die deck with the scorching forecast, katie. >> you said it, it will be one of the hottest days we have seen all year long, already very steamy out here right now. we are off to a warm start. we will have full details and check of the tropics, arthur is out there, all coming up, bob. 5:00 o'clock on a wednesday and live look at 42 freeway coming in towards philadelphia. even looks steamy in our camera right here. we will check the rest of the roads and mass transit coming up next, ukee, good morning. thanks, bob. breaking news out of north philadelphia, "eyewitness news" the on the scene of the 2200 block of north 20th street for reports of the violent home upvation. investigators say a person was pistol whipped and robbed just after 3:00 this morning. victim was taken to the hospital for in multiple head injuries. police do not have a description, of the suspect as of yet, we will continue to follow this breaking news, throughout the morning. right now, philadelphia police believe they know what caused an explosion of the the food truck that injured a

dozen people. >> it happened yesterday afternoon at third and wyoming in feltonville. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein is on the scene at temple university hospital to tell you more, jen. >> reporter: good morning, police tell us that four people least main hospitalized this morning, two of them are in critical condition here at temple university hospital, and officials say that those two are a mother and daughter who remain at the the burn unit the here at temple and that they were inside the truck at the time when it suddenly exploded. a surveillance camera near third and wyoming was rolling as an explosion, turned into a fireball, in the blink of an eye. violent blast centered around a food truck and injured 12 people as flames spread across the street. two of those hurt were a mother and daughter who were inside a truck at the time. >> her dream was to open up a truck. >> reporter: relatives tell us that olga gomez made her dream a reality two months ago, her daughter, 17 year-old jaylen

landvery was working in the truck. they remain hospitalized this morning with serious injuries. >> olga is in really bad condition and jaylen is also in a bad condition but she is blessed. >> reporter: yesterday we talked up with latoyia page as she was released from the hospital. >> i had first degree burns on the left side. i was walking by and the truck just blew up and i just saw the the fire and fire just hit me and i started running. >> reporter: eyewitnesses say the explosion sent parts of the truck and a propane tank flying across the street, it even burned a passing car and started a small fire on the telephone pole. >> it appears preliminarily that the cause of this explosion was a propane tank. >> reporter: officials are investigating and they are trying to figure out why that propane tank exploded. that is latest outside temple university hospital, jen bernstein for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". developing right now, five people injured in an overnight shooting in chester delaware

county. gun violence erupted at a basketball court on the 800 block of tillman street. we have learned two victims are only 14 years old. all five victims are in stable condition, right now, no word on either a motive or suspects in custody. and the double shooting in west philadelphia, sends two women to the hospital, it happened just after 11:00 on the 800 block of north fallon street. a 36 year-old woman was shot in the head, the other in the cheek. police say they were hit while sitting on their front steps. right now authorities are interviewing witnesses, no arrests have been made. new this morning a woman is under arrest accused of attacking a philadelphia police officer outside a holmesberg bar. police say just before 3:00 a group of woman were denied entry inside that tavern on the 4500 block of sheffield street. that is when one of the women allegedly got in the scuffle with an officer and bit his leg. we're told the officers injury was minor.

50:00 36789 head back to the sky deck and get the our full forecast with katie. >> one of the mornings where you walk out the door and it is so mild. no one needs a jacket i can tell thaw right now. there is a stickiness to the atmosphere out here. you will notice that and crickets next door right on cue. listen to. that lets start off with a quick check of the heat advisory map. here are counties affect. not everyone is but better part of the delaware valley will seek heat advisory take effect around the noon time hour today, once heat index values sky rocket as high as the the century mark or worse. it is a product of the humidity factored in here. scorching sunshine to go with that. there is a hint of the breeze to make it feel more comfortable for you. we will not have too much of a breeze. storm scan three right now empty, however, it may in the stay that way because heating of the day will get this instability going for showers and thunderstorms to fire up and they could be locally

