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kicking off new month of july with some steamy weather. so, lots to discuss. it is all very summer like. we'll have the full details coming up. >> 5:00 o'clock on a friday, good to go here in king of prussia we have an overturned tractor-trailer, that is shutting down i-95 at the moment. i'll have all of the details and alternate coming up next. ukee, nicole, good morning. >> thank you, following breaking news, philadelphia police are on manhunt for suspect who shot and killed a man in his car. >> and we just got word that that victim died short time ago. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein live at the scene along germantown avenue with the latest, jen? >> good morning, we did just get update from police that 24 year old man, who was transport today temple university hospital, was pronounced dead at 4:17 this morning, detective are now officially investigating a homicide here in north philadelphia. you can see behind me, that this area is taped off. this is germantown avenue, right by butler. now, the focus of the
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investigation is on this 1994 grand marquis. just after 2:00 a.m., police did respond to this area, and they believe that shots were fired into the car where they hit this 24 year old man, and that this car was in motion when it happened. and then hit a toyota. that over to the left of it. now, again, police came over here, at 2:00 a.m. they found a man slumped over the wheel, he was unconscious, and had suffered three gunshot wounds to the torso area. police rushed him to temple university hospital, where he was put at first in critical condition, however, again, police tell us, he could not make it and did die there. if you look closely at the car, there are three bullet holes that went through the driver side door window. detectives believe the shooter walked up to the car and shot from point blank range. we do know again that that man shot three times was taken to the hospital, again, pronounced dead. here's what chief inspector scott mall said happened after that. >> several witnesses were transported into the northwest
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detective, including two males, that were in the grand marquis, with the shooting victim. they are very, very lucky to have not been injured or struck by gunfire. >> reporter: another witness was a woman driving this toyota. also taken to northwest detectives. that's the car again that police believe was hit when this marquis was in motion after the man had been hit. police also say there are three exterior cameras on the outside every businesses here that they will be checking to see if it caught this shooter on camera. that's the latest from north philadelphia. jen bernstein, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and we're also following a developing story, a deadly triple shooting in chester, delaware county, it happened shortly after midnight at the harambe cafe, lloyd street. one person was killed, two others injured, no word on suspects or mother disbelief woman attacked while camera was rolling speaks out about that beating which happened in front of her young son. >> i could have been dead right now, and she hit me in
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the right side it would have been over. >> the victim catherine suffered broken nose and a concussion. she used to work at mcdonald's with the suspect who police have identified as latia harris. said the fight started offer workplace gossip. her two year old son was the only one who tried to intervene. >> after that, i became so much closer to my son, because he didn't care what was going on, he wasn't afraid. he just wanted to defend his mom so and that's my world right there. i love that boy so much. >> police are looking for harris now, she faces charges of aggravated assault and making threats against ferriera and her son. it is 5:03, here is your traffic and weather together on the 3's. >> good morning, everybody, happy friday. we have made it to yet another weekend. really looks as though we will make it to another real pleasant weaken. we've got real luck any that department as of late with beautiful weekend weather as of late. it looks like mother nature
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finally decided okay i think i will ' let high pressure set until for these folks in the delaware vale. they deserve it, after pretty steamy week for us here at home. and let's start things off here with what looks like little bit of hazy view out in ocean city. meanwhile, we are still dry, but there was a back door cold front that swept through the area, brought in little bit after breeze, and it will still trigger just enough left over instability today for lingering shower. going next to storm scan3, see out over the open ocean water, one pocket of storms rolling over the atlantic right now, here at home, you know, really don't have too much to worry about at the moment. as i said, may still be spotty shower or storm, but before it is all said and done, what we can actually do quickly walk you through future weather here, by the midday, as we get some of the solar heating going on, the instability has increased and by say 3:00 we could start to see few more widespread showers, again, maybe a rumble every thunder out, there as well. so just something to keep your eye on. meanwhile, if you want to stay up to date on the weather,
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actually take cbs weather team right in your pocket with our brand new app. download it right now, freon the app store, it will be coming soon to android, as well. bob? >> morning, everybody, 5:05, off to pretty good store on most of the majors except for i9567891 let's go out to live look at king of prussia. 202 looking good right near the schuylkill expressway, roads are dry this morning. no problems on the blue route between mid-county headed down toward i-95. but the big problem right now is an overturned tractor-trailer that has all southbound lanes of 95 closed, south of wilmington, at exit number five, which is 141. delaware state police say the driver of the truck is trapped, they're trying to get the crews in there. and the tractor-trailer is fully loaded. so that's going to be a mess for the rest of our morning rush hour. from wilmington, if you are trying to head south, you can use route four, and pick back up with route one. if you are coming say from the jersey side, or coming from wilmington, coming down 495,
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you can use route 13 to head south. again there is will play a role in our entire morning rush hour. >> over here in south jersey, white horse road bridge that goes over the patco tracks, closed indefinately, and in order to get from say voorhees, marlton, trying to get into the station, you will have to use somerdale road to the white horse pike. otherwise, mass transit looking good. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you, sixers fans still digesting the nba draft this morning, they definitely through me a curve ball. they took two premiere players. don't expect to see them in a sixers uniform for awhile. here is sports director beasley reese. >> reporter: we waited for andrew bynum, waited for noel. now we wait for his right foot to heal and now croatian star to work offer a contract. >> in the 2014nba draft, the philadelphia 76ers select joe joe -- joel embii, and the university of kansas.
