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>> breaking news, we're gathering the details and bringing you more coming up. also there is morning, more on a grieving community, how they are coming together to remember a three children. struck and killed by a carjacked suv. >> trues in the gaza war with israel. >> good morning, everyone, today is sunday, july 27th, i'm elizabeth hur in for nicole. it is 8:00, right on the dot here in center city philadelphia. let's check in with meteorologist, carol erickson in the weather center, keeping quite busy this morning. >> yes, a lot has been going on, you doubt often finds thunderstorms in the morning, liz, as you know, but we did finds them this morning. we saw one through philadelphia, about 4:30, and we've seen many others, along the shore, now, all of that activity has moved to the east for now thing calming down, find still clouds over philadelphia, and some fog,
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taking off the tops of some of those build, we move to the shore area, there looking at the clouds, seeing the raindrops, that have fallen, people back out on wet and almost deserted boardwalk, but i think that boardwalk will be getting a lot busier as we move through the afternoon. >> storm scan3, showing those showers, and thunderstorms, that have moved off the coast, fortunately, as they moved right along the coast. we still have lingering shower, through portions of cape may county, atlantic county. but things are improving for now. notice back to the west, with the clouds thinner out there. we do expect to see some sun today, we expect to see clouds, showers, thunderstorms, and it is going to be changing, who is getting what and when. so just know, that this is a day when the weather patterns are active, and sometimes you'll like them, sometimes you won't. 74 degrees in philadelphia, 74 in wilmington, 71 degrees in the trenton area, mild, dew
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points are getting up there, as well. our future weather, as we put -- by the way, get to go about 90 degrees this afternoon. as we put this into motion, we are looking at some sunshine, breaking out in spots, and by noon, we're seeing few showers in spots, not everywhere, obviously, but then some sunshine, look at this, this is 5:00 o'clock, we do start to calm down little bit. >> we'll show you where we are expecting some of this to happen according to the very latest computer guidance coming up. liz? >> thank you, carol. new this morning, delaware county authorities say a child was shot on haverford road in crumb lynn. authorities are not releasing too much information, but we do know that two people include that child were taken to crozer-chester medical certain. don't know the whereabouts of the suspect, we'll give you more information as it becomes available. also, new, fire breaks out in a house in the oxford
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circle section of northeast philadelphia. "eyewitness news" 1300 block every eldridge street. police say flames spotted around 5:30 this morning. two girls, ages seven and nine, were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. they are in stable condition. and, a north philadelphia row home goes up in flames, but thanks to the quick action of neighbors, those trapped inside were able to get out safely. it happened around 2:00 this morning, in the 900 block of west huntingdon street. two brothers, kick down the door to rescue an elderly man. eyewitnesses say they were able to convince his wife, who was trapped on the second floor, to jump out of the window, to escape the flames. >> and then we were swimming, like miss, just come out, jump out. when she finally jumped out, i was able to break her fall, only thing she walked away with was a scraped leg. that was a blessing. >> indeed. two people were returned to the hospital, and treated for smoke inhalation. the cause of this fire is under investigation.
