and we do start with some sun, we will heat up but we have to track stormy weather. we will do that in the minutes ahead, bob. >> good morning. 5:00 o'clock straight up. we're looking live at construction zone here on the 42 freeway. headlights coming in towards philadelphia we have cones still down on i-95. we will update mass transit up next, erika, good morning. >> new this morning an overnight fire send a resident and two police officers to the hospital. "eyewitness news" reporter, nicole brewer, joins us from cooper your hospital in camden with the latest information, nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erika, that is right, three people were taken here to the cooper university hospital overnight after a house fire in camden. the lets set the scene for you, roll some video, it all happened in the 600 block of cain avenue in camden around 11:15. it was placed under control a half an hour later. one person inside the home. we don't necessity who that person was or why he or she

was there but they were taken to the cooper trauma center in respiratory arrest. the other two are metro officers who suffered smoke inhalation. now at this time there is in word on their condition or how that fire got started and that includes all three people who were taken to cooper but we will continue to bring you more updates as they unfold, we are live at cooper university hospital, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". nicole, thank you. route 100 between shoemaker road and state street in up are pottsgrove township is back opened. authorities shut it down after a trash truck fire last night. the road was damaged during the fire so crews spent all night making repairs. once again though route 100 in upper pottsgrove township is back opened to traffic. ukee. investigators are comparing the rittenhouse rape suspect's dna to samples collected in other unsolved cases. this is the man charged in the case, his name is milton mateo gar see a police say this is

him seen on early saturday morning on spruce street stalking and forcing a young woman into her apartment. then accused of beating, raping, robbing her. monday night detectives pick up the suspect at his work place, a restaurant at broad and catherine. it was there they found victim's keys. then the search warrant turned up their cell phone in the south philadelphia home. >> we have this guy off the street and you can rest easy today. more importantly, this young professional woman and her family can begin to rebuild. >> garcia has been in trouble with immigration and customs, enforcement, federal authorities say he is an illegal immigrant from honduras kick out of the country years ago. police busted a suspect bank robber on the bus. they are accused of robbing a wells fargo on welsh and the boulevard. officers caught up with this man on the september bus, he tried to use as his getaway. police say a tracking device

hidden with the stolen cash, led them straight to their suspect. in injuries were reported but investigators say the man was not arm. it is 5:03. lets get traffic and weather together, and we will start with k fell. >> we have been talking about these showers and storms we're anticipating throughout the day-to-day for the last couple of days. all we have been doing the last few days is just starting to gather up some moisture content in the atmosphere which is going to mean that we will end up with a heavy rain out of any storms that do pop but there is at least some good news, a light at the end of the tunnel in the fact that i don't think necessarily philadelphia or points south and east end up with the worst of it. you have to go to the northwestern counties for that to be the case. we will walk you through everything. starting off with a pleasant view here in atlantic city. if you want a spot to stay dry for the better part of the day, head to the shore, it looks like you'll get a decent day in here, just keeping in mind if you hit the the beaches thaw make sure you hear thunder, you will head inside. you'll have a nice window to

enjoy some sun, eventually clouds will build. lets go next to storm scan three. not a lot going on locally but off to the northwest we have some showers and embedded thunderstorms. if you look closely a few lightening strikes have popped with those storms. future weather overall showing it pretty well as early as lunch hour we may start to see these pop up showers. if not a thunderstorm here and there. bulk of the moisture starts to move in towards evening. notice bol bulk of that activity is off to the west. we may get nothing more than a glancing blow from this front. this morning feels pretty sticky. it will feel more and mow oppressive as time goes on with the advance of that next front. so, again, a sticky day, starting off on a mild note, already, 73 at the airport. once we see these cloud build though it does limit the the amount of heating that will continue. we do expect mid 80's, seasonal, in terms of temperature but it is sticky,

