lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. ask your doctor about invokana®. breaking news out of of southwest philadelphia, police are investigating a drive by shooting on west passyunk avenue. this is a live picture from the scene. reports say someone fired a number of shots from a car. luckily in one was hurt but passyunk avenue bridge is shut down right now for the investigation. officers say they did find several shell casings in that area we will bring you updates as they become available to the news room. also, a crocodile attack all caught on cameras the 12-foot beast grabbed handler in the water but he survived. how he got away, coming up.

but first lets start with traffic and weather together with katie and torey, good morning, ladies. >> good morning, everybody. we are still dealing with the sluggish frontal boundary and it will keep things active in our atmosphere, especially today but for next two days there may be wet weather to dodge. we will talk about that. we will talk about a cooler air mass trying to settle n full details straight ahead, vittoria. traffic wise, things look great, very quiet outside, we don't have to worry about too many delays. ben franklin bridge a beautiful shot heading in to new jersey or philadelphia will not be a problem but you know how it is, when sun comes up, rush starts to come in and we will talk about how slow we will get in i will say a half an hour or so, erika. a teenage boy and a man are shot within minutes of each other in the same northeast philadelphia neighborhood. >> police are working to see if the two cases are connect. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from northeast detectives with more on this investigation, nicole.

>> reporter: philly police were on patrol after midnight when they heard first of the two shootings, two blocks and ten minutes apart. lets set the the scene for you at least with that first shooting there. it happened near darrah and philmore streets in northeast philadelphia where they found 15 spent shell casings from two separate guns but no victim. they have learn a 22-year old male was shot once in the thigh and had run from the scene from aria frankford hospital where he is in stable condition. minutes later those same officers were within ear shot of multiple gunshots coming from the 4600 block of frankford avenue. only a couple blocks away. there they found a 20 year-old male victim with two gunshot wound to the groin. he was taken to aria torresdale hospital in critical condition but is expect to survive. also, on the scene, three shot up vehicles parked uncomfortably close to peoples home, take a listen. >> the the intersection of darrah and philmore streets is mainly residential

neighborhood with row homes at all four corners. so, we're lucky, stray bullets didn't pass through any of the windows of these houses. we're lucky on a warm night although it was after midnight, we're lucky no innocent victims were struck by stray bullets. >> reporter: that is the good news in all of this. this morning police hope private surveillance video they were able to obtain as well as some information from witnesses will help track down those three male suspects last seen running east on philmore streets and getting in the black vehicle. live outside northeast detectives, nicole brewer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". 5:33. here's traffic and weather together, kate. >> good morning, everybody. our latest frontal boundary is still very slow to retreat, it is one of those unwanted house guests that stays too late and does president completely clear out the when you want it to. we will be stuck with cloud

cover, perhaps wet weather here today. you can see this as a dreary start to the day here. live neighborhood network. in fact last check when i looked at this i put it up, ten or 15 minutes ago there was a very, thick haze. you could barely make it out the boats boats in the information ground. we have other cher points where we have enough moisture where is there light fog settling in. be cautious of that. the weary about that as well if you are perhaps traveling over some of those bay areas and those bridges. meanwhile storm scan three does still have wet weather to track, namely, off shore but just across del marva region at this point some showers have since fired up. we will be dodging this throughout the day, mainly second half of the day we will see additional showers or, thunderstorms popping up here but look at descrepancy in the temperature readings where we cleared out the sky, temperatures dropped readily, down in the mid 60's or 50's up in the poconos but still very mild by comparison in philadelphia and down the

shore where we're still generally speaking in the lower 70's at this hour. moving forward, we have got a pretty good shot to hit 86 degrees. pretty seasonal. not as steamy as it has been but we have to deal with a couple showers or storms, vittoria, over to you. good morning, everyone. we have an update on the closure in south philadelphia associated with that police investigation but as we look at our majors not too much to talk about at all, this time here is roosevelt boulevard north and southbound commuting around broad street, we are not seeing that southbound delay just yet heading down towards the schuylkill expressway. we are still in the clear in regards to the boulevard, traveling on the vine street expressway, making your way on i-95 around philadelphia international airport, airport is looking good if you have any flights this morning. just call your carrier ahead have of time, just in case but we are in the getting any awful news and hopefully it stays that way until weather changes later today. when we get there we will talk about that. in the meantime this monk

