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up. >> dating developing story we've been following for you all morning in wilmington. two alarm house fire and collapse. we now know that one man is dead, and three others are injured, includes ago fire fighter. >> "eyewitness news" reports err jen bernstein just spoke with a fire chief. jen, what did he have to say? >> good morning, the fire chief just giving us a update on what they're doing here on the scene. i'll mover out of the way so you can see, on maryland avenue. but this home behind us, is on bird street. you can see, there was a partial collapse there. this fire hit two alarms at its height. we did have firefighters here trying to save people who were inside. they got a report that there were people trapped at the time, when they did show up. now the fire chief says the
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fire investigation will soon begin, they don't know as of right now, what caused the flames, and they're also telling us that the man who died in this fire does still remain in that house, and they're trying to get to his body right now. but they are having some difficulties because, again of this collapse. we go to some video, from little bit earlier, firefighters on the scene, you know there is fire started 10:30 last night. it was called in, firefighters raised to the scene, again, got that notice, that there were people trapped inside at the time, when they did arrive, though, two women who were badly burned outside, and those two women were immediately rushed to the hospital. one went straight to crozer-chester medical center, the other went to christianna hospital. the update from the fire chief did tell us that that woman at this time is being prepped to transfer over to crozer-chester medical center, again, they do have a burn unit there. so both of the women will be treated, and there at this time we do not have an update
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on their condition, as of right now with this man who died in the fire, we did not know his age or his identity, firefighters, though, are having some difficulties getting to him right now, although, they've been able to see where he is, and here's what the fire chief had to say about their efforts to get him at this point. >> because of the collapse of the building, a lot of debris that fell along, two story single residential property. and when the building pancaked in, some of the debris on the second floor fell down on to the first floor, some of the debris pushed into the balesment so right now using heavy equipment to extricate the victim as well as move some of the other portions of the walls around so we did get deeper look inside this building >> moving it around before, but they want to make sure they do it for, he will shall announcing next fewer hours, we're told, you know, pretty
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sure there is no oneness this building, told, at the time, that there were three people, everyone is accounted for, but, they're going to double check, annex calf ate the whole site, even into the basement, to make sure that there is no one else who was a victim of this fire. >> distance of the state fire marshall here as well as the attorney general's office. and the wilmington police department is also helping, and you can also see, maryland avenue, they were able to open this up. the fire chief said because of the problems on 495, they wanted to remove some of the fire units here, so they could open up this road to traffic, because, again, of the problems with that current traffic pattern. that's the latest from wilmington, jen bernstein, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". jen, thank you. meanwhile, a 13 year old boy shot while riding in his deposition state's car remains hospitalized this morning. it happened 20th and nor streets in south philly yesterday afternoon.
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>> mail gunman approached that chevy, the white impala right there, while stopped in traffic. it then fired, at least eight shots striking the boy twice. >> were not hurt. the swat team searched that house on mountain street for the two suspect, they recovered two guns, inside. >> brace yourself for hot day? >> no complaints, we all remember what the winter was like. it was not that long ago. yes. so, we will take the heat and humidity, and bask in it, at least ill. start it off, get you outside, show you the view first and for most, storm scan3, handful of showers that popped up here through the course of the last fewer hours, all of which have now since retreated out to sea, and they're also fizz link as they go. so, even though you still got pretty thick cloud cover out at the area shore points, should thin out.
