after a massive water main break. >> we're actually looking ahead to a very similar day as what we saw yesterday. expect to see some sunshine out there. comfortable air. we'll have all the details for you coming up. bob? >> coming up 5:00 on a wednesday morning. light volume so far on our major roadways like the schuykill and i-95 and we look downtown on the vine street expressway. we'll check the rest of the roads and mass transit coming up next. >> a community comes together to honor and remember three lives lost in a deadly car jacking crash. >> family members continue to grieve but also say they're thankful for the support they have been shown. cleve bryan is there right now and the vigil was held by antiviolence groups in that north philadelphia area. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee and erica. hundreds of people chanted we care and that's evidenced by

this large display behind me. these candles have burned throughout the night. >> palestinian health officials claimed nearly 20 people died when shells tore through classrooms at this united building today. >> reporter: we understand that the victims of this crash, two of them still in the hospital. one of them in critical condition. the other one recovering from broken bones. what we've learned now is that one of the suspects in this, cornelius crawford has been in and out of prison and was out on parole for at least the second time before this crash happened. some experts say it's a matter of money that he simply was a in a situation where the system needed a bed and he could have been still in prison and out on the streets able to commit this crime. we'll have more information for you as we dig deeper into the

background. again, we have three young victims and on our website, cbsphilly.com, we have information how you can contribute to the funeral costs and the medical costs for the surviving victims. >> truly a memorial of love. thank you. let's give you a live look where there's no let-up at the fighting between israeli and hamas in gaza. the overall palestinian death toll roads to at least 1258. israel has lost 53 soldiers. israel tank shells hit a crowded un school. the attack killed 50 people and wounded 90 others. hundreds of palestinians had taken refuge at the school to shelter themselves from israeli attacks. just about 5:03. let's get your traffic and weather together. >> good morning everybody.

yet another cool morning. erica said earlier on that she thought maybe about putting a jacket on yesterday and i have to say i brought it along with me just in case, but it's just at that point where i can get away without it. it's one of those mornings. so depending on location, you may want to think about an extra fleece as you hit the road today. or maybe you're going to take the dog for a walk, it's a little cooler outside. certainly if you slept with the windows open last night, you're waking up and it's feeling comfy out there. it is a day that will feature high pressure roolg the roost. but if you look closely just below the time stamp here, some stormy weather has actually started to crop up here. so none of that is going to survive as it tries to roll our way, but it could produce a few clouds. in the meantime, these are numbers we need to hit in order

to tie record lows today. we're going to flirt with them, i don't think we're going to quite get with them. you need mid, upper 50s. already at 53 degrees in allentown. 59 in trenton currently and you're cool by comparison, 61 degrees in atlantic city. 63 in philly as the list goes on. 50 in quakertown. that's a jacket kind of a morning. feel like fall out there, a dose of september for a second day straight. we really underachieved yet, we couldn't break out of the 70s even at the city. you're expected to hit 79 for the most part. it might be one of those days where you're dodging a stray storm. >> it feels like a good start when you open up the front door.

5:04. we're off to a pretty good start too as far as the traffic situation goes. let's check some of our cameras. downtown the vine street expressway up the middle there, no problems between i-95 and the skrook expressway. here is vine street local as you work year way toward the ben franklin bridge three lanes coming into philadelphia at least at the moment, if you're heading towards new jersey, keep in mind the long-term construction taking out the right lane 24/7. we just got word of a water main break in flower town. and folk road down here in wilmington should down. otherwise the rest of the bridges look fine and mass transit running with no delays. erica back to you. >> they're drying out in southern california after this water main erupts right near

ucla's campus. that massive break shot millions of gallons of water into the skies stranding drivers and chasing pedestrianings down walkways. >> reporter: this was not the doing of mother nature. it's what happens when a 93-year-old water main breaks, asphalt buckles, concrete cracks and a geyser shoots 30 feet in the air. >> i see water pouring out. >> 35,000 gallons of water gushd out every minute severely damaging a small portion of ucla's campus. it took crews 3 and a half hours to shut off the water. >> it's not the easiest place to get to at rush hour. >> as that was happening, cars were stuck and people were too. this is pauly pavilion of the it's an athletic complex done two years bag for $136 million. now it's in need of new repairs. in a nearby parnging garage, 200

cars were served. five people were trapped. one aided by a swift water rescue team. >> they got swept off their feet and got trapped underneath their car. >> luckily no one was hurt. by around 7:00 p.m. tuesday night, the geyser was just a trickle in a huge puddle of water on the iconic sunset boulevard. in the end, 8 to 10 million gallons of water was wasted in a state that is dealing with a historic drought. >> now happening today, eight of nine defendants busted in a drug ring that allegedly operated at main line schools have a pretrial conference. the suspects face conspiracy and drug distribution charges. prosecutors allege the ring's master minds recruited subdealers from five main line high schools. they are also accused of selling drugs at three colleges as well.

