ce piladelph we're seei iphilughout t bcity. loo l t not mp throh hall bouvard as nping8v this e bo theer oh f e delaware county, elphiaphil gloucester county. rain rates of one to 2 inches an hour. it is called flash flooding because it happens just like that. it floods very quickly. creek flooding, business flooding, that is what we're talking about throughout the evening period. never drive across a road covered with water. we will continue to track storms and have very latest coming up on what to expect with more storms, chris, a little bit later on in the week. >> kathy, thanks very much. looking at some of the flooding, from these heavy

rains. it comes to us from pitman, new jersey snapped by peter wine, our thanks to peter, you can see that road there, completely covered in water. is there even a trash can there that seems to be float ago way. how about this one, todd quinones, sent this in from a rainy i-95 in wilmington delaware. you can up load you're witness picks of severe weather just like these, just head to cbs philly.com/share. if it is save for you to take a picture during the storm we want to see them. send them picks on facebook, or on twitter, make sure you use the hash tag cbs-3 storm. a suspect is in custody after allegedly stabbing a bensalem police officer and stealing his cruiser. it started at, bristol and woodhaven road and ended at knights and fair dale road. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live at the bend salem police department with the very latest, steve. >> reporter: jessica, a little over an hour ago police releasing the name of the man

accused of not only escaping from inmate work release, but also stabbing a police officer, stealing a police vehicle, and police chase before being reapprehended. that officer that was nearly stabbed dealing with the second time he was nearly killed in the line of duty. >> we have a puncture but it did not go through the vest and injure the officer. >> reporter: police stun, and thankful, and that is a knife inches from killing one of their own in a moment, steeped in adrenaline. >> this is another great story where bullet-proof vest from a not a bullet but a knife saved his life. >> reporter: police say just before 1:23 year-old matthew miller went missing from work release, bensalem. one was 38 year-old bensalem police officer michael jam minute ski. he stopped him at bristol pike and woodhaven. miller complied. but right before the cuffs are about to be put on a fight

breaks out, miller pulls a knife and stabs the officer in the abdomen. >> he went for misdemeanors to attempted homicide on a police officer. >> reporter: ballistic vest that is standard issue somehow prevents injury. miller then hops in the police cruiser, drives into northeast philadelphia where he is later spotted and captured on foot near benjamin rush school. police called the officer very lucky and thankful to be alive and tell us this isn't the first time he has had a brush with death on duty. >> he went through a traumatic experience a couple years ago in a very bad car accident where a car burst into flames. he was lucky to be alive there. >> reporter: while on duty? >> while on duty. >> reporter: while on duty that first incident was back in 2011. the the officer was going to assist another officer, making an arrest, he came away from that one with two broken wrist. meanwhile miller is expect to be arraigned on charge these evening. that is latees from bensalem police headquarters, i'm steve

paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. heroin at school, questions a bound tonight after a first grader shows up with the drug in west philadelphia. classmates taken to the hospital as a result. live at 6:00 "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is outside john berry elementary school, walt. >> reporter: police credit a young teacher, she saw blue plastic on the little girl's desk. there were ten packets and when she examined them, they contained the deadly drug, heroin. many of the 20, first graders, seemed frightened and confused as police, medics and teachers led them on to a school bus to be checked out at children's hospital after a seven year-old classmate brought ten packets of heroin, into the barry elementary school, opening two of them. >> the child had the product, was playing with it, luckily an alert teacher observed the

kid with the narcotics. >> my feeling is that it is just crazy. >> reporter: parents, upset about their children, possibly being exposed to the drug, which can be deadly, even in small amounts. >> horrible, that is why it is their last day here, ever. >> reporter: as children arrived at chop only one, the student who brought the the drug to school reported minor symptoms, dizziness and stomach pains. >> we do not frisk students, first graders, when they come into school. the student probably had it somewhere concealed. >> reporter: can you tell us what happened. >> reporter: the mother of the drug carrying students seen here with her face covered didn't respond, as she was escorted from the school to be interviewed by detectives, hoping to learn more,. >> she cost not face charges. >> after a drug detection dog was brought in by police, determining no other narcotics in the school, investigators turned their attention to

trying to find out, who put these students at risk, by leaving heroin, where it could be found, by a seven year-old girl who had no idea that they held a deadly drug. school officials plan special counseling for the students, after today's episode, they say those young students had no idea what heroin is, much less, what it was doing in their classroom. that is a question police are trying to answer. i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a teenager bitten by a small shark in delaware is showing us bite marks it left on his arm, this is as cautious swimmers are on alert. boy was bitten at the state park in sussex county. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live, in dell maur where teen is recovering tonight, syma? >> reporter: that is right, jessica, 16 year-old, andrew vance was bitten in the arm by