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meanwhile, a grieving community remembers three children struck and killed by a carjacked suv. the children's mother was critically injured, and is fate -- fighting for her life. the family selling fruits on street corner when the carjackers crashed into them. suspects then ran away. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers was at an emotional vigil last night. >> they are harder when remembering children. >> fifteen year old williams, thomas read, and seven year old terrence more, three siblings died selling fruit on the corner for their church. here is a picture of them week earlier picking out what to sell. >> very gentle kids, very good kids, you know, always close to her. >> by her, she means, keisha
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williams, children's mom, last saturday, she brought them to the garden, all smiling, this saturday fighting for her life in a hospital bed in critical condition. >> dedicated, they were hard workers, they were playful, they were kind. >> williams, her three children, and another woman, were all hit by a car, that went out of control at allegheny and germantown avenue. two suspects had stolen it at gunpoint from a realtor, crashed when a tire blew out, fleeing the scene as their victims lay dying on the sidewalk. the pair remains at large. >> i'm believing in god the perpetrators will be brought to justice, those three children will not come back. they're dead. so they have that to live with. >> meantime, heart broken neighborhood can do little more than mourn and pray. >> and once again, remains $110,000 reward for the person with information that leads to
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the arrest of the two suspects still at large. outside every police headquarters, matt rivers, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> and remember, our coverage continues on our website cbsphilly.com. if you have any information, that could help investigators, we have their contact information, also, on our website. another fire in philadelphia. this one in mantua ended when two firefighters hurt. "eyewitness news" at 33rd and mantua just after 7:00 last night. you can see, a group of firefighters on the roof, and we're told it was a vacant apartment building. it is unclear right now how this fire started, and no word on the firefighters condition. new information on friday, fire in south philadelphia, 46 year old christopher smith police say has been charged with attempted murder and arson, in connection with this fire. investigators say, he pushed in a window air conditioner, then lit a flame. minutes later, he allegedly
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returned to the 1700 block of ziegel street, with more accelerant, trapping woman, man, and child. lieutenant jonathan josey off duty and in the area and ran in to help them get out. you will remember, he was acquitted of assault charges, after this video surfaced, and he fought to get his job back. new details this morning, about what police found inside the apartment of the suspect and the deadly medical center shooting. officials executed search warned at richard plotts upper darby home friday and found two more guns. the 49 year old suspect remains sedated and under guard, and we are told he will be charged with murder of his case worker, theresa hunt. and the attempted murder every his doctor, lee ville verman. doctor was also armed, and shot the suspect. and happening right now, the 27th annual tour de shore
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officially underway, about 2,000 bikers are peddling 65 miles to atlantic city, all for very good cause. as you can see, our syma chowdhry is standing by in center sit which more on this story. good morning, syma. >> reporter: good morning, liz. i'm here, on walnut st., and 20th, as you can see behind me, traffic now open. but it was different scene about hour ago. we have video what it look like earlier this morning when 2,000 cyclists were heading over to atlantic city, it is a 65-mile journey. they are doing this all for a good cause. it is 27th annual irish pub tour de shore. raising money for the irish children's foundation. it is a non-profit for raising money for children, endeavors, and for supporting fallen police officers, and their families. now, 2,000 cyclists headed over there, right now, we talked with congressman, pat meehan, about the event. i have a long history, as
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former us attorney, and da, with so many people in law enforcement. now the firefighters are part of this. this is a great tradition, and a great just great ride. and now a nice day for it, because not so hot. i think a lot of people probably make good time down to the shore. >> that's right. they are headed to the irish pub, in atlantic city, they left this one here in center city, 65-mile journey. they should arrive starting around noon, and then, from there, it is going to be a big old party at the irish pub over there. it is $20 to get in. they are still raising money right now, goal $700,000 for this year's event. live in center city, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> thank you, syma. developing right now, in the middle middle east, hamas has just agreed a 24 hour holiday trues in the gaza war starting at 2:00 this afternoon. just this morning, hamas had
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resumed the rocket fire even though israel's cabinet had said it was ready to extends the peace fire. says seven rockets were fired at southern israel early this morning, 43 israeli soldiers have been killed in the 20 day campaign, in the gaza strip, more than a thousand palestinians have died. >> also, a developing story in the investigation into the plane, shot down over ukraine, dutch police are cancelling their visit to the crash site, over security concerns. meantime, identified the first victim from that disaster. saturday the parents everyone of the passengers was able to travel to the crash site in ukraine, and cbs correspondent wendy gillette has this story. >> parents after woman who died when malaysia airlines flight shot down over ukraine, visited the crash site to honor their daughter. >> we have promised our daughter we will come here. >> but the couple's journey
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was long and difficult from perth, australia, through territory controlled by pro russian separatists. the victim's father wore a t-shirt, with his daughter's picture, captioned, fat team, a we love you. >> we are for peace. she was for peace. she is for peace. and she will be forever for peace. >> two military cargo planes landed saturday in the netherlands with last of 227 coffins containing victims. troops carried each of the 38 coffins to waiting hursts in a solemn ceremony. at the crash site, nearby fighting and security concerns have prevented a thorough canvassing of the area. investigators who have been allowed access are still making discoveries. >> personal belongings, passport's, i.d. cards, things like that. >> ukrainian officials say their forces are making progress, retaking control of some areas from the pro russian rebels. us officials say videos like these, posted on line, by russian soldiers, show russia
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is hardly backing down. launching artillery attacks from its own territory into ukraine. wendy gillette, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". and we have learned black boxes have also been recovered from the air al jerry flight from last week, all 118 people on board were killed. investigators hope that this flight recorder will help them determine what exactly happened to the plane. there was bad weather at the time of the crash, the jet on its way to algeria. and new this morning, the costa concordia cruise ship slowly being towed to genoa. the cruise liner capsized more than two years ago, killing 32 people off the islands, and massive salvage mission, the concordia was raised out of the water, and the vest little now be scrapped. a stormy morning, and more could be on the way. carol is tracking all of this, and that's coming up.
