weekend plans, really want to pay attention to this forecast. we are expect to go see wet weather make return appearance, so gone are the days of those beautiful weekends, unfortunately, i come bearing wet weather news. i'll tell you all about it coming up. bob? >> good morning,:00 o'clock on a friday. looking live at the 42 freeway, with headlights coming in toward philadelphia, into the work zone at 295. we'll check through the rest of the roads, some of the construction project, mass transit coming up. ukee, good morning. >> good morning, updating breaking news right now, philadelphia police shoot and kill suspect following home invasion in the northeast. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan joins us now in the northwood section with more on that, cleve? >> reporter: good morning, well, speaking with the words of the captain, this is exactly what police trained for. it was a situation that had a lot of alert necessary by the police officer involved, very brave actions, un foiling potential home invasions. >> a nightmare scenario early this morning, as two mask men with guns ambush a couple at their front door.

>> when he came on the property, two suspect came upon him with guns, basically ordered him off the property. >> police say the home security system prompted officers to stop by the house. at the door, it was one of the robbers who answered, the officer asked for id, at which point the suspect made the female resident go to the door to get rid of the police. the officer asked her is everything okay, and she says yes, verbally, but winings that not is all okay. so the officer being alert as he was enters the foyer. >> when the officer went inside the male resident made break for the front door. one of the robbers came running into the foyer, was surprised to end up face-to-face with the officer, and then pointed his gun at the officer's pen and fired. >> we believe this discharged three times, thank god the officer was not struck. the officer himself, he fired from his gun, multiple times, and he did strike it the male suspect. >> the one robber pronounced dead at the scene, but the

second one ran out the back door during the shoot-out. >> now, the house next-door to where this took place actually has some damage, some holes in the walls from all of the shots that wrecks changed, we understand that the k9 unit, has been out here, but they've not been able to identify that second robber, to find him, rather, yet. live in northeast, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> lee, thank you. we have some breaking news right now from the middle eels. looking live at the gaza strip. gaza officials say at least four palestinians had been killed by israeli tank fire. it happened nearly two hours after israel and hamas began observing three-day cease-fire. israeli army spokesman in jerusalem says the military is looking into that incident. meanwhile secretary of state, john kerrey; hoping to hammer out a more permanent settle settlement. it is up to the parties, all of them, to take advantage of this moment. there are no guarantees. >> the us is sending delegation to cairo for the

negotiations. the white house has also pledged $47 million in humanitarian aid. ukee? >> back home in wilmington, delaware, the lanes, at least some of the lanes, are back open. that's what we're talking about right now, delaware senator tom carper touring the i495 bridge in wilmington today, del dot closed you may remember back in early june 2nd, when they realized some of its support columns were tilting. that shutdown traffic along 495 between terminal avenue and 12th street. traffic reopened on the southbound lanes about a month ahead of schedule. now, crews had been working 24/7 to get traffic moving once again, commuters are relieved big time they can use that bridge again. >> a mess, 95 been back up, be late for work, everything. >> all of the damage sports they've drilled 32 holes down to bedrock, filled them with reinforced concrete. and that's what is now supporting the bridge. so it is actually stronger than it was before. >> reporter: i use that bridge a lot myself headed back and forth to november.

northbound lanes of i4959 should reopen by labor day. just past 5:03, let's get your traffic and weather together. kate? >> ukee, if you got any plans, perhaps headed down that brand new bridge, you're opening here for the weekend, just keep in mind that the weather may not necessarily be on your side. unfortunately it, does look like we will be dealing with at least some showers, very likely steady rain for some of you as we kick off the weekends, meantime today also will probably feature shower or even thunderstorm as well. let's explain, start it off, just by taking you out there. i obviously do not need my umbrella neither do you. wet weather will start to move n see the clouds already starting to funnel n i do think we start off with some sun, but at a bit more of a premium throughout the day. already see the leading edge of the moisture starting to creep across virginia, eventually arrives in the form of showers. then again maybe thunderstorm in there, too. taking a look at august, you know, as we kick off new month here, typically the temperatures start to drop back off. we peak with our heat, late

