counted them all up last night but we still have a lit built of lingering wet weather to track for you and we will do just that and tell you when things clear out, coming up, bob. good morning, 5:00 o'clock straight up on a thursday morning. we are looking live at 42 freeway, we're letting dust kick up. there is still construction on i-95 plus we will check with mass transit coming up next, ukee, good morning. now to the latest on the crisis in the middle east, faa lifts a ban on airlines flying in and out of israel's main airport in tel aviv. this morning smoke continues to rise as israeli tanks and war planes pummel the gaza strip. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says there has been progress made towards a cease-fire between israel and hamas. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live at philadelphia international the airport with the details for us, jane? >> reporter: well, natasha, ukee, now that the faa has lifted this ban, the first flight leaving here for philadelphia international

airport is scheduled for take off right around 9:30 this evening, it certainly is a relief to many people in the only those folks hoping to get to israel but for folks hoping to get loved ones home. emotions high in philadelphia's love park, touring dueling pro israel and pro palestinian rallies. it is just a sample of the conflict raging between the two sides overseas. >> it is not a way that a country and a people can live with the constant rain of attack. >> which has resulted in hundreds and hundreds of dead and wounded people in gaza and destruction of one of the most crowded places on earth. >> reporter: as news of more rocket strikes in the middle east hits home those with loved ones near the the fighting like ike richmond of east norriton are awaiting word that all is safe. >> thinks the the safest i'll ever be and i love israel and i'm happy i'm here and having the time of my life with the people i'm with even they

there is a constant fear of a fire going around me. >> reporter: that is his daughter in israel as part of the five week trip with her synagogue. >> continually reassures us that she's safe. she's having a great time. she loves it. >> reporter: despite possible danger, locals are forge go ahead. >> i'm obviously concern but i have full faith in the israeli people and armed forces. >> reporter: becca lifer will stud a broad at he blue university this fall semester. while her parents are concerned they want her to go. >> this is a time more than anything that americans need to show their support for israel. >> reporter: now every day u.s. airways has within flight out, to tel aviv and one inbound flight as well. according to this schedule the next flight coming in from israelis supposed to arrive tomorrow morning. airws says it is keeping its flexible fee schedule to august. anyone who wants to change their plans can do so without change fees through august. reporting live inside philadelphia international

airport, jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now new this morning fire damages a home under going renovationnessard more delaware county. it happened just after 1:00 on the 800 block of cricket avenue. fire burned through exposed insulation material along the side of the house. no injuries were reported and cause remains under investigation. a mother and daughter injured in the food truck explosion in feltonville earlier this month have died. explosion was caught on surveillance cameras at third and wyoming. forty-two year-old olga gomez, succumbed to her injuries on sunday, her daughter jaylen landvery passed away on tuesday. family members tell us that funeral services are set for friday and their bodies will be flown to guatemala for burial. 5:03. here's traffic and weather together. katie. >> we have been dealt our fair share of sum are storms as ovulate. very frequent lightening with a lot of storms that rumbled through here. we're able to tally them up

here in the weather center. last night beat the last time we were counting up thousands of strikes. we had more than 12,000 strikes of lightening coming through our area last night with that line, but i want to take you back here and show what you happened. lets go back in time to noon yesterday as we were on the air with talk philly, nothing to be found out there on the radar but it was a matter have just a few hours before we started to see those bubbling up there of some of those thunderstorms back just outside of our viewing area and they held together really well. look at that line that came through. strike upon strike of lightening and finally it did start to dissipate over new jersey but there were heavy thunderstorms that came through delaware. the here's where we stand right now at 5:03 or 5:04 in the morning. we will see a couple clouds. it is still steamy but our front isn't totally gone so there will be a lingering shower or rumble of thunder but nothing like what we saw last night. the just one example of a photo sent in by you and our photos this came from steve