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actually seeing that already here. outside the whitfield elementary school, much clearer sky, still hazy but make out the backgrounds, you can't even see the ocean, and we're only what couple, maybe, a hundred feet away or so from the camera here outside beach pa troche headquarters from the actual shore line. foggy start to the morning, but i have it on good authorities, eventually we clear things out, give it time. 91 degrees in the meantime, the expected high here, in philadelphia. so, it will still be the first day that we hit that. in the city of philly, from the entirety of the year so far. the sun will shine across the rest of the board, as well, warm, for sure, low and mid 80s, some spots easily hit the upper 80s, as well, bottom line very warm, and also an air quality affect oral letter rather in effect through the day today. >> right now the roadways look pretty callment. we get you outside, give you better look, shall we? interestingly enough,
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southbound 95, pretty heff which volume. from approaching packer, all the way through to this point here, around broad. due to construction zones. now, you are still a bit slow. but it was actually worse, not that long ago, because crews were out taking out the left-hand lane. and just adding just volume problems on top of one of another. but they've cleared out of the way. seems to be 95 moving well around that area, and delaware county, and it is picking up, however, southbound 95, as you move through the area of girard avenue through that construction zone approaching the vine st. expressway, and take a look, few more vehicles on the roadway on the eastbound side of 422 headed down to 202, so speed censor are taking just slight dip. however, overall, still seeing a lot of green on the wide. we do however have accident in new jersey, this is 38 at mt. laurel road, so be minds full of that. and mass transit looks prep good. no problems at the airport, erika? >> victoria, thank you. horrible scene when swarm of tornados rips through nebraska, killing two people, and injuring 19 others. as marlie hall reports, pair of twisters wiped out more
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than half of the town of pillger. >> massive tornados, rimmed through northeast nebraska. storm chasers captured twin twist that's touched down nearly a mile apart in stanton county. the town of pillger took direct hit. homes were ripped, right off their foundation. officials say more than half the town is gone. >> lost everything. i lost all of my vehicles. i don't have a vehicle. >> maryland anderson road out the storm in her basement. >> i did a loft praying back there in that little corner. >> maryland one of about 350 residents in the small town, roughly 100 miles northwest of omaha. pillger local school and fire department were destroyed, along with several other buildings. >> the governor declared a state of emergency, officials will fan out today to assess all of the damage from the tornados that struck yesterday. marlie hall, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". well, hundreds of us forces are moving into iraq to
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protect americans from insurgents. president obama has told congress that up to 275 troops moving into the region are equipped for fighting. they'll provide security for us personnel and the american embasy baghdad. this, as sunni militants, known as isis, took control of another city. >> more us shims arriving in the region including the uss mess a, which is caring 500 marines. it is joining the uss george r had. w bush, aircraft carrier, already in the persian gulf. israeli soldiers have made 41 more arrests in the west bank, as they continue the search for three missing seminary students. they were hitchhiking home from school last thursday, when hamas allegedly abducted them. one of those students holds dual israeli american citizenship. israeli troops have rounded up dozens every senior hamas leaders. >> and here's a look at some
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of the things happening today. hazmat crews will decontaminate the montgomery county apartment of nick less hellmann, charged with sending a greet rison laced greeting card to his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriends last march. >> addiction treatment this afternoon, houses people with special needs, and criminal records. and, doctor oz testifies on capitol hill today. federal authorities are suing a company over bogus weight loss claims. the company falsely claimed doctor oz had endorsed its product. >> coming up this morning, south jersey residents be on the watch out this morning. we are tracking at least two bears that have been seen roaming several neighborhoods ahead. >> plus, more problems for gm, as the auto maker issues its biggest recall yet. more than 3 million cars, what you need to know, to stay safe on the road. >> and this is so great. team usa emerges, victorious and bloodied after a dramatic game against ghana. all your world cup action is
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south jersey. the latest sitings have come from mt. laurel and evesham. and follow similar reports last week from winslow and water forwards township camden county. now, here we have some video shot by residents who saw the bear in their backyard, officials say that a harsh winter has limited the bear's food supply, as their natural habitat gets smaller. >> as the bear population increases in the state we'll see this activity more often. >> so far, bears have been site in the 21 new jersey counties. officials ask if you see one, don't approach it, just call 911. meanwhile, in canada, a bear gave some joggers quite a square. wait until you see. >> this two men out for a run in alberta came face-to-face with a black bear, that joined them on the trail. now, they were recording video as the bear started to chase them. the men are heard huffing and puffing, running back to their car, which apparently was the wrong thing to do. experts say, when confronted with a bear, stands your grounds and look it straight in the eyes.