morning passyunk avenue is closed at 28th street. platt bridge is your best alternate. passyunk avenue bridge because of the police investigation as ukee was talking about earlier, erika. a community is still searching for answers, ambassador from liberia met with city officials about the deadly fire in southwest philadelphia four children died in the fire over the weekend and now tension is growing over a lack of answers. "eyewitness news" was outside city hall where a dozen people gathered to protest yesterday afternoon. residents say fire fighters took too long to respond but 911 tapes show they arrived quickly. >> the fire commission telling me with did a good job. we did a good job. if you did a good job you would have rescued somebody. >> we are trying to find out what went wrong and what can we do as the investigation continues. >> investigators are still working to determine exactly how that fire started. your time 5:36.

in business news, gas prices going down. >> we can only hope. >> i'm telling you. >> how much would you pay to go to the world cup. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erika. here market bounced back yesterday but they did still finish below 17,000 mark. dow jones gain 79 points yesterday, nasdaq rose 27. it came after the fed released minutes from the last meeting, central bank will end its unprecedented inly bond buying program, in october as long as the economy continues to i am have prove. interest rates would remain low after bond purchases even. finally good news for drivers, gas prices, they have level off, they could drop 25 cents a gallon in the next couple of weeks. tension in iraq has not impact supply as feared and u.s. petroleum output is on the rise. prices over the july 4th holiday were some of the

highest for that time of the year since 2008. how much would you pay to see final world cup game in brazil between germany and argentina. right now tickets are running between five and $20,000 on various web sites. they have a face value of 400 to $900. that is a huge markup. it is also against brazil's scalping laws. some web sites the the united states has been the second largest market for tickets for this years game and that, of course, is thanks to the growing popularity of soccer in the u.s. ukee and erika. >> five to 20 grand a ticket. >> i gotti great seat at home, watch party. >> nearby bathroom, free snacks. >> thanks, jill. happening today governor corbett could make a final decision on the state budget spending plan. the governor has been hesitant to approve the 29 billion-dollar plan because he would like to see more changes to the public sector pension plans. he could veto parts of it or

send it back to the legislature for more revisions. fiscal year began july 1st. workers in the atlantic city show boat casino are protesting the loss of their jobs. local 54 organize this rally, it represents all of the non-gaming workers at the casino. workers delivered a petition to caesars corporate offices which is inside bally's. caesars plans to close the show boat on august 31st. those workers want it sold to someone else. >> we're working hard and we think that if we apply the right pressure, caesars will come to the table and dot right thing. >> show both bet will be second atlantic city casino to close this year. the atlantic club closed it doors in january. still ahead this morning times square is a big destination for families. children love to say hi to their favorite characacters hanging out there and get their picture taken with them but lawmakers say those characters could be taking advantage of people and they are demanding change, coming

up. you won't believe this video of the crocodile dragging his handler in the water, we will tell you how he survived on the other side, katie? we are still dealing with unsettled weather, in other word, a few showers, perhaps a thunderstorm and it is all courtesy of the same system a sluggish front that does not want to get out of here. we will talk about when we will start to finally clear out on the other side. >> ♪ >> that is what people will be saying when they take a ride on the world's tallest water slide that opens today and we are taking you for a virtual ride coming up, it is taller than empire state building. >> swim trunks. >> and your notice. >> yes. >> we will be right back, good morning.