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>> popping evacuations, sands fire, burned more than 1300 acres, and in the see era nevada foot hills, at least five homes have been destroyed, fire fight verse they have about 20% contained. the cause remains under investigation. but the drought conditions are said to be fueling this fire.
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and the time right now is 8:15. and there is carol erickson. >> it has been an active morning. did you hear me? heavily running over here. >> but you made it. >> i tried to tiptoe, but it was deafening, almost, running through the studio. but liz, we have so much going on, constantly over at storm scan, check to go see where these showers are. you can see, along the boardwalk right now, still some raindrops, that have been on that boardwalk, itself, and that's really cut down on your boardwalk traffic today. gloomy start to the day. you move to the north, though, doesn't look all that bad out through reading, we do have some high, thin clouds, 77 degrees, muggy, mild morning. it feels like summer around here this morning, which i think everybody is probably pretty happy about. so we've got temperatures that are in the 70s, now, 74 in philadelphia, wilmington, 74 down in millville, 57 in wildwood. it is a warm start. it will be a warm finish, almost 90 degrees later on today. storm scan3, i will get out of
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the way, and show you some of these showers and thunderstorms, just loop over the last three hours, and you can see the lightning strikes that we've seen along the shore ours, and when you saw thunderstorm, you got downpour out every those. but when it stops, this is what we're looking at right now. not that bad right now. specially to the north and the west, with some sunshine, few clouds, if we move closer to new jersey, and the shore areas. as this pushes off to the east. just few scattered sprinkles around. but i think the more sunshine that we see today, in this very active weather pattern, that does not -- makes it a little more troublesome for the cold front when it comes on through. we start to get the atmosphere so agitate that you can see some weather fight break outright overhead. so we will be continuing to monitor that. we've got warmfront going through right now. the cold front follows. low pressure system dragging that through. all of that just means that the atmosphere is spoiling for a fight. but by tuesday, everybody's calm, oh, it is over with, we forgive you, and the weather will be a lot better.