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okay? >> that's fine. >> little easier said than done. but yes, stay your grounds and stair down that bear. apparently it works. let us know how that goes. terrifying. >> right now, we want to get our traffic and weather together. >> take some guts to take that vice, whew. okay, we go on first to storm scan three we've seen couple of showers, which have already long since moved out to sea sort of fedsment out with time here, but still left with a lot of moisture content in the air shall specially at the shore, so quite a bit of fog currently to report. look at these dew points, this tells story. remember the higher the dew point, the more moisture we've got to work with, also starts to feel muggy, about the time you hit 65, on that dew point, so you can see, that that humidity really starting startio ramp up here, with the high dew point as well as temperatures close do that, the air mass almost saturated so fog developing. meanwhile eventually this fog will lift out of here. you are actually going to see that happen from west to east. air quality alerts are in effect essentially for southeastern half of our area that means that the air quality today is unhealthy for
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sensitive groups specifically, so, kids, elderly, respiratory problems, if you have those, that could be a problem for you here today. but eventually looking at more sunshine, it will be great pool day. just be careful out there. and that heat, spf required, guys, 93 tomorrow, looking for some showers and storms to rumble through specially by the second half of the day and some of those could be locally strong or even severe. victoria, over to you. >> good morning, everyone, now, in some areas we are experiencing jug little business of a rush. it is 95, yes, little bit of the schuylkill expressway. ninety-five nel in delaware county there is area we are experiencing the highest sun glare so far. northbound 95, moving toward the area of 322. around the stretch of the commodore barry bridge, that's where the sun is really just pomeling, those windshields, and only bound to get worse as katie mentioned with the high temps today. traveling on the schuylkill, not too awful here around spring garden, but starting to see just a little bit of traffic builds around the area, the conshohocken curve and again you know how it is, schuylkill only bound to get worse n your western suburbs,
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55 is what you're dealing with on 422, slight volume building eastbound approaching 202, on 202, itself, traveling about 50 miles an hour. now, traveling in new jersey, we are still dealing with a accident, on route 38, at mt. laurel road. so be careful of that. and also, jen bernstein has been on the scene of the wilmington fire it, has been extinguished, at marylander avenue at beech street. watch out still for emergency teams around that area. and also, for jen, as well. no major problems however for mass transit. nicole? >> victoria, thank you. here is a look at today's headlines on cbs-3, man was killed and two women injured in a fire and house collapse in wilmington. the cause is under investigation. and one firefighter suffered minor injuries pear of tornados, north of omaha, nebraska, two people killed, more than dozen people injured. and us troops are headed to iraq to provide support and security for american personnel and the us embasy baghdad. president obama says american troops could assist eye ricky
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gets by the braves freddie freeman, to allow phils to win it six to one. phils and braves again tonight. erika? >> team usa starts the world cup with a measure of revenge. they beat the team that bumped them out of the competition the last two trips. a record setting performance against ghana, 32 seconds into yesterday's match. how about that? cliff dempsey scores the fastest american world cup goal ever. dempsey later wound up with broken nose when kick bioponents. so, you know? unfortunate, but the us did win it in the 86 minutes on header by john brooks. the players say the fans inspired them. >> i think they pushed us on from the get-go. i mean, i got goosebumps when they were singing the national anthem. just hearing them, how loud they, were and chanting, the whole game, it was just a really pushing us on. >> they played awesome. and we are look to go see another win against portugal.
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>> it was all pins and needles at the very end. but we got through. go usa. >> team usa faces portugal sunday, and they done without forward josie, also, strained a hamstring in yesterday's game. so what a finish, great game. >> oh, ya, and what a finish, so true i think that bloody nose probably well worth it for that guy. >> yes. >> 6:21 right now, did you know that new jersey is one step closer to having an official state candy? i like the sound of. that will we'll have the sweet details next. also ahead dangerous mosquito born illness hits the uus. doctor jen how to protect ourselves in coming up in whatat's dock segment. we'll be right back.