tense moments after the bomb squad is called in after reports of a drug lab. police responded to the second floor of this apartment on ninth and spring garden street last night. they found pipes, a pressure cooker and a growing operation. investigators determined nothing illegal was found so no charges will be filed. a man remains in critical condition this morning after he is shot near temple university's campus. it happened around 9:30 last night. medics rushed him to temple hospital with a gun shot wound to the chest. police are questioning the driver involved in a single car crash in north philadelphia. police say they tried to stop the car but did not pursue the driver before the accident. the driver suffered minor injuries. police have not filed charges. police are also investigating this crash. it happened in bucks county. chopper 3 over route 14 near

i-95 in bristol township. investigators say a trash truck landed on top of a minivan after both vehicles left the interstate and turned left on to 413. amazingly the family of three in that minivan survived with only minor injuries. the truck driver was not hurt. >> the parents who were front seat passengers of the minivan had already self extricated themselves. it was just a teenaged boy in the middle row that was still entrapped. i saw him hug a paramedics that was inside the van with him. >> incredible they're all okay. if you know anything about that collision you're asked to call the bristol township police safety unit. >> the time is now 5:09, just released this morning the results of a new round of crash tests and this time the focus is on small electric cars. >> also ahead, some unbelievable video here of a train running over two women who were trying to cross a railroad bridge. see how they survived ahead. >> and an urgent health warning about mosquitos in new jersey.

not one but two viruses have now been dedetected in the garden state. >> today is another day that feels much like september. nothing of the dog days of summer really going on for us. what's up with that? we're also going to talk about the tropics they're starting to light up a little bit too. the that and your full weather forecast on the other side. >> halfway through your workweek, if you're up and getting out of bed, you're practically through the day. as long as you're up. >> the hardest part is getting out of bed when it's all cozy. >> so when that happens we're halfway done with our day? >> halfway done. the hard part is over. >> i know. >> good morning. back in a bit.

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moing everyone. two women narrowly escaped death while crossing a railroad bridge in indiana. >> and all caught on camera too. remember that scene from "stand by me"? pretty similar. two women came face to face with a train while trespassing on a bridge over lake lemon. 80 feet off the ground and no where to go. the women lie down on the tracks and let the train pass over them. >> they had an engineer who thought he had killed two people. they crawled out from under the freight cars, the engineer was shaken up but he asked them if they were okay. one of them yelled that she had stubbed her toe, but otherwise fine. >> wow. railroad ofthss alerted indiana police of the incident. those women were identified and they could be facing charges. just incredible that they're all right. >> unreal. >> 5:15 right now.

how are we looking today? >> it looks very much like yesterday did. we're going to start out with bright sunshine, overall it's a nice day, cool, comfortable. so we will go two for two. how does that sound? we've got some other issues that i do want to talk about. storm scan 3, i want you to look up to the northwest towards toronto. we don't have to worry about them here. maybe up inle poconos you pick up on a quick shower, but generally we do stay dry today. here is the frontal boundary that passed through sunday night. it hasn't quite cleared out and it's actually becoming somewhat stalled. that will eventually lift back in and bring us our next shot for showers and storms. there is still an area of showers and storms showing better signs of organization it's got the potential to a become a tropical depression, but it might even become bertha

within that time frame. it will eventually run into wind sheer which will help tear it apart. so it may not achieve anything more than a tropical storm status. we'll obviously keep a close watch on it. but the windward islands on the caribbean are likely to get the impact of that storm system. we're in that medium to medium high range if you've got lawn cutting plans, you may want to think about the allergy meds. mid 80s return thursday and friday, as does the potential for a shower as does a localized thunderstorm. it should be scattered in nature. it won't be a washout by any means. again it's a little hiccup that comes along with our forecast. bob over to you. >> good morning on a wednesday. we're off to a pretty good start this morning. no hiccups. a live look at i-95 where we got rid of the cones and the construction crews called it a night. we're almost back to normal there. a little bit of an uneven

