together for an exclusive group interview with nbc's kate snow. they'll appear in a "dateline" special airing tonight at 9:00. you can watch it here on nbc 10. >>> it's 5:47. south carolina's governor is urging residents in coastal areas to evacuate. flooding is anticipated as storm water flows down swollen rivers toward the coast. she's worried people who have been through hurricanes won't take this situation seriously. she says this river flooding is a different kind of bad. meantime today, homeland security secretary jay johnson will visit flooded areas. he'll meet with officials in columbia and charleston to discuss the recovery efforts. those are the two major cities hit hardest by the historic flooding. >>> we brought you lots of stories about pr

. >>> a university in northeastern pennsylvania has become the latest school to distance from disgraced comedian bill cosby. voted unanimously to revoke the honorary degree given back in 2004. saying his conduct does not live up to the school's values. several institutions have rescinded degrees from the actor and allegations he drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women. cosby had never been charged with a crime. >>> and for the first time, more than two dozen cosby accusers come together for an exclusive group interview with kate snow. they'll appear in a date line special airing tonight at 9:00. you can watch it on nbc 10. >>> the owners of the former revel casino are facing daily fines now of $1,000. the reason, investors never responded to a violation notice last week. that's according to atlantic city's acting fire chief. he says the group is not properly overseeing the hotel's alarms and emergency equipment. lead investor tells us that the city is wrong and that the building is covered. >>> well, we've brought you a lot of stories lately about the problems caused by people fl

pennsylvania. but things aren't getting any easier just yet. the very complicated process about to get underway. >>> and she was an athlete who suffered an injury that could have kept her from her life's passion. but she's back on her feet and about to compete in a half marathon. the gadget that has made her come back possible. >>> and it may look like a halloween party, but this is something quite different. why these people look like they stepped out of a time machine. it's a lifestyle you may not even have known existed. ♪ >>> hey, everyone, coming up on fox 29 weekend tomorrow morning at 8:00 all over the country people are talking about this case, a five-year-old terminally ill, her parents asked you want to go to the hospital or go to heaven? >> also, we saw the police officer that was fired this week for flinging that girl around a classroom. let's go beyond that. what could he have done? temple university they're here, they're playing the fighting irish shutting down the city. >> tonight

f-16s chased it down where it landed more than 100 miles away in northeastern pennsylvania. >> it was like the white blimp of death. it was right over top of me. it looked like it could reach out and touch the blimp. >> the blimp was still in the test phase and was designed to detect a missile attack. its tether was supposed to withstand hurricane-force winds. the pentagon has grounded a second test blimp until investigators figure out what happened to this one. >> sounds like they need work on that. okay. how about some baseball? >>> kansas city royals halfway towards a world series title. they beat the new york mets in a big way at kc last night 7-1. they lead the series two games to none. game three will be played in new york tomorrow night. a little home cooking might help new yorkers. >>> some people are paying a lot of money to see that game. a couple of seats behind home plate sold for $17,000 plus each on the resale website stubhub. it's value is $700. the most expensive super bowl ticket in february was about $13,000. >>> a man in louisiana acted on the expression a penny sav

pennsylvania. but things aren't getting any easier just yet. the very complicated process about to get underway. >>> nasa releasing more images from the new horizon spacecraft showing pluto and its moore caron these are the photos captured by the spacecraft which is currently studying pluto and its moon. image of caron shows a crater revealing unprecedented concentrations of ammonia surrounding it which is the green shown in that picture. interesting. >> what looks like a giant dirt patch may help archaeologists solve history's most enduring mysteries. it could help answer the question of the origins of england's stone hedge. scientists say they found a home built a mile away from the monument they say the discovery shows that the community predated the people who built stone hedge. >> this period of time is really important it's on the doorstep of the time when stone hinge was built just author's sander years later but also a lot of steps between this sight and the building of stone he inform ge w