it is a man begins a killer crocodile caught on camera frightening scene but know hand letter is okay right now. here's what happened crock went down on the trainers hand, trent burton and would not let go. crocodile then drags him into a pond but burton got away when he opened his jaws. he needed plates and screws in his index finger and was

treated for a severed artery. >> and i am about to feel, another clamp down on my legs. i was out on the land, and then i was in the out of trouble. >> burton's brush with death has not scared him off. he says he will be back in the feeding pit with those crooks as soon as the doctors give him the go ahead. >> he loves his work. >> my goodness. >> man, you would think an incident like that. >> yeah. >> where he could have died. >> wow. >> right now 5:43. let get traffic and weather together, good morning. >> good morning, everybody. wow, spooky. yeah, we will start off with sky cam three, earlier this morning we showed this to you if you were up dark and early at 4:30 this morning, atlantic city you can still make out the casinos. reason for it is a calm win. we have moisture to work w that fog is settling in. here's our latest frontal

boundary that does in the want to get out of here. it will stall nearby, it is not necessarily stalling of head. we don't to have deal with these training round of showers and storms, rather it will just keep things active. a few more showers and storms in our forecast here basically is the story for today. we will jump april head to the temperature outlook here for days eight to 14 from this day, so in the next week and a half or so we will start to see much cooler heiress specially centered over midwest, but we will get in on that. the reason oddly enough is from the typhoon, over japan. and what that is doggies helping to basically create these big waves in the jet stream, and that will allow for a very large trough to settle in. in other words cooler air, for us, well down the road. this is a classic connection we see a lot of times when there is tropical weather in the eastern pacific, or western pacific i should say and then it will eventually means additional weather for us down the road in the form of cooler or warmer air. we're looking at our forecast for next couple of days and it

is pretty steady and seasonal. mid 80's today, upper 80's saturday and sunday. high pressure will try to build in here but that front is pesky, boy. so, a few more clouds here and maybe even tomorrow touching off a shore. but today does look like of the next three days most active day but still somewhat scattered. just had to make mention of it. >> it could be worse. >> no day is totally clear. >> no day totally awful. >> exactly. >> glass half full. >> every day is a good day. >> every day. >> good morning, everybody. i do feel like it is a glass half full kind of a day. so far we are off to a good foot traffic wise. your majors look beautiful out there we have water main breaks to talk about, police activity in south philadelphia, but lets get you outside. as we look at i-95 northbound right around the area of 322, if you are traveling in this section of the delaware county moving your way out of delaware heading out towards 476 and so on and so forth it is a great ride. rush is in where to be found

as of yet but beer still kind of waiting on it. lets take a look at the platt bridge heading in to south philadelphia or moving your way down towards that i-95 area, platt bridge looks great and good alternate right now because passyunk avenue bridge is closed at 28th street because of police activity. ukee was talking about this not too long ago. we are not sure how long this will be out there but it is an investigation. heading around this area i would try to avoid it if you can. watch out for a water main break closing knight road and houston road, spring garden street is your best alternate, erika. now on "eyewitness news" an exclusive, a south jersey mom in desperate need of a downer for her daughter is doing battle with her condo association. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones shows us what is at the heart of the condo crackdown in cherry hill. >> reporter: she might be considered a rebel, magnetic sign on her car doors is get herring in trouble with her

condo association but she does in the plan to take them down. >> rules are there for a reason but i think that this may be, trumps the reason. >> reporter: the sign honey b needs a kidney is for her daughter honey besttic. >> i have had two liver transplant within the past 20 years and the medications that i take to keep the liver destroys the kidney. >> reporter: five two-year old is on dialysis and has been/aid kidney transplant waiting list for two years. mother and daughter came up with the signs to try to find a donor to save honey's life. >> anything i could possibly do, anything. >> reporter: but she was told by her property manager the sign on the car rights a long standing rule prohibiting advertising on cars park outside. she faces a possible 50-dollar a initial fine from the society hill condo association if she does not take the signs down. property manager turn down our request for an interview.