july. so, now, starting to see the trends turn little bit averaging it all out we would normally see monthly temperature of about 85. today, actually shy of that, right now at 72 degrees, so we start off mild, but don't have chance to warm up all that easily simply because we'll start to see the clouds build in. shooting for 83, 80 at the shore, clouds thickening, shower around, thunderstorm, and there will also be some of that going on up toward the poconos, too. no one is necessarily free of the activity here today. but if you want to see the driest forecast, you will want to head further north, and west, into the weekend. bob, we send it into you. >> good morning, everybody, 5:05, off to pretty good start this friday morning, tgif. grabbing your coffee and keys, outside, live look at the vine st. expressway into or out of philadelphia, light volume so far this morning. roads dry. off to pretty good start there. do have accident northeast philadelphia, academy road, between grant avenue and morrell avenue. academy blocked right now, that's the stretch that boarders right there northeast

airport. so maybe the boulevard would be your best bet until they can get that situation cleared up. as we just heard from ukee, 495 south, reopened, this morning, so that's great news, especially on a friday, and in the summertime, most of that volume on a friday afternoon is heading south, trying get down toward the delaware beaches. so southbound is open. however, northbound, little bit more pain before the gain. you industrial to hang with 95 as the alternate. the rest of the major roadways, 95, from northeast philly, into center city looking good. no problems yet on the schuylkill expressway, they are still working on the northeast extension here in the construction zone, right near lansdale until about 6:00. and of course, with it being a friday, in the summertime, a lot of that volume on friday afternoons will be headed south to the jersey shore. but right now, if you are coming in toward philadelphia on the freeway, you're in good shape. mass transit running with no delays. ukee, back over to you. >> thank you, bob. new this morning, 30th street station is about to have a new name.

the senate voted last night to rename the train station in honor of former philadelphia congressman, bill gray the third. gray helped to get millions of dollars to refurbish the station, as soon as president obama signs the bill, the building will be known as william gray the third, 30th street station. new this morning, be careful. red light cameras now operating at three intersections in montgomery county. they're located at abington and moreland, and fitzwatertown roads. old york and welsh roads, and old york and susquehanna. now, those cameras, which were turned on at midnight, are what officials say are three of the busiest and most dangerous intersections. 100-dollar fines don't kick in, though, until october. pennsylvania lawmakers have postponed a vote on the cigarette sales tax, and philadelphia mayor mike nutter is not happy. the tax money would help funds philadelphia's schools. now, the house was supposed to vote on the tax monday. superintendent doctor bill hite has previously said if the district did not get that money, layoff notices would go

out august 15th. schools might not open on time. mayor nutter has harsh words for harrisburg. >> we need to be crystal clear as to why your children will not start school on time. it is because the general assembly and the house republican leadership decided not to come back into session for one day and do their jobs for which you pay your taxes. >> lawmakers said they've asked governor tom corbett to advance the district money to help close the deficit. the governor will meet with legislative leaders next week. superintendent hite will join us by the way in our next hour to talk about what happens next for the cash-strapped district. time right now 5:08. and new developments this morning, in the ebola outbreak spreading across africa. >> some infected patients are on their way to the united states right now. what happens next as the dangerous fires continues to spread. >> plus neighborhood consume by ball of flames after several deadly explosions. we're now getting new video of

that blast, and the devestation left behind. >> and, a new jersey driver is stunned to see heroin dose shattered by paramedics. find out what they were looking for in her suv and the big surprise they found. katie? >> ukee, today is going to be the combination of an unsettled pattern, here in the delaware vale, as we start to seymour moisture start moving into our area, the wet weather chance does starting to up, we're going to track some of this rain for you, tell you exactly thousand will shake out for the weekend, all coming

at least 25 people are dead, hundreds more hurt after several gas explosions rock a crowded neighborhood in taiwan. this is the fiery aftermath. we're seeing the incredible video here of the moment that far blast. they rattled buildings, rimmed streets apart. look at that car there. wow. at least 267 people were hurt, than death toll is expected to

rise. investigators think leaking gas that built up in sewers triggered the multiple explosions. at least one american aid worker infected with ebola will be flown back to the u.s., will be house in the highly secure unit at a hospital in atlanta david begno has more now on the evacuation effort. >> right now, there are two american missionaries, isolated in liberia, and diagnosed with ebola. they are doctor kent brantly of texas, nancy rightbold of north carolina. they're in grave condition but said to be stable. experimental serum was available. doctor brantly asked it be given to nancy. there was only enough for one patient. >> we don't really know how a effective the serum will be in this instance of ebola because it really hasn't been done very frequently before if at all. >> doctor brantly given unit of blood from one every his patients who recovered from ebola. emory university hospital in atlanta now says an infected american will be brought there in the neck several days and

