see behind me this building destroyed from a fire that ripped through it early this morning. we do know crews were out here cleaning up debris right now after this fire was put out a couple hours ago, a little while ago they were knocking some of it down, this after this relevant i morning fire. norwood's fire chief tells us the fire started in the kitchen as a grease fire. it was put out but flared up again but this building went up fast. fire fighters got the the alarm to come to this area around 12:20 and fire chief said when they arrived police said that the grease fire flared up and then sprinkler system put it out but then flared up again and traveled through ventilation system up through the roof. norred with fire had help from mutual aid 35 to 40 fire fighters were on the scene. we have pictures we can show you, viewers sent them to the cbs philly twitter handle. there was smoke and flames. you can see fire fighters standing outside, that is because you there was a roof

collapse. >> they need to be cleaned or whatever. >> when they went up to the september lacing system around the hole in the roof across the roof so we had a major roof problem and we had a collapse so we evacuated everybody out of the building and we did exterior fire fighting. >> reporter: fire fighters were able to drawn the fire out from the exterior in about 30 minutes, this is a family owned restaurant. it has been opened since 1961, norwood fire chief told bus his memories of this local tradition and said he remembers here tuesday night spaghetti dinners as a kid. he is hoping this family does rebuild, a stapel of norwood very popular spot here in delaware county. that is are latest, jen bernstein for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thanks, jen. also new a suspect is in custody after stabbing another person in the emergency room at crozer-chester medical

center. police say suspect just walk in at 11:00 last night and stab the victim. it is still not clear what prompted this attack and police will give us more information when their investigation is finally completed. an armed robbery at a 7-eleven is still under investigation. it happened 3:30 at the store on stenton and ogontz avenue in west oak lane. it is unknown how much money was taken, robber does remain out there, somewhere. we have some breaking news, major traffic troubles heading in to new york city today. one person is dead after a crash on the george washington bridge. two tractor trailers collided eastbound in the upper manhattan early this morning. right now bridges upper level eastbound lanes are just closed, this is as the investigation continues. huge situation, right now in new york city, we will just ale, and, i-95, and, and

regular traffic patterns late last night but rain moves in and forced them to stop. work is expected to resume tonight between girard and allegheny avenues. the project is expect to take four years and will add a fourth lane to the heavily traveled stretch of the interstate. 6:03. that rain causing so many problems, kate. >> so many problems, i heard you say work resumes both tonight it may be delayed yet again because we have more rain on the way late this afternoon tonight and then again tomorrow. we cannot break out of this pattern. lets look at what is happening outside. we will take you outside to jack frost big boulder there as you can see through the fog, you can see mountains covered in green but it is a foggy damp morning all across the area. visability low. take your time out there we are seeing included cover, just so much moisture in the air causing fog this morning. the showers off to the west but look south of d.c. do youe that storm creeping in. that is what we're concerned about. we will see storms form and

lift south to north. not a whole lot going on but this afternoon with the heating of the day in place we will see these storms form and flash flood watch has been issued going in to effect at noon. the here's what we speculate this afternoon. we have clouds and some fog but you can see at 1:00 we will see these storms blossom in a line extending from the lehigh valley down through city and delaware. exact placement is i am possible to pinpoint but it looks like it will be from the city on west and these storms will be locally heavy. they are scattered but anyone of those cells can dump over an inch of rain in an hour leading to the risk for ponding on roadways and watching those smaller streams, scattered heavy thunderstorms with rain rates exceeding an inch per hour. we will have have updates, we will check with been to see how roads are fairing. >> 6:04. it is a rough morning and rough day to come think of it looking at the forecast. live look, it is worst fog day this week we have had to deal

w blue route 476 with the fog, the wet roads, maybe a rain shower, throughout your morning rush hour, make sure your head lights are on and factor in extra wiggle room between you and that bumper in front. we're dealing with the fire location, some good news they have opened up chester pike to within lane at south avenue. we do have some cars getting through but macdade boulevard would be your best bet through norwood delaware county this morning. already under an hour delay at philly international for flights. this is a sign of what it will be like at the airport throughout the day. pack your patients and get down there early and be ready. i-95 new construction pattern, didn't happen because of the weather. we still have three lanes normal set up between girard and allegheny but that new pattern on the way sometime this week. the mass transit, bridges looking good, back over to you. developing story right now we are watching an al qaeda inspired group controls two key cities in northern iraq.