>> technically she could just remove magnet every time she came home but she says that would defeat the purpose . she said this magnet has began to generate interest among her neighbors. at least one neighbor has put a sign on her car as well, family already has a facebook page and printed out flyers to search for a donor he so far, in luck. the the sign has given them a little bit more hope, hope that they don't plan to let go of just yet. >> i think it is worthy of the fight. >> where do you find a hero? i don't know. >> reporter: in cherry hill, new jersey, todd quinones, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". our time 5:48. baseball fan who viciously was beaten at a dodgers stadium three years ago has won his lawsuit. injury a warded brian stowe with 18 million-dollar in damages yesterday. part of that will come from the dodgers, the rest from the two men were quick for the assault. brian's family says money is a major victory and will be used to help him with his long term recovery.

>> he got some help today. that is what he was looking for. he will not be hundred percent maybe for a long time, maybe never but what he gets will help him right now. >> although the team was found partially responsible for the attack the former owner frank mccourt was absolved of wrongdoing by the jury. times have changed in new york city is times square. area has become so family friendly that some want the cartoon characters that set up shop on the corners to be license. councilman is drifting a bill that would weed out those fake characters by making them get licenses from the city. there are copy right issues to hammer out. >> our feeling is honest folks out trying to earn a living but there are also some folks who are taking advantage of people. >> new york city council members who back the bill say they are working with lawyers on whether it is legal, there is no clear time line and when it will be ready for a vote but it is funny, walk down

there and there is always something off, like cookie monster has an eye pointed the right way. >> like where did you get that suit. >> did you get to the costume shop. >> exactly. world's tallest water slide opens up to day. >> we are takiking you for a ride, coming up. we wil

two young men turn upshot and one walked to frankford hospital. a home owner suffered burns and fire fighter was overcome by heat exhaustion in the house fire on wyndham lane in wayne delaware county. investigators say two alarm fire started in the garage and then spread to the home. crews are working to restore power to more than 6,000 homes and businesses

still in the dark from tuesday's storms. officials say some homes in delaware county could be without power for another day. right now 5:53. lets get traffic and weather together. what can we expect today, katie. >> another day that features activity in the atmosphere. things are mixed up. we are seeing high pressure try to take the lead but it is not a strong dome of high pressure this frontal boundary is not getting shoved out of the way and not really moving along. it is like that house guest that won't leave the house. lingering. bringing in additional showers. perhaps thunderstorms throughout the day. mainly through p.m. time frame. we are seeing a solid descrepancy in temperatures where we have had a chance to clear out. mount pocono is in the 50's. sweat shirt weather up that way. still in the very mild mid 70's elsewhere like philadelphia and basically every where off to the south and east of. that we will warm up to the mid 80's. the seasonal day. some sun, some clouds. some showers, perhaps a thunderstorm, and then tomorrow, even though we are starting to clear, more there may still be a lingering

shower around, torey, over to you. while we're waiting for those showers we are waiting for that rush to come n let go outside and see how you are doing right now. traveling 309 near pennsylvania turnpike you are moving really well in either direction. heading out of the cheltenham area moving toward the pennsylvania turnpike or coming from, moving your way in toward cheltenham no major problems. as we continue we will take a look at that passyunk avenue closure. bridge is still closed passyunk avenue bridge due to that police investigation. i got the word that police have left, they should be opening up this shortly. you shouldn't need to take platt bridge i would think you would be fine right now but watch out for this, we have a down pole on eagle road which is closed at wright wrights road, best alternate is route 413. st

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we're following breaking news, police in southwest philadelphia are looking for a gunman after a drive by shooting. these are live picture from the scene on west passyunk avenue, officers say no one was hurt but they did fine several shell casings in that area. they are trying to put together a better description of that car. we have heard passyunk avenue bridge just reopened and was closed because of the investigation but hopefully in time for rush hour it is back opened now. two men are struck by gunfire minutes apart in the northeast philadelphia neighborhood. >> police want to know if those two are connected. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from northeast detectives with more on the investigation, nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. as we speak investigators are looking into those back to back shootings that as you mentioned happened just blocks apart and sent two men to the hospital, one in stable condition, the other critically wounded. in