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>> temperatures sky-rocketing for the it is first time in year into the 90s in philadelphia, even if you don't hit 09 degrees today, everybody will be feeling that heat out there, so we take you out, there show you what's going on. storm scan3, not heck of a lot. few showers rolling through still leaving behind pretty thick fog at the shore specially right now. seventy-three currently at the airport, no jackets required, that's for sure, 63 at the moment in mount pocono, and the low 70s, very high dew points, as well, where the fog is coming from the at the shore. with this warm start, we easily heat up to 91 in the city today. more sun than anything, despite the cloud cover we've got at the moment. by tomorrow, up to 93, by that point, slight risk for severe weather sets in. we will be looking at stronger storms specially for the second haft of the day. victoria, over to you. >> thank you, if you are traveling out and becomes you will notice the sun glare, as katie was saying, it will be beautiful day. but sun glare is causing a problem, this shot here, 476, not too far away from the area of route one, both sides row are moving well. however, seeing the sun glare
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really starting to affect 95, traveling in delaware county, around the area of 322, in the northbound direction, but elsewhere on 95, still about 22 minute commute in the southbound direction between woodhaven and the vine, so starting to see that rush, the eastbound schuylkill still pretty clear, good news, there how much, we are dealing with a accident in new jersey on 38, at mt. laurel road. but no major delays for mass transit. we head back to the desk. >> torrey, thank you. acrobats injured, will discuss the accident and their continuing rehab. the four women hanging by their hair during performance may fourth, when metal clip gave way. this afternoon four of the eight women will speak at hospital. none of the filed lawsuits but attorneys investigating. >> one new jersey shore town trying to boost tourism through its commitment to diversity. atlantic city mayor, raised the rainbow flag above entrance along the board walk and park place beach. in a dedication ceremony, he declared the city's official
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lgp fredly beach. wants it to represent safe haven for all not just gay destination. >> the flag that think were raising, entire community, women comes everybody, and we're happy to have the lgbt community here. >> three events are coming this summer, and this fall, to atlantic city, they include sand last weekends, the the mist america pageant, stands out lgbt expo. >> speaking of the shore, salt water taffy becoming close to new jersey's off recall scanned i. the bill now headed to the state senate after approval in the state assembly. assemblyman john introduced the measure at the request of some fifth graders. that he perfect. fifth graders asking about their state candy. soft taffy became popular as souvenir in atlantic city in the 19th century, fun facts, though it, does not contain any salt water.
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oh, it is delicious. >> tough one to get passed. >> yes. >> not really. >> no. >> we can all agree on. that will seems like just yesterday, when slow speed car chase captivated america. >> 95 million americans watched oj bronco lead police down the 405 freeway. june 17th, 1994, o.j. simpson's friends al cowling steered the famous wide bronco along 35-mile per hour route, on its way to o.j.'s brentwood home. police calmly cruised behind him. simpson's wife murder four days before. oj surround end earned to police when that chase ended, just the beginning of a year long drama. >> yes, it was. 27:00. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", jen is live at deadly fire and collapse. jen? >> we are in wilmington at this fatal fire, where investigators are trying to go through the rubble and recover the body of a man. i'll have an update coming up.
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caught on camera, un provoke attack on helpless man in upper darby. what's worse there is video was posted on facebook. >> victoria and katie return, they've got your traffic and weather together on the 3's. could see 90 degrees for the first time this year. whew, katie has the details, back in two minutes.
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>> jen bernstein live, in wilmington, with the details, jen, good morning. >> we have one plan died in this fire, and a firefighter who suffered minor injuries during. >> this we'll have chopper three hd over the scene right now, giving awe aerial view of this home, we're right now standing on maryland >> two story residential home. two people inside at the time when this started, the fire chief telling us, that there were definately fire first, others had heard explosion at some point. fire chief did confirm to us that if there was any kind of explosion, which is not
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officially confirmed, would have happened after the flyer, flames again started first. hand about 10:30 last night, when the fire was called in, and official, firefighters, rales dollars to the scene, hearing that there were people trapped inside of this building. we go to video from little earlier on the ground, firefighters here when the fire was under control, happened about 11:30 last night. firefighters did try to get to a man who was inside at the time as did another who tried to save the men at the time. two women, when firefighters arrived were outside they had suffered severe burns from this fire, both immediately transported to the hospital. one of them, went to christianna hospital. the other went straight to crozer-chester medical sent. we are told the update crozer-chester medical center will also be getting this other woman, who was transferred to christianna