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let's look, really stellar computer model that goes out into time. it is pretty close to where it is supposed to be. which we like. if it starts right, it has better chance every ending right. and the clearing skies off to the north and the west, and few showers right along the shore areas, notice, 10:00 o'clock, we get more clears in spots, clouds in others. we get clearing by this afternoon, 1:00 o'clock, but few areas to the north and west, with some of the widely scattered showers, few clouds here, sunshine there, by mid-afternoon, it doesn't look bad at all around here. but, here is the feature that's been added. so we get some of these clouds in here. notice, offer to the west, this is 11:00 tonight. we see a lot of showers, and thunderstorms, and this is where you're finding the heavier showers, this is the added feature, they start to swing this one through. this is going to change, as far as the timing and the placement, computer model catches up with where exactly the atmosphere is. but, 1:00 o'clock in the morning, some of these stronger storms may be rolling
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on through. then, we get, break-in some spots, not in others. that is going to be the general trends over the day and maybe even again tomorrow. remember, that severe threat is there, this is a broad brush for the entire area, but, some areas, will be picking up the the downpours, strong winds, even the possibility of some hail. something to watch out for, and to pay very close attention to, if you are going to the game today, phillies against the diamond backs, 86 degrees to start. eighty-five to finish. and we're going to be finding chances every showers, thunderstorms, especially, the second half of the day. but maybe the strongest over night, as thee temperatures drop to about 72 degrees, and still some stormy weather can be out there, monday, looks better, slightly, 86, but still, chances of showers, thunderstorms t gets just un believe bridge great here, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and fly, with temperatures in the lower 80s, and low humidity, as well. liz? >> way toned on high note, carol. the time right now, 8:19. time to check the roads, of course, we head out to ann evans at the cbs-3 traffic
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center. good morning, ann. >> good morning, liz. ben franklin bridge bus any both directions, it is open, the tour de shore biking event is through, or through actually on the ben franklin bridge, and the ben franklin bridge is open, good to go. if you are headed to the shore, no delays on the ben franklin. further out the 42 freeway looks good. no problems on the a.c. expressway or the garden state parkway. moving the traffic cam to the schuylkill this morning, the schuylkill at spring garden street, coming along fine, if you look to the left, that's martin luther king drive. that's closed, from the ben franklin parkway to the falls bridge for recreational activities. see the bicyclists on the martin luther king drive this morning. moving the traffic cam one more time 202 at allendale road. good day to dom do some shopping if you are school shopping today out to the king of prussia mall. >> this would be the roadway would you take. no delays or problems on 202, it is in good shape. that is the latest, from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans, liz, back to you. >> look good out there, ann, thank you for. that will.
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and it was a warm welcome home for a local member of the air national guard. senior airman steven gentile just returned to pine hill, new jersey, after six months in the middle east, part of operation enduring freedom. the enlisted in 2012 after graduating from overbrook regional high school. received certificate, yellow ribbon to remember this very special day, and a flag. >> thank you, no words to show my appreciation for what you guys did today. it means a lot. really does. great to be home. and i love you all. >> representatives from the freeholder board, and the camden county office every veterans affairs, attended this homecoming ceremony. the warriors watch riders and members of operation yellow ribbon of south jersey and the state police also there. and from one feel good story to another. there are unsung heroes in every war.
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some vets making sure four leg sold remembers also getting the recognition they deserve. it is part of movement to find new homes for military dokes. we introduce to you bronco and his store. >> i chris shields of northeast philadelphia, calls the decision to adopt bronco, no brainer. >> he knew right who i was. >> rightfully so. members. us navy, two battle mates in afghanistan. at the time, bronco was four years old. today he is 12. we met them through a philly-based group no dog gets left behind. and we met former marine, ron iello through us war dogs association based in burlington, new jersey. >> i was in viet nam back in 1966-67 when my dog stormy. i still think about my dog every day. >> both are advocates of the national defense authorization act of 2013, a law designed to provide care for retired
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military dogs. >> signed into law, it is over a year ago now, but it has not been implemented in anyway. >> so, on wednesday, supporters traveled to washington to hold congress accountable, we're told the. s military keeps about 3200 dogs in combat zones, and on average, 10 percent of them retire each year. the goal they say is to return the dogs to their former handlers, but for some, it is impossible, because it is too expensive. >> they retire them because they do have health issues. >> he did two tours in afghanistan. we went out, we did narcotics, and patrol. woe go until he physically couldn't go any more. >> expense hundreds as month on bronco's medical bills. but calls their bond priceless. his hope, with support from the public, with letters to local legislators. >> go good boy. >> more hero handlers can provide a forever home for their combat partners. >> and true story for you. i am actually scared every
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dogs, so i wasn't sure what to expect when i met bronco. but as you just saw, there he turned out to be such a sweetheart. absolutely deserving of a relaxing, retirement, and again, if you want to help, we have more information for you on ourb
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>> welcome back everyone, sarah mclaughlin has sold some 40 million albumns, and three grammy awards. she also founded this popular concert series, little its fair. after some time off. she is back with new albumn, and heading out on tour. sunday mornings' anthony mason catches one popular singer-songwriter. here is a preview of the interview you will see coming up a little later on cbs's sunday morning.