lindsey comes in from the included on ground lightening that is striking the ground there you know when you have these kinds of clashes in the atmosphere you better believe you're looking at a temperature swing. we came from the lower 80's, hit low 90's yesterday, verified with that high of 92. today we will cool things down. here's where we stan at the moment. temperatures still mild, and still humid but the wind flow is critical. starting to turn more northerly. that means it starts to feel a lot more comfortable with time. so, the pock necessary really win out for nicest day. it is still mild across the board but just not as steamy and with time that humidity level will start to drop off as skies clear out, and again, it is not quite as hot as yesterday ended up being. nor stormy for that matter, bob, over to you. 5:05 on this thursday morning we are off to a good start. roads damp and wet, maybe debris left out there, tree branch or trash can lid from those storms that rolled

through last night. good morning to fort washington. live look at route 309 near pennsylvania turnpike in problems or delays at all coming down 309 heading in towards that turnpike interchange. boulevard looking good this morning, live look right here ound dn toward thateadlights schuylkill expressway. we have word of an accident on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike it is northbound, north of the mid county interchange. leaving turnpike itself up toward lansdale watch out for a construction zone up here which is a mess to begin w north bound we have a crash. gang in lehigh valley route 145 is block at lehigh street this morning. that is all because of a crash so local detour in effect there otherwise our i-95 no problems out of the northeast. coming up from delaware county a big dust cloud between ridley and airport from the overnight construction crew that is were milling the roadway. they are gone. the lanes are opened. schuylkill looking good into philadelphia and mass transit running with no delays, natasha, over to you.

another 51 victims remains will arrive later today from ukraine where the the malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down a week ago. it was national day of mourning in the netherland yesterday as the bodies of the 40 dutch citizens returning home. forensic investigators are task with identifying them. process could take weeks or even months. british officials are now down loading data from flight 17's black boxes, ukrainian rebels handed boxes over to malaysia officials on monday. now experts will begin the painstaking task of transcribing, interpreting the information, found on the cockpit voice and flight data recorders. stormy weather likely caused a plane crash that killed 48 people in taiwan this morning. investigators picking through ruble, the trans asia airways plane was carrying 58 passenger and crew when it

crashed on the taiwan island on wednesday during a landing attempt. one of the plane's ten survivors and five people hurt on the ground have been treated and released. the crash was taiwan's first fatal air accident in 12 years. it is sentencing day for mentally ill woman quick of killing her own mother. she was found guilt but mentally ill of shooting her mother lolita lee to death inside this cobbs creek home in 2007. she then poured gasoline on lee's body and set her on fire. another woman was badly burn in the resulting house fene cone family of don li, the businessman was stabbed to death in april 2013, while preparing his food cart outside of his south philadelphia home. police released a surveillance image of the suspect moments after the attack. a $25,000 reward is offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

natasha? also several hundred workers the atlantic city show boat casino will stage a rally with toy protest its planned august 31st shut town. local 54 of the unite here union says about 200 show boat workers are expect to participate. show boat is one of three casinos in atlantic city that i could close by september. workers are hoping a buyer will step in and ultimately continue to operate show boat as a casino. a potential economic boost for struggling shore town atlantic city officials are pointing to two big upcoming concerts on the beach, as proof of how the town is trying to lure visitors as gaming faulters. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan has more. >> reporter: it just over a week atlantic city will host free beach concert with two country music's biggest star blake shelf even, and lady antbellam. >> i got tickets, yeah. >> reporter: fans were freaking out in center city philadelphia yesterday as free

do ac pro nation team handed out tickets. >> some country, rock and rel role fun, summertime, yes. >> we are letting everyone know atlantic city ace live and kick. nineteen concerts. free on the beach. beach is free there. boardwalk is always free. >> reporter: with as many as four casinos finally closing this year atlantic itself. the concert may give visitors a new perspective on the city. >> spend a lot of time and money on our boardwalk, beaches, on our landscaping, on our paving and lights and things. come back and kick tires. you will be happy what you see. >> reporter: atlantic city mayor don guardian and state lawmakers talk about the pro shop to talk about atlantic city's future. senate president steve sweeney plans to call a meeting in the next six weeks with business, labor and government leaders to discuss atlantic city and if there is a way to bring money to town by expanding gambling to other parts of the state. >> at the end of the day whether they support it or in the i need smart people that