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>> with the tenth pick the sixers selected point guards peyton from louisianna lafayette. traded him to orlando for power forward darr yo saric from croatians has to work. work off two years of a contract he signed in turkey. >> they got the best player in the draft, kansas star, joel embiid but has stress fracture had in. in his right foot and may not play the next season. he is compared to hakeem. >> he is six-ten, will probably switch to small forward once he gets to the nba. he can hands the you will ball in transition, may key place, but also shoot from long-range, scouts compare him to will ma'am odom. he will talk to the media today, about the draft. those selections he will explain and probably be questioned about his long-term plan. i'm beasley reese for eyewitness sports. whole lot of questions.
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so here is the question i am asking you on twitter. what grade would you give the sixers in the draft? use the hashtag cbs-3, 6ers, interested to hear your thoughts. we'll talk about some of them on the air. >> going to reveal what grade you would give? >> sure, yes, i will ' do that a little later on, i'm all numb, numb. >> i can tell it is not sitting quite well. >> it is okay. i'm still numb though. >> okay. >> volunteer firefighters in one town are planning to add more security cameras at their firehouse after their personal cars were vandalized while out on calls. >> this is horrible. these are exclusive pictures of the damage by the way, the vandals struck early saturday morning, while the north coventry volunteer firefighters were putting out a fire nearby. >> four of the five vehicles were vandalized. actually tickets us off pretty well to put it bluntly. >> damage estimates range from 200 to $2,200. the vandals remain at large.
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compromise on big time controversy. all centers around neshaminy high school's nickname the redskins. last night the school board decided the student run newspaper can continue to ban the word if they choose. but it must allow the word redskins on the editorial page. some say the nickname is a slur. >> how many native americans need to tell that you it is disparaging? are you going to put a word on your team that has something to do with jewish people, or irish people, or black people? >> compromise solution. i'll tell you as board member i move from the original version, which was a lot more strict than when i decided to support in the end. >> now it may not be over yet. the student are considering a lawsuit. more bad news for the already struggling casino industry in atlantic city. the showboat may be closing its doors in two months. union official says so-called notice also going out to employees today.
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the casino has more than 2100 workers, so far no comment from showboat's parent company, which is ceasar's entertainment. your time is 5:10, more ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, ththat includes scandal in delaware. find out why miss delaware is losing her crown. >> and police need the public's help finding someone responsible for a rape in camden. (birds chirping softly in background.) (loud engine sounds!) what!
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it is 5:13 right now. time for check on traffic and weather together. we send it out to katie. >> good morning, nicole. very quiet right now, here on the cbs-3 skydeck. i don't think there is one car out here. there is one. i lied, just one. very, very calm and collected at the moment. i hear the birds chirp. little cloud cover to go along with your morning cup of coffee. pretty comfortable out here, not much after breeze, just nice, we take you out, though, to pollen report. perhaps you've got plans to mow the grass, or something like that here today. the levels are very, very low. but, today and tomorrow, but now starting to see another predominant pollen get into the mix here, the chenopod. we will be up into say the mid range here, with those threats and chenopods by sunday and monday, temperatures start to increase, we have high pressure in place. storm scan3 locally no issues, couple of clouds granted, actually had little back door cold front come through yesterday. and now, high pressure is really trying to settle in.