guidance showing this big area of heavy rain that's in northeastern pennsylvania, right here through sussex, warren county, orange county down the hudson river valley at 2:00 in the morning. we're going to be looking at this rain going on the heaviest this evening and tonight. we hit our high temperature as we go into tonight around 9:00 to maybe even right at midnight. after school kiddos, i don't know, you know, some coaches have you practicing football in this rain or field hockey. my daughter's game canceled for field hockey after school. 73 and windy as we go into tomorrow. then we're looking at 60, sunny and cooler on friday. so great weather. the rain becomes steadier and heavier this evening. we've got rain tonight and it could be heavy tonight, even after midnight, and you'll see we've got great weather after that. we just get through this today, we've got 73 tomorrow, then we cool down tomorrow night and then friday we got sunshine, 60, 58 saturday, great weather for trick or treating. concentrate on the candy, and then on sunday we've got you know, we've got so much going

pennsylvania. and right here in some of the high elevations of west virginia. also seeing some peak color there. most of our area getting some low color to moderate color up around areas of western maryland. now, part of the reason that i think we're going to have some great color around here is because we've had showers, we've had very low temperatures at times. then we get those warm days like today. some spots in the swrupper 70s across the area. as far as the showers we're going to see this evening, the showers will be wrapping up around 8:00. just a few spotty showers is all we'll see here this evening. another chance before the week is out. doug has your four-day fwrast co forecast coming up. >>> shocking news at 4:00, a former college football star arrested for murder and what he >>> now at 4:15, we're staying on top of breaking news out at bethesda. drivers are trying to find their way around a massive water main break. rockville pike is open to only one lane near the national institutes of

the pennsylvania school that's now pulling its degree from the controversial comedian. >>> a northeastern pennsylvania university has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree it granted bill cosby. willings university said its trustees voted unanimously to revoke the honorary doctorate it granted cosby in 2004. willings says it's become clear cosby's conduct does not live up to the school's values. several institutions have rescinded degrees from cosby amid allegations he trucked and sexually assaulted women. bill cosby's never been charged with a crime. >>> just yesterday we learned that temple university's board of trustees is close to a decision on who will fill the seat vacated by cosby. tamron hall who visited here has been nominated to fill the spot. >>> for the first time more than two dozen of bill cosby's accusers have come together for an exclusive group interview with nbc's kate snow. they will appear in a "dateline" special airing tomorrow at 9:00. watch it here on nbc 10. >>> how about this, a north jersey man says he should have had a better shot at getting sup

we have in our area a few sprinkles moving through extreme northeastern pennsylvania, already cleared allentown and just raindrop or two moving through south philadelphia. those might not even reach the ground. we will reach the 60s. allentown, quakertown, middle 60s, you'll see sunny skies for trenton, norristown, warming to 66. rehobeth 68, it's 67 for vineland and atlantic city. breezy at times for philadelphia, wilmington and westchester. in spite of that we'll warm into the 60s. the weekend, different story. 50s, 57 for saturday, turns colder, gust ef winds bring in the cold air, sunday morning in the 30s. just 54 degrees sunday afternoon. then it gets colder. the seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >> we may get our first cover up your plants warning in a couple days. seems early for that. >> yeah. well, it's early in the morning, 6:39 this morning. jessica boyington joining us with an accident on 309. what's happening there? >> 309 dealing with multivehicle accident. there are lane restrictions in place on 309 southbound right around county line road. so watch for

pennsylvania officials say the work will be completed on saturday. helicopters will pull the hull out of the trees and in rural hundred see, lehigh county and military trucks will hall ate way. teams remove 6,000 feet of the blimp's tether and sensitive electronics equipment yesterday. officials still do in the know how it broke free from a maryland military facility on wednesday. >>> in a dramatic policy shift the the obama administration, has made decision to send soldiers into syria. some lawmakers say it was made without a clear u.s. strategy in the the war torn nation. correspondent craig boswell has more from the white house. u.s. troops will soon be on the ground, in syria. less than 50 members of the u.s. special forces will will deploy to northern syria to help coordinate fight against isis. >> they do not have a combat mission they have a training advising and assist mission. >> reporter: soldiers are expect to look at the the situation on the ground and determine which group u.s. can best partner with to fight isis. white house officials a