understand these industries to give feedback to see what we can make atlantic city. >> reporter: if you are unable to get free tickets to the concert is there plenty areas to have see on the boardwalk and other side of the pier there will be jumbo screens. in atlantic city i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". an execution in arizona goes horribly wrong and this morning we are getting a grizzly account of what happened, coming up. chase, it was more like a wild crime spree with carjacking, the chase and shots fired. see the dramatic ending coming up. also on the healthwatch a warning about itchy skin and how it could be a sign of skin cancer, katie. ukee, we are thankfully seeing the worst of the stormy weather make a retreat but with that clash of the air mass we were able to count up thousands have lightening strikes. we will show you a few viewer photos coming up and we will talk about the relief now on the

arizona's governor says she's ordering a review of state's execution process after it took a condemned inmate almost two hours to die on wednesday. inmate joseph rodolphed with wood was sentenced for killing her girlfriend and her fat inner 1989. witnesses say after lethal injection procedure they could sianni hear wood breathing, and gasping for air. >> i don't believe he was suffering, it sound todd me as if he was snoring. >> nationwide this was third flawed execution this year. arizona's corrections director say protocols were followed and that wood was comatose until he died. here is your traffic and weather together, katie. >> we are thankfully seeing worst of our stormy weather make its retreat still in the completely out of the woods just yet. the we are still dealing with showers but rain we did see coming through is at least helping to wash away, any of the pollen that we are starting to see also see rack up in the atmosphere. lets look at that pollen

report right now. today's pollen are grasses, plantain, nettle we will see these levels go uphill, all the way into i would say medium to pushing medium high range into sunday. that is because we see high pressure build in. as we look at current visability they are very different depending on location as skies are clearing, a more comfortable air mass settles in, more sinking air, dryer air mass, any of the fog that is trying to form really starts to dissipate very easily. we have visibility off to the north and west but up through poconos, maybe still a little bit. i can tell you personally i drove from the shore this morning and it was still quite a bit of fog. it wasn't dense but you will notice it. just watch for that. in the next couple days keeping it in the 80's but we are from the in mid fabulous. nicest day in the bunch here as early as even saturday night we will see our next potential for shower but sat date as a whole is nice but sunday, steamy, humid,

expecting showers or thunderstorms and that could link inner to next week, bob, over to you. 5:16 on this thursday morning. roads are damp and wet from the rain, and we have our camera location here accident on the northeast extension this is a live look, from the mid county toll plaza, kind of giving you an idea here, the accident, centered right here to the left of your screen looks like it is taking out left lane of the ramp from the toll plaza to head north up the northeast extension. at least within lane is opened, folks in the right here is there signs for the turnpike east or west, so just be ready to hit breaks as we come through that toll plaza in reply mutt meeting. live look at route 100 route 113, scene of the big construction project that will begin later today down to within lane in both directions here during the midday, and this is going to hit this as soon as you come off the turnpike at that downingtown interchange. rest of our majors 422 and 202

in good shape at the moment. mass transit running with no delays. natasha, back over to you. two suspects are in custody after a busy afternoon in colorado, their crime spree included three carjackings, pointing a rifle at drivers and leading police on a high speed chase. the armed man was filled by news helicopter. he and his accomplish took off during a traffic stop, the accomplish was arrested but man tries to steel you mr. trucks from a county yard and then steals an suv from a home, blasting through the garage door. he threatened drivers until he was finally caught by met or cycle police officers. here are today's headlines on cb. three, flights to israel are back in the air after the faa lifted its ban. bombs fell close to the country's main airport this working towards a cease-fire between israel and hamas. mother and daughter injured in the food truck explosion earlier this month have lost their fight for life. a leaking propane tank triggered that explosion.

and a employee of the atlantic city show both casino will rally tonight, show boat is expect to close next in but workers hope a buyer will step up. and long waiting times in the emergency rooms are a problem but one solution has a lot of people scratching their heads, that is coming up. a sick little boy's wish to receive tons of cards for his birthday and how these cards are making his dream come true. we will tell you how, we wi

in the healthwatch this morning pain and itch from skin lesions could be a sign of skin cancer. researchers at temple university school of medicine found nearly 37 percent of cancerous skin lesions are accompanied by itching. 28 percent are accompanied by pain. this finding could change how doctors address their patient's symptoms. the pain and itching were more common in patient was non-melanoma skin cancers.