placed inside a high security ward isolated from others. the identity of that american is unknown. the cdc has issued highest possible warning, level three. advising americans to avoid innocent-essential travel to liberia, guinea, sierra leone, where some 1300 people have been ill with ebola more than 700 have died. right now there are 20 quarantine centers in the u.s. most at airports ready to isolate travelers who show symptoms of ebola. david begno, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". 5:13, here's your traffic and weather together. katy? >> ukee, happy friday everybody. always love when i can say that to you. actually going to ends up being unfortunately not the best pattern that unfold here, but at least we have the week toned look forward to, right? at least going to get some sunshine to start the day off here. eventually some of what you see over my shoulder as we take it full screen on storm scan3, moisture starts to work its way in, does start to bring in potential at least for some pretty steady rain.

that's specially true for the weekend, for today, it is mainly just scattered czar variy of showers, maybe rumble every thunder, but you can tell just by looking at the trails of clouds and precipitation, this whole flow is coming straight out of the southwest. so getting a little southern built of the southern draw start to work its way in here. so what's it really mean for us? let's walk you through all of t currently quiet outside whitfield elementary school, traffic going up and down the street here, no wet weather yet. we start off with sun, eventually shower or even thunderstorm will fire up. your pollen report, levels do start to drop off. you know what that means, when the levels drop off, something going on in the pattern. it is the fact that we will be dealing with some wet weather. grasses, chenopods, nettle, primary pollen issues. over the course of the weekend we barely hit 08 degrees here saturday, the clouds, the rain, will help limit the amount of warm that can take place. the best chance for rain looks like it is southeast of the city, but i definitely think we all get in on at least some showers here, both weekend

days, bob, over to you. >> morning, 5:14, a lot of stuff going on already here in the traffic department. going outside, live look at i95 northbound, already jammo, hitting the brakes here, into the construction zone, delaware county. this is live look at route 420, down to only one lane heading northbound, if you are getting early start to head to the airport, be ready to hit the brakes. it is all part of this overnight construction, and penndot is picking the cones up. until they get it cleared out, only one lane headed northbound. getting word of this fatal accident. here is the latest here in northeast philly, academy road is blocked, between grant avenue and morrell. right near the airport there. police investigating an early morning fatal crash, so when you use knights road as the alternate. also a crash up here in montgomery county, clump road, whitesmill road. busy on the extension, nascar coming to the pocono speedway this weekend, so we will see that extra volume, not only do we have weekend volume headed to the poconos, westbound got the nascar fans headed up there, as well.

and busy weekend in south philly, all concerts tonight, big concert at citizens bank park, tomorrow, billy joel takes over the park, miley cyrus comes in across the street, so double packed concerts tomorrow night here in south philadelphia, and then sunday night off, monday, tuesday, again, concerts, so no sports events all concerts over the next five days in south philadelphia. erika, back over to you. >> packed weekends. >> indeed. >> bob, thank you. we have breaking news leading our headlines today. burglary suspect is killed by police after a home invasion in the north woods section of the northeast. police say he pointed a gun at officers while attempt to go run. the search is on for another suspect. smoke rising over gas a, four people killed by israeli tank fire nearly two hours after israel and hamas began observing a three day cease-fire. this is a live picture as the fighting between israel and hamas is now in its fourth week. and southbound lanes of

the i495 bridge in new castle county open this morning ahead of schedule. the bridge closed in june because supports were tilting. northbound lanes are expected to open by labor day. your time now 5:17. thousands of jobs are on the line in atlantic city. now help is on the way today for workers facing a very uncertain future. >> also, is face become filtering your news? how your friends are changing the way you may look at the world. we'll be right back. ♪ who's more excited about back to school savthe ladies?ples?

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philadelphia mosque is accused of bizarre crime. he's due in court. police say mitchell tried to cut off a worshipper's hand with a michetti. mitchell accused the worker every stealing jars of money from the mosque on north 63rd street. the judge will decide if there is enough evidence to put mitchell on trial. >> emergency responds nerves hoboken, new jersey thought they were saving a life instead they were saving a doll. passerby was walking down the street when they saw what look like a baby in a hot car, so they called 911. emergency responders arrived, smashed the window to save the baby but it was just a doll left in the carseat by the own he areas granddaughter. the car owner says all they had to do was take a closer look. >> well, you see the doll. >> paramount, between a baby breathing, not breathing, pulls, no pulse. >> emergency responders claim the doll looked very life-like, that you can

replace a window, but can you not replace a life. the owner is making a claim to have that window repaired. i do see that the baby looks very life-like. but, common? they busted the window for nothing, i can see she wants heroin dough paid for. >> do you have re ac, so i can understand. >> 5:21 right now, getting your sugar fix could get expensive. >> bad season gets even worse for the fighting phils. cliff lee, hurt again. how long he could be side lined this time. when we come

5:23, is our weekend ruined, katie? >> i'll be blunt. >> oh, man! come on.