strong if not severe. we are in the mid 70's, almost across the board, a little bit warmer, cooler depending on location but it is mild enough that you will be able to walk out the door without an extra layer on. no problem. it is steam toy day. 94 degrees is the spec high out there. eventually some showers and thunderstorms do poppas i start to mention but this is a precursor, guys. eventually tomorrow our next cold front will move in bringing more widespread showers and storms and we have to talk about arthur. we will talk that in the next block. stick around for the latest on the tropics. bob, back to you. 5:05 on a wednesday. roads are dry and you can certainly feel the heat, 76 degrees as you step outside the front door this morning. heading for i-95 no problems here, this is a live look at i-95 near girard as sun begins to rise over northeast philadelphia, heading southbound, the three lanes moved over to the right. you can see here penndot painted new lines the the other day which certainly helps visibility wise on the

overnight and tries to keep everybody in the correct lanes as you head south in towards center city. route 309 near the pennsylvania turnpike looking good here for gang coming from bucks county, heading towards the turnpike n problems or delays there. however, 295 the off ramps to the mount holly interchange still closed until about 6:00 as part of the overnight construction here along 295. rest of the major roadways in new jersey looking good, 42, 55, turnpike, nothing out of the ordinary there and throughout the take fifth street tunnel that short cut that takes you underneath ben franklin bridge ramps there between arch and vine closed with construction so traffic diverted over to third street. bridge lease fine and mass transit running with no delays, ukee, back to you. philadelphia police are investigating discovery of the eight three-year old woman's body inside a basement freezer. authorities were called to the home on the 4500 block of northerly street in feltonville yesterday afternoon. we are told victim's son

called his estrange wife and allegedly confessed to placing his mother's body in the freezer after she died in the fall. police believe she may have been there for months. neighbors say they had some concerns. >> i have seen her a few times a lot of the neighbors including my father would hear noises, woman screaming, banging in the house. he used to take care of her for a while but there was a lot of noises coming from the house. >> reporter: police are looking for the woman's son. results are pending on of an autopsy. child endangerment charges will be filed begins a woman accused of receiving five young children in her car while she went shopping in port richmond. witnesses say the children were left alone for a half an hour. thankfully the children are doing okay. would the man responsible karen thompson is a day care provider. iteam investigation found that the take care was inspect ones with no violations. the the fat it will be reinn expect after this latest

incident. happening today, the alleged ring leader of the attack of the u.s. mission in been fast i is scheduled to appear in a hearing in washington. the prosecutors say ahmed a buy khattala was motivate by his extremist ideas. the attack on the u.s. embassy on september 11th, 2012 killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. developing right now, more financial help for philadelphia's school system is in limbo in harrisburg. house republicans have no plans to vote in the bill giving the city the authority to impose a $2 sales tax on every pack of cigarettes. it is designed to provide 83 million-dollar to help fill the school district's budget deficit. the senate already passed this bill. ukee. well, family of the teen and ager who drowned in the tookany creek is calling for action to prevent another strategy. fifteen year-old ruben polanco's family says the death was preventable. the the family wants better fencing and more strongly

worded signs warning of the dangers of the swimming in the area where you drawn. his grief stricken parents plan to sue city officials to advocate for those changes. >> what are we waiting for to get control of that problem, for more kids to die? let ruben be the the last one who die in there. >> at least three other teens have drowned in that part of the creek in the past 12 years. 5:09. the fight over illegal immigration heat up when group of angry protesters steps in front of the bus full of immigrants. what happened to them now and also what happened to this tense protest, plus. >> it had to have been adrenaline, i don't know how they did it. >> talk about a super human feat how this guy rescued a driver stuck inside his burning car with just his bare hands, katie. have you heard that whole phrase when it rains, it pours? we will deal with our own fair hair of rain but also some

heat, we will throw in tropical activity in the mix, lots to discuss in the eyewitness weather center. we will have full details on your full forecast coming up. >> ♪ the the lobby will be burning in the sun later on today, as katie said a heat advisory goes into effect starting at noon. so stay cool out there as you look live at ac, warm morning, it will be a hot day, details coming up.

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a clear message that an influx of immigrants from central america is not welcomed in the u.s.