and if you need to go to the emergency room some hospitals are asking patient toss make an appointment. hospitals are hoping on line er appointments will attract patients anxious to avoid long waitness a crowded and often chaotic environment. system is intended only for patients who don't have life threatening or debilitating emergencies. story of one very sick little boy from massachusetts is touching hearts of the people in our area. >> this friday, danny nickerson will be celebrating his sixth birthday one that his parents feared that he may in the have have lived to see because he has brain cancer. this year his birthday wish is to receive a whole lot have of birthday cards, and the word has quickly spread on social media it caught at tension of kids at international sports center in cherry hill, new jersey. so they got to work. >> only thing that he asked for for his birthday was a mailbox full of birthday cards. >> i want him to know he can fight his brain tomb other and

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traffic and weather, katie. >> things will certainly be clearing with time but today is a transition day for our area as we are watching our cold front start to slowly make its retreat. we just to have give it time, there is wet weather, primarily an issue across maryland and virginias right now. we will still get clipped here through southern most counties, delaware, south of new jersey you may still see a sure or rumble of thunder before it is said and done. first pitch here for the the phillies, lingering clouds, granted for the early bird

basically, 80 degrees is where we will start things off. we will be heating up by the time we are in the ninth inning to 85 degrees or so. under a clearing sky, even though it is warming up it will start to feel better with time and that goes for south philadelphia a but the entire delaware valley. 5:25. an accident working here on the northbound lanes of the northeast extension, it is actually access point from the toll plaza to go north on the extension. one lane squeezing on through but be ready to hit the the brakes. midday work coming to the schuylkill expressway, between 9:00 and 3:00. they will be working westbound between university and south street, and look out for delays still out there on 295, near 492 freeway. here's ukee now with a look at sports. the phillies wrapped up their series with the giants with the afternoon game today, phillies trying to break a four game losing streak. last night aj burnett pitched well enough to win getting help from his defense and throwing eight shut out innings, but in the ninth

inning, jonathan papelbon walked a couple guys and then allowed a three run double to former phillies fan favorite hunter pence and phillies lose three -one. papelbon is brushing off trade talks. >> i think if you put an entire season into two games, i don't think one thing or the other. like i said, i have in control over it. >> stay tuned, the big piece sat out last night's game ryan howard is hitting .224 for the season and only .168 in the last 25 games. he is sixth in the national league with 60 runs batted in but he struck out 118 times, in 97 games darren ruf up with the big club ryan's playing time could drop. lebron james is apologizing to his neighbors for the commotion leading up to the return to the cavilers. >> gesture was very sweet of lebron, exotic cup cake bakery

delivered a dozen cup cake to each and everyone of lebron's neighbors. james included a net of apology for television trucks and reporters that are over running his neighborhood outside of cleveland. one neighbor david galehouse, he liked this idea. >> it was really great of him to do that. he has never done anything like that in the past. with him coming back to cleveland and him giving us cup cakes sets a standard. he has really change in the last four years. >> cup cakes are sold around the cleveland area to benefit lebron's foundation and they do look good. >> did to do anything for his neighbors in new jersey when he was doing sit-ups. >> i don't remember them getting cup cakes. coming up on "eyewitness news" we havave new developments in the crisis in the middle east, jan? >> reporter: the faa lifts its travel ban to israel i'm jane carabao at philadelphia international airport. coming up hear with the first flights leave and locals who are planning trips.

plus it is a mission called no dog gets left behind and reunites military members with the war dogs. you don't want to miss this very heart warming story. bob and katie return with traffic and weather together. we will do it on the three's. we are back at the bottom of the

this morning, the faa ban on all u.s. flights in and out of israel have been lifted but we're also getting a closer look at aftermath in gaza after israeli tanks and war planes pummeled the gaza strip. we are live at philadelphia international airport with the latest on the crisis in the middle east. also this morning did you get enough sleep last night? it can be a challenge making sure you get enough z's but new there are ways you can track your sleep. that is