>> now, i wouldn't say ruined. ruined is a very strong word. but we are going to be dealing with wet weather. i can't lie. i want to just tell you like it is, so you can prepare now, but it is less than ideal. but it is definitely not a total wash out. now, storm scan3, actually going to start off wit some erght now, clouds dos out thicken with time. at the area beaches, evening out pretty decent beach day. 08 degrees at the she uv index still somewhat high. rip countries being low. up in the poconos, talking partial sun, some scattered storms late in the day, so again, our friday looks pretty decent. it is the weekends, that starts to turn much more unsettled, and active, now, if you're up in the poconos, generally some scattered showers, however, the further south and east you go, especially toward the shore, your best shot to see steady or heavy rain. bob, over to you. >> 5:24, this friday morning. let's go outside. already early morning jam, that's causing delays for folks trying to get to philadelphia international. hey, north on 95, bumper to

bumper here, this is route 420, headed up toward the airport. look, some folks even backing up on the shoulder here, now, if you are leaving the house right now, and headed north on 95, jump off at 420, and use 291. that will put you in to the airport area, and as alternate for 95, because right now look at the back up, some folks cutting it close to begin with trying to get their flight out. here is delays on this fatal accident, northeast philly, academy road closed between grant avenue and morrell. if you are headed through northeast philly this morning, that's academy of course boarders philly, northeast philly airport, you want to use the roosevelt boulevard as your best bet. later tonight begins the septa trolley blitz. they're closing the tunls in center city. so all of the subway surface trolleys will be diverting to 40th and market, for the next couple of weeks. they'll replace a lot of the overhead lights, the sign and, some of the rales, whole big track project that begins later tonight at 10:00 o'clock, here's ukee now

with a look at sports. >> reporter: thank you, bob. changes on the phils the day after the trade deadline, blue were no deadline deals involved. cliff lee is on the 15 day dl after re injuring his elbow against the nationals. lee through pitch in the third inning, then gestured toward his elbow, and trainers dashed to take a look at him, then take him out of the game. lee says he could be done for the season. he'll see a doctor very soon, and the game ben revere had another four hit night. and the phils beat up the nationals, good to see, at least, ten to four the final score, in favor of the fighting's, phils in d.c. again later tonight. so baseball's, no movement by the phillies it, doesn't mean though there won't be trades, but there is a little more involved now. gm says there are interesting propose. >> got pretty close on couple of depth rent things, different areas, but ultimately, we didn't match up. that doesn't mean we don't match up later on or in the off season.

and may still be opportunities to do that. >> see what happens. coming up in the next half hour, following breaking news, after police kill a man overnight. cleve? >> reporter: that's right. i'm in northeast philadelphia. police foil attempted home invasion and one of the robbers confronts an officer, guns pointed, we'll tell you what happened inside one of these homes just down the block. also, a surprising claim from bill clinton. what he said about osama bin laden just one day before 9/11, and why we're just now hearing the long lost tape. also, bob and katie return, they've got your traffic and weather together on the 3's, including a big jam on northbound 95 near the airport. deadly accident also in the northeast, bob has the details and detours for you. we're back

>> we're following breaking news this morning, philadelphia police open fire

overnight killing one suspect. but, there is another still out there this morning after a foiled home invasion. "eyewitness news" has been following this breaking news all morning long for you. >> good morning, "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in the north woods section of northeast philly right now with the latest. cleve? >> reporter: good morning, right now there are many investigators on the scene, currently looking at this car right here, may be related to the two robbery suspects there is happened around 12:45 this morning. police say a couple were ambushed at that's front door by two mask men caring guns, forks the residents inside at gunpoint, and home security significant tell triggered. one of the suspect came to the door pretending to be resident, about as tooth officer asked for proof. he sent the female resident to the door to try too get ridf the cops. she said everything is okay, but gestured otherwise to their face. the officer went inside, which surprised the officers, police