it is threatening to move into baghdad. >> iraqi government forcees were digging in to battling islamic militants on the outskirts of the oil city of kirkuk. but just 90 miles away mosul had already fallen in to militant hands with barely a fight. that group wants to establish a fundamentalist islamic state. travel arrangements are in place for army sergeant bowe bergdahl to go home but there is no date when he will leave a german military hospital. that decision is up to his medical and repatriotism team. sergeantberg dal spent five years in captivity with the taliban after leaving his army post in afghanistan. the senate has voted to help thousands of veterans waiting for medical care. it passed a bill authorizing roughly $35 billion over three years to pay for outside care for veterans. this measure would hire hundreds of doctors, nurses and at least 26 new health care facilities in 17 states

and puerto rico. that bill now moves to the house. natasha? here's a look at some of the things happening today. trial expect to begin for richard accused of perjury in the investigation of the 2012 kensington warehouse fire. that killed a for fighter and fire lieutenant. governor jack markell signs a law prohibiting minors from buying e cigarettes in delaware. the businesses could also be punish for making those sales. philadelphia's mayor michael nutter visits bartram high school, school safety is on the agenda, police patrol bartram's halls after attacks on staff members and fights among students. accident investigators are looking into what role a truck driver's commute played in the crash that chris thecally injured tracie minister again. truck driver kevin roper pleaded not guilty yesterday in new brunswick. he is facing death by auto and assault by auto charges. roper was driving a wal-mart

truck early saturday when he swerved to avoid slow traffic on the new jersey turnpike, and plowed into morgan's limo. take a look, police in roxborough hope thaw can help stop a violent robber now on the run after an attack inside a deli. that guy beat up the clerk at m and m deli on marple street tuesday afternoon. the attack left the clerk unconscious with the broken bone around his eye. he got away with $1,500 in cash and merchandise. a chaotic scene when police swarmed a new jersey side of the lincoln tunnel. police say a man from our area threatened to kill people heading in to new york city. that story is coming up next. >> abuse and neglect, the the poor puppy was found wandering streets in south jersey now there is a way to help him. you can too we will let you know how. new developments in the family feud over casey casem's care a judge is now issues a drastic new ruling, in that case. that is all coming up.

kate is saying, it is bound to happen. >> we can only hope. >> we will variety m.d. deprived.

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reporter janel burrell from our sister station in new york will have the very latest. >> reporter: investigators say this is the man, who is threatening 911 phone calls shut down the streets of

wehawking setting off this massive emergency response. police and swat teams sweeping the the streets, rivals drawn and k-9 on patrol all because of what they thought was a threat of the snipper. >> difficult see an army vehicle going by abe helicopter. >> we thought there was a stick up. we didn't know what was going on. >> reporter: it turned out to be a hoax. thirty-nine year-old donald wallace will face a why for phone calls allegedly made that triggered the response tuesday evening during the middle of the busy evening commute. shutting down streets near lincoln tunnel, enforcing passengers off of this light rail train. police say wallace called 911 around 5:00 p.m. tuesday saying their happies up get all your police ready and captivate. i have a d.c. snipper that is driving into your city right now. investigators say wallace who was arrested back in april for making terroristic threats also claimed he was arm with the gun and various chemicals. police were able to ping the

call to the area near the rain to the lincoln tunnel. building was searched but nothing was found but authorities were able to trace phone to manhattan where they arrested wallace late wednesday night. that was janel burrell reporting. meanwhile wallace is charge with making terroristic threats and creating false public alarm. 6:00 136789 let get traffic and weather together kate, good morning. >> good morning ev ryone. it is thursday. it is another day in this week of glummy, foggy wet weather. take a look outside, this is ben franklin bridge. you have to take me at my word because you cannot see it. fog over the city, fog every where across the area making travel slow out there. take your time this morning, leave plenty have room between yourself and person in front because things are not easy to see out there, today. whole reason is system lifting from the south, you can see a warm front across the entire northeast. we are in the warm sector of the system very unstable air

mass and showers and storms are firing up to the south. you cane this one here over to virginia. it is moving due north. that is what i'm concerned b through the afternoon weak see storms develop and moving from south to north meaning over the same spot. couple different cells, move over several times meaning the the threat for flooding will be in effect. flash flood watch has been issued in effect at noon, continuing right the through tonight. here's what we're expecting. not much going on. right afternoon time hour around one or 2:00 we will see them blossom at 2:00 p.m. and they drift from south to north, about 5:00, starting to wind down by seven or 8:00. then overnight still some showers, tomorrow we will get in the pattern especially through the afternoon. watch for these storms to be locally heavy late today, 78 is our daytime high with showers and thunderstorms, again tomorrow same pattern but good news we will clear it out for fathers day weekend. hi, bob.

