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perhaps you start today get used to the fact it wasn't feeling like the height of summer. well, those days are gone. back to the heat. back to humiditiment bob, actually got some air quality issues to talk b we'll see that coming up. >> 5:30, off to pretty good start this morning, a combination of maybe half dozen or so construction crews still out there, others picking up the cones, we'll take live look, northeast philadelphia, brake lights on the right. folks starting to wake up and head into downtown. we'll check the rest of the roads and mass transit coming up next. ukee, that the tasha, good morning. >> good morning, everyone, in the news, car plows into south jersey home, tearing it down like a wrecking ball. >> then when the dust finally settles, two people had to be rushed to the hospital. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry live in camden, she has got the latest on this very frightening collapse. syma? >> reporter: that's right, calling it a wrecking ball and frightening collapse, definately the best way to put it. now, crews worked overnight to try to secure the area, and take down whatever was left after a house collapsed. now, authorities brought in an excavator, to knock down the
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home. and as you can see, there is just rubble left at that corner right there. now, we have video of what it look like earlier when a driver lost control of the car, and drove into the home on the corner of linden and north tenth street. there were two people inside the car when it slammed into the house. this happened a little before 11:00 last night. both people in the car were taken to cooper hospital. we are work to go get an update on their condition after the car struck the home, to safely take down whatever was left of that house. now, back here, live at the scene, you can see lots of rubble left over. no plan when crews return to clean that up. not known at this time if the house was occupied. but we are await to go get up a date from police. again, we do know, two people that were in the car were taken to cooper hospital. no word on the extent of their injuries. live in camden, syma chowdhry,
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cbs-3, "eyewitness news". thank you, same a other news, residents in gaza buying spruce, taking advantage of cease-fire between israel and hamas. after month of fighting indirect talks are expected to be held in egypt's capitol. hamas wants israel and egypt to lift their seven year old gaza border blockade. however, israel has been reluctant to open gaza's boarders unless hamas is disarmed. coming up on a 33:00, let's get your traffic and weather together. >> good morning, everybody weeks start things off on pretty quiet note. by comparison to yesterday, fog was a concern, now just in the clear, essentially, but, you know, we can't quite say the region as whole is in the clear from any larger pattern, that is underway here, when you look at storm scan3, at this wide zoom, what you notice are two lines basically, of clouds, precipitation. the one that's just off shore, that is the very same stalled out frontal boundary, just can't seem to get rid of this thing, right? but it will actually help us out when it comes to the tropics which we will talk b
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meanwhile, off across the great lakes, next colds front, will eventually roll through, late in the day tomorrow, with few showers, storms. so, we still have weak high pressure, in place right now, and we go out to the board walk plaza, in rehoboth, things have been pretty quiet. we see one person walking down the board the last few hours, couple ofand,ut 60s, generally west-southwest breeze, very modest one at that. because that far modest breeze, and because of high pressure helping to bring in sort of bake us here, at the surface, bring in the sunshine, warm things up, air quality alerts are issued for the region, through southwestern pennsylvania, county shade the in the gray, delaware, if travels take you that way. what it means, we say it all the time, if you fall into the sensitive category, our child, elderly, respiratory problems, the casino every air mass that can be unhealthy for if you you are out in it for too long. be smart about it, currently 71 degrees at the airport, little cooler throughout lying suburbs, ever so slightly,
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quakertown waking to up cool air. fifty-nine the current temperature there. location dependent, what you walk out to in terms of comfort level. but dow think we will easily hit 09 degrees today in philadelphia. we're going to shoot for it anyway regardless of whether we actually hit it, with the steamy necessary in the atmosphere, bob, will easily feel like it is 09 degrees. >> 5:34. good morning. off to pretty good start this morning, construction crews loving the overnight temperatures. they've been out in full force the last up couple of nights. live look at i59 near 420, where they just pick up the combs, and all of the lanes open. but if you casino of look closely, you can kind of see the uneven surface here between the travel lanes, between the milling and paving underway here along i-95, in delaware county. we go out to 422 near the oaks interchange: start to see the daylight, but still break lights headed eastbound in toward king of prussia light volume at this hour so far. west on the pa turnpike, still working right near the philly