a young sandbar shark and tonight he is home recovering. >> i have been not knowing someone else just got bit. >> reporter: people are feeling uneasy to go in the water after a teen was bitten by a shark. this is what andrew vance's arm looks like after a zanzibar shark got a hold of it. he posted his picture on facebook. the the teen was swimming at the beach in delaware on monday evening. officials say it is unheard of for a shark to bite swimmers in this area. but it is common to see sandbar sharks, swimming near the the beach. >> right now in this area we have the the sandbar sharks, puffing and is there a large amount of young sandbar sharks around. >> reporter: scott newlen says something else could have attracted the sharks. >> there is been a large carc u.s. on the beach. >> reporter: beach reopened tuesday afternoon,. >> this is pretty close too, so it makes you wonder what else is swimming in close.

>> reporter: officials stressed that this is uncommon, not something you'de in a popular movie. >> i don't think you need a bigger boat, not this time. the teen needed 22 stitches but he is expect to be okay. live from dell maur, delaware, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". this story getting buzz on social media, plenty of people commenting on facebook and twitter pages about this. >> eileen is one, she says it is their ocean, we just swim in it. that is true. tara says we were right outside of this park and decided not to go in, holy molly. what about you, do you think it is safe to go in the water. connect with us on facebook, and twitter, and you can see your comments right here, on "eyewitness news". commuters can expect more delays, along a critical bypass in delaware at least through the the even of the summer. dell dot officials say southbound lanes of i495 in wilmington will remain closed until labor day. northbound lanes are slate todd reopen about two weeks

later. pressure from shifting soils mixed with the bridge over cristina river damaged support piers and pushed them side way. >> the expertise, the equipment and the material to get this bridge reopened are on their way to delaware right now. there is a small chance we will to have completely tear down this section, this 400-foot section of this bridge and rebuild a new section. >> that worst case scenario could take crews a year to complete. this span has been closed between 12th street and terminal avenue since june 2nd. we have more to tell but on "eyewitness news" including hitting road to push for funding, dozens of students and parents are on the way to harrisburg calling for money for philadelphia's schools. a little bit of philadelphia is heading to the camden waterfront, the sixers new practice facility is going to the garden state, but what will it mean for city of camden, kathy? that heavy rain in south philadelphia is moving toward the the north and east, heading towards places like burlington county and northward, the heavy rain could impact the phillies

game, we will talk more about that coming up, leslie? and kathy, the union making a big change on the bench and can phillies turnaround their disappointing season? the manager talks bit coming up later in sport.

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dozens of philadelphia students and advocates rally for school funding. "eyewitness news" was there as the group boarded busts on ben franklin parkway. they are calling on the state legislature to provide what they call fair funding for city schools in this years budget. superintendent william hite says's appreciates their efforts. >> it is time toe get additional revenue so that we can, provide students with berth services then they are receiving today. >> district faces a 260 million-dollar deficit. the philadelphia 76ers are moving their practice facility, and business operation as cross the river to the camden waterfront. today, new jersey's economic development authority approved an 82 million-dollar tax credit for the sixers. that money will be used to build brand new you practice facilities and offices at martin luther king boulevard and delaware avenue. the the sixers currently

practice at philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine. >> as for us, it is really about can we have a world class place for our players to train and develop. that is most, utmost importance answer to us and the deal and confidence we had, in mayor's team for sure absolutely helped. >> sixers say construction will begin in the fall and they hope to move in that facility in early 2016. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, tells thaws camden city officials are hoping that this will attract other business to the area. this is just a catalyst i believe for change. >> reporter: it is not necessarily the number of jobs or amount of tax revenue you that has camden leaders excited about the 76ers building a practice facility at the waterfront but the the possible ripple effect . >> this will be transform. >> reporter: city council president frank moran says while removed from the center of camden what happens at the waterfront helps people on main street or in camden's

case, broadway. >> fit goodies enough for sixth tours move in the city of camden and build their practice facility, then other investors will take advantage of that opportunity. >> reporter: moran says thanks to the 2013 new jersey economic opportunity act, camden has a powerful tool to assist current employers like cooper hospital to span and bring in new businesses which likely won't locate at the waterfront. >> we want individuals to walk up and down here and have a coffee or have a meal or salad or whatever it may be, right the in the area where you work. that is what we're talking about. >> reporter: michael marriott whom we spotted wearing a sixers jersey says he is excited about a team making a commitment to his city. >> i think the city needs some change, it has been messed up for a long time now. i think everything is good, change is good. >> reporter: city officials say 76ers wanting to build a practice facility on this lot had to be a secret so it would not interfere with the deal. they have other economic development in the pipeline and we should expect more in