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>> it has been some time since we've heard from sarah mclaughlin. but this summer, the canadian singer, who sold 40 million records, is touring again. >> you haven't been afraid to go away for awhile. is it scary to sort of leave your audience for awhile? >> no, it is a bit scar toy come back, but more because i know how much work it takes to get back into the game. >> she's back in the game, including a differ ores, break with her long time manager, and the loss of her adoptive father, who died of cancer in 2010 at the age every 80. >> i don't think anybody gets this point in their life unscathed. you know, i'm 46 year old, and
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this is the time when parents die, when big changes happen. >> and singer sarah motorcycle lawn lynn once again just ahead on sunday morning right here on cbs-3 at 9:00. also, coming up in our next half hour, on "eyewitness news", we'll check in with "face the nation"'s bob schieffer. for a look ahead at today's broadcast. also, from the city to the shore, we're live as hundreds every bike riders are peddling for good cause. and just about everyone seems to be taking selfies. now, three on your side shows you how to turn those pictures into cash. and hot and humid, with more storm chances today. carol returns with your sunday forecast. straight ahead.
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>> good morning, we check in with meteorologist, carol erickson in the weather center. i've never seen you run around so much. >> i know, usually this time of the morning, as you know, we have fairly quiet conditions, storms can get active later in the day, but today, we started with them. and we're starting to get into a lull, right now, but we might be picking one that activity, as we head into tonight. notice the board walk still looks wet, thunderstorms rolled through that area. did you pick up some rain, and downpours, when some of these storms came through. look at reading. the skies, a lot brighter out,
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there 76 degrees, so this is very location dependent on what you are finding. this is storm scan3, over the last three hours, notice those thunderstorms, right there, as they moved right along the shore areas. and even before that, we saw them move through philadelphia. notice, now, what it is coming, starting to see some of the clearing, moving down, and that's going to be coming through the philadelphia area, and other areas, as well. expect to find some sunshine out there today. the unfortunate thing with sunshine, in a weather pattern like this, is that it can just get these storms more vigorous, so we'll have to see whether some of the activity robbed, or whether it will fire things up again today. seventy-six in philadelphia, that is warm, and humid morning, out there, in every location, we're on our way close to 09 degrees, with that humidity making it feel every bit of it future weather doing great job. 7:00 doesn't look bad. start to see showers roll in through spots. really later tonight we start
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to pick up the chances of some severe weather, and/or at least strong weather, with the thunderstorms, so we continue to monitor. that will i'll show you the timing, time line, on all of it coming up. liz? >> thank you, carol. new, this morning, delaware county authorities, say, a child was shot on haverford road, in crumb lynn, authorities are not releasing too much information. but we do know that two people including that child, were taken to crozer-chester medical center, now, we don't know the whereabouts of the shooter, we'll bring you more information, as it becomes available. fining breaks out northeast philadelphia, "eyewitness news", on the 1300 block of albert street. police say flames were spotted around 5:30 this morning, two girls, ages seven and nine, taken to the hospital, for smoke inhalation. fortunately, they're in stable condition.