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been zero bensalem interchange, causing a delay from pretty much route 13 and headed over in toward route one, over night work still out southbound on the extention, lansdale interchange. patco high-speed line, they flip the schedule around little bit. changed up their monday through thursday schedule. and that new timetable went in effect thursday. otherwise, south jersey, good to go. no problems on the new jersey turnpike, 295, looking good as you make your way down toward bellmawr. and mass transit running with no delays. ukee, natasha. back to you. >> thank you, time is 5:35. in business news this morning, which car could break an auction price record? >> more on data breach at pf chang's, money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, ukee, that the tasha. investors keep the momentum going today on monday the markets had a small come back after last week's huge sell off. the dow finished 75 points,
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higher, the nasdaq closed up 31 points. it is costing more to travel by airplane. according to the associated press, the average of round trip ticket was $509 in the first half of this year. that compares with $496 last year, a 30% hire than the rate of inflation, and of course, it doesn't include all of the add-on costs and fees, for things like luggage, and food. new details on data breach at pf chang restaurant, credit and debit cards numbers, card holder names, supply been stole friend 33pf chance locations in 18 states, between october 2013 and june of this year. now, three of those locations are in pennsylvania, pf chance has full list on its website. and it, can be a new world record for a car auction. 1962 ferrari, 250gpo is hitting the auction block,
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next week in california. it could beat the previous records of $30 million for mercedes, sold last year, auctioneers say its rarity and beauty make it a, quote, must have for fine autobomile collectors, 36 of those cars were made, ukee it, has your name all over it. >> i agree. >> still riding in my 64 pinto. >> ya. >> jill, appreciate t our time 5:37. funeral services were held for 39 young churning, killed in a carjacking crash, as hundreds gather to celebrate their lives more donations pour in to help the family. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco was at one fundraiser in north philly. >> remember renz of three lives cut short. monday a community offered prayers to lift up grieving family this same day they burried 15 year old key air a, ten year old jo-jo, seven year
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old terrence. >> i feel the pain, it is not even my children. >> we will be out here praying for them, just raising funds for their family. >> the kids were killed a week and a half ago, two alleged carjacking suspect selling fruit on the corner of germantown and allegheny avenue to raise money for their church. when the out of control suv jumped the curb striking them. >> not a good day, but the same people coming together, having purpose with what they are doing, exercising, but there is a purpose. and that purpose is helping remaining children keisha williams. >> at the children's funeral, hundreds packed the family's seventh day adventist church including the city's top dignitaries, to remember the life of three loved kids and support a hurting family >> offed counselling, outlet for those want too long help. money from the exercise
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fundraiser will all go to the william family. >> i really sympethize. i have nothing. so it really like kind of hit home. >> the children's mother, keisha, remains hospitalized in critical condition. the family is still asking for prayers for her. money from this funds raise letter go to keisha and her remaining two children. in north philadelphia, diana rocco, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> family, friends, gather to remember an upper darby woman killed over the weekend. police say 38 year old mus a/k/a griffin found strange philadelphia her bedroom. the mother of two just graduated from nursing school. police are still searching for a person of interest, in this case, in connection to the death of that upper darby woman. your time now 5:39. much more ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, residents in ohio, are breathing a sigh of relief after their watater was deemed safe to drink. >> and, convicted killer jodi arias as new lawyer. herself. that story and more straight
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ahead. katy? >> and that the tasha, today will ends up being very hot summary day for you, great excuse to find a pool near you. how long does it last, however? i'll tell you when the cooler air returns on the other hey, i lost my debit card. do yoreplacement?stant (snap!) what just happened? check your wallet. no. ...no way. your debit card should arrive in 7-10 business days. it's time to bank human again. get debit cards on the spot, and no monthly fee checking with just a $100 minimum balance at td bank. america's most convenient bank.