>> 6:45. live look at foggy stretch of i-95 heading into and up and over that skudder falls bridge. anyone may be heading up to new york this morning is there a fatal tractor trailer accident that has upper deck of the george washington bridge closed this morning and already they are reporting two hour delays, heading into new york on that george washington bridge. just a travel note out and about today. 422, 202, we are socked in with fog out of the suburbs and slower than normal in toward king of prussia. we have that 495 construction to deal with, again, factor in extra time heading in or through wilmington. alternate would be commodore barry or walt whitman bridge and take 295 south and come in the delaware over that delaware memorial bridge. that will be the the ticket for tomorrow for any within trying to get to the delaware beaches and for that return trip home. today we have afternoon baseball 1:05, so we will see unusual traffic patterns

around that lunchtime hour but more importantly when that game is over, bam, instant rush hour that always occurring at the end of the afternoon games, quickly, blocking our major roadways. even if you are not going to the game you could be impacted by the the the grid lock. best way to go is to take a train ride, just before 12:00 sport express trains leave fernrock station. natasha back over to you. here are headlines on cb. 36789 toll house tavern in chester pike in norwood is delaware county is a total loss after an early morning fire, grease fire, was put out by sprinklers but roared up again and spread to the have roof. there were no injuries reported. a suspect is under arrest after a stabbing in the emergency room at crozer-chester medical center. up land police will release more information when their investigation is complete. search is on for gunman who robbed 7-eleven at sent on an owe gant avenue. robbers got away with an

unknown amount have of cash. stay with us, we

authorities continue to search for a motive after a teen gunman opens fire at a oregon high school. investigators say five-year old jared paget killed a fellow freshman and wounded a gym teacher inside the jim on wednesday before taking his own life. authorities say that he used an ar15 rifle owned by his family, paget carried nine loaded magazines a handgun and

a knife. also jury selection in the colorado theater shooting case will be opened to the public, and the news media. judge denied request from both the prosecution and the the defense teams to close the the process, and the judge said the the openness ape media scrutiny will enhance fairness of the process. james holmes pleaded in the guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in the july 2012 attack. jury selection is scheduled to start in october. court ruling in california gives casey casem's doubt are the third to withhold food ape fluids from her ailing father. los angeles superior court reversed a ruling from monday that stated casem should continue to receive food, water and medication. the court ruled that to do so would prolong casem's suffering which was begins his wishes. his wife is outraged by this decision. >> the judge troy martin, carey casem, sam ingram

decided to kill my husband. >> jean casem and her stepdaughter carry have been fighting in court over many issues involving his care, a judge had previously ruled that jean casem had in the acted in her husband's best interest in terms of his car. 6:21. more than 200 friend and relatives are helping former president george hw bush celebrate his ninth yet birthday. >> they are gathering for a private dinner at his sea side retreat in maine, america's forty-first president uses a wheelchair because of a form of parkinson's disease but he still travels amies enjoying a resurgence in popularity. >> happy birthday good this morning beyond the look out for another bear on the loose, we will tell you where it has been spotted coming up. plus this. i want to live and to me murder is murder but whether it is with i gun or with chemicals good chester residents up in arm over a plan bring trains full of trash from new york city into

their town, we have got more of the trash talk that is happening coming up.

just past 6:23, kate, more rain. >> everyone is so sick of hearing me say it and i'm sick of talking bit. it has been a week of wet weather and today is no exception. you can see our triple sweep, shows not a whole lot happening, we are dealing with fog and low clouds right now but late this afternoon showers and storms will develop. you can see green shading. many counties in our viewing area including city of philadelphia under a flash flood watch that will go in effect at noon and continue through tonight. eyewitness weather three day forecast 78 today with afternoon thunderstorms. they are scattered but they will be locally heavy. we will see it again tomorrow but we will clear it out for the weekend, bob. sounds good.