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community turns out for prayer vigil tore victims every a deadly carjacking crash. >> ♪ >> family, friends, of the children killed friday, in a carjacking, hit-and-run crash, gathered at the scene of the accident, at allegheny and germantown avenues. the siblings were seven to 15 years of age. the family was selling fruit, on street corner, for their church. the carjackers crashed into them, and the suspects ran away. dedicated, they were hard workers, they were playful. they were kind. >> those three children will not come back. they are dead. so they have that to live with. >> the children's mother was critically injured. and another woman also hurt right now $110,000 reward being offered for information that leads to arrest and constriction. and, happening right now,
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the 27th annual tour de shore. the grueling 65-mile bike ride to atlantic city benefits the families of fallen firefighters and police officers. syma chowdhry live in center city where it all kick off just short time ago. good morning, syma. >> reporter: good morning, liz. yes, right now we're on 20th and walnut. traffic is open. but about an hour and a half ago it was close today 2,000 cyclists, we have video what it look like when the 56-mile ride kicked off around 7:00 this morning. again, 2,000 cyclists making their way over to atlantic city. and it is all for a good cause to raise money, for the irish pub children's foundation, non-profit dedicated to raising funds for a various amount of charities, children's charities, and of course helping fallen soldiers, fallen police officers and fallen firefighters families. now, one of the largest teams involved is the wheels for
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justice, da risa furman. >> as proud as i am, the wheels of justice largest team here today, today we are part everyone team, 2,000 rider strong, riding in solidarity, in support of all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. >> and, the first group of riders should start arriving around 11:30, but the bulk of the riders will be getting there between 12:00 to 1:00. again this is to raise money, and today's goal is to raise $700,000. and the party also continues over in atlantic city at the irish pub on st. james place. they will continue having an event after the riders get there. so, if you didn't get a chance to participate in the ride, but you do want to participate in the party, head over thereto atlantic city. live in center city, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". thank you for up that date, syma. meantime ... developing now, in the middle east, hamas has just agreed a 24 hour
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holiday trues in the gaza war starting at 2:00 this afternoon. just this morning, hamas had resumed the rocket fire even though israel's cabinet said it was readied to extend the humanitarian peace fire. israeli military says seven rockets were fired at southern israel, early this morning. forty-three israeli soldiers have been killed in the 20 day campaign in the gaza strip. more than a thousand palestinians have died. >> now, coming up next, the eagles finally getting back on the field. we'll go inside the nova care complex for the first day of training camp. that's coming up next in sports.
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>> runners on first and thirds, goes down swinging, more frustration for the big slugger. the rest of the offense
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breaking things open in the second. codey ashley, with deep ball to right. that's two run shot. that will will give them the lead. add another two before the end of the inning. let's skip ahead, to the top of the sixth. phillies up six-three, bullpen running into trouble. double for arizona will sends two runners home. next inning, another rbi, man on third. just like that, arizona ties the game up at six. let's heads into extra innings. arizona with a sack fly to center, one runner comes home. they followed up with a three-run homerun. the phillies take another lost, despite the early lead. the final score, ten-six. well, before the ballgame, the mlb players alum my association presented chase utley with the heart and hustle award for his work with the utley foundation. the foundation that he and his wife jen created helped increase awareness and raise funds, to help fight animal cruelty. well deserved. to the nova care complex, the eagles finally getting back to work for the first day of training camp. this year the players know what to expect in chip kelly's
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offense. well, a lot of that will be riding on nick foles, and he says he's ready. >> really just fun being back out there. we're moving around really fast. you know, taking a month off, you can train, you can do a lot of stuff, you know, practice is something different. so fun to go out there, get the could be webs off, we'll make corrections today, and we'll move forward and have another great day tomorrow. >> we had out standing season last year that everybody was excited about. but he knows as an individual can he still get better. and that's what he worked on when we were with him, in the whole off season program, will continue to work on today. >> and still a lot of questions remaining, about how that lost to desean jackson will impact the offense, wide receiver jeremy maclin, riley cooper, already feeling pressure to perform. >> desean is a great receiver, has been great receiver since he started playing football. but riley cooper is the one going out there and making those catches, making those plays, running after the football. so, i think that you need to give him the credit. he made a loft plays, made me look good last year.