the coming months. in camden, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, we have a sneak peak of the new art exhibit at barnes foundation, the world is an apple, the still lives of paul say cezanne, premiered that work. gallery charts his still life paintings over the course of his life and a range of scenes including apple, flowers and skulls. the barnes foundation permanent art collecton contains 69 works by him, the exhibit opens to the public june 22nd and runs through september. kathy joins us now this rain isn't just a nuisance but a real danger out there. >> flash flooding doesn't happen often around here and when it does, it is really something else. we're talking about streets flooded, tunnels flooded. i got this report from the national weather service. is there a report that water is waist high on i-95 north and south at the broad street tunnel and numerous vehicles

are stranded so please if you are traveling in south philadelphia know that the rain is moving out, but the flooding continues and there are issues at citizens bank parkas well. lets look outside we have rain falling even in center city philadelphia here at our studios. we are looking at this rain passing to the north and east but heavier rain fell in south philadelphia and slowly going to move out. now take a look at storm scan three and i'll show you the area as you look across the river the rain coming this way toward south jersey on the campbell's side as we have campbell's field campaign everything is moving toward the north and east right up the river towards north and east through parts of the burlington county and further north and east toward the trenton area really focal point this afternoon started off in new castle county, delaware, made its way through philadelphia and that is moving towards the northeast but right here in south philadelphia we have pick up over 2 inches of rain in a very short period of time and is there flash flooding being

reported. here it is water waste high on i-95 north and south at broad street, numerous vehicles are stranded, also another report, in philadelphia, at the stadiums that the infield of citizens bank park is flooded and of course we have the game tonight. now all of this rain as i mentioned moving toward north east and right new we have a bull's eye where we see red in delran, palmyra, those are rain rates of one to 2 inches an hour, this is really ripe for flooding, flooding of the streets, streams, creeks, here is rain rate right here on haines mill road from delran heading towards moorestown new jersey of 2.38 inches an hour. so this is what we have been seeing. union landing road near cinnaminson, 1.91 inches an hour. so the slow moving storms are going to continue to dump a good deal of rain in a very short period of time and that is of course why we call them flash floods. they happen a lot in the southeast specially texas and

florida. those warm, humid places. flash flood warnings will continue until 8:15 tonight, especially through philadelphia, and into places like gloucester and camden county. i wouldn't be surprised if this spread up towards north and east into burlington county, new jersey. rain amounts of been incredible with this, almost 3 inches in sewell, philadelphia international, two and a half, clayton over 2 inches, nearly # in wilmington and sicklerville new jersey one and a half inches of rain. temperatures are rain cooled in many locations, we will continue to see rain taper off this evening, a break tomorrow with the easterly wind and more showers and storms coming our way for thursday and unfortunately for friday but after that we will definitely begin to clear it out. as we look at our eyewitness weather seven day forecast we can see during day wednesday, temperatures will be warming up but there is a chance of the scattered shower or storm, more numerous storms thursday and friday and we are in the clear with the dryer air mass, and some cooler temperatures,

over the course of the weekend, just in time for fathers day but serious weather continues in the evening, right, vittoria. >> absolutely, kathy. she is right, 95 northbound exit to broad street has been closed due to flooding. it is waste high so folks are using platt bridge so expect delays there and still anticipate delays on i-95 northbound heading from approaching philadelphia international the airport making your way down through the just beyond the broad street exit and now you'll have to exit around packer avenue. give yourself some more time here. there that is penndot vehicle blocking ramp. you cannot access 95 from broad street so again that is posing another problem. flooding as well on the schuylkill expressway, traveling approaching passyunk after knew right lane is block due to debris. you can see folks supplied go through. never good idea to drive through water. take a look at rush hour delays all over the place. the good news is ground stop lifted at the airport. we will be right ba

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phillies start a home stand, three in san diego and three in chicago to the worst offence necessary baseball. so you say is there a chance, they put tarp down the field just before those heavy rains hit at citizens bank park. phillies lost eight out of nine games they have the worst record in the national league but ryne sandberg thinks there is time to turn things around. >> the division is somewhat close, as you look at it, so, to come here, and, use our home field we need to play better at home. but this is a week of games here that we can create some momentum. >> and in other phillies news, they have signed their top draft pick pitcher aaron inl.a., he went 11-one with a 1.47 era. he is only pitch tore win sec pitcher of the year twice. eagles continue their ot a's at novacare complex. head coach chip kelly says he

is impressed how quickly mark sanchez that is learned the offense but still not 100 percent after solder surgery. >> it is getting there by the time camp rolls around, no hesitations. we are keeping it on a pitch count. we just keep rolling. as long as we are's getting work in. how far are you, you know, and feeling good, feeling mobile and every day has been a progression. i haven't had to sit down. i feel good. >> the philadelphia union have have fired manager john hackworth, and named assistant jim curtain as interim manager. he went 23-30-two on the two seasons with the team. union have three-seven-six record so far this year. we will be right this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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