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street. >> firefighters and vest ers on the scene. we have one fatality, and then we do have two women injured. firefighter also injured in. >> this fire chief say they've having trouble getting to the body of a man inside of the rubble. >> a lot of debris two, two story, single, residential property. and when the building cakes in, some of the debris on the second floor fell down on to the first floor, some of the debris pushed into the basement. right now using heavy equipment to extricate the victim as well as move some of the other portions of the walls around so we can get deeper look inside of the billing. >> we do not have the identification that far man, and, also, pretty sure no one else was inside of this building but will do thorough search including basement area to make sure maryland avenue
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is now open behind me, the fire chief saying that they wanted to make sure that was open for through traffic, because of the problem with 495. we will continue to keep you updated. that's the latest from wilmington, jen bernstein, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> meanwhile police up in err darby looking for these four teenagers who attack a homeless man. the teens posted this violent video on facebook. you can see one of the teens walk up to the man, punch him in the face. the 58 year old victim is nearly knocked off a bench. police say the teens planned the attack then ran away living. >> looking ahead to very warm day here, call it hot. we actually search to 09 plus degrees here for the first day of 2014. so, you know, it has been a relatively tame summer, thus
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far in meteorological speak, we do sort of count june 1st as the beginning of summer, with the climate trends, and we haven't had 190 degrees day yet, so today probably actually hit it you have quite a bit of fog, gradually will begin to fade. meanwhile air quality alerts are posted for all of the counties you see shaded until the gray there, so basically the southeastern half of our region all of new jersey, all of delaware, most of the southeastern pa. another, this air mass, do take it into account, perhaps, if you have to work outside or if you are trying to plan your day around there is between the hours before ten and four usually when it is at its worse when it comes to the solar heating. humidity something do you have take into account, as well, pretty brutal out there. very moisture rich air mass, today, here go, starting off with some sunshine, little foggy at the shore, will thin out as i mention, eventually that heat builds to the point
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that we are hitting 91 degrees, here, and again, it is the first day we will do that, since the year began. victoria, over to you. >> thank you, with such hot temperatures always a good idea to check the flu its in the car, make sure you have the proper maintenance for your vehicle. but get you right outside, see what you're in for. this morning, take a look at 95 high sun glare make your way beyond girard, because of the construction zones at cottman and girard, southbound side of 95 is already slammed with volume from academy down through the vine st. expressway. i know it doesn't look that awful here, but it is slow and it is only bound to get worse quited horse of a different color. barely anyone out there. not only around the pa turnpike but really anywhere. take a look at the western suburbs, slight volume building on the eastbound side of 422, approaching 202. but, relatively speaking, things look great. also things look great in the lehigh valley. seventy-eight, 22, 33, no
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major problems there, and also, no major delays traveling in new jersey, but just slight slow downs on the northbound side of the 42 around 295, and approaching the walt. northbound 55 approaching the 42 freeway, 295, and also the new jersey turnpike however look pretty good and mass transit no major problems. nicole? >> thank you, some good news now, a representative for the stars says morgan has been upgrade today fair condition. the rep also says morgan's personality starting to come back, as well, morgan assistant, also upgrade today fair condition. june 7 crash killed comedian james mcnair, good to hear he is doing well. >> accident on the new jersey turnpike could be directly linked to the loosening every federal restrictions on the length of truck drivers work weeks. earlier this month, senate subcommittee relaxed the work week restrictions, from 70 hours to 82 hours. the criminal complaint against the driver that allegedly caused the accident involving
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morgan said the driver was up for 24 hours straight. senator robert menendez wants to change that. >> we're not trying to install new laws, just trying to protect the laws that exist. >> kevin roper charged with vehicular roper that injured and killed one. more than 3 million high school seniors will receive their diplomas. that means time to have the talk, right? not that talk. >> the money talk, yes. >> for more, joined by business analyst, jill schlessinger, good morning, you're glad you don't have to have the talk, right? >> morning. >> yes, right. that's separate segment. >> exactly, so where should parents start, though? >> we start with balancing a checkbook. you want to introduce budgeting concepts and of course cover those credit cards basics. stress that the balances have to be paid back in full each
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month, other wide wise, nasty interest charge on that bill. if you plan on co-signing a credit card with your kid before he or she goes to college, explain that you're marrying your credit history for better or for worse, you you know, guilt them into being good kids. remind them paying bills late can hurt their credit history. could even affect their chances of getting a job in the future. >> a lot getting summer jobs this year. >> when kids completing their tax forms, great time to discuss the different between gross pay, you know, before taxes are taken out, and net pay tell ' be freaking out when you explain the categories, federal, state, local, payroll, all of that stuff. next, why don't you establish an automatic savings program. i know it is just summer, but at least 10 percent can go directly into an account. help the kids out when they come around to the new school year, right? phinally might consider