and eventually we will start to see some showers and storms moving in. and as we said with the storms in the forecast today you can stay up to date on the weather by down loading our brand new, cbs philly weather app. down load it on the app store. it is coming soon to the google play store. it is a great app. i have been playing witt for last 24 to 48 hours. great features on it. we have down load details on cbs philly.com, where else, bob, over to you. good morning, everybody. 5:05. a hot bed of construction overnight so be ready stepping out of the front door. lets go outside live to i-95 where they have just pick up all of the cones at least right the here approaching allegheny down toward girard avenue. again southbound i-95, construction zone at cottman, you then of the the construction zone near girard avenue and that new traffic pattern that comes into play just south of girard. lets go to the schuylkill expressway right here near roosevelt boulevard westbound, boulevard interchange, city

line avenue off to the west there but no problems or delays in or out of the city at the moment, roads are dry and we are off to a good start on the schuylkill. however, just above trenton, route 33 at i295 a down pole and wires. construction delays out south on 295 between 168 and route 42 freeway. keep in mind that ramp to the whitman is closed so you have to go down to route 47, delsea drive, flip it around, come back in order to gain access. overnight work still out on the northeast extension, near lansdale interchange and we are in good shape on 202 out of west chester. in problems on 422 out of royersford and mass transit looking good, erika, back over to you. happening today a preliminary hearing for a man accused of murder during a bar brawl. amir miller shot and killed a man outside a north philadelphia bar. it allegedly happened last in month on the 2,000 block of dennie street in nicetown.

that hooting was part of the violent weekend in philadelphia during which two other men were shot and thin killed. rodolph churchville will be in court, the 51 year-old is accused of murdering two women in philadelphia in 1989. authorities say dna testing helped them solve the cold cases nearly 25 years after the murders. both of the victims had been strangled. pension reform is on the agenda at this morning's town hall meeting with new jersey governor chris christie. he is meeting with residents the atlantic avenue school in haddon heights at 11:30. governor has come under fire in his decision to cut the decision to cut fund in the pension fund. unions oppose the plan and filed suit. is there a hearing in that case in trenton this morning. we're also learning governor christie could have a new you bridge problem on his hand, sources say there is an investigation into the the port authority paying for $2 billion in repairs to the bridge near newark. governor christie is already under fire for that lane closure, of course, scandal on

the george washington bridge. no comment yet from the governor's office. right now 5:07. develop this morning, parts of the midwest are clearing up after strong storms. >> roads are swamped as tornadoes tore apart neighborhoods. we will take you to the hardest hit areas. >> also this. >> in my 23 years i have never had this here. >> even a pennsylvania police chief is stunned by the freak accident that killed two young sisters. also a compromise in the name controversy swirling at the a local school, the tiehl over redskins name some student don't want to print. enjoy the sun this morning because storms are on the way, katie will let you know when rain will arrive, we will have traffic and weather on the three's when we

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two sisters are killed when a tree felon their moving car. here's what was left of that car after the freak accident outside johnstown. the car was driving down the road when the tree came crashing down. it killed the sisters age six and eight. they were sitting in the back seat. >> in my 23 years i have never had this here, this magnitude of this accident, with children involve like that there. >> to have two young children in the same family, it has to be horrendous on the parents, i cannot even imagine. >> two other children in the back seat were also hurt with the pregnant woman. investigators found the tree was rotted at the base. ukee. strong storms packed a mighty punch in the midwest, tornado pick up rv and tossed it in the neighboring home. cbs news correspondent marley hall tells you it is just one of many spots where people are cleaning up, after a battle with wicked weather.

>> storm chasers captured a tornado touching down in plainfield, indiana on tuesday, it tossed an rv into this home. in one was hurt. people there are just starting to clean up. >> i realize everybody is okay and everything and now we have to just get repaired. >> reporter: near kentwood louisiana a powerful storm packing high wind, rain snapped a tree and sent it crashing into a home. >> actually, the tree got hit by lightening and fell and the whole house started to shake that i could not stand up. >> reporter: in minnesota mud invaded dining room in this home after massive flooding in the area. carlson's are okay but just can't move the mud. >> anything that jars it a little bit would be enough for those raft tours break and everything to go down. >> reporter: heavy rains caused flash flooding in parts of the fort worth texas tuesday afternoon, but the high water rose to several feet flooding streets and stalling motorist.