surface as you roll northbound. let's go to the blue route. a live look toward the schuykill expressway. light volume across the board. coming up from west chester, 202 northbound, watch for that construction squeeze where you certainly head down, and that construction zone takes you up through 29. a water main break in flowertown this morning, watch for some local details throughout the rush hour. so far so good on the majors and mass transit running without delays. >> army sergeant bowe bergdahl could meet with an investigator as soon as next week. he meant missing in 2009 and was captured by the taliban. an investigation found he did

leave his outpost on his own free will but have no clear findings that he deserted. the meeting could determine his intent. >> funeral services will be monday for the three young victims of last week's car jacking. hundreds turned out for a vigil remembering the victims last night. there are questions about why one of those suspects was even on the street. >> at least 50 people are dead and 90 injured in gaza. it's the heaviest attack of the three-week war. >> and president obama is announcing more sanctions on russia in retaliation for supplying rebels in eastern ukraine. the european union has announced similar sanctions. >> t two mosquito borne viruses are detected in our area. >> remember that cancer patient who captured our hearts when he took over the town of san francisco?

on the health watch this morning, a mosquito borne virus headed through the caribbean has made its way to injuries. >> residents have tested positive for chikungunya. it's rarely fatal. meanwhile the state health department has said it's find west nile. fever, muscle weakness, vomiting and dizziness. so far no one tested positive for west nile. >> the timing of a person's heart attack could mean the difference between life and death. researchers found patients who arrive at the hospital during evenings or weekends or holidays have a higher risk of dying when compared to patients who arrived normal workday hours. the study blamed the discrepancy on hospital staffing. he inspired a city, now he

may inspire a movie. >> the official trailer for bat kid begins. it's a documentary about five-year-old miles scott, his battle with leukemia and san francisco's push to turn the bay area. they already have great video of the event. >> we give it two thumbs-up already. >> can you imagine how many will want to go see the movie. >> love that about san francisco. >> oh, you are so cute! i love your cute little smile. >> oh. a little girl has a breakdown when she was told something about her baby brother. the news sent you over the edge

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. here is your traffic and weather together. >> good morning. we can expect to see another decent day unfold. yesterday started off with plenty of sunshine. we did eventually see cloud cover build in, overall it was still a nice day and comfortable as well. today very similar. no two days are necessarily exactly the same. just because we do have none of that is going to mess with us, but we are eventually going to see clouds build up as we good yesterday. 63 year temperature at philly international. in allentown the current temperature 53. 59 in wildwood, that's fleece weather. 81 is expected high, still below

average in terms of that high and also comfortable too with low humidity continuing. bob over to you. >> morning everybody. 5:25 on this wednesday morning. light volume so far. it feels nice when you step out the front door, open up the sun roof as we look at route 1 as we come down heading toward the schuykill expressway, the fort washington interchange, no problem or delays here. in delaware, route 261 closed both directions right near 202. it's all part of that reconstruction project there along i 95. bridges are fine and mass transit are running with no delays. >> kyle kendrick will make the start today in an afternoon game at mets city field. kendrick will be trying to match

cole hamels third straight dominant performance. chase utley, fifth career grand slam made the final 6-0 phils. the final trade deadline is tomorrow. >> never put us in a position to have to dump money or to dump players. and so we're not in that mode. what we're trying to do is make the best baseball deals for the organization moving forward. and if we can't do it during the deadline, there are also opportunities to do it during the off season and opportunities to do it during the course of the end of this season. the chicago cubs owe their latest win to john baker. he scored the run in the 16th inning in the longest game in kubs history. he not only scored the winning

run, the catcher pitched the top of the 16 to get the winment the cubs over the rockies. your final is 4-3. the philadelphia union plans a news conference at noon. there's no official word what they plan to announce, but it could be a new international goaltender or a move to make room for one. they play kansas city friday night in kc. the eagles resume practice. they're getting ready for their first preseason game of the year. a week from saturday against the bears. and the cowboys are using some strange tactics in their training camp. ice water helps concentration i would imagine. the boys are looking to bounce back from their straight 8 and 8 season of the our birds beat those cowboys. so they can throw all the ice they want. not going to beat us. >> just a random thing.

throwing ice on people. >> we got to try something. i'm not hating on the cowboys. >> dear diary. today ukee said. >> i love football season. >> coming up in the next here, the escalating crisis in middle east, we'll bring you up to date. >> the results of a new crash test for small vehicles are in. coming up, a list of the best and worst performers. >> and bob and katie with your traffic and weather. we do it on