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>> the defense also getting in a good work out. second year, with billy davis, calling the shots. few upgrades, but they're going to have to prove a lot with this tougher schedule. >> just everybody just being their best, so far along, right now, just seeking to be the best defense that we can be, best defense in the league. and we have the guys that are capable of doing that. and going against coach kelly's offense, really prepares us, really well, for the opposing offense. >> and finally, in sports, penn state has announced that sandy barber will be the new athletic director replacing retiring dave joiner. barber was the ad at the university of california berkley, where in ten years the golden bears won 19 team national championships. that's all for sports. i'm leslie van arsdale. have a great day. and here's a fun one for you. the bay area borrows several messy spanish traditions. the tomatoes were flying at
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the county fairgrounds, 35,000 pounds of tomatoes were used in this giant tomato fight, ewe. the messy food fight is modelled after the tomatino festival near barcelona, spain. of course afterwards there was also running of the bulls. well, still to come this morning. thunderstorms this morning. and we're not out of the woods just yet. carol is tracking the latest, and she'll tell us all about the better weather ahead in the seven day forecast. plus: cashing in on yourself owe, three on your side shows you how to get that money for your pictures.
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that's about as american as it gets. woman: what do you mean? blueberry pancakes, strawberries and cream cheese icing, starting at just $4.99. apple pie, watch out. [bell rings] waitress: welcome to denny's! back on "eyewitness news", beginning to look a lot like christmas. okay, i'm not going to sing. at camden adventure aquarium. santa put on scuba gear, and went for a swim in the tank, much to the delight of parents and children. many brought letters with the early request for this
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holiday. santa didn't come alone. he brought an elf from the north pole of course. if you missed the big man yesterday. don't worry, he'll be back there again today. >> chris ma mass in july, carol? >> the fish even straying away, saying this guy is crazy, it is july. so they new. liz, we've been dealing with some clouds all morning, been dealing with showers, many spots, this morning, as well. we still have the clouds through philadelphia. we move to the shore, and you can see that we are starting to see some people out on the bore walk, at this point. but, also notice the color of the board walk. we have seen rain, and we continue with the cloud go down to margate, see the ocean rolling in slowly 73 degrees, somebody was running by here, little bit ago, so nice morning to get out and run on that sand that's been tamped down a little bit by the rain showers that we've seen. speaking of which, this is a loop over the last four hours, we will loop it slowly.
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thunderstorm went through philadelphia, showers, thunderstorms, breaking out along the shore, but notice, what happens now. they're off the coast. also, notice what it is hang. these clouds starting to thin out little bit. so there is was the look, as we went through four hours ago, the showers, the thunderstorms, moving off the coast. a day finding sunshine, clouds, shower, thunderstorm, depending on where you are, what time it is, you may be finding any and all of that. temperatures in the 70s, they are they've been in the 70s, stayed in the 70s overnight, muggy, casino of very uncomfortable overnight time period. we keep these temperatures in the 70s right now. but they don't stop there. we will be close to 90 degrees, later on this afternoon, probably stopping about 89 degrees, warmfront, going on through, the humidity is here, cold front is approaching, all of that
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getting atmosphere ready, see the fight breaking out specially as we go through tonight, and i'll show you the timing on what we expect, and here is the timing. and this looks like it is pretty much on target so far. clearing skies, clouds in other locations, move on into the afternoon, this is noon, few showers, off to the north and the west clearing, clouds, by the time another hour later still looks like a lot of the showers off to the north and the west as the clearing moves in, then the clouds move in, we're in and out of the clouds, in and out of the showers you can see sunshine, by 9:00 still looking at sunshine according to the computer model which has been pretty accurate. but predicting a we've seen this morning, it was right about this morning, yesterday, that we were going to be finding these showers in the morning. and it seems to be following along pretty well, which means, it bodes well for the timing on what is coming here, and that is by 10:00 o'clock tonight. some of these stronger storms, associated with that front, starting to move through the area. this is a look at 1:00 o'clock