6:24. live look at the the schuylkill expressway where you can see the fog here, counted up maybe ten car lengths of visibility. this is schuylkill at city line. we are sock in all around the board here this morning. the rest i-95 a 20 minute delay out of the northeast into downtown. midday work coming to the blue route, both directions, between route 30 and route one here, and then also, mass transit, no reported delays, minor delays already on path the co, erika, back to you. another week, another bear roaming in the suburbs, there are two sight goes so far in winslow township camden county. we have a picture have the bear given to us from wins le township police, he was last spotted cross nothing waterford township. homeowners should ab wear and bring trash inside if possible to keep from attracting those bears. in sports phillies wrap up their series with the padres in a day game today, phillies won two in a row, keep that going, cole hamels struck out

a season high 11, over eight shut out innings last night but cole did not get a decision in the game. it wasn't until zero-zero hot bottom of the ninth the phillies won it with a three run home run. phillies win this 13 to nothing. game four of the nba finals in my aim, miami heat facing off with the san antonio spurs. spurs lead helping this series at this .2 games to one. also to game four of the stanley cup finals rangers goaltender, henrik, made 40 saves including one tricky one with the help of his defense. he and rangers beat out los angeles kings two-one forcing game five tomorrow night in los angeles. kings lead best of seven series three games to one. coming up the in the next half an her of "eyewitness news" we are live with breaking news, jen. >> reporter: a popular delaware county restaurant did burn down early this morning i'm live on chester pike outside of the toll house

tavern, i'll have more on what ignited this fire. plus who could hurt this poor little dog here that is what officials want to know after he was found roaming the streets of new jersey abused and neglect and new there is a way that you can help him. bob and kate return with traffic and weather together on the three's on another glummy day, fog outside, looking at your screen, it will warm up at one point and fog will clear and rain will go away, kate will tell you when, we will be right back.

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a delaware county bar and grill in business for over a half century goes up in flames. fire fighters say they now know how it started. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein joins us from norwood with that information, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika, fire chief tells us that this fire started in the kitchen as a grease fire that was put out once by a sprinkler system and flared up a second time and this building went up quickly. i will step out of the way so we can see is what left, of the toll house tavern. the it has been here for more than 50 years. it opened in 1961, but you we do know that fire fighters got the alarm around 2:20 to come and fight this fire. police said when they arrived

on the scene officers said that again, that fire had flared up once in the kitchen and that sprinkler system had put out the fire ones and ignited the second time and that is when they went up through ventilation system and ran up almost the entire ceiling. norwood fire had help from mutual aid 35 to 40 fire fighters were here on the scene. we will go to viewer photos sent to us on cbs philly's twitter handle. you can see smoke. you can see fire fighters trying to battle the flames from outside of the building. that is because the roof was engulfed, and there was a roof collapse but before that chief evacuated fire fighters and pulled everyone out to the exterior of the building. now this restaurant is family owned, it has been opened since 1961 and norwood fire chief, has his own memories. here's what he had to say. >> i have been here since 1980 and been there ever since. we used to eat there, back

when i was a kid, spaghetti dinner on tuesday nights. >> reporter: he does hope that this family rebuilds this place. we do know one fire fighter, was taken to tower hospital. he had twisted his knee when he tripped over a hose but was released and back with his family this morning. so again, a sad morning here for the norwood boro, the toll house tavern burning down, we do know that it is family owned and it appears to have started as a grease fire. that is very latest from norwood jen bernstein for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". philadelphia d.a.'s office has filed charges a first grader brought heroin to school, students mother marie hunter and male companion has been charged with endangering welfare of the child. white also has been charge with marijuana possession, prosecutors say charges deal only with alleged conditions inside girl's home and not the heroin had she brought to school. residents in chester are

sounding off about trains full of trash from new york city. trash already makes its way from the big apple to the covanta facility on high land avenue to be incinerated. the proposal toys bring 400,000 tons of garbage by train instead of truck. company insist amount of trash won't change but rather the the method of transportation. >> there is no increase in the amount of waste we would receive on a daily basis and there isathath

quickly. play it safe heading through the neighborhood here today. lets look at storm scan three, showing really a pattern we are in a warm front lifting to the north ushering in this flow of moisture rich air from the the south, that is keeping clouds in place, keeping moisture in the air and later today when we get heating of the day these storms form in this unstable environment. they relish these conditions when we have uplift, instability, hot air, moisture, storms will breed in an environment like that one. flash flood watch has been issued from noon through late tonight and all of the areas shaded in green there. the city and areas just off to the west will be in the greatest likelihood of getting heavier storms later today.