>> go home. >> u.s.a., u.s.a. >> protestors in california, blocked buses carrying 140 undocumented immigrants, mostly women and children. they were supposed to be processed at a border patrol station but the caravan was forced to go to the different facility in another location. >> send them back to their country. send them back to where they came from. >> these kids are in the criminals. these kids do not have diseases. people spreading those rumors around, the politics appear. >> women and children will undergo background and medical checks. immigration officials say many will be released from custody while the government begins deportation proceedings. your time 5:13. traffic and weather together on the three's in a bit but first surf's up off the coast of florida. tropical storm arthur bringing gusty winds and pretty big waves, the first named storm of the season is expect to

move north making its way up the east coast and could, impact the holiday weekend, let's see, katie, good morning. >> i don't think any kind of direct impact will take place for us here locally but if you've got plans for the holiday week toned travel south towards carolina, virginia perhaps, that is where you will end up with the biggest impact from this storm. last check it is a still a tropical storm but it is expect to achieve hurricane status. before the day is all said and done. lets go out there. i want to show you view. first and foremost on storm scan three here is the storm, still tropical storm arthur but expected to be a hurricane before it is all said and done today. now eventually the storm system will be migrating north as we just mentioned but it is expected to have a category one status before it actually strikes the carolinas. that is likely where it end up having the biggest impact but notice, it is still close enough if you aring out towards the shore this weekend

rip currents are dangerous. surf is likely to be dangerous. i have a feeling we will talk about that as the week progresses. the lets get your pollen report at this time. grasses, and your levels are so low that it should not be a concern for you. meanwhile we have other issues today. today we have a heat advisory in effect at noon in philadelphia and earned ising vicinity. eventually a shower if in the locally strong to severe thunderstorm. tomorrow more widespread showers and thunderstorms and they could produce we have i rainfall since we are gathering arthur's moisture, to help that along. thankfully it is clearing out of here by friday but rip current risks throughout the the weekend. weekend is looking awfully nice, bob, over to you. good morning. 5:15. awfully nice this morning as we begin our morning rush hour. lets go outside, roads are dry this morning, in problems at all here, live look at route 202 in the construction zone. i talk to penndot yesterday you will not see any active work crews out there at all after tonight all the way through the holiday weekend but in a case like this, 202,

where the lane restrictions are there you only have those two lane patterns, you still to have drive through construction zone and just keep that in mind visiting or going to a barbecue over the course of this who will take weekend. we are all going to ukee's how so i-95 could be tricky for us. ben franklin bridge in, problems at all coming in towards philadelphia only three lanes opened at the moment but they will move that over and give us an extra lane by 6:00 o'clock or so. disable truck on 40-foot road just off of coburn road and still working on the extension northbound between mid county and lansdale. mass transit is looking good with no delays. ukee and erika back to you. there is new developments as we look at headlines on cbs-3, two people are in critical condition and at least nine others injured in yesterday's explosion of a food truck in feltonville. officials say propane tank fueled that explosion. breaking news, a man is in hahnemann hospital after he

was pistol whipped and robbed in the violent home invasion in north philadelphia the the attackers barged into the home on north 20th street around 3:00 this morning. develop story, police collected shell casing is from ninth and tillman streets in chester. this happened after midnight last night where five people were shot. two, 14 years old were among those hit by gunfire. the search is on right now for the gun man. our time 5:17. we have seen a lot have bears late thely but none like this. you have to see the tight punch, one animal got stuck in. talk about a rough ride do you see a truck right there that slams in the bridge. get this it is not even the first time it happened this week. maybe time to get a bigger one

right now search is on for a delaware woman. police think she may have been abduct. take a look at this picture of three three-year old nefertiti trader. she had been missing since

yesterday morning. neighbor told "eyewitness news", she saw a hooded man carrying her body out of her home on freedom trail and then drove away. trader's silver 2,000 acura rl with the license plate 404893 is also missing. if you see her, or the car, please contact the police. also, a minneapolis man says he owes his life to the now minnesota air national guards men who stopped and pulled him out of his burning vehicle. michael johannes was driving on interstate 35 when his suv suddenly caught fire. he quickly pulled over and tried to get out but doors would not budge. now that is when passing motorist robert renning sprang into action. >> i grabbed the top of the door flame and pull until the glass shattered. it had to be adrenaline. i don't know how i did it. i really don't. >> what an amazing person. thank god that there are people that will stop. >> i basically told my wife you could be planning a funeral if it wasn't for bob. >> now, renning insist he is

not a hero but just someone in the right place at the the right time. >> how about that. >> and did the right thing. you can easily drive by something like that and keep going,. >> sure did. >> good for him. team u.s.a.'s world cup dreams are dashed but in the before an incredible performance by an american player. >> also ahead, you have guts to hop on six flags new ride? check it out. >> nope. >> apparently ukee doesn't. maybe you do. it is call the drop of doom. we will go their life for a sneak peak at the record breaking thrill ride, that is coming up, you don't want to miss it. we will be right back.