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in the morning, with some of these stronger showers, and thunderstorms, coming on through. not every area is seeing them, other showers possibly coming through tomorrow. just know the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, say this entire area that we're in, does run the risk of slight risk of getting some of the stronger storms downpours, strong winds, and even the possibility of some hail. not everybody's going to be sealing that -- seeing, that but chances are there in parts of the area. eighty-nine in philadelphia today. shore, 856789 the poconos, 82 degrees. and the same story weather wise everywhere. shower or thunderstorms, but along with partly sunny conditions, too. tonight 72 degrees, continuing with those showers, and those storms, maybe getting heavy during the overnight time period. by monday, 86 degrees consideration not rule out showers, thunderstorms, and then much less humid, and great starting on tuesday. you know, with the weather the way it will be today, this is the time to get the updated forecast, when you can't be watching it. v. because you can get it any time with the new cbs philly
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weather app. check our live radar, get severe weather alerts, even share any of your storm pictures with us, just download the app. do it now on itunes, coming soon to android. liz? >> thank you, time right now 8:50, time to check the roads one last time, we head to ann evans at the cbs-3 traffic center. good morning, ann. >> looking at the walt whitman bridge, taking this to the shore, no delays on the bridge. further up 42, looks good, so does the a.c. expressway, garden state parkway. winslow township, 73 southbound jammed at egg harbor road through the tour de shore happening there until 11:00 this morning, that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans, now, liz, back to you >> they say a picture is worth a thousand words. did you know your picture could be worth much more if you are too long sell it? three on your side consumer
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reporter jim donovan shows us just how some people are cashing in on theirself east -- their selfies. >> joe biden posted his first selfie with his boss. even see the occasional papal selfie. now, there is a way for consumers to cash in on their own self portraits a stay at home mom, takes photos with her smart phone daily. >> smile. actually really cute. >> she wouldn't minds making a little extra cash. >> i had no idea there would be a company though that would want to may me for my pictures. >> it could be a picture of you headed out on vacation, or a candid photo every your weekend activity, or even a shot horsing around with your co-workers. just snap the pick, up load them to an app, could you make some money. among several sites, where companies ask consumers to take selfies with their products. scoop shots petara raga say if they like what they see, they
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offer to buy them. >> we are seeing more and more brands engaging consumers like, you know, your coca-cola moment, send your photos in, or like -- >> scoop shot use tears sends in travel selfies, they ended up purchasing about 50 of the 800 selfies that were submitted for about $15 each. a cosmetics company gave $1,000 to a selfie contest winner. mcdonald's paid just over $20 for a food focus selfie. and hotel in puerto rico held selfie sweepstakes with the winner getting free weekends stay. at that time tianah made $35 on a concert picture she up loaded. >> i was at concert. >> she said set your own price or except what a company offers for special requests like this picture. >> there was one that asked for lacrosse sticks. oh, i have a lot of friends in lacrosse. that will was an easy one. >> so far she's made $74, for three selfies. >> for a picture i had taken a second, it was easy. >> photos can be sold more than once, but keep in mind,
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once someone buys it, they can do whatever they want with it. by the way, if there are other people in your photos, unless they are well known public figures, you must get their permission before you can sell the pictures. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim
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>> "face the nation" will be coming your way a little later this morning on cb. three. joining us now with a preview, liver in washington; moderator and cbs news chief washington correspondent, bob schieffer. bob, good morning to you. >> good morning, liz. we have two big stories going on, the situation, in israel, of course, and what's happening in ukraine. and we have two key people to talk to about them. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, we begin with him, then we will be talking to ukrainian foreign minister, pablo, who will be in the studio with us here in
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washington. >> thanks, bob, from bob we go to carol. ugly today, but the outlook is good. >> the outlook is great. today i think you'll find some moments, that you will probably love the weather, the sun will be out, and then we get thunderstorm, so depending on where you are, the weather is going to be changing throughout the day is it is starting to improve. some of the thunderstorms we dealt, with shore ours, already dealt with, moved off the coast, things calming down right now, but cannot rule out cold front comes through here getting some strong storms, especially later on today. but expect to find sunshine, and clouds, and that chance of a shower or a thunderstorm, location dependent, and the way the computer mod rest look looks like a loft heaviest activity is going to be coming very late tonight keep europe eye to the sky, ear to the sky, make sure you have another plan, in case you hear one of those thunderstorms or see one. then by tomorrow things are okay, but great by tuesday. >> love it, thanks, carol.
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