temperatures warming, 64 at the airport. sixty-five in wilmington. on our way up to 78. clouds and fog this morning. showers and heavy then are storm later this afternoon. hi, bob. >> 6:35. it is a rough slower than normal morning rush hour and rest of the day, lets look live at i-95 in the construction zone on the right, southbound i-95 heading through cottman avenue seeing delays from woodhaven in toward the city. but construction project last tonight was rained out so traffic pattern truffle did not occur last night northbound between girard and allegheny. status quo but that pattern will go into effect over next couple days. rest of the major roadways we have thick fog east on the schuylkill, already 20 minutes into downtown. traveling out of philadelphia today, two things to look out for, within hour four minute delays at philly international and the air, and if you are traveling via the car into new york city this morning the

george washington bridge they have had a fatal accident on the up are deck, three her delays into new york city at the moment and in norwood delaware county chester pike that fire location with only within lane squeezing through at south avenue. mass transit at the the moment looking good with no delays there, natasha, back over to you. animal rescue group is trying to help a dog who may have been a victim of cruelty. buckly was found wand nearing cumberland county, ten month-old lab mix was thin, weak and rescuers believe someone duct taped him. he has extensive medical problems including lyme disease and heart worm but he is now on the mend. >> you question humanity, you question how people can be so heartless. >> buckly is looking for a permanent home. if you are interested in helping him out there is more information on our web site, please go there at cbs philly .com. another crackdown on

electronic cigarettes, happening today, governor jack markell signs a law banning minors from buying e cigarettes in delaware. teens who tried to buy them could be fine or get community service. businesses could be punished if they are caught selling e cigarettes to children. house republicans are picking a new majority leader after virginia republican eric cantor announced he is stepping down at the the end of next month. >> while i may have had suffered a personal setback last night, i could not be more optimistic about the future of this country. >> cantor lost the primary to dave brat a college plaintiffs or. texas congressman pete sessions wants to be majority leader, however cantor is backing house majority whip sketch mccarthey of california. republicans will hold a vote next week. 6:37. as we head into fathers day weekend cbs news business am list jill schlesinger is here

to tell us bye financial wisdom. >> she's joining us from london, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> sleeping in a little bit there across the pond. let talk burr dad. he was a trader on wall street. what kind of advice did he give you about investing. >> reporter: you know, my father was a great believer in patients and discipline. he used to say, nobody rings a bell at top or bottom so every investor needs to develop a game plan and that is a plan where you are forcing yourself to take money off the table and rebalance on a periodic basic. amen, dad. he cautioned in the to fall in love with your positions and to wait 24 hours before making any major purchase or sale that deviates from your plan good that is certainly good advice. >> how about saving. >> reporter: so funny everyone thinks your dad was a trade are, he didn't do that nuts

and bolts stuff. he loved that stuff. he used to say big part of wealth building toys spend less and live within your means. imagine that. small business owner he believed that when the good years come along it is important to sock away as much as possible because you never know when a bad patch might arrive. he is a big fan of having an adequate cash cushion he aid especially after he retired he got comfort from that extra cash floating around. >> i think we all would good definitely. >> we see following in your father's footsteps but whether about his career advice, anything in that area. >> reporter: yeah, this is great. he also stressed we all make mistakes but you have to learn from them and keep going. the don't think back on that mistake. he also believed a career that allowed to you do other thing in your life was probably more valuable then one that with pay the most. one of his favorite sayings i have to leave you this he said it all the time, he said don't

forget, honey, having fun kent too more fathers day financial advice go on jill on money.com. >> can't put a price on that. >> great advice. still ahead this morning you might have had some trouble with your cell service or gps tomorrow, find out why coming up. also straight ahead it hasn't been a week since jennifer lopez split from casper smart and word is she's got a new boyfriend. >> hey, hey good rio's welcoming all teams to brazil for world cup, competition starts today but there is still controversy brewing, we will have details coming up next. and, we are one thinks the official song of the world cup, there in brazil. looking forward to that. >> kicking off today. >> there it is, pit bull and j

lo, i think j lo is performing. >> she was going back and for the but it is official she will perform for opening ceremonies. >> just looking forward to. that we are looking forward to another great day despite foggy conditions out there and the rain, always a good day, right. good morning everyone. we are back in a moment. msbut they meet them withts determination and drive. chanelle: teachers like ms. harris made me feel like i'm part of a team. not just on the basketball court. but in the classroom. ms. harris: chanelle is not just a star athlete.