. >>> meantime, a university in northeastern pennsylvania has become the latest school to distance itself from cosby. wilkes university trustees voted unanimously to revoke the honorary doctorate they granted cosby in 2004. saying his conduct does not live up to the school's values. >>> and for the first time, more than two dozen cosby accusers come together for an exclusive group interview with kate snow. they'll appear in a date line special scheduled at 9:00. and you can watch it here on nbc 10. >>> an agency in california has approved a $100 million expansion of the killer whale tanks at sea world in san diego. it banned the park from breeding orcas. sea world says it was disappointed by the conditions attached to the expansion, which would triple the size of the existing killer whale enclosures. the company is considering its options. >>> well, it was the opening game of the american league playoff series division. series between houston and kansas city. but a grounds keeper getting more attention than even the baseball players. they had a rain delay before the third inning and membe

. >>> exit off interstate 84 in northeastern pennsylvania in the poconos being named in memory avenue state trooper who was killed in an ambush at his barrack last year. exit 30 in blooming grove being dedicated to memory of corporal brian dixon. there was a ceremony for him this morning. the 38-year-old was killed when he and another trooper were ambushed a year ago outside the blooming grove barrack. barracks is about a mile from the exit that's being named in dixon's honor. dixon was a u.s. marine corps veteran. he leaves behind a wife and two young sons shooting suspect eric frein led police on a 48 day manhunt before u.s. marshals finally captured him. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> eagles fans it is game on sunday for the birds and the washington redskins. the league released a statement within the hour saying the governor of the maryland office has assure that based on the current forecast, playing the game would have no adverse effect on public safety. what that means, kick off 1:00 o'clock sunday. our pre-game coverage starts at 10:00 o'clock. sunday morning. >>> a man narrow

pennsylvania. helicopters will pull that blimp out of the trees in lehigh county and military trucks will hall it away. officials still don't know thousand broke free from a maryland military facility on wednesday. >> all right, 6:09 right now. still ahead on "eyewitness news", don't call them ghost hunters. they're ghost busters. >> paranormal investigations don't always ends with ghosts. i'm jamie, and in marble head, massachusetts on the hunt for spirits and other things that go bump in the night. >> plus the new halloween trend, but these strangely colored pumpkins aren't taking the place of jack o'lanterns. why they could keep trick-or-treaters safe. we'll have more on that story coming up next. withso, when chris browntion can mand will paulsath. would recklessly deny access to basic health services like mammograms and annual exams, it makes a real difference in women's lives. chris brown voted against funding for cancer screenings. and will pauls opposed funding for clinics that provide acce

surveillance blimp that crashed in northeastern pennsylvania. helicopters will pull the blimp out of the trees in lehigh county, and military trucks will hall it away. officials still don't know how it broke free from a maryland military facility on wednesday. >> a philadelphia police officer is in the hospital this morning. he was chasing after a suspect he saw vandalize ago car and was run down by a fellow police officer. that will officer was injured at 55th and pine in west philadelphia yesterday. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos has more. >> reporter: police aren't sure why a suspect in this black sedan got out of his car with a bat. >> it is an uber lift car. looks like it is registered in new york. so we're not quite sure why he got out of this vehicle and damaged the parked vehicle. >> bashing in the windows of this gray suv. >> the officers go to stop a male, he jumps back in this car for short distance around the area, he fleas, officers lose track at him. >> that's at 1:35 friday afternoon. minute later on the same block as the 1