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but it isn't quite going to make it today. there will very likely still and spotty shower, if not thunderstorm out there today, your high, a little cooler, though, by comparison. at 83 degrees, under some clouds, and some sunshine. little bit of mixed bag basically throughout the day. also, cooler tonight, as we drop it down to only 64 degrees, see few clouds overhead once again, and i got to tell you the weekend looks pretty darn nice, shooting for 85 apiece, both saturday, sunday, expect some sun, some clouds, both days, as well, if you have outdoor plans keep them. looks like nice few daysment then as we look ahead in the forecast here we start to heat things up. 91 degrees apiece on tuesday and wednesday, and that's also when we're tracking next cold front, i think so as we heat up, humidity does the same, start to seat levels rising up, and we'll probably be dodging some showers maybe even some locally gusty thunderstorms, i have to wait and see. meantime bob looks like nice couple of days. >> must be the chenopods causing me to snead in -- sneeze in here this morning.
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remind me of chia pet. outside, live look at the schuylkill expressway, no problems there. looking at this overturned tractor-trailer in delaware. here is the deal. all southbound lanes of 95 are closed, at exit number five, which is route 141, now, notice, this is all just south of the choke point here. >> this will impact anyone that comes over the delaware memorial, anyone that tries to come down 95, or 495, it is an exit number five, drivers trapped, the tractor-trailer is fully loaded. so it will be a morning rush hour type of deal here, where we have to find an alternate from the east side of wilmington, i would use route 13, that will get you back down to route within our connect over with 95. from the upper side here, wilmington, you can use route four. that will connect you back down to route one. again, plan some extra time, for the morning commute if you are headed south this morning. otherwise, looking good on 202 coming out of west chester, no problems up and down 476 or
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that schuylkill expressway. keep in mind, that 495 closure there between exits two and three, friday, holiday weekends, i should say friday weekend, folks headed to the delaware beaches, try to use the 295 interchange on the new jersey side to avoid a delay. ukee, back to you. >> thank you, breaking news begins our look at today's headlines on cbs-3. manhunt is underway for the gunman who shot and killed 24 year old behind the wheel of a car on germantown avenue. eyewitnesses say the shooter was wearing a dark colored sweatshirt at the time. >> and a developing story right now. one person is dead, two others wounded in a triple shooting near seventh and west lloyd streets in chester. so far police have no suspects. and the sixers take seven footer joel embiid in last night's nba draft. he had foot surgery and might not play the season. also acquired a player under contract with turkish league team who they say is pretty good. they made several other picks in the second rounds. i was little scared by his reaction, though, joel?
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>> that was on they say a delay and then another camera shooting him while he was watching the first two picks. then they got the right one. >> i was hoping there was a delay. >> you and me both. >> more ahead o on "eyewitness news". >> update on rittenhouse rape us suspect. find out the new information police have on the suspect when we come
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>> investigators say driver of this white toyota avalon foed the victim into his vehicle and sexually assaulted her. the incident happened on the 500 block of spruce street, around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. police describe the suspect as hispanic male, who was wearing a white polo shirt with tan stripes at the time with blue win breaker-type pants. dna from the rittenhouse rape suspect, according to
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philadelphia police, milton garcia accused of attack ago woman in her apartment near 19th and spruce early last saturday morning. now, police arrested him monday night. the honduran citizen was kicked out of the country last june, and again facing deportation in addition to the charges from last weekends' attack. and "eyewitness news" has exclusive video of the aftermath after shoot-out in norristown. it happened on the 800 block of willis street. the driver of this shot out van kept going, driving few miles to mercy hospital, where a passenger sought treatment. another car was at least two bullet holes were towed from the scene. motive for the shoot something unclear. it is 5:20 right now, more ahead on cbs-3 including special night for many of the nba drafts. >> however the nigight may have been most special for a player that didn't even get drafted. a great class move by the nba last night, for austin. that story and more on the other side.