she is a star student. chanelle: i headed to clemson university where i can combine my love of sports and learning- and maybe even win a championship. ms. harris: i wouldn't bet against her. or any of my students reaching for their dreams.

time for traffic and weather together, look at that traffic. >> let me step out of the way, before i get hit by a september bus.

this is passyunk avenue bridge and just a foggy morning, no the matter where you are, notice if you are at the point where this is at you cannot see up to where that school busies, very well, fog is in and it will slow you down, as i put on twitter, pack your patients and he said in extra jelly doughnut may never be a bad idea on a nice foggy morning like today. storm scan three shows us flash flood effect starting at noon, once we get rid of the fog, we will track threat for heavy then are storms. atlantic city, wildwood, .3 and half mile respectively. philadelphia a mile visibility there. .8 in wilmington and trenton. all across area low visibility, fog is objected in and it is not going anywhere for next couple hours. future weather shows we are quiet until noon. it depend where we are.

a rough estimate, from the city on west, we could see them popping up, or further er east where they like to blossom but they will line up and dump heavy rainfall on the the area, late this afternoon. then tomorrow, tomorrow 8:00 a.m. quiet, noon quiet and then at 3:00 we will get a cold front with heavy thunderstorms throughout your friday evening. saturday at 10:00 a.m. we will clear it out and sun will be shining. >> good morning, live look, 422, an example of the fog we are dealing with. today's fog is wheres then we have seen all week licensing here and already delays 422 from the royersford interchange through collegeville in towards king of prussia lets look at ben franklin, barely make out the cars, leaving, south jersey, here they are right there, leaving south jersey, you can barely make out the upside and uprights on the bennie coming in towards philadelphia. so fog delays every where, and, heads up, we have a

phillies game 1:05 this afternoon. that will shake it up as far as traffic volume. we will have a lunchtime crowd heading in. when that game is over as we see when we have afternoon games, bam, instant rush hour will block the schuylkill and i-95 right around that time that kate just told us we could be seeing thunder boomer roll through. sports express trains begin just before 12:00 noon taking you into south philadelphia, natasha, over to you. here is a look at the headlines on cbs-3. iraqi television says government war planes are pounding rebel positions in saddam hussein's home town of tikrit in the wake of the rebel victories this week. militants are taking hostage in the city of mosul. toll house tavern in norwood delaware county was destroyed earlier today. grease fire bread to the roof just before midnight we're told there were no injuries. and donald wallace of west philadelphia, facing charges now that he called 911 and

threatened to shoot drivers at new york's lincoln continue will he will. authorities tracked wallace to manhattan where he was later arrested. soccer's biggest tournament kicks off in brazil despite transportation strikes, concerns about preparations and some discontent from brazil fans. marley hall shows us tournament starts with the home team brazil facing croatia this after noon. rio's christ the the redeemer statue is lit with the team colors of all of the world cup teams as famous soccer tournament gets underway. but despite years of preparation, brazil is scrambling to overcome challenges. airport workers stage a 24 her strike ahead of opening day complicating travel at two of brazil's major airports, plus some 1500 subway workers in the area threatened to go on strike on monday but labor organizers called off the work

stoppage that would have caused grid lock on the cities already congested roadways. just one week before the tournament, construction was still underway on roads and soccer stadiums. just one day before the games crews were still building the the fan fest zone where people in rio can watch on a huge screen. the u.s. will play first game on monday, even that is surrounded in controversy, but u.s. head coach has said publicly that the american team won't win the cup. >> it is just not realistic. >> if the u.s. can't winnie will root for brazil because we're here. >> reporter: world cup runs for a month wrapping up for a month on july 13th. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> ♪ >> all right. we have he got two birds, new man for jennifer lopez. >> yeah, jenny on the block is dating dancing with the stars pro maxim. they met through friend and

said to be taking things slow because of work commitments. j lo recently split up with backup dancer casper smart. paula dean is planning a come back, according to her we site, paula dean network is coming in september. it will be a paid subscription service providing access to new programming from the cooking star, via several devices, including computers and smart phones. dean lost her contract with the food network last year after she admitted to using a racial slur in the past. and word is engagement for a couple in charleston, south carolina they got special congratulation from his comedian, actor bill murray. check out the photo. murray ran into their engagement photo shoot and posed for pictures with the happy couple. at day night live alumni and academy award nominee has been crashing parties, remember week or two or owe he crash a bachelor party i and gave good advice to the groom and groomsmen. fun guy. come crash our show.