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two people being treated at keep hospital, a car crack into a house in camden, happened around 11:00 last
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night, tenth and linden streets. >> brandon ruffin the second man in custody in the shooting death of three year old little girl last week in grays ferry. also facing murder charges in the death of tie near a. >> another developing story, cease-fire underway in gas a officials say israel and hamas could participate in peace negotiations, in egypt during the stoppage of hostility. >> fighting back against crime. "eyewitness news" in abington last night. a town watch council, 15th annual pre night out block party. neighbors join police officers and civic leaders to provoke crime prevention, neighborhood comradery. event coordinate today coincide with today's national night out. a mother whose son is on trial for murder accused taking out her anger on television news crew. darlene oath up stormed out after north carolina courtroom, reportedly hit two photographers, knocked the
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reporter assumable phone out of her hands. oath em will now face three assault charges. and it is 5:43, traffic and weather together. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. i want to take you through look what's going on with our pattern here. and more than anything, what we're going to find in the next day and a half is a cold front moving through. however, you remember this thing called stunt frontal boundary? we've been talking about it for a week or so. but out to sea. next cold front we're tracking eventually. meantime though this stalled frontal boundery, although not directly impacting us, it has a very big indirect impact in that it is actually going to keep bertha away from our shore lines. so not only us, but the entire eastern seaboard sort of breathing in, you know, breath of thanks here that this storm is not going to affect us. here is bertha. if you want to take you on hurricane tracker here, again,
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dodge graded but regardless still system that will indirectly interact with our shore line it kicks up the surf, bridges in stronger surf, rip countries being as well as potential for some higher waves. you know, i know the surfers love this casino of scenario, but we just want to emphasize it can be little dangerous to go in the water so always swim by the lifeguards, heed anything they have to tell you. eventually this may clip new finland and canada, but it doesn't look like major impact on any of north america, good to hear. talk about 90 degrees days here as we bring back to dry lands only seen 14 of them so far in the year 2014. probably made it 15. do expect to hit 09 later today. but a loft catching up to do if we come even close to the 2010 standards. meanwhile sunny, steamy, hot toe late day shower or stormment sun will shine thursday or friday. notice the temperatures do take little hit. still warm, but it is comfortable warm. won't be oppressive out there.
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with low humidity thursday, friday, beyond, you know, nice little stretch of weather to look forward to in the days ahead. bob, over to you. >> you know, natasha has a pool. one of the reasons we asked her to come in this morning. >> sure is. >> we can all just carpool together over to the house. good morning, everybody, live look at the schuylkill expressway, right near south street, getting little light show there on the south street bridge. light volume so far on the schuylkill expressway between south philly and king of prussia. good morning to malvern, the sun begins to rise in the background, no problems at all as you work your way up and down that 202 work zone from west chester all the way up in through king of prussia an accident in glennside, jenkintown road right at highland avenue. police are on the scene there. it is the septa trolley tunnel blitz, that continues all the way through next week, here is the deal, making upgrades and repairs to all of the stations in the tunnel. so all of the subway surface trolleys, have diverted 40th and market from there passengers flip over to the market frankford line, and they work their way into downtown. same deal on the reverse trip headed home tonight.
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speaking of tonight, headed home, headed to the concert or the game, expect a lot of volume here, headed into the stadium complex. katy perry in concert again tonight. show number two, and the phillies open up the home stand across the street, if you are going, septa's adding extra service to the broad street subway, for both the sports and the concert fans. don't forget, stay up-to-date 24/7 with all of the traffic backups, app titled your drivement you can download it for the iphone, android devices going by going to cbs.come/your drive. >> trees can be a great asset to your property, adding beauty, little shade, but only if they're in good health. >> this week's angie list report jim donovan has some information you need, really need, if your tree is on its last limb. >> there was one. >> several treason troy's property were being destroyed by beatles. >> you start noticing when the can opee thin out, you know, eventually they don't have any leaves. so we thought we could treat
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about half of them that seem to have somewhat healthy can of -- >> but treatments didn't work. trees needed to come down, once it is obvious your tree is unhealthy you need to take steps to protect yourself. >> proper tree maintenance is important from a liability standpoint for homeowners. you may not eel realize, but if you have a tree that falls and damages someone else's property, you will be responsible. so table care of them, when you see the first night. >> there is anything from defoliation, partial, to complete defoliation of the tree. to discoloration of the foliage, to disfiguration of the leaves, sometimes leaves are curled, that can be signs of certain diseases or potential other injuries. >> when it is time to remove a tree, several factors can affect the cost. >> a lot of tree removal companies will charge by the foot after tree. so, for example, if it is $15 a foot, a 40-foot tree would cost $600 to remove. but keep in mind, that doesn't