no rest for people in that part of the lone star state, more isolated thunderstorms are expect tonight. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". lets talk about the weather on our end, here's katie. >> it doesn't look like it will be that kind of severe weather threat we have seen across the central united states but we will be dealing with heavy thunderstorms out of this storm system that is a cold front that is dragged through our area. so even for now although humidity is ram pink up, we're still dry and you'll get part of the day in without a hitch. in wet weather issues. lets start off as we do at this time with the quick check of the pollen report and these levels, they are still really low. we have basically surpassed the time of the year where pollen levels just start spiking. allergy should in the bother all that much but grass is an issue if you mow the lawn real quickly here before the storms get here think about just taking precaution when you walk on the out the door. looking at storm scan three

wider zoom you can see showers and embedded thunderstorms popping up all still out of our hair here and we still have sometime before it is an issue. earliest you will see rain drops would be the lunch hour. we will get through this morning rush no issues whatsoever but then eventually showers and storms do move in because we are building up months tour, heavy rain can come with these storms. 86 degrees the expected high. dropping down to 69 later tonight. might get woke up by thunder but they will not be severe but they will embedded wind with them. heavier rain might wake you up more than anything if you get stuck with that here overnight. there will be a lingering shower or two tomorrow. look at how hot, flirting with 90 here. that cold front, doesn't really live up to its name. friday through the weekend we do look dry but i have to give you a heads up. there could be a shower if not a spotty downpours that picks up here any of these days since we will be very close to a nearby system, bob, over to

you. 5:14 on a wednesday morning, off to a good start this morning. roads are dry at least for now. lets look live as we say good morning to downtown philadelphia. vine street expressway, headlights coming off of i-95 coming in towards center city. light volume here this morning. lets go out to 422, live look, right here near saint gabriel's curve, here is part of the construction working your way westbound but all lanes are opened and so far so good. now a project continues here on eagle road right at radnor road just outside villanova. that is closed during the day beginning at 9:00, so watch for local detour throughout the township. atlantic city expressway eastbound construction right here near the atlantic city airport, heading east in towards atlantic city think morning. be ready for a slow down. mass transit, route 13 trolley terminating at yeadon loop due you to track work. route 11 trolley using buses from 70th and wood land over to darby.

for the gang in the lehigh valley you are in good shape across the board on the major roadways and so far so good on the major bridges, over to you. here is a look at the stories you will need to necessity as you start your day 36789 people were taken to cooper hospital after a house fire in camden late last night. two of them were officers who suffered smoke inhalation. so far there is in word on how that fire started. route 100 north bound in upper pottsgrove montgomery county just reopen. crews removed a burnout trash truck that was closed for almost 12 hours. crews also repaired the road surface which was damaged in that truck fire last night. police are waiting for dna testing to see if the suspect in saturday's rape and robbery in rittenhouse square is connect to any other unsolved rape cases in the city. the the suspect milton mateo garcia faces another court appearance next in. 5:16.

a twist in the case of the pennsylvania pastor defrock in the controversy for performing at a gay wedding. >> we will tell you why the church decided to overturn it own punishment.

a compromise in neshaminy high school, editorial board wants to ban using the school's mascot redskins in the stories. but the school argued it was not fair to students who have a different opinion regarding the label. the the new policy recommended last night says the school newspaper staff can keep the word out of news stories but cannot he had it the word out of editorials. school board will vote on the plan tomorrow night. protesting against layoffs, parents, students rally with aid begins the plan to layoff more than 200 teachers in the camden school district. they say it could negatively impact the students and they hope the district reconsiders. last night's protest came during the board of education meeting at pine point middle

school. the district is facing a 75 million-dollar public short fall. defrock pastor from lebanon county will preach again after winning an appeal of his punishment. reverend frank schaefer celebrated at first united methodist church in germantown yesterday afternoon. schaefer was stripped of his title after he officiated his son's gay wedding. the church suspended him for 30 days and then defrocked him after he would not vow to stop officiating same sex weddings. >> i'm glad that i am back but i will continue and i have vowed that in my trial, i will continue to be an advocate for the lgbt community in our church. >> the committee's decision could ab peeled to the judicial council, the the church's highest court. well, looking at 5:20 in the morning. we have seen a lot of dumb criminals but this guy may take the cake. find out how he was busted by facebook. >> thinks hard to believe but true though. a world cup win marred by biting controversysy, punishment

he could face for leaving his mark on another player we will be right back.