5:23. time to get traffic and weather together. >> good morning, lots to talk about out there first and foremost the heat that we're expect to go day you can see the haze, formed out there over shore points, cloud cover, sunshine, we have a mixed bag out there but steamies obvious and you will notice it out the door.

lets go to storm scan three. you can see a couple thunderstorms firing up here in northwestern pa but this will be the story for us. it should be scattered in nature but what we find with the storms today they could be locally strong or severe. we are in the the slight risk for severe weather. lets start off with the heat issue, temperatures top off in the mid 90's. we have gotten hot they are year but heat index value is the the key. if it is flirting with a hundred, it will be awfully steamy and dangerous if you are not careful. lots of water. easy does it a void strenuous acti athe yeah, bob likes that one. >> do you hear what she said avd stnuvity can we get a note on that please. 5:24. get them running everybody, a live look, downtown charlie brown, live look at the vine street expressway n problems or delays at all coming into center city at the moment. if you use mass transit over next couple of days here's the deal for septa thursday, tomorrow operating a normal schedule. friday they are on a holiday schedule, saturday and sunday

they will be working on a weekend schedule and good news if you are coming down for fire works and concert on friday, they are add strag late night services on regional rail lines and it will be at least one train for each of the lines taking you back home after the fire works and concert on friday night. s a great run but team ok at u.s.a. is now out of the world cup tournament, but their loss came with a record setting performance. u.s. goaltender and middle will section county native tim howard made a world cup record 16 saves yesterday against belgium. belgium's broke through with two goals in extra time. u.s. made it a one goal game but belgiums win two-one. howard and u.s. team gave it their all. >> it is bitter sweet, you know, you always want to play well but play well in the win and it was not able to be done. >> thirty-five year-old howard also holds the record of the

104 international appearances. world cup quarter finals will start on friday. in baseball phillies tied marlins in the eighth inning last night in miami. back to back jacks home runs by marlon byrd and codey ash made it entfour-f to extra inni. but that is when marlins scratched out a rg.n the phli the first game of the ten game road trip, final score was five -four. the phillies, fifth straight loss. phillies and fish once again tonight. sixers rookie joel embiid will not be ready to play for a few months but he is pushing for a new teammate. embiid tweeted free agent lebron james saying quote, hey, bro, hope you're having a good day, want to join news philly? peace. it is a long shotyou cannot trying. you never know, right? right. you never know. we will see. >> you never do. >> i appreciate i hope you are having a good day, want to join us in philly?

nice young man. coming up on "eyewitness news", three is on your side with the massive car seat recall, the largest car seat recall ever. jen? this morning we are learning more about a mother and daughter who were inside of a food truck when it exploded and feltonville yesterday. we did talk to the relative. i will that have after the break. it is moment these families have been waiting for, for almost a year, you'll love this story, we are there for heroes welcome for these local troops finally home. bob and katie return with your traffic and weather together on the three's, this is a toasty1. we have your forecast. we're

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hospital for multiple head injuries. police are searching for the the suspects, we will continue to follow this breaking news throughout the morning. also developing right now a food truck explosion rocks a philadelphia neighborhood. >> good morning, everyone. blast sends a dozen people to the hospital, two are critically hurt. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein is at temple university hospital to tell us more good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and quarter. police did just tell thaws four people remain hospitalized this morning, two are in stable condition and two others do remain here in critical condition at temple's burn unit and officials tell us they are a mother and daughter who are inside of the food truck when it exploded in feltonville yesterday. now last night we did speak with relatives of this two who tell us it was 42 year-old olga gomez's dream to have a food truck which she made a, reality two months ago. here's a picture. her daughter 17 year-old jay n