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opening a rot iraf they have earned income, these kids can put money away, instills great retirement savings concept f you are feeling generous, maybe you want to even match your kids contributions. >> has to interest, better to start early. what else should we keep in mind? >> a lot may not have taxes withheld, your kids have to set aside money to cover the future tax bill. and, of course, if your teen is waiting tables, and receiving cash tips, all of those tips need to be included as taxable income. third subject to federal income taxes. talking to your kids about money, great site called money as you grow.org. >> very good. >> jill, thank you. thanks, jill. >> it is 6:40 right now, high school senior sent home from school for wearing dress deemed too short. now her mom is making headlines for what she did with that dress. >> also, ahead, new mosquito
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>> absolutely, but oddly enough, pollen issues aren't really all that terrible for us in the next couple of days, despite the building heat, despite the humidity issues your allergies may not bother you all that much. today, beyond, friday, levels no higher than low to medium range here. primary pollen issues, the three predominant ones. still essentially in the influence of high pressure right now, couple of showers that popped up. long since retreated out to sea. it will gradually start to fade as well, then the next big thing, still well off to the west, sort of sitting between systems right now, eventually this becomes next story, especially by tomorrow, p.m. time frame, slight risk for severe weather will unfold for us, our biggest concerns right now look to be gusty wind, potential for some hail, any of the storms that do develop could proof locally strong, severe, have to keep an eye on that. meanwhile, sense of what's going on out there, feels like low 70s generally what it actual actually reads on the
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thermometer, despite the building humidity, will get hot guys, 91 degrees, 93 tomorrow. keep in mind that today there is still air quality alert. >> good morning, still sort of waiting for the rush to get in full swing. we are still brought full shot of the ben, leaded into philadelphia, or maybe headed into new jersey, no major problems, compromising one lane, but it is again not causing too much of a delay. as we continue, headed elsewhere, and that's to very hazy shot of the roosevelt boulevard >> touch of traffic around the area of curve. watch for speeds dropping on 95, as well, between the stretch of academy and the vine st. expressway. that is usual rush hour delays. mass transit looks great.
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nicole? >> torrey, thanks. today's headlines on cbs-3, investigators is her clinic for the cause of deadly house fire and collapse in wilmington. one man killed, two women seriously injured. a firefighter suffered minor injuries. two people were killed when two tornados touchdown, north of omaha, nebraska yesterday. more than dozen people were injured. >> and, hundreds of american troops are headed to iraq, to provide security and support for us personnel. president obama is considering military options, as al quaida backs a rebel march toward baghdad >> health officials watching new mosquito born virus popping up in the u.s. >> called kick end, most of the cases. >> being link to travel abroad. how we can better protect
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ourselves from mosquitos this summer, family physician. >> good to see you guys, a loft russ hearing about this for the first time, what's virus, how do we get it? >> rye just that typically is transmitted by mosquitos, transmitted to people by infected mosquitos, tip ily seen this overseas, europe, i shall, a african countries, many other countries but recently seen more case in the caribbean and now seeing it in the united states as you mention mostly from people who are traveling abroad. >> doctor jen, what are some of the symptoms? what can people look out for? >> sure, so about after the bite by the mosquito, person typically three to seven days afterward might experience fever, this is not necessarily a deadly virus, most people do not die from it but may be uncomfortable from the symptoms that can last seven to ten days sometimes even longer. >> can your doctor do anything
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to help you, hey, i got this mosquito bite and i have all of these symptoms? >> the condition diagnosed, really is a condition we treat what we call supportively, means we give you do you have keep you hydrated and help relieve muscle pain. we help you through the illness with treating the symptoms. >> what should they do? >> i think real great question. a lot of people are traveling this summer. one of the most important things to do is to know where you're going, if you are traveling, out of the country, for example, know what conditions are epidemic to the area. if you are not sure, see your doctor, sometimes we refer patients to travel physicians, things like. that will you can also go to cdc.golf/travel. with that in mind, you know, a condition that's virus thanks mitt dollars by mosquitos that typically bite during the day. sometimes different characteristics about how the virus is transmitted or the
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condition that you can learn about by learning about where you're going. so very important. >> just? general, not fans of moth keys owes. >> right. >> any, not getting bitten. >> definitely talk about that. tips to keep yourself safe this summer, avoid mosquitos, we talk about how mosquitos typically bite. also want to mention, too, it is not the only condition transmitted by mosquitos, west nile virus, malaria, even. but things you can do at home, use insect repellent. so important. you want to use a repellent with a active ingredient deet, very important one, there are other approved ones you can use, wear proper clothing, long sleeve shirts. eliminate standing water of course use those windows and make sure that your screens are in place to keep you protected. >> very good. >> doctor jen, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate t right now, 6:49. let's see what's coming up on cbs this morning. >> nora o'donnell joins us live from new york with a preview. morning, nora.