pennsylvania, helicopt letters pull the blimp out of the trees in machines g, lehigh county, military trucks will hall it away. officials still still don't know thousand broke through from military facility this week. >>> trick-or-treat forecast with kyla. >> good morning, starting off with nice sunshine today. happy to say we're going to stay dry so our trick-or-treaters should be just fine, and their football fans. >>> see the blue skies out there, beautiful, temperatures, though, not so beautiful. 42 degrees in philadelphia, but check out mount pocono, 29, 32, reading, just 31, in allentown, so, starting off chilly, you can see the clear skies on storm scan3, we do have some clouds, that will be moving in this afternoon. and, so that will make things little more spooky as we head into the halloween night. today high of 58 degrees, little below average, that sun turns to cloud, around 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. overnight tonight, 47 degrees, and sprinkle in the early morning hours, but it will not and problem for trick-or-treaters tonight. that won't be until early a.m. sun

pennsylvania. it's dangling cables knocking down power lines. brian todd is here with more on the accident and the fallout. >> u.s. military officials are investigating how the massive blimp became untethered. critics are calling a symbol of an inpractical surveillance. >> tonight, cnn learned in an attempt to deflate the balloon left tangled in dense patches of forest, pennsylvania state police fired shotguns at it, an embarrassing ending for what some are suggesting is a defense department boondoggle. >> when they were shooting, i didn't want to watch it. it was sad, like smoothing your dog. >> reporter: officials at norad aren't saying what caused the aircraft that stretches nearly the length of a football field to become unteeth thered before thumping down in northeastern pennsylvania. the aircraft was half of a pair of unmanned blimps carrying sophisticated radar, blimps designed to work in tandem. >> the first is designed to do broad area surveillance and look for threats at 340 miles. the se

most of the rain is in northeastern maryland, southeastern pennsylvania, moving away from us. with the cold front back to the west, there could be a quick passing shower later this afternoon. temperatures should spike up to the mid 70s this afternoon before trending back down to the 60s. turning breezier later today as well. here's the way the next seven days looks. a chance for a quick shower today. breezy and cooler for tomorrow, thursday, plenty of sunshine. another cold front comes by with very little moisture. on the backside of it, way colder weather. as we head into the weekend, temperatures could be ten degrees or more colder than average. >>> fire season is not over yet in idaho. this fire scorched more than 3,000 acres since the weekend. this fire is burning in boise county. it is moving too fast for firefighters to get a handle on the flames. they say big flames this late in the year can be hard to fight because much of the summer crews have left for the year. >>> people are talk about this one. a woman faces charges after she live streamed her drunk drive home over

pennsylvania. the aircraft was half of a pair of unmanned blimps, each carrying sophisticated radar onboard. blimps designed to work in tandem. >> the first is to do broad surveillance and look up for threats over the horizon about 340 miles. the second aerostat is designed to hone in on a potential threat and fuel it for another web system like a fighter jet even a patriot missile defense system. and the radar is contained in a pod underneath right here. >> norad officials say it was the second targeting blimp which came unmoored. the two errstads are designed to detect cruise missiles, low-flying aircraft and project tiles. now critics are calling the crashed white blimp a white elephant. a pentagon report cited its low system reliability. and an l.a. times investigation published last month said the program was slow to roll out, inefficient and expensive, costs taxpayers $2.7 billion. the times report says the blimps can't distinguish friendly aircraft from threatening ones. still some independe

it might just clip northeastern maryland. futurecast is showing rain showers. i would not be surprised if a couple of places. high pressure builds in as we head toward monday morning with the calm winds and cold air. that's the better chance for frost for many more areas. so today, upper 60s. tonight, we're in the 40s with maybe a few upper 30s. chilly tomorrow, breezy again, 58. 38 tomorrow night in town. 20s potentially west of the blue ridge, and then sunday, 55. it's going to be another brisk day. still cool monday and we begin the recovery as we head toward tuesday, wednesday and thursday. a couple of sweet days headed our way with a high of 74. we've got more coming up right after this. (child crying) this is a pos, not a ppo. a ppo? it's a pos. i want a pos or i have a pos? you have a pos. so you want me to have a ppo? you have a pos, not a ppo that means... i want a ppo? (child crying) you have a pos, it's like a hmo. it means you a referral from a pcp. a pcp? a primary care physician. a pos means i need a pcp? (child crying) a referral. (child crying)