come on over we'd love to see you. 6:49. time to see is what coming up on cb. this morning. >> and charlie rose joins us from new york with the preview, good morning, charlie. >> good morning, natasha and erika. airplanes, boats and command center are sitting idle as united states withdraws from afghanistan. chip read looks in the wasted taxpayer dollar that went to the war effort. plus nicole brown simpson and ron goldman were found dead 20 years ago today and set off what became the trial of the century and it change the face of television, legal analyst jack ford both covered aj simpson trial and they join news studio 57. this elaine keyano is in brazil where world cup kicks off today, that and more news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes. charlie, thank you. tomorrow morning if you have any problems communicating with your cell phone or gps blame it on the sun. >> that is right, solar flares on the sun in the past few

days are sending solar events our way. sun had three major flares on its surface in the past two days or so. those flares have affect communications on earth. solar flares are bursts of radiation on the sun surface and disrupting things like gps and communication signals here on earth. >> how about had. >> blame it on the sun. >> you didn't get my text not that i didn't send it. sorry. >> blame it on the sun. >> but first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3 everyone.

here's your numbers for today, 3.4 is the the predominant pollen is grass. tomorrow is low and then climbs up through the weekend is nicer weather, returns, more sunshine, less rain, rain tends to dull pollen. tomorrow is good for, allergies and not good for i fan of the rain. flash flood watch, late tonight for the entire area in green there and what to expect, from that flash flood watch, excuse my voice, scattered afternoon thunderstorms, rain rates, could exceed an inch per hour, and that means we are watching for ponding on area roadways, and storms will be scattered and any storm can produce

heavy downpours, abe the day, 84 on sunday and 86 on monday and even warmer by next tuesday. so just got today and tomorrow to get the through, bob. 6:55. live look at 202 socked in with some fog here in the construction zone, near route 29, make sure your head lights are on this morning, gang, you will need them throughout the morning with the thick fog, south on i-95, just under a half an hour in the city, schuylkill starting to see delays from conshohocken through belmont avenue. one hour 15 minute delays towards the airport and heading up to new york, this morning, and fatal accident on the fatal washington, and three hour delays, already, heading in to new york city come in from south jersey, on the 42 freeway, slow go around black horse pike in towards that route 130, walt whitman bridge interchange, due to the new traffic pattern that went into place over the weekend.

back over to you. sometimes somebody has an idea and you think i wish i thought of that first. >> post it. >> yes. >> but get ready to see one right here, hot tub boat, more like a hot tub on the boat but great idea. never can have too much water. is there a barbecue on there too. ten people can cruise around water in san diego for a cool, $25 an hour. when the ocean just won't due. >> exactly. >> you need a hot tub too. >> you should do that and take that on the schuylkill. >> yes. >> south beach. >> how do we expense that. >> good luck with that one. >> we will talk business, show prep. >> i like it. >> sure. >> thanks, bob. coming up in a couple minutes we will bring you more local news weather and traffic together on our sister station cw philly. we will have a live in studio performance previewing monday night's project one voice, for theater companies around the the country perform the same piece at the same time, pretty neat that is so nice.

>> you can now find cw philly on these channels. >> reminder to join us bright and relevant i every weekday morning on cbs-3 we start off at 4:30 a.m. coming up next, this morning a school in philly, helping low income students prep for college and their future careers. >> to continue following your local news weather and traffic turn now to our sister station cw philly. we will meet you over there see you then.

it is thursday, june 12th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." iraq descends through chaos. militants seize city after city. holly williams is in iraq as the insurgents march toward baghdad. a republican frenzy on chile. lawmakers jockey to be the new majority leader. o.j. simpson, 20 years later, how the trial of the century changed everything. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. militants are now promising to march on to baghdad and promise to enrage the city. >> iraq on the brink