time for traffic and weather together and find that umbrella, katie. >> i would say that is a good idea if you don't want to get stick outside later on without the the umbrella i highly suggest taking it with you new because you've got sometime before these storms arrive but when they do, they will pack a punch. lets start off with a live look down the shore. beautiful view. but if you look closely you can tell that haze has settled in making for somewhat of a foggy view on the camera lens here in ocean city but it is still so quiet. we will have a decent beach day unfold hearing in most locations. ocean city and all shore points starting to see that sun over the horizon and it will be a nice day generally

speaking. off to the west we have a frontal boundary causing some headaches through northwestern pennsylvania but it does move in for us. so throughout the afternoon and toward evening there will be thunderstorms around. we will be in the upper 70's at first pitch but expecting mid 80's for a high with the thunderstorm i just can't rule out a game delay if these storms come through. there will be delays if there is thunder and lightening and heavy downpours with anything, that pops up in just the right location or wrong location depending how you look at it. shower and storm moves in the shore but otherwise you may get a decent day, mess of the day does stay rain free in the area beaches because you will be last within to get hit here. it is steamy outside, high up to 84 at the shore points, bob, over to you. 5:24, we are off to a good start, roads are dry, lighter volume, so far, this morning, lets get outside, and say good morning to frankford avenue at

delaware avenue. off to the lefties hub for route 15 trolley and off to the right old sugar house casino. no problems rolling into downtown this morning. majors like i-95 and schuylkill we have pick up cones on i-95. we are good to go between woodhaven and center city. no problems on the schuylkill this morning. in midday work coming to the platt bridge, if you are leaving the airport coming in towards philadelphia from 9:00 to 3:00 watch for slow downs. mid take work coming to i-95. they will be working southbound what else is new, right from center city down toward columbus boulevard. that is all south of center city. mass transit looking good. here's ukee new with a look at sports. phillies play marlins again tonight in south philadelphia. fightin phillies are back on the winning track. phillies wasted in time last night. marlon byrd's first inning home run made it three to nothing in favor of the home team. take you to the mound and rookie star david buchanan won his third straight start allowing marlins two runs in

five innings. phillies win this 17- 46789 we will take a look at this heart warm moment from last night. >> number 15, tony gwynn, junior. >> dan baker with the announcement tony gwynn junior was greet by a standing ovation when he pinch hit in the eighth inning. it was his first appearance since his father tony gwynn senior died from cancer last week. tony says he was deeply moved by the moment. what a special moment. welcome back young man. lebron james is on the market. he can be yours if your willing to pay. king james is optioning out of his deal with the miami heat, and will become an unrestricted free agent as of of july 1st. he has been to the nba finals four times and won two titles in four years with the heat. he is a ten time all-star.

this doesn't mean that lebron will leave the heat for sure, he is just exploring his options the sixers are one of the few teams with enough salary cap room to sign lebron to a big deal. he looks like me what do you think. lets see a close-up there. what do you think, does lee good in the sixers uniform. >> we think he does. >> we need your help convincing sixth tours bring him to town. sixers ceo scott o'neill will be here tomorrow morning and we will ask him about courting the king and is what on tap for nba draft. i never knew i was taller then lebron. those decisions will shape future for franchise for years to come. let us know what to think. reach out to us on facebook and twitter. come on home, bro. uruguay against italy and check this out, loues suarez by the italy's player shoulder.

it is not the first time suarez has done this. world cup disciplinary committee has done this he could be banned for two matches. uruguay won the game, one to nothing to advance to the next round of the tournament, italy is heading home, u.s. plays tomorrow against germany, big game, erika. >> who by the people. >> it is ludicrous. >> i was thinking of that. 5:29. police officer suspended what he is accused have doing in her off time that that got her in trouble. it is a decision making waves on both sides of the delaware river where dietz and watson plans to relocate after last years massive warehouse fire. bob and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's. we are back in two minutes as you look live in center city don't forget that umbrella

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