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always include taking the stump out. so be sure ask about that in particular if that's important to you. >> you will also want to find out if yard clean up is include in the price. tree removal is best left to the pros. but before hiring anyone, make sure their registered and insured. for more from angie on removing trees visit cbsphilly.com/angie's list. i'm jim donovan. >> 5:48 in the morning. testing shows the water is once again safe to drink in toledo, ohio. >> rse yesrday. health officials declared the water off limits on saturday at the dangerous levels toxin possibly from algae bloom. were detect in the lake erie. people relying on bottled walter for drinking, washing dishes, brushing their teeth, in some cases even bathing. >> we are lifting in conjunction with the ohio epa, the no drink advisory our water is great. >> ban impacted three counties in ohio and one in michigan. and despite judge's warning,
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jodi arias will represent her sever as she fights for her life, yesterday arizona judge allowed her to represent her sever in the upcoming penalty phase of her murder trial k face the death penalty for killing her ex-boyfriends in a jealous rage, six years ago. the judge urged arias to previously try to fire her defense attorney, to reconsider. the penalty phase is set to begin on september 8th. >> former white house press secretary, james brady, has died. brady was shot and paralyzed during the 1981 assassination attempt on president ron al reagan. went onto become one of the nation's leading gun control advocates. federal law requiring a background check on handgun was name for brady. he died yesterday at the age of 73. >> so more ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, including cast of the big bang theheory, with big bang for their bank account. that story when we come back. >> but first, shear look at what's coming un tonight on cbs-3.
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there is my man, justin, getting paid the money, don't press the red one, justin. don't press the red one. we want to stay on the air. >> red one, green one? >> ya, green for go. we tall more about the money, big bang theory getting paid huge raises for the stars, jim pars ons, johnny, and kaylee. they all got three year deals for roughly $1 million an
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episode. two other cast members also time and temple university's still unsigned, but are expected to get their deals wrapped up very quickly. >> they're talking friends money there. >> oh, yes. >> that's big. >> the plan premiers here on cbs-3 in september 22nd. >> it is funny show. hilarious. >> hilarious! >> all right, guys. good morning, everybody, storm scan three pretty quiet, despite what you see, you know, look can be deceiving on radar sometimes. we do not have any wet weather out there. rather ground clutter, being pick up on many of the air-raid parasites. do have high pressure in control today. it will last us as least through the first half of tomorrow. before our next cold front comes along. as a result of high pressure, we heat up easily. good shot to make a run at the 09 degrees mark. so we make it 15 days thus far in 2014. once we hit 90 actually hit
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09. storms moved through mainly late in the day. >> 5:53. off to pretty good start this morning, nothing major, but going outside, live look at one of the major roadways, schuylkill expressway, starting to see delays now, the heads lie coming un bound off 2092 and valley forge interchanges. officer offer to the side disable off to what would be the right shoulder coming off 202. accident in jenkintown road right at high lan avenue. and then look for midday work, and delays, coming our way at 422, both directions, are going to start off at about 9:00. so if you are coming eastbound, getting late delay into king every prussia, you will have to add few extra minutes to your trip. south jersey in good shape. as we beginin our tuesday morning, we will check in with mass transit and the airport when we come right bac
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team may have swung their way into the records books. they played 63 hours of continuous baseball all in the name of charity. >> the game lasted from friday morning, until sunday night. the event was also a fundraiser, players collected donations for als minnesota. >> micely done. >> very nice. coming out in the next hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news" live with wreckage left behind after wild ride, it ends with a house collapsing. >> also, you have to see this, two firefighters exchanged blows, outside the ring see what sparked this wild brawl. >> and spelling change to the new word just added to the scrabble dictionary, including some you definitely heard a lot lately probably. we're back in a moment.
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good morning, this is all that remains after car crashes into a south jersey home, reducing the build to go nothing more than a pile of wood and bricks. two people, were pulled from the rubble and rushed to the hospital. >> syma chowdhry live from the scene in camden, closer look at all of the damage. syma? >> that's right. two people were in the car, that struck the home, and we now know that one of those people in the car are in critical condition right now, now, police, firefighters and collapse rescue crews were working overnight to secure the area, and take down what was left after a building collapsed. now the authorities brought in excavator tockthat left from hee rubble on that corner, and now it is a driver did lose control of the car and drove into a home on the corner every linden and north tenth street. there were two people inside the car, when it

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