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>> nancy, on the investigation on capitol hill into the weight loss industry today starting with doctor oz. the case that captivated country, ben tracey went up in the sky with the first chopper pilot to spot o.j. simpson in that white ford bronco. the news is back in the morning, so we'll see in you just about ten minutes, and hope you have a fantastic day. >> thank you, all right, thanks, nora. >> send home the last day of school senior year because officials said her dress was too short watcher did she do? decided to wear the same dress to violet's graduation. amy redwine didn't think the dress was inapropriate at all.
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they say they weren't actually upset about the dress code, just how that situation was handledment the school district hasn't commented. well, it used to be that rule that you put your fingers down right to your legs and if your dress skirt was shorter than your fingers? >> very familiar with that rule going through catholic school all of those years. >> did you wear a lot of short skirts, nicole brewer? >> no, just about the standard. >> exactly. >> good for the mom, though? >> i have nothing to say for myself. 6:51, we will take short break. thanks for, that e
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>> showers rolled through portions every new jersey, still very good moisture content in the air, even though the showers are gone, still dealing with fog issues, storm scan3 will clear out, not just with the wet weather, but also with the cloud cover, currently, visibilities, again, less than ideal, around a good chunk of the region here. you have got more sunshine though the further north and west go, eventually everybody gets in on. that will man; this a summer like pattern. we did in fact hit 88 degrees as expected yesterday, but today, and tomorrow, are the hottest days of the forecast, especially, tomorrow, as that humidity builds, we may even be dealing with some strong storms as a result. victoria? >> thank you, katie. also dealing with low visibility in regard to sun
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glare, during the commute. so make sure you put the slicer down, the shades on, because you will need it. traveling on 476, excuse me, 95, approaching 476, we are dealing with an accident, swinging the camera around on me. but taking out the left hand lane, disable tractor-trailer incident. , back to the delaware state line. northbound 95 goes to cause headache, as well aspect delays, westbound into your western suburbs, and also 95 through the construction zone heading into the city, nicole? >> florida teenager getting international attention for striking resemblance to elsa. hit add mated film frozen. >> all started when this picture, right, there it went viral, no turning back. >> isn't that inch yesterday be? >> for the past three weeks, 18 year old anna fate has been bus which birthday parties, hospitalization, even went to downtown disney dressed like els and just mobbed. >> oh, my goodness.
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>> coolest part is seeing all of the kids line up that have always wanted to meet an els a and anna. >> anna just graduated from high school, and she hopes that all of the attention will turn into a career in the entertainment industry. at the very least, at disney, you know? >> so cool. >> i love that. >> looks just like her. >> beautiful girl, too. coming up on sister station the "cw philly", it isn't your average summer job, but one of the first daughters gets a taste of hollywood. we'll explain. >> plus, everyone's talking about team usa world cup win, it is like katie, little tired this morning. >> you can find the "cw philly" on these comcast xfinity verizon fios or rcn channels, lots of option for you. >> reminds tear join us bright and early, we start things off on cbs-3 at 4:30 a.m. >> coming up next on cbs this
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♪ good morning. it is tuesday, june 17th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." a pair of tornadoes wiped out more than half a town. we're in minnesota with the deadly destruction. the president sends hundreds of american troops back into baghdad. the former u.s. ambassador to iraq tells us about the american options. and a world cup victory for team usa. whoo-hoo. how one player literally got his dream to play out for real. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> leave! >> i hope they're taking shelter. >> another tornado. >> oh, gosh. >> when twisters level a
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