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>> hammy friday out there. looking at nice weather today and the weekend. still have to throw in the chance for shower, perhaps isolated rumble every thunder, that can occur little instability left in the atmosphere. we show you. v index for the next couple of days. little lower today. will be enough solar energy to get us up to a seven. pair of nine's for the weekend, it will be nice, bright, sunny out there. some intermittent clouds along the way, you'll need your spf30 or greater if you plan to be outside and enjoy. that will you should. it will be nice couple of days, storm scan3, shows things generally clear, devoid of wet weather. there are clouds out there to start our morning off eventually that should yield for some sunshine, also limits the amount of heat that will
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take place, little cooler today by comparison, still warm, at 83 degrees. eighty-five, is the magic number for the weekends. we will expect to see the sunshine if you are head the to the shore talking low 80s, out there, but everybody can expect that high pressure will keep control. so the beaches, in the city, up in the mountains, all looking good as high pressure will hook everybody up with some real nice weather for saturday and sunday. >> looking us up, good morning, off to rough start on i95. going to the maps, all southbound lanes are closed right now, because after overturned tractor-trailer, just south of wilmington, at exit number five, which is for route 141. i have a couple of options if you are headed south this morning, you can use route 13 out of wilmington, or route 40, if you are coming down 95, exit for route four, that will take you back to 141. this is going to be a factor foreign tire morning rush hour. speaking of tractor-trailers there is accident involving two tractor-trailers, along
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gap newport road, just outside of kennett square, and a crash out in silver dale outside of quakertown, dublin pike at fifth street. otherwise, all of the bridges looking fine, no problems on i59, or the schuylkill expressway, and mass transit running with no delays. here's ukee now with a look at sports. >> and the sixers long-term plans are taking shape. the 76ers first rounds pick, third overall; joe he will embiid who say is the best player in the draft. trouble is he is not likely to see action. he is a 7-foot here played a year with kansas, suffered foot injury in pre-draft work out. could be out for the year. also had some back issues, but he is compared to hakeem the dream. and he was the big 12 defensive player of the year. he should be good to go when he gets ready and an impact player. sixers will also be waiting for croatian forward darr yo sacic. acquired him after trading the player they took with al ton peyton to orlando, also couple
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of draft picks, will play in turkey next season, but six coaster buy him out and get him here sooner. he averaged 16 points a year for the league champion last year. the nba made dreams of bail or's isiah austin come true with a ceremonial pick before we get to baseball let me tell that you austin's dreams of being drafted and playing in the nba were dashed when diagnosissed when a genetic system. as far as the phillies are concerned, ya, they had a big win last night. top of the 14th, did some damage, then chase utley, he is still the man, the phillies broke a tie with the walk half on long by utley, chase's first walk off homer since 2006ment phils win five-three, take on the braves at the ball yard later tonight. well, coming up in the next half hour, jen bernstein coming up with a update on this morning's breaking news, deadly shooting on germantown avenue. her live report on the way. and, some more important rulings from the supreme court. find out what the chief justices said about president obama's recess appointment.
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>> driver of the black car you see there lost control and rearend add black cadillac, then pushed into two other cars. driver transported to the hospital in stable condition where thoughts will also check his blood alcohol level. and good morning, everyone, it is friday, june 27th, got a lot more to talk about this morning, including the us advancing at the world cup. they did lose yesterday, but had enough points to move on to the knock-out rounds as they call it, where they will face bull jump. more details straight ahead. first we check traffic and weather together with bob and katie. good morning. >> good morning, ukee, happy
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friday everybody. >> we have it talk about temperatures as well, full details for you, and it is coming up in the next few minutes, bob? >> good morning, 5:30 this friday. we begin with a closure of i-95. let's get right to the maps. all southbound lanes of 95, are closed, at exit number five. which is for route 141, it is an over turn tractor-trailer, that is fully loaded with cargo. i just talk to delaware state police, i'll have an alternate for the morning rush hour, and we'll check the rest of the roads coming up next. ukee, good morning. >> thank you, more on breaking news, the search on for cold blooded kill here shot a man in his car overnight. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein at the scene along germantown avenue in north philly to tell you more. jen? >> reporter: ukee, we did get an update little while ago, that a 24 year old man who was returned to temple university hospital was pronounced dead
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